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Neil Dansey

@elneil.bsky.social
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Dad, Games Academic, Hackrobat, Slagbonce.

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Starting my day making some art.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We take video games seriously. From Tetris to PONG, to theories on rules, play, and game design, here's some of the best scholarship to read this #VideoGamesDay 🎮 : mitpress.mit.edu/national-vid... @flantz.bsky.social @jaakkostenros.bsky.social @montola.bsky.social
Six book covers on a light blue background. Books included: "Bounce" by Carlin Wing, "The Rule Book" by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola, "King PONG" by Raiford Guins, "The Beauty of Games" by Frank Lantz, "Soviet Blocks" by Julien Mailland, and "The Well-Played Game" by Bernard De Koven.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: The Medium-Hot Chili Peppers
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just watched Akira for maybe the 6th time in my life. Reckon I managed to follow it for about 75% of the way this time. PROGRESS.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just found out that moquette is a name I didn't even know was a thing but describes exactly a thing I like.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wife and I really enjoyed being given a heart attack from the Apocalypse Alarm while trying to dodge every twat and their dog for 5 hours via the A303 today.
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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY DWARF FORTRESS! 💪⛏️
Me and Tanya Short on splitscreen webcam wearing fake beards.
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Agustín González Gut. @agustingonzalezgut.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Edward Hopper - Autómata #ArteYArt #EscuelaAshcan
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One of my favourite places ever.
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Love this visualization of the 6502 instruction set. May you JMP for joy as you digest this ;) #retrocomputing #coding
visualization of the 6502 instruction set
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ah, so the cracks are finally beginning to show.
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same and that's why life is hard. Says Skeletor knowing he’s mostly stupid but sometimes courageous.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Brian Guthrie from Inverness just got absolutely fucked over by the BBC 😂
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber
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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
they think i want that software-as-a-service gradient-ass takes-3-seconds-to-load a menu type shit no i want that warm-grey-1995 could-launch-on-a-banana-with-an-electrode-on-it type shit that windows-defender-run-anyway type shit
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Imagine having so much money you could afford to give literally every other person on the planet $120 each, but then spending it on trying to get 140 million miles away from them.
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KaterFritz 🐔 🤔 🥚 @konkretbitte.eurosky.social · 30/05/2026
🎨 Igor Dubovoy (*1972) "On the hill" (2022) Oil on Canvas
Ein Ölgemälde des Künstlers Igor Dubovoy zeigt eine weitläufige Hügellandschaft unter einem dramatischen, wolkenverhangenen Himmel.

Vordergrund: Ein schmaler, unbefestigter Feldweg windet sich durch eine üppige, grüne Wiese mit weißen Wildblumen. Die Sonne bricht stellenweise durch die Wolken und taucht Teile des Grases in ein leuchtendes Gelbgrün.

Mittelgrund: Eine kleine Gruppe von Nadelbäumen steht am rechten Rand auf einer Anhöhe. In der Ferne sind blaue Hügelketten unter einem tiefen Horizont erkennbar.

Hintergrund: Der Himmel dominiert das Bild. Gewaltige, kontrastreiche Wolkenformationen in Weiß-, Grau- und Violetttönen türmen sich auf. Ein fahler Lichtschein bricht von oben durch die dichte Wolkendecke, während im Hintergrund Regenschleier über der Landschaft niedergehen.
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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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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 18/05/2026
Over the last six months, I've written histories of the 26 games to have reached #1 in the UK charts during 1986: superchartisland.com/timeline/#1986 Here is a thread on what I learned, with links to each post!
An edited screenshot of Batman for Spectrum, with text showing the details of the game.

Batman
Ocean
1986
Spectrum/CPC

#1 Gallup combined
W/E 03 May 1986An edited screenshot of Thrust for Commodore 64, with text showing the details of the game.

Thrust
Firebird
1986
Commodore 64

Combined No. 1
W.E. 10 May 1986An edited screenshot of Ghosts'n Goblins for Spectrum, with text showing the details of the game.

Ghosts'n Goblins
Elite
1986
Various

#1 in Gallup combined
W/E 21 June 1986An edited screenshot of Fist II for C64, with text showing the details of the game.

