Paul [Atreides] Wood
@retroid.bsky.social
Tech tinkerer, nerd talker, cat liker, lefty, 70s kid, former Eurogamer forum Mod if anyone remembers those
Bad things are bad things no matter who does them.
Morality is not a team sport.
Bad things are bad things no matter who does them.
Morality is not a team sport.
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Paul [Atreides] Wood
@retroid.bsky.social
· Aug 23
IT DIDN'T GET JINXED
My new retro purchase is this arcade cabinet which formerly stood in an Arbroath pub. The 1942 arcade PCB was included.
I spent a good part of yesterday making space and shuffling things around for it.
My new retro purchase is this arcade cabinet which formerly stood in an Arbroath pub. The 1942 arcade PCB was included.
I spent a good part of yesterday making space and shuffling things around for it.
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Look at this 4th cen BC Greek antefix, proof that our ancestors also appreciated A Very Good Boy. 13/10 would pet
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Look at this 4th cen BC Greek antefix, proof that our ancestors also appreciated A Very Good Boy. 13/10 would pet
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As the wise @karenho.bsky.social told me for this piece: “Any journalist of color I know with a tough childhood would not be given a book deal to write about blowing up their life and career to sext with a Kennedy and then a job at Vanity Fair.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
As the wise @karenho.bsky.social told me for this piece: “Any journalist of color I know with a tough childhood would not be given a book deal to write about blowing up their life and career to sext with a Kennedy and then a job at Vanity Fair.”
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No archeology going to be happening with this one 😬
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
No archeology going to be happening with this one 😬
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November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
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It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
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We got pictures
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We got pictures
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Bonjour la France, ceci est pour toi. 🇫🇷🥖
Are there any French comic book authors among my followers?
I'm working on an article about the status of comic book/graphic novel authors - both writers and illustrators - in France, and I'd love to hear their point of view.
Are there any French comic book authors among my followers?
I'm working on an article about the status of comic book/graphic novel authors - both writers and illustrators - in France, and I'd love to hear their point of view.
a cat wearing a red beret says bonjour
Alt: a cat wearing a red beret says bonjour
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bonjour la France, ceci est pour toi. 🇫🇷🥖
Are there any French comic book authors among my followers?
I'm working on an article about the status of comic book/graphic novel authors - both writers and illustrators - in France, and I'd love to hear their point of view.
Are there any French comic book authors among my followers?
I'm working on an article about the status of comic book/graphic novel authors - both writers and illustrators - in France, and I'd love to hear their point of view.
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my favourite of these: doctor who planet of the dead bus sported an ad for "neon" telecomms. shortly before production wrapped, a company called neon launched (free advertising issue!) and RTD had to argue to suits that they couldn't account for things happening in the future. in doctor who
Every time you make fun of a website name on a TV show or movie I just need you to know some poor person fought for their life with Clearances to even be able to use that
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
my favourite of these: doctor who planet of the dead bus sported an ad for "neon" telecomms. shortly before production wrapped, a company called neon launched (free advertising issue!) and RTD had to argue to suits that they couldn't account for things happening in the future. in doctor who
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Good morning from last summer...
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning from last summer...
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Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Horrific for Peter Sullivan, horrific for Diane Sindall's family, and very probably horrific for other victims of the real killer who was allowed to get away with it for at least 38 years.
Man wrongly jailed for 38 years says Merseyside police forced confession
Man wrongly jailed for 38 years says Merseyside police forced confession
Officers accused of using violence and threats to make Peter Sullivan confess to 1987 murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall
A man wrongly jailed for 38 years has spoken of being beaten by police and bullied into making a false murder confession.
Peter Sullivan, 68, the subject of one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British history, said he had lost everything and wanted an apology from Merseyside police. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Horrific for Peter Sullivan, horrific for Diane Sindall's family, and very probably horrific for other victims of the real killer who was allowed to get away with it for at least 38 years.
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Computers...
1983 ZX Spectrum 48K
1986 ZX Spectrum +2
1993 SAM Coupe
(which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com)
Consoles...
