Tom Hully
@guitarshreduk.bsky.social
Senior QA Area Lead @ Frontier.
MUFC supporter, guitarist and much video games
MUFC supporter, guitarist and much video games
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Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
Congrats to everyone who worked on and contributed to this! Looks gorgeous
October 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Congrats to everyone who worked on and contributed to this! Looks gorgeous
No resource is safe, moreover the protective layers put in place by those on the right side are being overwhelmed already.
So utterly shit and depressing. The clamouring desperation is so intense scraping now knocks out sites. 100% agree this should be made = to DDOS
So utterly shit and depressing. The clamouring desperation is so intense scraping now knocks out sites. 100% agree this should be made = to DDOS
Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
October 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
No resource is safe, moreover the protective layers put in place by those on the right side are being overwhelmed already.
So utterly shit and depressing. The clamouring desperation is so intense scraping now knocks out sites. 100% agree this should be made = to DDOS
So utterly shit and depressing. The clamouring desperation is so intense scraping now knocks out sites. 100% agree this should be made = to DDOS
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Sitting in a diner sandwiched between a guy who’s using Chat GPT on his laptop & a girl looking at AI memes on her phone and thinking about the person who told me that they use CGPT to manage their day to day life all I can think of is how convenience consistently overrides common sense for so many.
Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.
October 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Sitting in a diner sandwiched between a guy who’s using Chat GPT on his laptop & a girl looking at AI memes on her phone and thinking about the person who told me that they use CGPT to manage their day to day life all I can think of is how convenience consistently overrides common sense for so many.
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Like, these last 18 years have been 2008 Financial Crash into Austerity into Brexit into Covid and none of it ever actually ended, and theres still no money for anything except AI and hunting trannies for sport and its just like … statistically SOMETHING good has to happen, even by accident, right?
I was 22 during the last crash, I turn 40 tomorrow. At no time during that period have I ever thought “phew, thank god THATS over”
Maybe the reason the economic vibes are so off isn't that things are *worse* than the great recession but because back then we all thought the pain was temporary, whereas the things that are wrong with the economy today have all been getting worse for a long time and show no signs of improving
September 30, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Like, these last 18 years have been 2008 Financial Crash into Austerity into Brexit into Covid and none of it ever actually ended, and theres still no money for anything except AI and hunting trannies for sport and its just like … statistically SOMETHING good has to happen, even by accident, right?
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Clubs might sue. What about players who’ve missed out on titles? What about broadcasters who’ve spent hundreds of millions on tv rights for a product that was corrupt? What about City’s current players? What about their agents?
Some mess this.
Some mess this.
September 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Clubs might sue. What about players who’ve missed out on titles? What about broadcasters who’ve spent hundreds of millions on tv rights for a product that was corrupt? What about City’s current players? What about their agents?
Some mess this.
Some mess this.
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It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
September 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM
It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
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He just like me fr
September 19, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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Don’t use pronouns for AI. It is not a person nor ever will. Sam Altman isn’t making the god computer of his wet dream nightmares. They’ve made a shitty tool built on theft thats destroying the planet & is meant to lower human critical thinking while given military weapons by rich idiots.
September 19, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Don’t use pronouns for AI. It is not a person nor ever will. Sam Altman isn’t making the god computer of his wet dream nightmares. They’ve made a shitty tool built on theft thats destroying the planet & is meant to lower human critical thinking while given military weapons by rich idiots.
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“So pour one out for this era of Marvel. And pour one out for comic book publishing in New York City. 90+ years is not a bad run.”
Ooooof.
Ooooof.
Today is the deadline for Marvel employees to declare whether they will make the move to Burbank and stay with Marvel, or leave their jobs
Today is the day that Marvel Comics changes forever
Today is the deadline for Marvel employees to declare whether they will make the move to Burbank and stay with Marvel, or leave their jobs
www.comicsbeat.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“So pour one out for this era of Marvel. And pour one out for comic book publishing in New York City. 90+ years is not a bad run.”
Ooooof.
Ooooof.
GTA Vice City, I’m still unsure how exactly I did it, likely pure persistence mixed with nonsense like “it doesn’t look that realistic” but they eventually relented and bought me a copy for an early-teens birthday
I still have said copy on a shelf
I still have said copy on a shelf
What video game would your parents not let you play when you were a kid? Were you able to successful argue and/or trick them into letting you play it?
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
GTA Vice City, I’m still unsure how exactly I did it, likely pure persistence mixed with nonsense like “it doesn’t look that realistic” but they eventually relented and bought me a copy for an early-teens birthday
I still have said copy on a shelf
I still have said copy on a shelf
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Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
September 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
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It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point
The 3-hour-and-45-minute “Musk” (plus a 10-minute intermission) hits theaters on Oct. 16, but it’s already causing a stir.
The documentary paints Elon Musk as an emotionally unstable grifter with more power and influence than perhaps any other human. https://wapo.st/4ydlXzL
The documentary paints Elon Musk as an emotionally unstable grifter with more power and influence than perhaps any other human. https://wapo.st/4ydlXzL
‘Musk’ film is almost four hours long, engrossing and terrifying. What to know.
