Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s an exciting three-way extinction event as humanity flails in (1) the throws of normalised facism, while (2) AI destroys the half the economy and digital infrastructure, all during  (3) the final decade when emergency measures were required to maintain a livable climate. 110
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldRank Bajin @inremote.bsky.social · 24/09/2026saw ppl yesterday talkin about how we need to make people afraid of consequences again. today one of our clients just walks in and, unprompted, tells us he's a fascist and wants to grenade the migrant boats. they have been allowed to become so comfortable 011
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Challenged myself this season in @pokemonchampions.bsky.social to use the exact 6 pokemon i used when i was 16 to top 10 the smogon singles ladder… but now adapted for modern VGC doubles. Reached master ball using fun mega Starmie Skill Swap, far cry from the old rapid spin set from ‘08! 020
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This was the coldest summer of the rest of our lives. 000
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Here at @mobilehci.bsky.social to present "Anime, Animal or Animal Crossing? Comparing Aesthetic Styles for Zoomorphic Robot Faces and Sounds using Augmented Reality"! My intern Josh Yip and I used AR to explore perceptions of 10 aesthetic styles applied to the same robot! Read: shorturl.at/SdUZr 230
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldDefiantly Alice @mechanival.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Then in 2016, when North Carolina passed its bathroom ban, our *Conservative* government of the day issued a travel advisory for LGBT people going there - we're supposed to believe that even then, the EA already meant a ban in the UK, we were just all too dumb to see it. Absolute nonsense. 3/3 032
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My partner linked me this little pixel bird that flits around your browser and its massively improved my day and perhaps life, highly recommend! idreesinc.itch.io/pocket-birdidreesinc.itch.ioPocket Bird - Portable Desktop Pet by IdreesA tiny bird that flutters around your web browser! 163
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 03/08/2026“Bright” and early today as I take the coach to Edinburgh Zoo to become inducted as a researcher as part of FutureFauna. It’s going to be an intensive month as I run my first ever animal-computer interaction studies with the chimpanzees at the zoo’s Budungo Trail. Pretty excited but also nervous! 2100
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's my first solo Ascension 10 victory in Slay the Spire 2 with likely the most disgusting Flak Cannon status deck I will ever assemble 🤖🗑️ 140
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Went to a retro and arcade game expo today and it ruled 0101
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Went to the Scottish Owl Centre with my folks to see some of their adoptees. Largest owl sanctuary in the world, lots of lovely beasts :) 050
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train. 511488649
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldIris Duane MSP 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @irisduane.bsky.social · 14/06/2026We are one city united. No extremists will take that from us. 827446
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldChris Higgins🔜 @higgins.games · 11/06/2026Sorry to be controversial but I think everything, generally, is going quite badly 041
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Glasgow today was the site of white supremacist mobs marching and attacking POCs, absolutely horrifying. You will never represent this city. You will never be accepted. The shifting of the Overton window to embolden neonazis across UK (and European/American) is evil. We will never let you win. 030
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Rest in peace Cimo. Can’t really believe it. 010
Reposted by Shaun Macdonald🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Biking along the Stanley Park seawall, joined by a pod of orcas and otters. Beautiful British Columbia 🇨🇦🍁 🎥 Credit @arlenexa via IG ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️ 1142938404
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Just played the Neverway Prologue cos I've been looking forward to that game forever and it _slams_, can't wait until the Autumn. The art and sound direction is 10/10, but the character writing and story hints are also super enjoyable so far 020
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Icon of a scene-kids youth. Don't really have a strong positive/negative opinion aside from heavy sympathy for all affected by job losses, but its definitely the end of a UK highstreet era.bbc.co.ukClaire's closes all 154 stores in UK and Ireland with loss of 1,300 jobsAll of the chain's standalone stores have stopped trading in the UK and Ireland. 030
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldFDS @freyadalysad.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I love this essay very much!!!! 3777223348
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldHoeyboey @hoeyboey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026In a just world sending election pamphlets advertising taking away queer rights would be a hate crime, man 1161
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 12/04/2026North Glasgow March Against Racism, needed now as much as ever ✊ 000
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Haven’t gotten to play competitive Pokémon much since my brief stint as a high-ranked Smogon ladder player as a teenager in ‘08, really enjoying jumping back in with Champions! 130
