Was going to text a pic of my view tonight to a friend and reference a Heinlein book, but my brain kind of blanked. So I nearly sent this with the caption “The Moon is a dumb bitch”

I know the pain meds are still working on me though because I saw an ad for “World Horse Welfare” and was genuinely confused as to why there was a non-profit campaigning for equine UBI

I’m not on social media much these days so it’s always fun to check in on Adam’s bsky feed and see them reporting on everything I’ve introduced them to recently

Oldest thing I own is probably my American first edition of TS Elliot’s The Wasteland. Oldest thing I own that I use regularly is probably my vintage sideboard from the 70s.

Demand IS high, but it’s not exponential. Games are getting cancelled because they won’t generate billions of dollars. The profit floor required by PE is now too high; that doesn’t mean there’s no profit. As to the rest of it:

This is fun! My go-to is Mind Games J’Adoube. It’s a really tart pomegranate with a little citrus over a base note of leather. There’s apparently some patchouli in it, but thankfully I can’t smell it. My other fave is Diptyque Eau Duelle, which is an unsweet vanilla spiced with pink peppercorn.

MOTHERFUCKER

Yes! I meant PE not VC but I was v sleepy. VC has been in games for a long time now and has its own issues but nothing as gangrenous as PE

The reason the game industry keeps laying people off and canceling games despite consumer appetite is because the game industry doesn’t exist any more. It’s been subsumed into the black hole of venture capital, which deliberately believes there is value in treating every industry the same.

Asha Sharma was always meant to function as Xbox’s sin eater.

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

AMERICA’S MEATHEART!!!!

While it is true that to save the future we must learn about the past, I will never enjoy the annual “Hi I’m a grad student and I’m doing my thesis, can I interview you about one of the more traumatic periods of your adult life” emails

I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown

I have really nice Bluetooth earbuds but I can never bring myself to wear them when I’ve got to go somewhere because I need to maintain situational awareness at all times

When the waiter tells you "Are you sure, it is very spicy":

I think when you say shit online, that should be really how you feel. It is possible to have tough conversations in person but people don’t want to justify their opinions or face that maybe they misjudged based on bad/incomplete info. I think it’s ok to disagree on some things but apparently not.

Still thinking about our Turkish cabbie yesterday ranting about how America was the greatest country in the world and how mind boggling it is that nobody in power is doing anything about Trump. “It’s like giving the keys to a Ferrari to a stupid, drunk baby.”

Hello friends! I am trying to pay off the credit card debt from 8 months without income in 2023. If you missed this when it happened, this thread talks about it. The card that has been carrying this debt for 16% APR will soon be toast. Thank you for everything. PayPal.me/thelionmachine

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