Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 6hA Rag, A Bone and a Hank of Hair properly spooked me as a kid. 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 10hI would’ve guessed the Wicca flavour of crackers for her. This is disappointing.static.klipy.comNow, That's a Name I've Not Heard in a Long TimeALT: Now, That's a Name I've Not Heard in a Long Time 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 12hOur family vocabulary includes ‘alongalator’ for the moving walkways in airports, as offered by our then 5-year-old. 020
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 14hTim Burton’s ‘I Want My Hat Back’, told from the perspective of the rabbit. Or possibly the hat. 040
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 14hWhich speaks to @janeruffino.bsky.social’s point about ‘sovereign’ not really meaning anything.static.klipy.comInigo Montoya: You keep using that wordAlt: Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. 110
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 15h“We couldn’t be arsed designing for accessibility, auditing the site, or writing a statement, so if you folks with accessibility needs could do the work for us that’d be great” I guess the assumption is that nobody with any accessibility needs could possibly have a few million quid to invest anyway 000
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 16h"The speed of venture. The strength of a nation." 🫤 The animations hurt my eyes. I do not think this gov.uk site has gone through a service assessment. 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 16hNot depending on American big tech for national infrastructure sounds good to me. And yet somehow this website makes it seem bad. 200
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 17hThey’re like our Victorian ghost adverts on the sides of buildings. I kind of like them. Some will be there in 150 years. 110
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Start with theme and win conditions. “In this game you play a faction of animals vying for control of the woodland. The first player to 30 points wins. Each faction scores points in its own unique way.” Until I’ve heard those things I just can’t make sense of anything else at all. 000
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don’t know because I’ve not run it for a bunch of strangers, it’s always friends or at least acquaintances. 120
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think it does wear off once they know a script better but resets when we move on to another script. I would just leave them to it but I try to guide them a bit because otherwise certain people who just don’t know how to stop seeming suspicious get over-targeted and that’s boring for them. 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The gloves are universally a good idea thing is mainly a TV trope I think. It’s a balance, but people tend to be more clumsy wearing gloves. 000
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When I run BotC so many people rely too much on vibes and I have to encourage them to piece together what they know and even if it doesn’t *prove* something to play the odds rather than guess because the nervous person who is just a nervous person looks suss. 110
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I guess there’s more than zero information in voting patterns but I don’t think much. 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Info-free nonsense is exactly why I don’t like Traitors. Vibes do matter, but it’s boring when it’s *only* vibes. 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Isn’t he in his 40s or something? Perhaps he’s never seen a middle-aged woman enjoying sex before? 020
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I could see them turning it into a national holiday. La fête nationale du steak 🥩. 020
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I enjoy art because it connects me to other people, not because it isolates me alone with myself. 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You don’t want a constitution to be trivial to amend but it’s also a bad idea given the known existence of unintended consequences to make it impossible. The only way out for the real Greens might be a party split and start building from the ground up again. 130
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I can almost see him looking around at his cringing little axe-head children. 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They’re trapped by Polanski being popular with the new members and unpopular with the voters they need to attract. A tale as old as mass-membership political parties. 030
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They don’t integrate! [Integrates into the highest level of UK civic life] No not like that! 0191
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere, what if the BBC should be run like a government service provider not a tech startup? 000
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I simply would’ve put someone in charge of an organisation who knows about the industry that organisation is part of. 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Which is one of many reasons why Blood on the Clocktower is so much better than all other versions of the idea. Some characters have a reason to want to sacrifice themselves early. And you still get to play on after you’re dead (just in a somewhat more restricted role). 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This @theresthistory.bsky.social blurb might be unintentionally the Frenchest thing ever. The Revolution was really about dinner. “The dream of a brighter future, in which all the people of France would have a steak” 110
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was in there when the 2024 exit polls were released. I was excited. My friend warned me not to be. She was right. 140
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thank you! All of the themes seem interesting. But maybe I’ll try Molly House first, for both theme and because it seems perhaps the least crunchy and complex. 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There’s a bit more Everton here now our PM is a blue @andyburnham.bsky.social and I’ve found out who else is (like @sundersays.bsky.social) 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh I meant is that the reason there is Arsenal here at all, not that that’s a reason to dislike Arsenal. I am not an Arsenal fan but I am an Arsenal nearer-resident, I’m perfectly okay with Arsenal. 120
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is that mainly because of the strong overlap between Arsenal and FT / policy wonk? 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Same foxes where I live, they don’t respect borough borders and why should they? 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love Root, Arcs and Oath but have never tried any of your Wherlegig games. I should correct that. Where would you recommend starting? 100
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Isn’t that just Google’s ‘I’m feeling lucky’ which is about 30 years old? 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The BBC is not a tech startup it is a government service. Discuss. 030
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The bit that set off the most alarms (in a strong field) was ‘redesigned iPlayer on holiday’, presumably based on his own personal whim. The BBC is not a tech startup. Maybe it ought to pay attention to the government service standard. Not to stifle creativity, but to focus on audience needs. 110
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Fox and Kingfisher in shambles. Absolutely robbed. 030
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026‘You’re not giving my identity to foreigners’. Mate there isn’t a finite quantity of identity to go round. It’s okay, you can keep yours. 051
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I do not think this kind of thing helps the trans community one bit. But I’m not sure Jolyon actually cares about that as much as he cares about his public profile. 010
Neil Fazakerley @neilfaz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Bryan Robson’s goal against France is the first England goal I remember seeing live on TV. 000
