How is it even possible to not make BILLIONS from just charging extortionate money, having pretty much minimal customer service and automated systems? Where has all their money actually gone? Even in the quietest towns parking is a nightmare most of the time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Regardless of your SFA opinions, Giant Freakin Robot is pretty much the lowest of the low at this point yet they are still being treated well by Google whereas other sites without agendas like this are being destroyed with bad rankings.

So the Epstein file redactions have done a better job protecting the scum that should be prosecuted than the victims. Shows where the priorities lie...

Currently stuck home with two vomiting teenagers. There are some horrible noises coming from two bathrooms. Send help!

Freely should just be an app on every other smart platform. It's ridiculous to have to buy Freely streaming devices, adding another piece of disposable tech. Environmentally and economically it's just the wrong thing to do.

For anyone avoiding Starfleet Academy it's worth giving it a shot. It is the product of every single era of Trek with elements taken from every series while at the same time it has already found its own space as something unique. My spoiler free thoughts www.thedigitalfix.com/star-trek/st...

Guess who's back... My review of the first six episodes of #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy is up on The Digital Fix. www.thedigitalfix.com/star-trek/st...

A three thousand word first draft... I had more to say than I realised... As a DS9 fan there is one episode in particular I'm going to be revisiting multiple times.

Watched three episodes of Starfleet Academy this evening - having been unsure about it going in but I'm actually pleasantly surprised. Its Trek, but it's also new and different. I'll be sharing my full thoughts on the first six episodes soon.

The size of the world does not sell a game to me. Games are too big - give me a tight 10 hour story and I'm happy. Cheaper to make, cheaper to buy and there's more chance of a decent number of people seeing all your hard work.

Farage being a racist hasn't bothered his supporters before so the latest confirmations are going to make no difference. Being racist is no longer looked at as being a bad thing by at least half the country 😔

BBC News - Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai - then why the fuck are Google giving AI responses that are probably wrong in search over real accurate information on dedicated websites? www.bbc.com/news/article...

RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩 Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.

With so many people basing their understanding of news stories on headlines, this kind of one sided summary is dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Entertainment websites are disappearing, or having to double down on clickbait etc to keep going. A few thoughts, and a presumably futile request to Google for some guidance. filmstories.co.uk/news/okay-th...

Google Discover just casually dropping the BBC News Pidgin version of this story in my feed is definitely a vibe.

This was inevitable the moment she went out and said there’s no place for transphobia in the party in response to Adnan’s transphobia. One of em had to be pushed out and it wasn’t gonna be him was it

Unbelievable that the first chance of a party that could actually deliver a more tolerant country and they've basically blown it before they started 😔 Reform will be very happy to see this happening.

MY DOCTOR

Goodnight, I’m hoping to wake up to a slew of posts from anti-woke “comedians” who have spent years complaining about cancel culture and the oppression of free speech, defending Kimmel and condemning the F.C.C. Unless it was only an issue when you wanted to make jokes about the trans community?

I'm a bit excited about getting another Speccy next! medium.com/@colin.p0/a-...

It's been a while since I last wrote anything about TV but something has been bugging me enough to actually put some words together... medium.com/@colin.p0/co...

Is she playing the author?

I mean this seems like a legitimate question from @annaturley.bsky.social

I keep forgetting Bluesky exists. I'm back again!

Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.

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The fact that Film Stories, despite being the most important grassroots film publication, gets ignored like this is a loss to the UK film industry on every metric possible.

Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop. If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.

@johnmu.com @searchliaison.bsky.social Hi - this is looking like it is becoming a serious issue - more and more articles are having their canonicals overridden and then being removed from Google's indexes.

Doctor Who... First time in a long time that I'm not entirely sure how I feel about what might be coming next...

The second season of The Orville has a run of episodes that beat all of Trek other than DS9 at its peak. Seth MacFarlane may not have the gravitas to lead but the writing and production values are pretty much perfect and it does a much better job than modern Trek in tackling difficult issues.

Of all the criticisms I've seen of TLJ I've never seen anyone complain about this - basically an article about a situation that doesn't exist... collider.com/star-wars-la...

Inflation is up because of rising household bills - which are rising because of inflation - it's a self-fulfilling cycle that ensures those with money keep getting more from those that don't. Companies blame larger than inflationary price rises on the inflation they're creating anyway.

fwiw, (which isn't much) I was the one who caught the Elaine tweet before he deleted it, and got the screenshots out. my most successful twitter post by a factor to at least x1000

Started watching The X Files on Paramount+. Five minutes in it's already had two picture breakups and I'm on my second ad break. Ad supported streaming is the worst iteration of TV viewing models so far. Worst of all worlds.

Fireman Sam in space 😂

Does Google have no review process at all for the sponsored shit that it takes money for to appear in Discover? @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com

It's been a long time since I wrote about Echoes of Darkness on TDF and it's finally out there to watch youtu.be/9PDgXMFpZ4Q?.... Also it's kind of exciting to see your name in the credits of something Star Wars related 🤯

It's a good time to be a Speccy fan 😍

chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists

I've made the decision to move away from Google products. As someone who built a smart home around Google Home the continual decline in functionality - both through the intentional sunsetting of features and the platform become less reliable in its connectivity have made it a hurdle rather than help

Interesting seeing DVD rot being discussed as if it's recent news. It's something that was an issue for poorly manufactured discs less than a decade into the format's life and had been known about for coming up to 20 years now.

"Apple TV+ just launched the upgrade I've wanted for years that's changed my life" - arghhh, this hyperbolic bullshit is one of the things I really hate about digital journalism. A streaming app on Android isn't a life changing event.

I've been a Civilization player since the first game. Never missed buying the latest editions on release. Civilization VI lost me as a player and looks like Civ VII seems to have learnt nothing and made things worse.

Sounds like this is worse than it ever was when I was involved in film journalism. It was also as depressing to be told there was no space only to find 10+ people from the same publication were on jollies taking up seats that could have been used by people who would actually provide coverage.

I've generally enjoyed modern Trek despite all of the ups and downs but Section 31 was fucking terrible. It was never a good idea and should have been forgotten when the series was ditched in favour of Strange New Worlds.

Hello BlueSky! It's been a while!

Ahsoka has been lovely so far. While The Mandalorian and Boba Fett have been a real struggle, Ahsoka's live action take on Rebels is hitting the perfect balance between nostalgia and creating a new story.

Been trying to catch up with Futurama but I'm really struggling. The first four seasons were brilliant comedy and must watch TV, but I haven't laughed once in the new season so far. It feels it's suffering the same fate as The Simpsons did and maybe should have stayed cancelled.