Theo Priestley
@tprstly.com
Author of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories. Narrative designer, world builder, lore wrangler. Scriptwriter and independent film producer.
Retro/futurist and cassette futurism enthusiast.
Rep: Mic Cheetham/ United Talent
Banner: @coldesign.bsky.social
Retro/futurist and cassette futurism enthusiast.
Rep: Mic Cheetham/ United Talent
Banner: @coldesign.bsky.social
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Good Boy (2025)
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Good Boy (2025)
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Twice in a Lifetime is one of the best The Orville episodes, and probably one of the best time travel stories too.
Pure gut punch writing.
Pure gut punch writing.
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Twice in a Lifetime is one of the best The Orville episodes, and probably one of the best time travel stories too.
Pure gut punch writing.
Pure gut punch writing.
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Reminder that TMobile uses Starlink
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reminder that TMobile uses Starlink
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Using Owen’s own framing method for his point
Owen is a fucking idiot and he can’t reply to me because he is a fucking idiot. If this makes him mad, it’s because he is a fucking idiot
I find Owen sickeningly disingenuous and self serving… other than that the way you serve ads now really stinks
Owen is a fucking idiot and he can’t reply to me because he is a fucking idiot. If this makes him mad, it’s because he is a fucking idiot
I find Owen sickeningly disingenuous and self serving… other than that the way you serve ads now really stinks
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Using Owen’s own framing method for his point
Owen is a fucking idiot and he can’t reply to me because he is a fucking idiot. If this makes him mad, it’s because he is a fucking idiot
I find Owen sickeningly disingenuous and self serving… other than that the way you serve ads now really stinks
Owen is a fucking idiot and he can’t reply to me because he is a fucking idiot. If this makes him mad, it’s because he is a fucking idiot
I find Owen sickeningly disingenuous and self serving… other than that the way you serve ads now really stinks
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Word of the Day: Broetry
A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.
Very LinkedIn.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.
Very LinkedIn.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
Word of the Day: Broetry
A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.
www.stoweboyd.io
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Word of the Day: Broetry
A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.
Very LinkedIn.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
A barrage of single sentence paragraphs culminating in some chest-thumping way.
Very LinkedIn.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
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"[...] your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in Google Messages despite end-to-end encryption."
www.androidauthority.com/rcs-message-...
#infosec #Android #news
www.androidauthority.com/rcs-message-...
#infosec #Android #news
New Pixel update means your RCS messages might be visible to your boss
Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices.
www.androidauthority.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"[...] your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in Google Messages despite end-to-end encryption."
www.androidauthority.com/rcs-message-...
#infosec #Android #news
www.androidauthority.com/rcs-message-...
#infosec #Android #news
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Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
We need to bring these games back.
Might teach people how to read, write and think again.
Might teach people how to read, write and think again.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We need to bring these games back.
Might teach people how to read, write and think again.
Might teach people how to read, write and think again.
Destroy it?
You mean destroy it, yeah?
You mean destroy it, yeah?
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Destroy it?
You mean destroy it, yeah?
You mean destroy it, yeah?
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IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A COMIC...
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A COMIC...
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
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Time for the Big One to hit.
C'mon St Andreas.
C'mon St Andreas.
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Time for the Big One to hit.
C'mon St Andreas.
C'mon St Andreas.
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And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
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I see IQs have dropped sharply while I was away.
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I see IQs have dropped sharply while I was away.
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One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
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A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
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So, looks like the freelance writing gigs have dried up for me, I’m now struggling to cover the mortgage.
It won’t save me, but maybe buy a copy of Bones & Betrayals, Silence of the Dead, or the Hero Interviews so I can get a couple of quid in 3 months.
Thanks
amzn.eu/d/iugS1iW
It won’t save me, but maybe buy a copy of Bones & Betrayals, Silence of the Dead, or the Hero Interviews so I can get a couple of quid in 3 months.
Thanks
amzn.eu/d/iugS1iW
Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead
Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead : Ewington, Marks, Ewington, Andrew, Marks, Erica, Alexander Watt, Calum: Amazon.co.uk: Books
amzn.eu
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So, looks like the freelance writing gigs have dried up for me, I’m now struggling to cover the mortgage.
It won’t save me, but maybe buy a copy of Bones & Betrayals, Silence of the Dead, or the Hero Interviews so I can get a couple of quid in 3 months.
Thanks
amzn.eu/d/iugS1iW
It won’t save me, but maybe buy a copy of Bones & Betrayals, Silence of the Dead, or the Hero Interviews so I can get a couple of quid in 3 months.
Thanks
amzn.eu/d/iugS1iW
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The bio mass has escaped.
#creaturedesign #conceptart #horror #scifiart #cosmichorror #freelancedesigner #freelanceartist #conceptartist #lookdevartist #productionart
#creaturedesign #conceptart #horror #scifiart #cosmichorror #freelancedesigner #freelanceartist #conceptartist #lookdevartist #productionart
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The bio mass has escaped.
#creaturedesign #conceptart #horror #scifiart #cosmichorror #freelancedesigner #freelanceartist #conceptartist #lookdevartist #productionart
#creaturedesign #conceptart #horror #scifiart #cosmichorror #freelancedesigner #freelanceartist #conceptartist #lookdevartist #productionart
*reaches for the eye bleach*
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
*reaches for the eye bleach*
I think that’s the heist story nailed.
Excuse the pun.
IYKYK
Excuse the pun.
IYKYK
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think that’s the heist story nailed.
Excuse the pun.
IYKYK
Excuse the pun.
IYKYK
Kids are overstimulated but completely vacant as a result.
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Kids are overstimulated but completely vacant as a result.
I know this isn't every kid, but hearing one say that writing "is boring" and "what's the point if nobody reads it" is a knife to the heart.
They'd rather have their souls sucked from them scrolling TikTok than understand the joy of creating something out of thin air and imagination.
Despairing.
They'd rather have their souls sucked from them scrolling TikTok than understand the joy of creating something out of thin air and imagination.
Despairing.
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I know this isn't every kid, but hearing one say that writing "is boring" and "what's the point if nobody reads it" is a knife to the heart.
They'd rather have their souls sucked from them scrolling TikTok than understand the joy of creating something out of thin air and imagination.
Despairing.
They'd rather have their souls sucked from them scrolling TikTok than understand the joy of creating something out of thin air and imagination.
Despairing.
There should be an iPod Shuffle of tv and movie streaming.
You log in, press play and that’s it.
No interface. No endless scrolling. No idea what choice there is.
It’s pot luck what you get and you have to watch it before being served something else.
You log in, press play and that’s it.
No interface. No endless scrolling. No idea what choice there is.
It’s pot luck what you get and you have to watch it before being served something else.
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There should be an iPod Shuffle of tv and movie streaming.
You log in, press play and that’s it.
No interface. No endless scrolling. No idea what choice there is.
It’s pot luck what you get and you have to watch it before being served something else.
You log in, press play and that’s it.
No interface. No endless scrolling. No idea what choice there is.
It’s pot luck what you get and you have to watch it before being served something else.
I do think about how a civilisation evolved on a planet that surrounded it with natural resources, and the civilisation rejected them to make fakes of the same resources instead.
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I do think about how a civilisation evolved on a planet that surrounded it with natural resources, and the civilisation rejected them to make fakes of the same resources instead.