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I work on video games, love ska, Scottish terriers and when people don’t have to struggle for their basic needs. (He/him)
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FEDERAL WAY!!!

(TAKE MACHINE STARTING UP) What Shedeur Sanders sliding tells us (TAKE MACHINE HITS THIRD GEAR) about America’s fraught relationship (TAKE MACHINE GETS LOUDER) with fathers and masculinity (TAKE MACHINE SPEWING SMOKE) by Ross Douthat

Once again the NFL has gone woke, this time by refusing to draft Donald Trump's favorite quarterback

Back in my day, college quarterbacks had to play multiple seasons of minor league baseball before getting drafted at age 25

Tyler Shough is older than Brock Purdy, who is entering his fourth season in the NFL and close to his second contract.

Tyler Shough birthdate: Sep 28, 1999 Spencer Rattler birthdate: Sep 28, 2000

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Game development in a nutshell

the bond you create with coworkers when you survive a really fucked up work situation together is actually beautiful

Breath of Fire IV is now available on GOG ($9.99) buff.ly/r0LuQFU #ad part of the GOG Preservation Program (includes modern controller support, full compat with Win10/11, English/JPN localization, various improvements)

If you're looking for work in gamedev, here's a thread of guides I've written about everything from setting freelance rates to writing a good cover letter I've been in gamedev for over 13 years and been on both sides of the interview table a lot, so these are all the things I wish I'd known 🧵 1/6

Wise words

You, a noob: omg that NFL prospect has Warhammer minis in his living room! Me, sagely: Drukhari player. Character issues. They WILL regret this.

From @katywinge.bsky.social : The Wall at Intuit Dome has horse hats tonight as a distraction tactic with the Nuggets in town.

Raise your hand if you think RFK Jr. should resign.

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

WE DO NOT MAKE FUN OF SKA HERE THERE IS AN 80% CHANCE THE SKA BOY AT YOUR SCHOOL IS NOW A BEAUTIFUL LADY

At the gig last night, I met a guy who gave me his loyalty stamp card. He promised that if I run into him at six more shows and get the card stamped, he'll buy me a drink.

she was just going about her life playing volleyball for a mountain west team in anonymity until a group of people who were supposed to be teammates (and a coach!) betrayed and smeared her publicly in the cruelest way imaginable. it was all absolutely disgusting to watch

ONLY COMPUTER'S SHOULD BE COMPUTER'S - dashare.zone ADMIN

We’re outside BLMLA’s weekly #EndPoliceAssociations rally and LAPD is out here stalking protesters. They’ve brought out the clearly labeled “paddy wagon” & plain clothes sitting in unmarked minivans. LAPD has preemptively threatened to arrest ppl for protesting. Eyes on this 👀

Got to the last episode of Moonrise on Netflix and... are the writers allergic to exposition? I feel like I don't know anything about the characters outside of the main character after 17 episodes. Cool visuals, like the music, but the writing is just dreadful.

After being hit by a compact car, it would have cost $58k to repair our Cybertruck. We ended up selling its remains for just $8,000.

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

there has never been a better time to join the "Hit the Guardrail at 80 mph and flip your Tesla on Purpose" movement

And I was told that Juan Soto was an unplayable outfielder

Dominos you don’t need to advertise to me I’ll either be in a situation where I’m having dominos or I won’t

Nah man, this is just everyday life. I don't need a video game about everyday life.

Everything looks better with Big Red eyes.

May 8 and left no crumbs in GARWOOD NEW JERSEY get ticks now or I’ll punch ya sweetly www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-farr...

odd that dril hasn't posted since the pope died

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

Good morning. Today I have an essay running in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...