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Aliki Chapple

@commonmugwort.bsky.social

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Literary translator, actor, early modern drama enthusiast. Luddite geek. Greek. Truth, justice, and the comics. Mostly in Athens. (@amaenad from Twitter but more chill) All photos licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 More on: https://pixelfed.social/CommonMugwort

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello theatre pals, and everyone. It’s nice to see you here.
I live in Athens now, and I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, relearning my way around the old place.
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An old fashioned metal door with bars and a later metal panel added, with an ancient air con unit or filter in the upper left corner and an even more ancient sheet of corrugated metal, probably once a security measure rolled up above it. The door is set in a stone wall next to a plainer wall, either concrete or plastered. The whole thing is painted exactly the same colour, a sort of pale ochre.

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 14h

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#Athens #UrbanPhotography

Colour photo. A flat-roofed neoclassical building in cream, with restrained classical mouldings under renovation. On the left, the scaffolding is covered by a white tarp withlife-sized drawing of the building. In the main part of the image, the tarp panel is down, and workers in hi vis vests and safety helmets are on the balcony, now denuded of its column border, framed by the arm of the construction crane to the right.Three more workers stand in the street, one right in the centre of of the photo. This renovation has been going on for years, perhaps only on Sundays, when this was taken, as it’s very close to the presidential and prime ministerial offices, in mansions next to the national Gardens, a couple of streets over.

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Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social · 1h

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews.

One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles
"Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax.

Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous."

The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10
"Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so."

A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant.

11+ years experience in interactive narrative

• 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile)
• Many more as consultant
• PhD in Interactive Practices
• Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts
• GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class
• Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice

Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games.

Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Work in: Remote, CET-PST
LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin
hannahnicklin.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1h

I agree with this, “I WILL RESIDE IN MY ROBOT BUNKER WITH TOILET CARROTS TO SURVIVE THE WAR” is men’s version of “I want to live in a vintage farmhouse with all my female friends, we’ll raise goats and open a little knit ware and apothecary store”

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1h

In another life, I wrote a whole novel about bunker building doomsday preppers and managed to interview several on background for research. My overwhelming conclusion is that they do it for fun. Because Diggy Diggy Holes.

🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 1h

PSA: The whole doomsday bunker fantasy is fortunately one of the most painfully obvious aspects of these billionaire's delusional views of reality. It's a self-propped up fantasy that I'm guessing people who build bunkers are getting well paid for. As is the "computer intelligence" takeover.

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 7h

Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 7h

Oct 15th - Twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” buy a rundown sawmill, and start transforming it into one hell of a juke joint

📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

4 Screenshots from the movie "Sinners" (2025): First, a black screen with the text "Clarksdale, Mississippi October 16, 1932." Second, an interior of a church with attendees in white clothing, a man stands silhouetted in the doorway with a cross visible above. Third, a black screen with the text "one day earlier." Fourth, two men in suits and hats stand beside a vintage car against a rustic building backdrop.

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slowdriver25.bsky.social @slowdriver25.bsky.social · 7h

#Quince #fruits #trees #nature #NaturePhotography #photosky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography

closeup view of a large yellow Quince fruit hanging from a green tree

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 12h

I post one every day- the earlier you
see it, the more exasperating my feed. That said, I am as likely to be annoyed by bad opinions on art as horrified by world events.

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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 14h

Every time they say Antifa, we say pro democracy. Not because we aren’t anti-fascist, but because ‘pro democracy movement’ is what you call it when a populace peacefully demands their democratic rights from a corrupt authoritarian regime.

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 14h

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#Athens #UrbanPhotography

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 15h

Context 🧵

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

A testimonial of a Young Republican from the 1960s who quickly found his way into a heavily armed, right wing domestic terror group called The Minutemen.

"MINUTEMEN"
P. O. BOX 68
NORBORNE, MISSOURI
AdditiónAl INFORMAtIÓN:
AND
I hAVE BEEN ACTiVE IN Pohitics AND
the ANTi-COMMUNiST MOVEMENT SiNCE I WAS
14 pEnAS oF AGE, How did my iNtEREst StrAt?
My FAthER is violeNthy ANti-Jaw, NEGRo, AND Communist, I KNEW At thAt timE whAt A NEG-Ro, WAS AND WhAt A NEW WAS, but the CommUNisT puzzlEd mE, My FAthER RAVE ME MARI AND LENiN TO READ...
I JOINED (AtI4) the yoUnG REpuBlicANs than YouNG AmERiChNs FOR Freedom, thAN the PitRick HenRy Group, there the John BikcH Society, And Finally the Minuterson, My HisH School yongs found me totally.
ShandeRed by othER pupils (2700 iN M.S.)
DECAuSE oF my ANti-cOmmuNist LECtURES
AND MY VIEWS dURiNE dEBAtES. my psycholosy And Sociohony chnsses left. mE discusted, AND WhAt I didNe dEsm
"KosHER"I usuAlly dEt my tenchERs know, ABOUT. THE dEbRE OF INFiLtRAtIoN by COmm-
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER
OVER,

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 15h

Systems require maintenance, and the very wealthy have been eating at that one since…pick your moment. My amateur take is “the 1970s”.

