Luke Plunkett
@lukeplunkett.com
Co-founder of @aftermath.site. 📍Canberra, Australia. DMs open. Email: lukeATaftermathDOTsite
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this was a business discovery to us! we wondered for ages why our subscriber base wasn't matching broader games media reading patterns; when we asked around, turns out loads of europeans simply don't like using credit cards.
hopefully this is an improvement!
hopefully this is an improvement!
Good morning Europe! We have a new website! If you don't like using credit cards (and many EU readers have told us they don't), we're finally accepting other payment methods for subs, like Google Pay, Apple Pay and Link:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
Welcome To Aftermath 2.0
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different.
aftermath.site
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
this was a business discovery to us! we wondered for ages why our subscriber base wasn't matching broader games media reading patterns; when we asked around, turns out loads of europeans simply don't like using credit cards.
hopefully this is an improvement!
hopefully this is an improvement!
we need to bully tesla owners more, if we can. just the dumbest fucking cars for the dumbest people on earth
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
we need to bully tesla owners more, if we can. just the dumbest fucking cars for the dumbest people on earth
your boy had time this week to run an ART SHOWCASE for one of my favourite games of the past few years. big thanks to @charlesboury.fr for chatting with us and sharing his work!
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
your boy had time this week to run an ART SHOWCASE for one of my favourite games of the past few years. big thanks to @charlesboury.fr for chatting with us and sharing his work!
just wanna do a whole post thanking the always incredible @kim-hu.com for the site's new portraits, i have never looked this good, on the internet or irl
kim-hu.com
kim-hu.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
just wanna do a whole post thanking the always incredible @kim-hu.com for the site's new portraits, i have never looked this good, on the internet or irl
kim-hu.com
kim-hu.com
a not-fun thing about five writers owning their own company is that when one of them has to build a new website and move a whole business over, which takes months, they can't blog anymore. there are simply less blogs.
im SO EXCITED to get back to blogs now.
im SO EXCITED to get back to blogs now.
There's plenty more to show and talk about in the days and weeks to come, but for now, thanks for sticking with us while we got the new site up and running, thanks for all your support since we launched, and we look forward to bringing you many more years of bullshit-free coverage in the future.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
a not-fun thing about five writers owning their own company is that when one of them has to build a new website and move a whole business over, which takes months, they can't blog anymore. there are simply less blogs.
im SO EXCITED to get back to blogs now.
im SO EXCITED to get back to blogs now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposted by Luke Plunkett
The thing that gets me about ARC’s use of fully generated barks, as well as in The Finals, is that the juice is absolutely not worth the squeeze in a game that is unquestionably high effort. Like it sounds bad because there isn’t a human performance to ground it.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The thing that gets me about ARC’s use of fully generated barks, as well as in The Finals, is that the juice is absolutely not worth the squeeze in a game that is unquestionably high effort. Like it sounds bad because there isn’t a human performance to ground it.
read the site but never subscribed? you can get a month for $1. try it out, read some blogs, support worker-owned media.
been hesitant to give us your cc details? fair! we now accept link, google pay and apple pay as well.
been a $7 subscriber but wanted to comment? now you can comment!
been hesitant to give us your cc details? fair! we now accept link, google pay and apple pay as well.
been a $7 subscriber but wanted to comment? now you can comment!
For non-subscribers, here's a gift: For the next 30 days, Aftermath subscriptions for new readers are on sale at $1 for your first month:
aftermath.ghost.io/11-06-2025...
aftermath.ghost.io/11-06-2025...
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
read the site but never subscribed? you can get a month for $1. try it out, read some blogs, support worker-owned media.
been hesitant to give us your cc details? fair! we now accept link, google pay and apple pay as well.
been a $7 subscriber but wanted to comment? now you can comment!
been hesitant to give us your cc details? fair! we now accept link, google pay and apple pay as well.
been a $7 subscriber but wanted to comment? now you can comment!
WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
feb 2024: "The transfer fee for the 21-year-old, who plays predominantly as a winger, is £8m plus add-ons which may rise to £15m"
nov 2025: is an england regular and PFA young player of the year, one of the buys of the decade
nov 2025: is an england regular and PFA young player of the year, one of the buys of the decade
Morgan Rogers is the latest #AVFC to sign a new contract. As reported in July, Villa outlined intentions to offer another contract to elevate him among the highest earners in the squad. 12 month extension so new deal runs until 2031.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
feb 2024: "The transfer fee for the 21-year-old, who plays predominantly as a winger, is £8m plus add-ons which may rise to £15m"
nov 2025: is an england regular and PFA young player of the year, one of the buys of the decade
nov 2025: is an england regular and PFA young player of the year, one of the buys of the decade
Reposted by Luke Plunkett
i don't enjoy live theater because i have intrusive thoughts about how i could completely ruin the performance, and believe i have a moral prerogative to do so
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
i don't enjoy live theater because i have intrusive thoughts about how i could completely ruin the performance, and believe i have a moral prerogative to do so
Reposted by Luke Plunkett
Years ago, I had 50 limited-edition 11"x17" art prints made to raise money that we were desperately in need of at the time.
I sold 7.
I found the other 43 and put them on eBay because I desperately need to pay some more bills. :(
$50, ships internationally!
www.ebay.com/itm/26746176...
I sold 7.
I found the other 43 and put them on eBay because I desperately need to pay some more bills. :(
$50, ships internationally!
www.ebay.com/itm/26746176...
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Years ago, I had 50 limited-edition 11"x17" art prints made to raise money that we were desperately in need of at the time.
I sold 7.
I found the other 43 and put them on eBay because I desperately need to pay some more bills. :(
$50, ships internationally!
www.ebay.com/itm/26746176...
I sold 7.
I found the other 43 and put them on eBay because I desperately need to pay some more bills. :(
$50, ships internationally!
www.ebay.com/itm/26746176...
Reposted by Luke Plunkett
For some reason I cannot remove this picture from my posts. Keep trying to restart the app but it’s not working. Must be a bug.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
For some reason I cannot remove this picture from my posts. Keep trying to restart the app but it’s not working. Must be a bug.
(i had a whole folder of these ready to go at the Old Job, there are few greater gifts on this earth than living to see the deaths of your enemies)
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
(i had a whole folder of these ready to go at the Old Job, there are few greater gifts on this earth than living to see the deaths of your enemies)
aside from the newsom and collargate stuff, good reminder that even game recommendations on reddit are thoroughly compromised
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
aside from the newsom and collargate stuff, good reminder that even game recommendations on reddit are thoroughly compromised
weird take, but this is long-term good, you're never going to affect real change with the existing party, you need stuff like this to happen (and for people to revolt against it) so you can tear it down to the studs and start over.
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
weird take, but this is long-term good, you're never going to affect real change with the existing party, you need stuff like this to happen (and for people to revolt against it) so you can tear it down to the studs and start over.
look at this banh mi
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
look at this banh mi
JOE INGLES BABY
STILL GOT IT
STILL GOT IT
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
JOE INGLES BABY
STILL GOT IT
STILL GOT IT
it should be legal to hunt property developers and landlords for sport
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
it should be legal to hunt property developers and landlords for sport
website's back!
STAY TUNED FOR WHATEVER ALL THIS WORK COULD MEAN
👀
STAY TUNED FOR WHATEVER ALL THIS WORK COULD MEAN
👀
And we're back, sorry about that!
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
website's back!
STAY TUNED FOR WHATEVER ALL THIS WORK COULD MEAN
👀
STAY TUNED FOR WHATEVER ALL THIS WORK COULD MEAN
👀