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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've spent more time than I should have but less than I wanted to on this so here we go.

My 9 most influential games

1. Baldur's Gate 2

2. Resident Evil 4

3. Dwarf Fortress

4. Deus Ex

5. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion

6. Disco Elysium

7. Alpha Centauri

8. Spyro the Dragon

9. Splatterhouse 2

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Monday, I had to get up at 5:30, I've had three or four hours sleep. Life is good.

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The only silver lining to this whole mess is that I can finally win the argument with my partner about Ed Sheeran being a dweeb.

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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.

theguardian.com

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The scammers are getting a little smarter. This looks more legit than your average phishing attempt. The phone number instead of a website will trip some less savvy people up. Be careful out there.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 03/08/2026

I feel like a lot of you haven't caught on that opinion columnists just want to get a reaction out of you. I doubt a one of them has a single conviction beyond "keep those poor people away from me." I mean ... you get this, right? You understand how it works now, yes?

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The idea that all writers are using AI and just lying about it is not only NOT my experience with other writers, but I think that line of thinking is pure cope. We MUST be using it! I mean everyone THEY know is using it! How else do we get all this done??? Coffee. The answer is coffee & routine.

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Ah, so Andy Weir is like... *dumb* dumb gizmodo.com/andy-weir-st...

“I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that,” Weir said. “I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that.”

“For instance, as a lifelong Star Trek fan, it’s always bothered me that there is a presumed ‘responsibility’ within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues,” the writer added. “I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other.”

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Cjelex @cjelex.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Youtubers need to bring back Full Lets Plays. I don't want stream highlights and one off friendslop videos. I want 20 part lets plays of obscure or older games where you and your friend make inside jokes about the characters and things that happen.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

it is extremely easy to create a podcast about bad people and not plagiarize me. literally just call it anything you want. the premise itself is almost impossible to plagiarize. and yet somehow AI found a way

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

"We owe conspiracy theorists a huge apology" No we fucking don't. They were talking about a secret conspiracy of gay trans Jewish lizard people. The Epstein files uncovered a conspiracy of rich, straight, white, right-wing Christian men, which these motherfuckers never even considered.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing

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Dragon "Gay'ed Too Close to the Sun" Fish @dragonfish.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW

A disgusting email sent by Robert Trivers to Jeffrey Epstein. Im sorry that I'm not going to transcribe how fucking vile it is, but it basically just talks about trans women as flesh lights and how pointless trans men are because they would've made good girls. It's fucking vile and awful and I hate it and it's literally exactly the type of rhetoric we see from the "protect the children!" Crowd who ONLY care about keeping trans boys from transitioning and probably keeping trans girls as sex slaves in private.

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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Re-upping this article in the Guardian Oz, about my research into the extreme harm being caused by Wes Streeting's puberty-blocker ban. UK mainstream media has collectively ignored my research (as I expected) but not the Guardian Australia. Needless the UK and US Guardian's didn't share it.

theguardian.com

Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns

Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

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WhatsLeftComics @whatsleftcomics.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This account stuck my comic through an ugly AI filter, removed my @ from the bottom and blocked me when I called them out.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Live your life in such a way that people won't smile when they read the news of your passing. If the worst people on the planet feel the need to explain to others that they should be humane and respectful when you finally kick, you've done fucked up.

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Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

being a hater is important. or rather, if you are a hater by nature it's better to not deny it. we need ecumenical haters, haters with a willingness to keep open minds, haters who can explain why they like something just as assiduously. That way when they say "this is dog shit" it has real power

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Regurgitative AI is now implicated in multiple deaths but still there is no sign of regulation. Meanwhile, governments are working to ban trans people from public life based on imaginary scenarios that haven’t happened. Not even AI could write a situation as stupid as this shit.

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves

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Tom Neenan @tpneenan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

me: you boy what day is it today? boy: nonces shout out of the window day. me: oof you’ve absolutely done me there.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

ITV News: BBC to air Would I Lie To You Boxing Day episode featuring David Walliams

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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 21/12/2025

The Escapist accused Blue Prince developer Dogubomb of using generative AI. This is patently false and an utterly gross accusation. The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original. archive.ph/CKiOB

archive.ph

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Remember: Type out "Trump" and put a space at the end.

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I will use any excuse I can to tell the story about the time Bongino threatened to kill me on Twitter because I kept calling him Danny Bongos.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

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Little V @littlevmills.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Christ not even a "we're sorry you feel that way" just full on defensive yeah fuck Larian I'm out

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints. Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 16/12/2025

"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Update: YouTube straight up removed another video about loot boxes. They’re just hitting anything that mentions gambling regardless of context. What a ridiculous platform.

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Fuck YouTube. I would rather my videos stay removed than edit them to cut out the word gambling. For years, my work was about how loot boxes were gambling, and I used the word because companies didn’t want the word used. I’d sooner lose every video than destroy the point of them. Fuck. YouTube.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I really wish people would stop using slop to just mean 'thing I don't like' or 'stuff that is part of a trend'. Neither of those are inherently worthy of being called slop. You really gotta earn that title by being low-quality, low effort products of greed and laziness.

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Thom @thwphipps.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My last word on the matter

a tweet from 2020:

(james bond being beaten up by a goon)
GOON: bond you will maintain continuity
BOND: Never
GOON: the year is 2020 and you're roughly forty five, you were born around 1975
BOND: *spits out blood* i was a sea captain in world war two and i've been to space
GOON: you son of a bitch

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

The words "FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE" placed over David Lynch's face (a still from TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN).

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

So there you have it. My ex-publishers who last year stopped paying me for the seven books I'd written for them, have today gone back on their promise that some of the money that they owe me and their other authors would come through. I should have guessed.. www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound...

thebookseller.com

Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'

As founder John Mitchinson leaves, Unbound authors learn they will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books unless Boundless "survives and thrives".

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Tried pushing open a pull door; broke every bone in my body.

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Why doesn't Stellan, the largest Skarsgård, simply eat the others?

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Johnny Catarrh @burntmouth.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Found a whisky glass in one of the stalls in the office bathroom. Dunno what's going on there but it's probably an HR violation.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

For profit insurance is immoral. Full stop. An insurers' job isn't to "protect from unnecessary care"; it is to pay for customers care. Every dollar of profit earned is a dollar that didn't provide care to the sick/injured. It is an evil industry captained by the soulless for the sake of the greedy.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 10/12/2024

we're out here pleading for subs money while someone on a salary gets to write this dogshit

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