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• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines - Wikipedia — Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is a 2004 action role-playing video game developed by Troika Games and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. Set in White Wolf Publishing's World of Darkness, the game is based on White Wolf's role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and follows a human who is killed and revived as a fledgling vampire. The game depicts the fledgling's journey through the early 21st-century Los Angeles to uncover the truth behind a recently discovered relic that heralds the end of all vampires.
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Wikipedia — Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop role-playing game (tabletop RPG) created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several Storyteller System games for its World of Darkness setting line. It is set in a fictionalized "gothic-punk" version of the modern world, where players assume the roles of vampires, who are referred to as "Kindred", and deal with their night-to-night struggles against their own bestial natures, vampire hunters and each other.
• Mortal Stakes | Vampire: The Masquerade - L.A. By Night | Chapter 1 - YouTube — When a trio of vampires (Nelli, Jasper, and Victor) investigate a violation of their territory, they discover Annabelle, a fledgling vampire so new to the night that she cannot survive on her own. With their help Annabelle discovers what she is and how to survive in her deadly new situation.
• Midnight Mass (miniseries) - Wikipedia — Midnight Mass is an American supernatural horror streaming television miniseries created and directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli and Henry Thomas. The plot centers on an isolated island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest.
• Vampire - Wikipedia — Two infamous vampire cases, the first to be officially recorded, involved the corpses of Petar Blagojevich and Miloš Čečar from Serbia. Blagojevich was reported to have died at the age of 62, but allegedly returned after his death asking his son for food. When the son refused, he was found dead the following day. Blagojevich supposedly returned and attacked some neighbours who died from loss of blood.
• Bullshit Jobs | Book by David Graeber | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster — From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.
• Paul Butler – “Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs — In Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy is essentially people performing useless work, as a sort of subconscious self-preservation instinct of the economic status quo. The book cites ample anecdotal evidence that people perceive their own jobs as completely disconnected from any sort of value creation, and makes the case that the ruling class stands to lose from the proletariat having extra free time on their hands. It’s a thoughtfully presented case, but when I read the book a few years back, I was skeptical that any mechanism to create bullshit jobs could arise from a system as inherently Darwinian as capitalism.
• The Great Bifurcation – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> My first impressions of web3 — I have only dipped my toe in the waters of web3. Looking at it through the lens of these small projects, though, I can easily see why so many people find the web3 ecosystem so neat. I don’t think it’s on a trajectory to deliver us from centralized platforms, I don’t think it will fundamentally change our relationship to technology, and I think the privacy story is already below par for the internet (which is a pretty low bar!), but I also understand why nerds like me are excited to build for it. It is, at the very least, something new on the nerd level – and that creates a space for creativity/exploration that is somewhat reminiscent of early internet days. Ironically, part of that creativity probably springs from the constraints that make web3 so clunky. I’m hopeful that the creativity and exploration we’re seeing will have positive outcomes, but I’m not sure if it’s enough to prevent all the same dynamics of the internet from unfolding again.

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• Mindfulness - Wikipedia — Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing one's attention in the present moment without evaluation, a skill one develops through meditation or other training. Mindfulness derives from sati, a significant element of Buddhist traditions, and is based on Zen, Vipassanā, and Tibetan meditation techniques.
• Waking Up with Sam Harris – Unlock your mind — Whether you’re a beginning or advanced meditator, Waking Up opens the door to a deeper understanding of yourself—and to a new way of being in the world.
• Hobonichi Techo 2022 — The Hobonichi Techo is a Life Book that’s flexible enough to fit the lifestyle and tastes of its user, allowing for freedom in how to use it. The daily page books include the A6 size Original or Planner and the A5 size Cousin. There’s also a weekly book called the Weeks, an undated notebook with monthly calendars called Day Free, and the 5-Year Techo, just to name a few.
• Tools for Thought as Cultural Systems, not Computational Objects — The term tools for thought has become a new rallying point over the last few years. People who might otherwise gather around keywords like personal knowledge management, networked thought, productivity, or knowledge work are reframing their work.
• Tinderbox: The Tool For Notes — Whether you’re plotting your next thriller or writing your dissertation, designing a course, managing a legal practice, coordinating a campaign or planning a season of orchestral concerts, Tinderbox 9 will be your personal information assistant.
