Gareth Clarke
@lockonandfire.bsky.social
Welshman born in Cornwall. A player of games. Frequently opinionated. Bullish retweeter. He/him.
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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Netflix wasn't worth losing rental stores over and it's definitely not worth losing movie theaters over.
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Netflix wasn't worth losing rental stores over and it's definitely not worth losing movie theaters over.
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I was bored last night so I watched an episode of OG Star Trek where they picked up Charlie, a traumatised teenager with godlike abilities who only wants people to love him, but is incapable of doing anything funny or nice, so he just destroys everything in fits of rage to hide his shame, hey Elon
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I was bored last night so I watched an episode of OG Star Trek where they picked up Charlie, a traumatised teenager with godlike abilities who only wants people to love him, but is incapable of doing anything funny or nice, so he just destroys everything in fits of rage to hide his shame, hey Elon
"come on you cunt"
Trying to scan your blood sugar on a libre when very very very drunk.
This took quite a few revisions also 😂
Trying to scan your blood sugar on a libre when very very very drunk.
This took quite a few revisions also 😂
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"come on you cunt"
Trying to scan your blood sugar on a libre when very very very drunk.
This took quite a few revisions also 😂
Trying to scan your blood sugar on a libre when very very very drunk.
This took quite a few revisions also 😂
Honestly, "government of cowards" really is the most perfectly apt description for the current government I've heard.
"You're a government of cowards"
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
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Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
join.greenparty.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Honestly, "government of cowards" really is the most perfectly apt description for the current government I've heard.
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Very much underlines the point I was making yesterday about standing up to this shit regardless of the cost. When you capitulate, it doesn't make them happy, it doesn't even make them stop: they just ask why you didn't do it sooner, why you aren't being more full-throated in your cowardice.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Very much underlines the point I was making yesterday about standing up to this shit regardless of the cost. When you capitulate, it doesn't make them happy, it doesn't even make them stop: they just ask why you didn't do it sooner, why you aren't being more full-throated in your cowardice.
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David Lammy’s Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk ‘Increasing Miscarriages of Justice’
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
David Lammy's Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk 'Increasing Miscarriages of Justice'
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing "vital safeguards" and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
David Lammy’s Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk ‘Increasing Miscarriages of Justice’
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
The best part about my YouTube Music recap (a service I have because I've got YouTube Premium, and which I use intermittently and eclectically) is that it was soundtracked with this absolute banger.
youtu.be/7Nf-cQj_SLE?...
youtu.be/7Nf-cQj_SLE?...
VULFPECK /// This Is Not The Song I Wrote
YouTube video by Vulf
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The best part about my YouTube Music recap (a service I have because I've got YouTube Premium, and which I use intermittently and eclectically) is that it was soundtracked with this absolute banger.
youtu.be/7Nf-cQj_SLE?...
youtu.be/7Nf-cQj_SLE?...
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Executives are the only ones regurgitative AI could actually replace. AI can fuck up game projects by making irrational demands based on utterly derivative ideas.
You wanna lay off the dead wood? Start at the fucking top.
You wanna lay off the dead wood? Start at the fucking top.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Executives are the only ones regurgitative AI could actually replace. AI can fuck up game projects by making irrational demands based on utterly derivative ideas.
You wanna lay off the dead wood? Start at the fucking top.
You wanna lay off the dead wood? Start at the fucking top.
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This country is determined to make so many suffer in the name of small minded bigotry.
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This country is determined to make so many suffer in the name of small minded bigotry.
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It's that time of year again
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's that time of year again
December's traditions. This time of year, there's only one question that matters, and only one cover of a song that asks it frequently enough;
youtu.be/-k4yjCo8JWs?...
youtu.be/-k4yjCo8JWs?...
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
YouTube video by Michael M
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
December's traditions. This time of year, there's only one question that matters, and only one cover of a song that asks it frequently enough;
youtu.be/-k4yjCo8JWs?...
youtu.be/-k4yjCo8JWs?...
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Sim-pleee
Haaav-ing
A dreadful winter cold
On the extremely minor plus side, this fleece fits me better now than it ever has before. The joys of being diabetic and on Mounjaro
Haaav-ing
A dreadful winter cold
On the extremely minor plus side, this fleece fits me better now than it ever has before. The joys of being diabetic and on Mounjaro
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sim-pleee
Haaav-ing
A dreadful winter cold
On the extremely minor plus side, this fleece fits me better now than it ever has before. The joys of being diabetic and on Mounjaro
Haaav-ing
A dreadful winter cold
On the extremely minor plus side, this fleece fits me better now than it ever has before. The joys of being diabetic and on Mounjaro
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They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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A must read, particularly for voters in Wales! No policies, no standards and no shame. Get rid in 2026.
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A must read, particularly for voters in Wales! No policies, no standards and no shame. Get rid in 2026.
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Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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Perfect 👌 as usual from @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚💚💚
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Perfect 👌 as usual from @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚💚💚
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Where do I sign up?
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Where do I sign up?
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All the naysayers about crypto, the metaverse, NFTs, and AI were 100% on the money to call bullshit.
Hey, remember when we were all going to go to work in the metaverse wearing VR goggles? And how that certainly happened, and the haters were completely wrong? It's the future, don't be left behind!
Hey, remember when we were all going to go to work in the metaverse wearing VR goggles? And how that certainly happened, and the haters were completely wrong? It's the future, don't be left behind!
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
All the naysayers about crypto, the metaverse, NFTs, and AI were 100% on the money to call bullshit.
Hey, remember when we were all going to go to work in the metaverse wearing VR goggles? And how that certainly happened, and the haters were completely wrong? It's the future, don't be left behind!
Hey, remember when we were all going to go to work in the metaverse wearing VR goggles? And how that certainly happened, and the haters were completely wrong? It's the future, don't be left behind!
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“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”
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I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.