Ed Rodley

The idea of a Gene Roddenberry & Lucille Ball action figure two-pack is equal parts hilarious and beautiful. I'm stunned.

Here's hoping this launches a sub-line of behind-the-scenes Star Trek figures. I'm pulling for DC Fontana and Wah Chang in the next wave.

Keeping it real.

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

A great obituary for an important artist. One of the many joys of calling Cambridge home is that the city seems to be stuffed full of amazing characters like this, and you’re might bump into them at the hardware store, or at the bus stop. RIP.

Ugh! In a saner timeline, this could only be the headline of an Onion article, but alas…

Rümeysa displays such humanity and compassion in the face of state sponsored oppression. This is worth your time to read.

'Hearing someone (Carney) so clearly name the truth was cathartic, and I could draw so many parallels with how this collective story can inform our personal relationships to AI, Big Tech, and impulses of surveillance capitalism towards an all-pervasive, AI Big Brother.'

A deadline, says Ryuta, is a powerful technology. #FACT2026

BOOM

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...

By Julianne Le

And yet, I have seen both marketing/communications and interpretation/education both moving towards “engagement” (at least in the digital realm) as their remit, so maybe they are becoming more alike?

Reading this now for a discussion group, and oh no

Odysseus – First Light by Ellarion Tales - Indiegogo Odysseus – First Light is an epic sci-fi larp about survival. Help us build a spaceship and join us onboard!

The crowdfunding page for Odysseus, the epic Battlestar Galactica-inspired blockbuster larp, is out in preview!

Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!

New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.

For those _still_ making websites for museum visitors, this may be of interest …

Trump’s agriculture secretary mocked over ‘depression meal’ for Americans Brooke Rollins suggested eating ‘a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing’ as Americans struggle to put food on the table

People are rightly dogging her for "It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing. And so, there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money," but I'm losing it over 'We've run over 1,000 simulations."

Lots of people are familiar with the Fugitive Slave Act protests of the 1850s, but fewer know about the campaign led by Black Bostonians to protect themselves and their neighbors from kidnappings in 1788 (just as MA was ratifying the Constitution).

Bluesky Twitter account: NEW FEATURE: This button allows you to opt out of having images you post on X turned into porn Plus image of the create new account button on bluesky

Bluesky going to work over on Twitter

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Assassin’s Screed “No hookups, yes Jubensha” + more Sleep No More + a history of escape rooms in China + the revolutionary potential of bad endings

Struck by how Chaoyang Trap's 2022 piece on jubensha remains one of the best-written takes on the phenomenon even today.

Not a week goes by without me missing that amazing newsletter on Chinese pop culture. RIP my sweet princes!! 😭😭😭

CT really was astonishing, an insightful peek into a reality I had no other access to. Super fun to read!

Disneyland is pivoting on 'Star Wars' Land. Here's why. Kylo Ren is out and Darth Vader is in. Galaxy's Edge changes course to spotlight "classic 'Star Wars.’"

Disneyland pivots on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

www.latimes.com/travel/story...

+1 for Grau’s book! An amazing remedy for most of the ahistorical hysteria about current immersive tech.

There's extreme paranoia about ICE tracking people using videos or whatever. People think anonymity is what keeps them safe, when in reality it's numbers.

Call for Proposals —  350th Anniversary of King Philip's War/Metacom's Rebellion - Historic Deerfield Historic Deerfield is hosting a one-day conference next year to commemorate the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, with the goals of helping a broad audience learn more about ...

Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.

www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...

Hey - if those Boston folks had respected the Red Coats & king that “massacre” thing wouldn’t have had to happen. Just sayin’

The Wampanoag would like a word

Make it viral.

I’ve got a beef with “content” “Content” is the spackle of the digital realm; homogenous, bland, and endless. Just add as much as you need to fill any space!

Hard agree! thinkingaboutmuseums.com/2015/06/23/i...