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Matt Risby

@thebadspot.bsky.social

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TTRPG YouTube person // (he/him) // Nazis, TERFs and AI Bros can jog on, preferably off a cliff // Free 🇵🇸 YouTube.com/@thebadspot

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 19d

With yesterday’s episode the last before we take a break until 2026, there is no better time to start watching The Last Starmarked.

There’s 16 episodes, all an hour or less plus there’s a monkey. That’s a sweet deal if you ask me.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sundered Isles: The Last Starmarked - YouTube

Gideon Finch is a rake, a liar and a thief. He and his loyal monkey companion Lorenzo become embroiled in a terrifying world of intrigue, after being asked t...

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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 9h

The French-language edition of Brindlewood Bay is crowdfunding!They are at nearly 400% funded, with 5 days remaining in their campaign. Check out the campaign if you game in French, or if you know someone who would be interested, let them know about it! www.gameontabletop.com/cf5531/brind...

Brindlewood Bay (Storyline)

Crowdfunding: Brindlewood Bay (Storyline)

www.gameontabletop.com

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Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 10h

I can't recommend this enough.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 10h

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

youtube thumbnail for Public Access on the bad spot. 3 lathckeys look terrified against a TV static background. text reads PART 3 darkness on the edge of town

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 10h

I enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man last night. Those films play so well in packed rooms and this one is no exception.

Such a shame people still feel the need to commit complicated murders in this day and age though. Disappointing.

Close up of cinema ticket for WAKE UP DEAD MAN

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Shelly/Whoobs (they/she) @whoblue.bsky.social · 10h

The reaction when someone says they have been doing specific actions with a person is priceless! One area felt backrooms in feel. The more I watch the more I am drawn in.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 10h

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 10h

Live for patrons now!

Everyone else, this time tomorrow.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 1d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Artisanal wax melt is a great Victorian era insult

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

Case closed I reckon.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 1d

It’s probably just the wind.

I’ll go check it out.

I’ll be right back.

Red screen with white text reading FIRST TO DIE

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 1d

We should bring in a thing where you can go to Oxbridge, but you’re not allowed to tell anyone afterwards

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 2d

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Matt the outlaw
@cursedgloryhole
Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

I think that is what I'd have seen had I stayed a little longer.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't want to ask questions. His eyes said I should move along.

Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

Staying late at work can lead to seeing some weird stuff.

I just walked into the break room and one of the security guys was eating a microwaved pizza with two spoons.

a man is wearing a black sweater with the word schitts creek on the bottom

Alt: a man is wearing a black sweater with the word schitts creek on the bottom

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 2d

Me on a date:

An Instagram comment:

suamala98 16h
Do people watch Graham Norton? I tend to watch artistic films, mainly French films because of the artistic expression. This just seems like entertainment for lesser minds, maybe try reading novels. Perhaps Russian literature like Tolstoy?

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14d

"edgelord" is such a great coinage, because it sounds as if it's about to describe something really stupid and then it does

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 3d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 2d

Serendipity!

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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