"Environmental storytelling" or "environmental worldbuilding"?

Maybe "scenery gorn"?
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...

Gender began in 2015
(Later than it might have been)
Between the end of Ed Miliband
And Minions on the big screen

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

From this week’s Beano.

I wish ill on J K Rowling
I wish ill on J K Rowling
I wish ill on J K Rowling
Can't say that on Bluesky! Read the terms!

(I wish ill on J K Rowling
I wish ill on J K Rowling)

Harry Potter's author has some views
(She's a radical now!)
Only cis people can use the public loos
(That's a fact, Jack!)
Jessie Gender's comment was rude
(Give her a break!)
Nothing on this site but platitudes

We're the Bluesky moderating team
(I wish ill on J K Rowling)
To a person or a group, you can't be mean
(I wish ill on J K Rowling)
When the trans agenda attacks
Those TERFs and SWERFs, we've got their backs

I wish ill on J K Rowling
I wish ill on J K Rowling
I wish ill on J K Rowling
Can't say that on Bluesky! Read the terms!

I also wish ill to J K Rowling

A novel sized paperback on a shelf. It looks well read. The spine is orange. The cover features a tiger person bursting out of a dice which is so big it's beyond the horizon. The tile reads "Steve Jackson, Fighting Fantasy, The Introductory Role-playing Game"

30 - Fighting Fantasy, The Introductory RPG (1983) was literally decades ahead of it's time. The rest of the industry head to go through 80s maximalist simulation, 90s confused smoke & mirrors mega plots and 00s storygames before they came back to light play-focused games like this.

Candidate statements and contact details are available at https://greenparty.org.uk/members/internal-elections/2025-internal-elections/equality-&-diversity-co-ordinator/. • You can drag and drop candidates to reorder them. The order you select them in will be the order they are counted in. • To vote for a candidate, drag them from the left to the right. To remove a candidate from your vote, drag them back to the left. • If you wish to vote for RON (Re-Open Nominations), drag the RON candidate to the right. • When you are ready, click the Vote button at the bottom of the page. • Note that you can only vote once in an election, and you cannot change your vote after submitting it. AVAILABLE [names redacted] YOUR VOTE [1–3. names redacted] 4. RON (Re-Open Nominations)

Just a little #PSA for those voting in the #GreenParty internal elections…

Stack rank your favourite trans-inclusive candidates, then add re-open nominations at the bottom. Leave the TERFs and the 'not prepared to take a side'-ers on the left side of the screen. Don't give them any of your vote.

"Adult content is now restricted to those who hold a government-approved Masturbation Permit."

(From WTL Network)

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces? Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.

These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

I don't like to speak badly of people. I have grown up thinking and being told that if you cannot say something nice about someone, you should not say anything at all. But I must break that rule in this case because I hate Hulk Hogan very much. He is a big ugly goon and I want to squash his face. -Andre the Giant

With video game prices rising, AI is a critical tool for developers and gamers alike. By seeing which games use AI, gamers can save money by not buying those games. @TheZeldaZone@mastodon.social

important life hack for video games

You MUST listen to RFC 2119 It turns out you can just pay people to do things.

RFC 2119 is the one that defines the meaning of the terms "MUST", "SHOULD", "MAY" etc. in technical documents.

This guy hired a voice actor to read RFC 2119 in the most sarcastic, passive-agressive way possible.

ericwbailey.website/published/yo...

Proper science: two-thirds of cats curl up clockwise to sleep.

youtu.be/aA5nSw-FkX0

Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community The chaotic face-off between Trump and Harris added to concerns over the state of US democracy.

Al Jazeera did this: if we wrote about the USA like we wrote about the rest of the world.

"Efforts to restore democracy to the United States, a troubled, oil-rich former British colony with a history of political violence, may have suffered a serious setback."

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

furry.engineer/@kirakira/11...

Wonderful thread over on Mastodon where this person is pretending to be ChatGPT.

Anything to do with cybersecurity from the user's POV

Can't wait until we get the chance to vote the Tories out.

The following people have offered to be a bathroom buddy at UKGE, so you have many options of who to approach!
@tabletoptinkering.bsky.social @thedovetailor.bsky.social @maijaihibberd.bsky.social @taylorannnx.bsky.social @tayacampbellover.bsky.social @in-the-pan.bsky.social @mumblemegs.bsky.social

Taylor Swift?

Army Fast-Tracks AI-Enabled Laser Counter-Drone Weapons By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military ModernizationThe Army is refining an AI-enabled laser system able to identify, discriminate and incinerate

Did you think you were joking? warriormaven.com/land/army-fa...

The Caves of Androzani (TV story) The Caves of Androzani was the sixth and penultimate serial of season 21 of Doctor Who. It was the final regular appearance of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and introduced Colin Baker as the Sixth...

As usual The AI is making shit up. Graeme Harper was the director. The costume designer was Andrew Rose. tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cav...

pabrosclark 19h Follow This weekend in Scotland a group of trans women protested topless. In order to be arrested for indecent exposure their government would have to acknowledge that they are women. Fricking genius!

This *is* genius.

Nobody tell J K Rowling.