Seconding writing everywhere! I try to keep a notebook on me all the time, though historically I've also written quite a bit on post-it notes and other flat things. And honestly sometimes the words just flow better when you're not in your usual typing spot/study/bedroom.

How I'm walking out of 2025

Oh, and incidentally. Those other writers, they are not your competition. They are your colleagues, and the kinder, more generous you are to them the better things will go for you.

The evening sky outside right now is like art.

How will you enter 2026? Me:

Welcome to the Void.

You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant what are you calling it? "Good Day to Dine"

If you see this post, share a smile.

Avatar has had a staggering cultural impact, in that every time one of the movies is released there is a flood of articles/comments/assertions about how little cultural impact it has had, any franchise that causes that consistent level of engagement in the chattering class is making a hell of a mark

My final publication of this year is now free-to-read. If you missed it on Christmas Day, here you Go!

You / Your favorite Pokémon

A short flyby of the Ancient Outpost I did as a commission based on Stargate: Atlantis. #scifiart #scifi #fanart #stargate #stargatesg1

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Make a Bond movie casual The World Is Only Okay, I Guess

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is probably my favourite, but Rogue Nation and Fallout are close behind.

I mean, if you make a series of movies that neither has significant cultural impact nor leaves any residue on the memory track, and yet still reliably convinces audiences to return to the tune of $2 billion per installment, is it possible that "cultural impact" is overvalued/irrelevant as a metric

1/2 For the avoidance of doubt, my own take on the Avatar movies is: Visual treats with mostly simplistic stories, by design because Cameron hedges his deep tech engagement with familiar, tropey scripts that sell well globally. This has been his mode since T2 at least and he executes well on it.

Happy Saturday all! It's another chill, post Christmas day! I didn't get out of bed till noon, and now just chilling in my sitting room doing very little of anything, and I intend to keep it that way! Hope you're all having a good one!

QTP with the gif of a movie sequel that really hits 🎥

While not contained in the report, the cost of Storm Éowyn in January was more than €300m alone in Ireland, the biggest insurance bill ever for a one-off climate event in the country. Nearly €130m came from 22,530 homeowner claims. Irish business claims came to more than €165m.

4 games that defined my 2025 Terra Nil Civilization VI Humankind Sid Meier's Beyond Earth

Happy Friday all, and happy St. Stephen's/Boxing Day to all who celebrate! Today is just a total unwind day. No plans, no chores, just leftovers and lounging about. I've decided I'm having one more mostly offline day, so hope you all are having a good one!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Wishing you all a fantastic day! I'm just up with my daughter who's ripping into her presents, and we'll be having my in-laws over for family Christmas breakfast before my own family come for Christmas dinner. Gonna be offline, so have a good one!

Happy Wednesday and merry Christmas Eve to all who celebrate! Today's looking just as busy every other for the past week, so I might not get on here much till the 26th, but hope you're all having a good one!

Chest day done and last workout before Christmas. I got to the sixth set of ten with full reps with 50kg bench press and almost got a seventh. Improved on my dips, got a fourth set of ten reps.

What happens if a NATO country attacks a NATO country? Asking for the small island lying between the US and NATO’s biggest European members.

Repost far and wide

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

Bootlicking cowardice. I hope Mel Curth sues them for every single fucking penny they have. Fuck transphobic grifters.

Since people are discovering Gamers Nexus, here’s a great video they did recently on Palantir and why it’s absolutely fucked. Yes, we’re in “pre-crime” territory.

Note to self: Mount 🇩🇰 & 🇬🇱 flags beside those of 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇦 in my yard, ASAP.

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Nobel Peace Prize candidates would never threaten Canada or Greenland, launch extrajudicial killings, or perform acts of piracy, but those are key criteria for a FIFA Peace Prize.

I miss you, Amanda. Hope to see you again in Alien Isolation 2 🤗

Happy Tuesday all! Had a great day out yesterday but was on the go for nearly fourteen hours. So, it's a tired one but no rest for the wicked. Still have plenty of Christmas prep to do. Hope you're all having a good one!

Happy Monday all! I'm away today at Emerald Park for one last day out and a Santa experience for my daughter before Christmas. I probably won't be on till later this evening. Hope you're all having a good one.

Leg day complete. Today I did another full 10 x 10 of 70kg squats, so maybe I can up the weight again. I got to my fifth set of ten reps with 70kg Romanian deadlifts and went no lower than seven reps for my remaining sets.

Somebody just took irony into the woods, made it dig its own grave, and then shot it in the head and buried it.

8:30: leave for work 8:32:

Outstanding news! www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...

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“AI used as much water as the water industry this year” is fucking wild

The news in 2025 is in a league of its own.

Name your most relatable villain

Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Would like to redact this whole goddamn year tbh

I love seeing people post their writing progress. How many words they did in a day. That they finished a chapter they loved. That they knocked out some grueling research. That they edited until their eyes were sore. Post your process, fellow babies.