The documentary paints the tech trillionaire as a power-hungry megalomaniacal conman with a god complex. Musk accuses filmmaker Alex Gibney of compiling "hit list" against him.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point
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100%.
For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.
For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
September 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
100%.
For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.
For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.
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🎮Happy National Video Games Day!🎮
We’re celebrating today with 5 essential titles ever game developer should have on their shelf:
Featuring books by: @fawzi.zone, @hannahnicklin.bsky.social, @celiahodent.com, @seriallabsound.bsky.social, and Spencer Bambrick
We’re celebrating today with 5 essential titles ever game developer should have on their shelf:
Featuring books by: @fawzi.zone, @hannahnicklin.bsky.social, @celiahodent.com, @seriallabsound.bsky.social, and Spencer Bambrick
September 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
🎮Happy National Video Games Day!🎮
We’re celebrating today with 5 essential titles ever game developer should have on their shelf:
Featuring books by: @fawzi.zone, @hannahnicklin.bsky.social, @celiahodent.com, @seriallabsound.bsky.social, and Spencer Bambrick
We’re celebrating today with 5 essential titles ever game developer should have on their shelf:
Featuring books by: @fawzi.zone, @hannahnicklin.bsky.social, @celiahodent.com, @seriallabsound.bsky.social, and Spencer Bambrick
A day later, I’m still frustrated that this brilliant piece with Naomi was not just published online within hours of each other, but in the same print section of the newspaper as the latest edition of exceedingly willfully damaged nonsense spewing about chatbots
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A day later, I’m still frustrated that this brilliant piece with Naomi was not just published online within hours of each other, but in the same print section of the newspaper as the latest edition of exceedingly willfully damaged nonsense spewing about chatbots
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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the world would be a much better place if all the cultural cachet and wealth of harry potter had gone to the matrix instead
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series:
“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”
variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”
variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
variety.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
the world would be a much better place if all the cultural cachet and wealth of harry potter had gone to the matrix instead
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At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
billmckibben.substack.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
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"we believe that end times fascism — with its fortressed borders, decimated foreign aid and fixation on grabbing the resources beneath Greenland’s melting ice — should be seen as a twisted and sadistic form of climate-change adaptation."
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You know it's a strange political moment when @naomiaklein.bsky.social and I are on the cover of the Financial Times.
Our piece explores how climate change is fueling a new form of futureless fascism, and the public investments needed to shift course.
Gift link:
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Our piece explores how climate change is fueling a new form of futureless fascism, and the public investments needed to shift course.
Gift link:
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
September 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"we believe that end times fascism — with its fortressed borders, decimated foreign aid and fixation on grabbing the resources beneath Greenland’s melting ice — should be seen as a twisted and sadistic form of climate-change adaptation."
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bsky.app/profile/astr...
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The director of Ori and No Rest For The Wicked is awful. He compared cancel culture—that is, social & professional consequences for abusers when the law fails—to the holocaust.
His new anti-critic review platform will formalise racist, sexist review bombing as a feature, not a bug.
Fuck this guy.
His new anti-critic review platform will formalise racist, sexist review bombing as a feature, not a bug.
Fuck this guy.
No Rest For The Wicked Director Calls Game Critics 'Untrustworthy'
Pay attention, because his new site is 'the one source of truth for gamers'
kotaku.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
The director of Ori and No Rest For The Wicked is awful. He compared cancel culture—that is, social & professional consequences for abusers when the law fails—to the holocaust.
His new anti-critic review platform will formalise racist, sexist review bombing as a feature, not a bug.
Fuck this guy.
His new anti-critic review platform will formalise racist, sexist review bombing as a feature, not a bug.
Fuck this guy.
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Keaton on getting fit for Batman but 'never wondering what's the point':
'I was working out on a bag & Nicholson walked by & said 'whaddaya doing?' & I said 'working out' & he said 'whaddaya doing that for?' & just walked out the door.'
'I was working out on a bag & Nicholson walked by & said 'whaddaya doing?' & I said 'working out' & he said 'whaddaya doing that for?' & just walked out the door.'
September 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Keaton on getting fit for Batman but 'never wondering what's the point':
'I was working out on a bag & Nicholson walked by & said 'whaddaya doing?' & I said 'working out' & he said 'whaddaya doing that for?' & just walked out the door.'
'I was working out on a bag & Nicholson walked by & said 'whaddaya doing?' & I said 'working out' & he said 'whaddaya doing that for?' & just walked out the door.'
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You should read Keza’s piece on those revolting, fascistic White House “video games”. I hope Sega and the Tetris Company sue
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
The Trump White House’s fetish for gamer culture has moved up a level with new arcade
A string of distractions on the US government’s own website invite you to catch pixelated migrants – showing gaming’s potential to be nastily weaponised
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
You should read Keza’s piece on those revolting, fascistic White House “video games”. I hope Sega and the Tetris Company sue
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
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You can also have this sense of ritual and community in preparing food, in talking about books, in playing sports, in painting little mutants for Warhammer 40k, and many other things
September 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
You can also have this sense of ritual and community in preparing food, in talking about books, in playing sports, in painting little mutants for Warhammer 40k, and many other things