Geoffrey Bunting
@geoffreybunting.bsky.social
He/Him. Lingering phantom of a book designer. Miracle of movement. Journalist for WIRED, The Verge, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and more. CFS/ME. Find me at geoffreybunting.co.uk — tips to [email protected] / signal: gabunting.89
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*To the tune of the Coca-Cola christmas ad music*
Eugenics are coming
Eugenics are coming
Sam Altman and husband fund startup to edit babies’ genes
The Open AI boss and his husband, Oliver Mulherin, have invested in the startup Preventive, which aims to genetically engineer children free from hereditary diseases
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
*To the tune of the Coca-Cola christmas ad music*
Eugenics are coming
Eugenics are coming
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A big one for me. Even before moving into journalism, I was trying to work out how to write about Reply 1988. Now, 10 years after its release, I'm in the BBC talking to the people behind it about how it remains one of *the* great televisual experiences and how it changed South Korean television
'Everyone can relate to it': How 2015 TV masterpiece Reply 1988 sparked the Korean drama boom
A decade ago, Reply 1988 launched. An emotional and nostalgic show about life in 1980s Seoul, it paved the way for other Korean global hits like Squid Game.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A big one for me. Even before moving into journalism, I was trying to work out how to write about Reply 1988. Now, 10 years after its release, I'm in the BBC talking to the people behind it about how it remains one of *the* great televisual experiences and how it changed South Korean television
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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"I insist on resisting with joy and finding pleasure where I can such as with my friends and two cats, Bert and Ernie. Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." — Alice Wong, January 2025: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"I insist on resisting with joy and finding pleasure where I can such as with my friends and two cats, Bert and Ernie. Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." — Alice Wong, January 2025: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
*To the tune of the Coca-Cola christmas ad music*
Eugenics are coming
Eugenics are coming
Sam Altman and husband fund startup to edit babies’ genes
The Open AI boss and his husband, Oliver Mulherin, have invested in the startup Preventive, which aims to genetically engineer children free from hereditary diseases
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
*To the tune of the Coca-Cola christmas ad music*
Eugenics are coming
Eugenics are coming
One of those moments in which words mostly fail. I am immensely privileged to live within a community Alice shaped, as are we all.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of those moments in which words mostly fail. I am immensely privileged to live within a community Alice shaped, as are we all.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
On a scale of one to The Cask of Amontillado, how many scratching noises in your walls is too many scratching noises in your walls?
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
On a scale of one to The Cask of Amontillado, how many scratching noises in your walls is too many scratching noises in your walls?
Hopped back on board the Stuart Gordon train (choo choo) to mark 30 years since Castle Freak for @inverse.com and @htranbui.bsky.social. A hidden gothic horror gem that becomes even more watchable within current horror trends than it was in 1995. With input from Jeffrey Combs.
30 Years Ago, An Overlooked Gothic Horror Was Ahead Of Its Time
With its character-driven horror, 1995’s 'Castle Freak' is more at home with the elevated horror of today than the direct-to-video nasties it released alongside.
www.inverse.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hopped back on board the Stuart Gordon train (choo choo) to mark 30 years since Castle Freak for @inverse.com and @htranbui.bsky.social. A hidden gothic horror gem that becomes even more watchable within current horror trends than it was in 1995. With input from Jeffrey Combs.
After years of being incensed by people calling shows "the next Squid Game" just because they're South Korean, I'm also back in @thedailybeast.bsky.social to talk about the next Squid Game, because it literally is Squid Game – albeit in 19th century Japan – and yet also somehow 10x better.
This Netflix Series Will Be Even Bigger Than 'Squid Game'
Forget all the previous headlines promising series that are “The Next ‘Squid Game.’” New series “Last Samurai Standing” doesn’t just fit the bill—it’s even better.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After years of being incensed by people calling shows "the next Squid Game" just because they're South Korean, I'm also back in @thedailybeast.bsky.social to talk about the next Squid Game, because it literally is Squid Game – albeit in 19th century Japan – and yet also somehow 10x better.
A big one for me. Even before moving into journalism, I was trying to work out how to write about Reply 1988. Now, 10 years after its release, I'm in the BBC talking to the people behind it about how it remains one of *the* great televisual experiences and how it changed South Korean television
'Everyone can relate to it': How 2015 TV masterpiece Reply 1988 sparked the Korean drama boom
A decade ago, Reply 1988 launched. An emotional and nostalgic show about life in 1980s Seoul, it paved the way for other Korean global hits like Squid Game.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A big one for me. Even before moving into journalism, I was trying to work out how to write about Reply 1988. Now, 10 years after its release, I'm in the BBC talking to the people behind it about how it remains one of *the* great televisual experiences and how it changed South Korean television
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Steam's "Playable Without Timed Inputs" Tag Needs A New Developer Description - Access-Ability
A discrepency between tag name and developer description is causing an accessibility tag to be misapplied.
Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/07/s...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqd...
A discrepency between tag name and developer description is causing an accessibility tag to be misapplied.
Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/07/s...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqd...
Steam's "Playable Without Timed Inputs" Tag Needs A New Developer Description - Access-Ability
YouTube video by LauraKBuzz
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Steam's "Playable Without Timed Inputs" Tag Needs A New Developer Description - Access-Ability
A discrepency between tag name and developer description is causing an accessibility tag to be misapplied.
Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/07/s...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqd...
A discrepency between tag name and developer description is causing an accessibility tag to be misapplied.
Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/07/s...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqd...
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I'm in the verse today talking about reverse engineering the kinect 15 years ago, alongside @theowatson.bsky.social, @memoakten.bsky.social , and @adafruit.com!
Thanks for covering this @geoffreybunting.bsky.social! Lots of fun memories.
Thanks for covering this @geoffreybunting.bsky.social! Lots of fun memories.
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox
A brief history with an unlikely legacy.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm in the verse today talking about reverse engineering the kinect 15 years ago, alongside @theowatson.bsky.social, @memoakten.bsky.social , and @adafruit.com!
Thanks for covering this @geoffreybunting.bsky.social! Lots of fun memories.
Thanks for covering this @geoffreybunting.bsky.social! Lots of fun memories.
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
Happy birthday to the Microsoft Kinect, a device I dearly hope to never write about again. For @theverge.com, I recounted the history of its hacking and the echoes of an older, now unreachable, internet that resound in its story. Also, AI, because… 2025.
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox
A brief history with an unlikely legacy.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy birthday to the Microsoft Kinect, a device I dearly hope to never write about again. For @theverge.com, I recounted the history of its hacking and the echoes of an older, now unreachable, internet that resound in its story. Also, AI, because… 2025.
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i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Fandom as we know it exists today because of female Star Trek fans. It’s just so frustrating to have women’s roles in sci-fi history denied, because it extends well beyond fandom and creates the perception that women haven’t contributed as much to society at large as men, which is violent erasure
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fandom as we know it exists today because of female Star Trek fans. It’s just so frustrating to have women’s roles in sci-fi history denied, because it extends well beyond fandom and creates the perception that women haven’t contributed as much to society at large as men, which is violent erasure
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I was invited to guest on Slate's ICYMI podcast to talk about Twitchcon's failure to protect streamers at their event, but also broadly the culture of entitlement toward female creators that's tied up with current right wing global politics.
Nothing like a fun, light hearted chat.
Nothing like a fun, light hearted chat.
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was invited to guest on Slate's ICYMI podcast to talk about Twitchcon's failure to protect streamers at their event, but also broadly the culture of entitlement toward female creators that's tied up with current right wing global politics.
Nothing like a fun, light hearted chat.
Nothing like a fun, light hearted chat.
I ain't linking that nonsense article, but a reminder - hopefully among many - that Star Trek would not exist today without women. The Original Series would have been cancelled after Season 2, we wouldn't have Trek Conferences, and we wouldn't have got to see Gates McFadden boink a ghost.
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I ain't linking that nonsense article, but a reminder - hopefully among many - that Star Trek would not exist today without women. The Original Series would have been cancelled after Season 2, we wouldn't have Trek Conferences, and we wouldn't have got to see Gates McFadden boink a ghost.
Back at @theverge.com to point out that, cool as the suite of accessibility options in Kirby Air Riders is, suggestions floating around that this might be a turning point for Nintendo on accessibility are not only premature but ignore the weight of recent history – which is significant.
Kirby Air Riders’ impressive accessibility features are a rarity for Nintendo
Kirby Air Riders’ impressive accessibility features are a rarity for Nintendo
It’s a start.
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Back at @theverge.com to point out that, cool as the suite of accessibility options in Kirby Air Riders is, suggestions floating around that this might be a turning point for Nintendo on accessibility are not only premature but ignore the weight of recent history – which is significant.
For the BBC, I spoke to folks behind Re-Animator - including Jeffrey Combs - to elucidate the history of a bloody, super-fun, and innovatiove horror that keeps coming back even after 40 years.
(It's also one of my favourite films).
(It's also one of my favourite films).
'Drowning in fake blood': How cult horror Re-Animator pushed the limits of gore
Forty years ago, the mad scientist comedy-horror was released to meagre box-office. But its shock value and outrageous humour soon made it a cult favourite among horror fans.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For the BBC, I spoke to folks behind Re-Animator - including Jeffrey Combs - to elucidate the history of a bloody, super-fun, and innovatiove horror that keeps coming back even after 40 years.
(It's also one of my favourite films).
(It's also one of my favourite films).