• Apple M1 - Wikipedia — The Apple M1 is an ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for its Macintosh computers and iPad Pro tablets. It also marks the third change to the instruction set used by Macintosh computers, 14 years after Apple switched Macs from PowerPC to Intel in 2006. Apple claims the chip has the world's fastest CPU core "in low power silicon" and the world's best CPU performance per watt.
• The Dawn of Everything — A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.
• How to Think by Alan Jacobs: 9780451499608 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books — How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.
• Ep. 1 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Introduction - YouTube — First episode of Dr. John Vervaeke's Awakening from the Meaning Crisis.
• The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) - IMDb — A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
• Dune (2021) - IMDb — Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
• The Americans (TV Series 2013–2018) - IMDb — At the height of the Cold War two Russian agents pose as your average American couple, complete with family.
• Twilight Struggle | Board Game | BoardGameGeek — Relive the Cold War and rewrite history in an epic clash between the USA and USSR.
• Death Stranding - Wikipedia — Death Stranding is a 2019 action game developed by Kojima Productions. It is the first game from director Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions after their split from Konami in 2015. It was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in November 2019 and by 505 Games for Windows in July 2020. An updated version for PlayStation 5, Death Stranding Director's Cut, was announced in June 2021 and was released on September 24, 2021.
• Priključenija 63: Pathologic — ✓ Kako je minijaturni ruski studio napravio igru bolju od svih AAA naslova? ✓ Koje su najbolje meta-igre? ✓ Po čemu se američki kolektivizam razlikuje od slovenskog?

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• Catan - Wikipedia — Catan, previously known as The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan. Players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players gain points as their settlements grow; the first to reach a set number of points, typically 10, wins. The game and its many expansions are also published by Catan Studio, Filosofia, GP, Inc., 999 Games, Κάισσα, and Devir.
• Carcassonne (board game) - Wikipedia — Carcassonne (/ˌkɑːrkəˈsɒn/) is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently)[1] in English.[2] It received the Spiel des Jahres[3] and the Deutscher Spiele Preis awards in 2001.
• Pandemic (board game) - Wikipedia — Pandemic is a cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock and first published by Z-Man Games in the United States in 2008. Pandemic is based on the premise that four diseases have broken out in the world, each threatening to wipe out a region. The game accommodates two to four players, each playing one of seven possible roles: dispatcher, medic, scientist, researcher, operations expert, contingency planner, or quarantine specialist. Through the combined effort of all the players, the goal is to discover all four cures before any of several game-losing conditions are reached.
• Fantasy Flight Games - Wikipedia — Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product (Twilight Imperium) in 1997, the company has been doing business as Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Since that time, FFG has become one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry, being a marketplace leader in board games and maintaining strong businesses in the card game, roleplaying game, and miniature game categories.[1]
• Cards Against Humanity - Wikipedia — Cards Against Humanity is an adult party game in which players complete fill-in-the-blank statements using words or phrases typically deemed offensive, risqué or politically incorrect printed on playing cards. It has been compared to the 1999 card game Apples to Apples and originated from a Kickstarter campaign in 2011. Its title refers to the phrase "crimes against humanity", reflecting its politically incorrect content.
• Pathfinder Roleplaying Game - Wikipedia — The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) published by Wizards of the Coast under the Open Game License (OGL) and is intended to be backward-compatible with that edition. The first major revision of the ruleset, Pathfinder 2nd Edition, was released in August 2019.
• Roll20: Online virtual tabletop for pen and paper RPGs and board games — Play games anywhere. Share them with anyone. With Roll20® as your virtual tabletop, your adventures are limitless.
• The Glass Cannon Network | A couple things are gonna happen… — The Glass Cannon Network is a RPG Entertainment Network that endeavors to create captivating epic fantasy, science fantasy, comedy and horror stories accessible to gamers and non-gamers alike.
• Glass Cannon Live! LA - Strange Aeons Session 1 - YouTube — The lovable miscreants behind The Glass Cannon Podcast took their show on the road in October of 2018 to kick off a US Tour at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles.
• TableTop | Geek and Sundry — In this hit show, geek icon Wil Wheaton and a slew of celebrity guests gather to play their favorite board games. Who will win the Trophy of Awesome?