Fist II: The Legend Continues
Melbourne House
1986
Commodore 64

Gallup combined #1
W/E 10 October 1986
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In which I see a shoe and get sad. #poem
A poem called On the Way to Work:
Lone shoe in the bus lane,
All downtrodden, I perceived
In my drivetime wonder, circumstance
Of an owner so aggrieved.
Did you rub and trip them,
Squeeze and stop their spread of bone?
You were holier-than all your peers:
Did the burden made you groan?
Could you go their distance?
Did they traipse you through the shit,
Made you tired, faded, scarred, and soaked
Then declared your use unfit?
Had they just outgrown you?
Saw a fresher, firmer pair?
Maybe numb with vices on the kerb,
You'd slipped off; they didn’t care.
Lone shoe in the bus lane,
They defenestrate in jest?
If it means you find your sole-mate soon
Then I think it’s for the best.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A lot of the things you typically associate with somewhere are not from that place, the infographic
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Savage. Not just "we want you to go" but "we want to know exactly how and when you are going, so the rest of us can book some meetings in. Also are you taking that second monitor, otherwise I'll have that". I bet they've already set up a new WhatsApp group.
BBC news article headline talking about the Home Secretary asking the PM for a "timetable to quit"
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Everyone’s Favourite Jim @jimmeruk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Angine de Poopin’
Two toilet rolls. One black with white spots the other white with black lines, because they didn’t do one with spots.
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Never met Tony Peters, don’t know who he is, but a million years ago on Facebook he posted this and I don’t think anyone’s ever put it better.
A summation of the situation where people are directed to focus their ire at fraudulent benefit claimants rather than at the rich who are the cause of all poverty.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 29/04/2026
This is the ideal user interface. You may not like it, but this is what peak UX looks like.
A screenshot of the retro Amiga music tracker software OctaMED Professional v4.00 during active playback. The classic gray and black pixelated interface features a complex control panel at the top with various buttons for playback, file management, and instruments, showing a BPM of 125. The central area displays four vertical channels of scrolling alphanumeric musical data, showing notes like "F-2" and "C-3" alongside numeric values. Superimposed over this text data are four colorful, glowing vertical volume meters (ranging from green to red) and a dynamic pink waveform line, visually indicating the music is currently playing. At the very bottom, two small red bar-graph audio spectrum visualizers monitor the output.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Offline is the new luxury Kaoru Yamada
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New "Live, Laugh, Love" for 2026 just dropped:
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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Tonight's goodnight image is 'Springtime in Eskdale', James McIntosh Patrick, oil on canvas, 1934. Sleep tight.
'Springtime in Eskdale', James McIntosh Patrick, oil on canvas, 1934.
Red fields, drystone walls and tall, bare trees dominate this image, a small cluster of people swapping news in the fireground. On the horizon, mountains backed by a blue sky.
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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
World's most contagious falsehoods See all 70 bit.ly/IIB-Mythconc... data & sources bit.ly/KIB_Mythconception
ALT: An infographic titled "Common MythConceptions: World's most contagious falsehoods" debunks popular myths. Examples include: Napoleon wasn't short; sharks can get cancer; bulls don't hate red; bananas grow on plants, not trees; bats aren't blind; goldfish have more than a 3-second memory; and MSG doesn't cause headaches. Each myth is represented by an icon and a brief explanation. Bubbles vary in size based on the myth's popularity. Created by David McCandless from the "Information is Beautiful" project.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Even in a neighbourhood you think you already know, you can learn completely new things."
psyche.co
How to get to know your neighbourhood | Psyche Guides
Whether you are a newcomer or you’ve lived there for years, learn to look closer and deepen your connection
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Stay in the know, but remember to practice self care and touch grass and seek laughter and whatnot.
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Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Somebody earlier said the day kept snagging on things. Nothing big, just bumps. Got me thinking about the rain working the streets outside here. Funny thing about roads and rain… You don’t gotta solve the road. Just stay in your lane, keep the motor humming. The miles’ll sort themselves out.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I love this and I want some more people to see it. Nothing more.
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm nearly a day late to the party but this is a good one 🔥
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Flew to Turkey today on holiday (don't burgle me). Was joyous being 30,000ft away from this planet for a few hours.
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b3ta @b3ta.com · 15/03/2026
EnKITTification Artist: bruised_blood b3ta.com/board/11426454 From the '80s Tech Today' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/80stechtoday/pop… #80sTechToday
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Subject: EnKITTification
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Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Brought to you by Last Light Taxi. They don’t ask where you’ve been. They don’t ask why you’re quiet. They just drive slow through streets that remember.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
sure, the revolution will not be televised but I guarantee some fuckhead will be filming it on his phone
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Negocinho @negocinho.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Cartoon for @newyorker.com
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Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they say you are over the hill bc as you approach middle age, you stand atop that hill, a great vantage point from which to survey the low-lying territory that is your elder years, and then against your better judgement you begin to walk down, a brave adventurer, into the onslaught you will not win
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Jason Heeley @jaseheeley.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Oh yeah, it's alright for these buggers, they get to leave the planet for ten days!
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is, and probably always will be, the best story ever told on social media:
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Neil Dansey @elneil.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Trying to sell/buy our house at the moment, where everything needs to have happened yesterday and everybody wants in, but all you want to think about is your family's future happiness. This resonated with me.
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Essential dungeon crawl monsters: 1. Big and dumb 2. Small but there's lots 3. Tentacles don't go there 4. Evil horse 5. Fun facts about mushrooms 6. Eye 7. Punchable child 8. Dude that looks like another dude 9. Hostile architecture 10. Capitalism allegory 11. Uncomfortable implications 12. Steve
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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The 4 panel Drake meme, but Drake is now Richie (from the Bottom Christmas Special "Holy") who's wearing a blue towel over his head. In the top left panel, he's holding his hand up - revealing one of his fingers has been stapled on at a shonky angle - as he turns away from the image of gold, frankincense and myrrh in the top right panel. He's all smiles in the bottom left panel as he points at the image of (Terry's All) Gold, Frankenstein (mask) and Grr in the bottom right panel. Merry bloody Christmas, Richie!
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
New Telegraph columnist just dropped.
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