Games and politics. He/they.https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mlpysr7kws2xStreeting, Burnham, who cares? They're equally useless. Raynor has a pulse if she can get out of the tax mess. Weird that a party with a majority of 170 has so little talent13 May 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpysr7kws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mleb2nhrcs26Here's a fun game we can all play: I was a (paper) candidate for the Lib Dems in Essex. My dad was a (paper) candidate for the Tories in Norwich. Who do you think did worse?08 May 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleb2nhrcs26https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mkq44q7og223The Raspberry Bomped Myself On The Noggin With A Cart And Got A Big Lump [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq44q7og223https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mjd3ckymj22jGoodbye Viktor Orbán. Sic semper fascistis.12 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3ckymj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mivnsffelc2kReally? I don't think it could have been much more clear07 Apr 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivnsffelc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mivegezaik2tThis is a fun one of which to unpick the impactions.07 Apr 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivegezaik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mi2j6sgttc2dI made the mistake of reading a column in the guardian and now I'm fizzing with anger, and I have no way of dispelling that energy so I just have to sit in it.27 Mar 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2j6sgttc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mhuxgga72s2iThey let me do a thing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuxgga72s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mhi2gkx7fk2r20 Mar 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhi2gkx7fk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mgnbagf7c22dAbingdon Abbey Northcourt looks spicy [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnbagf7c22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mftncqkszs2fCan't help but feel like the Labour NEC were actually probably right to block Andy Burnham from running in G&D, for the ostensible reason they gave as well: he might have won the byelection but Reform would probably have won the Greater Manchester Mayoralty, which is much higher stakes.27 Feb 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftncqkszs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mft6ku3eis2bCan't wait to see Starmer respond to this by moving really emphatically to the right.27 Feb 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mft6ku3eis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mfgrit42k22nGorton and Denton is very triggering, for me specifically. Some very vivid, unprocessed Chingford 2024 feelings.22 Feb 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfgrit42k22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mdxas6hhu225I viewed my Mariner's toxic masculinity through the lens of: he thinks he's a good guy, he wants to be an ally, but his version of that is all attacking, all 'leadership', all identifying enemies and then 'taking on the burden' of destroying them. Something odiously Linehan about him [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxas6hhu225https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3md3vqnpeys2hSome pals are on their way to my house to spend the weekend playing @jdragsky.bsky.social's Seven-Part Pact. I only just found this https://www.patreon.com/posts/lazy-professors-132354769 and am reflecting on how underprepared I feel. Oh well! Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.23 Jan 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3vqnpeys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mbvwcyt32224enclose.horse Day 10 🥇 Excellent! 🥇 95% Yeah great https://enclose.horse08 Jan 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvwcyt32224https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mbkgrieuvs2uDear god [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jan 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkgrieuvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3mbfd2kr4m22wI am also doing this! So far I have: The Hol by Hiroko Oyamada, Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya, and A Room Of One's Own lined up for Jan [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jan 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbfd2kr4m22whttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m7khkpag2k2mFound this, by @laurenleek.eu, really useful for crystalising some of my intuitions about the economic performance of the AI speculation rush. https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/ai-boom-or-bubble-introducing-the09 Dec 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7khkpag2k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m76m2mf7cs2mI just solved this puzzle to get access to Thinky Dailies! Try it out! thinkygames.com/dailies/ https://thinkygames.com/dailies/04 Dec 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76m2mf7cs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m5vv7vxfo22bIf there is an AI bubble collapse coming, it is much more likely to resemble dot-com in 2000 than subprime in 08. Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions!18 Nov 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vv7vxfo22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m57wzu3cu224My #over/under ended a few weeks ago, really, but my Internal Affairs team just commissioned a team portrait. Ours was a small story in the overall scheme of things, but it's a very nice reminder of a bit of the game that I really liked, and it's nice to have it commemorated in this way.09 Nov 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57wzu3cu224https://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m4ipt5g2oc2kCongratulations to the Netherlands for having the new hottest currently serving head of government.31 Oct 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ipt5g2oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aosher.bsky.social/post/3m3werurcds22Hitting a motivation slump in #over/under this morning, and reflecting on why. A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win.24 Oct 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:dcb5jsds36ru3bzvl4e77bpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3werurcds22