Child of Prog
@devindoyle.bsky.social
Writer for games and TV. Star Wars: Eclipse, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Red Planet Prize winner. Metalhead. Bassist. Social Democrat. Irish-Australian-British (but mostly Irish). Résident en France. Age: unverified.
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YES.
It’s odd how perfectly Stoppard’s
dialogue fits the Hollywood action genre. His (godlike) stageplays always read a bit formal, clipped and considered to me but dammit, look at the results on-screen.
It’s odd how perfectly Stoppard’s
dialogue fits the Hollywood action genre. His (godlike) stageplays always read a bit formal, clipped and considered to me but dammit, look at the results on-screen.
Superb. One edit particularly drops out to me as a bit of truly sparkling dialogue: the left is the first draft, the second the shooting script by Stoppard
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
YES.
It’s odd how perfectly Stoppard’s
dialogue fits the Hollywood action genre. His (godlike) stageplays always read a bit formal, clipped and considered to me but dammit, look at the results on-screen.
It’s odd how perfectly Stoppard’s
dialogue fits the Hollywood action genre. His (godlike) stageplays always read a bit formal, clipped and considered to me but dammit, look at the results on-screen.
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With his new comedy show and debut novel, is it time to let Louis C.K. force women to watch him masturbate again?
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
With his new comedy show and debut novel, is it time to let Louis C.K. force women to watch him masturbate again?
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Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
Paris, November 2019.
(I swear I do my best work as a writer in the alt text of bsky images.)
(I swear I do my best work as a writer in the alt text of bsky images.)
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Paris, November 2019.
(I swear I do my best work as a writer in the alt text of bsky images.)
(I swear I do my best work as a writer in the alt text of bsky images.)
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When Dunnes staff refused to handle S African goods they were denounced by politicians from FF/FG, as well as "business leaders". The same groups blocking the OTB today. They were spat on, beaten by Gardaí and followed by Special Branch. It took 3 years to shame the govt. into acting. Reluctantly.
The Taoiseach is visiting the home of Nelson Mandela in South Africa today, as he pays tribute to civil rights activists from the country's apartheid era www.thejournal.ie/micheal-mart...
Taoiseach visits Mandela home and memorials to civil rights leaders in South Africa
Martin has told crowds this weekend that the two countries have forged ‘eternal’ bonds with each other.
www.thejournal.ie
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When Dunnes staff refused to handle S African goods they were denounced by politicians from FF/FG, as well as "business leaders". The same groups blocking the OTB today. They were spat on, beaten by Gardaí and followed by Special Branch. It took 3 years to shame the govt. into acting. Reluctantly.
This may be the funniest headline I've ever seen.
Borger Borgenhaug. LOL.
Millionaire Borger Borgenhaug is sad in his villa. LMFAO.
Borger Borgenhaug. LOL.
Millionaire Borger Borgenhaug is sad in his villa. LMFAO.
Sitting in his lakeside villa in the Swiss city of Lucerne, Borger Borgenhaug misses his grandchildren and the smell of the Nordic sea on a clear summer night.
Norway's wealth tax trades millionaires for equality
Sitting in his lakeside villa in the Swiss city of Lucerne, Borger Borgenhaug misses his grandchildren and the smell of the Nordic sea on a clear summer night.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This may be the funniest headline I've ever seen.
Borger Borgenhaug. LOL.
Millionaire Borger Borgenhaug is sad in his villa. LMFAO.
Borger Borgenhaug. LOL.
Millionaire Borger Borgenhaug is sad in his villa. LMFAO.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
Met Hezbollah once. They were surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.
(This is a riff on an old Daft Limmy bit. But it's also true.) /
(This is a riff on an old Daft Limmy bit. But it's also true.) /
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Met Hezbollah once. They were surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.
(This is a riff on an old Daft Limmy bit. But it's also true.) /
(This is a riff on an old Daft Limmy bit. But it's also true.) /
Go. To. Smaller. Gigs.
I've no photos of the band because I was busy protecting the 16-year-old from the pit, but Shaârghot were incredible last night. /
I've no photos of the band because I was busy protecting the 16-year-old from the pit, but Shaârghot were incredible last night. /
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Go. To. Smaller. Gigs.
I've no photos of the band because I was busy protecting the 16-year-old from the pit, but Shaârghot were incredible last night. /
I've no photos of the band because I was busy protecting the 16-year-old from the pit, but Shaârghot were incredible last night. /
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Leave Twitter.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Leave Twitter.
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
Gonna ask ChatGPT if I should be surprised about this.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Gonna ask ChatGPT if I should be surprised about this.
Yeah, it's "behave as a confident, well-adjusted human being while you work towards becoming a confident, well-adjusted human being, because it'll help you move closer to being a confident, well-adjusted human being".
I think "fake it til' you make it" is genuinely a great bit of advice but people (understandably!) think it means "lie until you've duped everyone" when in reality it's much more "act like you belong here because you actually do and you need to get over yourself"
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Yeah, it's "behave as a confident, well-adjusted human being while you work towards becoming a confident, well-adjusted human being, because it'll help you move closer to being a confident, well-adjusted human being".
Not a bad morning, even with the cold.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Not a bad morning, even with the cold.
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Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
The layers of 2025 Fucking Bullshit™ in this story are many.
- Awful, stupid AI art.
- Awful, stupid assumptions on its politics from flag-shaggers.
- Stupid assumptions on what it's about from some lefties.
It's just shit all over.
- Awful, stupid AI art.
- Awful, stupid assumptions on its politics from flag-shaggers.
- Stupid assumptions on what it's about from some lefties.
It's just shit all over.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The layers of 2025 Fucking Bullshit™ in this story are many.
- Awful, stupid AI art.
- Awful, stupid assumptions on its politics from flag-shaggers.
- Stupid assumptions on what it's about from some lefties.
It's just shit all over.
- Awful, stupid AI art.
- Awful, stupid assumptions on its politics from flag-shaggers.
- Stupid assumptions on what it's about from some lefties.
It's just shit all over.
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Happy International Mens Day. Men still do the most dangerous jobs. Are more likely to take their own lives. Experience perceived social penalties for being paternal, caring, sensitive etc. So, with consent, hug a man today. Fixing the patriarchy is in the best interests of men too!
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Happy International Mens Day. Men still do the most dangerous jobs. Are more likely to take their own lives. Experience perceived social penalties for being paternal, caring, sensitive etc. So, with consent, hug a man today. Fixing the patriarchy is in the best interests of men too!
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I think one of the best things about Irish politics over the past decade is how the successive referendums showed activists how to build a popular base and use it to win, it worked with equal marriage, repealing the 8th and Catherine Connolly.
Can it win a GE? For that, Left unity is needed.
Can it win a GE? For that, Left unity is needed.
You need to energise your base and build outwards from there. If you hollow out your base to chase voters who are fundamentally uninterested in what you're selling, your vote will collapse. There's quite a lot of evidence to support this - the Danish Social Democrats are just the latest example
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I think one of the best things about Irish politics over the past decade is how the successive referendums showed activists how to build a popular base and use it to win, it worked with equal marriage, repealing the 8th and Catherine Connolly.
Can it win a GE? For that, Left unity is needed.
Can it win a GE? For that, Left unity is needed.
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Here are more Xbox Game Pass games coming this November www.eurogamer.net/here-are-mor...
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here are more Xbox Game Pass games coming this November www.eurogamer.net/here-are-mor...
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The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk