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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 26/09/2026

Reminder that the only people who benefit from these sPoOkY AI stories are the tech companies developing them. They *want* permissive regulatory control, so they can do what they want, and no 2026 Linus Torvalds equivalent rug pulls them. That’s why they get such signal & reach.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 16/09/2026

Physics question: Is the curvature of spacetime instant? Does it take any time to bend? Even at stellar scales? Like, if I deleted the sun instantaneously, does everything stop orbiting there and then, or does it take noticeable time? I have no idea why I’m asking, or how you’d prove it, mind you.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 09/09/2026

Good morning Australia, where, thanks to the toxic combination of performative Government actions on safety and American assumptions on banking systems… …as of yesterday my 22 year old Steam account needs a credit card to prove I’m over 18 years old.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 09/09/2026

Read somewhere this morning that ‘Real wealth is mental health’ So fuck, now I’m poor by two measures.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 06/09/2026

I'm sure some horrible AI could make the duck version I have in my head, but I won't do that, and I don't have the skills to, so instead, have a bunch of other cool artists making homage to the Akira bike slide!

static.klipy.com

Animated Motorcycle Compilation

ALT: Animated Motorcycle Compilation

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 31/08/2026

Wordle 1,900 X/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ I genuinely don’t know how this is possible without doing it on purpose. And I wasn’t doing it on purpose.

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Jörg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Dear @playstation.com - since, according to the terms you just reminded us all of, I’m NOT buying but merely RENTING digital games for an undetermined and totally arbitary amount of time, you should not be allowed to use the word “Buy” or “Purchase” anywhere.

Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS Store says “Buy this game” under Add to Cart.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 30/08/2026

In the nicest possible tone, Wordle can go fuck itself on this one. Wordle 1,899 X/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 30/08/2026

Because the very notion of being able to utilise Police time to do this definitely isn't a sign of corporate interests controlling the State. "To Protect and Serve. Us, megacorps, from you, slaves."

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 30/08/2026

Post your getaway vehicle

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 29/08/2026

Peacock Dick Smiths, reporting in.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 25/08/2026

I'm not crying, you're crying! (It's me, I'm crying.)

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 25/08/2026

Being fully remote: 1. A vendor solution I have run for for three years has been claimed as a brave new find by parties inside the organisation who happen to be physically in the office. 2. A senior staff was publicly moaning about me and I only know because people off-record fed it back. Cool.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 25/08/2026

*Slams the RT button so hard it breaks*

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 23/08/2026

The tragedy of the FGC: Rising Thunder died so 2XKO could limp away and bleed out.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 21/08/2026

Thanks @unburntwitch.com for pointing out that they COULD make a Titanfall, Populous, Megalomania or Clive Barker's Undying game, and just don't because, I dunno, capitalism? Come on Saudi; Give us back these pieces of game bedrock. Daddy needs a new Syndicate game, at least.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 20/08/2026

I just found out Zoom's in-meeting AI assistant is called 'ZoomMate'. Excuse me, I'll be finishing this ritual circle outside so I can summon the meteor.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 19/08/2026

*Laughs to avoid breaking down sobbing* There’s the urge to jovially do the whole ‘I’m in this article and I don’t like it’ but it’s just too close, too big, too real. How do you even BEGIN to tackle this? What a slam dunk of an article.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 18/08/2026

@justicar.xyz Ah, there's another one I meant to follow on the move from the 'Bad Site'.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 18/08/2026

I have to work with AI. I work in Tech, it's now career existential to not. However, what I can't abide is the rising dual insanities that: 1. If you didn't use AI, you're somehow making it harder (As opposed to wanting a quality outcome.) 2. You can dismiss anything you don't like as 'made by AI'.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 18/08/2026

@mikebithell.bsky.social As I see your face, that reminded me to go do this. SEE MIKE, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 18/08/2026

Was it the 'cause' of the rightwing backlash though, or just the background radiation to the ongoing fuckin' miserable crunch of the tank treads of a Murdoch based media and the grift train that rides it? Like, who exactly is doing the blaming, eh?

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 17/08/2026

Suggested we replace a coworker with an open can of Pedigree Chum, because logically it’ll attract a stray dog that’ll either do a better job, or in the worse case at least we’ll have a dog now. Apparently this was ‘unproductive feedback.’

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 16/08/2026

*laughs in MSP / MSSP* We haven’t even got a reasonable outlet to Patreon on, help, the bus is on fire, the doors are locked and that looks like an approaching cliff edge!

