gril
@funambulism.com
Narratives, philosophies, arts.
Currently: (Unannounced x 2), Tides of Tomorrow, Min/Max
Previously: ZEPHON, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total War: Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Warhammer 40K: Gladius, Absolver...
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Currently: (Unannounced x 2), Tides of Tomorrow, Min/Max
Previously: ZEPHON, Nightingale, RimWorld, Total War: Warhammer III, Endless Dungeon, Warhammer 40K: Gladius, Absolver...
https://linktr.ee/griddleoctopus
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gril
@funambulism.com
· Apr 28
Babysteps in Belief-Building
"The richness an enshrined contradiction gives to a belief system and world cannot be understated."
funambulism.com
My article for Worldbuilding Magazine on using philosophy to create believable settings.
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ITV just put the whole first series of The New Statesman on YouTube. Edited into a single video, annoyingly, but still...Peak Mayall.
The New Statesman | Entire Season 1 | Rik Mayall is the delightfully despicable Alan B'stard
YouTube video by ITV Retro
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
ITV just put the whole first series of The New Statesman on YouTube. Edited into a single video, annoyingly, but still...Peak Mayall.
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It was a cold that got into the bone, into the marrow, and would not be dislodged.
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It was a cold that got into the bone, into the marrow, and would not be dislodged.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
Ōdī et amō. Quārē id faciam fortasse requīris. Nesciŏ, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
(I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask.
I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.)
(I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask.
I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ōdī et amō. Quārē id faciam fortasse requīris. Nesciŏ, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
(I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask.
I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.)
(I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask.
I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.)
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Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
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I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas
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Now that my ladder's gone
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart.
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Now that my ladder's gone
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart.
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart.
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
December 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
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“for here there is no place
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“for here there is no place
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
Made a frankentree for Christmas instead of buying one. Collected fallen branches from the woods, three hours of arranging, tying, screwing and gluing.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Made a frankentree for Christmas instead of buying one. Collected fallen branches from the woods, three hours of arranging, tying, screwing and gluing.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
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I love this intro to a philosophy paper, though I can't actually remember which paper it's from.
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I love this intro to a philosophy paper, though I can't actually remember which paper it's from.
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I have eaten
the plume
that was of
ta tante
and which
you were probably
saving
for a French phrase book
Forgive me
it was delicious
also your postillion
has been struck by lightning
the plume
that was of
ta tante
and which
you were probably
saving
for a French phrase book
Forgive me
it was delicious
also your postillion
has been struck by lightning
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I have eaten
the plume
that was of
ta tante
and which
you were probably
saving
for a French phrase book
Forgive me
it was delicious
also your postillion
has been struck by lightning
the plume
that was of
ta tante
and which
you were probably
saving
for a French phrase book
Forgive me
it was delicious
also your postillion
has been struck by lightning
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An article in NATURE with a nonsense AI-generated graphic. NATURE.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
An article in NATURE with a nonsense AI-generated graphic. NATURE.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
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Expelled (2025)
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Expelled (2025)
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romantasy fans, meet romorror. meet romience fiction. meet surrealmance. meet postmoderomance. meet tom clantasy
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
romantasy fans, meet romorror. meet romience fiction. meet surrealmance. meet postmoderomance. meet tom clantasy
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Superb. One edit particularly drops out to me as a bit of truly sparkling dialogue: the left is the first draft, the second the shooting script by Stoppard
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Superb. One edit particularly drops out to me as a bit of truly sparkling dialogue: the left is the first draft, the second the shooting script by Stoppard
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Wow. Reading ‘The Future’ by @naomialderman.bsky.social and-
1) it absolutely *nails* the dangers of surveillance capitalism and the AI bubble
2) it’s a ripping good yarn, with detailed, interesting characters; told with savage wit and a keen eye for human nature.
Might be the best read of 2025
1) it absolutely *nails* the dangers of surveillance capitalism and the AI bubble
2) it’s a ripping good yarn, with detailed, interesting characters; told with savage wit and a keen eye for human nature.
Might be the best read of 2025
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wow. Reading ‘The Future’ by @naomialderman.bsky.social and-
1) it absolutely *nails* the dangers of surveillance capitalism and the AI bubble
2) it’s a ripping good yarn, with detailed, interesting characters; told with savage wit and a keen eye for human nature.
Might be the best read of 2025
1) it absolutely *nails* the dangers of surveillance capitalism and the AI bubble
2) it’s a ripping good yarn, with detailed, interesting characters; told with savage wit and a keen eye for human nature.
Might be the best read of 2025
Ooh. If you've not read it, @naomialderman.bsky.social's 'The Future' is an enjoyably sadistic Neuromancer-style cyberpunk romp through the lives of the horrible, horrible tech billionaires. 99p on Kindle today. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BY3ZFZK...
The Future: The electric new novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power eBook : Alderman, Naomi: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Future: The electric new novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power eBook : Alderman, Naomi: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ooh. If you've not read it, @naomialderman.bsky.social's 'The Future' is an enjoyably sadistic Neuromancer-style cyberpunk romp through the lives of the horrible, horrible tech billionaires. 99p on Kindle today. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BY3ZFZK...
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Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
![[Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson, Rob Brydon as Ryan Letts.]
[watching Vini Reilly of Durutti Column performing "You've Heard It Before"]
Ryan Letts: Got to stop him singing, Tony.
Tony Wilson: It's avant-garde, you wouldn't understand it.
Ryan Letts: It's very poor. Very poor.
Tony Wilson: It's provocative.
Ryan Letts: Provocatively poor. Appallingly poor.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:46dh2g4esikgeneoiuzgxftw/bafkreibmnfhnnxcdd5bln37lfmzpyfbpfy5njovobjx4xwt5ihke2xwl3q@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...