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Stephen Scott
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Breaking the web full time. Acorn User magazine alumnus. Made a few arcade games for the BBC Micro, keen to make more. If I can bend time and space however.

AI slop free.

https://www.sassquad.net/
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Getting a lot of followers this past week. I've been here a while, but left X for good now.

My name is Stephen, and I am a front end developer. Have been for a long time, since Netscape 😱

But I love building retro games. Here's my latest ⬇️

bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
Polymer Picker
Self-published in 2022
bbcmicro.co.uk
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There is an ongoing npm security event.

At time of writing, Eleventy core and our official suite of plugins are unaffected.
🚨 A new wave of the Shai-Hulud supply chain attack has hit npm, impacting packages across widely used projects from AsyncAPI, ENS, Postman, PostHog, and Zapier. Attackers added a malicious preinstall script following account compromise. The investigation is ongoing:

socket.dev/blog/shai-hu...
Shai Hulud Strikes Again (v2) - Socket
Another wave of Shai-Hulud campaign hits npm.
socket.dev
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Strap yourselves in, this story is epic and macabre, with a perfect ending.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Ÿ̴̻̣̫̭̦̻̣͙̂̽̎͘r̴͍̭̒̆͆̈́̓ ̷̫͙̞͈̋̇̀͋͂ͅȏ̴̧̳̪̯͈̜͉̠̔̈̓̅̀͘͠p̸͔̜͇̬̹͔̮̝̬̔͊̏͐̋͐̏̓e̷̡̳͈̦̤̣̦̍́̒̏̂̂͘n̵̫̖͖̭̥͋̏̄̋͜͜͝ ̵̯̥̤̋̓̑m̶̻̽̓̀̌̔͗͊̍͑̏o̷̡̳͓͉̼̳̘̍͛̿̃͌͝u̵̗̭̱͓̳͐͐̆t̶̝̔̅̔̔̚͠h̶̡̛̃ ̴̖͎̣̱͓̖͎̄͝a̷̹̼̺̖͂͗̚ͅw̶͈̞̹̬͗ȁ̷̳͇̞̱̪̙̬̬į̶̧̛͕̬̄͊̌̔̀͊̇̆̚͜ţ̸͕̗̅̀̿͐̑̒̐̓i̴̜̪̘̠̣̥̊̈̌͌̏͒̏̀͊̋ͅn̶̼̖̙̖͂̇͒́́́̕͝ǵ̵̳͖̫̯̠̯̺͇̽̊̎͂͝ ̶͎̝̮̘̄m̸̳͍͈̥̝͖̊͐̓̒̇͋̾̋͜ẏ̵̦̬̼͕̱͙̒͘ͅ ̸̛͙̜̫̬̻͈̦͇͛̑̃̓̒͊͝h̵͔͓̏̈́͋͆̅̽̏̇͝ä̷̧̧̱̠̪͉͍̜́̇͊ͅr̴̨̛͇͕̪̈́̎̿̈͑̔̚͝v̶̧͍̖͇̫̠͕͙̙͚̑e̸͕͎̽̑̄͛̉̃̈s̸̤͛̀ţ̵̦̱͒̃͗
̵̡̙͕̝̐̂̀̎͐̏̇ͅD̴̛̞̥̘̼̣͈̮̟̃̾͂ͅr̴̝̪̹̫͔̱̗̬̥͓̊ì̸̡̡͚̭͎̽̈́͑͆̈́̆ͅṅ̶̛̻̟̝̥͊̏̈́̀̈́̎̚k̵̰͕̼̈́́͜ ̶̨̪͕̦̦͇͈̰̞̈́̒̈͒͐̉̏͜f̶̧̞̒̽̋͑̽r̴̨͓̥̠̫̠͙̩̣͐̀̒͋͛̓̓̕͝o̶̲̒̌̽͒m̷̨̰̙̳͓͖̬͉̽͆̎̽͋ͅͅ ̸̮̭̄̂͆̉̋̋̔̊̇m̴͉͛̉́è̴͕̖̥̰̺͚͓̗ ̶̢̫͑͑͒̔L̸̡͂̈́ő̷̝̜͂͆̈́̌̕v̸͍͓͍͖̙̺̝̈̆ë̵̜̠́͋̑͂̈́̐̂̂̐
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Before Citadel, Michael Jakobsen was making people shout at their computer with Crypt Capers.

Took me a whole evening to get to just level 4. And I only saw that for mere seconds.

Level 3 is a bloody nightmare. And yet highly addictive!

bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
Crypt Capers (AKA The Pyramid)
Published by Software Projects in 1984
bbcmicro.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Clucking Hell 😮
Also a big fan of the dog chickens. Bork
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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My favourite part of the AI Kingston on Thames christmas mural is the man using a severed dog's paw on a stick to subdue his chimera dogwife
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What use is that after years of fare rises?! Still cheaper by car.

Just like the water industry, we've pumped so much money into rail, but I see nothing in return, except a few upgraded crossings 😐
The Chancellor has announced that regulated rail fares will be frozen next year. A huge win for passengers and the economy, and one of our Budget asks!
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨‍🍳 😘

The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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This is fu*king outrageous!

The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.

apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Иigel Faяage would really hate it if you signed and shared this petition.

I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Even weirder, the son was never officially reported missing to the police so there is no case file
Did you guys hear about the Georgia man who died in a scuba diving accident after which family looked in the backyard treehouse and found the skeletal remains of his missing adult son? It’s such a weird story and I need there to be any kind of resolution.
Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident
Henry Hank Frantz, 32, went missing four years ago, according to reports.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Shot + chaser
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.

Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another forum fight on ROOL forums?
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.

This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!

And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Wasn't aware that Acornsoft had done a Q*bert clone. It's not half bad either.

bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
Bouncer (AKA R*Ther)
Published by Acornsoft in 1984
bbcmicro.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM