Hannah Dawson
@fairlysadpanda.bsky.social
Senior backend engineer, CCP Games London. VR games developer and artist. Sometimes do politics, mental health and north London permitting. Liberal Democrat, somewhat hawkish, very pro-Europe.
I use she/her pronouns, and I hope you have a lovely day.
I use she/her pronouns, and I hope you have a lovely day.
It's incredible that leaving the ECHR is even being pretended to be policy by anyone, let alone leaving Labour in a situation where they're committing to refugee policy that is incompatible with it.
You can't leave the ECHR if you're the UK without withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement.
You can't leave the ECHR if you're the UK without withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement.
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's incredible that leaving the ECHR is even being pretended to be policy by anyone, let alone leaving Labour in a situation where they're committing to refugee policy that is incompatible with it.
You can't leave the ECHR if you're the UK without withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement.
You can't leave the ECHR if you're the UK without withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement.
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Hello? Hello yes I'm convinced, this is a simulation, I would like to go open that door in the sky like in the Truman Show now, yes
Hello? Hello yes I'm convinced, this is a simulation, I would like to go open that door in the sky like in the Truman Show now, yes
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hello? Hello yes I'm convinced, this is a simulation, I would like to go open that door in the sky like in the Truman Show now, yes
Hello? Hello yes I'm convinced, this is a simulation, I would like to go open that door in the sky like in the Truman Show now, yes
This summarizes how stupid this refugee policy pitch is.
"I know British people do not want to close the doors" <- So who is this policy for? Aquaman?
"But" <- Why are you doing something you acknowledge your own now-increasingly-theoretical voter bloc hates?
"I know British people do not want to close the doors" <- So who is this policy for? Aquaman?
"But" <- Why are you doing something you acknowledge your own now-increasingly-theoretical voter bloc hates?
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This summarizes how stupid this refugee policy pitch is.
"I know British people do not want to close the doors" <- So who is this policy for? Aquaman?
"But" <- Why are you doing something you acknowledge your own now-increasingly-theoretical voter bloc hates?
"I know British people do not want to close the doors" <- So who is this policy for? Aquaman?
"But" <- Why are you doing something you acknowledge your own now-increasingly-theoretical voter bloc hates?
The UK has a smaller shadow economy than France, despite the latter having compulsory ID www.worldeconomics.com/Informal-Eco...
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The UK has a smaller shadow economy than France, despite the latter having compulsory ID www.worldeconomics.com/Informal-Eco...
As is Shiftall, presumably
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As is Shiftall, presumably
The UK games industry in one skeet:
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The UK games industry in one skeet:
This handy map demonstrates how Labour loses the next election and to who, in what seat, based on Labour deciding that they'll be saved by tactical voting. (It also demonstrates why the Greens have decided to Camden-ize)
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This handy map demonstrates how Labour loses the next election and to who, in what seat, based on Labour deciding that they'll be saved by tactical voting. (It also demonstrates why the Greens have decided to Camden-ize)
Quite happy with this rough given I am still really rusty. Still not sure if I want to take on a comic project.
October 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Quite happy with this rough given I am still really rusty. Still not sure if I want to take on a comic project.
chosen what the heck are you talking about
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
chosen what the heck are you talking about
This Aston Martin decal job at Gamescom looks so cool! #RiduMysteryTales #AstonMartinZZZ #gamescom2025 #zzzero
August 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This Aston Martin decal job at Gamescom looks so cool! #RiduMysteryTales #AstonMartinZZZ #gamescom2025 #zzzero
At a butter chicken place just down the road from London Bridge, because they are doing a tie-in to a game I play. London is weird.
Apparently I need to write uhhh #ButchiesZZZ and #OperationYum for some stickers 👀
Apparently I need to write uhhh #ButchiesZZZ and #OperationYum for some stickers 👀
July 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
At a butter chicken place just down the road from London Bridge, because they are doing a tie-in to a game I play. London is weird.
