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Alistair Hutton

@twitonatrain.bsky.social
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Finally, your one stop shop for rugby, computer game development and number crunching analysis of Scottish politics chat Also #pico8 #postcarts

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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Incredible timeline serendipity
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SaKo @sako.works · 24/06/2026
it should be very obvious by now but I believe code is also an art and I will continue to type it using my own brain and fingers for as long as I'm able to
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BBC today said that central Glasgow would have 40mph winds, 95% chance of heavy rain and lightning. I am spotting a slight discrepancy.
A perfect day, blue skies.
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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That's neat. My track has been selected as the 02 track for Trackmania's weekly shorts this week.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Honestly getting some fairly mixed messages here about the hole.
Work warning sign saying "No Access. Open Hole"
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
they’ll figure it out if they get hungry enough
Supermarket aisle sign with items listed top to bottom: Can Fish, Microwave, Soup.
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joannes @playthroughline.com · 03/09/2026
Soft where it counts Uncompromising where it matters
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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So you found the legendary boots. Congratulations. I don't know much about them, but I'm sure you should be very proud.
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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026
it's me i'm "unknown"
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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Don't know anything about him. I'm new here.
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
if you're trying to figure what's the difference between geeks, nerds and dorks, you're a nerd. if you already know, you're a geek. if you then explain it to other people, you're a dork
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Live your life in such a way that when you die Wikipedia can't actually load your page reliably because so many people are going to look at it
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#pico8 doodle
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A Lennon leadership would have been wrecked by an unhappy MSP group, but Fagan vs Marra is basically a showdown between the quality of donkey Scottish Labour were pinning red rosettes on from 1992-2010 and electing by default, but in an era where red rosetted donkeys no longer get elected by default
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 10/08/2026
great narrative pacing
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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What? Why do you disturb me?
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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
█▓▒░ 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ░▒▓█ 🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... WHAT? 👨‍💻 Make #Pico8 (or #Picotron) Games/Demos/Tools in ≤ 1KB WHEN? 📅 SEP 1ˢᵗ-30ᵗʰ 2026 Hope to see you at #Pico1k jam! 🤓 #GameJam #Demoscene #TweetCart #Sizecoding
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Fearless Freep @fearlessfreep.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Inspired by a tileset in a recent @mixolumia.com post I think I've started on making a thing? Probably going to be pure exploration? Classic arcade adventure, find the stupid items to solve stupid puzzles??? #pico8
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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How rude!
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23/07/2026
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's collecting leaf littler for a nest.
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Has anyone explained to Andy Burnham why no one liked Keir Starmer?
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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Scotland have carved up Arg on the Argentina right wing every single time. I can't work out why though.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 30/06/2026
Cruel policies will never be cruel enough for the people who enjoy cruelty, whilst actively driving away everyone who doesn't.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 27/06/2026
The reason Morgan McSweeney was terrible at fighting Reform has similar reasons why the SWP is absolutely terrible at actually delivering on their claimed aims. Because being very good at organisational factional battling actually has very little overlap with being good at delivering for an org.
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I'm sorry? Turnout was up 6 points on the last general election??? Burnham has the mandate of heaven. All who opposed him will be swept away by the tides of history.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Laypeople can't distinguish expert analysis from something merely expert-analysis shaped" may be the greatest summation of modern times without even bringing LLMs into it. So many bad faith arguments are "expert-analysis shaped"
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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What a guy
4 panel comic

Panel 1: a wizard in blue robe and white beard sitting with small forg at a desk behind the computer. “Click, click” is the sound of the mouse to be heard
Panel 2: close up on the computer screen. There’s a green check mark and a full loading bar on it. From off screen someone, probably the wizard, says “boom, there it is”.
Panel 3: forg is left behind alone at his desk. There’s an open door in the background. Forg says “thanks installation wizard” and a little pink heart appears, showing his affection.
Panel 4: we see now that the wizard has already left the house after a job well done. He replies to forg watching him go from his window: “it’s what I do”
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
'I'd buy a new coffee machine for three grand on expenses every couple of years if I could' - the median Scottish voter
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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Put all the purchases from the SNP fraud case in a museum and call it the Murrell Collection
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
jamwitch.itch.io/the-case-of-... is a lovely game where you delve into the past to unravel what has happened to the princess. I love the base mechanic. I like the sudden bursts of inspiration that the game creates. It makes me feel clever.
jamwitch.itch.io
The Case of the Dungeon Descent by jamwitch, Celia, Rose
Scry to investigate the princess's fate
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Easter Road currently sounding like they won the league rather than getting beaten by 10 man Motherwell!
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I beg your pardon?
Saints 61 points to 14 up at half time.
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This summary of different early medieval literature is still one of my favourite things on the internet. #medievalsky
Screenshot of Tumblr post by user sunshinemoonrx, reading:

‘Old Welsh lit: Dave punched Steve. This incurred a fine of twelve cattle and a nine-inch rod of silver and is known as one of the Three Mildly Annoying Blows of the Isle of Britain

Old Irish lit: Dave punched Steve so that the top of his skull came out of his chin, and gore flooded the house, and he drove his fists down the street performing his battle-feats so that the corpses were so numerous there was no room for them to fall down. It was like “the fox among the hens” and “the oncoming tide” and “that time Emily had eight drinks when we all know she should stop at six”

Old English lit: Dave, the hard man, the fierce man, the fist-man, gave Steve such a blow the like has not been seen since the feud between the Hylfings and the Wends. Thus it is rightly said that violence only begets more violence, unless of course it is particularly sicknasty. Amen.’
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Thom @thwphipps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
keir
dril: if someone cooks your goose, that's it. youre basically fucked
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
She understands she can’t actually deport him, right?
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Springs and things #pico8 #postcart (technically old school #tweetcart as 280 chars on the dot) Haven't done any Pico 8 programming in a while. It shows.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
One of the most captivating and unique games you'll ever play. You would be a fool to pass up on this if you haven't played it before.
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Dr Malcolm Harvey @malch.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Interesting Scottish election factoid: Edinburgh Central is the first time the SNP have finished outside the top two in a Holyrood constituency contest since 2011.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Never not hilarious to see 1st and 2nd place inverted from the Constituency vote to the List vote.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I did not have SNP winning Shetland on my bingo card.
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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
There we go.
Kenny Stewart's cat being a bit surprised by Anas Sarwar's knowledge of football.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
That's the west coast mainline for you
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