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Made this little pompom bee at a Worry Object craft cafe run by Glasgow uni’s SolidariTee (@teesofsolidarity.bsky.social) branch. Went along because of my research interests in haptic comfort objects, but didn’t expect I’d also make one! Cool event, good cause, good soc :) 020
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldNatasha Tara Petrović @ NYCC H03 @1000deaddraculas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I AM THE BIG RAT THAT MAKES ALL OF THE RULES 5588942793
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Doing research on pet-like robot interaction is just the natural consequence of loving Porygon as a child 020
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldRyanKamos @ryan-kamos.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Digimon World 1 Mockup (2019) I'm looking for work! You can check my portfolio below. Rts appreciated 🙏 13823254
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldJames B Barrow @jamesbbarrow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026#RWArtMonth 2026 Day 28: 9 Year Anniversary - 9 years ago, I experienced a game that was unlike anything I had played before. It led me on a journey I will never forget, and has inspired me hugely over the years. Rain World is not a typical game, but it will always be one of my favourites. 110422
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Potentially huge breakthrough to solving the bee decline. Every crumb of hopium is vital! www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comScientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-foldScientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially d... 020
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldBen Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026One actual trans athlete has ever taken part in the Olympic games! She was a weightlifter (surely, you must think, if there were to be an advantage, it would be there or similar!). She failed to make a lift in her category, thus placing joint last. This was 5 years ago. 171
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Lovely work meeting at Edinburgh Zoo today as we kicked our research collaboration as part of FutureFauna. Everybody was very excited except for this Koala who is just completely done. 040
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Miserable about the Glasgow Central fire. Nobody was injured, which is a blessing, but what was lost was homes, shops, and memories. Moreso than maybe any other building in Glasgow, if you lived or visited here, you likely have interacted with Central. It was an icon. The city won't be the same. 250
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 08/03/2026My 9 MTG Cards All represent level-up moments. Azusa, Inner Fire, Altar, Arcbound Ravager and Mayhem Devil all radically change the value/meaning of other cards. Smokestack, Thalia taught me about breaking parity. Delay and Incubator taught me to assess whether drawbacks actually matter. 020
Reposted by Shaun Macdonaldheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 03/03/2026e33's sexism is the one thing that gets the least pushback in discourse because its just impossible to deny. those hysterical women and their grief they must be brought to heel lest they destroy the world and themselves. you keep waiting for it to undercut this but it just doubles down lmao 1232833
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Daydreaming about being dunked into The Goop when I pass away. Huge social advancements in Scotland rn "Bodies are wrapped in a shroud of biodegradable material such as silk or wool before being placed in a pressurised chamber with hot water and chemicals"bbc.co.ukScotland becomes first UK country to allow water cremationsThe process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation. 020
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/02/2026One of the longest-lasting impacts on me of the current US regime will be observing how the media and international discourse shelter this regime, holding it almost entirely unaccountable for its crimes, death count, and horrific policies, just because the republicans hitched themselves to it. 130
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldGlasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Thanks so much to everybody who attended our latest GWiCS workshop on journal editing and reviewing! And of course a very special thanks to our lovely speakers Andrew Dunn and our very own Fani Deligianni for their insights. See you all next time! 09213
Reposted by Shaun MacdonaldRJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 21/02/2026Happy Zelda 40th anniversary! 122139414623
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Very proud to help celebrate LGBTQ+ history month here at the @glasgow.ac.uk School of Computing Science by producing this set of posters highlighting five historic figures from the community, alongside the EDI committee 🏳️🌈❤️ Hard to be optimistic sometimes these days, but their achievements help 080
Reposted by Shaun Macdonalddrif @drif.bsky.social · 16/02/2026submitted for bevy jam 7 #bevy #bevyjam0xd21f.itch.ioSomnivore by 0xD21F, Whompratt, Lolly, s-azzles, OhNoPhotoncontrol a kaiju. destroy a city. it's all just a dream....right? 165
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Waiting for me when I got home from having to work this weekend from my lovely valentine x 050
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Our Safety Clinics for Online Gaming and Social VR for Young People (12-17) and Parents/Carers hits Edinburgh tomorrow! Drop by the Eric Liddell Community Centre (south wing) between 10am and 4pm to take part! Adults attending with young people will also be compensated £20 for max 1 hr. 020
Shaun Macdonald @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/02/2026World is very bad but I love my friends :) 051