Stephen McLaren
@spinachconvention.bsky.social
Engineering a better future... At least I hope that's what I'm doing!
Quite possibly the best running app and best augmented reality game (audio!) has been saved by the creator!
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
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November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Quite possibly the best running app and best augmented reality game (audio!) has been saved by the creator!
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
Basically the only reason I ever completed a half marathon is this app.
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
My elder Millennial brain has just informed me that if I combine 6*7 then it equals 42.
For a second, I thought I had uncovered some ancient wisdom #hhgg #6-7
For a second, I thought I had uncovered some ancient wisdom #hhgg #6-7
a bald man is wearing a red sweater with a star trek logo on it
Alt: Captain Picard putting his head in his hand
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November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My elder Millennial brain has just informed me that if I combine 6*7 then it equals 42.
For a second, I thought I had uncovered some ancient wisdom #hhgg #6-7
For a second, I thought I had uncovered some ancient wisdom #hhgg #6-7
Just had an update on a team at work looking for copyright infringement... by using ChatGPT
#ironyisdead
#ironyisdead
a cartoon character with the words aa aa aa aa aa aa written in red
Alt: The character Rom from Star Trek Deep Space 9 screaming "AA AAA AAAA"
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November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just had an update on a team at work looking for copyright infringement... by using ChatGPT
#ironyisdead
#ironyisdead
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This is just perfect... I wish I was this witty!
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is just perfect... I wish I was this witty!
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Still looking to speak to Gen Z-ers who have invested a little in crypto but haven't signed up for a pension plan (yet).
If that's you, or a child, sibling, niece/nephew etc you know, please do put me in touch...
If that's you, or a child, sibling, niece/nephew etc you know, please do put me in touch...
a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .
ALT: a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .
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October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Still looking to speak to Gen Z-ers who have invested a little in crypto but haven't signed up for a pension plan (yet).
If that's you, or a child, sibling, niece/nephew etc you know, please do put me in touch...
If that's you, or a child, sibling, niece/nephew etc you know, please do put me in touch...
This is such a good description of how it I feel about use of AI (generative) in so many things.
I hate it so much
I hate it so much
Realised that I’m now treating funny viral videos in the same way footballers celebrate goals —
1) initial joy,
2 sudden panic it might be AI/offside
3) lengthy investigation as joy saps away
4) conclusion, joy modulated through fatigue if proven legit/onside, but angry and gutted if AI/offside
1) initial joy,
2 sudden panic it might be AI/offside
3) lengthy investigation as joy saps away
4) conclusion, joy modulated through fatigue if proven legit/onside, but angry and gutted if AI/offside
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is such a good description of how it I feel about use of AI (generative) in so many things.
I hate it so much
I hate it so much
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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![Comic. [Building with large sign in front of it[ SIGN: Welcome to the *Biology Department* It has been [changeable sign: 3] days since we discovered something existentially horrifying about bugs that makes you question your whole reality](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigvmzverlrjgqp4mazbkhm43fpvv2hdbkd2t2646dhihozrwdcy24@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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i didn’t give a fuck, then i drank a redbull, now i don’t give a flying fuck
September 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
i didn’t give a fuck, then i drank a redbull, now i don’t give a flying fuck
Great, now we're going to be known as the Hypnotits party #greenpartyUK
September 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Great, now we're going to be known as the Hypnotits party #greenpartyUK
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August 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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My rule of thumb is that a protest is not newsworthy if it draws a smaller crowd then I would get at a Lib Dem event for a session titled 'Why the British Standard for letterboxes is a failure'.
But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.
But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.
August 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My rule of thumb is that a protest is not newsworthy if it draws a smaller crowd then I would get at a Lib Dem event for a session titled 'Why the British Standard for letterboxes is a failure'.
But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.
But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
Discworld QOTD, from Eric
“The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.”
“The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”
“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
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the scenario we all feared
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the scenario we all feared
Just seen an internal post about someone trying to use an LLM to tune a PID....
a large body of water with rocks and trees in the foreground
ALT: a large body of water with rocks and trees in the foreground
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August 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just seen an internal post about someone trying to use an LLM to tune a PID....
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Me aged 24 when I heard The Chain for the first time and the bass part of the instrumental started...
a stuffed monkey is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
ALT: a stuffed monkey is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
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July 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Me aged 24 when I heard The Chain for the first time and the bass part of the instrumental started...
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We got gigs - www.thelongestjohns.com/live
And we got tunes - found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #PiecesOfEight #LiveMusic
And we got tunes - found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #PiecesOfEight #LiveMusic
June 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We got gigs - www.thelongestjohns.com/live
And we got tunes - found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #PiecesOfEight #LiveMusic
And we got tunes - found.ee/thelongestjo...
#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #PiecesOfEight #LiveMusic