Joel Auterson
@joelotter.com
Irish game dev, poet, cat dad. I made Feud at @bearwaves.com, maintain the eos4j library and the Growl game engine! he/him
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Joel Auterson
@joelotter.com
· Oct 17
Hello new folks, welcome to Bluesky! I’m Joel and I am from NI. I made a game called Feud, am making my own game engine called Growl, and write poems. I look after a very old cat and I love mountains.
Welcome. It’s safer here.
Welcome. It’s safer here.
Made some flapjacks, they fell apart a lil tiny bit but quite pleased with them all the same
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Made some flapjacks, they fell apart a lil tiny bit but quite pleased with them all the same
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Well we were going to announce it anyway so
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well we were going to announce it anyway so
Thought this was very good
https://codegood.co/writing/why-your-best-engineers-are-interviewing-elsewhere
https://codegood.co/writing/why-your-best-engineers-are-interviewing-elsewhere
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Thought this was very good
https://codegood.co/writing/why-your-best-engineers-are-interviewing-elsewhere
https://codegood.co/writing/why-your-best-engineers-are-interviewing-elsewhere
Looking forward to my second Algorhythms event this evening!
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Looking forward to my second Algorhythms event this evening!
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After a few wonderful weeks of celebration with my husband (!) @joelotter.com, it’s back to the grind. If I missed your messages or calls in the chaos, my apologies - please chase!
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
After a few wonderful weeks of celebration with my husband (!) @joelotter.com, it’s back to the grind. If I missed your messages or calls in the chaos, my apologies - please chase!
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Alan Wake 2
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Alan Wake 2
Left her with her grandparents for two weeks and now she won’t speak to me
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Left her with her grandparents for two weeks and now she won’t speak to me
Once again fallen into the trap of finding new ways to make writing on my blog easier instead of spending that time writing on my blog
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Once again fallen into the trap of finding new ways to make writing on my blog easier instead of spending that time writing on my blog
Last day of honeymoon today! I suspect going back from this to London winter is going to be a bit jarring
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Last day of honeymoon today! I suspect going back from this to London winter is going to be a bit jarring
I had a lovely weekend, thanks
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I had a lovely weekend, thanks
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Blaseball man
October 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Blaseball man
Just did my first 10K in over a decade (a few months after doing my first 5K in about the same time). Wasn’t fast but I didn’t stop! Feeling very proud of myself
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just did my first 10K in over a decade (a few months after doing my first 5K in about the same time). Wasn’t fast but I didn’t stop! Feeling very proud of myself
Watched the first episode of Frieren and I’m fuckin bawling man
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Watched the first episode of Frieren and I’m fuckin bawling man
art
Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.
October 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
art
Not been a member of a political party for about five years but I think I’ve seen enough to feel good about changing that today
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not been a member of a political party for about five years but I think I’ve seen enough to feel good about changing that today
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It’s the spooky season again, so we’ve put the Halloween skins back in the Feud piece store! Get em while they’re, uh, spooky
October 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s the spooky season again, so we’ve put the Halloween skins back in the Feud piece store! Get em while they’re, uh, spooky
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
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I think Bluesky could still be saved. Won't be, but could. They should hire me as Head of Comms. I could fix her (Jay)
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals
As your new Head of Comms I advise you to please stop posting this shit.
azhdarchid.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I think Bluesky could still be saved. Won't be, but could. They should hire me as Head of Comms. I could fix her (Jay)
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...
The Deep Blue Okay by Self Esteem is a song my brain simply refuses to get bored of. Whole album tbh
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Deep Blue Okay by Self Esteem is a song my brain simply refuses to get bored of. Whole album tbh
Good lord I’m getting married in two weeks
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good lord I’m getting married in two weeks
Lord let me never crash out as publicly as the Bluesky leadership
October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Lord let me never crash out as publicly as the Bluesky leadership
So there are a lot of Fediverse servers, right. One for basically any topic or community you could think of. Unfortunately today while researching something unrelated I stumbled across a “feminist” (TERF) instance. I’m not going to say the name […] ://www.joelotter.com/notes/2025/10/02-172924/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.joelotter.com/notes/2025/10/02-172924/
October 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So there are a lot of Fediverse servers, right. One for basically any topic or community you could think of. Unfortunately today while researching something unrelated I stumbled across a “feminist” (TERF) instance. I’m not going to say the name […] ://www.joelotter.com/notes/2025/10/02-172924/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.joelotter.com/notes/2025/10/02-172924/
This is really good. I wrote something similar last year which now reads as far too optimistic imo www.joelotter.com/posts/2024/0...
October 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is really good. I wrote something similar last year which now reads as far too optimistic imo www.joelotter.com/posts/2024/0...
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I was able to speak to this sailor from New Quay, Hannah Schafer, 24 hours before she was seized by Israeli forces. Read her last messages before she was taken here -
New Quay woman seized by Israeli forces aboard Sumud Flotilla
A New Quay woman has been seized by Israeli forces aboard a Sumud Flotilla boat heading to Gaza.
www.cambrian-news.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I was able to speak to this sailor from New Quay, Hannah Schafer, 24 hours before she was seized by Israeli forces. Read her last messages before she was taken here -