We have mandatory Gemini summaries of our daily standups and AI is such a narc (feat. @vernavenisa.bsky.social)

UPDATE: I have been redeemed by Adam asking me why people keep putting “Kiss From A Rose” in Batman-related videos, despite the fact that we spent our anniversary 5 years ago staycationing in a hotel suite watching all the old Batman movies, INCLUDING Batman Forever

Adam just explained to me that the Jake Gyllenhaal movie Nightcrawler (which I have never seen) was about an unethical journalist and not, as I assumed, an X-Men origin story.

I had one YouTube video crack 100K views and the second it started blowing up, I got a deluge of comments complaining about my vocal fry - a thing that had never been mentioned to me in 30-ish years of regular public speaking experience, including competitions. Didn’t even realize I had it!

gwen does fantastic work as usual on some of the 401,000 trans people who’ve had to flee hostile territory in their own country in the past 18 months.

What does he even want Farage to say that he's not already saying for free, "you're funny"?

When game development is at its very best, it just feels like hanging out with a bunch of your favorite people and fighting for a week straight because no one can agree whether the camera should be fixed or movable

Fuck AI, but damn do I wish I had the money to hire an assistant to basically be my AI. Reply to these emails that I find inexplicably scary! Find out the answer to this weird question that I’m not sure how to Google effectively. Read this whole document and tell me what parts I need to read myself

One of the wildest parts of doing work for hire is seeing an original concept you came up with for a pitch that was “too expensive” announced as a real game by the client that rejected you. At least they had the decency to give it a much worse name after ripping off every other detail of the pitch!

mfw it’s cardio time

I don't really read much YA any more, but I did take an afternoon to read read Sunrise On The Reaping last week. I'm really worried about all the people saying the book was depressing and pointless. Like yes it was heartbreaking but IN CONTEXT, also the most objectively optimistic book in the series

Literally every time. I also do this in reverse

Unfortunately the owner of our local TCG shop is an absolute shitcunt so if anyone knows any decent places in Kent to buy and play Lorcana HMU.

Deep Space Nine Severance Moonlighting Smallville Better Call Saul Paradise The first 5 seasons of Gray’s Anatomy Ugly Betty The Bear One Tree Hill Batman: The Animated Series Derry Girls This Is Us Away John Mayer Has A TV Show

I genuinely hope Dawkins doesn't become a victim of his own hubris and end up doing terrorism with "Claudia". He has a lot in common with other people who lost connection with reality while using AI chatbots, particularly ones who used it in the planning of extreme violence. Worrying, tbh.

Adam and my 17-year-old each thought the other one would do a terrible job of washing my hair, so they collaborated on the project. It turns out the best part of surgery recovery is getting waterboarded by the people who love you most

I’m happy Mamdani called for the return of the Koh-i-Noor. We SHOULD return it!! Return everything!! The only things that should be in the British Museum are a stale Sticky Toffee Pudding and Mr. Bean on VHS

I can still hear my mother’s phlegmy cough in my head. She spent most of her life chain smoking, stopped for a decade, started again when she was diagnosed with terminal lung disease. Nothing sexier than taking off a cannula to indulge in the addiction that’s drowning you from the inside I guess.

Happy Autism Awareness Month to my boss, never in history has a man had to be more painfully aware of my autism than that guy

I am still mad that The 5th Wave movie was such dog shit bc of all of the post-apocalyptic YA trilogies of the Hunger Games era, that one had the most interesting things to say and said them in the most interesting way, even if the trilogy ending would have been bonkers to try to communicate in film

I can’t get over her name being Christina Buttons. That’s like the name of a person Tracy would imagine on 30 Rock only for them to end up being real later in the episode.

