Samuel Pinney
@ginbrogueshats.bsky.social
Writer. Scripts, but before that journalism. Still stumbles across a story every now and then. Makes swords, fixes robots, likes cats. Even better in person.
I have ADHD and who knows what else. He/Him.
I have ADHD and who knows what else. He/Him.
You can't be a main character unless you dramatically change your haircut every two years.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You can't be a main character unless you dramatically change your haircut every two years.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
Reposted by Samuel Pinney
This is a really good articulation of why it feels like I (and Marie! And probably you and lots of others) feel like I am losing my mind daily
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is a really good articulation of why it feels like I (and Marie! And probably you and lots of others) feel like I am losing my mind daily
Reposted by Samuel Pinney
Ooo, la-dee-da, hark at 'im with his megabytes. We booted our systems off a single 5¼-inch floppy and couldn't fit nowt more than 360KB on one of those
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ooo, la-dee-da, hark at 'im with his megabytes. We booted our systems off a single 5¼-inch floppy and couldn't fit nowt more than 360KB on one of those
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Gigabytes...? TERABYTES?!? My first hard drive was 20MB and I never filled it up. In my day we had 16k and we made the best of it, lad.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Gigabytes...? TERABYTES?!? My first hard drive was 20MB and I never filled it up. In my day we had 16k and we made the best of it, lad.
Hey. It's pretty grim out there, but I've just discovered it's fun talking about computers like an old person.
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hey. It's pretty grim out there, but I've just discovered it's fun talking about computers like an old person.
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
Did they use A.I. to generate the most unwelcome WhatsApp notification of all time?
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Did they use A.I. to generate the most unwelcome WhatsApp notification of all time?
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
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[donut shop]
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
[donut shop]
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
It's weird to live in a time when some mad guy has worked out how to summon demons, and he says the demons can do jobs for cheaper!
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's weird to live in a time when some mad guy has worked out how to summon demons, and he says the demons can do jobs for cheaper!
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
Doing our bit to battle against fast fashion.
men only want one thing and that's to wear a tshirt until it's just a neckband with two threads hanging off it
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Doing our bit to battle against fast fashion.
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“Ok, we’ve just invented healthcare, what should the doctors wear?”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Ok, we’ve just invented healthcare, what should the doctors wear?”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
Do you need to awaken joy in someone like activating the Winter Soldier? The words today are 'Guinea Pig Bridge Nagasaki'
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Do you need to awaken joy in someone like activating the Winter Soldier? The words today are 'Guinea Pig Bridge Nagasaki'
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
Reposted by Samuel Pinney
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Our cat, Greb, is not taking the hint about laying the table.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our cat, Greb, is not taking the hint about laying the table.
Is anyone on here cool? Like are you recognised as being cool?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Is anyone on here cool? Like are you recognised as being cool?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
My one hope for the final is that we get to find out who the Traitors are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My one hope for the final is that we get to find out who the Traitors are.
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each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.
Male writer here. While being the primary carer* for two kids I have written and sold three screenplays. Writing with kids is a total nightmare and it wouldn't even be possible if @wheatles.bsky.social didn't have a proper career.
*The person who is there for everything.
*The person who is there for everything.
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Male writer here. While being the primary carer* for two kids I have written and sold three screenplays. Writing with kids is a total nightmare and it wouldn't even be possible if @wheatles.bsky.social didn't have a proper career.
*The person who is there for everything.
*The person who is there for everything.
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Normally you don't get a response like this from New York without actually busting some ghosts.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Normally you don't get a response like this from New York without actually busting some ghosts.
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
I'm trying on some new shoes today. It feels like I'm about to find out if I am an idiom.
I'll report back in a week and let you know my findings.
'You know what they say, wear new shoes on a Monday...'
I'll report back in a week and let you know my findings.
'You know what they say, wear new shoes on a Monday...'
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm trying on some new shoes today. It feels like I'm about to find out if I am an idiom.
I'll report back in a week and let you know my findings.
'You know what they say, wear new shoes on a Monday...'
I'll report back in a week and let you know my findings.
'You know what they say, wear new shoes on a Monday...'
What is the longest unbroken line in the UK? I think painted lines on the inside of a motorway might be a good shout. Can anyone do better? It has to be human made.
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What is the longest unbroken line in the UK? I think painted lines on the inside of a motorway might be a good shout. Can anyone do better? It has to be human made.
What AI can't understand is there are times when you want to listen to Ghost town by the Specials because it's a ska classic, and there are times you want to listen to Ghost town by the Special because it's a good spooky tune for Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What AI can't understand is there are times when you want to listen to Ghost town by the Specials because it's a ska classic, and there are times you want to listen to Ghost town by the Special because it's a good spooky tune for Halloween.
I have to accept - as much as it annoys me - that the tech bros have actually created a good metaphor for The One Ring with A.I.
Sure they say they can use The Ring/A.I. for good, but it destroys whoever uses it and it wrecks the environment.
Does this mean notable Clankers are ringwraiths?
Sure they say they can use The Ring/A.I. for good, but it destroys whoever uses it and it wrecks the environment.
Does this mean notable Clankers are ringwraiths?
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have to accept - as much as it annoys me - that the tech bros have actually created a good metaphor for The One Ring with A.I.
Sure they say they can use The Ring/A.I. for good, but it destroys whoever uses it and it wrecks the environment.
Does this mean notable Clankers are ringwraiths?
Sure they say they can use The Ring/A.I. for good, but it destroys whoever uses it and it wrecks the environment.
Does this mean notable Clankers are ringwraiths?
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I dunno lads but maybe we shouldn't have, like, three companies provide the backbone for the entire internet
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I dunno lads but maybe we shouldn't have, like, three companies provide the backbone for the entire internet