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Gavin Young

@gavinyoung.bsky.social
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Programming Project Lead - currently on sabbatical Scottish immigrant, novice cook, maker of puns he/him

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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 6h
@andyburnham.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social when will you sanction the whole of Israel? Settlers aren't a violent fringe: they're the foot soldiers of the apartheid state.
bbc.com
Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and block Palestinian family's return home
Two homes belonging to the al-Tubasi family were set on fire and Israeli security forces were also targeted by settlers.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 9h
The more I play of CONTROL Resonant, the more it becomes clear that it has the Remedy juice that I crave.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 21h
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Colour cycling and hi-res Amiga AGA landscapes: A clip from the Mark Ferrari art slideshow production from 2023.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just heard the Hiss say "baby baby baby yeah". Is this how it begins?
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm really enjoying CONTROL Resonant, but it's not without its flaws: primarily I think these come from Remedy stretching their ambitions (good!) and trying to make a very different type of game from their usual narrative shooter template. There are a number of issues that add friction:
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Capping off the week going full Hater mode on Meta. aftermath.site/meta-vr-glas...
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Hey, Quick Question: Who Are Meta’s VR Glasses For?
Meta’s VR Glasses are aimed at a customer I’m not sure exists, unless we are counting "bored people at the airport."
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
90s Fifecore
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Uncut Femmes @juliagiantrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unironically the ruling class are just trying to recreate feudalism using AI. This is just "the peasants don't need to learn how to read or write when in reality the only skill they do need is knowing how to work the field. They have priests to rely on if they for whatever reason ever need to read"
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's truly criminal that Lone Echo and its sequel are forever locked to the Oculus PC platform, and I'm sure will become lost media when Meta kills that storefront in the near future. When people say "HL Alyx is the only true AAA VR experience" I have to remind them about Ready At Dawn.
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Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Big Curse of Resthaven news dropping this Thursday We’re so proud of how the game is coalescing. If you’ve got friends who like creepy, vibey, unique indies, help us get Resthaven on their radar Wishlist it while you’re at it so you don’t miss the news! store.steampowered.com/app/3796150/...
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Shayne from Missouri @cultofsignal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Huge overlap with "AI Slop is good enough for me" and "Full Volume, No Headphones, Public Place, Let's Go!"
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/09/2026
New investigation: an Israeli app that allows political campaigns to feed supporters AI-generated arguments to use on social media has arrived in Canada. It's being used in the highest profile mayoral campaign in Canada, @rorywh.bsky.social reveals.
nationalobserver.com
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"It's not a cake, it's a gateaucean"
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Natalie @heartimecia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
so many women in games have their careers cut short by abusive men who walk around soaking up accolades
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally started this book from the folks behind @thewaroncars.bsky.social Courtesy of my local library ♥️
A photograph of a Kobo e-reader displaying the cover of Life After Cars
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seeing CONTROL Resonant described as "messy" alongside these kinds of scores reassures me that the team at Remedy decided to Try Doing Something and it mostly paid off, but won't hit for every player. Absolutely there day one next week.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Peter Parker looking up The Punisher in the phone book
Photo of a TTC subway map, showing the Castle Frank stop
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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Crunch is inevitable” guys are so funny, just openly admitting they can’t and won’t make a production plan
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Easy to say crunch is inevitable when you're a CEO who doesn't actually have to suffer the damaging effects of crunch 🧠
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When your spine doesn't work like it used to before
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the best games of the year, and every single location, character and ITEM (!!) is featured in the concept art gallery where you can see the process with some lovely artist commentary. Somehow better than Tangle Tower????
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Incredible sad effort to manufacture outrage against a democratically elected Muslim mayor who regular (non billionaire class) New Yorkers seem to be broadly like. These kind of polls exist so that right-wing op eds can be written with "wide support", and even with a leading Q like this they failed
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Most excited I've been about a videogame adaptation for a while. Please have an all-Aussie cast 🤞
deadline.com
'The Drifter' Video Game Getting Movie Treatment At Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures and Story Kitchen have landed the live-action feature film rights to the video game The Drifter.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I really loved my time with Keeper - it's a wonderful game that you can finish in an afternoon. At no point do the mechanics become tiresome, and the puzzles feel logical and fit clearly within the world. Beautiful music, visuals and movement!
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Whose Game Is It Anyway?: where the share price is made up, and the sales don't matter
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Proud to support independent journalism here in Montreal that offers a chance for journalists in Gaza to tell the stories of their land.
therover.ca
In Gaza, How Are Children Experiencing the Start of the School Year After Three Years of War? – The Rover
After nearly three years of war and school closures, thousands of children in Gaza are getting ready to return to school.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 20/08/2026
The Labour Friends of Israel outright say in this paper that a ban on trade with settlements would inevitably become a de facto ban on all Israeli products, because Israel's economy is inseperable from the settlement enterprise. Instead of condemning Israel for that, they say a ban is anti-Jewish.
LFI believes Britain should continue to take considered and calibrated steps against violent extremist settlers and organisations responsible for driving the deplorable violence against Palestinians most Israelis abhor. At the same time, any further untargeted steps the UK government takes – for instance, sanctions going beyond violent extremist settlers and organisations – would likely have a number of negative effects:
First, a boycott of all trade with settlements is practically and politically impossible. It would affect all Israeli businesses operating in the settlement blocs, as well as East Jerusalem and the Old City, where major Israeli businesses like Bank Hapoalim and Teva operate, and where the tourism sector is critical for Israeli and Palestinian workers. There is a risk that international financial actors overcomply with sanctions nominally targeting settlements, adversely affecting Israelis living within the state’s borders. A settlement boycott would thus become a de facto boycott of all of Israel, which would rightly be perceived within the UK Jewish community as a further example of the government singling out and targeting Israel for punitive action and harsh rhetoric.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Grand Theft Autogynephilia was right there
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 29/08/2026
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/dest...
mondoweiss.net
‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlands
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as…
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Vera Tobin @vtobin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is an extremely delightful interview and I do not think you will regret reading it. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
cbc.ca
B.C. swimmer crosses the Strait of Georgia in under nine hours | CBC Radio
When it comes to crossing the Strait of Georgia, most people would choose to do so in a boat, a ship — any kind of a marine vessel, really. But not Melanie Buggey. She chose to swim.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I've spent a lot of time during my sabbatical playing a ton of great indie games, but it looks like I'll be capping it all off by buying a AAA game on launch day (which I haven't done since... Rebirth?). Remedy have me so completely under their thumb and I love it.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm Christina I've been a professional illustrator since 2005 and a specialist game artist/ art director since 2009. I've worked for Mojang (on Minecraft), Netflix Games, WB Games I've been unemployed for 8+ months. I'm tired of rejection letters. Please help me find a paying project #gamedev
My cover illustration for the game Space Jam (on which I also did all the art and animation)

