Mandy J Watson
@mandyjwatson.bsky.social
Tech-culture journalist. Copy editor. Game dev. Hire me!
World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
Words: https://brainwavez.org/
Tiny games: https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/
Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
Words: https://brainwavez.org/
Tiny games: https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/
Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The Mischievous Thievery Of Jessica The Cat by Mandy J Watson
Jessica the cat has been stealing people's things! A GGJ2021 narrative-puzzle prototype that's now a full game! Play in your browser
mandyjwatson.itch.io
To get the anxiety inducing first post out of the way:
something of mine you can read: https://www.brainwavez.org/screen/film/features/2019/20191128001-01.html
something I made for you to play (dev is ongoing - more to come):
https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/the-mischievous-thievery-of-jessica-the-cat
something of mine you can read: https://www.brainwavez.org/screen/film/features/2019/20191128001-01.html
something I made for you to play (dev is ongoing - more to come):
https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/the-mischievous-thievery-of-jessica-the-cat
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Meanwhile, people are drowning in southern Africa
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Meanwhile, people are drowning in southern Africa
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The question presumes the USA has an opposition party, but that isn't true. Our two-party system has an extreme-far-right party and a center-right party.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The question presumes the USA has an opposition party, but that isn't true. Our two-party system has an extreme-far-right party and a center-right party.
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This was incredibly difficult to write because there are two movies I had to try to avoid spoilers for due to how these damn films are constructed (which is one of my criticisms of both films and why this very good film didn't get a higher rating).
January 23, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This was incredibly difficult to write because there are two movies I had to try to avoid spoilers for due to how these damn films are constructed (which is one of my criticisms of both films and why this very good film didn't get a higher rating).
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wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it
“The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate.”
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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This is where I'll remind everyone of @nogamesforgenocide.com and their general ask that, out of solidarity with BDS and Palestine, products under the Xbox and Microsoft gaming umbrellas not be covered by journalists or influencers nogamesforgenocide.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
This is where I'll remind everyone of @nogamesforgenocide.com and their general ask that, out of solidarity with BDS and Palestine, products under the Xbox and Microsoft gaming umbrellas not be covered by journalists or influencers nogamesforgenocide.com
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My extremely elegant son. He's legit just sitting like this, staring blankly, like he forgot what he was doing.
My sweet stupid son.
My sweet stupid son.
January 24, 2026 at 11:54 AM
My extremely elegant son. He's legit just sitting like this, staring blankly, like he forgot what he was doing.
My sweet stupid son.
My sweet stupid son.
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Not sure how many folks from Cape Town follow me, but here's a geek themed event happening in about 2 week's time! The activity side of the event is a bit weird, I'll post details below. But there will also be a marketplace and folks are welcome to just come through to hangout and chill.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Not sure how many folks from Cape Town follow me, but here's a geek themed event happening in about 2 week's time! The activity side of the event is a bit weird, I'll post details below. But there will also be a marketplace and folks are welcome to just come through to hangout and chill.
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FYI, people have been rather critical of altNPS for at least a year for doing resistance-grifting.
See bsky.app/profile/altw... & bsky.app/profile/altw... in relation to current events.
Also bsky.app/profile/raha... from nearly a year ago.
See bsky.app/profile/altw... & bsky.app/profile/altw... in relation to current events.
Also bsky.app/profile/raha... from nearly a year ago.
AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
FYI, people have been rather critical of altNPS for at least a year for doing resistance-grifting.
See bsky.app/profile/altw... & bsky.app/profile/altw... in relation to current events.
Also bsky.app/profile/raha... from nearly a year ago.
See bsky.app/profile/altw... & bsky.app/profile/altw... in relation to current events.
Also bsky.app/profile/raha... from nearly a year ago.
This was incredibly difficult to write because there are two movies I had to try to avoid spoilers for due to how these damn films are constructed (which is one of my criticisms of both films and why this very good film didn't get a higher rating).
