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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 22h

The inherent density of it makes pitching to development schemes a real wild ride - "Give me the plot of your show, you have 300 words, we're interested in character-led drama, no sitcoms"

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've been starting on the bits of this animation I've been dreading, like having doors open and shut. This one gets kicked open and it's actually been fun getting a bit cartoony with the motion of it after working on making quite a muted environment.

Screenshot of Aseprite, the pixel art programme. The picture being edited is of a corner of a classroom. There is a metal and wood desk, windows and a dark blue door. The floor is a mid blue tone and the walls are a vague pastel. This is one of several frames in an animation sequence, tagged as "Main Door". The others are "Store" and "Store Kick Shut"

Another frame of Aseprite animation in close-up, showing the blue door buckling and starting to come open as if struck with force.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Addendum: sometimes happiness is ordering Greggs also

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's not been good, but I've had good news - I'll be finally getting help for PTSD, and I've spent the past week arranging appointments and referrals after being in a big slump this year. I hope everyone else gets a second wind like that.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sometimes happiness is ordering a pan just for poaching eggs.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My big ones are 90s adventure games, writing, music tech and animation. I've been combining them by working on an animated pilot about autism that uses pixel art, which might be the most autistic thing I've done to date and just leads to more and more specific things to hyperfixate on

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

50 minutes of putting a coat on and leaving the TARDIS, looking around, going "oh dear, this just won't do", then going back in again

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Enjoyed my trip to Dublin, with the exception of the bit of the Irish emigration museum that said "some Irish people went abroad to do missionary work, and isn't that nice :)"

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had to see this right when getting back from Dublin and enjoying being back in my house with all the familiar things

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Brian Eno must get so sad going through an airport and hearing pop music playing in the shops. Did he toil for naught?

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No weirder vibe than overhearing both sides of a phone call in an outpatient mental health clinic

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh hey, a character with the same last name as me got awards for coping really well as a kid and then kinda crashed out. Nope, don't have any feelings about this whatsoever.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

At last, I have what I've always wanted: protection from intentional design choices

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

AI detectors are unreliable at doing what they're advertised for, but would be great at finding Emily Dickinson poems

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Did a redraft of a script to properly seed the themes throughout, then added a bunch more sad moments because I like torturing myself

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I really hope there's no significant news today, or the brief moment of darkness later today will feel like a really clunky metaphor, and I'm tired of living through those.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I have just had the worst autism experience (having to do the washing up when the sink has become full of soggy mealworms) so now I'm having a much better one (listening to this show, which can be done without gloves, scourer and opening every window to get rid of The Smell)

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm getting swanky with it and using truffle oil in my fagioli all'uccelletto

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is just like the autism group chat at work, but with more cake. I should make some cake to apologise for the lack of cake.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I am not very familiar with the Big Bang Theory, but this does not seem very Bazinga of them.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ubisoft please give Ezio a keyblade thank you

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Me normally: I can appreciate actors without getting all weird and parasocial about it Me when a new Criterion Closet video drops: I also like Samuel Fuller movies we are friends now

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It is a grief beyond understanding that we can never find out if Enkidu was a cool guy to hang with

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spotted two familiar-ish faces in Manchester #nitw

Two pieces of graffiti on the corner of a building in Manchester UK: 1. A drawing of Mae and Gregg from Night In The Woods, captioned "Crimes". Gregg is a little off-model and looks more menacing than in the game. Mae is closer to the game's style but lacks her nightmare eyes. 2: the words "Nuke Possum Springs" with the final S trailing off in the same way as in the game.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Kind of fucked up that you can never high-five a horse, if you think about it.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Been a wobbly month but I've started the day with sausage, eggy bread and watching a Stewart Lee show and later I get to go to a Fishmonger. Everyone should get to go to a monger of some description, it makes any day better.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

People may question the authenticity of some of these, but I've been called an expensive fruit many a time

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

SNL UK beat my low expectations and featured Ania Magliano in a suit so maybe comedy is back or something idk

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Renate Reinsve's just dazzling, isn't she? I hope she gets her garlands, even if SV doesn't win overall

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It's especially nice to see more well-crafted horror and international films in the running for BP, speaking as someone who adored both Sinners and Sentimental Value.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

No better way to celebrate Friday night than making lasagne and watching National Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a keymaster in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a gatekeeper

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Basically right - the Greens aren't new but were behind the Lib-Dems (socially liberal, economically a coalition of social democrats and market liberals) as the progressive minor party option until the new leader set out their stall as being a home for ex-Labour voters.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

There were a lot of old sci-fi novels in my house growing up, and I'd always wished I could explore the lavish, bizarre landscapes I saw on the covers. I think this might do the trick.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

"I can hold my breath for ten minutes", especially the RtMI version - "In my prime, I could [etc]" "were you in your prime then?" "...Eight minutes"

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

If this is anything like their last game, this is something that will linger in the mind long after the credits roll. If On A Winter's Night Four Travellers was a dark, ornately crafted treat. Can't wait for this one.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We get it whenever a US chain opens here - we don't need a news article about Manchester getting a Popeye's when we have a Spätzle restaurant within walking distance of town

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

APRIL - 1805 NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE ONLY THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS BEFORE HIM THERE IS NOTHING IN NAVAL LAW STATING THAT A GOLDEN RETRIEVER CANNOT SERVE HIS MAJESTY AS CAPTAIN OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Very true, based on two things I have done in the past year that have immeasurably improved my wellbeing: 1. Painting a wall in my house with blackboard paint for drawing silly drawings whenever I want 2. Inviting friends over to play around with arts and crafts stuff regularly

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Nobody says "huzzah" like him. Nobody.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

RIP Nigel the business worm. He died doing what he loved (business, being a worm)

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Made the mistake of trying to leave the house this weekend. I had to admit defeat and go home instead of going to the cinema. When it's too hot to sit in a dark room with a fan on, that's when you know it's bad.

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Nightwarbler @nightwarbler.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

You say that now, but just wait until somebody dances like nobody's watching. Then you'll be glad of it

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/06/2025

there should be a consumer electronics review site called does it beep dot com and the sole criteria it uses to judge kitchen appliances, cars, washing machines, etc is whether it beeps at you and if so how annoying the beeps are

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