Leigh Dodds
@ldodds.bsky.social
CTO at EnergySparks (https://energysparks.uk) a UK charity using open and shared data to help schools be more energy efficient. My background is in open data, data standards, data infrastructure & sharing. blog.ldodds.com
On the day that commences my 50th year on this planet (and the 40th of playing RPGs), I start my list of my favourite 101 RPGs that I've played. It's in order. So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time. Drumroll...
My 101 Favourite TTRPGS: 101 - Old Men Running The World
Earlier this year, we saw John Harper on the socials having worked out how many TTRPGs he's played. It was a big number. It made Jim and me sit back and do
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Sunday: ✅️ B&Q ✅️ Garden Centre ✅️ DIY ✅️ Cake Pretty successful so far.
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
Dan Hon@danhon.com · 11mo agoIf you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born. I am dust. Holy shit I am dust.
If you're having a problem with "Invalid Handle" errors on the web, please add a 👍 or leave a comment on github.com/bluesky-soci...
Multiple "invalid handle" accounts · Issue #9090 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce Multiple users are reporting an escalation in accounts displaying as "Invalid Handle" https://bsky.app/search?q=%22invalid+handle%22 Attachments What platform(s) does this occur ...
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This is a great album. Electronica + classical piano 👍 grandbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/elsewh...
Elsewhere, by Grandbrothers
10 track album
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1/ Whatever you think of digital ID, the process matters. And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
So much time and money wasted on debating and debunking these fuckwits. fullfact.org/immigration/...
Is there evidence for Nigel Farage’s claim that migrants are catching and eating swans and carp? – Full Fact
With several related claims and video clips circulating on social media in the wake of the Reform UK leader’s comments, we’ve looked at what’s known.
fullfact.org
Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It’s ‘Impossible to Trace’ Foreign Cash bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
Reform UK's Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It's 'Impossible to Trace' Foreign Cash
Anti-corruption campaigners raise the alarm over loopholes that could allow large sums of untraceable money to slip past checks
bylinetimes.com
TIL about David Lynch's Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick. youtu.be/Z-Ju1I4P4BU?...
David Lynch - Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick
YouTube video by ReInstallPaul
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I did a newsletter. But more importantly I DID A VIDEO. Riiiight out of my comfort zone, but entirely inspired and necessary because Doomsong is so fucking cool. Check it out (and also get yourself a copy of Wyrd Science issue 7):
Things! GOLD TEETH Beta, Book Delay, Doomsong, Poor Old Jim
Welcome, bold adventurers, to the TEETH newsletter! This is a (sort of) weekly transmission about our explorations in the very secret land of Tabletop...
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ID card discussion reminded of this paper: "The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... My notes after I read it a few years ago: blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol 3, No CSCW
The premise of a primary key is simple enough: every record or row in a table should have some number or string that can uniquely identify it. Primary keys are essential for linking data spread across...
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I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few. It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
"...spending in the AI sector is “parabolic.” In fact, it is so vast, the researcher said, that it might single-handedly be propping up the American economy." gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
Deutsche Bank Notices That a Needle Is Getting Dangerously Close to the AI Bubble
If not for AI spending, the bank says the US would be in a recession.
gizmodo.com
Assume there will be a Britcard BBC Microbit Edition™ for anyone without a smartphone.
Lot of territory between "A digital certificate that says you can work in the UK" and "ID Card"
TIL about David Lynch's Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick. youtu.be/Z-Ju1I4P4BU?...
David Lynch - Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick
YouTube video by ReInstallPaul
youtu.be
Looks like the Aapti Institute are about to repeat the work the Open Data Institute was doing about 5 years ago aapti.in/blog/buildin...
Aapti Institute | Building the Third Pillar: A New Framework for Data as Digital Public Infrastructure
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) have played a major role in economic and societal transformation. While identity and payments have emerged as mature pillars of this infrastructure, the third criti...
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What can I take for my allergic reaction to this much stupidity?
Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11mo agoRichard Tice doubles down on questioning the safety of paracetamol, and wants to "shine the spotlight of the disinfectant of sunshine on the issue"
Semiotic Standard-style chapter icons from my book Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion, designed by the game's lead UI artist, Jon McKellan.
2025 (continued), ID cards www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Public backs ‘super ID card’ which could be used to report potholes
Ministers have recently said they are considering introducing a form of digital ID for adults in Britain
independent.co.uk
Leigh Dodds@ldodds.bsky.social · 2y agoTech to fix potholes, an incomplete history: 2025, AI obviously 2024, "Advanced Imagery System" 2021, "Drones and 3D printing" 2020, "Data from Uber and Deliveroo" 2020, "An AI app for cyclists" 2017, "Cars of the future" 2013, "A smartphone app for cyclists" Links: mastodon.me.uk/@ldodds/1138...
My mum's mum hated conformity. Faced with bureaucracy she was known to exclaim, "I'm not a number!" She was my NaN.
Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
newstatesman.com
Hey all, some great news and some difficult news over on GOLD TEETH. The beta is here for all backers to get stuck into, but the core book is delayed for reasons that are unfortunate and out of our control.
Update 13: GOLD TEETH Update: Good News, Bad News, Beta News · GOLD TEETH: The Tabletop RPG of Piracy & Occult Horror
Let’s start with…. \drumroll/ … the good news! The good news is all backers have the beta for GOLD TEETH in your Kickstarter inbox right now. Go check it out! It’s a huge chunk of the book that will a...
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The problem isn't autism. It's fear and hatred of autism. The problem isn't trans people. It's fear and hatred of trans people. The problem isn't immigration. It's fear and hatred of immigrants.
