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Pili @paljus.me · 05/10/2026

Last night this guy, this fuckin' guy, this Nick Lutsko, had the whole crowd chanting "Piss! Piss! Piss!" and sung some stuff about Alex Jones (the one who popped like a balloon, not the jolly Welsh one) and it was excellent. I have a lot to learn about Dan Bongino and Spirit Halloween, it seems.

It's Nick Lutsko! He's sat on a stool on stage, wielding an acoustic guitar, with no backing except for the lights.

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Pili @paljus.me · 03/10/2026

Tonight we are proudly this kind of nerd 👍🏽 Friendly cinema full of Jet Lag fans, all here to see if Tom Scott's infrastructure knowledge can help him and Adam get to Hokkaido before Team Alpha Force™️ Feature length shenanigans!

The backlit sign outside a cinema says
JET LAG THE GAME
JAPANORAMA FINALE

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Pili @paljus.me · 29/09/2026

Vote JLR, a podcast host for Europe! It's like eurovision, only less problematic, and the costumes are...actually on par to be honest!

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is hilarious. I am one of two people nominated for best host, and the other person is Louis Theroux. It's done by public vote. Vote for me! We can do this!

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Pili @paljus.me · 28/09/2026

"Vietnamese Degraded Fat Boy Cook-off" seemed like it would be misleadingly concise in my safety engineering notes, but search engines successfully pointed me to the 1967 USS Forrestal Fire.

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Pili @paljus.me · 25/09/2026

This auto DJ function just tried to crossfade from microtonal hyperpop into slow indie rock and...well, I appreciate the effort 😅

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Pili @paljus.me · 22/09/2026

The latest batch of AI generated bluesky accounts, that I block as soon as they follow me, appear to be very similar blends of - vaguely meditative/zen stuff - woah nature is pretty - deep dives into economic and political policy at the drop of a hat Who are they imitating??

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Pili @paljus.me · 07/09/2026

I had a bad dream last night that I ended up with a daily telegraph subscription, and didn't know how to responsibly dispose of it without anyone knowing. We do produce some real mercenary shitbags of journalists in the UK.

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Pili @paljus.me · 29/08/2026

We helped a friend run some cultural workshops at the Hyper Japan festival a while back, but couldn't participate while helping, so today we got to paint our own festival masks as thanks 😊 I may have ended up a bit luchador. Not complaining 😛

A Japanese festival mask resting on a piano. It's painted with a bright green nose and eyes amid dark brown fur, and sunset ears/cheeks because I was playing with stippled gradients.

A row of festival masks resting on a piano. From left to right, they are a brown tanuki, myself with the bright green nose, a red and black mask with blue ears, a white mask with the David Bowie ziggy stardust design, and a black and gold anubis mask.

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Pili @paljus.me · 25/08/2026

I love Big Walk, I really really do, I just can't play it for long in one sitting because I get so physically anxious with flashbacks to trying to keep track of cub scouts or summer camp kids when I was younger 🥲 Here's hoping I can overcome that a little as we play it more!

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Pili @paljus.me · 21/08/2026

Our wonderful dog continues to be *far worse* than random chance when playing "guess which hand the cocktail sausage is in". We're not sure what signals she's picking up from us but it took her more than a dozen guesses to get two sausages. (out of two hands in total, to be clear)

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Pili @paljus.me · 16/08/2026

Super proud today, I finally managed to not totally screw @drkuro.bsky.social over when paired with him on the evil team in a social deduction game 😁 I have ruined *so many* games for him in the past (and indeed any other evil compatriots)

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Pili @paljus.me · 06/08/2026

Dan Da Dan is Mona The Vampire for adults and I love it

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Pili @paljus.me · 05/08/2026

delighted to be here for a three hour infomercial about high-fibre diets 👍🏽

A paper cinema ticket for the new spider man film that has abbreviated it to "Spider-Man: Bran"

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Pili @paljus.me · 24/07/2026

I started replaying Yoku's Island Express yesterday, so I can only say that this delivery person needs pinball physics and a charming soundtrack 👍🏽

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Pili @paljus.me · 20/07/2026

weirdly tempted to get the new Rhythm Paradise for Windows 98 Thanks Amazon? 😅 Rhythm Heaven has some throwback vibes but it doesn't go that far!

