Phil W. Bayles
@philwbayles.com
Writer permanently stuck in the drafting stage; connoisseur of Dad jokes. Fervent hater of GenAI in all its forms.
If found, please return to the nearest multiplex.
(He/Him)
If found, please return to the nearest multiplex.
(He/Him)
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See ya tmrw! 🫶🏻🤩🪿
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
See ya tmrw! 🫶🏻🤩🪿
The secret is out: I'm going to be in the next issue of @sillygoosepress.bsky.social!
My story is all about writer's block and includes at least one orangutan; I am very proud of it.
My story is all about writer's block and includes at least one orangutan; I am very proud of it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The secret is out: I'm going to be in the next issue of @sillygoosepress.bsky.social!
My story is all about writer's block and includes at least one orangutan; I am very proud of it.
My story is all about writer's block and includes at least one orangutan; I am very proud of it.
I bloody love the Flaw system in #TheOuterWorlds2. My character now has Bad Knees which make a horrible crunching noise every time he crouches, and I don't think I've ever felt more seen by a video game.
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I bloody love the Flaw system in #TheOuterWorlds2. My character now has Bad Knees which make a horrible crunching noise every time he crouches, and I don't think I've ever felt more seen by a video game.
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I see the nominees for The Sweaty Oscars have been announced
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I see the nominees for The Sweaty Oscars have been announced
If this bozo is going to name his stupid slop company Prometheus, then he should also be chained to a rock and have his liver pecked out by eagles.
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has a new job.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If this bozo is going to name his stupid slop company Prometheus, then he should also be chained to a rock and have his liver pecked out by eagles.
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omg if you live next to a field of horses they're literally neighbours
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
omg if you live next to a field of horses they're literally neighbours
Ultra-wealth needs to be classified as a mental disorder.
Not only is it one of the most extreme forms of hoarding imaginable, but it completely detaches you from reality and primes you to believe all sorts of nonsensical (and often dangerous) things.
Luckily, the treatment is very simple.
Not only is it one of the most extreme forms of hoarding imaginable, but it completely detaches you from reality and primes you to believe all sorts of nonsensical (and often dangerous) things.
Luckily, the treatment is very simple.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ultra-wealth needs to be classified as a mental disorder.
Not only is it one of the most extreme forms of hoarding imaginable, but it completely detaches you from reality and primes you to believe all sorts of nonsensical (and often dangerous) things.
Luckily, the treatment is very simple.
Not only is it one of the most extreme forms of hoarding imaginable, but it completely detaches you from reality and primes you to believe all sorts of nonsensical (and often dangerous) things.
Luckily, the treatment is very simple.
"Totoro" by Phil W. Bayles (aged 32 ½).
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Totoro" by Phil W. Bayles (aged 32 ½).
I've always been a PlayStation man, but now that the consoles are essentially just prefabricated gaming PCs I've been considering making the jump to Steam for a while now. A device like the Steam Machine, that lets me do that without the faff of building a PC, might just be the thing that sways me.
Steam Machine
Your games on the big screen
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I've always been a PlayStation man, but now that the consoles are essentially just prefabricated gaming PCs I've been considering making the jump to Steam for a while now. A device like the Steam Machine, that lets me do that without the faff of building a PC, might just be the thing that sways me.
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Finished Dispatch, since the last two episodes were released today. Gosh, how fun was THAT? The actual dispatch sim gameplay was the best part, I think, and I want more. Reactivity, too, but... yeah, I can see how that could get really expensive *really* quickly. As it was: solid season.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Finished Dispatch, since the last two episodes were released today. Gosh, how fun was THAT? The actual dispatch sim gameplay was the best part, I think, and I want more. Reactivity, too, but... yeah, I can see how that could get really expensive *really* quickly. As it was: solid season.
I was always a big fan of the "James Bond is a codename that's assigned to Agent 007" theory that used to go around online. Maybe this would be a good way to make that official; you get to spin it as a tribute to Daniel Craig and basically turn the franchise into "Doctor Who but spies."
Remember when Rex Reed was confused and thought THE DARK KNIGHT was a prequel to Tim Burton’s BATMAN
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was always a big fan of the "James Bond is a codename that's assigned to Agent 007" theory that used to go around online. Maybe this would be a good way to make that official; you get to spin it as a tribute to Daniel Craig and basically turn the franchise into "Doctor Who but spies."
Glad I went to see #Frankenstein in the cinema even if I was a little disappointed by it.
It feels (ironically) like many of del Toro's other movies stitched together. It's never more than the sum of its parts, but those parts still have more artistry in them than some directors' entire oeuvres.
It feels (ironically) like many of del Toro's other movies stitched together. It's never more than the sum of its parts, but those parts still have more artistry in them than some directors' entire oeuvres.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Glad I went to see #Frankenstein in the cinema even if I was a little disappointed by it.
It feels (ironically) like many of del Toro's other movies stitched together. It's never more than the sum of its parts, but those parts still have more artistry in them than some directors' entire oeuvres.
