eastmad
@eastmad.bsky.social
Game Dev and tech journalism for thenewstack.io
Podcasting with https://techgrumps.wordpress.com/
I wrote Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator which had the silly idea of Israel starting a nuclear war.
Recently Floor 13: Deep State
Now Caravanserai
Podcasting with https://techgrumps.wordpress.com/
I wrote Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator which had the silly idea of Israel starting a nuclear war.
Recently Floor 13: Deep State
Now Caravanserai
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eastmad
@eastmad.bsky.social
· Nov 17
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Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
@damiengwalter.com is everything OK with FB group? Or have we finally reached midnight?
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@damiengwalter.com is everything OK with FB group? Or have we finally reached midnight?
@keefstuart.bsky.social I just realised that when the relevant Bathysphere came out, you completely ignored to mention the obvious gaming reference to "Expedition 33". I don't know whether this was purposeful elitism or blissful ignorance!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@keefstuart.bsky.social I just realised that when the relevant Bathysphere came out, you completely ignored to mention the obvious gaming reference to "Expedition 33". I don't know whether this was purposeful elitism or blissful ignorance!!
I never would have guessed how much heavy lifting Underpants Gnomes would be doing this millennia. I believe the young people would insert "wild" somewhere here.
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I never would have guessed how much heavy lifting Underpants Gnomes would be doing this millennia. I believe the young people would insert "wild" somewhere here.
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Arsenal just breaking everyone down. Liverpool just breaking.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Arsenal just breaking everyone down. Liverpool just breaking.
Please don't force everyone to spell smorgasbord
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Please don't force everyone to spell smorgasbord
"This is truly extraordinary - the Budget is already out there"
how will these guys react when we first detect alien life - if they think a domestic budget reported a few hours early is extraordinary?
how will these guys react when we first detect alien life - if they think a domestic budget reported a few hours early is extraordinary?
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"This is truly extraordinary - the Budget is already out there"
how will these guys react when we first detect alien life - if they think a domestic budget reported a few hours early is extraordinary?
how will these guys react when we first detect alien life - if they think a domestic budget reported a few hours early is extraordinary?
As Radio 4 ends, the BBC will replace the nightly rendition of God Save The King with a speech by Ms Karoline Leavitt
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As Radio 4 ends, the BBC will replace the nightly rendition of God Save The King with a speech by Ms Karoline Leavitt
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Honestly if someone could introduce an emergency podcast levy, the UK finances would be quids in for years.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Honestly if someone could introduce an emergency podcast levy, the UK finances would be quids in for years.
Yes it's true. Arc Raiders single player is full of altruistic players - with a handful of vigilantes who kill griefers. So more Arkham city Raiders. #arcraiders
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yes it's true. Arc Raiders single player is full of altruistic players - with a handful of vigilantes who kill griefers. So more Arkham city Raiders. #arcraiders
@sundersays.bsky.social can you confirm (or remember) that the line was deleted from the Reith lecture?
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@sundersays.bsky.social can you confirm (or remember) that the line was deleted from the Reith lecture?
Genuinely surprised the BBC are truly that stupid.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Genuinely surprised the BBC are truly that stupid.
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
Surely time to start deep speculation on the 2026 budget
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Surely time to start deep speculation on the 2026 budget
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That's made me feel a bit emotional, well done Eze.
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
That's made me feel a bit emotional, well done Eze.
Wharton is some type of cheat code
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Wharton is some type of cheat code
Liverpool playing the right football for, say, 2022. Not too fast, careful and assuming the opposition can't make much from breaks
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Liverpool playing the right football for, say, 2022. Not too fast, careful and assuming the opposition can't make much from breaks
If I hear street furniture buzzing, I immediately want to breach it #ARCraiders
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If I hear street furniture buzzing, I immediately want to breach it #ARCraiders
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Our review of Google's new Antigravity AI coding platform. We explore its setup, IDE features, agentic capabilities, and why it's an experiment.
Hands-On With Antigravity: Google’s Newest AI Coding Experiment
Our review of Google's new Antigravity AI coding platform. We explore its setup, IDE features, agentic capabilities, and why it's an experiment.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our review of Google's new Antigravity AI coding platform. We explore its setup, IDE features, agentic capabilities, and why it's an experiment.
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Amusing: Google does not allow its devs to use its newly launched IDE, Antigravity, for development.
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Amusing: Google does not allow its devs to use its newly launched IDE, Antigravity, for development.
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else
Things we've learned recently: In the same way that you can channel funds through bitcoin rather than traditional payment route, you can clearly channel influence via paedophiles rather than conventional politics
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Things we've learned recently: In the same way that you can channel funds through bitcoin rather than traditional payment route, you can clearly channel influence via paedophiles rather than conventional politics
I'm pretty sure there must be apps that could help me fill in 80% of survey forms
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm pretty sure there must be apps that could help me fill in 80% of survey forms