Mark Childs

i really believe creativity is a skill and you can get better at it by using it more.

We tried "everyone is entitled to an opinion" for three straight decades and all we have to show for it is four thousand cases of measles and a death cult running the government. It's time for people who don't know what they're talking about to shut the fuck up.

THREAD. I've been feeling bad that Jim (tomcox.substack.com/p/jim-an-ins...) & Roscoe (tomcox.substack.com/p/at-home-wi...) have had all the attention recently so I wanted to say a bit about our other cat, Professor Charles Cardigan, who is also an uncompromising individual & fabulous companion...

Worth sticking around for Max actually doing a rap at 1' 08" about half crowns and shillings making no sense.

The only information I really care about when we hit this time of year is "what days do i get off over Christmas?" really that needs to be a banner across every page.

"Execs who really don't understand art or why people make art, in any way, finding ways to absolutely annihilate those that do," Absolutely. And in a culture where a lot of people don't even recognise games AS the tenth art.

Ah interesting angle to the BioWare closedown suggested by kotaku.com/bioware-mass... That this could have as a result of LGBT (or rather postgender) representation in their games after the studio being sold to a bunch of homophobes. Textbook enshittification.

Hey, just a humble, respectful request. For the love of fucking god, stop fucking attacking Donald Trump with blatant and repulsive homophobia. If you think going after fascists by calling them gay or producing AI slop of them in dresses or making out, you're part of the fucking problem.

Artist: @mrlovenstein.bsky.social

This is why I never give advice to my kids about looking for work, as a gen x person I've been living with this boomer bullshit advice for 40 years. it was out of date as soon as they monopolised the workforce.

Thread.

Give me 5 superheroes to get to know you: Wonder Warthog Renee Montoya aka The Question Adam Strange Miracleman Ladytron

If you're interested in the online content for #ALTC it's on at ttns.uk 24 hours a day on the 20th and 21st october. I have shows on 7:30 to 8:30 and 18:00 to 19:00 on the 20th and 17:00 to 20:00 on the 21st. Sounds a lot but they also feature Coco Nijhoff of Imperial and Dave White (ALT President)

I've been interviewed for a Durham college project about my career - it's aimed at getting people to reflect on lessons learnt that might help students johnsnowfutures.buzzsprout.com/2637342/epis... I sound quite coherent here - mainly because of the great questions.

Useful mnemonic for the confused.

Just chatting with @r3beccaf.bsky.social and @mikecollins.bsky.social about the podcast recording this afternoon and the question "Is a MacGuffin a quasi-object?" came up. The quintessence of pgz-related chat. Hitchcock meets Serres :-D

Kenny who?

Well this was released at the end of September (it's our September episode - we have a monthly schedule!) www.pedagodzilla.com/is-the-feedb... But what I didn't realise at the time was - it was our sixtieth episode (of the main feed). Now that I've counted them all up I'll certainly be keeping track

Don't miss our @oumaot.bsky.social virtual Open Day: • Date: Saturday 21 November 2026 • Time: 10:00-11:30 GMT • Location: Microsoft Teams • Registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... #OUMAOT #DigitalEducation #PGOpenDay

I've just had a short paper published in Research in Digital Learning in Higher Education journals.northumbria.ac.uk/index.php/ri... Short papers are first stabs at a proper paper so not really counting as a publication, but it's a toe in researching the pond of the #philosophy of #VR

What? Wait? What? We live in a society where being an atheist is shameful? When did that happen? Why did no-one tell me?

So sad to hear that the iconic, trailblazing, Apollo 11 moon landing software engineering lead, Margaret Hamilton, is no longer with us. Love this image of her, standing next to a print out of the software that landed Buzz Aldrin and Neil Amstrong on the moon! 👩‍🔬🔭🛰️🧪 ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

well yes. I can see why Kentucky and Mississippi would want to join the UK. I mean we already eat a huge amount of ther chicken of one and we'd put the effort into learning how many "s"es and "p"s there are in the other.

A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October.

A special show from #TTNS to promote the Noisy Women Present tour, coming soon (9/10 October, 1 November) to Brighton. Listen to Bettina Schroeder talk to me about past performances and what they have planned here: timbre-player.sharp-stream.com/embed/item/7...

ICYMI - Israel’s UN ambassador whines about… children’s drawings

📣 MCR people! 📣 For Delia Derbyshire Day 2026, we're having a relaxed low key, no budget get together at Manchester Central Library. Join us for nerdy chat and check out the new recording booth and production suite in the Henry Watson Music Library. More info coming soon...

Enjoying #Strictly? Want some tips on giving #Feedback to your students? Want to hear three people talking about both together? Then listen to our latest #Pedagodzilla podcast episode www.pedagodzilla.com/is-the-feedb... With @mikecollins99.bsky.social and @r3beccaf.bsky.social

some movies / games set in 2027 - wonder if it'll live up to expectations

How considerate.

Bit of news in case the place ever crops up in conversation apnews.com/article/naoe... But special shout-out for The Trashmen reference.

My latest blog post. Based on some researchers who put googly eyes on a takeout food box to see if that would discourage seagulls from stealing your lunch. There's serious work on how animals track eyes and on trying to stop animals from taking food. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

Important thread you need to read. This will make the whole Warhammer thing MUCH clearer.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

"Portrait of the artıst as a Consumer" — Joan Jett, 1983

average UK price = $8.59 a U.S gallon - for comparison

Latest eggcorn. To be fair, snowballing makes as much sense.

Maskatron - interchangeably-mugged robotic adversary of crank-armed Six Million Dollar Man action figure capable of variously posing as face but not necessarily physique of Steve Austin, Oscar Goldman and Generic John Saxon Bloke. Jaime would not have been fooled. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...

I dunno, lads; I'm just not sure "Fascist violence gangs can operate with impunity" is a viable situation for a country to be in, long term.