Jay Cockburn

Both were typed by a human. LLMs always capitalise the first letter in their sentence.

In Night City, there are vendors crammed into corners and in-between spaces. Apartment buildings have retail, boxing gyms (or in Megabuilding 8 it’s more of a baseball bat gym), and social spaces right outside your door. When you wander the city you are encouraged to interact with it.

What Cyberpunk 2077 Can Teach Real-World Cities - Aftermath Night City's urban design highlights the problems, and solutions, real cities deal with around walkability, housing, and mixed-use areas

It's hit Gamepass so lots of new people are discovering that @cyberpunk.net is a truly awesome game now... so let me take this opportunity to repost this essay I wrote for @aftermath.site about the urbanism of Cyberpunk and what real cities can learn from Night City.

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This thing is such a wonderful reporting tool. Rory is such a credit to @nationalobserver.com

... what if they are though

After my ADHD diagnosis, I began to rethink how I play games Gaming can be a very seductive way to self-medicate, or at least self-soothe

Mothership is a very cool new queer and women-owned games site that is doing the kind of games journalism I didn't know I needed.

I have (unmedicated) ADHD and I have over 2000 hours in Super Smash Bros. This article helped me see the link.

@mothership.blog

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It's not an exaggeration to say that the reason your fave bands are too expensive to see live now is because of corruption in the US government

What comes before & after this qu:

"Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art...

We who live by writing & publishing want & should demand our fair share of the proceeds; but the name of our beautiful reward isn’t profit. Its name is freedom."

I fully don't understand people posting ChatGPT caricatures. For those who like and use GenAI tools they'll see something entirely unimpressive because they can also take 10 seconds to make it.

But for the segment of audience who haven't bought the hype you just lost a lot of respect.

This quote is basically the entire reason I write sci-fi and make Pagenerd.

We have to be able to imagine better.

(And then as a writer do horrible things to fictional characters because it makes a good story)

Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir YouTube video by Pagenerd

In each episode we pick a sci-fi novel — current or classic — and explore its world and characters, discussing what it would be like to exist in that novel and how well it's realised on the page.

But the format isn't really the point.

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If you haven't checked out my lovely new show yet but have been thinking about listening later... could I ask a small favour?

If you listen before the end of today you'll help us hit a big round number that I was quietly hoping we'd make it to in our first week.

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If there's media you care about, it's hard to overstate how important it is that you subscribe to it. Ad rates are garbage, and the changes to search mean fewer new folks discovering sites they didn't already visit.

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I swear there's a subset of Toronto columnists who instinctively trust a serious looking old white man. That's basically all John Tory has going for him.

He did a terrible job whether you're left or right leaning, but he looks the part. These folks are telling on themselves.

My lib prepping is physical media

Which stag and doe ticket paid for this

What is it with this guy and disastrous waterfront projects that nobody asked for and will never be a financial success

Like what's the point of electing a democrat if they're just gonna rubberstamp the worst and least popular Republican policies.

It's like they want to lose!

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley YouTube video by Pagenerd

If you're feeling the weight of the world and want to hang out with four brilliant friends who can transport you into the worlds of these wonderful books, come hang out at Pagenerd. Follow us on Apple or Spotify, listen along... read if you want to.

I adore this show.

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Pagenerd at 10 in the books category of Apple Podcasts

Thank you everyone who helped Pagenerd shoot up the podcast charts this week! We are 3 days old and giddy as hell.

If you haven't checked out my sci-fi book club podcast yet, well you're very much invited. Pagenerd.com

Oh 100%, Whedon totally thought he was writing a likeable lead. He's telling on himself in retrospect. I was much younger when it came out and not really a writer yet so I didn't really dissect it that way though.

The patient was as surprised as the robot!

I read it as incelish jealousy! Mal is a shitty human in general though.

*literally. Speaking of editors.

Is TVO Aiken's personal substack? Litetally any editor should have stopped this running.

"I sure am glad the federal public service is cutting back on wasteful humans" I mutter to myself in my 44th minute on hold to the CRA. "More automation is necessary" I grumble as the robot menu continues to send me in an endless loop.

Update: I've been told that starting beefs with celebrities everyone loves is not winning us new listeners.

Help me prove this is incorrect and I will fight David Attenborough bareknuckle.

Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers. Possibly the happiest 4 hours of reading I've ever experienced. A true balm.