Tufty McTavish
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Tufty McTavish
@tuftymctavish.com
· Dec 15
🧵 A chance comment in a post has led me down a rabbit warren of Interactive Fiction memories, floppy diskettes, and apps on modern devices.
So this is going to be an ongoing thread about text adventure games, such as these “Lost Treasures of Infocom”.
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #TextAdventures ⌨️ #Infocom 🗺️
So this is going to be an ongoing thread about text adventure games, such as these “Lost Treasures of Infocom”.
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #TextAdventures ⌨️ #Infocom 🗺️
👹 “ancient, monster-infested underground ruins”!!! 🤗 There’s that sweet, sweet hook to reel me in on! 🎣
Hey, @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social, I was looking these up and see mention of “The Man With One Name” as a book 0.5. Where could/should I read that first?
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Hey, @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social, I was looking these up and see mention of “The Man With One Name” as a book 0.5. Where could/should I read that first?
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
👹 “ancient, monster-infested underground ruins”!!! 🤗 There’s that sweet, sweet hook to reel me in on! 🎣
Hey, @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social, I was looking these up and see mention of “The Man With One Name” as a book 0.5. Where could/should I read that first?
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Hey, @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social, I was looking these up and see mention of “The Man With One Name” as a book 0.5. Where could/should I read that first?
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
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Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
📺 Ooo, I really liked episode 4 of “Blake’s 7” Series B - “Horizon”!
Lots of stuff going on, a single main plot line involving entire crew, and juicy shots of the Liberator.
Avon: “I’m not stupid. I’m not expendable. And I’m not going.” 😆
Again, zero recollection.
📺 #TVShows 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣
Lots of stuff going on, a single main plot line involving entire crew, and juicy shots of the Liberator.
Avon: “I’m not stupid. I’m not expendable. And I’m not going.” 😆
Again, zero recollection.
📺 #TVShows 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🔖 Finishing one book - Eric Brown’s “Helix” - means I need to handover the bookmark to my next pick.
Unfortunately time constraints mean I need to head off-TBR, as there’s an upcoming fixed deadline for a super-chonky tome I’d planned for December! 😳
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Unfortunately time constraints mean I need to head off-TBR, as there’s an upcoming fixed deadline for a super-chonky tome I’d planned for December! 😳
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🔖 Finishing one book - Eric Brown’s “Helix” - means I need to handover the bookmark to my next pick.
Unfortunately time constraints mean I need to head off-TBR, as there’s an upcoming fixed deadline for a super-chonky tome I’d planned for December! 😳
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Unfortunately time constraints mean I need to head off-TBR, as there’s an upcoming fixed deadline for a super-chonky tome I’d planned for December! 😳
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
🏅 The one with all of the 2025 SciFi books that the GR Choice Awards snubbed.
A look at those nominated and other items of note that didn’t get any love, by @litscialliance.bsky.social.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
A look at those nominated and other items of note that didn’t get any love, by @litscialliance.bsky.social.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
35 Sci-fi Releases from 2025 || Goodreads Sci-fi Snubs
YouTube video by Literature Science Alliance
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November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🏅 The one with all of the 2025 SciFi books that the GR Choice Awards snubbed.
A look at those nominated and other items of note that didn’t get any love, by @litscialliance.bsky.social.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
A look at those nominated and other items of note that didn’t get any love, by @litscialliance.bsky.social.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
🔊 The one with @nndroid.bsky.social’s pocket full of £50 notes 💷 “Don’t do it!” 😂
”They abuse you for the same reason your dog licks its bollocks, right, because they can. Nothing stops them.”
🌍 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
”They abuse you for the same reason your dog licks its bollocks, right, because they can. Nothing stops them.”
🌍 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🔊 The one with @nndroid.bsky.social’s pocket full of £50 notes 💷 “Don’t do it!” 😂
”They abuse you for the same reason your dog licks its bollocks, right, because they can. Nothing stops them.”
🌍 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
”They abuse you for the same reason your dog licks its bollocks, right, because they can. Nothing stops them.”
🌍 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
📗 Hey, @solarisbooks.bsky.social, you republished Eric Brown’s “Helix” in 2023. Are you planning on reprinting book two, “Helix Wars”?
Just finished 📕, want to continue, 📗 appears widely OOP.
Should I wait for one matching 2023 edition or buy 2nd hand?
LMK!
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Just finished 📕, want to continue, 📗 appears widely OOP.
Should I wait for one matching 2023 edition or buy 2nd hand?
LMK!
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📗 Hey, @solarisbooks.bsky.social, you republished Eric Brown’s “Helix” in 2023. Are you planning on reprinting book two, “Helix Wars”?