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 17h

Love and strength to you, Tess. I fully believe that having made the memoir will be healing, no matter what you choose to do about interacting with people afterward.
Look after yoursel, great-hearted one.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

My friend is in town and we couldn’t go to the show we had booked because the theatre unions were taking part in the strike, but the restaurants were open so we ate a lot of good food and I had too much to drink.
Goodnight.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

“Wait, but these people are in their 40s now…oh. Right, her parents. Right. Yeah, that’s nice, that works.”

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slowdriver25.bsky.social @slowdriver25.bsky.social · 1d

#blackcats #cats #scooter #escooter #ebike #EV #catsky #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #felines #kitty #pets #animals #animalphotography #photosky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography #catpics #mouser

a black cat laying in loaf position facing to the right and looking in to the camera, while laying on the rear seat of a black e-bike scooter

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🚨One Week to Go!
Have you booked your tickets for our Wyrd Revels yet? Five days, five shows, recording live for the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast.
The Witch of Edmonton, The Wise-woman of Hogston, Thyestes, and both versions of Doctor Faustus!
#Wyrd #Horror #Drama #AudioDrama #Demon #Witch #Halloween

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

Another massive red flag.

Talk to your friends. Just acknowledge it together: this is dangerous and frightening. We have to stop burning our world.

People who feel that are the majority. We’re just shy.

Be seen. Be heard.

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Just astonishing how much focus there is on planting trees to hopefully create new forests for the future

And all the while the plunder and destruction of our actual, existing forests just carries on worsening

This is horrific news

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 14th - The wealthy, elderly widow, Mrs Emily French was murdered. Leonard Vole, who was recently made sole beneficiary of Mrs French's estate was prime suspect.

📽️📅 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957): First, a courtroom scene with a barrister addressing the court, surrounded by other legal professionals and a serious-looking audience. Subtitles read: "Leonard Stephen Vole, did you or did you not on the night of October 14 last, murder Emily Jane French?" Second, a continuation of the courtroom setting with the barrister speaking, and the audience attentively listening. Subtitles read: "murder Emily Jane French?" Third, a view of the defendant standing in the witness box, facing the court, with a subtitle conversation: "- I did not. - Thank you, that will be all."

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

I read a book about aphasia. It was a purple raccoon.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

When I have opinions about politics, world affairs, or other people’s posts, I try to post a photograph instead. Just one per day.
This is starting to look like a two photo day, and it’s barely past 9 AM.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

Old Athens: Courtyard.
#Athens #UrbanPhotography

Colour photo. Taken through the gate, the side courtyard of a 20th Century Athenian house, of a kind once typical and now disappearing. Alternating red and white concrete tiles, a metal staircase going up to a flat roof on the left, a concrete staircase heading up on the right and then turning sharply left. It’s not clear to me if they are going to the same place - the house, a pale earthy yellow, is on the left. Underneath the concrete staircase, at the back of the image, a door leads to a store room. Two tall trees in concrete built-in planters shade the courtyard, several smaller plant pots and a metal barbecue complete the image. It’s not big, or ostentatious, but you could have a small table out in the summer shade.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if they will change their minds after watching her eye-roll and snort behind the orange creep in yesterday’s footage.

Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 2d

*sad face*

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Peter Ellis @almostconverge.kozterulethasznalatienge.day · 2d

"piréz" was a fictitious people invented by pollsters TÁRKI in 2006 to provide a useful baseline for measuring racism and related attitudes, the idea being that any negative attitudes towards them cannot be ascribed to bad personal experiences, what with them not existing and all

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 2d

Door: Vyronas
#Athens #UrbanPhotography

Colour photo. The 20th century decorative metal grille of a front door, painted mustard yellow, and dusty with neglect. The pattern is of nested arcs, not unlike a traditional Japanese wave pattern, braced with three horizontal lines. In the lower part of the door, this pattern is placed over a solid metal pattern, in the upper over textured glass. Two rows are in the image, one of each.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2d

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”

-Charles Mackay

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