My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.
Nick Pollard
@nickpollard.bsky.social
Software, Graphics, Programming languages and Type systems. I like Good coffee and Heavy Metal. London, UK. He/Him. DMs open.
Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.
Yes. We do not study the past with a view to feelgood vibes. Sometimes we encounter events and people that do that, but it is not the *purpose* of serious or just basically honest study.
Armchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller)@armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 3mo agoTruth. #History
Engineering ethics needs to have an renaissance in Silicon Valley.
We the anti-fascists outnumber the fascists by a mile. We are surrounding them. Brighton is anti fascist
It’s at risk of being drowned out by other news, but great to see the CCC’s latest warning on climate adaptation on the front page of the Guardian. An issue that needs far more attention. Great to see @samalvis.bsky.social quoted on the case for more air con too…
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
Failed legal challenges have delayed major infrastructure projects like new roads and power stations by a collective 32 years. Labour recently changed the law to cut the time it takes to throw out anti-infrastructure lawsuits. And it's working. www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-planni...
The Planning and Infrastructure Act is working.
It just got harder to delay infrastructure with bogus lawsuits
samdumitriu.com
Helen Mirren is famously sad that Kurt Cobain didn't live to experience GPS, but personally I'm sad Sir Christopher Lee didn't live to star in Celebrity Traitors. Time is a cruel thing.
And this beautiful game on grief is out now! If you want to support Arab-made work about the Arab world, history, arts, and culture -especially in a time of destruction and erasure towards our people- I cannot recommend this game more. store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...
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The House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of t...
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Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 7mo agoI've wished for Arab-made games about Arab mythology for so long, and despite assisting on the project I still can't believe there's one swinging for the fences this hard. House of Hikmah is something very needed in a time where the world would rather erase us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTu...
Because I am unreasonable, I accept this is true, while being annoyed at anyone who says it. Only I, London’s uncrowned king, may publicly express any view other than “greatest city in the world, No. 1 at everything”.
Greg Wesson@gregwtravels.bsky.social · 8mo agoI was shocked how little London is a 24 hour city, coming from Toronto and having spent time in Tokyo, Beijing, NYC and San Francisco. It's only gotten worse.
the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
The Ellison/Weiss CBS News of today would insist they couldn't platform Eisenhower without also platforming Göring and if anyone pointed out how ridiculous it was they'd talk about the importance of "open debate" and if you complained loudly enough they'd say "come debate that on my podcast"
Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 10mo ago/2 This will be grotesque. Edward R. Murrow didn’t have a radio show in 1946 where Eisenhower debated Göring about whether the Nazis had some good points. Today’s media would absolutely do that. Today’s media will platform people defending and rewriting Good’s murder for years.
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day where we pause to remember those who we have lost around the world this year to transphobic violence.
Burglars warn: door locks and alarms could "financially ruin" the burgling industry
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · last yr.AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · last yr.It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
Excited about this - Dylan, Braeden, and Cole are all huge fans of CATAN, and we're over the moon to be working with them (and to send some CATAN players to see them in concert at an INCREDIBLE venue in London!). (Note: The contest is just for tickets, winners are responsible for their own travel.)
CATAN@catan.com · last yr.We are excited to announce our collaboration with Wallows. Five lucky CATAN fans can win free concert tickets to their concert at the Brixton Academy in London, UK!! 🎸🇬🇧 More details on how to participate and a link will be added in the comments below shotly 👇
A sad thing about social media is just how much it is full of people who just need to go outside and enjoy live but are instead radicalising themselves and others into fearing what is objectively one of the best and safest cities not just now but in all of human history.
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · last yr.Meanwhile... over on X ... Darren Grimes, the Tiny Tears of British politics, is upset because it's not the fifties any more. Modern day Soho Square on the right and you can see how much it's changed.
I have a joke about Theseus but the thread is hard to follow
subotai, microplastics golem@subotaii.bsky.social · last yr.I have a joke about Tantalus, but you'll never get it
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform. This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
Chris Williams@chrisw100.bsky.social · last yr.Another record year for the Green Party 👏 859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