Bugs Bunny, Lebron James and Lola Bunny are posing in front of an enemy from the game, blending in as a star-filled sky.a portrait of Otto Rehagel for Esquire MagazineMy terraria illustration for Lost In Cult's Deluxe Edition book on Terraria.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hopefully one day with cutting-edge forensics investigators will be able to find a way to link Hind Rajab's death with bullets being shot into the car she was inside. It will take greater minds that the IDF, but I'm sure there's a connection somewhere. Or perhaps it's just a big coincidence!
bbc.com
Israel confirms soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed and opens criminal investigation
The five-year old Gaza girl initially survived the attack and pleaded for help but her body was recovered later with those of six of her relatives.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Remember though THERE IS NO APARTHEID 🤡
bbc.com
Israel opens up bids for highly-sensitive West Bank settlement project
Israeli plans to build on the area east of Jerusalem - which would divide the occupied West Bank in two - have long been internationally condemned.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Honestly man I don't shame people for who they're attracted to, but other women are available.
BBC news screenshot of a photo of murderer Erin Patterson with the headline "Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is appealing - here's what you need to know"
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My PC overheated and powered off, and our 4 hour Big Walk save is gone. @househouse.com seems this is a known issue and there's no backup??
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Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I have had my SUV (sustainable urban vehicle) for two full years! 🎉🚲🍾I biked 5400 miles across 2700 trips. This works out to just over 2 miles per trip. These things are so much FUN to ride, plus they are tremendously efficient compared to cars and saved us thousands of 💵Here's what I learned: 1/15
A blond male with a goatee, black t-shirt, jeans and orange sneakers riding an urban arrow cargo bike with two young passengers. One wears a blue helmet, the other a red helmet. One of the passengers is reading a comic book.
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 15/08/2026
I just want to share the funniest possible update to this, which is: a full two years later Saber finally revoked my Steam key for this game today
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Really beautiful read and artwork - well worth 15 minutes of your day
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Don't mean to distract from the crop of videogame CEOs who suck absolute shit, but responding to their braying with "ah well <GAME> was overrated anyway" is such a childish move. Insulting the talented devs to did their best on a game just because their CEO is a tool makes you look like a dick 👎
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OH it's this chode 😂
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Once again proving that the first job AI would effectively replace in many cases is CEO
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Cowards is the kindest label I could give these ghouls.
bbc.com
Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village
Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I used to wonder if there are people who never unsubscribe from a single mailing list or promotional campaign and whose inboxes take 30 minutes to clear every morning and I just learned that it's my mum.
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Gavin Young @gavinyoung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Honestly we should have got an Ocean's 9
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