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Chris
@chris-dowling.bsky.social
Former Twitter lurker and terminally online middle-aged FinTech imposter.
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A very deep dive into Valve Corporation, a video game company that prints money.

on.ft.com/4nC87SA
Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next?
Peering inside one of the tech world’s strangest companies
on.ft.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract.

Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
But apart from that, spot on! 😬

The Bear explains how Reform got it completely wrong ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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1972. The “I love you” at the end gets me every time…
February 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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the fucking ego on these guys

Shedletsky's claim to fame is working at Roblox, the game favored by pedophiles because of how easy it is for them to access kids

that's the world he built
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Thank the lord for Private Eye
January 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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So deeply not kidding when I say that the current paradigm of "Gen AI" is doing deep, lasting harm to our ability to make knowledge, meaning, & truth w/ each other.

Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾
January 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Anyway…

Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.

Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.

It’s oddly soothing.

H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
swearsky.bagpuss.org
SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
November 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Finding comps can be so tricky…
#authorlife #bookshelf #books #reading
October 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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it's my daughter's birthday and I ordered her a monster cake from Carvel and this is the picture on the website and this is the picture of it in real life. please note: this is not a complaint. if this had been the picture on the website i would have paid more
October 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Megalopolis is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Zero stars. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
'Megalopolis' is a piece of s—t
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary makes a very strong case for why you shouldn't see Francis Ford Coppola's newest film.
www.sfgate.com
September 26, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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I've seen several references to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds today here, so thought I'd share this amazing mix by Ollie Teeba (Herbaliser)

It's a mashup of Richard Burton's narration with samples from various 70s film soundtracks and psyche-rock tracks to create an amazing reimagining.
Solid Steel Radio Show 25/10/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser)
In Hour 2, Ollie Teeba from The Herbaliser and Soundsci gives us his own take on 'War of the Worlds' for the Solid Steel 25th Anniversary. here in his own words; 'When I was 8 or 9 years old I hear
soundcloud.com
September 26, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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“As someone fired for defending blackface I want to speak to this man’s unimpeachable character”
September 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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I still believe that nobody—nobody!!—has come close to @davidjroth.bsky.social in brilliance writing about Trump, but even after all these years, I was startled to read something so crystal clear and correct as this. Call off the diner safaris, this explains it all. defector.com/what-a-lie-i...
September 16, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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Trump talked to Hannity tonight.
September 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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🎸🍺NEW BLOGPOST🍻🎤

The Fun Crunch is hitting. It's not just dynamic pricing, but rising prices across the board. Life's little sweeteners are becoming both harder to afford and less sustainable to provide.

www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-fun-cr...
The Fun Crunch
Britain's entertainment costs are soaring, and everyone's losing out.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
September 5, 2024 at 6:43 AM
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Just amazing.
August 20, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Just seen a headline in one of the papers, saying Boris Johnson is about to publish his memoirs. A good time to remember this superb letter written during the pandemic.
August 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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This, by Pat Byrne, made me do a very undignified snorty laugh.
August 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM