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Robin in the woods

@robinjohnson.bsky.social

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Interactive fiction/gamedev/writer, audiodramatist 🎙️ Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast 🏆 IFComp, Xyzzys 👨‍💻 XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera 👾 versificator.itch.io 🌈ADHAu covid is still a thing nazis are bad "ai" "art" is neither he/him

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · Jan 18

Season 2 of the @midnightpals.bsky.social "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals" podcast has begun! This week, the gang face down BDSM demons in THE TALE OF THE HELLRAISER #AudioDrama #FictionPodcast

Listen to the full episode here —> midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s02...

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 3h

jesus, why the tone

screenshot from my email inbox with everything blurred out except a message from EE Home Broadband with the subject "You're out of contract, ROBIN" in that capitalisation

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

It's a matter of time before they start growing handlebar moustaches and giving themselves leitmotifs based on diminished chords

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

One thing that I’ve come around on in comics is it used to seem corny and childish that a bunch of guys would call themselves the Legion of Doom and meet in an old castle where they’d be like ”hiss let us defeat the ideas of hope and love hiss” but that’s what they’re actually doing in real life lol

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

When Jeeves first arrives at Bertie Wooster's home he says he was "sent by the agency". He never says WHAT agency. It's not a staffing agency, it's a secret govt dept that exists to preserve the status quo by preventing the critically daft upper class from shenaniganing themselves to the guillotine

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 5h

It's also a good place to explain what show this meme is from, for those of us who don't watch enough TV

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 5h

Please help keep Bluesky accessible for all, friends! It's really easy! Just choose Settings>Accessibility>Require alt-text & you'll get a reminder to add alt-text to your pictures.
You're all creative folks - describe your images clearly & completely to help screen reader users enjoy your posts.

The menu that opens when you select Settings, which lists Account, Privacy and Security, Moderation, Notifications, Content and Media, Appearance, Accessibility, Languages, Help and About. I've again circled accessibility in red and added an arrow.

The menu that opens when selecting Accessibility listing Alt-text and Haptics.

The button "require alt text before posting" has been circled in red with an arrow.

There's also an option to display larger alt text badges and to disable haptic feedback.

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

I grew up in a secondhand bookshop owning house with full shelves on all vertical surfaces, which may have made me somewhat immune/disillusioned

Almost all books are of no interest to any given person, no matter how polymathic or eclectic they think they are. That's kind of the point.

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

I do have some Books As Objects of my favourite books, I guess it's like having a film poster. It's when people fawn over 'books' *without knowing which books they even are* that I don't get it

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

It's Books (singular mass noun) As Matter that gives me the eyerolls. I see those posts where someone puts an image of a room covered in bookshelves and says "*drool*" and I'm like... what if they're all bad?

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 21h

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

Why do people who talk about "figuring out how to live together" always mean we should shut up live with fascists, and not that fascists should shut up and live with minority groups

Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 1d

Knightley said: "I was not aware of that, no.
I'm very sorry. You know, I think we're all living in a period of time right now where we're all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren't we? And we've all got very different opinions."
She added: "I hope that we can all find respect."

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

Now that's what I call being "PUNCHED" by a "KANGAROO", eh readers?

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Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 17h

Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.

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shiblatown.bsky.social @shiblatown.bsky.social · 1d

This is important. Unlike other allegedly “woke” cancellations, Columbus was known as a sadistic scoundrel even in his own time. Montesinos and De Las Casas complained loudly to Rome. He is not celebrated in any of the countries where he actually landed.

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 20h

I'm like, why would you pay for that

Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

I'm convinced "Trump gets all the credit" was promised in exchange for something or other in a non-public part of the agreement

Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 23h

I mean the First of Second October

Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 23h

I mean 1 November CLEARLY

Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

looks like I am going to #audiodrama Hub Fest in High Wycombe on 1 October! Say hello & I will probably give you some Midnight Pals swag if I've remembered to bring it

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

schrödinger's protests, which simultaneously are fake and burn down cities

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Garlax, The Weasel King @garlaxweaselking.bsky.social · 3d

… I just performed heart surgery to turn a guy into a city, technically fulfilling my agreement with a piece of the moon (but breaking the spirit of the agreement- the Creditor wanted me to turn the union leader into a city so they could marry her)

Fallen London is gloriously bizarre.

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

You fool Barnes, this is tools for the wrong kind of metal!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 1d

Our microgrants program is back for a third year! This year again, IFTF is looking to disburse $3,000 to cool projects related to interactive fiction that could benefit from a little bit of cash. More details on our blog post!

2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!

You can now apply to our third grant cycle!

blog.iftechfoundation.org

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Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

"Good news, I read your dishwasher's design spec and it's clearly NOT supposed to flood your kitchen. We will win this. That'll be $300"

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

this is your fucking job that you're being paid to do. Imagine asking your plumber to stop your dishwasher from flooding your apartment and he's like "well what exactly do you want me to do?" The specifics are your part dog idk!

Robin in the woods @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

(You may know this already) She definitely wrote about having Feelings for women, and may have had an affair with Jane Williams, whose husband drowned in the same boat accident as Percy Shelley bi.org/en/articles/...

Famous Bis: Mary Shelley - Bi.org

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23d

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

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