It feels (ironically) like many of del Toro's other movies stitched together. It's never more than the sum of its parts, but those parts still have more artistry in them than some directors' entire oeuvres.
I know this is absolutely not the point, but the Earth is a sphere. The "middle" would be its fiery molten core, which coincidentally is exactly where I think Mr Beast should put his theme park.
very funny for Mr Beast to go 'no its not the Saudi blood money that made me choose there for my theme park, its because its roughly the middle of a world map'
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I know this is absolutely not the point, but the Earth is a sphere. The "middle" would be its fiery molten core, which coincidentally is exactly where I think Mr Beast should put his theme park.
For the past month or so I've been really struggling mentally. This morning I talked to a very lovely GP who listened and agreed to increase my dose of antidepressants to see if it can help buoy me up again. Even just hearing her say that nearly made me weep.
The placebo effect's a hell of a thing.
The placebo effect's a hell of a thing.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For the past month or so I've been really struggling mentally. This morning I talked to a very lovely GP who listened and agreed to increase my dose of antidepressants to see if it can help buoy me up again. Even just hearing her say that nearly made me weep.
The placebo effect's a hell of a thing.
The placebo effect's a hell of a thing.
I really didn't think I was going to bother with Dispatch and now it's becoming one of my favourite games of 2025. Here's hoping the last two episodes stick the landing...
Episodes 5 & 6 of Dispatch firmly cemented how much I love these characters, so naturally that's when the heartbreak kicks in.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I really didn't think I was going to bother with Dispatch and now it's becoming one of my favourite games of 2025. Here's hoping the last two episodes stick the landing...
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Episodes 5 & 6 of Dispatch firmly cemented how much I love these characters, so naturally that's when the heartbreak kicks in.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Episodes 5 & 6 of Dispatch firmly cemented how much I love these characters, so naturally that's when the heartbreak kicks in.
Dick Cheney clearly decided to beat the rush and get out of New York before the mass billionaire exodus.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Dick Cheney clearly decided to beat the rush and get out of New York before the mass billionaire exodus.
Coca-Cola has shat out another slop commercial for Christmas this year and this quote from one of the soulless corporate husks involved is driving me insane.
There is no craftsmanship in creating anything with generative AI. So ten times the craftsmanship is still zero craftsmanship.
There is no craftsmanship in creating anything with generative AI. So ten times the craftsmanship is still zero craftsmanship.
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Coca-Cola has shat out another slop commercial for Christmas this year and this quote from one of the soulless corporate husks involved is driving me insane.
There is no craftsmanship in creating anything with generative AI. So ten times the craftsmanship is still zero craftsmanship.
There is no craftsmanship in creating anything with generative AI. So ten times the craftsmanship is still zero craftsmanship.
I long ago lost count of how many times I've seen a piece of popular culture only to realise I'd seen it parodied on The Simpsons many years beforehand.
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I long ago lost count of how many times I've seen a piece of popular culture only to realise I'd seen it parodied on The Simpsons many years beforehand.
I'm sorry, NY Times, but you're gonna have to run that name by me again.
Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands announced during a visit to Cairo on Sunday that his country would return an ancient sculpture to Egypt after the artifact was determined to have been looted and illegally transported to a city in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Will Return Looted Pharoah-Era Artifact to Egypt
The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European art fair in Maastricht.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm sorry, NY Times, but you're gonna have to run that name by me again.
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“Performative reading” is the anxiety of an illiterate culture
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Performative reading” is the anxiety of an illiterate culture
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Ringo Starr as 'Thomas the Tank Engine Narrator'
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Ringo Starr as 'Thomas the Tank Engine Narrator'
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Food is not something we should talk about in terms of deserving it or not. Food is not something we should have to 'earn'.
"People are getting free food and they might not deserve it!" who gives a shit man literally one of the unambiguously good things about the 21st century is we have lots of excess food production and we have the capacity to have hunger be significantly less important in decision making.
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Food is not something we should talk about in terms of deserving it or not. Food is not something we should have to 'earn'.
This year for Halloween we went as a childless couple! Had a fabulous evening watching @daraobriain.bsky.social at Sheffield City Hall; they even let us feed him!
#YouHadToBeThere
#YouHadToBeThere
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This year for Halloween we went as a childless couple! Had a fabulous evening watching @daraobriain.bsky.social at Sheffield City Hall; they even let us feed him!
#YouHadToBeThere
#YouHadToBeThere
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Most things are reasonably fair game as far as I'm concerned until the moment the BBFC black card comes up. At that point, phones away, stop chattering, and enjoy the film.
This is not difficult.
This is not difficult.
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
Some might argue that streaming movies at home has given us all etiquette amnesia. But when it comes to disrupting a screening, I think the rules have some nuance, writes Polly Hudson
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Most things are reasonably fair game as far as I'm concerned until the moment the BBFC black card comes up. At that point, phones away, stop chattering, and enjoy the film.
This is not difficult.
This is not difficult.