Knives Out 3: Christ On A Cracker was a blast, as expected

Richo is getting a state funeral? What state, Switzerland?

I'm putting on another Brisbane LGBT+ and Allies in Tech pub meet: Thursday 13 Nov at The Plough. It's a fun, casual event for drinks, finger food, networking, and good chats with fellow folks in (or interested in) tech. See you there?

Great piece on Jimbocho that captures its old-fashioned appeal: www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10...

The text of AI is "I'm stealing shit" the subtext is "we are incredibly hindered as a species by IP laws"

This remains one of the greatest examples of French contemporary culture.

Always make sure to read the Letters to the Editor in @lrb.co.uk

“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?

Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 71st anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth

And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne: hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o... Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

cant stop laughing at this euphemism for balls

I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.

Someone has been leaving hectoring fish stickers around my desk at work.

Writing Club Tip #34 "Take out things that seem unnecessary, you can always pull it back in afterwards" @sixaltogether.bsky.social #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips

the good folks at Books and Publishing asked me why I think books are essential and important.

My best tweet ever was “Let’s put the cialis in socialism” and I’m still mad it didn’t go wildly viral

Liquore Carlo Marx, an Italian tonic digestive produced in 1907 by Giuseppe Sansone, located in Laurenzana, Potenza, Italy. This appears to be an early instance of using Karl Marx's name and image for product branding.

GRAND CENTRAL HACK THE PLANET

Del Monte Daniel Craig Popsicles (2009-2009): To celebrate National Ice Cream week in the UK, Del Monte decided to release cranberry, blueberry, and pomegranate "ice lollies" modeled after the shirtless torso and head of actor Daniel Craig

@snowbrawll.bsky.social You must be getting this question a lot, but any plans to release on Switch? Love the game, btw!

Yesterday we demoed our new game Chunk at the Queensland Games Festival and ended up receiving the Best in Show award! It was a really great day and we want to thank QLD Games fest and ScreenQLD for the event and the award!

I was so keen to play Key Fairy by @soyoudontneedto.bsky.social and it did not disappoint! @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social

@mostlywater.bsky.social It happened!

Eyy! Channel factors!

Man, this hasn't been my experience lately, but it's still worth a try.

Very interesting to see the game industry talk about this phenomenon as 'deprofessionalisation'. Definitely more visible now in the wake of all the layoffs, but really this has been unfolding for 15+ years now as both platformisation and gigification. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-de...

@mostlywater.bsky.social Seems up your alley!

Great advice for life, too!

@vittles.bsky.social Possibly a dumb question, but now the print mag has worldwide distribution via Antenne Books, does that mean pre-orders are open to us Antipodeans? Or is the worldwide distribution only for over-the-counter sales after release?

I guess like so many tips, this mostly boils down to "show don't tell" but it's especially worth remembering for first person writing that characters don't always know how they feel.

Just a nice thing to do anyway, but it can also help you get new perspective on your own work.

Writing Club Tip #86 "Try going to a new environment and writing for an extended period of time." @yenningtons.bsky.social #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips

Olivia Laing on @vittles.bsky.social on the right to eat badly when writing a book! Stunning illustration by Antoine Cossé. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/sandwiches...

Such a cool visualisation!

An oldie, but a goodie!

I can't remember the context for this tip, but I'm fairly sure it was a reminder to myself to be less precious about my writing. Even vague feedback you disagree with can be pointing to a real problem.

One of mine! The idea here was that if you sit at your WIP and find nothing's coming, try writing something in the same universe. A pivotal scene from your main character's childhood. A lesser prophecy from your book of prophecies. The sex scene that'll never make it into your PG romance. Anything!

Always love to see a post extolling the explanatory power of Emergent Tokyo!

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

How can a DEAD person be in a PARADE?? // Wondermark #1033; In which a Parade is questioned

 The original Hades was a prime example of early access done right. Will Hades 2 do the same? aftermath.site/hades-2-tech...

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History repeats first as tragedy then as EVERY BEASTIE BOY: FARCE Doesn't take a German economist to EBB: PARSE As outlined in the 18th Brumaire by EBB: MARX Capital rallies to fashy failsons like EBB: SHARKS This history is dialectical, it EBB: ARCS Classes in tension see EBB: SPARKS