another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

My little brother and his partner have outdone themselves this Christmas. They got me what they've named Mr Flamboyant Potato Head. Yes they're also fans of @robbotron.bsky.social and especially The Dark Room.

Can’t believe all of the anti-semites in the Labour Party defected to the Greens and [checks notes] immediately voted in a Jewish man as the new party leader, which is definitely something people being honestly accused of anti-semitism would do.

Beyond ejaculating where and when you intend to, there is probably nothing on earth as wonderful as playing pool on a hot summer’s day in Australia when the air-con is working.

Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.

slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums

periodically I'll see a backlash that goes a little too far or seems kinda unfair. i never say anything because i think we need to be kinda unhinged and zealous in our response to this shit. I'd take an honest-to-God crusade against this stuff over letting it proliferate.

stage wrestlers, carnival barkers, boardwalk nickels-toss game operators, and men of various flimflam industry all proved this year that they have significantly more backbone than any fortune 500 executive

@robbotron.bsky.social At a castle in Copenhagen. I couldn’t resist shouting to my partner (in a hushed voice) “YOU AWAKE TO FIND YOURSELF IN A DAAARK ROOM!!” After the guide hype it was underwhelmingly undark

🧵 If any of you are responsible for this, here's some advice: This isn't how you honour creators. This is theft. And this isn't how you hone your creativity. This is theft. Learn how to impersonate people and do your roleplaying that way. Because this? IS THEFT. caibotlist.com?search=daisy... 1/4

You awake to find yourself in a Dark Room! Live action video game The Dark Room is waiting, ready to twist your choices into something terrifyingly funny, and completely unique. Included with your ticket to #DGF26 25 April 2026 // Norfolk Showground Arena, Norwich Tickets: gamesfestival.co.uk

*during sex* You seem like I’m bothering you

no idea

Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'... Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!

You’re in her DMs I’m in her DM Roll for gaping, you little dice slut

I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced

it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying

A Christmas treat from Freddie and me.

Man goes to the doctor, says he’s tired, depressed, life has no meaning. Doctor says, “I have a great cure! You should talk to FIFA! They’re handing out meaningless awards for political clout!” Man cries, his tiny hands dwarfed by a shiny golden mistake, “But doctor… I have a FIFA award.”

This century has been a good one for the greedy, the ignorant , the cowardly , the narcissistic , the cruel and the awful - Trump getting FIFAs inaugural peace prize has had me laughing like Batman and The Joker at the end of Killing Joke

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work! Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching. I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums

I don’t know if you can tell from the first line below, but The Dark Room and I get a mention in this podcast starring great friends @alicefraser.bsky.social and @joznorris.bsky.social

I never post this, but if you want to support me, whether it's Spriters Resource or DidYouKnowGaming; ko-fi.com/tSRDazz The floor in my house is falling in & I need to get it fixed badly... If you want to help prevent my house falling in (will halt productivity a bit) it'd be much appreciated!

Too much social change is happening because a handful of billionaires got on Twitter and couldn’t believe the plebs could talk back to them

REJOICE!! SOMEONE HAS PUT THE VIDEO OF JESSE VENTURA SINGING WEREWOLVES OF MINNESOTA WITH WARREN ZEVON BACK UP ON YOUTUBE, HAPPY FIRST WEDNESDAY!!! (It starts at the 5-minute mark)

Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"

Read this workplace rejection of a “trans-exclusive” bathroom here as “trans-excluding” and rejoice in a triumph for empathy, common sense and not importing culture war bullshit because a billionaire writer spends too much time huffing mould

We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.

This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...

You’ll name a thing that we used to have and suggest we can just have that again and centrists will tilt their heads to one side and mew “how will we pay for it?” and I’ll reply “tax the rich more” and they’ll go all “the princess is in another castle” n shit.

There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

Rozencrantz & Guildernstern & Tom Stoppard Are Dead Rest in peace to a postmodern genius.

This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever

KNOW YOUR FRIDAYS: Good Friday: the Messiah is dead Black Friday: capitalism is alive TGI Fridays: high chance of bowling or cinema nearby Man Friday: there’s only two of us on this island and you’re a racist

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen They Might Be Giants Loudon Wainwright III The Tiger Lillies The Pixies Bob Dylan

UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts. If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split

Saw the wonderful @robbotron.bsky.social in Exeter tonight and had an absolute blast. Very much hope I can see The Dark Room show at some point in the near future!

AdventureX is a v special UK gaming expo (at a time when there aren't a huge amount around). This year it was back with a BANG!! Guybrush Threepwood (@darmato.bsky.social)! The Dark Room (@robbotron.bsky.social)! & LOADS of fab ppl!! My video round-up coming soon youtube.com/@cressup?si=...

"Will you follow me on Twitch?" Listen, all I'm saying is don't ask, don't get. @robbotron.bsky.social was an absolute sweetheart and great fun. Honestly 🫸🫷 to the person after me for making that moment even funnier. #AdventureX

It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times

If you’re taking pictures of homeless people and using them for social media clout you are a cunt of the highest order. PARTICULARLY if you are doing it under the pretence of being scared by sleeping, vulnerable humans. You get the St George’s Cross of Cuntery, first division.