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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 19/09/2026

My sci-fi horror story, Pod Fifteen is one of my favourites (and highest rated) but just doesn't seem to get the attention I think it deserves. #BookSky #HorrorBooks #SciFi #BacklistSaturday www.amazon.com/Pod-Fifteen-...

The cover of the book, Pod Fifteen. It features an angular sci-fi sleep pod with a woman's face lit by a spotlight from above. It's mostly dark blues with a single bright green LED light on a console beside the pod. The woman's face is the O in the POD part of the title.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 04/09/2026

Still very proud of the amazing illustrated cover M.S. Corley did for my Flash Gordon homage, Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet. #books #scifi #adventure www.amazon.com/dp/B014BZGO72

The cover of the sci-fi adventure book, Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet. It shows the main characters, Dwayne "Glitch" Mitchell, Scarlett Anderson and Doctor Zheng, surrounded by scenes from the book including crab monsters, beings made of light and flying people with guns.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 03/07/2026

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday. Regression and Georgetown were kinda okay and I prefer Exit 8 over Backrooms but Serpico was good.

Movie posters and ratings for Serpico (4 stars), Regression (2.5 stars), Georgetown (3.5 stars) and Backrooms (3 stars).

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 06/06/2026

A huge thank you to @artologica.net for the latest addition to my collection of anti-AI art.

A photograph of a watercolour painting. The painting is of a blue brain on a yellow background with the words NO AI ONLY BRAIN printed over the top.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 04/06/2026

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture.

A cat curled up tight against someone's leg. He's mostly white with ginger patches on his head, back, leg and tail.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 29/04/2026

I picked up @thekillingstone.com to see why @cwtycho.penny-arcade.com is so enamoured by it. I think I found the reason already.

A screenshot from a video game called The Killing Stone. It shows two language selection options. One sets the game's text to Modern English, the other in Period English.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 28/04/2026

Starting the day by opening a parcel filled with new notebooks. Clairefontaine not Moleskine. Did I need more notebooks? Absolutely not. Do I care? Absolutely not.

A stack of red, green and black Clairefontaine notebooks on a white countertop.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 18/04/2026

Had a great run at Central Park Parkrun this morning. Then on the way home spotted a pelican hanging out on a dock. The same dock we watched an Eagle having a meal on a couple of weeks back. Lots of people taking photos and video (pelicans are not something we really see around here).

A grey pelican standing on an upside down white canoe which is itself standing on a wooden dock. Taken in False Creek, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 18th March 2026

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 12/04/2026

Post an image from a game you played as a teenager.

A screenshot from the ZX Spectrum game Headbanger's Heaven. It shows a thief carrying a money bag trying to dodge falling hammers.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 26/02/2026

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 09/02/2026

Thanks to @aplante.com for the awesome prints and stickers, they're perfect.

Two prints and three stickers. The design is of a no parking sign that has been modified to say No AI Anytime.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 15/01/2026

I went into this expecting to feel some sympathy but now I'm just mad. Yet another example of "I would never use AI for [SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT] but it's fine to use it for [SOMETHING I DON'T CARE ABOUT]" And no, you don't "have" to factor AI in, you've chosen to.

Accordingly, in an attempt to reduce the budget, Burgess has earmarked AI for use in localization support and QA, as well as animating some of the Renaissance-style paintings found in hell. That said, he's far from a true AI believer. "I'm not waving the flag of AI by any stretch, because I've seen some awful outputs from some of my own work," he says. "I would never allow AI to write any dialogue, ever."

Instead, it's all about getting that budget down to a level potential funders might accept. Burgess reckons that without any AI use, he would be having to ask for around $1.8 million, rather than $1.5 million. But there are limits to how far he's willing to go. "I'm not going to sell my soul and be like, 'Yeah, I'll do it by myself, let me prompt this whole game into existence'. No, I want to work with really talented people and make something cool. But if integrating it in a way that doesn't affect creativity, but helps to save a little bit of money and gets the game out there to people, and gives us a chance to make something cool and memorable, and then make something else after that – it's something I have to factor in."

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 01/11/2025

I may be ill but that's not going to stop me celebrating Halloween by watching one of my favorite horror films - Richard Stanley's Dust Devil.

The 4K ultra HD version of Richard Stanley's Dust Devil. Peaches in Maryland in a duster and a cowboy hat standing on a highway.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 29/10/2025

Happy National Cat Day from Perlo

A cat curled up asleep in a fluffy cat basket. His right leg is sticking out of the basket. He's mostly white with a striped ginger and white tail and a ginger patch on his back and head.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 28/09/2025

The cool thing about being addicted to Kickstarter is that I get these "random" boardgames turning up. Like this cool looking narrative game, Storyfold: Wildwoods.