One of the most bullshit things about surgery is that general anesthesia doesn’t act in the same way as restful sleep. What do you mean I lost hours of my day AND I woke up tired?? (I’m fine, just annoyed. And tired)

the first op-ed on why mps are uniquely impoverished self-sacrificing heroes who simply must have their subsidised on the job drink or they will literally die has landed

if you’re not paying attention to minor news cycles in british politics fist of all congratulations second of all you’re missing the entire media and political class defend day drinking on the job right now

was hoping things like this would start happening

newsom's chud aura farming being 100% downstream of trying to retain the respect of his groyper son is probably the saddest thing i've ever realized

This is simultaneously a great joke and a succinct explanation of why no matter where I work, I end up in charge of people and/or doing all the client interaction bullshit. @vernavenisa.bsky.social likes to tell me "Your special interest is masking"

Yeah I mean even established indies are struggling to produce hits right now

“Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country on Earth. If indeed they redo the WHCD…I’d love for them to lead w/ that news item instead of exalting their own bravery for partying… after enduring such a horrific event” Imagine if WHCD had an empty seat for every journalist killed

i know it's the least important thing about any of this but describing someone making a game in any capacity as a 'self-described indie game developer' is about the harshest burn i can imagine

I think a lot about a rare interview that legendary musical satirist Tom Lehrer did when I was a kid. They asked him why he stopped making music: he said current events weren’t funny any more, they just made him angry.

To sit and dine with this man and his cronies, drink his wine, toast his health, while his gov't and the businesses that support this government ruin the lives, bodies, and careers of hard working journalists across this country is just unconscionable Blegh, gross. Take your hankies and shove it

Through two Trump administrations we have watched these simpering fools give pass after pass to this trashbag of a president, trading access and a spot on Air Force One for every shred of integrity they had left I've heard about the DC bubble but my god, how insane

I stand by it

Everyone watching S2 of Jury Duty saying “there’s no way he didn’t know it was fake”: I am jealous of the professional experiences that have led you to believe that it was too OTT. I have seen things on par or more ridiculous in game studios and no one ever gave me a $150K bonus for dealing with it

We should measure ambient temperature in Fahrenheit when it’s hot out and Celsius when it’s cold out. Celsius does not have enough numbers to describe the feeling of being hot, but has too many numbers to describe the feeling of being cold

how much money does the marine corps lose

cis women transphobes are as embarassing as they are revolting because they will declare with their whole chest “I am less capable than a man and I demand you treat me accordingly by lowering your expectations!” girl shut the fuck up there’s no gender advantage in CHESS

Montana is Vermont’s wario. I will not elaborate further

My incredibly Catholic mother in law (who can generously be described as “center-right median voter”) is going to end up to the left of Greta Thunberg if they keep up this nonsense

It continues to be obscene that we’re asked to respect the concerns and preferences of people who believe they’re entitled to this as a consolation prize.

hiiii if anyone has the ability to chip in for yu, they just got out of a very toxic and verbally abusive relationship wherein the partner held the reigns financially. in cutting them out they are struggling to find some financial stability. anything helps!!

The singular goal of all future US politics is to ensure Trumpism is defeated and cannot again take root here, and everything that serves that end is to be considered and prioritized. It's a holistic organizing principle, from a Green New Deal to Nuremberg 2 to expanding the court to Reconstruction.

i will vote for dems who say this stuff and act on this stuff! i will give them money! i will tell my friends to do the same! it is what i want from government more than anything else right now!

genuinely think people outside of America don't realize how big this place is, how militarized and murderous our police are, how little our politicians care, how disconnected and impoverished we have been intentionally made to be, how we still have slavery just with extra steps. we really suck gang

weird juxtaposition where people in power and influence are saying absolutely heinous, deadly things without any restraint of conscience, and everyone reacting to it is having to bite their tongue and speak in euphemisms not to get banned or arrested or whatever

We cannot allow him to wipe out a civilization. And I also worry that if he opts for devastating air strikes that don't involve nuclear weapons, it will somehow be reported as "cooler heads prevailing". No, that's unacceptable. It's all unacceptable and he has to be removed from having these powers.

Being a good manager is about making space for people to do their best, whether that’s fighting higher-ups to ensure the workers’ needs are met, providing resources and mentorship, or listening when they need advice. I truly love managing people. Unfortunately most managers have different ideas

Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.