DoubtingMichael
@doubtingmichael.bsky.social
I didn't become a software engineer to talk about other people's feelings, but here we are.
He/him or they/them if you prefer.
He/him or they/them if you prefer.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
One thing is certain: the status quo isn't working.
We can't go on like this.
We can't go on like this.
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One thing is certain: the status quo isn't working.
We can't go on like this.
We can't go on like this.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Kate Bush
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Attila the Stockbroker
Pulp
FFS
Kate Bush
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Attila the Stockbroker
Pulp
FFS
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
Radiohead
Ash
They Might Be Giants
Public Service Broadcasting
Tori Amos
Radiohead
Ash
They Might Be Giants
Public Service Broadcasting
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Kate Bush
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Attila the Stockbroker
Pulp
FFS
Kate Bush
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Attila the Stockbroker
Pulp
FFS
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Straight cis bloke here: I read Joanna Russ's The Female Man as a student and gradually worked out its messages over the next ten years. By which time I was ready for Cynthia Heimel's Sex Tips For Girls, which taught me how to be a boyfriend by showing what (some) women want.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Straight cis bloke here: I read Joanna Russ's The Female Man as a student and gradually worked out its messages over the next ten years. By which time I was ready for Cynthia Heimel's Sex Tips For Girls, which taught me how to be a boyfriend by showing what (some) women want.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
NEW: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 | Institute for Government
Labour’s public service plans are less than the sum of their parts.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
My bank wants to know my occupation. The "pick one" list includes "politician" and "government minister". Not both.
This actually explains a lot.
This actually explains a lot.
September 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My bank wants to know my occupation. The "pick one" list includes "politician" and "government minister". Not both.
This actually explains a lot.
This actually explains a lot.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
September 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
God bless and keep the Women's Institute.
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
God bless and keep the Women's Institute.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
#DrawABird
On a computer, but still pretty much by hand:
On a computer, but still pretty much by hand:
August 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#DrawABird
On a computer, but still pretty much by hand:
On a computer, but still pretty much by hand:
As well as the points about feminism, I am pleased to see Le Guin say that active audience involvement is valuable at con panels. This is what makes them different from watching YouTube! I have been arguing for this at SF cons for years.
"Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
“Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin
During my work placement at the University of Liverpool’s Science Fiction Collections in April to May 2025, I came across a striking letter from Ursula K. Le Guin, dated 1979 and addressed to Briti…
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk
August 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
As well as the points about feminism, I am pleased to see Le Guin say that active audience involvement is valuable at con panels. This is what makes them different from watching YouTube! I have been arguing for this at SF cons for years.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
"Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
“Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin
During my work placement at the University of Liverpool’s Science Fiction Collections in April to May 2025, I came across a striking letter from Ursula K. Le Guin, dated 1979 and addressed to Briti…
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk?p=8752
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
#SlightlyDiminishABand:
The Electric Lightweight Orchestra
Quartet Manoeuvres in the Dark
Moderate Attack
Cheerful Division
Emerson, Pond and Palmer
The Darned
A Few Things Other Than The Girl
The Electric Lightweight Orchestra
Quartet Manoeuvres in the Dark
Moderate Attack
Cheerful Division
Emerson, Pond and Palmer
The Darned
A Few Things Other Than The Girl
August 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#SlightlyDiminishABand:
The Electric Lightweight Orchestra
Quartet Manoeuvres in the Dark
Moderate Attack
Cheerful Division
Emerson, Pond and Palmer
The Darned
A Few Things Other Than The Girl
The Electric Lightweight Orchestra
Quartet Manoeuvres in the Dark
Moderate Attack
Cheerful Division
Emerson, Pond and Palmer
The Darned
A Few Things Other Than The Girl
Quite a lot of Spinal Tap is not that funny.
QT this with your most cancellable opinion
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Quite a lot of Spinal Tap is not that funny.
I managed to see the new Superman in the cinema, and I really enjoyed it:
- Cleverly worked out plot, making room for action sequences and character, with some surprises.
- Skipping the dull opening of the story to get on with the fun stuff.
- A moral compass and things to say.
- Cleverly worked out plot, making room for action sequences and character, with some surprises.
- Skipping the dull opening of the story to get on with the fun stuff.
- A moral compass and things to say.
August 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I managed to see the new Superman in the cinema, and I really enjoyed it:
- Cleverly worked out plot, making room for action sequences and character, with some surprises.
- Skipping the dull opening of the story to get on with the fun stuff.
- A moral compass and things to say.
- Cleverly worked out plot, making room for action sequences and character, with some surprises.
- Skipping the dull opening of the story to get on with the fun stuff.
- A moral compass and things to say.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Anyone who talks about ‘protecting our borders’ or ‘entering the UK without permission’ in the specific context of asylum, either has no understanding of what a refugee is or fully understands but doesn’t care.
That’s a huge proportion of the UK’s journalists and commentators I’m talking about.
That’s a huge proportion of the UK’s journalists and commentators I’m talking about.
August 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Anyone who talks about ‘protecting our borders’ or ‘entering the UK without permission’ in the specific context of asylum, either has no understanding of what a refugee is or fully understands but doesn’t care.
That’s a huge proportion of the UK’s journalists and commentators I’m talking about.
That’s a huge proportion of the UK’s journalists and commentators I’m talking about.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
I'm in 19th century London too! I'm standing in front of a lamppost on a foggy night so I'm silhouetted and surrounded by glowing fog.
July 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm in 19th century London too! I'm standing in front of a lamppost on a foggy night so I'm silhouetted and surrounded by glowing fog.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Forbidden Planet and Airplane
July 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Forbidden Planet and Airplane
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
Pathfinder v1
AD&D
Ars Magica v5
Basic Role Playing
...all fantasy.
AD&D
Ars Magica v5
Basic Role Playing
...all fantasy.
July 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pathfinder v1
AD&D
Ars Magica v5
Basic Role Playing
...all fantasy.
AD&D
Ars Magica v5
Basic Role Playing
...all fantasy.
The tinsel of death has struck again.
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The tinsel of death has struck again.
I played the original Dune game back in the day. It has heaps of flavour, it's surprisingly well balanced given how asymmetric it is, and it is full of opportunities to pull off neat moments.
I once won a game of the original, iconic Dune boardgane as the Bene Gesserit.
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)
July 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I played the original Dune game back in the day. It has heaps of flavour, it's surprisingly well balanced given how asymmetric it is, and it is full of opportunities to pull off neat moments.
Reposted by DoubtingMichael
I once won a game of the original, iconic Dune boardgane as the Bene Gesserit.
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)
July 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I once won a game of the original, iconic Dune boardgane as the Bene Gesserit.
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)
That will, forever, be the greatest gaming thing I've ever done.
(If you know what their assymetrical win condition is, you'll understand why)