Reposted by Andy GatesDaz Clyde @smolponydaz.bsky.social · 8hLoved this slide from a recent devlog out of @studio346.net 's "Century of Steam" project. 074
Reposted by Andy GatesPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 9hWhat? One of the Fairford Five Fuel Feeves called plod themselves? Was Farmer Karen coming on a bit strong because she thought they were dogging and she wanted to join in? 161
Reposted by Andy GatesChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres 635396
Reposted by Andy Gates@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Have you got a copy of Fly Tipping by RAF Fairford? You do? Oh that's wonderful. My name? Fairford. RAF Fairford.' 10673108
Reposted by Andy GatesFinn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy 1344583
Reposted by Andy GatesScalli @viceandviolence.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Despite thaumaturgists insisting otherwise, the sole difference between Faeries and Pixies is the blood alcohol content. "Pixie" is just a tiny, slurred mishearing of the word "Tipsy". But remember, faeries are very, very fucking mean drunks. 193151457
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hmm, quickly bailed, so probably not a really big placard! 000
Reposted by Andy GatesLorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart 8239961471
Reposted by Andy GatesPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 28/09/2026Just saw someone zoom by on a Solar powered recumbent e-bike, clearly homemade. I barely got a photo before he was away. Just commuting to work in Chippenham I think? Legend. 1326544
Reposted by Andy GatesUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too. 171923816
Reposted by Andy GatesGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the end result of thinking STEM is more important to study than Humanities. 4663
Reposted by Andy GatesBadger Trust @badgertrust.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When the moon comes out, it's playtime! 🌙🦡💚 0102
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Openstreetmap micromapping walkies today: found a whole new wood planted up in what used to be a field! #osm 020
Reposted by Andy GatesFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026It is no coincidence that rationalists and EAs tend to be straight white guys from well-off families, because for everybody else, the world usually conspires to knock some sense into you about your inherent god-emperor genius by the time you’re old enough to drink. 271862213
Reposted by Andy GatesAndy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Work that has been understood" is the slop dividing line! "What does this do? I dunno, I just prompted it. Here's what the chatbot that lies says." 021
Reposted by Andy GatesChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Music can be relaxing, as can time in nature. Now it turns out that watching a river flow via a virtual-reality headset while listening to classical music seems to quickly bring people's blood pressure down from a dangerously high level in hospital. 🧪 #health www.newscientist.com/article/2590...newscientist.comVirtual green spaces and classical music reduce blood pressure in hospital | New ScientistWatching a river flow via a virtual-reality headset while listening to classical music seems to quickly bring people's blood pressure down from a dangerously high level in hospital 1185
Reposted by Andy GatesJads @jads-i-rutan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026see, a nerdy squirrel fella make sure you've got enough disk space, buddy 433595
Reposted by Andy GatesJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows @carbonbrief.org analysis." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs... via @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam 🔌💡carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK - Carbon BriefThe latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis. 02915
Reposted by Andy GatesDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today, don’t forget to LOOK DOWN, and appreciate what lies beneath your feet. Discover an entire world of unique, powerful life, marching to its own beat. We can't protect what we don't notice. 05816
Reposted by Andy GatesLoish @loish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The unique comfort of wearing a huge sweater, curling up into a ball, and scrolling endlessly. 112631400
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026e-motorbike fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoVm...youtube.com500 Miles In - Our HMP Lightning Mk II Is Proving Itself Very Useful!YouTube video by Transport Evolved 000
Reposted by Andy GatesClimate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026HUGE UPDATE: we halted Amazon's panel at Climate Week. We shut it down so hard that every guest and every speaker had to leave the premises. No one was able to return. Their whole event lasted less time than their warehouse workers' pee break. 25749251
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's not only digital asbestos, it's also bottled piss: beige.party/@Lana/117328...beige.party𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (@Lana@beige.party)Okay I'm a teacher so let me explain this in as simple a way as I know how. Let's say you wake up with a brilliant new billion dollar idea for a brand new product: "Bottled Piss". You pee in a bottl... 020
Reposted by Andy GatesPandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this. 511737686
Reposted by Andy GatesMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🥺🇺🇦 Ukrainian Ground drone is being saved by another Ukrainian ground drone! 2142362
Reposted by Andy GatesPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106194736470
