Greg Markwardt
@gregmarkwardt.bsky.social
Vaguely interested in quite a lot of stuff. British.
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Yeah I only use AI for the fun part right at the beginning where we're kicking ideas around and not worried about budget or expectations. Just the best part of any group creative endeavor, me and my team challenging each other with our most visionary ideas, I'm looking to automate that
"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yeah I only use AI for the fun part right at the beginning where we're kicking ideas around and not worried about budget or expectations. Just the best part of any group creative endeavor, me and my team challenging each other with our most visionary ideas, I'm looking to automate that
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It really is astonishing. I’ve had more than one instance with Reiner where I’ve been like ‘no, it can’t possibly be the same guy’ and had to look it up. To have such a deep understanding of film that you can not only be THAT broad and THAT good, but convince the industry that you’re the right…
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It really is astonishing. I’ve had more than one instance with Reiner where I’ve been like ‘no, it can’t possibly be the same guy’ and had to look it up. To have such a deep understanding of film that you can not only be THAT broad and THAT good, but convince the industry that you’re the right…
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(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
![[TWO PINTS OF BEER are on a pub bar, one is PERONI and one is a brown Christmas-themed beer]
1
PERONI:
Hello there
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Hello Peroni
2
PERONI:
So nice to have someone new on the lineup!
And you are…?
3
CHRISTMAS BEER:
You know who I am, Peroni.
4
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I am Brown Christmas Liquid.
I come back each year.
5
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Every time with a new name, and a new horrible ingredient.
Last year I was Reindeer Stomper. This year I am... Cheeky Elf.
6
PERONI:
Oh god
You were on the bar for two months and…
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Three pints sold, aye.
7
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I’m a seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange peel, nutmeg and this year, for reasons of late-capitalist sadism, vanilla.
8
CHRISTMAS BEER:
My name is Cheeky Elf,
I taste of jam,
and I want to d*e.
9
PERONI:
Well somebody’s trying you
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Poor bastard
[A hand comes down to lift CHRISTMAS BEER to sip the pint]
10
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
11
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
12
[CHRISTMAS BEER gets put back on the bar ]
PERSON [who just drank CHRISTMAS BEER]:
Oh my god
CHEEKY ELF:
SEE?
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreihdolqp33utirnxlepybldhkayvwfgh4a7ygov4yhx2dvboi4aqjq@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
I often try to listen to stuff I don't agree with. Including this podcast. I need to make sure I'm not in my own little bubble. But sometimes I see a title and despair.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I often try to listen to stuff I don't agree with. Including this podcast. I need to make sure I'm not in my own little bubble. But sometimes I see a title and despair.
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Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social is a splendid book. It begins as a war story with bio-engineered animals and becomes much more.£2.29 though, it's been cheaper.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dogs-War-Adr...
Also not reduced on Kobo
www.amazon.co.uk/Dogs-War-Adr...
Also not reduced on Kobo
Dogs of War
Dogs of War eBook : Tchaikovsky, Adrian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social is a splendid book. It begins as a war story with bio-engineered animals and becomes much more.£2.29 though, it's been cheaper.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dogs-War-Adr...
Also not reduced on Kobo
www.amazon.co.uk/Dogs-War-Adr...
Also not reduced on Kobo
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Old (But Gold) article on one of my favourite books as a child that seems to have sadly largely vanished. The article is by China Mielville, no less, on the grubby masterpiece that is the Borribles trilogy.
www.theguardian.com/books/2014/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2014/f...
China Miéville on the Borribles: 'We need them more than ever'
A tribute from 2001 to Michael de Larrabeiti's feral heroes by the bestselling author of The City and the City and Embassytown
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Old (But Gold) article on one of my favourite books as a child that seems to have sadly largely vanished. The article is by China Mielville, no less, on the grubby masterpiece that is the Borribles trilogy.
www.theguardian.com/books/2014/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2014/f...
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
I have friends involved with this and it's a very fun thing for genuinely fine cause.
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
The Lenfords’ Building Links Lego Building Challenge
We love St James.
We love building links with our community.
We love building stuff with Lego.
So we’ve set ourselves a challenge to build a model…
www.givewheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I have friends involved with this and it's a very fun thing for genuinely fine cause.
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
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A chat with Katy about Ewoks, Boglins, Garbage Pail Kids, Defenders Of The Earth, Global Hypercolour T-Shirts and that sitcom about the alien girl who stopped time that was on whenever you were off school...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Katy Brent – I’ve Never Been Though Because Spiders
Looks Unfamiliar with Katy Brent talking to Tim Worthington about Round The Twist, Ewoks, Global Hypercolor, Boglins, Out Of This World, Defenders Of The Earth, Garbage Pail Kids and more…!
timworthington.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A chat with Katy about Ewoks, Boglins, Garbage Pail Kids, Defenders Of The Earth, Global Hypercolour T-Shirts and that sitcom about the alien girl who stopped time that was on whenever you were off school...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
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Come find us @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2000AD Hall B50 for Cats, Cogs, Dystopia and ancient archaeological shiney wonders.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Come find us @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2000AD Hall B50 for Cats, Cogs, Dystopia and ancient archaeological shiney wonders.
My children have made a "treaty" to deal with arguments over lego. On paper, no less. I'm quite impressed. That would have been well beyond me and my brother.
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My children have made a "treaty" to deal with arguments over lego. On paper, no less. I'm quite impressed. That would have been well beyond me and my brother.
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Excellent comics and beautiful jewellery, go see!
Come find us @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2000AD Hall B50 for Cats, Cogs, Dystopia and ancient archaeological shiney wonders.
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Excellent comics and beautiful jewellery, go see!
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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God, I hated growing up in Essex.
OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
God, I hated growing up in Essex.
I'd forgotten it was the 5th of November today. So I guess we need a catchier rhyme.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'd forgotten it was the 5th of November today. So I guess we need a catchier rhyme.
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Not long till @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social now! I am just being a punter this year, but you should go and see @mindstaincomics.bsky.social at table B50 in 2000AD hall
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Not long till @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social now! I am just being a punter this year, but you should go and see @mindstaincomics.bsky.social at table B50 in 2000AD hall
Took the eldest son fishing and got very lucky with the weather considering the season.
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Took the eldest son fishing and got very lucky with the weather considering the season.
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happy halloween from samwise gamgee and frodo baggins! cloaks vests and shirts handmade by grandma, lembas bread by fig newtons corporation
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
happy halloween from samwise gamgee and frodo baggins! cloaks vests and shirts handmade by grandma, lembas bread by fig newtons corporation
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if you ever wanted to buy 28mm miniatures of the characters from Bottom, Crooked Dice have you covered.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
if you ever wanted to buy 28mm miniatures of the characters from Bottom, Crooked Dice have you covered.
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Sunday Times book critic declares the “best defence against fascists is laughing at them”, thereby sidestepping historical reality as expressed by Peter Cook, who recalled:
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sunday Times book critic declares the “best defence against fascists is laughing at them”, thereby sidestepping historical reality as expressed by Peter Cook, who recalled:
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
“those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler & prevent the outbreak of the Second World War”.
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Day 1 on #MCMLondon DOWN. If you're in tomorrow, come on down to Writers Block & book yerself up!
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Day 1 on #MCMLondon DOWN. If you're in tomorrow, come on down to Writers Block & book yerself up!
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im very sorry sir but you are entirely wrong, i have never loved the French more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Louvre heist creates 'terrible image' of France, justice minister says
A manhunt is underway to find the four thieves before the jewels - which once belonged to French royals - are broken up.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
im very sorry sir but you are entirely wrong, i have never loved the French more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...