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Author of an unpublished 85k-word metaphysical fantasy novel. Seeking representation. Keen #vibecoding gamer looking for work. He/him. Also @BrokenParamedic.

England
Joined December 2009
Replying to @Freebooted
Though I favor capitalism over the alternatives, your point is well made, and no one likes crony capitalism or stupidly decided things that are just really money grabs, power grabs without consideration of the impact. Human's are flawed. AI is art imitating life. The best use of AI? It's not replacing people or position as some think it can and does do (those CEO's / COO's blind and wooed to reduce workforce), it's augmenting what we already do, and helps us be more accurate, if governed right. I think another good effect of AI use (if used correctly) is that it's teaching us to better communicate, right? Think on how generative AI chat tries it's best to accomplish what we ask. A large part of it is understanding us, even when our spelling or pronunciation is wrong, and also, to be best understood by us. It's a tool, a mirror, a teacher, a student. A child. A weapon.
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Mat Westhorpe retweeted
Three returning capsuleers have already shared their stories with me. I want yours next! Survey for anyone who came back to #EVEOnline after a long break — 2 years, 5 or 15. Answers compiled into one big-picture piece - IF I have enough responses. #tweetfleet || REPOST & SHARE!
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Rock on! Guys, passion project and beautiful execution while crowd sourcing and being 100% transparent. Hallmarks of excellent development and participation in such beauty! (Very cool Mat!)
Gamelog parsing (dressed up as giving the XO a ping) now helps the #EVECrews game logic identify what activity is taking place in order to curate the right events and crew behaviours.
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Mat Westhorpe retweeted
Over 3 hours of Guns n Roses at Wembley tonight. Epic setlist, though it does sound better coming out of my phone now than it did in my ears at the time, sound not the best. Great to see Slash in full flow ( and his pun-tastic T -shirt)
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Guns n' Roses at #Wembley stadium. Amazing stamina (3+ hours) and Slash still the coolest dude on earth. I'd have been just as happy with a shorter show though, seemed to lose itself and the crowd in a few places. The good stuff was brilliant though.
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Guns n Roses, Paradise City at Wembley Stadium. The sound at the show was shocking, and what I’ve heard in this clip is actually an improvement on the muffled nightmare in real life
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I love how one person can remind Twitter that actually no other era of Doctor Who was as fully aesthetically and conceptually realized as the Eleventh Doctor era.
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As a primer of sorts ahead of The Giggle, here’s a thread to explain all the times the Doctor has previously met the Toymaker… 🧵
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Last year I made an Ewok vs Predator video and though you liked it, lots of you said the ending should have been bigger. Well, I've George Lucas'd it and made the end horrid. Here it is. Enjoy.
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Today in ‘Mindblowing Shit I never Thought Would Happen’… @NME asked me to be their Boss Level interview for this month, so I had a natter with them about Baldur’s Gate 3, psychology and how I’m 100% done pretending to be normal. nme.com/features/gaming-feat…
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My latest Space Opera launches today! Hegira Contravention, the first of four in my latest series, is available in ebook and paperback. :) mybook.to/contravention #ebook #spaceopera #newrelease #paperback #sciencefiction
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"The Never Ending Storage."
So this is the original prop that was recently found
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Video Game Friends! I have a friend who’s nephew has been through a lot of chemo, has autism and has been advised to play some slightly less stressful games where you can interact with people around the world. Any recommendations? All genres welcome!
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Striking nurses & ambulance staff deserve your support. A decade of underfunding #NHS & welfare by cruel Conservative governments has led to an erosion of patient safety & hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths. Don't blame desperate healthcare staff for finally pushing back.
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Taking a one tweet break from Imperial PR -- I'm looking for a literary agent or publisher for a Fantasy novella (27k words) and/or a Middle Grade Fantasy novel. If you've enjoyed the tweets over the years, any amplification would be appreciated. Email: [email protected]
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This is one photo, there’s no split in the middle. I hate it!
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Turns out I probably picked the worst week ever to launch my new store, but I'm not giving up! rixxjavix.com/ #tweetfleet #eveonline
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In celebration of #InternationalParamedicsDay, here's a brief history of the rise of emergency pre-hospital care, from crusading Knights Hospitaller, to Napoleonic battlefields, 19th C. cholera & smallpox pandemics & the birth of the modern ambulance. westhorpe.net/2012/09/the-ch…
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The amazing Frankie Boyle on why you should support our campaign! Go to yournhsneedsyou.com and join the fight to renationalise the NHS 💙
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