Reposted by space tilesErlend Grefsrud @erlendgrefsrud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Something I think a lot about is how Aaron Swartz ended up dead after downloading some PDFs from JSTOR while his YC stablemate Sam Altman (who Swartz described as "a sociopath" who "could do anything") downloaded the entire fucking internet and is celebrated as a captain of industry 063
Reposted by space tilesDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026"When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who built this bridge to be so flimsy? There are permits you have to acquire [& supposed] tests. When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you’ve lost the thread" 6759329
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026brb, adding this to my Losing My Edge "i was therrrre" list 010
Reposted by space tilesJess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 15/09/2026Simulator Week continues at the Video Game Soda machine project with Pigeon Simulator! How could you accurately simulate the lived experience of a pigeon secretly battling paranormal threats without snack and soda machines?!vgsmproject.comPigeon SimulatorPigeon Simulator lets you live out the fantasy of being a pigeon who's also a secret agent battling paranormal threats. I don't think this vending machine is haunted or anything, but I do wonder why you'd call it a Foodie machine when there are clearly two rows of canned drinks! Simulator 1105
Reposted by space tilesRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 08/09/2026I think this has probably moved beyond marketing fluff at this point into a deliberate preparation of the ground for committing more crimes 1156
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026tonight! soon! excited! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3R...youtube.comMajor TomYouTube video by The Space Lady - Topic 010
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Flo's "Ultimate DJ" theme on NTS today is "what would your soundtrack be if you were a video game character whose job is to break stuff and cause chaos". Not going to phone in, but it would be nice to hear Melt Banana - "Free The Bee" on breakfast-time radio, right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Z1...youtube.comMELT-BANANA - Free the Bee - Official Music Video (2001)YouTube video by MELT-BANANA CHANNEL 100
Reposted by space tilesambershee @ambershee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is where we left off - we're on our way to the beach! (apparently)... we're playing Duskfade! Grab a cuppa, get cosy, and let's go adventuring? www.twitch.tv/ambershee 012
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 29/08/2026thank you Twitch for front-paging the stream I did not know I needed, a Ukrainian in a spacesuit wordlessly tapping the jack of a guitar lead through a billion FX pedals to create one glorious noisy groove 000
Reposted by space tiles_lemon @andylemon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Some more nice news for a change, here's Cliff Stoll talking @ Defcon - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6560... #hacking #defcon #historyyoutube.comDefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff StollYouTube video by DEFCONConference 031
Reposted by space tilescowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 22/08/2026good evening from '91 dunedin youtu.be/U9NdaIzvZvQ?...youtu.beX Way Vision (Drag City, 1992)YouTube video by David Larsen 2114
Reposted by space tilesambershee @ambershee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We've made our way through the mountain to the inside of this giant geode... where almost certainly nothing untoward is about to happen. Have you been sleeping on this game? It's Duskfade! Grab a cuppa, get cosy, and come hang out? www.twitch.tv/ambershee 021
Reposted by space tilesAlice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026‘Gather as many colanders as possible and observe an incredibly rare natural phenomenon’ sounds like a Taskmaster task 26011
Reposted by space tilesSchrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 02/08/2026Very happy to be able to share with you all that Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is in the Cat Awareness Feline Sale in a little under a week! Thanks to the @devcatsgames.bsky.social for organizing the sale :) #indiegames #catsofbluesky 0269
Reposted by space tilesambershee @ambershee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026What's that? THREE new indie games to check out? Lego to build? What a Sunday morning! Grab a cuppa, get cosy, and let's try and wake up a bit? www.twitch.tv/ambershee 042
Reposted by space tilesd1omedes.bsky.social @d1omedes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I wonder if they realised that was already her job 0171
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Demos! Graphics! Music! Livecoding! A tutorial session and a glitched-out movie night! If you're onsite at #emfcamp (I am not, alas) go and look as these people have a gosh-darned demoscene planetarium dome. How cool is that? 021
Reposted by space tilesPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming… 15996386
Reposted by space tilesfield-fx.party @field-fx.party · 14/07/2026If you're joining us IRL at #emfcamp then know we have a village next to Workshop 2 that you are very welcome at! www.emfcamp.org/villages/202...emfcamp.orgVillage: Field-FX 021
Reposted by space tilesTime Extension @timeextension.com · 07/07/2026Germany's Largest Video Game Preservation Effort To Close, Leaving Its Digital Archive In Peril. timeextension.comGermany's Largest Video Game Preservation Effort To Close, Leaving Its Digital Archive In PerilThe decision to close came due to a "lack of necessary public support" 14624
Reposted by space tilesRichard 塚正ー緑 @rhtebooks.bsky.social · 18/11/202580s: Japan is the future 90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture Now: oh, that WAS the future 3398123
Reposted by space tilesNessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026does anyone wanna fund my indie game? it’s called Keep All Of My Colleagues Gainfully Employed. it’s an ARG where you keep all of my colleagues gainfully employed. we’re workshopping the name 191341270
