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Alex Darby // darbotron ๐Ÿ›น

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Tech/Design director. Human, husband, parent, skateboarder. Gamedev since '96. Company founder. BAFTA member & winner. GameDevHeroes Programming Hero 2019. Co-creator DJ Hero. #UKGI Cthulhu fhtagn ;,; www.darbotron.com www.linkedin.com/in/darbotron

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Stunning victory in Stroud last night.

Look at that majority! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜

Huge congratulations to @helenelliott-boult.bsky.social and the entire team!

Join our movement:

Join.greenparty.org.uk

06.03.2026 08:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2092 ๐Ÿ” 455 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

06.03.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1299 ๐Ÿ” 564 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46 ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

Reminded me of thisโ€ฆ
โ€œDoes this meanโ€ฆ a change in the world balance of power?โ€
โ€œYesโ€.

(Lifted from Bitter Lake)

06.03.2026 10:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats Anisa โค๏ธ (& all the other limit breakers!)

06.03.2026 00:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Limit Break Committee members Jonas and Jasmine holding a UKIE award for Diversity an Inclusion Champion

Limit Break Committee members Jonas and Jasmine holding a UKIE award for Diversity an Inclusion Champion

Guess who won a UKIE award???? Yep itโ€™s LIMIT BREAK BABYYYYYY @limitbreak.co.uk @ukieofficial.bsky.social

05.03.2026 22:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 83 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 23140 ๐Ÿ” 8864 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68 ๐Ÿ“Œ 189
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

05.03.2026 08:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3387 ๐Ÿ” 1547 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 136 ๐Ÿ“Œ 72

Happy Birthday!

05.03.2026 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.

05.03.2026 08:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2779 ๐Ÿ” 539 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58 ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

I invented 29% of x86.
vimeo.com/450406346

05.03.2026 05:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 82 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This part of "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" where Ford Perfect unexpectedly arrives at Arthur's house might be my favourite quote from the HHGttH series.

In my mind, a shockingly insightful piece of satire which has lost nothing of its relevance in the time since it was written.

04.03.2026 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
If you took a couple of David Bowies and stuck one of the David Bowies on top of the other David Bowie, then attached another David Bowie to each of the arms of the upper of the first two David Bowies and wrapped the whole business up in a dirty beach robe you would have something which didn't exactly look like John Watson, but which those who knew him would find hauntingly familiar.

If you took a couple of David Bowies and stuck one of the David Bowies on top of the other David Bowie, then attached another David Bowie to each of the arms of the upper of the first two David Bowies and wrapped the whole business up in a dirty beach robe you would have something which didn't exactly look like John Watson, but which those who knew him would find hauntingly familiar.

Finally got around to reading the Folio Society editions of the HHGttG books I got for my 50th last year.

They are works of pure comedic & prosaic genius. Every word I read makes me sadder that Douglas Adams was taken from the world so young.

This is the start of chapter 31 of the 4th book.

04.03.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Same thing but any US media & "legos" ๐Ÿคฎ

Have resorted to muting any account I see calling LEGO bricks that.

04.03.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All our collaborators get paid within a day of invoicing.

It's really not that hard.

03.03.2026 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 129 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

lmao

03.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A big spike that says Demo Launch.
A bigger spike that says Next Fest.

A big spike that says Demo Launch. A bigger spike that says Next Fest.

Forbidden Solitaire - Next Fest Postmortem (data post for Patrons):
www.patreon.com/posts/forbid...

03.03.2026 18:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Added non-uniform polyhedra parts (mostly stuff obtained by cutting uniform polyhedra), improved player collisions a bit, improved the UX, and added a jetpack ๐Ÿ˜…

03.03.2026 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 74 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is cool af

03.03.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€œDo not obey in advanceโ€ but in pokopia font

โ€œDo not obey in advanceโ€ but in pokopia font

03.03.2026 03:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2977 ๐Ÿ” 609 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Another random data point: most of the most well loved & influential Marvel characters which Stan Lee is credited with inventing weren't created until he was in his 40s...

(this thought got me through my 40th, now am almost 51 it seems less comforting!)

03.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hahahahaha!!! exfuckinzackly

03.03.2026 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The blatant Islamophobia that Keir Starmer is demonstrating through smearing Mothin Ali would be shocking - but it's becoming a pattern.

Smearing a caring man of principle for standing up for peace.

02.03.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1260 ๐Ÿ” 361 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
Zack Polanski: Reform Want To Protect The 1%
Zack Polanski: Reform Want To Protect The 1% YouTube video by Mad Sad Bad with Paloma Faith

Chatting with Paloma! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜

youtu.be/kcDSx2NR3_g?...

03.03.2026 07:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 434 ๐Ÿ” 102 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

hahaha! this was exactly what I thought, I have definitely spent too much time working out why uvs have gone wacky, but at the tools/engine end ๐Ÿ˜…

03.03.2026 08:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"... never once having had the feeling that I was stuck or that the story slowed down. Thereโ€™s always something interesting to see or do. If you enjoy absurd science-fiction humor, this is a title you donโ€™t want to miss!"

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช Thanks Johnny!

03.03.2026 07:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards
Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards YouTube video by Netflix

After someone has been on the run from the Hutts since the 80s it seems a little silly to stand unprotected on a stage in front of such a large audience.

Apparently he's using the name Harrison something or other these days?

02.03.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Automated Testing at GDC '26 | ATIG Roundtables, panels, talks and more

A week until the first automated testing roundtables at #gdc2026!

If youโ€™re interested in automation, weโ€™ve curated a few relevant talks here at the Automated Testing In Games communityโ€™s website: atig.dev/gdc

You can also join our discord there, even if youโ€™re not heading to San Francisco

02.03.2026 07:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This kind of ridiculous headline/article makes you despair of right wing journalism even more than you did before you saw it. How utterly appalling.

01.03.2026 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 327 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 10752 ๐Ÿ” 2954 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111 ๐Ÿ“Œ 93