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Projects
Blog
My blog, mostly monthly summaries of the Fediverse Account.
Visit at dalliance.net/blog
Or check out the categories index
Starship Schrödinger’s Destiny
Ongoing: An Interactive Sci-Fi story for Virtual Reality about the adventures of the crew of a flying saucer.
Visit at starshipsd.com
Wordcloud Tarot
Ongoing: My tarot decks have the meanings of the cards written on the card in a world-cloud. There’s also a video show with a reading about politics most weeks.
Visit at wordcloudtarot.com
Tentacles, After The End
A 30 minute animated movie about the last woman alive on a planet ravaged by tentacle monsters from outer space.
Tentacles is complete, visit the archive at tentacles.org.uk
Book: Do Dream Sheep Bleat?
A short story book about magic and memes and reality.
Dreamsheep is complete, you can buy a copy or read it online at dalliance.net/dreamsheep
Book: Yes, The Conspiracy Really Exists, And Furthermore It’s All Your Fault.
A long rant about how stupid humans screw up humanity.
The book is complete, you can buy a copy or read it online at dalliance.net/yes
Loopy
After the band broke up, I took to playing with myself via a loop pedal. Sometimes, very rarely, even in public.
Bookshelf
An album of songs inspired by some of the best books on my bookshelf.
The album is complete, you can listen to the songs at dalliance.net/bookshelf
Handsome Jack’s Showband
My punk cover’s band.
Despite some online-only gigs, the band didn’t make it though the pandemic, you can watch some old gig videos online at handsomejacks.co.uk
Joust Adventure
A little web-game I made back in 2011 with the hope people might pay me to make level 2.
I don’t think anyone ever finished level 1. Too hard.
Can you do it?
The project is abandoned, you can still play level one at dalliance.net/joustadventure. So far as I know, I’m the only person to ever complete the level. Let me know if you do!
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Diary
My diary from the Fediverse.Status at - Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:29:10 +0000
Went to see a Hoopla improv show at The Bell, a mix of half a dozen different groups doing different thin
gs. "Shuffle improv" were basing their scenes on a shuffled playlist built by the audience on the way in
and an interesting format from a improv-as-a-second-language group chatting about their experiences in a
foreign land and basing their scenes off it. The group called "twelve people" only had six but were good
chaotic fun.Lots of stuff about cooking and food.
I found myself pondering optimum size for an improve group. In general the larger groups seemed more fun to me, with the exception of three-person "burn the script" who did excellent work. More than eight wouldn't fit in the tiny stage at that venue. In rehearsal I like to have the group split in half and perform for each other. Hard to do that with fewer than six. Still up in the air if our group will get off the ground or not. More people does mean more calendar clashes even if it makes for a cheaper-per-person room hire.
Everyone has instagram pages, which are no use to me. Won't link or visit there. Interesting that nobody has a Twitter profile any more and of course nobody seems to have just a damned website which still strikes me as madness. Imagine not wanting to own your own space on the web?
Status at - Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:29:36 +0000
Content warning:ukpol votes for teens
They're going to allow sixteen year olds to vote in the next election, presumably so they can learn about futility and pointless hallow ineffectuality at a nice young age.
The vast majority of those 16 and 17 year olds will be voting in safe seats where their votes amount to nothing and can change nothing.
There are far more important electoral reforms which are of course not being done.
Status at - Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:26:46 +0000
More than four years in prison for cutting down a tree?
🤨
It isn't in fact for cutting down the tree of course, it's for cutting down the meme of the famous tree.
Four years in jail for cutting down a meme.
Jail doesn't work and won't help here any more than anywhere else, but perhaps it's true that cutting down a meme is more serious than unlicensed logging.
Status at - Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:23:28 +0000
Spam account applications increasing. Easy to tell on our server coz nobody is really allowed unless we already know them, and the spam accounts never even try to mention an existing user.
Must be hard to tell for those with more open instances though.
I'm a creative thinker who enjoys exploring quirky, fun, and offbeat
communities. Boing.world caught my attention for its unique vibe, and I’d love
to join to connect with others who appreciate humor, creativity, and
unconventional conversation in a welcoming and playful environment.
Status at - Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:29:01 +0000
Tesla shareholders will apparently get to vote on whether Tesla should bail out Xai/Twitter.
Do Tesla shareholders want to give Musk more money in return for Tesla owning part of his nazi AI model and his nazi troll site?
We shall see. My guess is yes! Tesla share owners will vote to dilute themselves in return for the chance to bail out the failing Twitter and Grok.
https://electrek.co/2025/07/13/musk-will-ask-tesla-shareholders-to-vote-on-bailout-for-twitter-xai/
Status at - Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:53:45 +0000
Went out to see Stewart Lee doing his "Man Wulf" show at the Royal Festival hall.
Huge place. Ginormous! Easily the biggest place I've ever seen him perform.
He mocks the 60 million dollar netflix special offensive comedians doing their skits about how they're not allowed to say stuff, while actually saying the stuff they say you're not allowed to say and suffering nothing but millions of dollars for it.
There are things you're *actually* not allowed to say this month of course. But they will not say the things that can get you 14 years in jail: like pointing out the government's collaboration in a genocide and supporting those who oppose it.
