Craig Bamford
@spacetalk.bsky.social
I write about space, in several places. Used to write about other stuff? But now pretty much it's space. I also talk about gaming here, though. Also politics, sadly and mostly unwillingly, but I do try to damp it down a bit
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I have come to despise cleverness in political messaging. No bon mots. No highlighting hypocrisy. I want leaders with the subtlety of an anvil
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I have come to despise cleverness in political messaging. No bon mots. No highlighting hypocrisy. I want leaders with the subtlety of an anvil
Volcano lair shit
January 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Volcano lair shit
Master Detective Rain Code feels like Kodaka played Somnium Files and yelled I WANNA MAKE ONE OF THESE
And it seems to be sorta working, except for how the protagonist is such a damp unremarkable puddle compared to Date or Mizuki
Minigames are fun tho
And it seems to be sorta working, except for how the protagonist is such a damp unremarkable puddle compared to Date or Mizuki
Minigames are fun tho
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Master Detective Rain Code feels like Kodaka played Somnium Files and yelled I WANNA MAKE ONE OF THESE
And it seems to be sorta working, except for how the protagonist is such a damp unremarkable puddle compared to Date or Mizuki
Minigames are fun tho
And it seems to be sorta working, except for how the protagonist is such a damp unremarkable puddle compared to Date or Mizuki
Minigames are fun tho
Lotta globe emoji guys getting (once again) extremely angry in the quotes about this one
Just can't accept that their chatbot friend might not be sapient
Just can't accept that their chatbot friend might not be sapient
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Lotta globe emoji guys getting (once again) extremely angry in the quotes about this one
Just can't accept that their chatbot friend might not be sapient
Just can't accept that their chatbot friend might not be sapient
Today's valuable reminder that they want to empty out white collar jobs with genAI so regular-ass people will be forced to take on blue and pink collar jobs, driving down the cost of labor
Their own kids will continue to be comfy, mind. It's YOUR kids that will have busted knees by forty
Their own kids will continue to be comfy, mind. It's YOUR kids that will have busted knees by forty
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Today's valuable reminder that they want to empty out white collar jobs with genAI so regular-ass people will be forced to take on blue and pink collar jobs, driving down the cost of labor
Their own kids will continue to be comfy, mind. It's YOUR kids that will have busted knees by forty
Their own kids will continue to be comfy, mind. It's YOUR kids that will have busted knees by forty
"Of $100 gathered...only $1.60 goes to candidates"
JFC, imagine if you ran an actual charity this way
Pretty sure those door-to-door con artists offer a better return
JFC, imagine if you ran an actual charity this way
Pretty sure those door-to-door con artists offer a better return
I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.
January 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
"Of $100 gathered...only $1.60 goes to candidates"
JFC, imagine if you ran an actual charity this way
Pretty sure those door-to-door con artists offer a better return
JFC, imagine if you ran an actual charity this way
Pretty sure those door-to-door con artists offer a better return
The funny thing is that all this stuff is entirely elite-driven and top-down, there's no popular buy-in for any of this shit
Even in the United States Trump is historically unpopular, and if anything it seems to be getting worse over time
That's why everyone's worried about midterms disruption
Even in the United States Trump is historically unpopular, and if anything it seems to be getting worse over time
That's why everyone's worried about midterms disruption
Ceding all forms of autonomy to Trump is now a well-established position within Britain's media and among British media owners.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The funny thing is that all this stuff is entirely elite-driven and top-down, there's no popular buy-in for any of this shit
Even in the United States Trump is historically unpopular, and if anything it seems to be getting worse over time
That's why everyone's worried about midterms disruption
Even in the United States Trump is historically unpopular, and if anything it seems to be getting worse over time
That's why everyone's worried about midterms disruption
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Fred Freeman was an old-school cutaway artist. For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday, here are a few Freeman illustrations from, I believe, the 1950s.
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Fred Freeman was an old-school cutaway artist. For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday, here are a few Freeman illustrations from, I believe, the 1950s.
