Jack Ryan πŸ™πŸ§ͺ

Jack Ryan πŸ™πŸ§ͺ

@jacksonwryan.com

not a spy. investigative journalist. President, SJAA. Co-founder, CONTINUE magazine i write about people, science, integrity, dodgy stuff, video games, art newsletter: nobreakthroughs.com

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If you're taking time off work for OoT, GTA VI or WoW Forever I want to hear from you for a piece in national news. Have a few interesting cases so far but hoping to hear from anons who are pulling a sickie on the day πŸ˜€ won't snitch! Please email dctrjr (at) proton (dot) me. Cheesecake unrelated.

After all the gratitude and love for the mag at MIGW, I am glad to return to bluesky where I can groan about the mainstream media's "whoa look at all these sickos wearing weird clothes haha!" end-of-the-news-bulletins stories about PAX.

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Big news! I'm leaving CHOICE at the end of November this year! It's been a wild 3 years: Sunscreens investigation, CHOICE's first Walkley nom... Last year we handed out five Shonky Awards and every single one of them resulted in real changes for consumers. But it's time for something different.

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Does anyone know ANY of the devs who worked at Blue Tongue and who worked on the Polar express movie tie-in game? AND Can I talk to them about making that game?

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If you're a journalist, or aspiring journalist, interested in learning more about reporting on the UN and climate change the Science Journalists Association of Australia is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.

So I may have made a mistake... Which is good for people who like human writing and art!!! It means you can still secure a magazine for the next 48 hours at the cheapest price we can do it!

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We made a mistake. We thought we could close the Pledge Manager. We were wrong. Apparently you get another 48 hours. Which means .... OH MY GOD WE'RE HAVING A FIRE SALE (Seriously this is the last time standard mag will be [[$25]] eveeeerrrrr!!!!!!!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

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We're not quite where we need to be to be sustainable - I still gotta hustle freelance and Mark still has a FT job - but we're building something. And I truly believe writing about videogames _matters_. That it's important. And I'm just so stoked so many people already feel that too.

So; Smash computer. Fuck AI and algorithms. Fuck the grey sludge and SEO bullshit. Put amazing stuff on your coffee table. And your wall. Draw some things. Make cool stuff. Support independent media. Buy the magazine? xo

So I may have made a mistake... Which is good for people who like human writing and art!!! It means you can still secure a magazine for the next 48 hours at the cheapest price we can do it!

CONTINUE Magazine@continuemag.bsky.social

We made a mistake. We thought we could close the Pledge Manager. We were wrong. Apparently you get another 48 hours. Which means .... OH MY GOD WE'RE HAVING A FIRE SALE (Seriously this is the last time standard mag will be [[$25]] eveeeerrrrr!!!!!!!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Buying THIS magazine is supporting videogame journalists, writers, creatives, illustrators and developers. We've been doing everything to make sure people get paid appropriately. That was the ethos we wanted to bring and we couldn't have done it without YOU.

About 50% of our funding will end up being for creatives. That rules and honestly dwarfs rates that I've seen for major publishers, including the ABC. (shame!!) About 10% into design. Another 25% for printing and distribution. The other 15% goes into Issue 02.

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β€˜Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament - Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comβ€˜Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliamentExclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources

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Final Day to enter our Switch 2 Giveaway! 1. Order any β€˜in-stock’ item before midnight (31 Aug) and you’ll automatically enter 2. Pre-orders excluded 3. Only AU orders eligible Apologies to our international friends, because of legal complications, this one’s AU-only for now Good luck 🀞

If I was the head of editorial development at a major videogames website, and I was writing pages and pages about GTA VI, I would engage with the horrific plight of its developers, including the 34 employees dismissed in an act of union busting and documented thoroughly by dogged journalists

Slop alert: Purveyor of stale shopping mall cinnamon rings, Donut King, has gone full AI with its new campaign that features a pink donut thing and AI-generated music. "Thinkerbell head creative tinker Zac Goldberg confirmed the entire production had been made using AI."

This dude has ... deleted my comments on his post. HAHA. I guess Thinkerbell's not going to market CONTINUE then :( Anyway, there are heaps better donut shops in Australia than this slop on slop stuff xoxo

This whole damn thing has been the most fulfilling journey of my professional career and we haven't even launched it yet!!!! But its gonna rule.

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You have less than ONE WEEK to preorder CONTINUE 01 via KICKSTARTER. Which means: Less than one week to get the mag at about as cheap as we can go!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

There's been tons of speculation about what exactly happened here -- I questioned the Board earlier about this and highlighted the speculation is fueling a bunch of theories so good to see them clarify publicly today.

This will be the single best videogames magazine in Australia come September and that's not because it's the only one okay!

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BIG DAY. Pledge Manager is open which means, if you missed out on our campaign, this is the **last chance** to get Issue 01 at the Kickstarter price! We're really proud of what we've been able to put together with a stacked list of writers and illustrators. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

absolutely love to hear a radio journalist thrown into a videogames piece pronounce game titles. it's as if they've stumbled upon the words of an ancient cosmic race and attempting to say them out loud will cause their tongue to dissolve "the Australian made game 'hol LOW -KNighT_ silK SOng'."

πŸ§ͺ If there are any Australian scientists / CSIRO folk who want to chat about Doug Hilton's comments at the National Press Club yesterday, or about scientific funding in general, my contact details are here: www.jacksonwryan.com/contact/ Particularly interested in chatting with PhDs and postgrads.

jacksonwryan.comContactYou can email me tips, stories or ideas. I would love to hear from you. Work: I currently work freelance across a variety of Australian magazines, websites and other. Commission me for science storie...