Peter Taylor

This rant is something I deeply connect with as someone who genuinely enjoy messing around with the computer.

Absolutely f*** them and may everything they do crash and burn with them being trapped inside because the invisible door-handles won't show.

Congrats to the Seahawks. Bit of a meh Superbowl but it has some highlights here and there. #Superbowl

Picture of a cup of coffee with a smiley face.

After another night of withdrawal affected sleep, my second coffee today's face is pretty accurate.

One of these biscuits isn't like the rest. Never had this occur before, feels wrong to eat it now.

My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger

I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.

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Great result to wake up to, given how turgid some recent performances have been from #ManUtd. Not counting any poultry at this point but hoping we play like this more consistently.

So begins my foray into parental controls and sensible web usage. With my eldest starting high school she gains her first laptop. #parenting #singleparenting

From elsewhere 😂😂😂

Just hope he doesn't get swallowed up into the Bazball mentality and just keeps playing the game his way. So much promise!

As an Englishman in Australia I was disappointed by our approach early on. This did make me chuckle though.

Looking forward to the return fixture.

Okay so airfried burgers are rather tasty.

This feels like seeing 8K TVs arrive whilst most TV broadcasts were still only 1080p.

Pretty warm today in #Canberra though, allegedly, a chance of rain tonight/tomorrow

Boxing Day test, let's hope England make a game of it. #theashes

I think that's the working title of the next Ashes cricket game.

At this point snicko should be retired. Controversy for both sides at various points with some being hea I'll dubious. I'm all for getting the right decision but it's borderline farcical at this point #cricket #theashes

Doom

Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
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Games Production and Development Program - Screen Canberra

canberra had for a while now been the ONLY state or territory in australia to not provide direct games funding. that finally changed today.

huge congrats to @jarrodfn.bsky.social and everyone else at Candev who isn't on bluesky for all their hard work!

New blog post: https://www.pntaylor.net/blog/stepping-stones

Please release more Prometheus bloopers

Timed my lunch run to perfection, hail arrived not too long after I got back.

I did wonder as I saw it go up and thought "I'll watch that later" only to not find it and wondering if I had hallucinated it.

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It’s back up!

They were all busy parking on the nearest nature strip.

The thunk as it glanced was satisfying, sound-wise anyway. Neutral in terms of supporting.

How To Pitch Aftermath - Aftermath Aftermath is always happy to read pitches from writers both established and new. As a growing outlet, we regret we can’t take every pitch that excites us, but we’re still eager to see your work. Here ...

A reminder that we run a LOT of freelance, and pay $300-$500ish (depending on work/size). We'll take pitches from anyone!

BUT: please please PLEASE think about what you're pitching. It needs to be the kind of story we would want to run.

Don't think I've been to one in years. We have Skyfire every year but both my kids hate loud noises. I'm hoping they'll grow out of it.

@lukeplunkett.com has been playing Endless Legend 2, and it's bumming him out:

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