so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome Go through these steps to disable it: opus.ing/posts/how-to... #chrome #aibullshit

Over 15,000 university job cuts made in the last year, UCU claims. “This analysis exposes a UK-wide crisis in higher education,” said Jo Grady, the union’s general secretary. Free to read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

'The union said new data reveals a “worrying escalation” in the rate of job losses since March this year, when UCU said there had been around 5,000 proposed job cuts.'

Labour will destroy the Higher Education sector before taxing wealth www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife! I love you so much @spacesandplaces.bsky.social I hope the year ahead is filled with excitement and even more presents ❤️

What the fuck has happened to this country? Fucking Heseltine is being a better anti-fascist then the Labour prime minister. I regret that I've lived long enough to see this, it's despairing.

Famous Last Words: Dr Jane Goddall was extremely moving. We must continue the fight against fascism and climate destruction in her absence.

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

A withering review but with my favourite criticsm of all time www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

2027 marks the 30 year anniversary of Daria, so of, course I have to mark the occasion with a book! Extremely excited to be writing The Truth and A Lie Are Not Sort of The Same Thing: Critical Reflections on Daria in Sick, Sad Times* for McFarland & Company. *working title

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

So envious of everyone getting to play Ghost of Yotei 😫

Cancelling Game Pass was a no-brainer for me. Just as easy as it was to cancel Disney Plus. Everybody has enormous backlogs already. Who needs it?

Ohio’s new age verification law targeting porn goes into effect today, which means people will either have to use a VPN or submit their IDs to use Bluesky. This is Project 2025 in action. The goal is to limit freedom and make it harder to access anything remotely progressive

when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.

bought by the Saudis and Jared Kushner?!? yeah The Sims: Secret Police State might be a little awkward

The Sims and Mass Effect are done then www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm avoiding all reviews for GHOST OF YOTEI but the screenshots I'm seeing -- good lord. It looks gorgeous. Look at this (from Barry O'Rourke's Twitter account)?!

It’s #NationalSilentMovieDay Celebrating, honoring and preserving silent movies. Go to your local theater for special screenings or watch #TCM all day.

THE MEME IS REAL

So proud of my über-intelligent horror-head husband @andrewpope.bsky.social! Creating new subgenes and shit! If you’re in London, pop down to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social for his lecture on SHOEGAZE HORROR: Bad Vibes, Liminal Loops and Deadly Dissociation. Get 🎟️ here: billetto.co.uk/e/shoegaze-h...

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.

Just want to play Ghost of Yotei

Lovely to be at Durham University and speak to so many people interested in games studies collaboration. The North East is a wonderful hub for games research and I'm very excited to see our potential grow. Thanks so much to Alistair Brown for putting this all together!

When Sawyer would hide when we first got Judy

Survived the first day of teaching- and very lucky as my classes are all great this year.

Photo from Sunderland's Lit & Phil event looking at the future of videogames!

This Thursday I'll be on the panel of Sunderland's Lit & Phil talking about the games industry in Sunderland, the university's esports course, and my games studies research. You can grab your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunderland...

Thank you @spacesandplaces.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

A baby Judy

Very exciting news! How a Game Lives is going to be REPRINTED by Harper Collins in a more affordable, more globally-accessible package! You can now order it from your LOCAL BOOKSTORE!! You can request it from your LOCAL LIBRARY!! www.harpercollins.com/products/how...

Thank you to all my gaming friends who have filled this out! It's really helpful

Pokèmon releasing their own Animal Crossing is all the convincing I needed for a Switch 2 www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-n...

If you play The Sims 4 please consider doing this quick survey for games research!

Pokémon Concierge is perfection

Some of us remember how she treated Nadine White www.theguardian.com/media/2021/j...

Weird story from a political leader who takes pride in opposition to universities www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yvette Cooper looked at current British asylum policies and thought, what we need is for *more* children to die in the English Channel

Watched The Substance finally. So many thoughts. One of my favourite pieces of 21st century mutant media. Also absolutely disgusting

Not the onion (I love local investigative journalism) manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...