Andrew McGrae
@tgnprofessor.bsky.social
Some loser everyone hates.
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
The Devil Went Down To Georgia is fun, because in literally any other culture in history it would be a cautionary tale about hubris, but in America Johnny really is better than Satan and he wins.
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The Devil Went Down To Georgia is fun, because in literally any other culture in history it would be a cautionary tale about hubris, but in America Johnny really is better than Satan and he wins.
New kitty friend.
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New kitty friend.
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Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
Has the Labour party considered seppuku yet? All the cool dead parties have committed it.
January 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Has the Labour party considered seppuku yet? All the cool dead parties have committed it.
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the thing that makes Sam Vimes work as a character is that he spends all of his time standing at the very edge of the slippery slope, looking directly down into the abyss, and consciously choosing not to go down that slope even when it would be so much easier if he did
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
the thing that makes Sam Vimes work as a character is that he spends all of his time standing at the very edge of the slippery slope, looking directly down into the abyss, and consciously choosing not to go down that slope even when it would be so much easier if he did
Yourself but as a cartoon.
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Yourself but as a cartoon.
Finally, Sonic actually does run faster than sound.
Back in the late 90s, Sonic 3 & Knuckles got a PC port. I still have it installed, but modern PCs seem to be a little too much for it...
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Finally, Sonic actually does run faster than sound.
Technically the headline doesn't specify a causal relationship between the two things, so yes.
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Technically the headline doesn't specify a causal relationship between the two things, so yes.
Akira Kurosawa’s Lesbian Vampire Killers.
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Alien
Quentin Dupieux's Fast & Furious
January 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Akira Kurosawa’s Lesbian Vampire Killers.
EXCLUSIVE: You're adopted and I don't love you.
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
EXCLUSIVE: You're adopted and I don't love you.
It's fun how everyone who doesn't love whatever Sensible Centrist is being forced upon us right now is simultaneously a foolish single-issue voter who can't see the bigger picture and also a completely unreasonable pony-wanter with an endless list of purity tests a candidate has to be perfect on.
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
It's fun how everyone who doesn't love whatever Sensible Centrist is being forced upon us right now is simultaneously a foolish single-issue voter who can't see the bigger picture and also a completely unreasonable pony-wanter with an endless list of purity tests a candidate has to be perfect on.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just a big congrats to everyone participating in the “babies make angry YouTube videos about baby things” art project today, this is a quality bit of comedy
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Just a big congrats to everyone participating in the “babies make angry YouTube videos about baby things” art project today, this is a quality bit of comedy
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When the Nazis found out Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the legendary Soviet sniper who killed at least 300 people on the Eastern Front, was a woman, they started doing radio broadcasts where they said they'd give her chocolate and pretty dresses if she defected
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
When the Nazis found out Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the legendary Soviet sniper who killed at least 300 people on the Eastern Front, was a woman, they started doing radio broadcasts where they said they'd give her chocolate and pretty dresses if she defected
Imagine if it happens on the same day the Labour party splits.
Labour Party destroyed imminent, let’s go
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Imagine if it happens on the same day the Labour party splits.
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I can’t believe he actually fucking did this
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I can’t believe he actually fucking did this
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It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester.
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester.
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.
A new Green MP representing the community.
Let's go!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I have worked hard to convince my nephew to watch Tuvix. Because of woke.
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I have worked hard to convince my nephew to watch Tuvix. Because of woke.
This is objectively too much head.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This is objectively too much head.
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I can see the movies being made 20 years from now. Our protagonist is doing his best but has some unresolved shit from his childhood. A flashback, it’s 2026. He’s a kid; he & his mom are being browbeaten by his belligerent, pathetic father. His dad gets ready for work. We see his badge: it says ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I can see the movies being made 20 years from now. Our protagonist is doing his best but has some unresolved shit from his childhood. A flashback, it’s 2026. He’s a kid; he & his mom are being browbeaten by his belligerent, pathetic father. His dad gets ready for work. We see his badge: it says ICE.
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Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
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I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
I look forward to Starmer rejecting him in favour of a yes man, who proceeds to lose their deposit as the Green party take a seat Labour have held since the 1930s.
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I look forward to Starmer rejecting him in favour of a yes man, who proceeds to lose their deposit as the Green party take a seat Labour have held since the 1930s.