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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2h

99% of online discussion or analysis of Trump/Semiconductors/Rare Earths/Taiwan/China is just absolute bullshit. Its just MAGA talking points, xenophobia, calls for war, and factually inaccurate nonsense.
Like all Trumps tariff threats, this 100% will not actually happen. The US holds no cards.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2h

I added a bit of a gradient fill for the dialog backgrounds and I think I like it :D

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 4h

Steam could fix this so easily by managing a system internally to handle keys to verified streamers, but they still have not done so.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 4h

I'd love to be added. Ex Elixir & Lionhead when in Triple A, indie dev since then. Made Democracy, Gratuitous Space Battles, Production Line and a bunch more. Also used to publish games. I invented auto-battlers :D. Coder for 44 years.

Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 4h

I was out all day yesterday so lets make it #ScreenshotSunday for a battle scene from 'Ridiculous Space Battles', my auto-battler game you can wish-list on steam. Please share with your space battle loving buddies. :D store.steampowered.com/app/3607230/... #autobattler #indiegames #spacebattles

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 18h

FFS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 18h

Trumps 'truth social' posts are signed 'Donald J Trump' -President of the United State of America'
I don't think he knows that social media posts are already obviously showing who posted it.
Its like putting 'dear sir' and 'yours sincerely' in a tweet.
What a dick.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 19h

I ate my first steak today in maybe 6-7 years. It was a carbon-neutral steak! The restaurant plants trees to offset what it serves.
It was good. But not THAT good. I honestly couldn't tell the cows were fed on 17 different grasses as advertised.
Will try another steak in 2032.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 1d

At the fully charged EV and electrification show! Half the cars are Chinese. Love the xpeng models.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 1d

The news is so depressing... But I'm heading to the 'Fully Charged' EV and electrification show today to gawp at new EVs, heat pumps, solar etc. Then meeting my brother for food. Should be a feel-good day! uk.everythingelectric.show/south

Welcome to Everything Electric FARNBOROUGH

Everything Electric FARNBOROUGH offers an electrifying weekend of electric vehicles (EVs) & home energy, family entertainment and more

uk.everythingelectric.show

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 2d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

It is utterly surreal this is not being treated as a bigger story.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 2d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 1d

Trump now throwing a fit and implementing 100% China tariffs. (BTW he has no constitutional power to do this) via tweet. Its ridiculous.
Maybe Xi should remind him the US's largest company (Apple) makes almost all its stuff in factories in China. Trump just doubled the cost of your iphone :D.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 1d

This is not normal: edition.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u... This is 1984 style stuff. Videos broadcast at people in public places to tell them what the government thinks, and telling them what to think.
Same as the changing of govt employee out of office emails. Insane authoritarian BS.

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

edition.cnn.com

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 1d

Its a small thing, but whoah, this will make life for drivers in the UK much easier! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government takes aim at multiple parking app 'hassle'

The frustration of having to download multiple apps to pay for parking may go if a new platform is widely adopted.

www.bbc.co.uk

Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

This is peak 'we can't code any more' bullshit.

Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatening China over restricting their rare earth exports. Meanwhile USA tells the NETHERLANDS that they cant sell chip eqpt to China, and tells NVDA not to sell chips to them.
Hypocrisy doesn't even cover it.
Meanwhile US govt is closed, and US has daily opinion polls, Xi does not. TACO.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Kier starmer is very unpopular. I would guess that if he:
A) Stopped arrests of palestine protesters
B) Imposed a 100% arms embargo with Israel
C) Introduced a modest wealth tax
D) Stopped cosying up to Trump
Then a lot of green party and corbyn-party people would return to labour. Also lib dems.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

The next covid style event will be catastrophic in the USA. The rest of the world will have hopefully learned a lesson, but the USA will be patriotically arresting people for wearing masks or getting vaccines, all while the country collapses. Why are intelligent people staying in the USA? Leave.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine a country 30 years ago that decided that the internet was 'woke bullshit' and just banned infrastructure to support it. Absolute suicide. But the USA is currently in the middle of proudly dismissing science on vaccines and climate change. This is incredible self harm.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Its also yet another example of the proud celebrated anti-intelligence, anti-education anti-science attitudes that are now governing the USA. Science is woke, stupidity celebrated, with the thickest fucking mango celebrated as US president. No country based on ignorance will prosper.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Youtube just caved to 'political pressure' to allow creators banned for misinformation on covid19 and election interference back on the platform.
'Political Pressure' to encourage the free provision of mass delivery of bullshit about vaccines and 'stolen elections'. FFS this is fascism

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 3d

I finally found time to update the trailer a bit for Ridiculous Space Battles. Its just a short teaser for now, but sets the tone I think :D. Hopefully its more ridiculous than before. Wishlist it on steam now at store.steampowered.com/app/3607230/... Video: youtu.be/G9qCqErapNM

Ridiculous Space Battles Teaser October 2025

YouTube video by Positech Games

youtu.be

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

I know some people don't like AI art. Thats up to them.
And yet...
I don't like country and western music, but I don't spend 8 hours a day banging on about it.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 2d

Youtube video compression is absolutely horrendous. Its ridiculous. Might have to redo a lot of my new trailer to take into account youtube's uncanny ability to make a perfectly crisp video thats only 17-MB raw anyway, into a complete mess. What a waste of time :(

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