Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol

@rossignol.bsky.social

Writer. Makes books, games. Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TTRPGs, books, and videogame stories.

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Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is missing out on the Halloween sale for some baffling Steam reason, so pick up the greatest survival game ever made or even imagined for FIFTY PERCENT OFF this weekend! Do it now! Go! Please! I love you! store.steampowered.com/app/242880/S...

store.steampowered.comSave 50% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on SteamSir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...

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morag
@mordant.bsky.social

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

Lewis Wade 🗃️@wadehistory.bsky.social

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

ft.comLula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market routConcerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Number of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’

theguardian.comNumber of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget * Business live – latest updates The number of UK businesses in financial distress has hit its highest level in more than two decades, as pressure grows on the chancellor to provide more support to the private sector in Wednesday’s budget. There were 738,144 businesses in “significant” financial distress in the third quarter of this year, up 1.6% compared with the same period last year, according to BTG. That is the highest level since the administrator’s closely watched “red flag” report began in 2004. Continue reading...

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Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social

Sobs in I have a god kid in europe and readers I post packages to in ireland. And it's already currently almost impossible to post things to Ireland/europe without weird charges and returns. Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie

The EU will from 1 November slap a €2 handling fee on packages from outside the 27-nation bloc in a bid to curb the influx from China rte.ie/b/1596837

rte.ieNew levy on non-EU parcels to start on 1 NovemberThe European Union will from 1 November slap a €2 handling fee on packages from outside the 27-nation bloc in a bid to curb the influx from China.

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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

bbc.co.uk'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.

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Gareth Hanrahan
@mytholder.bsky.social

One advantage of writing an adventure that retraces the history of the gaming hobby is that I get to be *extremely* petty about very obscure things that have annoyed me for thirty-something years.

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Sam Read-Graves 🌿🎮
@readgraves.com

Guide two children through a hand-painted nightmare. - Explore painted woods - Outwit deadly traps - Escape the witch It's called Gretel & Hansel. Would you enter the forest? #indiegames #WhatToPlay #PointAndClick #HandDrawn #FairyTales

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inkle
@inkle.co

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them: 1. AD&D run by my cousin Steve. 2. Star Frontiers 3. Beyond the Supernatural 4. Mechwarrior 5. Rifts Everything I played, other than that first session, I was a GM until the early 00s.

John Harper@johnharper.bsky.social

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them: 1. Gamma World 2. Marvel Super Heroes 3. Star Wars D6 4. Talislanta 5. Call of Cthulhu (+Champions, Cyberpunk 2020, and Paranoia, all overlapping -- not quite sure if CoC was first.)

Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

Discussing this with the other ancients suggests the Fighting Fantasy RPG probably came somewhere between this lot, but the mists of time are unclear across decades. It also makes clear how many books I have misplaced over the years. None of the FF stuff made it to my shelves today.

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Leicester Gazette
@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *
Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is missing out on the Halloween sale for some baffling Steam reason, so pick up the greatest survival game ever made or even imagined for FIFTY PERCENT OFF this weekend! Do it now! Go! Please! I love you! store.steampowered.com/app/242880/S...

store.steampowered.comSave 50% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on SteamSir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social

While I'm shouting at clouds, UK gov telling everyone to stockpile for climate-change-driven emergencies while fast-forwarding fossil fuel drilling is... I had thought it was the government's responsibility to fix problems, not cause problems and then tell us to deal with the fallout at our expense.

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Nigel Quinlan
@nigellicus.bsky.social

I love these films but they should be called No-One Wears Sunglasses On A Desert Planet.

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com

Lisan al Gaib! Denis Villeneuve's Dune was released 5 years ago today. And Paul's story will conclude in Dune: Part Three, planned for December 18 in the US (but December 15 for me 🤗).

Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

Construction and infrastructure is going to be necessary and inevitable to surviving the future, but this does feel like the wrong direction entirely. Fossil fuels were us building the world wrong, and doing it again on purpose, when we can see the cost, seems ill.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone. After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches. Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River. Continue reading...

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Richard Littler
@richardlittler.bsky.social

Nowadays, the internet sometimes feels like a once well-to-do neighbourhood that became a slum after an industrial park & motorway were built through it. And I'm the lifelong resident who refuses to leave, unable to accept that the decaying, now unsafe area will never regain its former grandeur.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley
@lottelydia.bsky.social

University of Nottingham, right now, is cutting 560 jobs. Do we need to rebrand universities as very large, very clean, land-based oil rigs to get government support?

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org

From the govt's press release: "The developer estimates that Jackdaw will create 27 new direct jobs and safeguard 273 existing jobs that would otherwise be lost." Odd that so much is made about this being good for jobs. Your nearest out-of-town supermarket likely generates more jobs.

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Marsh Davies
@marshdavies.bsky.social

Can't get over what a clever collision of ideas this is. Triangle Agency + FIST is already a tantalising combo, but throw in a Greek god benefactor/living metaphor enabling roguelike structure via the apparatus of casino games? Not sure how broccoli monsters fit in yet, but I trust it will be v cool

Haunted Table@hauntedtable.games

Welcome to the Pyramid Casino. THE HOUSE EDGE is funding now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...

kickstarter.comThe House Edge, Paranormal Jailbreak TTRPGBeat the odds and break containment as superpowered mercenaries fighting through the depths of an 80s casino full of myths & managers.

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Simon Evans
@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

NEW ANALYSIS: Expensive gas behind "nearly 90%" of rise in UK household electricity bills since 2020 + 77% of the rise in gas bills Contrary to what you've seen in media / political narratives, net-zero is "helping to shelter Britain from the impact of expensive gas", says @acjsissons.bsky.social

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Wyrd Science Magazine
@wyrdscience.bsky.social

Tedious old man opinion but damn I loved models like these or the Warhammer Townsfolk, made the settings feel so much bigger. Been some cool Kill Teams & Blackstone Fortress stuff but always a bit gutted they haven’t done one really weird janky completely non aligned group of bizarro space freaks

Dr Tomas Rawlings@tomasrawlings.bsky.social

Warhammer 40,000: Space Pirates! Hoist ye solar-sail, weigh the servo-anchor, grab your robo-parrot and fly the jolly roger - it’s time to look at Space Pirates in 40K Rogue Trader exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/warhammer-...