Just finished 📕, want to continue, 📗 appears widely OOP.
Should I wait for one matching 2023 edition or buy 2nd hand?
LMK!
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Just finished 📕, want to continue, 📗 appears widely OOP.
Should I wait for one matching 2023 edition or buy 2nd hand?
LMK!
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
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11 days apart. Brutal.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
11 days apart. Brutal.
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It's ridiculous how @masterreplicas.bsky.social 's secret goal is to make me poor. 😅
"Turn your desk into the bridge of a starship with this extra large desk mat, that's designed to sit under your keyboard and mouse."
"Turn your desk into the bridge of a starship with this extra large desk mat, that's designed to sit under your keyboard and mouse."
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's ridiculous how @masterreplicas.bsky.social 's secret goal is to make me poor. 😅
"Turn your desk into the bridge of a starship with this extra large desk mat, that's designed to sit under your keyboard and mouse."
"Turn your desk into the bridge of a starship with this extra large desk mat, that's designed to sit under your keyboard and mouse."
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November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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📚💬 I just got to wondering what the long running series - in terms of number of books - that I’m actively working on might be.
I’m 13 books into Craig Alanson’s “Expeditionary Force” series, and I was today years old when I discovered there’s a 19th book coming.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
I’m 13 books into Craig Alanson’s “Expeditionary Force” series, and I was today years old when I discovered there’s a 19th book coming.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📚💬 I just got to wondering what the long running series - in terms of number of books - that I’m actively working on might be.
I’m 13 books into Craig Alanson’s “Expeditionary Force” series, and I was today years old when I discovered there’s a 19th book coming.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
I’m 13 books into Craig Alanson’s “Expeditionary Force” series, and I was today years old when I discovered there’s a 19th book coming.
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
🔊 The one with the flute-whipping 😂 where @rafaelbehr.bsky.social suggests Starmer breaks out his flute. “That sounded like a really terrible, terrible euphemism. Please keep your flute to yourself. Do not whop out your flute in the House of Commons…” 🫵😘
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🚨Start Your Week🚨
It’s a big week for Starmer and Reeves as the Budget looms. How’s it going to go down? @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and other news to look out for this week.
Spotify 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5LIz...
Apple 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
It’s a big week for Starmer and Reeves as the Budget looms. How’s it going to go down? @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and other news to look out for this week.
Spotify 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5LIz...
Apple 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🔊 The one with the flute-whipping 😂 where @rafaelbehr.bsky.social suggests Starmer breaks out his flute. “That sounded like a really terrible, terrible euphemism. Please keep your flute to yourself. Do not whop out your flute in the House of Commons…” 🫵😘
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
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Just passed a small kid having a meltdown on the pavement and shouting, "I want to stay in my house" repeatedly, and I think we can all relate to that on a cold November morning.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just passed a small kid having a meltdown on the pavement and shouting, "I want to stay in my house" repeatedly, and I think we can all relate to that on a cold November morning.
📺 Just watched episode 3 from “Blake’s 7” Series B “Weapon” and that was all-round rather bizarre 😳
Clones, a self-proclaimed genius, folks that were ‘marked for death’, and quite a lot of flirting between Servalan and Carnell.
And, of course, yet again zero recollection!
📺 #TVShows 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣
Clones, a self-proclaimed genius, folks that were ‘marked for death’, and quite a lot of flirting between Servalan and Carnell.
And, of course, yet again zero recollection!
📺 #TVShows 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📆 End of the weekend so let’s do a weekly reading update! 😊
My reading pace crashed this week as I’ve been busy with other deadlines and jobs. However, I’m mainly reading Eric Brown’s “Helix” while the other active 📚 I pick up intermittently.
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
My reading pace crashed this week as I’ve been busy with other deadlines and jobs. However, I’m mainly reading Eric Brown’s “Helix” while the other active 📚 I pick up intermittently.
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📆 End of the weekend so let’s do a weekly reading update! 😊
My reading pace crashed this week as I’ve been busy with other deadlines and jobs. However, I’m mainly reading Eric Brown’s “Helix” while the other active 📚 I pick up intermittently.
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
My reading pace crashed this week as I’ve been busy with other deadlines and jobs. However, I’m mainly reading Eric Brown’s “Helix” while the other active 📚 I pick up intermittently.
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
📺 It’s #SpaceOpera innit. And it’s a big one from the @scifiscavenger.bsky.social, clocking in at a wholesome 55minutes 😮
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📺 It’s #SpaceOpera innit. And it’s a big one from the @scifiscavenger.bsky.social, clocking in at a wholesome 55minutes 😮
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Sail Away by Great White on Apple Music
Album · 1994 · 17 Songs
music.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
☕️ I’d not really encountered “Stroopwafels” before watching a recent biscuit identification episode of #SortedFood channel on YT.