Only saw the first movie but I'm always tickled when the blue Avatar catpeople are dressed like Just Some Dude
LA is easier to get around than Boston.
January 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Only saw the first movie but I'm always tickled when the blue Avatar catpeople are dressed like Just Some Dude
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This is the reason why theyre trying to crack down on speech/expression online, and repeal section 230. Its all under the guise of demonizing porn/protecting children but the actual goal is hamstringing peoples ability to do exactly this, counter state propaganda.
I do sort of idly wonder what the impact of everyone having a phone with a camera has done to the tenability of fascist projects like this, especially in the vein this administration is going for - overtly inspired by the 1930s Nazi movement with its very public performances of propaganda.
as @cooperlund.online says, they’re just making content. and a shivering nazi weeping as he has to be helped by protestors away from his failed rally just a few miles away from where folks are enjoying a brisk day of sledding is a propaganda coup
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This is the reason why theyre trying to crack down on speech/expression online, and repeal section 230. Its all under the guise of demonizing porn/protecting children but the actual goal is hamstringing peoples ability to do exactly this, counter state propaganda.
It IS funny how this is the response every single time these guys say they want to annex someone
I think this is why Rubio created that weird tributary thing in Venezuela, because otherwise it's gonna get real Bolivarian real fast
I think this is why Rubio created that weird tributary thing in Venezuela, because otherwise it's gonna get real Bolivarian real fast
HAPPENING NOW in Nuuk: Massive crowds are marching in Nuuk, Greenland to protest the Trump administration.
One sign says it all:
“NO MEANS NO.”
Greenland is not for sale.
One sign says it all:
“NO MEANS NO.”
Greenland is not for sale.
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
It IS funny how this is the response every single time these guys say they want to annex someone
I think this is why Rubio created that weird tributary thing in Venezuela, because otherwise it's gonna get real Bolivarian real fast
I think this is why Rubio created that weird tributary thing in Venezuela, because otherwise it's gonna get real Bolivarian real fast
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Oh dang it didn't say "floppy", maybe we were wrong this whole time
January 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Oh dang it didn't say "floppy", maybe we were wrong this whole time
Cool so the whole issue with people only playing older games just got so much worse, because potential buyers are going to assume anything new is dripping with slop
This is definitely going to help your platform and not push people back to the high seas (live by the stolen content...)
This is definitely going to help your platform and not push people back to the high seas (live by the stolen content...)
Valve has ‘significantly’ rewritten Steam’s rules for how game developers must disclose AI use, clarifying that 'AI-powered tools' do not require a disclosure.
vgc.news/news/valve-h...
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Valve has ‘significantly’ rewritten Steam’s rules for how developers must disclose AI use | VGC
The rewritten rules clarify that ‘AI powered tools’ do not require a disclosure…
vgc.news
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cool so the whole issue with people only playing older games just got so much worse, because potential buyers are going to assume anything new is dripping with slop
This is definitely going to help your platform and not push people back to the high seas (live by the stolen content...)
This is definitely going to help your platform and not push people back to the high seas (live by the stolen content...)