The Amazon listing for Rhythm Paradise Groove, a nintendo switch game, says it is for Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000.

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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ

Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.

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Pili @paljus.me · 10/07/2026

We tried watching Godspell and oh gods my days running a gospel choir are haunting me Jesus has massive Jacob Collier energy and it is confusing.

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Pili @paljus.me · 04/07/2026

Been playing more rhythm doctor I love a game that's unafraid to make me cry too much to see the screen properly 'cause I should be able to play off of pure audio cues damnit 😅

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Pili @paljus.me · 29/06/2026

In the recent People Make Games video about Jerry Gretzinger, @itsquinns.bsky.social described Jerry's densely annotated rulebook as carrying intense arcane weight. @annasmithspark.bsky.social's care and effort here give me a similar vibe and I can't wait to borrow it for a deep swim in the lore 😊

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Pili @paljus.me · 24/06/2026

Jim Al-Khalili is one of the loveliest science communicators, I got to meet him back when I was at school, and I am very excited for his latest endeavour! (The link's a little broken, but it works if you muddle your way to it)

youtube.com

Unbaffled

Some ideas are hard to wrap your head around, but science doesn't have to be baffling. Unbaffled helps curious people, like you, develop an intuitive understanding of the science that shapes our world...

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Pili @paljus.me · 24/06/2026

Wishing furries were real rn so I could be one (London's heading for 38°C today)

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Pili @paljus.me · 16/06/2026

My Wikipedia app just manifested a "for you" page... I've never used tiktok for a *reason*, I have ADHD, Wikipedia is addictive enough already! Thankfully it's empty and I hope it stays that way 😅

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Anyway, tl;dr: my brain works. It works really well. It does amazing things. It is the context of the world I live in which makes me disabled. Context makes Disability. And trying to make my brain be a good student or employee is like making a falcon run a footrace.

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Pili @paljus.me · 09/06/2026

Season 31 made me cry, in an excellent way, in under ten minutes. An hour later it has left me sitting quietly, mentally tilled like fertile soil. I don't want to spoil anything but I need to buy the dev several drinks and chat jovially about narrative expression through game mechanics. Play. It.

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Mabit 🐷 @mabit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I got a praise kink, not because it makes me horny I just wanna be told that Im doing a good job and everything is gonna be ok

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MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 24/03/2026

wisdom from a youtube video

quick sketch of a stylized dog with blue, yellow, and orange highlights with text that reads "if i exist, then those like me exist."

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Pili @paljus.me · 08/06/2026

I've played ~30 minutes of ~30 different indie game demos this past fortnight. Please, y'all, six minutes of one-sentence-at-a-time text is not an "engaging intro cutscene". Consider giving me all the text at once, or forgoing it entirely? 🥲 (six minutes of npc idle animation is just as tiring.)

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Pili @paljus.me · 06/06/2026

We missed our dog's birthday, so we got her a whole pack of diced beef steak and let her at it. She is...recovering 😅

A very flat dog on the floor, sleeping like a cave painting.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/06/2026

read discworld

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 03/06/2026

An indie developer is working with Jacob Geller to explain the subtleties within their new game’s narrative to media illiterate players. paletteswap.site/dif...

HEADLINE: New Accessibility Option Calls Jacob Geller to Explain Subtext While You Play.

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Pili @paljus.me · 04/06/2026

I got my partner an anniversary "bromeliad" and it's already expanding to take over the dining room Really hoping we didn't just get little shop of horrors'd by tesco express 🥲

A "bromeliad" plant sitting in a ceramic pot. A central pillar of leaves transitions into a bright red flower with a white centre, while the lower leaves expand outwards covering a decent chunk of our dining table.

