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Andrew Brassleay

@brass2000.bsky.social

Writer and editor. I run The Generations Games about family tabletop games and board games, including reviews written with my daughter. Autistic. Usually found on a mini-golf course. thegenerationsgames.substack.com

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Sinan Kose@thesinankose.bsky.social · last mo.

The best moment was when he was asked what "change" meant he said it meant "changing the things that need changing and that is the change I will bring about." Just a perfect summary of how much of a middle manager void he was.

HK@hkesvani.bsky.social · last mo.

As we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts

Josephine Stewart@jostewart.myatproto.social · 2mo ago

1. There are a lot of skilled people in this particular pickle. 2. The LLMs cannot do what we do, and they also cannot do what they promise. 3. Some clients and employers are figuring out item #2. Many are not. If you produce text for public consumption, you want to be part of that "some."

Sarah Shay@sarahshay.com · 2mo ago

My biggest editing client has officially replaced me with an LLM, meaning I am now functionally unemployed. If any of you need a proofreader or copy editor and value having a human being who can tell right from wrong doing the job, let me know?

Andrew Brassleay@brass2000.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There were quite a lot of us who, for several years, warned that voting for this version of the Labour party would create the conditions for enabling fascism. And here we are. Hate to say we told you so. But we told you so.

Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

YES YOU DO, YOU DO ACTUALLY DO THAT, ESPECIALLY ON LONG FLIGHTS. CHANGING PILOTS DURING A FLIGHT IS A THING THAT REGULARLY HAPPENS, DAVID

Sika@sikadm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“You don’t change the pilot during a flight — you carry on.” Listening to David Lammy speak is so tiresome. If the pilot turns out to be incapable of doing the job, you replace them, because the lives of all the passengers depend on having someone competent in control. #r4today

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I feel like small matters such as “selling off most of the things that help governments to make themselves useful, out of pure hardcore ideological conviction” and “a pathological loathing for investment in services and infrastructure” may also have contributed

The i Paper @theipaper •1h X Six prime ministers in ten years, a disillusioned electorate and the rise of social media are all blamed for Britain's political instability. I BIG READ Britain is ungovernable. These numbers prove it
Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Us, sobbing: please grandad, stop telling everyone that you believe you brought your imaginary girlfriend to life Richard Dawkins: INFLATABLE INGRID AND I ARE VERY MUCH IN LOVE, SHE WANTS YOU TO CALL HER "INFLATABLE NANNA"

Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is why I take what I read with a grain of salt & just ask, “Which party will redistribute wealth downward most aggressively?” & vote for them no matter what. Who’s telling me not to, A NEWSPAPER OWNER? Fuck those cunts.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵

Sooz Kempner@soozuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NIGEL FARAGE'S SUPPORTERS ARE SHOWING UP AT GREEN RALLIES DOING NAZI SALUTES. 382472343 OF NIGEL FARAGE'S EX-SCHOOLMATES SAID HE MADE GAS CHAMBER NOISES AT JEWISH KIDS. ALL WE FUCKING HEAR ABOUT IS THE ONE JEWISH PARTY LEADER BEING A DANGER TO EVERY JEWISH BRITON. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING INSANE.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I once had to know in detail what was in the news, for work. I can tell you: you would be *horrified* to see how many people, talking about some controversial matter of the day, just repeat the last thing they heard or read about it, sometimes near-verbatim.

Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Most people spend very little time thinking about politics, don't have any sort of consistent or coherent framework for thinking about it, and their opinions are essentially a random sampling of whatever's most recently triggered them to think about it.

Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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Defending Human Rights, Democracy and Justice - Green Party

Real hope.Real change. Green MPs will always defend our democratic and human rights, uphold the rule of law and tackle political corruption. We will also push for the UK to become a modern, functional...

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SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I know we've long given up having the rule of law here but this is utterly fucked, I can't believe we're just letting this shit happen during an election campaign

Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK Today we announce a new policy: In order to deport all illegal migrants in Britain, Reform will need to detain tens of thousands at a time. Migrants will not be able to leave these detention centres, and each will be held there a couple of weeks before being deported. So here’s our promise: A Reform government will not put any migrant detention facilities in any constituency with a Reform MP. Nor will we put them where Reform controls the council. And of the remaining areas, we will prioritise Green controlled parliamentary constituencies and Green controlled councils to locate the detention centres. Put simply, if you vote in a Reform council or Reform MP, we guarantee you won’t have a detention centre near you. If you vote Green, there’s a good chance you will. This is an important exercise in democratic consent, not just for our mass deportation policy, but for where the detention centres are placed. Given @ZackPolanski openly advocates for open borders, I look forward to their warm embrace of this policy. votegreengetillegals.com Vote Green Get Illegals Vote Green, get illegals. Vote Reform, we guarantee no detention centre will be built in your area. Enter your postcode to find out where your area stands. 9:17 pm · 3 May 2026 https://x.com/ZiaYusufUK/status/2051033457464127976
Andrew Brassleay@brass2000.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If I still have any hope for this country, is that the Worst People in Politics and the Right-Wing Media have become much more unhinged and cranky in their attacks on the left, and far easier to combat. This horror below will be beyond the pale for your Normal Floating Voter.

Political Cartoon Gallery@politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #ZacPolanski and the #antisemitic terror attack in #GoldersGreen #Terrorism #MetPolice @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Andrew Brassleay@brass2000.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There's one day left on the Gamefound campaign for the @fightingfantasy.bsky.social Quest board game based on Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's Warlock of Firetop Mountain. We spoke to co-designer Jan Wagner about the project. thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/the-warloc...

'The Warlock was high on my list': Fighting Fantasy Quest crowdfund hits €200k

Co-designer Jan Wagner on translating Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's The Warlock of Firetop Mountain to the tabletop

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Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It really works! A year ago, I still had lots of FB friends posting AI "art". I was nicely talking to them about it at first, but nothing changed until I got mean about it. Zero AI in my feed now, and half those people have joined in being staunchly anti-AI. We gotta be mean!

kill, destroy, motor cycle@beefskeleton.bsky.social · 6mo ago

none of the reasonable and nuanced arguments ever seem to dissuade people who think AI is good so it's time to start being unreasonable and mean! the thing they think is good looks like shit! tell them they suck! tell them they've diminished themselves in your eyes. hurt their feelings about it!