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designer and researcher. https://fractals.coop/ he/him. works on emergent climate futures, tech, and social change. making games, zines and narrative explorations for transition from the current system. Links to my stuff: https://oliverbates.co.uk
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Jul 25
Orientation is being released today! oliverbates.itch.io/orientation
It's a game/zine about learning to map in a world where the map apps we took for granted are no longer accessible.
#indiegames #zines #rpg
Orientation by oliver bates
What would you do if all the big-tech map apps became inaccessible?
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · 22h
Gabby Bates (my sister) released her song For Jack this week.

Check it out on your streaming or digital music platform of choice!

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For Jack by Gabby Bates
Stream and Save For Jack - Distributed by DistroKid
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.

This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
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Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social · 12d
GAME IDEA

SPEC OPS: THE LINE AS A COSY GAME
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Pippin Barr 🤔 @pippinbarr.bsky.social · 14d
GAME IDEA

YOU HAVE TO LOCATE, PICK UP, AND CARRY ALL THOSE TINY LITTLE BROKEN-OFF PIECES OF STYROFOAM YOU EVER PUT OUT INTO THE WORLD IN YOUR LIFE
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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 25d
Signatures needed!

Uber and Lyft drivers are on the precipice of a wage theft settlement and need to push CA AG Bonta to represent what Uber/Lyft really stole, not just a token amount.

Please sign and share this petition.
www.drivers-united.org/wage-theft-s...
Wage Theft Settlement Petition - Rideshare Drivers United
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dr kieran cutting @kierancutting.bsky.social · 26d
Right now, the ?game? described as "holy shit","absolutely incredible work", and also "I don't understand this" is part of a FREE bundle with 146 other zines. That's crazy! You could have so many zines!

(go ?play? Chaos Magic omg)

xenolight.itch.io/chaos-magic
A comment from user frymynoodles on itch.io saying "Holy shit. Absolutely incredible work."
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · 27d
Yes you should.
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · 28d
Scabs fight the line. Sympathetic blocks go back home. Occasionally there’s an email from central management about the on going dialogue with the union.
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 6
It’s been a blast being part of this Zine bundle! Check it out!
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✨Beth Jackson @bethmakesgames.bsky.social · Sep 5
We have a FREE bundle of 147 zines from 63 creators (including us 🧡), and you can get it all through September 14th!

itch.io/b/3247/free-...
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✨Beth Jackson @bethmakesgames.bsky.social · Sep 5
We have a FREE bundle of 147 zines from 63 creators (including us 🧡), and you can get it all through September 14th!

itch.io/b/3247/free-...
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 5
GAME IDEA

CantBan

A KanBan board simulator that can't.
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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan @omarieclaire.bsky.social · Sep 5
Come play LoserLane at the Art Gallery of Ontario tomorrow? Watch out world, we're rolling into the museums!

marieflanagan.com/loserlane
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Loser Lane
Experience cycling between certain death and probable death in this totally accurate street survival simulator. Life without bike lanes? Thanks Doug.
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 2
This is what I yearn for
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 2
Lynn Werner, Samuel Mann, Mawera Karetai, Patrice Reynolds, Jon Crescenzo, Bedour Alshaigy, and Ian Pollock
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 2
Teresa Castle-Green, Paul Coulton, Dimitrios Darzentas, Nidhi Dubey, Susan Lechelt, Joseph Lindley, Violet Owen, Namrata Primlani, Neelima Sailaja, Michael Stead, Melissa Terras, Lachlan Urquhart, Tim Cowlishaw, Laetitia Bornes, Marcia Smith, Sandra Abels, Leman Çelik, Stefan Laser, Estrid Sørensen,
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 2
We had wonderful contributions from:
Aksel Biørn-Hansen, Oliver Bates, Katka Cerna, Gina Christopersen, Lupita Guillén Mandujano, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Anupriya Tuli, Lina Persson, Birgit Penzenstadler, Vesna Manojlovic, Alice Ashcroft, Zoe Detko, Rodrigo dos Santos, Christopher Boniface,
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Sep 2
For ICT4S 2024 we hosted a zine jam to make a space for ideas and work about tech and sustainability. The result was Liminal Excavations.

We've uploaded to itch.io (oliverbates.itch.io/liminal-exca...) and HCommons (works.hcommons.org/records/fh0v...).

#zine #sustainability #ict4s #tech #academia
Liminal Excavations by oliver bates
A zine that explores alternative visions, ideas and critiques on the topic of sustainability and ICT
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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · Aug 27
You read this. It reminded me of a workshop I used to run with clients, designed to push back against endless techno-optimism. One of the biggest elements was getting people to realize that not all bad actors are external. I should revisit that...

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Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?
“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 27
Mouthwashing is that you?
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Shaun Aitcheson @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social · Aug 19
Hob's Barrow is still 50% off for 2 more days!
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Shaun Aitcheson @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social · Aug 7
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is an all time high whopping 50% off on Steam!!!
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Save 50% on The Excavation of Hob's Barrow on Steam
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the s...
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 19
Aarhus decennial conference is this week.

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Aarhus 2025 Conference
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 18
you can, it makes a king pawn
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 14
Now working in browser with pesky iPhone touchscreens.
#BUGSQUASHED
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 14
Round D6 - a tiny game prototype experimenting with the physics of a D6 and my inner chaos. Made hastily with p5.js.

oliverbates.itch.io/round-d6

#indiedev #freegames #itch.io #dice
A round D6 by oliver bates
Play in your browser
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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk · Aug 14
Round D6 - a tiny game prototype experimenting with the physics of a D6 and my inner chaos. Made hastily with p5.js.

oliverbates.itch.io/round-d6

#indiedev #freegames #itch.io #dice
A round D6 by oliver bates
Play in your browser
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · Aug 12
sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
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