Reposted by space tilesDonald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Really important investigation showing that the Govt's and Palantir's claims fall apart when they're subjected to scrutiny. And NHSE knows the numbers don't add up: "Over the course of four days of calls and emails, NHS England did not respond to any of the questions we sent them about the data". 058
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Something something Raging Meade Horn (go on, give it a go, it's fun) 000
Reposted by space tilesRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 24/06/2026the fact of our mainstream politicians and media simply allowing this stuff, sometimes even defending, even valorising it, makes me feel we are all living in hell 172
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Hope Common Ground (including the good folks at Curio and Flow Records) can be back with us soon but drinks and books sounds like an excellent combo (err, as long as one is not applied directly to the other. That's a less good combo in my experience) 010
Reposted by space tilesKevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency. 10349183
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Charity stream! Join amber and help the kitties! Playing the awesome-looking Schrodinger's Cat Burglar @abandonedsheep.com which I really must play for myself sometime soon...abandonedsheep.comAbandoned Sheep 051
Reposted by space tilesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Oxford Union offers a horrible illustration of what happens to political institutions when the only currency they recognise is attention and outrage. 4494
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What an end of an era for the Oxford music scene. Thanks for everything over the decades, Ronan and all at Nightshift mag. 010
Reposted by space tilesRob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Good news! Some recent research shows that we are good to go, kitten-sized-ants-wise www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOxygen supply through the tracheolar–muscle system does not constrain insect gigantism - NatureNew evidence suggests that diffusive oxygen transport through the tracheolar–muscle system is not the limiting factor on insect body size. 171
Reposted by space tilesSchrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 15/05/2026Give 👏 the 👏 people 👏 what 👏 they 👏 want 611524
Reposted by space tilesCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I am so goddamn tired of living in a world is run by crass assholes who don't appreciate anything that doesn't directly give them money or power. bsky.app/profile/robe... 412425
Reposted by space tilesVincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 13/05/2026The last time I was turned down for Arts Council funding, they sent me a model application for a project to demonstrate what they were ideally looking for. The model application was by me a year earlier. And was also turned down. 1026176
Reposted by space tilesSara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 11/05/2026"Silently downloading 4 GB of AI model to your machine, re-downloading it if you remove it, and then letting any website access it without your permission – that’s Chrome acting as Google’s agent, not yours." matthiasott.com/notes/lazy-a...matthiasott.comLazy and Prompt · Matthias OttWeb design engineer, UX designer, teacher, and speaker – helping teams build websites and digital products with a focus on CSS, accessibility, and performance. 1275
Reposted by space tilesSchrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW @abandonedsheep.com · 11/05/2026One does not simply make a cat game 14717
Reposted by space tilescowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 07/05/2026got something in my eye... 0122
Reposted by space tilesGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I'm sick of living in a dying kingdom where the things that once ensured prosperity are all failing but nobody can imagine what comes after so we're forced into burning through the dregs of whatever's left just to keep the lights on. I'm going to go play Dark Souls 3. 110412
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 07/05/2026this is an amazing noise but probably best not to try at home, kids (there are no kids and indeed nobody reading my account so I am really just telling myself that) 000
Reposted by space tilesa stinky ox 🐂 @stinkyox.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Hopefully people will realise "if you don't vote for us we'll build a concentration camp in your area" is a fucking insane thing to say and shove Reform firmly in the bin. Fucks sake. In fact that absolutely deserves the deer. 🦌 1359
Reposted by space tilesNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 07/05/2026If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.” 242317832
Reposted by space tilesambershee @ambershee.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I tested this for fun to see if it was regional - Crumbl is a US company and doesn't exist in Germany. It still "corrected" my search term and the entire first page of results was for the brand - even though the nearest store is 6000km away. 0135
Reposted by space tilesHoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Nothing like a last minute patch to increase your blood pressure on a Bank Holiday Monday. BUT WE SHIPPED IT! 1297
Reposted by space tilesMoonbuilding @moonbuilding.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Happy May! Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 106 is out right now... moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-106-...moonbuilding.substack.comIssue 106 / 1 May 2026The essential DIY electronic music lowdown: Track Of The Week: Woodleigh Research Facility + Album Of The Week: BUNKR + Loula Yorke + Field Lines Cartographer + Mosaicist + Adele Berti book + more 3219
space tiles @tiledsink.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Uni dept, brutal mega-project. A lot of stress leave, project managers quitting. Colleague died of a heart attack shortly after coming back from stress leave. At the end, half the team were made redundant. What did they call the post-project celebration? Why yes, "Survivors' Lunch". What laughs. 010
Reposted by space tilesLaura Marie Brown @laurambrown.bsky.social · 30/04/2026And I’m sorry but if you interview him today and don’t ask him that question you’re part of the problem 032