Paul [Atreides] Wood
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Paul [Atreides] Wood
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Tech tinkerer, nerd talker, cat liker, lefty, 70s kid, former Eurogamer forum Mod if anyone remembers those

Bad things are bad things no matter who does them.

Morality is not a team sport.
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IT DIDN'T GET JINXED

My new retro purchase is this arcade cabinet which formerly stood in an Arbroath pub. The 1942 arcade PCB was included.

I spent a good part of yesterday making space and shuffling things around for it.
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i can’t think about deer anymore without thinking of this tweet
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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I see Roger Avary is saying that it was impossible for him to get any films made until he started an "AI" company. Maybe, just maybe, rather than an indictment of the film industry, this is actually an indictment of Roger Avary.
February 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Happy #ValentinesDay 💘

I was once paid to write about the history of Valentine's Day. But this was back in the bad days of pre-2012 Penguin update Google Search.

But here's the thing, we're closer to shitty Google Search than ever before.

So, here's a Valentine's Story
geryow.com/that-one-tim...
February 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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(Gunsister, PC) [NSFW 18+]
[ガンシスター]
January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Windows 3.1 boot screens included with "Mink Deluxe" (PC) [NSFW 18+]
[ミンクデラックス]
February 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Studios (Games) Covered:
-Abogado Powers (Shuumatsu no Sugoshikata)
-Xyz (Ryakudatsu Kinbaku no Yakata Kanketsu Hen)
-CROWD (Xchange2)
-Blue Gale (Pile Driver)
-Nikukyuu (Shimai Ijiri ~Chiru Hana, Nirin~)
-Studio Mebius (Zetsubou ~Aoi Kajitsu no Sanka~)
-AIR PLANTS (Dearest Vampire)
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
February 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Oh nooo that thing literally everyone warned me could happen has happened, how could I have ever anticipated such a turn of events
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Lo-Fi beats to study to.
February 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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My love story with X-wing began a little later, with the release of Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM. 🤩
February 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Laughing and crying and then laughing some more
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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I work from 9 to 6 and then spend the rest of the time with my family. I do whatever I want at weekends. I read lots of books and haven't switched netflix for claude. I don't lie in bed worrying about my agents. I have no agents. I don't care and these people are chasing ghosts
Token Anxiety

i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. interc.pt/4bVVAG2
February 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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The amazing thing that’s been revealed about Musk is not that he’s racist and cruel. That’s hardly surprising. It’s that he’s dumb.

Like, if he was put in a room with a random people, he’d be one of the dumber people. He’d be the loudest and most obnoxious and bullying, but one of the dumber.
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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COS ICH-THY-O-STE-GA
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Carlisle, my home city, and my new home, Dundee.

We may only have moved up in 2021, but FFS Carlisle, you left me LONG ago.
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Henry Flint
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Proud Boys supporting "punk" Michale Graves has had almost all of his UK shows this month cancelled. Although my local venue "Holy Diver" is still apparently letting him play. Which is a tad disappointing to say the least.

#nazipunksfuckoff
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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I could fix her. But why would I want to?
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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No, go *right ahead and be mean.* Because all these "other voices" sound like badly written romance-TV-series trailers. The more folks can be spared this crap (says someone who's today celebrating 40 years of having been married to @peter.petermorwood.com) the better. Because this slop ain't love.🫤
i'm trying not to be too mean but it's really striking how every single one of these people's AIs talk exactly the same and somehow none of them notice or consider what that indicates
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Lumi knows her angle.
Always did.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Sunday plans:
🖼️ Jill Barklem
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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February 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM