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@davebrookshaw.bsky.social

Occasional rpg developer (Mage: The Awakening, Deviant: The Renegades) and writer (too many White Wolf games) by night, Project Analyst by day, Still Angry About Brexit 24/7.

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Post image 09.05.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.

19.04.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5053    πŸ” 1616    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 35

I saw this, checked... And they did it to me, too.

Now back without Copilot.

24.01.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish all Americans strength and good fortune in the wars to come.

20.01.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Echoing others - excessive continuity for its own sake, especially when its obscure or a hell of a reach.

20.01.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I clearly didn't outline it well enough.

19.01.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On two occasions, I've had to completely rewrite a section as Developer, leaving nothing of the freelancers' submission remaining. I paid them anyway, because here's the thing - if a writer can't understand what I need from them even after the redline, that's *my* fault.

19.01.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The first follow is free!

18.01.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Exalted campaign has hiy the inevitable (as every other one always has before it, regardless of edition) - the Solars have entered Yu Shan, without knowing Certain Things.

13.01.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know I've said as much myself more than once but it pretty much always bears repeating in a biz where too many customers act like you're trying to cheat them asking for more than 30 bucks for a fully illustrated, professionally written book.

10.01.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I will just say that I know for a fact they were on a "get rid of all inventory and move to pdf" binge at the time. Under normal circumstances, sure, but they weren't.

They also stopped doing physical comp copies around that time.

10.01.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once received comp copies of a book I didn't work on that had a similar title to one I did. Like an idiot, I gave them back the next convention I went to. I'm pretty sure they went in the garbage.

10.01.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I appear to be in a time loop.

(3/3)

09.01.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is 2020. I have just started a new role in the organisation I eventually wound up in, after a year-long struggle to implement an overly-ambitious ePM.

It is 2025. I am reading an overly-ambitious implementation plan for an ePM to replace the 2020 one.

(2/3)

09.01.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is 2010. I am reading an overly-ambitious ePM (Enterprise Project Management) implementation plan with deep sceptisism.

It is 2015. I am freshly redundant after the ePM that got brought in years after the 2010 ePM was abandoned midway turned out to do my job for me.

(1/3)

09.01.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A note for American followers ;what actually happened in Parliament today was that Labour succeeded in protecting a bill (aimed at protecting children) from being killed off by opportunistic Tory addition of yet another inquiry adding to existing inquiries they failed to act on.

08.01.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"Phase?" Unless 45 years is a phase...

22.12.2024 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It says something that my first thought here was "which one?"

As in, I can think of several.

05.02.2024 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone's just gonna skip them when playing it anyway!

22.09.2023 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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