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Luke Gearing

@lukegearing.bsky.social

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consumed by 1d6 normal rats; thinking adventures thought leader; lead writer at Tuesday Knight Games (mothership etc); vernacular rpg enthusiast; email at [email protected]; 4⁄3 lukegearing.blot.im

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Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 8h

good

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

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

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

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

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 1d

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 1d

realising that i would pay discord ~£15/mo to remove the character limit for my user name

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 1d

if you ever find yourself thinking "is this a psyop?" the answer is 100% yes. don't doubt yourself; that's a psyop too

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

now you can do all of the third party stuff!

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

banger post

Katt Kirsch @thiccmomswag.bsky.social · 2d

"Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you're tired. You look like you could go on forever. "

Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees

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Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees

Leonard Cohen's (1978) speaks to a time when the public performance of poetry was transforming into what Marc Smith would call "slam poetry" some six years ...

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Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

thank you! it's been fun trying to work out what actually makes a photo worth looking at

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

forgot the other roll idr what it is. the tree is one of my favourites ever, so forgetting this was impressive

a brick wall, covered in snail trails. b/w

b/w. a lone tree in a field. the field is very bright, the tree dark. a few birds fly towards the tree.

b/w. a view from inside a car; roadsigns, a field, a tree, a little bit of the road.

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

more kentmere 400

some sort of ruined concrete structure. a door is open, the interior hidden in shadow. graffiti is everywhere. the building interior & exterior are flooded, covered in pondscum.

heavily graffitied walls. open doorways frame several rooms.

interior window frames graffiti of a plague doctor

interior of a ruined building with graffiti, lit by relatively harsh camera flash.

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

kentmere 400 (on olympus XA so fixed lens blah blah blah)

tower block and parked cars. a slightly blurred fence shows that this was shot on the move, maybe?

concrete water tower, with a bunch of ariels and stuff off the top.

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 2d

few i liked from some rolls recently. first is "i can do my own black metal album covers now" on adox hr 50

b/w photo of a ruined church with very high contrast.

another angle of the ruined church. the contrast is a little lower.

interior view of ruined church door

interior of ruined church. an arch frames a window, the outside lost in the white due to exposure.

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 3d

went for a nice walk and called a sheep a "wasteman"

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 4d

"generations" is the "IQ" of the now

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4d

What the fuck did I just read? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

and yet the mystery compels

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

holy shit

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

this came to me whilst puzzling out "reverse mpreg"

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

as mpeg-4 is to mpreg, ffmpeg is to ????????

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

sometimes writing is about getting out of your own way

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 6d

this year? i'm looking out for the wokewolves

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 7d

i just stand further away and leave it on infinity

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 7d

weird, i just picked up an olympus XA

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 7d

sumud flotilla vessels being intercepted on livestream

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 7d

relatedly what am i supposed to do with all these photos. is that what instagram is for? is flickr still alive?

Luke Gearing @lukegearing.bsky.social · 7d

a fun thing about getting into my stupid bullshit film photography is i appreciate the camera in my phone more

my dog on a very short focal length so his snout looks huge. his mouth is open in excitement. he is lying on the sofa