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Pili @paljus.me · 30/05/2026

I asked the most qualified pokemon professor I know and now I have even more questions

A snippet of a chat log:
Me: why doesn't houndoom have ears
Friend: Ate them

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Pili @paljus.me · 28/05/2026

I am once again a late-night hammock wolf In this heatwave it's really nice to lay outside once it cools off a bit, under the few stars you can see from London, listening to the wind through the trees, the occasional police sirens, the insistence of our dog that I'm supposed to be inside now 😅

A long-exposure night shot looking up from my hammock. It's misleading for a few reasons - my phone's taken some liberties adding colour and light where things are mostly just a silhouette for me, and it's wide-angle, which makes it look like I'm next to a forest and not just a line of trees between me and the road!

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Alçidés: Master Baker 🍞 @alcides.prof · 28/05/2026

A kid can enjoy the process of building a sandcastle, despite the incoming ocean. As an adult, that ocean is a more serious and important threat to be ignored at your peril. But in focusing on the ocean, I forget the sandcastle, the moments of little joy, of doing things just to do them.

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Not NOW, ominous portents from the gods!

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Pili @paljus.me · 25/05/2026

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

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Pili @paljus.me · 25/05/2026

This word felt so fresh and new as it forced its way into my vocabulary and readied itself in my mouth for immediate use that I can't believe it's existed since at least 2009 gonna stare blankly at the ramifications for a bit 😅

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Pili @paljus.me · 24/05/2026

FOMO is weird when I don't want to do the thing I'm missing out on, but I still want to remind myself - other people can have fun - I don't have to be having fun - it's ok to just sorta exist - quiet existence is actually quite hard and worth practicing brought to you by cold shower on hot day 👍🏽

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Pili @paljus.me · 23/05/2026

pros: barefoot trainers definitely work better for my feet cons: I still don't have the leg muscles for moshing more than two songs in a row, and they ain't steelcaps that's for sure 😅

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Pili @paljus.me · 22/05/2026

all the sensory-seeking neurodivergents are moshing their hearts out at this Anamanaguchi gig and I love them dearly 💕

It's a small and dimly lit venue. The band Anamanaguchi are on stage in front of a silver tinsel backdrop putting in maximum effort. The crowd are mere metres from them and the room is hazy because of how hot a day it is, no smoke machine needed.

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Pili @paljus.me · 22/05/2026

This is somehow the chillest spot in London, defying the heatwave. Tonight's "oh look, Anamanaguchi!" gig ought to be glorious 📯

The sign for Windmill Brixton, against a clear blue sky. It has a dog on it!

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Pili @paljus.me · 17/05/2026

We went to a Pastel De Nata workshop at Almada Bakery and had the best time 🥰 They let us take away all the pasteis we baked so now we have...far too many! Please come and steal some if you know us 😅

A tray of pasteis de nata, portuguese custard tarts, happy and yellow with a singed top, just after coming out of the oven.

A trio of pasteis de nata on the cooling rack from above, so you can see the sheer number of crispy pastry layers at the edge

It's me, excitably rolling out some laminated pastry on a steel bench!

Nine of the custard tarts, neatly put in a square box for storage. You can see the name of the bakery, Almada, on the paper lining the box (along with their Instagram handle, @almadabakery

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The winner of the Most Amazing Award is: Ben Swithen with “Trans Theft Horso” 🦩🏆🌴 This game reminds us that, as right wing policies are on the rise, it is a radically political act to create queer joy. Long live gender gladness!🌈 #playfulmedia #mbbfunded #amaze2026

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Pili @paljus.me · 15/05/2026

wondering when big sauce are announcing Ketchup 2, the industry's been resting on the original's nostalgia for a while now

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Pili @paljus.me · 15/05/2026

This is going to serve as a fascinating documentary into the creative process and the evolution of an artist's identity over time, I hope it gets academic levels of attention 🩵

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Pili @paljus.me · 15/05/2026

I have spent an hour attaching over a hundred tiny plastic frogs to this little lego tree and it was worth it 🩷

A lego bonsai tree is covered in pink and white blossoms, where every pink blossom turns out to be a tiny plastic frog.

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