Then I saw @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social demonstrate them too!
So I swooped on a packet to try for myself 🤗
I’m not really a tea drinker, but in the name of science… 😊
Then I saw @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social demonstrate them too!
So I swooped on a packet to try for myself 🤗
I’m not really a tea drinker, but in the name of science… 😊
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
☕️ I’d not really encountered “Stroopwafels” before watching a recent biscuit identification episode of #SortedFood channel on YT.
Then I saw @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social demonstrate them too!
So I swooped on a packet to try for myself 🤗
I’m not really a tea drinker, but in the name of science… 😊
Then I saw @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social demonstrate them too!
So I swooped on a packet to try for myself 🤗
I’m not really a tea drinker, but in the name of science… 😊
🎧 The one about OS/2! I remember using that back in the day, ending up on Warp eventually. I liked it a whole bunch.
I missed the “This Week in Outrun News” segment though - I was all ready for it when one segment tune came on 🤗
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻
I missed the “This Week in Outrun News” segment though - I was all ready for it when one segment tune came on 🤗
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻
It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎧 The one about OS/2! I remember using that back in the day, ending up on Warp eventually. I liked it a whole bunch.
I missed the “This Week in Outrun News” segment though - I was all ready for it when one segment tune came on 🤗
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻
I missed the “This Week in Outrun News” segment though - I was all ready for it when one segment tune came on 🤗
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻
🗞️ Coming back indoors to check the socials after doing some gardening, I discover that:
🎸 Alissa White-Gluz has departed Arch Enemy 😯
🏎️ McLaren got both cars DQ-ed from the #LasVegasGP 😳
🔫 Apparently we’re relitigating the JKF shooter?! 🙄
And that’s all I’ve found so far…
Blimey.
🎸 Alissa White-Gluz has departed Arch Enemy 😯
🏎️ McLaren got both cars DQ-ed from the #LasVegasGP 😳
🔫 Apparently we’re relitigating the JKF shooter?! 🙄
And that’s all I’ve found so far…
Blimey.
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🗞️ Coming back indoors to check the socials after doing some gardening, I discover that:
🎸 Alissa White-Gluz has departed Arch Enemy 😯
🏎️ McLaren got both cars DQ-ed from the #LasVegasGP 😳
🔫 Apparently we’re relitigating the JKF shooter?! 🙄
And that’s all I’ve found so far…
Blimey.
🎸 Alissa White-Gluz has departed Arch Enemy 😯
🏎️ McLaren got both cars DQ-ed from the #LasVegasGP 😳
🔫 Apparently we’re relitigating the JKF shooter?! 🙄
And that’s all I’ve found so far…
Blimey.
🥬 Now that I’ve cleared down all of the 🌶️ and 🫑 plants I’ve been out planting up the Greenhouse and Chilli House with lots and lots of overwintering Lettuce and Pak-Choi.
A few should make it through 🤞
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
A few should make it through 🤞
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🥬 Now that I’ve cleared down all of the 🌶️ and 🫑 plants I’ve been out planting up the Greenhouse and Chilli House with lots and lots of overwintering Lettuce and Pak-Choi.
A few should make it through 🤞
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
A few should make it through 🤞
👨🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱
🧩 Very much enjoying the relaxed puzzle platforming of “Planet of Lana”.
I discovered a wrecked spaceship, and one of the portraits on a wall stopped me in my tracks because I thought it was Tali from #MassEffect!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I discovered a wrecked spaceship, and one of the portraits on a wall stopped me in my tracks because I thought it was Tali from #MassEffect!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🧩 Very much enjoying the relaxed puzzle platforming of “Planet of Lana”.
I discovered a wrecked spaceship, and one of the portraits on a wall stopped me in my tracks because I thought it was Tali from #MassEffect!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
I discovered a wrecked spaceship, and one of the portraits on a wall stopped me in my tracks because I thought it was Tali from #MassEffect!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
Post a perfect album.
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Post a perfect album.
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Any #WheelOfTime #WOT book readers on here? I’ve been reading my way through them for the first time and I’m nearing the end. Is it just me or is Sanderson much better as a writer than Jordan? Wish he had written them all tbqh
the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
ALT: the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Any #WheelOfTime #WOT book readers on here? I’ve been reading my way through them for the first time and I’m nearing the end. Is it just me or is Sanderson much better as a writer than Jordan? Wish he had written them all tbqh