Steve B

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

Absolutely hands-down the best thing that happened to me in my 14 varicoloured years on Twitter.

While the election result in #Brazil is obviously good news, we should remember that countless American wannabe-fascists poured $billions into achieving the opposite result and now have nothing to show for it, so it's not just good news, but also objectively hilarious.

Reform and Tories have pledged to reverse ULEZ repeatedly.

Checked with a white-cat owning witch. She confirms the pain is real.

"My first 5 TTRPGs, in the order I played them:" Hmm. Something like: 1. Vampire the Masquerade 2nd ed 2. AD&D 2nd ed 3. Mage the Ascension / rest of Old WoD 4. Shadowrun 5. In Nomine

My four best photos this year #nature #stormchasing #landscape #outdoors #fallfoliage #landscapephotography #photography #art

how all of these conversations would actually go

So long, Mass Effect

I want to take a moment after the chaos of today to say something about the fandom, and bring up a post from former Dragon Age writer @thatotherwriter.bsky.social It was posted over a year ago when the DA team was laid off, but still applies: Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now.

For so much of my career as a game writer, Bioware stood as the pinnacle of our craft. It's been a long, slow decline, and I knew their last project was troubled, but this still feels like the end of a golden era

Built as a set for silent films in 1920, THE WITCH’S HOUSE was moved lock stock & barrel in the mid 20’s to Beverly Hills by film producer Ward Lascelle. Recently refurbished by its new owner it’s unsurprisingly long been a mecca for Los Angeles kids on Halloween. 🎃

The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

We all came here cos we hate AI BLUESKY:

'Piccadilly at Night' by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1885-6) (Private Collection)

Jackdaw will not bring down bills or protect jobs. This is an irresponsible decision from a government that seems to care more about the profits of fossil fuel companies than the money in your pocket or the safety of our planet.

Aaand there it is. Cynically moved back until after the by-election so that they could lie to the public. Reminder that this oil is open market, not to the UK, and won't drop prices the tiniest bit. Folks still waiting to see about Burnham, you can start now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The website is GREAT

Can confirm

Tom Hardy's stunt double & Charlize Theron's stunt double fell in love during Fury Road & have a family now

John Carpenter was celebrated at the Academy Museum Gala last night.

Perhaps the head of the British Army should not be doing media appearances instructing the public to accept massive benefit cuts? Perhaps he should be fired for doing that, and replaced by a different Rupert who will keep his nose out of politics.

More than half of all internet users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history.

That should certainly be the trigger for all governments in Europe to eliminate their dependence on MS, and, indeed, ALL US tech companies, because Apple and Google have bent the knee in other ways.

The CEO of Microsoft France admitted that if Trump ordered the company to spy on French citizens' data (or the data of the French government), his company would comply, in secret: www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...

If it's NOT me then I start to feel like I'm missing out on life

The comments on this are giving me hope, joy, healing my bad knees, etc Turns out AI slop is wildly unpopular and also bad.

The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedthePCC

This has been true for me my entire life.

A very important day in the Hundred Acre Wood - Winnie-the-Pooh is turning 100 🍯 Our Lead Curator Alison Bailey takes us through some of the pieces selected from our collection to feature in a free special display in our Treasures Gallery

It's not "amid intensifying competition for user attention." it's to boost the stock price. It's always to boost the stock price. Billionaires can choose to not make more money; they just don't

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

A genuinely good news story - the building is now safe from developers forever. And the comfort-food-heavy menu will stay as is (not least the dessert menu, where one option is an entire Stilton cheese and two spoons with which to dig out as much as you want). www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oc...