John O’Shea
@johnoshea.bsky.social
Creative Director & Co-CEO National Videogame Museum, Sheffield, UK
Own views.
Own views.
Just boarded a train from Sheffield to Preston (<60 miles) and the return ticket is nearly £50. Seems like a good time to read this account from Mick Lynch of the 30+ year disaster that has been UK rail privatisation tribunemag.co.uk/2023/11/mick...
Mick Lynch: Rail Privatisation Has Been 30 Years of Failure
The privatisation of British Rail began this month in 1993. It created a system that prioritises profit above the wellbeing of both workers and passengers — and it's time to bring it to an end, writes...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just boarded a train from Sheffield to Preston (<60 miles) and the return ticket is nearly £50. Seems like a good time to read this account from Mick Lynch of the 30+ year disaster that has been UK rail privatisation tribunemag.co.uk/2023/11/mick...
Love today’s spooky Pac-Man themed Google doodle! searchplayground.google/pacman/hallo...
PAC-MAN: Halloween 2025 Edition
Today's interactive Doodle features a special Halloween edition of PAC-MAN, celebrating 45 years of this classic game. Click to play.
searchplayground.google
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Love today’s spooky Pac-Man themed Google doodle! searchplayground.google/pacman/hallo...
Even back the day - top-left, the guy with the cap looks like he’s a ringer, trying to avoid being identified in the team photo!
Sheffield FC, recognised by Fifa as the world's oldest football club, was founded on this day 1857. The club is now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, and competes in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division (pic is Sheffield FC 1876).
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Even back the day - top-left, the guy with the cap looks like he’s a ringer, trying to avoid being identified in the team photo!
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Are you a #ContentCreator who loves classic shoot-'em-up arcade action & couch co-op chaos? 👀🚀
Platypus Reclayed launches September 18th & we've got Steam keys thanks to @claymatic.games 😍🔑
Fill out the form if you're interested & tag a creator who'd LOVE to play! 👇
Platypus Reclayed launches September 18th & we've got Steam keys thanks to @claymatic.games 😍🔑
Fill out the form if you're interested & tag a creator who'd LOVE to play! 👇
September 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Are you a #ContentCreator who loves classic shoot-'em-up arcade action & couch co-op chaos? 👀🚀
Platypus Reclayed launches September 18th & we've got Steam keys thanks to @claymatic.games 😍🔑
Fill out the form if you're interested & tag a creator who'd LOVE to play! 👇
Platypus Reclayed launches September 18th & we've got Steam keys thanks to @claymatic.games 😍🔑
Fill out the form if you're interested & tag a creator who'd LOVE to play! 👇
Interesting article in @nowthenmag.bsky.social highlighting independent game makers in Sheffield and asking why videogames are not more widely celebrated as culture -
My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social.
Does Sheffield have an indie games scene?
With indie games on the rise, I'm interested in how and why games are rarely claimed as part of local arts and culture by the cities they were created in.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/doe...
Does Sheffield have an indie games scene?
With indie games on the rise, I'm interested in how and why games are rarely claimed as part of local arts and culture by the cities they were created in.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/doe...
Does Sheffield have an indie games scene?
Video games are mega – both very good and economically gigantic – but we have very little awareness of where they come from. Sean Morley speaks with local indie developers and asks why games aren’t co...
nowthenmagazine.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interesting article in @nowthenmag.bsky.social highlighting independent game makers in Sheffield and asking why videogames are not more widely celebrated as culture -
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One ticket. All summer. Unlimited play.
For the first time ever, we’ve introduced a new summer ticket – your key to unlimited visits to the National Videogame Museum until the 1st September.
✅ One ticket
✅ Unlimited visits
✅ All summer long!
Book your ticket - thenvm.org
For the first time ever, we’ve introduced a new summer ticket – your key to unlimited visits to the National Videogame Museum until the 1st September.
✅ One ticket
✅ Unlimited visits
✅ All summer long!
Book your ticket - thenvm.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
One ticket. All summer. Unlimited play.
For the first time ever, we’ve introduced a new summer ticket – your key to unlimited visits to the National Videogame Museum until the 1st September.
✅ One ticket
✅ Unlimited visits
✅ All summer long!
Book your ticket - thenvm.org
For the first time ever, we’ve introduced a new summer ticket – your key to unlimited visits to the National Videogame Museum until the 1st September.
✅ One ticket
✅ Unlimited visits
✅ All summer long!
Book your ticket - thenvm.org
One for Friday post-work chatter / Man says HR are getting involved after he called the company AI Chatbot a “clanker” www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One for Friday post-work chatter / Man says HR are getting involved after he called the company AI Chatbot a “clanker” www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...
…And then a flying visit to see the @gameslondon.bsky.social team and collect a mysterious & beautiful object they were looking after, for a future display @nvmuk.bsky.social. (thanks @ustwogames.co.uk - more soon!)
August 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
…And then a flying visit to see the @gameslondon.bsky.social team and collect a mysterious & beautiful object they were looking after, for a future display @nvmuk.bsky.social. (thanks @ustwogames.co.uk - more soon!)
On the road today for a change - returning some loan items to Lumino City makers State of Play (models that starred in @nvmuk.bsky.social’s Art of Play exhibition.)
August 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
On the road today for a change - returning some loan items to Lumino City makers State of Play (models that starred in @nvmuk.bsky.social’s Art of Play exhibition.)
