Martin
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‘Games cannot solve the climate crisis. They are not replacements for activism, legislation change, or systemic reform. Their power lies elsewhere: in how they shape perception, emotion, and motivation.’
It’s great to see All Will Rise featured in this article!
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
It’s great to see All Will Rise featured in this article!
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
When it comes to climate change, "games can empower the belief that people can make a difference," says Volha Kapitonava of Positive Impact Games. "The key ingredient that makes this possible, in my opinion, is joy."
www.gamesindustry.biz/joy-is-the-r...
www.gamesindustry.biz/joy-is-the-r...
Joy is the radical tool games need to turn eco-anxiety into agency | Opinion
Climate doom is overwhelming a generation of players. But a new wave of games is building the belief that change is possible
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
‘Games cannot solve the climate crisis. They are not replacements for activism, legislation change, or systemic reform. Their power lies elsewhere: in how they shape perception, emotion, and motivation.’
It’s great to see All Will Rise featured in this article!
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
It’s great to see All Will Rise featured in this article!
#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
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Impunity is an enabler of criminality. And again, I suggest that we spend some time reflecting on the radicalising effect it must have on British politicians to be so deeply and directly complicit in such monstrous, racist crimes. These people have crossed a threshold into a truly dark place.
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.
Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Impunity is an enabler of criminality. And again, I suggest that we spend some time reflecting on the radicalising effect it must have on British politicians to be so deeply and directly complicit in such monstrous, racist crimes. These people have crossed a threshold into a truly dark place.
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This reflects the way a lot of monolingual Anglophones think about bilingualism, however. They can imagine speaking one language fluently and knowing a bit of some others, but cannot really understand that many of us are actually *fluent* or indeed are *native speakers* of more than one language.
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This reflects the way a lot of monolingual Anglophones think about bilingualism, however. They can imagine speaking one language fluently and knowing a bit of some others, but cannot really understand that many of us are actually *fluent* or indeed are *native speakers* of more than one language.
Not a fan of his politics but this is the way. Reward this type of thing and make being a racist **** a thing to be ashamed of again.
December 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Not a fan of his politics but this is the way. Reward this type of thing and make being a racist **** a thing to be ashamed of again.
Have just been blocked by a "Fukuyama was right!" poster and I have to say that nothing exposes the thin skins of liberals more than critique of "The End of History".
Imagine being a Foreign Policy reader in 2025 who likely got a decent liberal arts education and thinking the extent of available theories about how the world works are Fukuyama or Huntington
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Have just been blocked by a "Fukuyama was right!" poster and I have to say that nothing exposes the thin skins of liberals more than critique of "The End of History".
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Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
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FernGully might genuinely be the most impactful film I watched as a kid.
I was enthralled by it, still have it seared in my memory almost 4 decades later. How many of my life choices (literally went into rainforest conservation!) are down to watching that movie at the right moment?
I was enthralled by it, still have it seared in my memory almost 4 decades later. How many of my life choices (literally went into rainforest conservation!) are down to watching that movie at the right moment?
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
FernGully might genuinely be the most impactful film I watched as a kid.
I was enthralled by it, still have it seared in my memory almost 4 decades later. How many of my life choices (literally went into rainforest conservation!) are down to watching that movie at the right moment?
I was enthralled by it, still have it seared in my memory almost 4 decades later. How many of my life choices (literally went into rainforest conservation!) are down to watching that movie at the right moment?
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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Been saying this for a while. If your job is mostly bullshit OF COURSE you find the Automatic Bullshit Generator miraculous
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Been saying this for a while. If your job is mostly bullshit OF COURSE you find the Automatic Bullshit Generator miraculous
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Every time I see right wing bigots trying to appropriate Terry, my main thought is that it's a shame they didn't hook his coffin up to a dynamo to further irritate them by providing infinite renewable energy www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
Author Terry Pratchett was an unflinching trans ally, say the trans fans who met him
Claims that the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett would've been anti-trans have prompted a flood of transgender fans to share their happy memories of
www.thepinknews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Every time I see right wing bigots trying to appropriate Terry, my main thought is that it's a shame they didn't hook his coffin up to a dynamo to further irritate them by providing infinite renewable energy www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
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We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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When the time comes that people have to at least act as if they care about trans people, do not forget and do not forgive a single person associated with this who isn’t speaking out about it now.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
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#politicianawards25
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#politicianawards25
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When the time comes that people have to at least act as if they care about trans people, do not forget and do not forgive a single person associated with this who isn’t speaking out about it now.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
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Look folks, it's really, really simple.
Either we find our way to ecosocialism, or we're going to be ruled like serfs under a hereditary plutocracy gorging itself on everything good that's still up for grabs as the overheated, over-polluted world dies under our feet.
Either we find our way to ecosocialism, or we're going to be ruled like serfs under a hereditary plutocracy gorging itself on everything good that's still up for grabs as the overheated, over-polluted world dies under our feet.
Important - in a global order in which international rules are losing importance, one part of the emerging replacement is this neo-royalist approach involving interlinked states and companies. Once again, put away the deglobalisation simplisms.
1/This week has seen a blitz of what looks like corruption sandals: Saudi development deals for US military tech, Pakistani payments to Trump insiders for tariff relief, Swiss gold bars for a trade deal. Far from a payoff, this is a reordering of internat'l system.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Look folks, it's really, really simple.
Either we find our way to ecosocialism, or we're going to be ruled like serfs under a hereditary plutocracy gorging itself on everything good that's still up for grabs as the overheated, over-polluted world dies under our feet.
Either we find our way to ecosocialism, or we're going to be ruled like serfs under a hereditary plutocracy gorging itself on everything good that's still up for grabs as the overheated, over-polluted world dies under our feet.
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[BBC Scotland] reaction to [4]-2 K. McLean 90+7
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
[BBC Scotland] reaction to [4]-2 K. McLean 90+7
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Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
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also, a mass deportations plan will normalise the practice & set up the machinery
the fascists will use that on the rest of us when they take over
the fascists will use that on the rest of us when they take over
states should accept people fleeing death & persecution, that's bedrock to the global order & our obligations to others
we should all happily participate in that
instead, we have to undermine it in every way we can because dipshits who've been wrong about everything think that's the smart play
we should all happily participate in that
instead, we have to undermine it in every way we can because dipshits who've been wrong about everything think that's the smart play
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
also, a mass deportations plan will normalise the practice & set up the machinery
the fascists will use that on the rest of us when they take over
the fascists will use that on the rest of us when they take over
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
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