Siân Pearce
@sianp.bsky.social
Public law solicitor, children's rights researcher
Geekery various.
"Gary Sherman's Nemesis" (Abertoir, 2023)
https://linktr.ee/SianP
Geekery various.
"Gary Sherman's Nemesis" (Abertoir, 2023)
https://linktr.ee/SianP
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Feel like I'm going mad.
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Feel like I'm going mad.
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"Well, lads, I haven't been able to get hold of any gunpowder, but what I have got is a consultants' report on the cost of restoring the building. If we just wait it out, they'll let the place collapse and/or burn down all on its own."
"Nice one. Pub?"
"Pub."
"Nice one. Pub?"
"Pub."
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
"Well, lads, I haven't been able to get hold of any gunpowder, but what I have got is a consultants' report on the cost of restoring the building. If we just wait it out, they'll let the place collapse and/or burn down all on its own."
"Nice one. Pub?"
"Pub."
"Nice one. Pub?"
"Pub."
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Quinn’s whole thread is wonderful, but this is the beating heart: the maddening, inspiring mystery at the center of both TTRPGs & by extension Actual Play.
It magnifies & makes unavoidable a truth of art: that we bring some of ourselves to any encounter.
Here, we are invited to revel in that.
It magnifies & makes unavoidable a truth of art: that we bring some of ourselves to any encounter.
Here, we are invited to revel in that.
No other medium *requires* people to bring themselves into it, to incorporate themselves and their expression into it the way TTRPGs do.
I love what emerges out of play when people align with each other, the system, and the story that they are telling.
There is nothing like it.
I love what emerges out of play when people align with each other, the system, and the story that they are telling.
There is nothing like it.
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Quinn’s whole thread is wonderful, but this is the beating heart: the maddening, inspiring mystery at the center of both TTRPGs & by extension Actual Play.
It magnifies & makes unavoidable a truth of art: that we bring some of ourselves to any encounter.
Here, we are invited to revel in that.
It magnifies & makes unavoidable a truth of art: that we bring some of ourselves to any encounter.
Here, we are invited to revel in that.
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ITV Retro has put all of the science-fantasy series “Sapphire and Steel” (1979–1982) on YouTube. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...
Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...
Sapphire and Steel - YouTube
The time-hopping adventures of two agents with super-human powers.
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM
ITV Retro has put all of the science-fantasy series “Sapphire and Steel” (1979–1982) on YouTube. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...
Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...
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Home Secretary confirms that the UK government did not formally trigger the break clause in the asylum seeker relocation treaty with Rwanda until Dec 2025. (Rwanda says that delay means the UK owes £100m in payments due under the treaty).
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Home Secretary confirms that the UK government did not formally trigger the break clause in the asylum seeker relocation treaty with Rwanda until Dec 2025. (Rwanda says that delay means the UK owes £100m in payments due under the treaty).
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The Cranston inquiry made 1 thing painfully clear: the deaths of 30 people, inc women&children, were avoidable. If the gov created safe routes, desperate people wouldn’t have to risk their lives on perilous journeys whilst human traffickers profit off their misery www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
‘No foot-dragging’, warns chair of inquiry into 27 Channel deaths
Inquiry set up after report found rescue attempts beset by confusion and poor communication between UK and France
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Cranston inquiry made 1 thing painfully clear: the deaths of 30 people, inc women&children, were avoidable. If the gov created safe routes, desperate people wouldn’t have to risk their lives on perilous journeys whilst human traffickers profit off their misery www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
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It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!
Child poverty is the fault of the parents, says the Labour Home Secretary. Or the fault of the children for existing. I'm not sure but it seems to be one of the two.
"Are you worried that there will be an impact on child poverty?"
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
It's not that hard. We don't have to let workers or students come here in the first place - as long as we are willing to bear the economic, tax and other costs of not doing so. But if we do let them in, we should treat them decently. And their children!
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Fascinating trial of AI legal bots by seeing how they deal with a concrete scenario (four out of five got the wrong answer and the fifth subsequently got the wrong answer when one element of the question was varied). Knowing the answer was wrong depended on knowing the right answer.
Solicitors are repeatedly warned that their jobs will be under threat as soon as the AI companies choose to put out a lawyer-bot. Alexander Mahdavi, partner in our Private Client team, assesses what the leading AI bots are doing in a recent blog.
Read more here www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
Read more here www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Fascinating trial of AI legal bots by seeing how they deal with a concrete scenario (four out of five got the wrong answer and the fifth subsequently got the wrong answer when one element of the question was varied). Knowing the answer was wrong depended on knowing the right answer.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jay ~should~ be leading his own imprint by now. He should have a job like mine. He is a brilliant editor, a brilliant mentor/coach, and a brilliant writer (and a brilliant pedant about word balloon placement, which is why we got married).
Instead, he is only peripherally in comics anymore.
Instead, he is only peripherally in comics anymore.
Here is a thing:
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Jay ~should~ be leading his own imprint by now. He should have a job like mine. He is a brilliant editor, a brilliant mentor/coach, and a brilliant writer (and a brilliant pedant about word balloon placement, which is why we got married).
Instead, he is only peripherally in comics anymore.
Instead, he is only peripherally in comics anymore.
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GARY GYGAX: hey you get that drawing of wererats done for the monster manual?
