On the day that commences my 50th year on this planet (and the 40th of playing RPGs), I start my list of my favourite 101 RPGs that I've played. It's in order.
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
Yep! I did a thing where I was taking snaps of ids and data in the city
All good here thanks, hope you are too. What prompted the mention? 🤔
Sunday:
✅️ B&Q
✅️ Garden Centre
✅️ DIY
✅️ Cake
Pretty successful so far.
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
If you're having a problem with "Invalid Handle" errors on the web, please add a 👍 or leave a comment on github.com/bluesky-soci...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1/ Whatever you think of digital ID, the process matters.
And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
So much time and money wasted on debating and debunking these fuckwits.
fullfact.org/immigration/...
Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It’s ‘Impossible to Trace’ Foreign Cash
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
TIL about David Lynch's Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick.
youtu.be/Z-Ju1I4P4BU?...
I did a newsletter. But more importantly I DID A VIDEO. Riiiight out of my comfort zone, but entirely inspired and necessary because Doomsong is so fucking cool. Check it out (and also get yourself a copy of Wyrd Science issue 7):
ID card discussion reminded of this paper:
"The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
My notes after I read it a few years ago:
blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
yes, although I don't think the concerns are limited to where it is mandated: where else will it be adopted, or become a norm even if not mandated.
"...spending in the AI sector is “parabolic.” In fact, it is so vast, the researcher said, that it might single-handedly be propping up the American economy."
gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
Assume there will be a Britcard BBC Microbit Edition™ for anyone without a smartphone.
Lot of territory between "A digital certificate that says you can work in the UK" and "ID Card"
Send a job lot round to Labour HQ
Need an actual toolbox with:
- a set of Oblique Strategies
- a Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick
- a Rubber Duck
- and a Hammer for when the others don't work
TIL about David Lynch's Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick.
youtu.be/Z-Ju1I4P4BU?...
Looks like the Aapti Institute are about to repeat the work the Open Data Institute was doing about 5 years ago
aapti.in/blog/buildin...
Nobody tell them about Calpol.
What can I take for my allergic reaction to this much stupidity?
The Thermos Bottle Truck
It'll be shaped like a Thermos right?
A series of icons representing the different chapters of my Alien: Isolation book.
Semiotic Standard-style chapter icons from my book Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion, designed by the game's lead UI artist, Jon McKellan.
