This article is based on a huge strawman premise: that the potential downsides of the social media ban would have been immediate and they weren't, so it's fine. But it's the exact opposite: the problems may not be felt for decades, and that's why it's so dangerous. 1/ www.abc.net.au/religion/aft...

It's cool that he just came out and said "we did this to get the oil". Saves us from having to point out the ulterior motive.

Can we please have fewer guns in the community not more? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #gunviolence

I played a lot of games this year (Steam says I played 85!) and here are three stand-out games you might not have heard of, roughly in order of preference. (Thread) #goty #videogames

I just pressed the button to make the Celestial Golf playtest live on Steam! You can join the playtest and wishlist on the store page: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... More info about the playtest: store.steampowered.com/news/app/396... #indie #gamedev #space Oh and here's a new trailer:

A despicable act of violence occurred in Sydney last week. Australia and NSW politicians: "This never would have happened if you guys weren't peacefully protesting against genocide." #auspol

Another example of how the perpetrators of the Aussie #SocialMediaBan are failing our kids, by telling them to "read that book" (code for "just go back to the old ways"), forgetting that kids find books, and so many other "real world" things, on social media. theconversation.com/teens-discov...

Can't stop thinking in awe of Ahmed Al Ahmed, the guy who tackled the gunman at Bondi yesterday. An absolute legend, and all the more profound that he is a Syrian immigrant who saved Jewish victims. Wishing him a full recovery. ❤️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

You can now click this button to be notified when the Celestial Golf Playtest goes live (planning to publish it in about a week)! This will be a short (~30-minute) demo of the game. store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... (Also pls wishlist the game!) #indie #gamedev #space #orbits

I'm hearing a lot (including from the pro-social-media-ban folks) that "now we've banned _bad_ social media, we need to build some safe spaces for kids online, to fill the void". Problem: That isn't legal. This rushed law bans any service that lets users communicate, not just "bad ones". Disaster.

I've been playtesting this and it's got a very cool 90s vibe #iykyk. Looking forward to more adventures with Pinny.

So it begins... Bluesky proactively complying with Australian social media ban. I wonder how much personal ID I have to give to continue using this service.

I think the worst thing about Australia's #SocialMediaBan (and there are a lot of bad things) is that it doesn't give tech companies (even future ones) the ability to behave well, because it doesn't punish bad behaviour, it just bans all "social media" (as judged randomly by the commissioner). 🧵 1/5

youtu.be/ZxRB5qWphJE #auspol #socialmediaban

Unfortunately these kids are confusing "I don't want this" with "nobody should have this". You shouldn't support a govt. ban of something that you don't like. Next they could ban something you like that I don't. Not a path we should go down. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #auspol #socialmediaban

Just hit possibly the most egregious "let's finish setting up your PC" for my 3-year-old Windows 11 PC... an unskippable nightmare of ads for services that I had to carefully decline in a different way for each one, some requiring multiple denials. In total, 13 clicks to get back to using my PC.

The problem with all streaming services: more competition is bad for consumers because it means more subscriptions, so they can argue consolidation is "pro-consumer". But consolidation is also bad for consumers for the traditional reasons monopolies are bad. So we can't win. #netflix #warnerbros

Once you start down the path of government Internet censorship, you quickly find yourself in an escalating arms race between your government and your people. 1/2 www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #auspol #socialmediaban

"Oh sure, let me instantly generate every storefront image at once" is something no game developer ever said... until I added this feature to Kenney Game Assets All-in-1! 🎉 (Coming later this month!)

So it seems that it has now become the Australian government's policy that no content unsuitable for an eight year old should appear on any website unless the user creates an account. This is beyond ridiculous. Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #auspol #socialmediaban

Australia just made it illegal for YouTube to provide safe age-appropriate content and parental controls. They didn't ban kids from YouTube, just gutted all the child safety features. Parents, do you feel your kids are safe online now? blog.google/intl/en-au/p... #auspol #socialmediaban

Perfect: Aus government forces tech companies to rush to implement age verification or face massive fines, but doesn't offer any systems or regulations, simply "they have to figure it out." Then the inevitable privacy nightmare is their fault. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol #socialmediaban

There's an organization to fight Australia's under-16 social media ban: www.digitalfreedomproject.org.au Sign the petition. Our children will not be silenced. #auspol #socialmediaban

Best hope yet of striking down the chilling Australian social media ban for children: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol #socialmediaban

Stoked to be featured in today's Godot XR blog post godotengine.org/article/godo... My jam entry Things You Can Do With Two Hands placed second and there's a neat 3-minute playthrough of it on that page (or you can play it at mgiuca.itch.io/two-hands). Thanks Bastiaan! #godot #xr #vr

Just a couple of weeks until the Aus govt's disastrous social media ban kicks in. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... "We know this law will not be perfect" they keep saying, like it's an excuse for making a shitty law and letting us figure out the consequences in real time. #auspol #socialmediaban

Extruding the mountains of Mars in my #indie #space game Celestial Golf. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... Full tutorial here: youtu.be/is5ufFKHy7o #gamedev #blender

New devlog for my #indie #space game Celestial Golf. How I got NASA terrain data for Mars and used #Blender to convert it into a realistic 2D planet with dynamic lighting. youtu.be/is5ufFKHy7o #gamedev #godot If this looks cool, you can wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/...

"If your website used Cloudflare, you'd be having an outage right now, too!" Seems like a bad time to try and advertise your services. (I hit this last night; apparently Cloudflare was down across Australia.)

The devastation made to NASA by its Trump leadership during the shutdown is truly shocking. www.space.com/space-explor... #nasa #shutdown

Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...

Are you serious? The Australian government literally gave Reddit and Kick 36 days notice that they must implement AI-powered age verification or be banned in Australia. This is such a joke. #auspol #socialmediaban www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

🤦 Just realized after a year of #Godot I've been building mipmaps to get smoother texture downscaling but never actually turned on the texture filtering to use them. Here's how! (Along with a shameless plug to check out Celestial Golf store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/) #gamedev #indie #space

NASA is being gutted by the Trump administration and it seems unlikely it will be coming back. They say they're for space exploration but the real target here is science, specifically climate science. (A long read but eye-opening/watering.) www.space.com/space-explor...

I tried making the planets in Celestial Golf rotate but it did weird things with physics, so in the end, the whole universe rotates around a static body, as seen in this short. Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... #gamedev #indie #space #golf

"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

How the Coriolis force affects the trajectory of the ball in my upcoming #indie game Celestial Golf. #gamedev #space #golf

Instead of rotating planets in my space golf game, I just rotate the entire universe around them. I had to learn about the coriolis force to correct the motion of the ball. Devlog: youtu.be/oMN8FqbpCw4 Wishlist Celestial Golf on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... #indie #gamedev #space

On social media bans and going after kids instead of holding platforms to higher standards. #socialmediaban theconversation.com/as-social-me...

I don't want to alarm anyone but because of human-caused climate change, the trees are no longer capturing carbon... 🔥🔥🔥 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is becoming a huge problem. "Against ‘chat control’: we can’t eliminate child abuse by eliminating privacy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Planning a trip to Mars in Celestial Golf! #space #golf #gamedev Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... Watch the full gameplay video: youtu.be/BUJwSZhS30U

In this video, I'm showing a long-form gameplay video for my upcoming game Celestial Golf. How to get the golf ball into orbit, and then all the way to Mars! youtu.be/BUJwSZhS30U Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... #gamedev #indie #space

Australia is basically about to ban all children from the Internet until they turn 16, and force all adults to give sensitive personal information to most major websites. Unprecedented government overreach. #auspol #socialmediaban www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

This comic feels particularly relevant today for some reason. xkcd.com/552/

I just signed Australian Parliamentary petition EN7799 to regulate Visa and MasterCard and stop them denying payment services to legal content they disagree with. (This is about them pressuring game stores to remove legal content.) www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #videogames #censorship

What can you do with two hands? Find out, in Things You Can Do With Two Hands, a short VR experience I just submitted to the Godot XR Game Jam. Playable on web (native headsets or PC VR) or on Windows VR. mgiuca.itch.io/two-hands itch.io/jam/godot-xr... #gamedev #godot #vr

Further work on my Godot XR Game Jam submission. A VR game with the theme "it takes 2". #gamedev #vr #godot

Getting started on the Godot XR Game Jam. I've never made a VR game before, so it'll be an experience. The theme is "it takes 2". #gamedev #vr #godot

Posted a devlog for Celestial Golf, my upcoming space simulation game. How I designed the trajectory UI and the physics of orbits. Watch the trailer: youtu.be/wStF1nJSJFs Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3965730/... #GameDev #IndieGames #Space #Golf