Byron Atkinson-Jones

Barclays really need to work on their messaging, this reads as really terrible life insurance.

What’s the message here? You usually charge to upgrade on top of the monthly cost? “Congratulations! You're eligible for a free upgrade Upgrade to the Amazon Music Unlimited Family Plan at no additional cost for 2 months when you switch from your current subscription.”

@thalamusdigital.bsky.social

However, thanks for letting me know I was subscribed to Amazon music, I’ve now cancelled it.

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Thalamus Physical

17 Sept

We've just dropped four banging albums on our brand-new bandcamp page. Go get 'em! thalamus.link/bandcamp #cecconoid #sidlifecrisis #deathraymanta #retrurntoblacktooth #h0ffman #virgill #weebl #ohstevie

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Pete Fraser

@petefrasermusic.bsky.social

16 Sept

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

13 Sept

Trying out the second prototype.

13 Sept

Getting ready to engrave the box.

13 Sept

Test engrave and shrink wrapped to see how it would hold up in a shop.

12 Sept

Evil master plan taking shape.

6 Sept

I’m signed into YouTube and for some bizarre reason it’s ’promoting’ my own videos to me, published in the channel I’m currently signed into… 🤷🏼

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Peter Jukes

@peterjukes.bsky.social

3 Sept

Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI

2 Sept

Tidied up the office over the weekend and put all my unopened sketchbooks and empty pads into one place. Now realising I’ll probably be in the grave long before most of these will even have the shrink wrap removed!

29 Aug

Becoming increasingly convinced that whoever is currently directing NHS policy has an agenda aimed at facilitating collapse. Local GPs are now outsourced but to hubs that don’t have access to our records. This means follow through on treatment has a lot of roadblocks and is pointless.

29 Aug

That’s not something you instigate in the name of efficiency and sustainability, quite the opposite since it introduces delays and chaos as you get a different person each time that’s starting from scratch with you, relying on you to give a detailed medical history - including test results.

29 Aug

How long before we all declare that it’s not working and those in charge go “we agree” and the dismantling of the NHS starts?

26 Aug

Is it the Rapture or something?

23 Aug

It’s been a weird weekend. Had a medical test on Thursday that required sedation. Turns out the sedation causes amnesia, which is fine as I don’t remember the procedure. What I didn’t know is it stays in your body for up to 48 hours and gets released in waves.

@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

23 Aug

So I had a weekend of missing time. Blocks that I have no memory of and a brain fog that was horrible. It’s not great when you suddenly realise that you did or said something that day and have no memory of it. Even watching TV was disorienting. Being outside was marginally better.

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Massimo (mirror)

17 Aug

The most beautiful bread in the world: the Uzbek bread [📹 foodporn] Original post

Taking out the rubbish out tonight and there’s an enormous spider right at face height dangling from a web in front of the door. Only saw it last moment because the light glinted off it. Had I walked into it I would have needed decades of therapy. 😱

Looking like rain clouds in the sky 😍

Two days after my birthday this year I have two endoscopic examinations on the same day. Not exactly the birthday present I imagined. I really hope it’s two different cameras and they get the order correct🤪

While on holiday in DisneyWorld Florida we book a last minute lunch in Japan pavilion of Epcot. It’s one where the food is cooked in front of you and you’re seated next to random people on a table that fits about 12. They seat me next to this person and we start chatting.

He asks me where I work and I say “PlayStation” and he replies “no way, I work for Xbox!” Turns out he’s the CTO of XBox, he works directly with Asha. What are the odds that in this restaurant full of tables with spaces that they seat me next to the CTO of XBox? My mind is still blown.

Anyone says “It’s a small world after all” gets blocked - looking at you @mdf200.bsky.social ;)

I don’t know what happened but LinkedIn has taken to advertising lots of different jobs at PlayStation, where I currently work. Some of them look pretty good and tempting too 😳

It’s a test isn’t it, from my current Directors. They are looking to see if I can be tempted to jump ship to a different department before assigning me a dream task 😂

Really enjoying the current season of Strange New Worlds. Watched the latest episode on the flight back from Florida and couldn’t help laughing out loud at the Spock scenes 😂

14 Aug

Just had another government alert, that’s three today. Would have thought one was enough.

7 Aug

There are two headlines on the BBC news website currently that are AI related. The first is how the top three AI models went rogue and hacked other companies. The second is how AI designed and manufactured a brand new biological virus. This is fine, nothing could possibly go wrong.

7 Aug

Currently in Florida where every day has started off really hot, then there’s a thunderstorm for an hour then it’s hot again, but humid due to the rain. It’s like nature is oven roasting us, followed by basting for flavour and then finishing cooking us by steam.

bbc.co.ukHow AI is changing jobs in the Philippines' outsourcing industryAI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.

4 Aug

This is going to happen to all of us in tech. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

30 July

Amazing how vastly different the warnings at the beginning of a showing in the Cinema is between UK and US. In the UK it’s don’t let your kid play under the seats. In the US it’s what to do if a gunman starts shooting people during the film.

@thalamusdigital.bsky.social

20 July

Just waited 20 mins on a queue for customer services, going down from 5 people before me to finally getting through, and what was waiting at the end? “Leave a message after the tone” 🤷🏼

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Thalamus Physical

15 July

Fancy some hot laser fish action? We've just dropped the OG version of Death Ray Manta on itch, along with the game soundtrack! Grab 'em now and save 10%! thalamusdigital.itch.io/death-ray-ma... thalamusdigital.itch.io/death-ray-ma... #DRM #Fish #Tiffin #Lasers #OhStevie

13 July

Hired Jamie for one of my games in the past and he was great. Highly recommend him!

Jamie D@uk-resistant.bsky.social

I'm headed to #DevelopBrighton from Tues - Thursday so hit me up for a chat if you need one freelance person that is an: -art director -technical artist -VFX artist -environment artist -game & level designer -indie that has shipped 2 solo titles -all or one of the above

13 July

Every day this week somebody famous/infamous has dropped dead. What’s going on? Is it the rapture but slower than expected?

9 July

I’m opening an office in the artic circle. My directors don’t know this yet but I’m more of an ask for forgiveness person than permission.

8 July

Did you know foxes can climb trees, I didn’t. I wondered why the cubs in our back garden took it in turns to stare up at the tree…

30 June

Portable air con units are rarer than RAM now…

30 June

Another heatwave on its way 🥵😭

29 June

Been a really crap few days. Got out of the doctors today where they told me they are testing me for cancer. Head to Nandos where Susan is smashed over the head with a bottle a crazy woman using to attack another family with. She’s fine (she says) - but this in top of what happened in Friday… 🤷🏼

29 June

This time I did react and attempted to stop the crazy woman and get her on the floor. The staff, the family she was attacking and others in the restaurant came up to me to thank me for stopping her. I was worried what I did could be considered assault but the police assured me it was self defence.

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Dugan

@tikipodltd.bsky.social

26 June

STEAM SALE Yuss, northern hemisphere folks - its Steam Summer Sale time. 70% OFF all our titles. Go grab some arcade fun today! (or gift a friend even) store.steampowered.com/search/?publ... BONUS - Our PSN sales are still active toooo (till 2nd July)

Dugan@tikipodltd.bsky.social

PSN sale time! On EU and Americas related regional stores. 60% OFF Astro Aqua Kitty - Arpg lite explorative shoot em up action Iron Crypticle - 1 to 4p local co-op gauntlet style arcade fun Rock Boshers - young queen Victoria needs to escape Mars Aqua Kitty DX - Defend the milk mining kittens

27 June

Dammit. The scenes of this evening keep playing in my head when I try to sleep. I imagine myself reacting faster, realising what’s happening and jumping in to save them. Reality is I would probably be in hospital with them.

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Ian McQue

@ianmcque.bsky.social

26 June

Toblerone-inspired spaceship design challenge. Or maybe a toast rack now I come to think of it