Mata Haggis-Burridge

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

Yes, Serbia! Yes, Brazil! We love you! Thank you! 💜💜💜💜💜💪💪💪💜💜💜💜💜

Come on, Brazil! 🤞

All the worms at the park start slithering towards me at the same time. I shake my head. They stop. I'm on a first date, and she's not ready to know about that part of my life yet.

Please listen to Charlie Angus!! #bcpoli

I have now collected, in one post, pretty much ALL the paintings my dad has done of his and my mum's cat Bridget travelling through time. Even if you think you've seen them all, I promise you have not, and I promise you will not be disappointed... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-cat-wh...

Some entertaining snippets from the voice actor trenches in this thread - be nice to your actors! By all means direct, but also respect their craft too - they are actors and building characters is their skill!

I had to make a note of the data in one database, then retype that into a different database. It was expected to take all week. I did it all before lunch time. My secret? Copy and paste. They didn't know you could do this. That was someone's fulltime job. I wasn't asked back for a second day.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13276: Whatever you write, no one can absolutely promise you commercial success. But you can promise yourself to write what gives you joy, enriches your life, and to hope that, if you love it, maybe others will too.

Fun fact: a friend with a brain tumor named it Donald, too. Which makes me wonder how many tumors are named Donald currently?

Crazy that it’s taken a decade to officially confirm that Russia interfered with our Brexit referendum. archive.is/zyNbm

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand

If you benefit from nepotism based on a parent, you're a nepo baby, but if they're a despot, are you a depo baby?

Fire breathing cat #Cat #Caturday

Remember the good old days when hacking websites was illegal and copyright was a law? Good times.

Take that, Bembridge scholars!

"hey AI agent, tell them all they didn't get the job" *AI agent proceeds to message every email address that ever has or could exist*

was literally just referencing this—the “who is having the most fun, the player, the designer, or the computer” question—earlier today. it’s such a core concern when making something heavily systemic or relies a lot on procgen

A liitle sci-fi flash fiction inspired by the the recent AI doom predictions: matahaggisburridge.substack.com/p/sci-fi-fla... #horrorwriting #horror

I enjoyed the Puzzmo quick crossword today...

I do currently have a lot of availability for freelance work so if you need someone to come in and solve a narrative problem for you—from design to technical design to writing to last-minute editing—I'm here, my rates are very reasonable, I actually answer emails. Link: brunodias.dev/consulting/

The agenda is being forced upon us. Even our games aren't safe.

George's posts are usually very good, but this one is essential reading.

Absolutely infuriating cowardice to back away from the environmentalist themes of FFVII.

Yeah, a mid-life crisis? In this economy👀??

digital painting study from like ~15 seconds of the RHPC movie i did last year RIP Tim Curry what a guy

Has there ever been a more iconic entrance? Rest in peace, Tim Curry.

Prince and David Bowie died in four months in 2016 then we got Brexit, Trump, and COVID-19. Dolly Parton and Tim Curry within a day in 2026? We're doomed. I want them all back 💔

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Tim Curry as Frank N Furter literally saved lives. If anyone tells you art isn't important, or it's silly, or you feel like it's a waste of time, imagine how the cast of Rocky Horror must have felt on that first night, and then what an impact it made. Don't dream it. Be it. Thank you, Tim Curry 💜

[Newspaper tribute to Lon Chaney, who died on this day in 1930.]

The US, from the start of the Russian Revolution to the fall of the USSR, gave communism undeserved credit for countless good ideas.

here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

I miss websites as standard user endpoints. It's crazy how "There's an app for that" got us all excited, but it was really a way to bind us into platform ecosystems when we could have been using a free and open internet all along. Most apps are just website wrappers these days anyway.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Very cool first-hand account of a ghost from the 1800s!

Fabulous book post. Fantastic writing from @kymdeyn.bsky.social, @nathanielspain.bsky.social and @fworrallo.bsky.social .

Gillian Anderson has officially revealed the upcoming 1,478-piece LEGO set for THE X-FILES. The set is centered on Mulder’s office, paired with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Includes 8 minifigures, featuring Mulder, Scully, The Flukeman & more. August 4.

Last week we launched a new guide to videogames writing contracts + we'll be giving out free copies at an event on 13 August at London South Bank University (7-8.30pm), hosted by WGGB Games Co-Chair @flom.bsky.social Find out more + book your free place forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org

I bet @doctorow.pluralistic.net will love this.

Have you noticed that some of the most effective ads for the Dems are written by the GOP? I love when they say the quiet part out loud! #AccountabilityIsComingNovember3rd