Heartbreak Welkin
@umabreakdown.bsky.social
Artist, writer, game designer, doctor of horror. www.umabreakdown.com
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For new follower: I'm an artist/researcher/writer/game designer based in north east England. My interests are mostly between ludology, horror studies, and ecriture feminine. Long term foci are trans readings of Cixous, + TTRPG manuals as experimental literature and model for audience agency in art.
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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piracy is a completely aspirational problem for any author in america to have and i think anyone trying to stake out an anti-piracy position is a demon full stop
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
piracy is a completely aspirational problem for any author in america to have and i think anyone trying to stake out an anti-piracy position is a demon full stop
My thing on piracy is, it's good. If something costs nothing to duplicate, then anyone who wants it should have a copy. This includes scanning OOP publications. As a rule I never pirate other people's work from small presses, but I've created bootlegs of my own work for people who couldn't afford it
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My thing on piracy is, it's good. If something costs nothing to duplicate, then anyone who wants it should have a copy. This includes scanning OOP publications. As a rule I never pirate other people's work from small presses, but I've created bootlegs of my own work for people who couldn't afford it
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Roller derby implies the existence of roller nottingham
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Roller derby implies the existence of roller nottingham
Huge fan of the nasty girl simulator
Well pleased to announce that while nothing you can do in it is 'wise' Lovely Lady RPG is part of the Choose Wisley Festival hosted by the lovely Studio Ephuna! If you haven't tried the game here's your chance and if you tried it already buy a copy for your nan maybe? #ChooseWiselyFestival
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Huge fan of the nasty girl simulator
Imo, the femmeboy owned private gender clinic is predatory and is likely gonna result in kids dying.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Imo, the femmeboy owned private gender clinic is predatory and is likely gonna result in kids dying.
This film goes so hard.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This film goes so hard.
Movie that takes place where you from
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Movie that takes place where you from
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A "red beret in Waterford" moment.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A "red beret in Waterford" moment.
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As Plain as it's Meaningless Name
short story. key words: gateshead gothic, drugs, artaud
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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i wrote about Malice, the mediocre 2004 platformer Gwen Stefani was meant to be in, and its beach of souls mechanic, memento mori of ps2 glitchout.blog/2025/11/22/m...
Malice’s resurrection mechanic. grey world of spirits.
the game of Malice (2004, ps2) is a game of collecting the keys and gears. you do this to kill god. once you kill god, you end the game. DOG GOD along the way you deliver girl power type dialogue i…
glitchout.blog
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i wrote about Malice, the mediocre 2004 platformer Gwen Stefani was meant to be in, and its beach of souls mechanic, memento mori of ps2 glitchout.blog/2025/11/22/m...
This has got to be the funniest hill to die on. The NHS, gruan, and starmers labour you say?
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This has got to be the funniest hill to die on. The NHS, gruan, and starmers labour you say?
I've been indulging in a little "millennial sundowning" (listening to we were wrong so we drowned, apols to Queen Mary, and Frances the Mute) and honestly this lineup has made me feel so much less shame for that.
who is this appealing to? i don't understand. obviously i don't understand the configuration of youth culture which is fine and correct, but i also don't understand the culture of john lewis dad +5 years older than me. what even is culture at this point? it just looks like a wound to me.
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I've been indulging in a little "millennial sundowning" (listening to we were wrong so we drowned, apols to Queen Mary, and Frances the Mute) and honestly this lineup has made me feel so much less shame for that.
Close enough, welcome back conor oberst
WHY DOES RFK SEXT LIKE A MID 2008 INDIE BAND
why did i log back in. WHY DID I LOG BACK IN. www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Close enough, welcome back conor oberst
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if you like how AI uses probability, then of course gambling is the purest super intelligence, the electrons are made of money
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
if you like how AI uses probability, then of course gambling is the purest super intelligence, the electrons are made of money
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Judith Butler in 2021
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Judith Butler in 2021
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
Reading an art review by Ian Sinclair from the 90s and whoooo nelly they used to let some very fruity language into Modern Painters
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reading an art review by Ian Sinclair from the 90s and whoooo nelly they used to let some very fruity language into Modern Painters
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
"the conceptualists id met at the Royal College were all people that sat on balconies with typewriters and then didn't use them"
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"the conceptualists id met at the Royal College were all people that sat on balconies with typewriters and then didn't use them"
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Ah the MP who did a gambling ad at a foodbank
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ah the MP who did a gambling ad at a foodbank
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So... *bats eyelashes* ...is there a Mrs Dobalina Mrs Bob Dobalina?
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So... *bats eyelashes* ...is there a Mrs Dobalina Mrs Bob Dobalina?
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith