Tumbling over my own feet

a) awwww

20 Years ago Sony flung 250,000 bouncy balls down a San Francisco street to advertise the Bravia

Here's the full article:

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

Front, back, side twirl...

It occurred to me the other day that the Candy Crew aren't actually interacting with a whole lot of people who have context for what gummies, chocolate bars, and pudding cups are and that's really funny actually...

(was asked to put my Bluesky thread on tumblr)

Just because of some stuff I saw yesterday: if you are a minor online, please do not openly identify yourself as such. It is not safe, it allows adults who want to interact with minors for bad purposes to know you are one.

There are different, safer ways to accomplish your goals than to do that.

You do not need to identify yourself publicly as a minor online to:

Ask that people respect your boundaries

Not create or interact with adult material

Not be a victim of harassment

Not give away personal information

All these are normal things anyone of any age can do online.

If you are being invited into spaces you don't want to be in as a minor, or which people have asked you not to be in as a minor, decline for any or no reason. If an adult wants to do something with you they should not with a minor, decline for any or no reason. If people do not accept that, they are not people you should be interacting with. Don't pretend to be an adult, just don't say you aren't.

I understand that recently, more people under 18 tend to say that they are under 18 to protect themselves online. People who are not dangerous don't need that information. People who are dangerous will gladly use it because they know you are vulnerable. You are not protecting yourself.

As an adult who doesn't really care to interact with minors, I probably won't interact a lot with you if you are "young." That's not hard to catch from the way people act online. If you are "young" I care about you being safe and not victimized by opportunists, regardless of your birth year.

Protect your identity and safety on the internet, and if you are a person who is vulnerable, be a mysterious figure. Make silly posts. Complain about "people you know." Complain about "living with your parents."

"ADULTS DNI!"

Most adults will see this, roll their eyes, and respect it by moving on.

You know what predators see when they see "Adults DNI!"? They see a target who trusts adults to respect a DNI, but probably doesn't trust adults enough to go to one if there is a problem. They know really defensive teens are more likely to have past trauma, which, like any vulnerability, can be easily exploited. All they have to do is pretend to be your age. And yes, it's easy to fall for it. And they will absolutely cultivate your mistrust of adults to make sure you feel like you can't go to anyone. "Adults just won't believe you, or will blame you" is where a lot of you are at to begin with.

“Greg Davies: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally.

Alex Horne: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did.

cut to panel of Ajax, Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Diomedes who are all staring at Odysseus with his head in his hands”

(post formatted as a script so the names were in all caps) end ID]

my favourite of the replies: