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Ben

@binarymoon.bsky.social
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UK based Web and Game Dev. I create fun things with a computer (games, apps, websites). Find me online: www.binarymoon.co.uk/social

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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Inspired by the newsletter I sent on Monday and a nudge from a friend I made a tiny book today. Making a small app that lets you design your own book then print it out so you can cut it out and glue it all together. #papercraft #crafting
A photo of my tiny book open beside a pencil and a 5p piece. Shows the book open with 2 pages of text.A photo of my tiny book beside a pencil and a 5p piece. The book is green with the title The House That Went for a Walk
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Got a nice little group of games on beepmini.com now. Am really pleased with the games list, looks nice and retro but also like they are all from the same developer/ era. I have another 4 or 5 games that I made when making beepmicro so I will tidy and release them too #gamedev #indiedev #javascript
A grid of 8 retro influenced games on a pink background.
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Noa 🪻 @noahbogart.com · 07/09/2026
i'm bored while my kids play in the front yard and i don't feel like reading my book, so i'm gonna post a thread of my favorite iphone games, which i think is a under-discussed demographic in games
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Annie @badgrgrl21.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
From Tim Curry’s autobiography that came out last year: #frightclub
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Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is such a bad faith and fallacious argument from Sony. It's perfectly intuitive to think that you are buying a (digital) copy of the binary data and that that copy should work for as long as you have the compatible hardware. (Text clipped from @stephentotilo.bsky.social's Game File newsletter.)
The gamers said in their June suit that Sony's disclosures have failed to meet California's standards.

In its August 21 filing, Sony says they are. It notes that the linked documents state that "you can use a product in the ways described in the license, but do not own the product" and "[t]he Software is licensed to you, not sold." (For context, which you can see for yourself by clicking the above links: Both lines appear hundreds of words into digital documents that are thousands of words long).

Beyond that, Sony argues that anyone who pays for a digital game inherently understands that they can't own it because, if they did, no one else could have a copy. This concept appears to draw a distinction between a digital copy of a game and a physical object that only one person can have at a time.
Here's how Sony's lawyers make that case:...
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Haven't done any updates on my #js13k game. It's slow going and I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I'm making a metroidvania! 😬 Here's a few early pictures. #javascript #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Professional wordsmiths at the BBC are mixing up their modal auxiliary verbs, accidentally positioning Reform as a government in waiting. The use of 'will' signals the future tense carrying implied certainty, rather than the hypothetical scenario suggested by 'would.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 17/08/2026
Report Suggests Nearly No One Is Buying AI Generated Goods kotaku.com/3d-model-markets-are-bei…
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Report Suggests Nearly No One Is Buying AI Generated Goods
A classic conundrum of 'why would I buy something you didn’t make,' platforms like CGTrader has shelves of AI made models collecting dust
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Andrzej Mazur @end3r.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Fifteenth edition of #js13k, web game development competition where you have to fit your entire game into a 13 kilobyte zip, starts NOW! The 2026 #theme is... #UNICORNS AND #RAINBOWS! 🦄🌈 js13kgames.com/2026/blog/co... #gamedevjs #gamejam #indiedev #indiegames #codegolf #JavaScript #HTML5
js13kGames 2026 theme: Unicorns and Rainbows
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Go on Clacton, you can do it!!!
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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
they know we don't want it. they do not care.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 12/08/2026
In the 2010s, we were told new tech would revolutionize transportation. As BMW faces backlash for sticking a Spider-Man ad on its center console, we can see what it really amounted to: cars that collect vast quantities of data on us and which automakers are desperate to use to push ads on us too.
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BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign
We were promised a transport revolution. Instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads.
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 12/08/2026
Developers backed by American asset managers want to dredge up Falmouth harbour, spilling toxic chemicals into local waterways, just so mega cruise ships can drop off tourists who barely visit the local area. STOP THE DREDGE graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-dredge...
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The Dredge: The battle for the future of Falmouth Bay
The biggest seabed dredge in over 80 years is being proposed for Falmouth Bay. Campaigners claim local democracy is being overridden.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In preparation for the js13k game jam I am making a small vector game library that I call BeepMicro. It mostly draws vector shapes from an array and takes care of timing and input. See some screenshots of test games I've made below. #gamedev #js13k #javascript
A minimal retro vector version of Breakout with a dark background and bright colours.A circular shooter game inspired by TempestA space invaders clone with rows of brightly coloured enemies towards the top, and a triangular spaceship at the bottom
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In preparation for the js13k game jam I am making a small vector game library that I call BeepMicro. It mostly draws vector shapes from an array and takes care of timing and input. See some screenshots of test games I've made below. #gamedev #js13k #javascript
A minimal retro vector version of Breakout with a dark background and bright colours.A circular shooter game inspired by TempestA space invaders clone with rows of brightly coloured enemies towards the top, and a triangular spaceship at the bottom
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 10/08/2026
sounds like Apple sticking U2 in people’s libraries and having to promise never to do that again
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 09/08/2026
🚨 NEW: A pilot has traced the shape of a bin over Clacton days before the by-election
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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 07/08/2026
Look, Death Stars exist now, a Death Star is just a tool that people use. If we don't use it to blow up a planet then someone else will. It doesn't matter if you have ethical concerns about Death Stars, it's too late, they exist, you just have to use them now.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Ever since my 10 year old got to the same height as my wife everyone thinks she's my daughter. Just been charged for 1 adult and 2 children on the bus. She's in her 40s 😬 she's flattered but I don't feel great. My son has started calling me grandad.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just gonna go ahead and share this again, 'cause it keeps being annoying relevant.
A poem and a drawing. The poem starts at the top left of the page, is titled "Humanities" and is made up of a set of 6 haikus. The first and last ones are on the left side of the page, but haikus 2-5 are increasingly indented, The text of the poem reads:

Who needs history?
Literature? Languages? 
Art? Philosophy?

These can only help
    you to better understand
        our humanity.

Best to let machines
    read your books. And write your books.
        Do your art for you.

You will never need
    to think. Never need to learn.
       You’ll learn to like it.

And when the end comes
    you’ll have never burdened your
        soul with any growth.

Someone selling this
sees profit in destroying
your humanity.

-- John Wyatt Greenlee

The drawing is at the top right. It's a black and white ink pen drawing made of abstract shapes and lines. It might look like a tree made of bird heads.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
LMFAO
AI User: I'm an artist.
Me: *turns off wifi* Prove it.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@leafo.itch.io hi - the update emails are missing images for the top section. Used to work but has been like this for a few weeks now. Checked the html and the image is still there, removing max-width: 100% fixes it. Wonder if it's a gmail rendering issue.
Screenshot of itch.io update newsletter. Images in the top section do not display. They are squashed to 0 width.
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it."
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The school holidays are here – let’s play ‘arguing over screen time’: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Who needs other activities?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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miki / comms open ❤️ @outerdog.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
commissions open , my friends !! 🥰❤️
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My sky generator is coming along. I really want to simplify it now. Over 4000 lines of code (although I do comment a lot so about half is comments). A lot for a weekend project (2 weeks later). Looks nice though 😊 #indiedev #javascript #gamedev
A 6x6 grid of generated skies made with javascript.
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 10/07/2026
Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.
If you want to avoid AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
From Outstanding and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My sky generator is coming along. I really want to simplify it now. Over 4000 lines of code (although I do comment a lot so about half is comments). A lot for a weekend project (2 weeks later). Looks nice though 😊 #indiedev #javascript #gamedev
A 6x6 grid of generated skies made with javascript.
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lottie @lottievixen.xyz · 05/07/2026
well that's rockstar, uber and nvidia on the fuck no list source www.bbc.com/news/technol...
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Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order
Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've been working on a random landscape generator for my retro 3d engine. This is far more complex than I had imagined it would be when I started. Means I can make skies easily for games. #javascript #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
A 6x6 grid of generated landscape images, with sunsets, space scapes, and water scenes
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've been working on a random landscape generator for my retro 3d engine. This is far more complex than I had imagined it would be when I started. Means I can make skies easily for games. #javascript #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
A 6x6 grid of generated landscape images, with sunsets, space scapes, and water scenes
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Gary Spencer Millidge @millidge.com · 01/07/2026
This is important: if you’re in the UK and you care about creatives, I encourage you to sign this letter. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they deleted all the movies you bought digitally from your account
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Jonathan @itsafeature.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Can we start a whole world class action law suit against the worst offenders. I honestly don’t know what will stop climate change except threatening shareholder profits
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miki / comms open ❤️ @outerdog.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
first cards for the new #fototradin !! 🃏
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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.
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Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof
Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Zero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline: "Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine." Passage from BBC News article:
"Around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to a vaccine which protects against cervical cancer, according to analysis published in the Lancet.

The first study of its kind, external showed that deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls were offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) jab in 2008.

Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 - the first time that had happened over a five-year period.

Without vaccination, around 23 deaths would have been expected."
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 17/06/2026
All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.
Edd Coates talking about the game ui database being scraped
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What the BBC doesn’t say is that Nalobin adds a whole other layer of complacency/incompetence/cover-up by UK govt. Read this to understand backdrop to this whole story & ask yourself why UK govt *still* refuses to investigate Kremlin interference in UK politics www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain
Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and aroun...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenot.bsky.social Huge kudos to all involved for doing the job the UK police & CPS failed to do: naming the alleged spymaster & clearly showing Kremlin’s role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Possibly now making a simple 3d editor. Uses three.js so all the 3d stuff is basically done for me, and the editor just lets you combine 3d primitives, but it's mostly working - if rather flakey at the moment. Will take a lot of work to make it intuitive to use. #gamedev #three.js #javascript
A view of a simple 3d editor. Shows a giant cylinder and a small ramp with a bunch of input boxes for changing the size, position and rotation.
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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026
Cory Doctorow was interviewed by Anna Foster on BBC Radio 4 Today on the topic of AI. I've captured a transcript of the questions here in a short thread (with the help of Google AI voice-to-text. Good AI, thank-you.) 1/5
AF: We could spend the whole of the rest of the day talking about AI but sometimes we need focus…

CD: Oh God, must we?

AF: We must, we must and while we decided to focus on this idea of a crisis of control, do you think that there is one?

CD: I think AI is the money-losing-est thing the human race has ever done, I think it's grossly oversold and I think that the capital markets have lost their minds because of the confluence of large tech monopolies that have saturated their markets and need to convince investors that they can keep growing despite the fact that they have 90% market shares and the fact that they have a large customer base of bosses who are just infinitely excited at the prospect of firing mouthy workers who know how to do things that they don't know how to do and replacing them with software that compliantly does whatever it's told.
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Really striking graphic from @samfr.bsky.social's substack this morning
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/06/2026
Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...
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Ben @binarymoon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Trying to talk to someone about my car insurance renewal and got the following options on their whatsapp chat. Absolute trash... Can anyone recommend a comparison website. I have a distrust of them so have never used them. I feel like anything that relies on a revenue share is not impartial.
A screenshot of automated responses from a whatsapp chat. The options are cut off so I have no way to know the full text. It says:

Got another question?
Learn how to accept...
How do I stop my re...
I want to discuss m...
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!
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