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UK's oldest Flymo inducted into the British Lawnmower Museum in Southport. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's oldest Flymo inducted into British Lawnmower Museum
The 53-year-old blue Flymo has been passed through three generations of the same family.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
UK's oldest Flymo inducted into the British Lawnmower Museum in Southport. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🎙️ If you missed the most recent episode of FUTURE KNOWLEDGE, now’s a great time to listen. Cory Doctorow talks about THE INTERNET CON: his guide to loosening Big Tech’s grip & reclaiming a more open web.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎙️ If you missed the most recent episode of FUTURE KNOWLEDGE, now’s a great time to listen. Cory Doctorow talks about THE INTERNET CON: his guide to loosening Big Tech’s grip & reclaiming a more open web.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
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"We can have clean water or privatised water but we can’t have both"
"The British public is right, the evidence supports them"
The new people's commission report is crystal clear that PUBLIC OWNERSHIP is the answer after 35 years of failed privatisation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"The British public is right, the evidence supports them"
The new people's commission report is crystal clear that PUBLIC OWNERSHIP is the answer after 35 years of failed privatisation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"We can have clean water or privatised water but we can’t have both"
"The British public is right, the evidence supports them"
The new people's commission report is crystal clear that PUBLIC OWNERSHIP is the answer after 35 years of failed privatisation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"The British public is right, the evidence supports them"
The new people's commission report is crystal clear that PUBLIC OWNERSHIP is the answer after 35 years of failed privatisation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Great post by @zoyander.cc reflecting the uncanny loneliness of the internet and sharing some strategies for escaping the algorithmic void:
the lonely internet (reading a blog post): https://peertube.intrapology.com/w/5MrADbk3EznZwZfnehybB4
July 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Great post by @zoyander.cc reflecting the uncanny loneliness of the internet and sharing some strategies for escaping the algorithmic void:
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The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The semiliterate people who use chatgpt like to point to calculators as a precedent of assistive technology but the thing is: calculators actually calculate.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
A calculator really does let you outsource calculation. It does exactly what it is supposed to do, and marketed as doing, reproducibly.
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Similar to asbestos or unexploded munitions, the fallout of the LLM era will persist long after the apps are abandoned, because their outputs have been snuck into the corpus by copy-pasting fools.
The longer chatbots force themselves into every workflow, the longer it will take to decontaminate.
The longer chatbots force themselves into every workflow, the longer it will take to decontaminate.
3. "Informational Microplastics" - the artefacts invariably produced as a function of how these models work will be present undetected in Scientific journals and web pages. "ScamTech" will doubtless have web pages generated to "answer" searches with pages of bland, subtly incorrect, blather.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Similar to asbestos or unexploded munitions, the fallout of the LLM era will persist long after the apps are abandoned, because their outputs have been snuck into the corpus by copy-pasting fools.
The longer chatbots force themselves into every workflow, the longer it will take to decontaminate.
The longer chatbots force themselves into every workflow, the longer it will take to decontaminate.
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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One last post before I rest for the weekend. Truly a bit overwhelmed to receive this review from a writer who I respect so much. Thanks @lucywebster.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Design and Disability review – ‘A world-shaping, boundary-breaking joy of a show’
From self-tightening shoes to an all-purpose hands-free vibrator, this superb exhibition demonstrates that disability-led culture and design is about so much more than ramps
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One last post before I rest for the weekend. Truly a bit overwhelmed to receive this review from a writer who I respect so much. Thanks @lucywebster.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
@helpsheffield.co.uk Runners Wristwatch found (not the one pictured) Norton Playing Fields, Warminster Road, Sheffield - if it could be yours, let me know. (Also any other suggestions where to post? Or let me know if anyone’s seen a “lost” post that could be the one!)
June 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@helpsheffield.co.uk Runners Wristwatch found (not the one pictured) Norton Playing Fields, Warminster Road, Sheffield - if it could be yours, let me know. (Also any other suggestions where to post? Or let me know if anyone’s seen a “lost” post that could be the one!)
June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@helpsheffield.co.uk Runners Wristwatch found (not the one pictured) Norton Playing Fields, Warminster Road, Sheffield - if it could be yours, let me know. (Also any other suggestions where to post? Or let me know if anyone’s seen a “lost” post that could be the one!)
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“No film left unscanned.” 🎞️ Film historian Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social) explains why motion picture film is vanishing, and why digitization is crucial to saving our cinematic history.
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o
#DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o
#DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“No film left unscanned.” 🎞️ Film historian Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social) explains why motion picture film is vanishing, and why digitization is crucial to saving our cinematic history.
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o
#DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o
#DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film
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folks formerly of volition have made a massive donation to the strong national museum of play to preserve the studio's history, and this should absolutely be the new standard
The Strong Museum acquires new Volition studio collection
The Strong Museum has announced the acquisition of data from tenured studio Volition, including unreleased game prototypes, and more.
www.gameshub.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
folks formerly of volition have made a massive donation to the strong national museum of play to preserve the studio's history, and this should absolutely be the new standard
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On this day in 1983: 42 years ago today. Canadian snooker player Cliff Thorburn completed the first televised maximum break of 147 during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield 🇬🇧 #OTD
April 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
On this day in 1983: 42 years ago today. Canadian snooker player Cliff Thorburn completed the first televised maximum break of 147 during the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield 🇬🇧 #OTD
You wake up. It’s all been a dream. It’s July 1991 and Lemmings has just been released by Psygnosis on the Atari ST…
April 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You wake up. It’s all been a dream. It’s July 1991 and Lemmings has just been released by Psygnosis on the Atari ST…