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DevOps engineer, recovering broadcast tech tinkerer. https://teapaw.org/t.co/CSoEu0yBEg on 🦋

Cambridge, England
Joined March 2010
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New highlight! From playtesting to challenge design, @itscfox and @markspolakovs break down all the behind the scenes secrets from Noughts And Crosses Across Manchester. youtu.be/SF_2R9ddakw
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Listening to Paris Paloma's 'Cacophony' and the thought that keeps running through my head is "this is very nearly English TTPD".
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Not that that's a bad thing.
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Prototyping location-based games for video material over iMessage with @itscfox is fun!
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it must be impossible to use the wetherspoons app without saying "oh that's disgusting" when you read the date on the age verification screen – at York, England
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Have you even truly accepted an award without thwacking the mic clean off the podium (sorry @NaSTAuk!)
Shortly before punching a microphone @markspolakovs won us gold for the @NaSTAuk 2024 technical achievement award. 🦡🦡🦡
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"I'm gonna tweet that" - things @michaeldpgrace says that get you worried
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"Weren't the first two parts out a month ago?" Yes, they were - editor's block is a fun time. Very pleased with the result though (and the series finale isn't far away either - promise!) youtu.be/s5m9zxDLVPk
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P.S. Watch until the end for a little post-credits scene...
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Ranking all the musical numbers in Come From Away, a 🧵, presented by someone (bored on a train) who doesn’t usually enjoy musicals but really likes this one:
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2/20: Somewhere In The Middle Of Nowhere Now I’m not one to get emotional when listening to music, but every time I hear the chorus (for lack of a better word) I get a tear of joy in my eye. Restores my faith in humanity.
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And the winner of this incredibly tightly fought battle: Prayer I have no words. I’m not a religious person, but the mix of prayers in different languages is so, so well done and powerful. Give it a listen if you haven’t already.
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