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AI is part of what’s killing adobe but not in this sense. You can’t open Acrobat without it bugging you to use its AI. You can’t toggle it off. Everybody hates that shit. Nobody wants it. This will be the fate of every company trying to force AI
From Dare Obasanjo on Mastodon. Adobe is hitting the floor. #AI
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
AI is part of what’s killing adobe but not in this sense. You can’t open Acrobat without it bugging you to use its AI. You can’t toggle it off. Everybody hates that shit. Nobody wants it. This will be the fate of every company trying to force AI
"Patching complete" oh did Wuthering Waves finally stop its new character from having weird vibrating legs
...nope
God the TAA in the PS5 version of this game is completely ass, I know that it isn't a focus but Kuro are at the "why are you even bothering to support it" level of not caring
...nope
God the TAA in the PS5 version of this game is completely ass, I know that it isn't a focus but Kuro are at the "why are you even bothering to support it" level of not caring
January 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"Patching complete" oh did Wuthering Waves finally stop its new character from having weird vibrating legs
...nope
God the TAA in the PS5 version of this game is completely ass, I know that it isn't a focus but Kuro are at the "why are you even bothering to support it" level of not caring
...nope
God the TAA in the PS5 version of this game is completely ass, I know that it isn't a focus but Kuro are at the "why are you even bothering to support it" level of not caring
...I should read more Kowloon Generic Romance that was fun
January 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
...I should read more Kowloon Generic Romance that was fun
Continually marveling at how Star Rail manages to make such inherently interesting concepts and ideas...so fucking boring
Like Wuthering Waves is one thing, but every one of Hoyo's other big games are enormously better, and that is so bizarre considering we're talking about Genshin here
Like Wuthering Waves is one thing, but every one of Hoyo's other big games are enormously better, and that is so bizarre considering we're talking about Genshin here
January 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Continually marveling at how Star Rail manages to make such inherently interesting concepts and ideas...so fucking boring
Like Wuthering Waves is one thing, but every one of Hoyo's other big games are enormously better, and that is so bizarre considering we're talking about Genshin here
Like Wuthering Waves is one thing, but every one of Hoyo's other big games are enormously better, and that is so bizarre considering we're talking about Genshin here
This reminds me a bit of that FF16 thing where you can always look up terms and relationships and whatnot during a cutscene
It ALSO reminds me of something I'm always yelling: every narrative game needs a well-made codex and EVERY SINGLE LOADING SCREEN TIDBIT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT CODEX.
All of them
It ALSO reminds me of something I'm always yelling: every narrative game needs a well-made codex and EVERY SINGLE LOADING SCREEN TIDBIT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT CODEX.
All of them
YOU SHOULD HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE BEFORE YOU PLUNGE YOURSELF INTO AN ALIEN BABY DEBT HOLE
WISHLIST SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR TODAY
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January 17, 2026 at 5:53 AM
This reminds me a bit of that FF16 thing where you can always look up terms and relationships and whatnot during a cutscene
It ALSO reminds me of something I'm always yelling: every narrative game needs a well-made codex and EVERY SINGLE LOADING SCREEN TIDBIT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT CODEX.
All of them
It ALSO reminds me of something I'm always yelling: every narrative game needs a well-made codex and EVERY SINGLE LOADING SCREEN TIDBIT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT CODEX.
All of them
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Do you have a Weird Little Guy™ wearing a Crazy Invention Helmet™ in your motion picture? If so, I'm gonna love it!
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Do you have a Weird Little Guy™ wearing a Crazy Invention Helmet™ in your motion picture? If so, I'm gonna love it!
Never felt more validated in my Fuck Bluechecks stance
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January 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Never felt more validated in my Fuck Bluechecks stance
Oh damn the general strike thing might be bigger than "random DSA members" after all
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Oh damn the general strike thing might be bigger than "random DSA members" after all
Guess that explains Walz doing those panicky videos
But Tim, buddy, you must understand that they will do this no matter what you say or do. This is a pure power play and you cannot Clever your way out of it
(I honestly wish modern libs and lefties would realize how often Clever doesn't work)
But Tim, buddy, you must understand that they will do this no matter what you say or do. This is a pure power play and you cannot Clever your way out of it
(I honestly wish modern libs and lefties would realize how often Clever doesn't work)
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. https://cnn.it/4bCjypy
January 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Guess that explains Walz doing those panicky videos
But Tim, buddy, you must understand that they will do this no matter what you say or do. This is a pure power play and you cannot Clever your way out of it
(I honestly wish modern libs and lefties would realize how often Clever doesn't work)
But Tim, buddy, you must understand that they will do this no matter what you say or do. This is a pure power play and you cannot Clever your way out of it
(I honestly wish modern libs and lefties would realize how often Clever doesn't work)