I actually think it's cute when creatives show us their cope "the reason I'm not as successful as I was 20 years ago is because of woke! please don't put in the news that it's because I'm old and rich and dull now"

I hate that this keeps being relevant.

South of Midnight’s dialogue is a masterclass in laying down words that leave you raw but opens up the world in return. @zeestermeester.bsky.social and @epistellar.bsky.social helped make that happen. Follow their work and hire their expertise. You’ll receive an evocative story as a result.

and that’s why they offer these bets lmao

successfully selling dylan on pacific rim

Also I'm not being funny but is their access to AI also regulated or will the kids who do want to harm themselves (maybe because of loneliness), just ask Gemini/chat GPT/whatever the other ones are called, and get the answer any adult would get? I didn't see any AI regulation in that announcement.

"enhance, not disrupt"... 😐

Yup. It’s nuts. Also - I lived through the fifties and sixties at school. The bullying was absolutely horrendous. You don’t stop bullying by taking away phones. Or physical harm. Or verbal abuse.

Im sure banning kids from any meaningful form of connection and community they can have these days in the barren wasteland of hostile architecture that is the UK the youth will definitely not start lashing out

I post this collage (which is actually missing one judge, oop) because, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's impossible to look at it and not immediately, instinctively understand everything you need to know about the supreme court's decision-making.

Time for me to repeat one of my ‘sayings’. If you try to solve a problem by passing a law, but people don’t obey the law, you now have two problems where you used to have one.

Could the government stay the fuck out of my posting please its crazy for my papers to have to be checked for me to be allowed to post

2) To prevent youth support for left-wing causes, as places like Tik Tok are where they learn most about stuff like that. 3) Massive data harvesting, bringing in their rejected digital ID plan by the backdoor. That's all.

Labour's doing this for three reasons: 1) To prevent LGBTQ+ kids finding a support network if they don't have a safe home environment to discuss their sexuality or gender identity

How long till Starmer's UK government defines this sort of anti-fash rally as illegal terrorism?

listening to the THREE south of midnight soundtrack albums right now.

if you are living in Britain, and you're 17 year old, and you've gotten into game dev, and you're trying to figure out how to do volumetric fog because you think it'll make your cave level look sick, and it's 10:30pm: you can ask a chatbot but you can't watch a video tutorial or look on Reddit.

Simply banning kids from social media, rather than enforcing sensible age-gating on certain sites and encouraging safer places for kids to go (a la Club Penguin, Habbo Hotel, NeoPets, etc.), is such a disservice to kids and gives a false sense of security to parents. Don’t ban, make spaces.

In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.

So it's not about algorithms

Enjoying the moving definition of "social media". Social media is websites we don't like; is definitely not the Daily Mail comments section, because reasons.

south of midnight is a truly original game, with beautiful stop motionesque animation, a story rooted in Black culture and Louisiana folklore, and the acting and music is beyond stunning. to shutter the studio is unconscionable

oh fuck. off. PLEASE.

One of the most devastating stories to read. This is what happens when mega studios continue to just consume smaller studios. The amount of creativity we are losing is absolutely immeasurable

hey artists!! post some art you made from before bluesky!! have a thread's worth: bsky.app/profile/alge...

Shut up. Sit down And go fucking play south of midnight right now and I'm not asking www.theverge.com/games-review...

oh fuck. you.

straight disabled people who'd lose their benefits if they married their partner would also like a word

Hi. If someone tells you about their depression, anxiety, or even insomnia, try to avoid responding with obvious remedies that they have of course already tried. They’re suffering, not stupid. Also please avoid banal mental reframing efforts and quackery. Perhaps just listen kindly. Okay then.

'social media is like smoking!' no it isn't and ppl stupid enough to use that analogy shouldn't be anywhere near government policy making.

Banning children from social media?

Erm, the suffragettes were not peaceful protestors, Jesus

i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities? No? Huh.

"This verdict will have a gigantic chilling effect on our wider rights to protest." Siân Berry MP on the Court of Appeal upholding the proscription of Palestine Action

Ok 1. A staycation is a holiday taken in your own home. 2. Because we want to.

"less than 100 miles away from home" This has been most people's main holiday up until super recently

Oh for fucks sake

Song of the day: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

im on a boat again! it's a small tiny ferry thing to mousa island. I love being on boats!

i’m sorry LOOK at this poppy in my mum’s garden!!!!

labour: we are going to make the lives of every disabled person in the uk absolute unliveable hell. humanists: oooh, don't forget to legalise state sanctioned suicide!

Right fuck this, I'm going to go read for a bit If you're in favour of this piece of shit suicide-by-the-state assisted dying bill you're a freak who sees disabled people as lesser beings and you should fuck off until you learn to listen to and address our concerns

Remember how a bunch of prominent leaders in the assisted suicide camp have proudly and publicly said that the eventual goal is to open up suicide by the state to conditions outside of terminal illness, but the rest of the campaigners want us to pretend it won't happen

Always look past Labour's words, to their actions. Look at how this government treats disabled people, how often they try to frame their cruelty, their abuse, as kindness, as "helping". Labour will gladly help them to die, with or without their consent but with the approval of the Supreme Court.

Learning with some amazement that "solder", in American, is pronounced "sodder". I love you guys, every day with you is a beautiful journey into a new morning

Starmer in 24: my government will let you just get on with your lives, promise Starmer in 26: IS THAT A PRO PALESTINE BIT OF CARD I SEE??? DO I SENSE A TRANS PERSON HAVING A WEE SOMEWHERE??? WHY IS YOUR 17YO NOT TUCKED UP IN BED WITH LIGHTS OUT AT 8.30, CITIZEN?????

Boomers, however, can continue to melt their brains with racist AI slop/Minions memes on Facebook.

I feel like I could've told Hollywood before they made this that no one actually gives a shit about He-Man.

if Taylor Swift wasn't a popular artist but you heard those two words, you'd think it was a 1960s British car or a company that makes specialized ham products

Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society