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 16/08/2026

Genuinely might be the most annoyed at Wordle I’ve ever been. Five in a row of just one letter and no way to improve but guesswork. Wordle 1,885 X/6 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 13/08/2026

The entire Souls movement. I'm fine with games being hard. I'm not fine with pretending your clunky movement was some kind of 4D chess planned feature, as opposed to just opportunistic bandwagoning.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 13/08/2026

I have zero reach or credibility in this space. Regardless, Kirk write good word. You pay Kirk, he write you good word. Good word make big dollar happy time. So, big dollar happy time come from pay Kirk.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 03/08/2026

How do you know your brain is games-rotten? When you see a ranndom Reel in front of a door and immediately say out loud 'Coastline, Rainbow Six Siege'. IFYKYK.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 27/07/2026

Okay, went through a flurry of fetching mutuals out of 'The Old Site That Went Bad'. If you're just noticing my Follow, Hi! I followed you back there, and have zero intent of being any more interesting or socially acceptable now!

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 20/07/2026

If Dr. Doom doesn’t do at least ONE Foot Dive for the FGC, there’s no justice in the world. #Doomsday #Evo

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 02/07/2026

I'm wasted in Cybersecurity, honestly.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 01/07/2026

Reminder: If you’re ever bored at work, just find a generic resignation letter, fill it out with a coworkers name then print it and leave it on the printer. Guaranteed comedy from some basic office terrorism.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 27/06/2026

I'll take it. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 23/06/2026

That there’s no US Democratic candidate organising ‘Drain The Swamp’ chants now at rallies is such an incredible missed opportunity. “Oh, you didn’t mean the swamp you made? Riiiiiigggght.”

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 18/06/2026

Whether Marathon (and/or Bungie, and I hope not) dies or not, the new Vandal cinematic is actually fuckin' rad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAu...

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Vandal Shell Cinematic | Marathon

YouTube video by Marathon

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 03/06/2026

A warm farewell to the Master of the Imperium, and one of the artists who fired my young imagination when I first set foot into a Games Workshop and encountered 40K, John Blanche. His work absolutely created the very bones that entire setting rests on. It simply wouldn't be 40K without Blanche.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 02/06/2026

TIL it's 'Unprofessional' to say 'I'm not saying he's worthless, though. I'm saying if we replaced him with an open tin of Pedigree Chum, statistically a stray dog will eventually wander in and do a better job'. Honestly, it's political correctness gone mad.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 30/05/2026

Today - I announce the creation of my Flat Sun movement; I aim to prove all these globists wrong, as the sun is clearly a flat disc that faces us! I have substantially more evidence than either any so called ‘Scientist’ or ‘Flat Earther’ because you can just look up and observe for yourself!

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 13/05/2026

Well this was just mean. Wordle 1,790 X/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 11/05/2026

Off to SYD to talk about what the SOC of 2030 needs to look like. I’m willing to bet there’s gonna be a lot of ‘everything will be robots!’ talk.

static.klipy.com

Bender from Futurama: Kill All Humans!

ALT: Bender from Futurama: Kill All Humans!

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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 06/05/2026

Aside from any of the obvious points, the Jobs Ready Graduates Scheme that ushered this into being and continues to be is a great illustration of the Ratchet Effect in politics, where the establishment right ruins something, and the establishment left does nothing to fix it when they gain power

Title: "The Ratchet Effect: How you are being duped by the fake two-party system." An image of a red cog being turned in one direction by republicans who "turn everything to the right", with a blue ratchet "Democrats block movement back to the left"

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 04/05/2026

I hate how absolutely Ubisoft are going to hook me into buying Black Flag again, because it just felt so satisfying to putter about being a pirate. Just an honestly good fun gameplay loop. Like dunking bad guys in Arkham, you want to go out of your way to do it. C’mon Ubi, just do that more.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 03/05/2026

Wait, did I become the age I was, or am I the age I am now? Do I have a way back? Do I have to carefully re-tread history exactly so my family will exist? Am I going to die before I get to now again? There's SO MANY GODDAMN QUESTIONS. Oh, but I definitely go regulate Big Tech.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 06/04/2026

When AI Came First it came for the Writers And I did not speak out Because I was not a Writer Then it came for the Artists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Artist Then, it came for me; - And there was no one left * To speak out * For me

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 28/02/2026

Provoked by very tedious attempts to supplant actual writers with the usual this week: “If you think AI slop is good writing, that says more about your reading comprehension than its writing ability.”

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 26/02/2026

My video games rotten brain knows, definitively, there's a secret area available if I climb up onto the bottom right pipe, run along it, and jump to that partially visible hole in the wall.

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Dave Knowles @shockeh.com · 22/02/2026

I know it's a take as old as time, but that there's no 40K competitor to Planetside 2 is just... absolutely mindblowing. The format is exactly right for 40K. The models are already digital formats, and work flawlessly in Space Marine 2. And there's no modern competitor. Why doesn't this exist?

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