Barry Collins
@bazzacollins.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, little ray of sunshine for Forbes, PC Pro and others.
It's with the printers and will be going on sale at this weekend's home games: The Black & The Red, the unofficial supporters magazine from the Lewes FC Supporters Club. It's stuffed with match reviews, previews of the games coming up this month, interviews with people around the Pan and more.
Has anyone got time to pop down to the tiny violin shop for me? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans
Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company.
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I get nobody wants to release criminals early. But what's the solution here? Stop putting anyone in prison? This is such a poison pill left by the Tories, and the press predictably blame the current government for mess not of its making.
If you've been thinking of pairing a Steam Machine with an ultrawide display, you might want to give this a read: www.forbes.com/sites/barryc...
The Steam Machine Works Really Well With Ultrawide Displays
Find out how well the Steam Machine performs with games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Civilization VII when using an ultrawide display.
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I was tidying away books in the library once when I saw a small child run crying to his mum because he'd picked up a Spanish book and thought he'd suddenly forgotten how to read
Is there a bank anywhere in the seven kingdoms that is not chuffing useless?
4. The Daily Mail Double-page spread: “Evacuate! ‘Out of control wildfire…fears for Sizewell” Lead comment slot: “Why the flames…have been fanned by the Green agenda”
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
Xbox Series X/S price increases in the UK and Europe are 🤯 • 1TB Xbox Series X (disc drive) now £669.99 / €799.99, up more than 30% from £499.99 / €599.99 • 512GB Xbox Series S now £429.99 / €349.99, up 43% from £299.99 / €349.99
Wonder which counties have to burn before certain newspaper editors begin to reconsider their attitude to global warming? Surrey? Bucks? Herts? If Chipping Norton were aflame they'd be demanding we rip up the Cenotaph and replace it with solar panels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Suffolk wildfire updates: Blaze grows to size of 140 football pitches
A major incident has been declared - one holidaymaker tells us he was woken up by "hammering" on his door and told to evacuate immediately.
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It's Thursday, so that means PC Pro #podcast day. Join in & be part of the chaos at 1pm via Discord: pcpro.link/discord or watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@pcpro/streams Alternatively, download it later from your podcast player of choice: tinyurl.com/probluesky #PCPro #PCPropodcast
The worst thing about this latest FIFA wretchedness is that no-one will actually do anything. They never do. But at some point in the future the younger audience, a smart and cynical generation swamped in entertainment options will drift from this hopelessly bloated, compromised and broken sport
Shout out to the man on the train calling his bank about ID theft and who has read his name, postcode, and the long number on his card to the whole carriage.
I've had a couple of Mr Kipling's cakes recently, and that old sod is stretching the definition of "good", let alone "exceedingly"
It's been a long time since there was a decent pirate strategy game. Corsair Cove definitely hits that spot. www.forbes.com/sites/barryc...
“Corsair Cove” Review: A Pirate Strategy Game That Strikes Gold
Great pirate strategy games are few and far between, but the brilliant Corsair Cove is a treasure. Read the review here.
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This shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no point in building tons of new houses if private investment groups are allowed to hoover them up.
Just if your days are filled by devising measures to stop the customers using your product to harass and secretly spy on others do you think you'd wonder if your product was bad? www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
@garius.bsky.social Very much enjoyed your Ian Livingstone/Amazon anecdote on the Games Workshop podcast.
Just finished London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe. Hard to recall a book that was so immaculately paced. Makes pretty grim reading for anyone living in or close to London.
It rained for four or five seconds there. Drought over.
They have just done a report on Southern Europe and Scotland(!) suffering massive wildfires, and next up is the political reporter who says "it's hard to think of a bigger problem" Burnham has to resolve than social care. 🤔
Coming soon from Lewes FC Supporters Club: The Black & The Red, a new monthly magazine for the fans. We're looking for sponsors for our opening three issues. We've already sold one package and we've got deals starting from only £100. If you've got a local business, get in touch now.
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.
Giving people a Don't Know option on a question like this. Country's gone.
Sophie Hall@sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 2w agoFinally, someone asking the important questions