Reposted by Andy GatesDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m so bored with all the discussion around AI. Can we talk about some useful technology, like heat pumps? 2326061
Reposted by Andy GatesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026Hey!!! Here's a new @crikey.com.au piece - on why the bullshitty AI doom hype frenzy perfectly represents the tech industry's cutlist climate denialism and their unhealthy methane addiction. Plus the media's total failure to grasp the real risks at play. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a... 310047
Reposted by Andy GatesEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'll be in Manorhamilton, Leitrim, on Tuesday the 13th of October to discuss An Irish Atlantic Rainforest following a special film screening. If you're up in that direction, do come along! climateactionweek.ie/events/speci...climateactionweek.ieSpecial Screening: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, part of Leitrim Climate Week - Climate Action WeekJoin Special Screening: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, part of Leitrim Climate Week during Climate Action Week. Discover inspiring talks, workshops, and activities to support climate action. 05415
Reposted by Andy GatesJan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just so you know - if you're a MM author and you ever decide to do a classic gothic MM romance or a MM retelling of books such as Count Monte Cristo, Jane Ayre, Wuthering Heights, etc... I'm your guy. Like honestly, come to me. I'll make you a cover worth dying for. #mmromance 49927
Reposted by Andy GatesAuferre 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @auferre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Writing "CHOCOLATE MIMIC" on my to-do list before the coffee kicks in as a present to my perplexed future self. 052
Reposted by Andy GatesJeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"And so son that's how the 47th president of the United States died, starving to death whilst standing at a podium at the UN in New York waiting for someone, anyone, to applaud his reprehensible speech." 723122932891
Reposted by Andy GatesBela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've known this dude for 20 years. One of the first friends I made in Bristol, he taught me what it means to be an antifascist. If there's dinner, he's cooking, if there's a benefit gig, he's flyposting, and if there's fash, he's first in, last out. I have literally bled alongside this man. 17656
Reposted by Andy GatesDaniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI. 78436344
Reposted by Andy Gates𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/02/2025Caution - salmon crossing. 1403689722
Reposted by Andy GatesWario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 22/09/2026‘Darkwing Duck’ Reboot Ordered to Series at Disney+ With Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen in Lead Roles variety.com/2026/tv/news... 28515107
Reposted by Andy Gatescaede styles @caede.sanctuary17223.com · 22/09/2026what a great opportunity to remind people that comicfury & cartoonists united exist, that comic artists are still thriving outside the app-ified ecosystem, and that everyone should make compilation PDFs so their comics don't depend on platforms that do not respect creators OR readers. #creator_txt 3245180
Reposted by Andy GatesSimon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 21/09/2026Anyway! #pixelart #ドット絵 66113153259
Reposted by Andy GatesNatalya D @natalyad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Well done Lib Dem conference for getting through the motion to Restore Trans Rights (detail at www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...). A big Fuck You to LibDem speakers who claimed supporting trans people lets Reform in, complete bullshit. Look at LD history! Will LD leaders follow this tho.libdems.org.ukRestoring Trans RightsThe Liberal Democrats will continue to stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary communities, defending equal rights, personal dignity and safety for all. 184
Reposted by Andy Gatesjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety 3569961620
Reposted by Andy GatesRichard Flowers @richarddominic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lib Dem Conference has *PASSED* the motion to restore Trans Rights. In the hall the vote looked around 10:1 in favour. 417646
Reposted by Andy GatesBirkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Merseyrail has 'really, really got it wrong' on electric bicycle ban www.birkenhead.news/merseyrail-h...birkenhead.newsMerseyrail has ‘really, really got it wrong’ on electric bicycle banA blanket ban on electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPC) across the Merseyrail network has been likened to a “sledgehammer to crack a nut” as cyclists took to Liverpool city centre… 021
Reposted by Andy GatesBicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The study shows it’s never too late to turn a bike into part of your everyday routine—and reap the rewards". 05813
Reposted by Andy GatesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026It is so funny to me that the fossil fuel industry's big lie is denying an apocalypse that science confirmed as a real risk while the tech industry's big lie is insisting on the threat of an apocalypse for which there's no scientific evidence for at all 726287
Reposted by Andy GatesMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In a massive dataset of over 10,000 cities around the world, the strongest association with distance travelled by cycling was not climate, topography, or even infrastructure - it was *gasoline prices* doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 824165
