A giant plush goose regretfully plunges the master sword into the heart of a large plush bear. Pink valentine hearts spill from the wound. The goose can't bear to look, its head dramatically turned away from the act. The bear smiles as though completely oblivious to their fate. The caption reads "When you realize you must your 20,000 word passion-chapter detailing the relationship between every animal crossing character".
Honk πππ¦’
17.02.2026 16:51 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A giant plush goose is prone on a table. A small labubu - dressed in sweatpants and a hoodie - rides on top of the goose's back, pressing a Stygian Blade into the goose's neck. The caption reads "When decades of your burgeoning discipline were hamstrung by a nonsense debate".
Honk vs. Honk
16.02.2026 17:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A tiny goose sits on a shelf. The caption reads "when the charcter creator produces an uncanny relationship of identification".
Honk
15.02.2026 16:13 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A giant plush goose sits on a couch dressed as Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise. The goose wields The Master Sword. The caption reads "when you've devised a new research justification to play breath of the wild for the 11th time".
Honkhonkhonkhoooooonk.
14.02.2026 17:11 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Honk!
13.02.2026 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A giant plush goose sits at a table reading Nordic Larp, edited by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola. The goose is dressed in their finest LARPing attire: a wizard cloak and a short sword. The caption reads "When you discover the best larp is about being locked in a post-apocalyptic bomb shelter so you can learn something about yourself and society".
Honking Bolt! Honking Bolt!
13.02.2026 15:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A goose sits politely at kitchen table in front of an empty placemat. They look at the camera while sniffing the empty placemat. The caption reads "When you're looking for proof bioshock was a groundbreaking game".
Hooooooooonk
12.02.2026 16:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A sleepy plush goose is laying in bed, cozy underneath the covers. The caption reads "When you just reread 'Cybertext' but aren't feeling very ergodic".
HoOooonk.
11.02.2026 16:49 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A giant plush Goose sits a kitchen table. Its head is thrown back with its beak pointed straight towards the heavens. It looks as though its soul has briefly left his body as it contemplates every decision it ever made in life. The caption reads "when reviewer 2 demands you add horse racing literature to your loot box article".
Hoonnk.
10.02.2026 16:39 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
A giant plush goose sits on a green chair. It is wrapped in a blanket and has a dejected look on its face. The caption reads "when you just heard Ian Bogost thinks your units aren't operating."
Honk Honk
09.02.2026 22:01 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
"This will be great, if the funding comes through."
07.02.2026 23:09 β π 16 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
A plush goose on a subway car looking under chair. The caption reads "when you're on the hunt for the last ludologist".
Honk
08.02.2026 05:40 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
acquisitions editor for game studies and new media at the MIT Press | columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxd https://boxd.it/oHIf
Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist.
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Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine.
Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
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Neurospicy disabled anarchist trans lady, making music, stories, poetry, and trouble. Recovering academic. π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
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Associate professor of Sociology of culture and Communication at @unisi. Co-author of Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press 2024), available in OA, MIT press website
Not sure I'm ready for another platform but let's see.
Theme park play research these days (yup, Disney).
tltaylor.com (links to most of my work, inc books) & instagram.com/ybikapix (for the fun stuff!)
Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Historian of technology & dad joke aficionado who lived w/a great little gray rabbit until recently (RIP).
I wonβt share AI generated content, except to critique it.
In person Iβll be wearing a KN95. If you care about me put one on too.
www.marhicks.com
All the social medias; still nothing to say.
Also on Masto at same name
Editor: Dialogues on Digital Society
Co-editor: Sage Handbook of Digital Labour (2025)
Author: Digital Labor (2022); Feminism, Labour and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife (2016)
π³οΈβπ just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University π¨π¦ | Co-Director, @starlingcentre.bsky.social | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | π³οΈββ§οΈ ally | views my own
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π Media Prof at AU in DC
πΏ Bassist/Producer/Composer
(jazz, reggae, worldbeat)
sinnreich.com
tinyurl.com/tslodata
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new media theorist and professor. director of the SFU digital democracies institute. posts reflect my own views only.
banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience memberβlet me know if you know them!
Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
π public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
π± codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
π«§ feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. Professor at NYU. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
communication professor. aging meme scholar. charleston, sc usa. he/him
UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
Media studies
βGender & tech (Polity https://t.ly/LhLoK)
βSynth-pop, co-editor (Bloomsbury https://t.ly/IUZHv)
βNetworks & horse racing (MIT Press https://t.ly/CJvI2)
βIndie music scenes (Peter Lang https://t.ly/aI__X)
Irish Setters+horse+rescue dog
Associate Prof, IU Media School. Hist of tech, interfaces, wearables, media tech and everyday life. Books: Power Button (MIT) bit.ly/2xMlmsr and License to Spill (MIT, out now!) https://shorturl.at/Yl1DP