Peter Haynes

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“I think we are moving into extremely volatile and dangerous times, as modern electronic technologies give mankind almost unlimited powers to play with its own psychopathology as a game.” —JG Ballard

@danielcave_ I’m eyeballing a lot of Cold War tech at the moment. Built to last init.

Wonder if there's an outside chance landlines make a comeback? Romanticising it.

Influencer's fleeing Dubai right now.

@ARCRaidersGame Too many arc now imo

🛠️ Attention, Raiders! We've just rolled out a fresh hotfix to address some issues introduced in this week's update: • Fixed different instances of client and server crashes. • Fixed several server performance issues. • Fixed certain instances where crouch was skipping the recovery time after a dodge roll, which will also impact the Il Toro. • Fixed some Patchwork customization items displaying before they should, it may take some time for it to take effect. Please note that the image of the Patchwork outfit for the second Expedition has an incorrect bandolier toggle, which will be introduced later as the third Expedition reward. Restart your client to download, see you topside, Raiders!

🚨BREAKING: The "Board of Peace" launches its first war....

The Board of Peace is bombing Iran.

Simmons’ rant against greta t, his ‘Muslims are the bad guys’ nonsense in Olympos, raging xenophobia in Flashback. He was a dick in his later years, wrote bad sex a lot, but his skills with sf wonder, big ideas, elemental horror were always present.

Also true

R.I.P.

Simmons became troublesome to like over the last few years and much of his later writing is tainted (and some his earlier stuff too tbh) but Hyperion was a core read for me and his short fiction (particularly The Great Lover) was an inspiration. Fires of Eden, Crook Factory too.

My dear friend & incomparable author Dan Simmons died Saturday from a stroke at age 77. He defied literary norms, exploring historical fiction, horror, crime & other genres. His must-read titles include THE SONG OF KALI & HYPERION. He was one of a kind. dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/lon…

truly the most honest rejection ever sent.

When I started freelancing,I got a huge amount of work through X. I very much doubt it works like that anymore. However, I'm open to writing commissions, corporate content creation or editorial strategy finessing. dancavejournalism@gmail.com [photo of me 'working' attached]

literally this

Hoisted by one’s own petard, you might say.

Carl Reiner gave Rob Reiner a copy of The Princess Bride, and Rob Reiner loved it and its father/son love story so much he turned it into a movie (with a grandfather and grandson). Three days before Carl’s death in 2020, he and Rob reenacted the final scene and “As you wish”