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You know HP sauce isn’t associated with Lovecraft because it’s brown.

My older brother read me an HP Lovecraft story when I was little. It scared me and scarred me. I refused to put HP sauce on my dinner for almost 20 years because I associated the sauce with the writer.

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Tickets are now live for the Cymera 2026 Games Space! 🎲 Check out our fantastic range of TTRPG & board game sessions, with free/pay-what-you-can tickets available: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera26-games This year's Games Space is proud to be supported by @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social

crypto, AI, adtech if it’s digital, we can delete it

daaaamn london

This has been one of my projects for the past few weeks. I'll make it public once I've ironed out the details so you can see how some of the options work.

Very on my brand posting but my work bestie just asked me in the office: how do you do PR in time for next election? Short answer: Wales it. Set a small-ish magnitude constituency size (I would say 5-7 rather than Wales' flat 6, for flexibility), and have a Commission Lego-brick existing seats...

This so rarely happens, but the New Yorker recently had a poem I like a lot. Morgan Parker; “Meanwhile It Rains for Two Weeks and the Heat Never Breaks”

I love this animation and tune!

rude. in my day we called that Italo-disco.

We should rename it Ronseal House because it does exactly what it says on the tin.

There is so, SO much that could be said about this. That so very little actually is, says a lot.

Weird query, but are there Actual Play folks who: - record remotely - would be willing to send a high-res photo of their recording setup - would be willing to have that photo used in an academic book? (Happy to cite)

Applications close TODAY! Get your application in by 5pm! 🏷️ tagsfest.co.uk#applications

We need to dump tylenol in the water supply immediately so the whole internet is just this

This is a fun idea for creating archaeological atmosphere at the table.

1 week left to apply to exhibit or speak at #AdvX26! Submit to speak with ideas for a talk, master class, panel, etc. in narrative gaming. Submit to exhibit if you have an upcoming or recently released narrative game, software tool or project! Submit by end of day on 21 May GMT+1 at adventurexpo.org

Make every day matter. Good Morning Blue Sky

#GAConf Europe 2026 wrapped a week ago, but the talks from the event are all uploaded to the youtube channel. www.youtube.com/@igdagasig33... Highly recommend anyone working in the Games Industry, or interested in it, checks these out to see if there are any topics that are of interest to you.

Demoing Strandfall with @x13n.com at Creative Tech Scotland Gathering today! No better way to refine your pitch than trying it out on dozens of people. "Orienteering" turns out to be a great way in, along with "post-apocalyptic". Then, when people are intrigued, add the role playing dimension...

Our Analogue theme event will take place online on Tuesday 19 May, 16:00-17:30 UK time - just 2 weeks away! We're joined by the excellent Izzy Bartley, @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social, and @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/histo... #gamestudies #skystorians #gtp

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

One week to go... www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

🧵The Cawood Sword is one of the rarest and best-preserved medieval swords ever discovered in Britain only the fifth example of its type to be found. Recovered from the River Ouse near Cawood Castle in the late 19th century, it remains in such remarkable condition that

The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh #photography #scotland

You could replace 'sand' with any other resource and the same applies.

The end of the UK is nigh. The Celtic nations will ally to finish the union The old-style politics of Tory and Labour is over, and with it the union they defend. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will not stick around to see Farage become Prime Minister My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Belugas

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

more broadly: the only solution I have to the problem of too many games / not enough players is to grow the audience, which imo means — market indie more indie games to more people, so that non-gamers come across not just one game they’d like to play, but this one & that one & then another

Spanning fifteen years of nightmares, time crimes, and transgressive visions, COLLECTED gathers the essential short fiction of Chris Kelso – one of the most singular voices in contemporary cult literature. to be published 28th May Available for pre-order www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...

A trove of story seeds.. and scary tech very much non-fiction...

TOMORROW from 6pm until late is GameDevEd! We will as usual be at OX184 :) come socialise with game developers of all sorts from in and around Edinburgh #scotgamedev

Dads holding hands with their sons around Europe, www.poshtarov.net observer.co.uk/culture/phot...

Wes Streeting wants new laws to force your GP to share your medical records. The bill was not in Labour's Manifesto and Palantir has explicitly said, under a new Government, it would be happy to use medical data for other purposes. Be afraid.

Really excited to be attending jubenshacon.com First English language #Jubensha convention, looking forward to listening, learning, playing and helping inform my #GameDesign practice. Games so far are amazing! What is Jubensha? Well I'll know more soon but jubensha.co.uk/pages/what-i... a good start

I believe the Real Greens have just been IGV'd out of a second seat in Mid Scotland and Fife. Huge questions for Electoral Commission to answer after two elections of this.

We did it! And we absolutely smashed it - FOUR Green MSPs for Edinburgh and Lothians East, and some similarly awesome news coming in for the Scottish Greens from across the country. Cannot wait to get working with my new colleagues. Bringing hope back 💚

The Big Telly Jam #Dundee was an appropriately anarchic mashup day, #game designers, #artists & more. Delighted to attend, met old #friends, made new ones, lots of creative fun! Grateful to Arcadia & @biomecollective.bsky.social & all the organisations who provided support, more of these please!

For the morning crowd - don't miss our interview with the fabulously interesting and creative mind that is @kierongillen.bsky.social who gives us his unique insights into the world of TTRPGs.

The Gates of Mordor by Angus McBride

👇 this x 48 million* *approx. number of registered voters in UK many of whom are effectively disenfranchised by the ridiculous and archaic FPTP system #PRNow please