William Huber

I have failed at this.

Benefits of spider plants – 4 reasons why you should invite this plant into your home These ornamental houseplants offer several indoor benefits – experts explain how to look after your own

To be specific, it can improve the quality of air in a room, help remove allergens, and filter impurities and toxins. www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/bene...

A spider plant.

Spider Plant
Spider Plant
Does whatever a spider can't.

Student protesters being deported are not ‘martyrs and heroes,’ says former antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt agrees with some of the Trump administration and ICE moves to deport students and crack down on campus antisemitism.

Stuff like this is why I keep saying that the humanities have been an utter, colossal failure. How can you be "a renowned Holocaust historian at Emory University" and be OK with the broad outlines of what Trump is doing? How can you study the Holocaust and ignore a genocide in progress?

I think a lot of you need to have a long, cold, hard look in the mirror and ask yourselves, "well, when *was* the last time I listened to the Pizzicato Five?"

Any sufficiently advanced materialism is indistinguishable from idealism.

- and I don't mean in the "teach the latest tech for jobs" sense of the word, but in the evolving understanding of what creative practice in this space is going to look like. 2/2

This visit to GDC, for sessions I am focusing on emerging technologies and production methods, and it's been very rewarding. It's helping me think more about where we want to bring game education than most of the events which are about game education 1/2

"Disco Elysium Spiritual Successor" is a new genre.

I just took the theory test for my UK driver's license. It seems when they say "theory", they mean something different from a critique of the commodity form in the design of vehicles or a discussion of the semiotics of the sports car. Yeah, that's not what they were looking for.

We are entering a new era, where people will be using VPNs to get *inside* of the Great Firewall of China.

The Altadena seed library needs all of the help it can get- if you have native plant seeds to share, please make sure they find their way to this group. Monetary donations are also hugely welcome via gofund.me/6643efc6

I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.

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"Not invented here" syndrome was invented here.

OXO, a museum to preserve the history of video games, opens in Madrid | TodoAlicante In its 1,600 square meters, it narrates 70 years of the medium's history and dedicates a temporary exhibition to the 30 years of PlayStation

Another Video Game Museum has opened, this time in Madrid!
www.todoalicante.es/english/muse...

La Trahison des Images, rebooted for the 21st century.

We have put a lot of work into this flat, and it is in a stunning location: Dean Village. If you or someone you know are thinking of relocating to Scotland, this may be an option. We would be delighted to rent to a visiting or relocating academic coming to Edinburgh.

We will simultaneously be landlords of one property and renters in another, so we hope it is karmically neutral. (We will eventually sell when the time is right and we find a place to buy here, and tenants usually have first opportunity to buy.)

3 bedroom Flat for rent in Edinburgh - £1,995 PCM A spacious, three-bedroom, first-floor flat located in picturesque Dean Village. Bursting with period features and unique furnishings, it also has a brand-ne...

Further to the enquiries about relocating: we are renting out our flat in Edinburgh, as we have moved to Cornwall.

chapmanspm.co.uk/property/dea...

Vacancy Search Results - Falmouth Careers View our Latest Vacancies

Many of you have been making enquiries about relocating. Here are some jobs in our university, some of which would sponsor a work visa: jobs.falmouth.ac.uk/vacancies/va...

Professors Worry Their Power Is Shrinking at Universities Faculty members are used to sharing power with presidents and trustees to run universities. But some presidents and lawmakers have made moves to reduce their say.

"Worry" is the wrong word here. This process is mostly complete. Most university administrators have ceased having any interest in running democratic organizations in which professors have much say. Anti-democratic, top-down corporatism is the norm at most schools. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/u...

A starter pack for Game Studies on Bluesky. Let me know if you want to be added or want to recommend any account or feed. Share it around!

go.bsky.app/56c1mPm

Postgraduate Course Leader in Penryn Campus | Falmouth Careers View details and apply for this Postgraduate Course Leader vacancy in Penryn Campus. With 120 years of creative arts experience, we strive to offer the highest standards of teaching and research, nur...

We're looking for a art/games researcher to lead courses at
@FalmouthUni
: jobs.falmouth.ac.uk/vacancies/13...

Equivalent to tenure-track/tenured in American unis.

Looking for someone who can apply advanced game development methods to experimental/speculative work in the game/art intersection.

Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation "This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing"

www.gamesradar.com/games/publis...

It's up to the EU now, which would make Europe the centre of gravity for game history and preservation.

How goes it, Alex? It's been yonks!

Say what you like about the local council, they've sorted out that elephant infestation problem. #cornwall

So I mostly used X/Twitter to post jokes and oblique observations. And no one engaged with them. I don't blame them. I'm not that clever. But I still think my funny things are funny to me, so I'm going to drip-feed them here, and just crosspost between X, Threads and Bluesky in the future.

Is there any joy so fleeting, so fragile, as inbox zero?

I propose, as a variant of The Game (which I have just lost), that we announce our daily #TTTATRE (Time to Thinking About the Roman Empire) from waking. Today, my #TTTATRE was 3.5 hours.