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why is being able to cook considered attractive when most cooking is just following simple instru… actually no wait I get it now
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
why is being able to cook considered attractive when most cooking is just following simple instru… actually no wait I get it now
Seriously considering dressing up as Bioshock's dancing baguette boy this Halloween
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Seriously considering dressing up as Bioshock's dancing baguette boy this Halloween
Excited to have heard myself mentioned in the latest episode of @backpagepod.bsky.social, thus securing my place in the canon of UK video games journalism as “guy who was excited about the announcement of Metroid Prime 4 at E3 2017”
September 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Excited to have heard myself mentioned in the latest episode of @backpagepod.bsky.social, thus securing my place in the canon of UK video games journalism as “guy who was excited about the announcement of Metroid Prime 4 at E3 2017”
Tired: Missing my arbitrary 1h55 target time by 39 seconds
Wired: Running a sub 2h half marathon for the first time
Wired: Running a sub 2h half marathon for the first time
September 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tired: Missing my arbitrary 1h55 target time by 39 seconds
Wired: Running a sub 2h half marathon for the first time
Wired: Running a sub 2h half marathon for the first time
Reading my hinge profile versus going on a date with me
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reading my hinge profile versus going on a date with me
A Life Well Wasted, video games’ answer to This American Life, just dropped its ninth episode in 16 years and it’s an absolute banger alifewellwasted.com
Episodes • A Life Well Wasted
alifewellwasted.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A Life Well Wasted, video games’ answer to This American Life, just dropped its ninth episode in 16 years and it’s an absolute banger alifewellwasted.com
my flatmate: leaves hair straighteners turned on and goes to work
my flatmate’s straighteners: start beeping to tell me flat is about to burn down
me: wow what an annoying noise, better put on noise cancelling headphones to block it out
my flatmate’s straighteners: start beeping to tell me flat is about to burn down
me: wow what an annoying noise, better put on noise cancelling headphones to block it out
August 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my flatmate: leaves hair straighteners turned on and goes to work
my flatmate’s straighteners: start beeping to tell me flat is about to burn down
me: wow what an annoying noise, better put on noise cancelling headphones to block it out
my flatmate’s straighteners: start beeping to tell me flat is about to burn down
me: wow what an annoying noise, better put on noise cancelling headphones to block it out
God exists, and he's cancelling my 4:30pm meetings
July 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
God exists, and he's cancelling my 4:30pm meetings
Remembering fondly a time in school when I completely blanked on the word "Medieval," panicked, and referred to the period instead as "Castle times."
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Remembering fondly a time in school when I completely blanked on the word "Medieval," panicked, and referred to the period instead as "Castle times."
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Frankly, my dear... Frankly. Frankly! Come back Frankly, I love you! I'll stop doing the Clark Gable bit I promise! Damn. She's gone. Like the wind
February 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Frankly, my dear... Frankly. Frankly! Come back Frankly, I love you! I'll stop doing the Clark Gable bit I promise! Damn. She's gone. Like the wind
I love how two of Spielberg’s movie titles are just an acronym and then an explanation of that exact acronym
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I love how two of Spielberg’s movie titles are just an acronym and then an explanation of that exact acronym
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No one wants you to know what the other side of the MGM logo looks like
February 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
No one wants you to know what the other side of the MGM logo looks like
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Here's the full Nirvana performance from Fire Aid for anyone who doesn't want to sort through the whole live feed for it. Fucking hell.
Nirvana live: FireAid 2025 [NIRVANA REUNION]
YouTube video by Joe
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Here's the full Nirvana performance from Fire Aid for anyone who doesn't want to sort through the whole live feed for it. Fucking hell.
I like how some video game preorder bonuses are like “here’s a funny hat for your character” and others are like “here’s a gun so powerful it’ll ruin the game for you if you ever use it”
January 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I like how some video game preorder bonuses are like “here’s a funny hat for your character” and others are like “here’s a gun so powerful it’ll ruin the game for you if you ever use it”
to all the folks successfully selling their rtx 4070 ti supers on eBay for £700+ before the rtx 5070 ti comes out next month for £729…
well played
well played
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
to all the folks successfully selling their rtx 4070 ti supers on eBay for £700+ before the rtx 5070 ti comes out next month for £729…
well played
well played
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here's my take on what we should learn from this week's deepseek panic — that AI has bound together the fortunes of tech, finance, and politics in a fragile and unsustainable way. and if deepseek doesn't pop this bubble, some future launch will www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The DeepSeek panic reveals an AI world ready to blow | James Vincent
The R1 chatbot has sent the tech world spinning – but this tells us less about China than it does about western neuroses, says journalist and AI specialist James Vincent
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
here's my take on what we should learn from this week's deepseek panic — that AI has bound together the fortunes of tech, finance, and politics in a fragile and unsustainable way. and if deepseek doesn't pop this bubble, some future launch will www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Might get really in to swimming just so I can yell “You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for…” when I dive in
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Might get really in to swimming just so I can yell “You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for…” when I dive in
Is there a worse feeling in gaming than solving a puzzle that’s supposed to teach you something without knowing exactly how you did it?
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Is there a worse feeling in gaming than solving a puzzle that’s supposed to teach you something without knowing exactly how you did it?
A fascinating read for anyone even a little bit interested in what goes into remastering a movie for a 4K re-release collider.com/david-finche...
"The Most Thrillingly Stupid Fix in the World": David Fincher Tells Us How He Used AI for the 4K Restoration of 'Se7en'
Fincher also explains why his Netflix projects likely won't ever get physical releases.
collider.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A fascinating read for anyone even a little bit interested in what goes into remastering a movie for a 4K re-release collider.com/david-finche...
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people who lived through the prep work for Y2K are always rightfully defensive about that period of time in computing. NPR should have said “Y2K didn't live up to the hype *BECAUSE* years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation” and avoided some of the backlash here 😬
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 10:21 AM
people who lived through the prep work for Y2K are always rightfully defensive about that period of time in computing. NPR should have said “Y2K didn't live up to the hype *BECAUSE* years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation” and avoided some of the backlash here 😬
I’m not a prenup guy, but I do think it’s worth getting in writing how many times you’re allowed to say “my wife” in the Borat voice per annum
December 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I’m not a prenup guy, but I do think it’s worth getting in writing how many times you’re allowed to say “my wife” in the Borat voice per annum
The lovely thing about Indiana Jones is that his style of stealth is SUPPOSED to be a little slapdash, so it doesn’t feel like you’re playing the game “wrong” if you fuck up and have fist-fight 50 Nazis
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
The lovely thing about Indiana Jones is that his style of stealth is SUPPOSED to be a little slapdash, so it doesn’t feel like you’re playing the game “wrong” if you fuck up and have fist-fight 50 Nazis
Holy crap what an absolutely delightful video about saving an historic piece of retro tech youtu.be/JfZxOuc9Qwk
What Happened to the World's Largest Tube TV?
YouTube video by Shank Mods
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Holy crap what an absolutely delightful video about saving an historic piece of retro tech youtu.be/JfZxOuc9Qwk
God bless every single guard in a stealth video game who’s happy to sit there endlessly talking to themselves to reveal their location
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
God bless every single guard in a stealth video game who’s happy to sit there endlessly talking to themselves to reveal their location