The man wulf just mocks the weak instead.
And Stew does too, while by mocking the wolf inside him showing he could be them. Sort of. Only he can't, because even though it's enjoyable and funny and easy to deconstruct, it's still fundamentally inane.
Stew's voice and accents and singing and impersonations have improved considerably!
Great costume. See the show if you can.
Status at - Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:24:22 +0000
Remember everyone, when your grand-kids are using secret encrypted communications technology that you can't understand or read or control, it'll be because you banned them from the simple easy internet and left them no choice.
Status at - Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:11:44 +0000
Been out today trying to get my phone battery replaced.
Three phone repair places said they couldn't do it today and would have to order the battery in, and the last made a call and said they'd have a battery this evening if I came back.
So I did come back and they did have the battery. Went to the pub for half an hour while they changed it only to come back and find them apologizing that their heat-plate is apparently broken since yesterday so they can't soften the glue to open the screen.
Annoying how sealed-in batteries are these days. Could change it myself if I had a heat plate to soften the glue and open the screen.
Oh well. They'll call me back when the heat plate is fixed next week.
Given how hot the battery gets now and how hot the weather is, it's a bit surprising the glue isn't softened all on it's own 😆
Status at - Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:58:20 +0000
Presumably Twitter will have to do likewise, and Facebook. And indeed everybody.
Interesting to see who, if anyone, refuses.
Status at - Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:56:49 +0000
Age verification via uploading ID or face-scan or credit-card coming to UK Bluesky users.
I will be doing none of these things, obviously.
Apparently they're gonna block DMs and "adult" content somehow for people who nope out of such things. Interesting that they think that will be okay by the law.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
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Bookmarks
Things I have bookmarked lately.Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit focused on open-source social media - Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:34:36 +0000
As a result, the team at “and Other Stuff” is determined not to build a company but is instead operating like a “community of hackers,”
The entire history of English in 22 minutes - YouTube - Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:50:19 +0000
Nice 20 minute history of the English language. How is it that the King James Bible is translated into "english" if so many of the words in it weren't english words till it was written? 🤔
Practically-A-Book Review: Byrnes on Trance - Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:17:33 +0000
Scott reviews a series of blogs about the nature of consciousness and self. The homunculus model in which the brain models itself as having a central decider making decisions is no more valid than one in which it models itself as being in the control of a hypnotist or god.
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones | The Guardian - Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:58:19 +0000
"Millions of people are aware that their
government has facilitated a grave crime, and to protect themselves from
scrutiny and accountability, the powers that be must silence those
challenging the crime. Democracy becomes ever more imperilled.Remember:
it is an offence to show support for Palestine Action, which is deemed
legally equivalent to al-Qaida and IS. If that law is broken, prison
awaits. The proscribed organisation promotes civil disobedience and
non-violent direct action in protest at genocide. This column has been
checked over with that in mind. Ask yourself if this is normal in a
self-described democracy. Then ask yourself searching questions about
where this is all headed."
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian - Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:24:49 +0000
The implications of this collapse are profound for
international, regional and even domestic politics. Political dissent is
repressed, political language is policed, and traditionally liberal
societies are increasingly militarized against their own citizens.
Whatever You Do, Don’t Make Them Uncomfortable - Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:16:42 +0000
The Bear: "The real scandal isn't the chant - it's The Mail on Sunday's
deliberate fabrication. Turning "Death to the IDF" into "Death to
Israelis" wasn't sloppy journalism. It was character assassination
designed to transform political protest into genocidal incitement. When
major newspapers can simply invent quotes and attribute them to public
figures without consequence, we've moved beyond press freedom into press
lawlessness."
Is a Glastonbury chant the real problem, or Israel's genocidal violence in Gaza? - Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:53:54 +0000
"By arming Israel, by organising spy flights over Gaza from RAF base
Akrotiri on Cyprus, and by providing diplomatic cover, Starmer has
effectively glorified Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian children in the
enclave. Bob Vylan’s chants of “Death to the IDF” have a far more
dangerous counterpart in Starmer’s recital of Israel’s “right to defend
itself” when that “defence” involves Israel mercilessly starving Gaza’s
population of food, water and power. Bob Vylan are a punk band;
Starmer is the British prime minister, the man who directs Britain’s
foreign policy and directs its army."
You Cannot Negotiate with the Zionist West - Craig Murray - Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:37:39 +0000
"Israel attacked Iran during negotiations between Iran and the US, with the next scheduled meeting just three days away – including assassinating the lead negotiator.
Trump then gave Iran a two-week ultimatum
to agree a peace deal. Iran held one foreign-minister-level meeting
with the UK, Germany and France and scheduled a second meeting. Trump
then attacked Iran with 11 days of the ultimatum still to run.
Plainly the Zionist West not only has zero interest in peace, it is
engaging in morally abhorrent levels of dishonesty and deception,
attacking under a false flag of truce. The idea that Iran should now
return to “negotiation” with such appallingly deceitful interlocutors is
risible."
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election. - Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:24:24 +0000
evidence of election rigging?
Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue - Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:15:06 +0000
musk sues his customers to get them to spend.