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Theo Priestley

@tprstly.bsky.social

Author of sci-fi and horror stories, narrative designer, world builder, independent film producer. Retro/futurist and cassette futurism enthusiast. ‘Officially’ owns a library. “Writer’s Block and Other Tales of the Unexpected” out now. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

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Can’t argue, I’d go for the SNES or N64, again more Nintendo.

05.10.2025 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The irony is they’re hiring for a Head of Comms and they’ll join just as the platform collapses.

05.10.2025 21:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine going from designing some of the worlds most beloved and desired consumer tech to selling out and the final product your remembered for is a tape recorder on a lanyard.

05.10.2025 21:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watching ‘The Relic’, b-grade horror from the 90s where Tom Sizemore plays a cop who repeats the word “hypothalamus” like a child who just learnt their first naughty word.

05.10.2025 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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lol whoever gets this poisoned chalice we salute you

05.10.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lewis Capaldi was the best thing on that episode of Graham Norton. Dude is a national treasure.

And fuck sake Leeds, buy his gig tickets.

05.10.2025 20:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fusion.

05.10.2025 20:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

AI at its peak

05.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

AI at its peak

05.10.2025 19:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk
05.10.2025 19:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah it’s all spec stuff so the hard work is front loaded before any money is ever seen 😢

05.10.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is that the origin of the term?
Had no idea, only seen it getting bandied around today. I lead such a sheltered life…

05.10.2025 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Clanker may be inaccurate but it’s catchy and rhymes with wanker.

05.10.2025 18:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That would be cool af

05.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think it’s Oracle too, it makes sense to me.

05.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

ORAC!!

05.10.2025 18:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Zero Gravity (Score Version)
YouTube video by John Barry - Topic Zero Gravity (Score Version)

Cooking Sunday Roast. My wife asks what are you listening to?

This is what I'm listening to because it perfectly sums up Sunday and its fucking great.

youtu.be/4_HxsxBnnDg?...

05.10.2025 15:13 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

AI at its peak.

05.10.2025 18:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

“You could never make a film like One Battle After Another today.”

05.10.2025 17:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sex is great but have you spent more than five minutes twirling a cotton bud in your ear?

05.10.2025 17:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s a great way to let Google surveil your life and upload what you do to train AI*

05.10.2025 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Second attack this week cantered on hacking verification data.

05.10.2025 17:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep, I’m just glad I can enjoy what time I have now rather than continue to waste it.

05.10.2025 17:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Last few years in Edinburgh have seen bugger all snowfall. Wind the clock back 30-40 years and you could set your watch by it.

05.10.2025 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Snow???
Does that still exist???

05.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 30861    🔁 14179    💬 700    📌 2062

I hate that I wasted so much of my working life on things that never loved me back.

05.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lol it’s supposed to be a day of rest. Instead I’ve pitched a book, written up game narrative, and discussed an action comedy screenplay.

I haven’t felt this good in years, don’t really care if nothing comes of the speculative stuff, just the act of being creative is invigorating.

05.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m trying to build the motivation to create a new personal website again, I spend too much time looking at templates though.

05.10.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I joined Mastodon, left, returned about 6 months ago and immediately left again after 24hrs.

05.10.2025 14:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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