January 23, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This was incredibly difficult to write because there are two movies I had to try to avoid spoilers for due to how these damn films are constructed (which is one of my criticisms of both films and why this very good film didn't get a higher rating).
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January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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It's weird
I was REPEATEDLY told that payment processors "had" to ban all nsfw to mitigate the risk of processing CSAM.
So if that's true then why wasn't X immediately dumped by every one of those payment processors when Grok turned into an automated CSAM generator?
I was REPEATEDLY told that payment processors "had" to ban all nsfw to mitigate the risk of processing CSAM.
So if that's true then why wasn't X immediately dumped by every one of those payment processors when Grok turned into an automated CSAM generator?
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It's weird
I was REPEATEDLY told that payment processors "had" to ban all nsfw to mitigate the risk of processing CSAM.
So if that's true then why wasn't X immediately dumped by every one of those payment processors when Grok turned into an automated CSAM generator?
I was REPEATEDLY told that payment processors "had" to ban all nsfw to mitigate the risk of processing CSAM.
So if that's true then why wasn't X immediately dumped by every one of those payment processors when Grok turned into an automated CSAM generator?
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This account stuck my comic through an ugly AI filter, removed my @ from the bottom and blocked me when I called them out.
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This account stuck my comic through an ugly AI filter, removed my @ from the bottom and blocked me when I called them out.
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
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Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
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Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
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is it a good sign that 2 people you've invited to be on your "Board of Peace" can't join you in Switzerland because they would be arrested for war crimes?
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
is it a good sign that 2 people you've invited to be on your "Board of Peace" can't join you in Switzerland because they would be arrested for war crimes?
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‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners
‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners
She grew up on a Manchester council estate. Now she’s gone stratospheric for her pivotal role in Sinners. The star talks about leaving Britain for LA – and the £30 bus trip that changed her life
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Congratulations everyone, Big Brother wasn’t imposed on you, you bought Big Brother on Prime Day and installed him yourselves.
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations everyone, Big Brother wasn’t imposed on you, you bought Big Brother on Prime Day and installed him yourselves.
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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Can I get a fuck you Hanz Zimmer?
Hans Zimmer to compose score for Harry Potter HBO series
Esteemed German composer Hans Zimmer is to create the score for the upcoming controversial Harry Potter TV series.
www.thepinknews.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Can I get a fuck you Hanz Zimmer?
There appears to be a massive fire on Signal Hill, Cape Town. It came out of nowhere. The webcam only captures every seven minutes but you can see how fast it appeared and spread.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
There appears to be a massive fire on Signal Hill, Cape Town. It came out of nowhere. The webcam only captures every seven minutes but you can see how fast it appeared and spread.
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some computers weren't updated in time, giving us a glimpse of what would've happened worldwide:
- credit card systems experienced issues with machines not correctly processing credit cards that expired in the new millennium
- microsoft excel would treat wrong years as leap years
- credit card systems experienced issues with machines not correctly processing credit cards that expired in the new millennium
- microsoft excel would treat wrong years as leap years
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
some computers weren't updated in time, giving us a glimpse of what would've happened worldwide:
- credit card systems experienced issues with machines not correctly processing credit cards that expired in the new millennium
- microsoft excel would treat wrong years as leap years
- credit card systems experienced issues with machines not correctly processing credit cards that expired in the new millennium
- microsoft excel would treat wrong years as leap years
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My mother worked so much overtime leading up to Y2K. She is an older software engineer - retired now - and she was one of the few people in telecom with knowledge of the "old languages."
We were saved from Y2K by enduring women who simply refused to quit.
We were saved from Y2K by enduring women who simply refused to quit.
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
My mother worked so much overtime leading up to Y2K. She is an older software engineer - retired now - and she was one of the few people in telecom with knowledge of the "old languages."
We were saved from Y2K by enduring women who simply refused to quit.
We were saved from Y2K by enduring women who simply refused to quit.