Apparently I need to write uhhh #ButchiesZZZ and #OperationYum for some stickers 👀
Apparently I need to write uhhh #ButchiesZZZ and #OperationYum for some stickers 👀
Did some Space Station 14 fan art today
July 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Did some Space Station 14 fan art today
See the floating Superman above the Shard is cool but what if instead
#superman
#morelike
#superfan
#theshard
#helpitisover30inlondontodayiamtooyoungtodie
#superman
#morelike
#superfan
#theshard
#helpitisover30inlondontodayiamtooyoungtodie
July 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
See the floating Superman above the Shard is cool but what if instead
#superman
#morelike
#superfan
#theshard
#helpitisover30inlondontodayiamtooyoungtodie
#superman
#morelike
#superfan
#theshard
#helpitisover30inlondontodayiamtooyoungtodie
England at least has an above-average score. 272 is about the reading age of a 9 year old.
These are hard problems to POVERTY solve and you have to POVERTY really read between the lines to POVERTY understand why this is still a problem in the POVERTY 21st century
These are hard problems to POVERTY solve and you have to POVERTY really read between the lines to POVERTY understand why this is still a problem in the POVERTY 21st century
May 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
England at least has an above-average score. 272 is about the reading age of a 9 year old.
These are hard problems to POVERTY solve and you have to POVERTY really read between the lines to POVERTY understand why this is still a problem in the POVERTY 21st century
These are hard problems to POVERTY solve and you have to POVERTY really read between the lines to POVERTY understand why this is still a problem in the POVERTY 21st century
A #gamedev horror story
Discovering the FOSS "MIT licensed" game you've been contributing to has been unclearly licensed for six years, but your main repo advertises the project as MIT, and a bunch of forks have then re-re-licensed as AGPLv3
Headaches
Discovering the FOSS "MIT licensed" game you've been contributing to has been unclearly licensed for six years, but your main repo advertises the project as MIT, and a bunch of forks have then re-re-licensed as AGPLv3
Headaches
April 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A #gamedev horror story
Discovering the FOSS "MIT licensed" game you've been contributing to has been unclearly licensed for six years, but your main repo advertises the project as MIT, and a bunch of forks have then re-re-licensed as AGPLv3
Headaches
Discovering the FOSS "MIT licensed" game you've been contributing to has been unclearly licensed for six years, but your main repo advertises the project as MIT, and a bunch of forks have then re-re-licensed as AGPLv3
Headaches
*as long as your deep thinking isn't too extraordinary
An example from Spirited Away. If a model is tuned to pass quick human scrutiny, it will generate some common shot and pose that humans have liked. Problems emerge in composition.
An example from Spirited Away. If a model is tuned to pass quick human scrutiny, it will generate some common shot and pose that humans have liked. Problems emerge in composition.
March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
*as long as your deep thinking isn't too extraordinary
An example from Spirited Away. If a model is tuned to pass quick human scrutiny, it will generate some common shot and pose that humans have liked. Problems emerge in composition.
An example from Spirited Away. If a model is tuned to pass quick human scrutiny, it will generate some common shot and pose that humans have liked. Problems emerge in composition.
Getting started on a small bugfix on an AGPL project be like
March 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Getting started on a small bugfix on an AGPL project be like
BBC belatedly reports on result of 2024 General Election
March 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BBC belatedly reports on result of 2024 General Election
It is a complete mystery why things don't feel like they're improving over time
(the line is not a real inflation line - I just compared £8k in 2008 with 2025, where it is now just below £13k)
(the line is not a real inflation line - I just compared £8k in 2008 with 2025, where it is now just below £13k)
March 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It is a complete mystery why things don't feel like they're improving over time
(the line is not a real inflation line - I just compared £8k in 2008 with 2025, where it is now just below £13k)
(the line is not a real inflation line - I just compared £8k in 2008 with 2025, where it is now just below £13k)
#VRChat world creators and pool enjoyers rejoice, for the 1.6.0 beta of That One Pool Table That's Everywhere has been updated to Beta 2, adding many fixes, including Three Cushion Carom being made into the right game and not a hacked proof-of-concept.
Check it out:
github.com/VRCBilliards...
Check it out:
github.com/VRCBilliards...
February 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
#VRChat world creators and pool enjoyers rejoice, for the 1.6.0 beta of That One Pool Table That's Everywhere has been updated to Beta 2, adding many fixes, including Three Cushion Carom being made into the right game and not a hacked proof-of-concept.
Check it out:
github.com/VRCBilliards...
Check it out:
github.com/VRCBilliards...
It was very brave for Universal to build a themed land at their newest theme park based on the UK during Boris Johnson's reign as PM
February 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It was very brave for Universal to build a themed land at their newest theme park based on the UK during Boris Johnson's reign as PM