2002 Gamecube
2003 XBox
2005 DS
2005 XBox 360
2008 Wii
2011 3DS
2015 XBox One
1983 ZX Spectrum 48K
1986 ZX Spectrum +2
1993 SAM Coupe
(which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com)
Consoles...
2002 Gamecube
2003 XBox
2005 DS
2005 XBox 360
2008 Wii
2011 3DS
2015 XBox One
List of consoles/game systems I have actually owned, or was in my family growing up
Atari 2600
BBC Micro
PC
SNES
N64
Gameboy
Gameboy Advance
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Switch
PSP
Xbox
Meta quest
How about you?
Atari 2600
BBC Micro
PC
SNES
N64
Gameboy
Gameboy Advance
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Switch
PSP
Xbox
Meta quest
How about you?
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Computers...
1983 ZX Spectrum 48K
1986 ZX Spectrum +2
1993 SAM Coupe
(which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com)
Consoles...
2002 Gamecube
2003 XBox
2005 DS
2005 XBox 360
2008 Wii
2011 3DS
2015 XBox One
1983 ZX Spectrum 48K
1986 ZX Spectrum +2
1993 SAM Coupe
(which I still develop for, my site: www.samcoupe.com)
Consoles...
2002 Gamecube
2003 XBox
2005 DS
2005 XBox 360
2008 Wii
2011 3DS
2015 XBox One
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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A rare photo of Gianni Infantino where he isn't the biggest cunt in it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A rare photo of Gianni Infantino where he isn't the biggest cunt in it.
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"Elite institutions including Stanford University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and the University of Southern California are among those marked for suspension, effective 1 January 2026."
These schools refused to bend the knee to Trump.
These schools refused to bend the knee to Trump.
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Elite institutions including Stanford University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and the University of Southern California are among those marked for suspension, effective 1 January 2026."
These schools refused to bend the knee to Trump.
These schools refused to bend the knee to Trump.
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I was so looking forward to Subnautica 2, and its behind-the-scenes story turned out to be an unfunny farce.
Krafton CEO allegedly asked AI to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" earnout bonus to Subnautica 2 devs
The saga around Subnautica 2's Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton continues.
www.eurogamer.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I was so looking forward to Subnautica 2, and its behind-the-scenes story turned out to be an unfunny farce.
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When the Pride Month promotion is inappropriate but their hearts are in the right place
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When the Pride Month promotion is inappropriate but their hearts are in the right place
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Sometimes life throws you a bone.
4pm harvesting another scrap typewriter.
8pm find a c64 with broken colour ram.
8.30pm notice CBM colour ram and typewriter ram is the same thing.
9.30 fixed.
4pm harvesting another scrap typewriter.
8pm find a c64 with broken colour ram.
8.30pm notice CBM colour ram and typewriter ram is the same thing.
9.30 fixed.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sometimes life throws you a bone.
4pm harvesting another scrap typewriter.
8pm find a c64 with broken colour ram.
8.30pm notice CBM colour ram and typewriter ram is the same thing.
9.30 fixed.
4pm harvesting another scrap typewriter.
8pm find a c64 with broken colour ram.
8.30pm notice CBM colour ram and typewriter ram is the same thing.
9.30 fixed.
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Twitter and chat gpt are down. Bad day for people who suck.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Twitter and chat gpt are down. Bad day for people who suck.
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Throwback to this Blade Runner sketch. It's wild how I used to think I couldn't be autistic because I didn't stack cans or arrange my toys in a row. Kiddo, you definitely arranged something.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Throwback to this Blade Runner sketch. It's wild how I used to think I couldn't be autistic because I didn't stack cans or arrange my toys in a row. Kiddo, you definitely arranged something.
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Have I ever mentioned my mortal fear of former BBC News substitute presenter Mishal Husain? Probably not, since it's not a big issue generally.
Anyway, best get to work
Anyway, best get to work
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Have I ever mentioned my mortal fear of former BBC News substitute presenter Mishal Husain? Probably not, since it's not a big issue generally.
Anyway, best get to work
Anyway, best get to work
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This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.