The box of the Storyfold Wildwoods board game showing a ghostly girl and her ghostly bear in front of a scary looking forest. Plus a box with some custom dice and a bag of deluxe pieces.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 15/07/2025

Book mail! @jeremycshipp.bsky.social's Familiar. Looking forward to this one.

A copy of Jeremy C. Shipp's book, Familiar. The cover shows an open mouth with lips made of muscle and teeth made of fingers and a tongue made of intestines. In the back of the mouth, there's an eye.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 15/05/2025

Gemini has arrived on Bluesky and it's going about as well as you'd expect.

Two Bluesky posts. The first is a picture of a cartoon fox overlaid with the words die die die die die die die die.

The second is Gemini's response which is...

Thanks for sharing the video! I'll do my best to understand and respond appropriately given the context. Let me know if you have any specific questions about it!

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 19/02/2025

Cool parcel arrived as promised.

A photo of three boardgames. Dice Throne Season 1 and 2 and Isle of Cats Duel.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 18/02/2025

Not the parcel I was waiting for, but I just unpacked a new single player card game - Spire's End: Rangitaki.

A photograph of the Spires End: Rangitaki card game with its expansion and playmat.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 05/02/2025

This arrived yesterday. I hear it's pretty good.

A photo of the box set of the Twin Peaks TV show.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 06/01/2025

My @letterboxd.social Most Recent is looking particularly strong at the moment.

A screenshot showing my most recent activity on Letterboxd. The films are The Godfather Parts 1 and 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Mad Max Fury Road.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 14/12/2024

It's #caturday which is the perfect time to donate or repost to help Catoro cat cafe raise enough money to stay open. Catoro does a lot of great work placing cats that can be hard to find homes for. Including this guy, Perlo. www.gofundme.com/f/catoro-cat...

A mostly white cat with orange patches on his head. Curled up in a fluffy grey cat bed. Bed is on a striped red, blue and cream rug.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 13/12/2024

Million Dollar Baby (Amazing), It's What's Inside (Surprisingly good), Role Play (Inoffensive), Lisa Frankenstein (Disappointing) #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Movie posters for Million Dollar Baby, It's What's Inside, Role Play, and Lisa Frankenstein.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 04/12/2024

Hold on... Was I the first person to listen to Mimi Bloo's first song on YouTube Music? I think I was.

A screenshot from YouTube Music showing the song, The Beat by Mimi Bloo. There has been 1 play of the track.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 27/11/2024

My science fiction horror short story, Pod Fifteen, is sitting at an inauspicious 13 ratings at the moment. www.amazon.com/dp/B07BPQGLRJ

The cover for a book, Pod Fifteen by Philip Harris. It's a dark and gloomy image featuring an angular science fiction life support pod. The title Pod Fifteen is in the middle of the image but the O is a woman's face illuminated by a spotlight above it.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 16/11/2024

Getting some Blair Witch vibes from Perlo this #caturday.

Perlo, a mostly white cat with two ginger splotches on his back and ears and a stripey ginger tail. He's sitting with his back to the camera in the corner of a grey sofa, staring directly into the corner.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 10/11/2024

What is one of your comfort movies?

Movie poster for the film Hellraiser. Shows an angry man with nails in his head holding a black and gold puzzle box .

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 09/11/2024

Perlo had to go to another foster but it didn't work out. So, when they asked if we could take him back we decided that a) we'd missed him too much and b) he deserved a permanent home. Happy #caturday

A very cute white cat with a few patches of orange on his head and a stripey tail. He's lying on his back in a cat bed, legs splayed.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 09/11/2024

Feels like we need some good news this #caturday. Very happy to say that Perlo, our foster cat with a supervillain backstory, has found a home. With us!

A very cute white cat with a few patches of orange on his head and ears. He's looking very inquisitively out of a cupboard.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 11/10/2024

This snail showed up in our living room. Anyone able to identify it?

A white cat with ginger splotches lying on a striped rug. There is a large red cloth play cube on his back. He's staring at a toy fish.

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Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com · 05/10/2024

Happy Birthday to Clive Barker, one of my all time favourite authors. Cabal got me hooked on reading horror something like 35 years ago and then inspired me to start writing it.

The cover for Clive Barker's book, Cabal. It's a spooky face made of what might be clouds over what might be a sunset. Or maybe hell breaking open.

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