DAVE TRAMPIER: sure did Gary - real sexually available and enticing just like you asked
GARY GYGAX: ... alright. okay. thats fine
DAVE TRAMPIER: sure did Gary - real sexually available and enticing just like you asked
GARY GYGAX: ... alright. okay. thats fine
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
GARY GYGAX: hey you get that drawing of wererats done for the monster manual?
DAVE TRAMPIER: sure did Gary - real sexually available and enticing just like you asked
GARY GYGAX: ... alright. okay. thats fine
DAVE TRAMPIER: sure did Gary - real sexually available and enticing just like you asked
GARY GYGAX: ... alright. okay. thats fine
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The Three Ages Of Man
January 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The Three Ages Of Man
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I hope those who condemn Reform for their comments about "mass deportations" but continue to support Labour's inhumane treatment of migrants are paying attention.
Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election
Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I hope those who condemn Reform for their comments about "mass deportations" but continue to support Labour's inhumane treatment of migrants are paying attention.
Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour's policies are all about deportation and framing migrants as criminals. It only leads one way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Why this headline isn’t “Rad The Impaler” I do not know
Amateurs.
Amateurs.
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Why this headline isn’t “Rad The Impaler” I do not know
Amateurs.
Amateurs.
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NEW: A new tool searches your LinkedIn connections for people who are mentioned in the Epstein files.
404 Media tested the tool, called EpsteIn—as in, a mash up of Epstein and LinkedIn—and it appears to work.
404 Media tested the tool, called EpsteIn—as in, a mash up of Epstein and LinkedIn—and it appears to work.
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
NEW: A new tool searches your LinkedIn connections for people who are mentioned in the Epstein files.
404 Media tested the tool, called EpsteIn—as in, a mash up of Epstein and LinkedIn—and it appears to work.
404 Media tested the tool, called EpsteIn—as in, a mash up of Epstein and LinkedIn—and it appears to work.
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For #NightTideMag, @lmariewood.bsky.social shares a celebration of Blacula: a flawed yet fearless horror film with the unwillingness to look away from brutality, racism, social disparity, or queer marginalization. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/05/m...
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/05/m...
THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘BLACULA’
L. Marie Wood looks into Blacula as horror with its eye firmly on the real world; examining police violence, queerness, segregation, and cultural tension through Prince Mamuwalde’s tragedy.
nighttidemag.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
For #NightTideMag, @lmariewood.bsky.social shares a celebration of Blacula: a flawed yet fearless horror film with the unwillingness to look away from brutality, racism, social disparity, or queer marginalization. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/05/m...
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/05/m...
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Recent immigrant to South Wales complains about immigration in an area that has some of the lowest numbers of immigrants in the UK... 🤔
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Recent immigrant to South Wales complains about immigration in an area that has some of the lowest numbers of immigrants in the UK... 🤔
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Our analysis of Shark Week, the biggest stage in marine biology, found that there aren't just more men than women featured, but more *guys named Mike* than women.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Our analysis of Shark Week, the biggest stage in marine biology, found that there aren't just more men than women featured, but more *guys named Mike* than women.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
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1. Because I'm bored. Let's talk about the ORIGINAL principality of Wales.
Okay so Llywelyn ap Gruffudd has defeated his brothers in battle and has now assumed sole control of the principality of north Wales, the old kingdom of Gwynedd.
He's driven the future Edward Ist out of the Perfeddwlad
Okay so Llywelyn ap Gruffudd has defeated his brothers in battle and has now assumed sole control of the principality of north Wales, the old kingdom of Gwynedd.
He's driven the future Edward Ist out of the Perfeddwlad
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
1. Because I'm bored. Let's talk about the ORIGINAL principality of Wales.
Okay so Llywelyn ap Gruffudd has defeated his brothers in battle and has now assumed sole control of the principality of north Wales, the old kingdom of Gwynedd.
He's driven the future Edward Ist out of the Perfeddwlad
Okay so Llywelyn ap Gruffudd has defeated his brothers in battle and has now assumed sole control of the principality of north Wales, the old kingdom of Gwynedd.
He's driven the future Edward Ist out of the Perfeddwlad
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I would trust him with my case
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I would trust him with my case
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Child poverty is the fault of the parents, says the Labour Home Secretary. Or the fault of the children for existing. I'm not sure but it seems to be one of the two.
"Are you worried that there will be an impact on child poverty?"
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
Home Secretary "This is a system of economic migration ... they chose to bring their families with them" is the underlying principle.
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Child poverty is the fault of the parents, says the Labour Home Secretary. Or the fault of the children for existing. I'm not sure but it seems to be one of the two.
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Appalling as this disaster was, I see that didn’t deter the government from making a political point about too many migrants in its response
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Appalling as this disaster was, I see that didn’t deter the government from making a political point about too many migrants in its response
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You decide to buy this brilliant new #DoctorWho choose-your-own-adventure book.
▢ If you want an online purchase, go to uk.bookshop.org
▢ If you want an in-person purchase, go to Forbidden Planet
▢ If you want an online purchase, go to uk.bookshop.org
▢ If you want an in-person purchase, go to Forbidden Planet
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
You decide to buy this brilliant new #DoctorWho choose-your-own-adventure book.
▢ If you want an online purchase, go to uk.bookshop.org
▢ If you want an in-person purchase, go to Forbidden Planet
▢ If you want an online purchase, go to uk.bookshop.org
▢ If you want an in-person purchase, go to Forbidden Planet
Probably still not as bad as what happened on the radio though...
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Probably still not as bad as what happened on the radio though...
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