"Neal Schon but people call me Nina Simone"
@palnishlore.bsky.social
Real human, NE England, largely passive Bluesky user. Wherever I go, there I am.
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Real human. Based in the UK. I don't really post, I'm mainly here to follow people and things I'm interested in.
Interests:
Archaeology/Cultural Heritage
Geospatial tech
Politics
Gaming (both videogames and tabletop)
Movies
Music
Pro wrasslin'
Travel
Worldview:
Milquetoast lefty
Interests:
Archaeology/Cultural Heritage
Geospatial tech
Politics
Gaming (both videogames and tabletop)
Movies
Music
Pro wrasslin'
Travel
Worldview:
Milquetoast lefty
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and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
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Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
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I actually have no opinion on how much games should cost but I think it is sort of funny how every month a subject of argument on here demonstrates why the neoliberal era happened better than any history book as even leftists react with outrage at the notion something should be expensive.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I actually have no opinion on how much games should cost but I think it is sort of funny how every month a subject of argument on here demonstrates why the neoliberal era happened better than any history book as even leftists react with outrage at the notion something should be expensive.
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We can actually locate the tipping point here.
It was when Steve "Stig" Abell was welcomed into liberal commentariat with open arms, palling around with Marina Hyde and co, even though he had shown precisely zero remorse for publishing Katie Hopkins's "gunboats" "cockroaches" rhetoric in The Sun.
It was when Steve "Stig" Abell was welcomed into liberal commentariat with open arms, palling around with Marina Hyde and co, even though he had shown precisely zero remorse for publishing Katie Hopkins's "gunboats" "cockroaches" rhetoric in The Sun.
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We can actually locate the tipping point here.
It was when Steve "Stig" Abell was welcomed into liberal commentariat with open arms, palling around with Marina Hyde and co, even though he had shown precisely zero remorse for publishing Katie Hopkins's "gunboats" "cockroaches" rhetoric in The Sun.
It was when Steve "Stig" Abell was welcomed into liberal commentariat with open arms, palling around with Marina Hyde and co, even though he had shown precisely zero remorse for publishing Katie Hopkins's "gunboats" "cockroaches" rhetoric in The Sun.
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Not only that. they NEED your attention. Deprive them of it and keep it moving.
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Not only that. they NEED your attention. Deprive them of it and keep it moving.
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I can't believe someone thinks about journalism this way AND openly admits it. Even the billionaires lie to save face--and they're rich enough to not have to.
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I can't believe someone thinks about journalism this way AND openly admits it. Even the billionaires lie to save face--and they're rich enough to not have to.
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there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.
"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.
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This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
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something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"
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You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
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Pardons and tanks are no match for Freddie's green glove.
September 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pardons and tanks are no match for Freddie's green glove.
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one thing i think about @moiradonegan.bsky.social's point is that you never hear people go from "male loneliness" -> why don't we get men involved in collective projects of meaning for the most part. instead it's usually a discussion about how society is too "feminine"
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
one thing i think about @moiradonegan.bsky.social's point is that you never hear people go from "male loneliness" -> why don't we get men involved in collective projects of meaning for the most part. instead it's usually a discussion about how society is too "feminine"
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My contribution to The Loneliness Discourse is that we see D&D, Warhammer, etc, going mainstream because they‘re Third Space Provider Games so we should all talk more about such things to save America.
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My contribution to The Loneliness Discourse is that we see D&D, Warhammer, etc, going mainstream because they‘re Third Space Provider Games so we should all talk more about such things to save America.
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No10 looking at DCMS for the past year:
September 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
No10 looking at DCMS for the past year:
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Jo Cox was murdered by a man with a house full of neo-Nazi agitprop and this was then retconned into a vague narrative about social media abuse
And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
August 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Jo Cox was murdered by a man with a house full of neo-Nazi agitprop and this was then retconned into a vague narrative about social media abuse
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Doomerism is chickenshit. an embarrassment to every ape that threw a rock at a bear to protect the tribe. if you actually believe this doomer shit what are you posting for? it's chickenshit and i will have no truck with it. you had something better to do with your life than make the world better?
June 19, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Doomerism is chickenshit. an embarrassment to every ape that threw a rock at a bear to protect the tribe. if you actually believe this doomer shit what are you posting for? it's chickenshit and i will have no truck with it. you had something better to do with your life than make the world better?
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bring back the Wicker Man Corn Flakes
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
bring back the Wicker Man Corn Flakes
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This, relatedly, is one reason I’ve come to truly hate “carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”. Protecting the mediocre is a sign of a civilised society. We can’t all be brilliant.
really who in an industry looks after the existence and maintenance of career ladders. feels like a broader thing these days.
To return to my obsession, the joyful hubris that is HBO’s Harry Potter: I think one thing the “it will be good!” posters are missing is just how much streaming has hollowed out the talent pipeline for everything. The top team on this are neophytes because we’ve eroded the career ladder!
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This, relatedly, is one reason I’ve come to truly hate “carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”. Protecting the mediocre is a sign of a civilised society. We can’t all be brilliant.
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The sequel trilogy had one fun retread, one interesting reassessment of the franchise mythos, and one example of a franchise entirely losing its nerve and faceplanting. The prequel trilogy had three extremely poorly written/directed films which all had a couple of really cool scenes in them.
I'm just gonna say it: The prequel trilogy is better than the sequel trilogy.
They forgot because the third movie absolutely failed to stick the landing, and when it comes to longevity, last impressions matter
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August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The sequel trilogy had one fun retread, one interesting reassessment of the franchise mythos, and one example of a franchise entirely losing its nerve and faceplanting. The prequel trilogy had three extremely poorly written/directed films which all had a couple of really cool scenes in them.
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This time 18 months ago the Tories were at war with David Tennant and Reform would have been a bit afraid to attend far-right rallies, just to give an idea of how the Westminster elite is radicalising atm
I don't really see why people don't take the UK seriously, yeah our official opposition is at far right rallies, yeah the party leading in the polls is being advised by a 10 year old who thinks Churchill was the baddy in WW2 but have you considered our Prime Minister is at war with Sally Rooney?
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This time 18 months ago the Tories were at war with David Tennant and Reform would have been a bit afraid to attend far-right rallies, just to give an idea of how the Westminster elite is radicalising atm
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Okay, big breath...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
We Need to Talk about Disco Elysium, Again
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Okay, big breath...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
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China is run by bastards but unlike the US, they're not stupid bastards.
August 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
China is run by bastards but unlike the US, they're not stupid bastards.
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every band that forms in a small town puts out a debut album where the theme is “please god get me out of here”
August 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
every band that forms in a small town puts out a debut album where the theme is “please god get me out of here”