Samuel Pinney

@ginbrogueshats

Writer. Scripts, but before that journalism. Still stumbles across a story every now and then. Makes swords and bows, fixes robots, likes cats. Even better in person. I have ADHD and who knows what else. He/Him.

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Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· 22d

Here is my finished weapon. After being dipped in a (I am not making this up) a sacred pool. It's the same design and shape as a classic Celtic bronze sword, which is why it looks a little small in my hands. Anyway, I'm quite hyped for The Odyssey tonight, a poem I have a rare connection with.

A powerful magic sword, made from bronze above a magical lake.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· 22d

Making weapons from Bronze feels magic adjacent. The sword is cast in soapstone and then pulled out, which is perhaps where the Arthur myth came from. In this picture we are putting the handle on. I got hold of some bog oak. Dark as midnight and an absolute diva to work with.

Two men work on a bronze sword. Thick gray smoke billows off the blade.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· 22d

On the second night of sword making in Wales the swordmaster read us The Odyssey. He explained it was the wrong culture for the the bronze work we were doing, but it was from the right time. We sat in a thatched roundhouse and listened to a poem as old as bronze working.

A group of tired metal workers (bronze) in a round hut, lit by candles.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· 26d

They said that Kiss From A Rose was too mental to work as a song, and yet now you are humming the tune.

A sticker saying 'If Seal is Broken This Is Unsellable'

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· 27d

That moment when you realise your wife is buying sleep drugs from an alternative universe Lady Gaga

Some lady gaga wizard woman on a pack of pills.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jul 10

I think I need to go and get my bike and see where this jump goes. It's definitely got portal energy.

A ramp into a box on a street. Who knows where it goes

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jul 7

I love it when the grass in Brockwell Park gets long and yellow in the sun. It is a time for middle-aged Roman history enthusiasts to wander through the fields of wheat and dream of Elysium.

A man drags his hand through long grass. It looks a bit like that bit in Gladiator. This sort of thing was more fun before AI could make 'anything' and all it cost was the death of one Polar Bear.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 26

Weather is having a remix and everyone is more South then they used to be. Are Scottish people ready to become midlanders? I'm fairly sure Kent/Surrey will adapt to being French. North Wales is now Cornish, obviously. The Cornish are Catalonian. Hull is the new London.

A weather map of some of Britain, there are heat warnings everywhere apart from HULL.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 24

The tiny group of men in suits who were pointedly not hanging with the Green Party gang have left. Several dogs have been told they are good. A nice bug landed on my hand.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 24

There are so many Green supporters that they are taking an official photo. I appreciate that the photographer is making sure everyone is in the shade.

Some Green Party supporters taking a photo in a park.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 24

The anointed leader of the government is apparently going to appear in this small park in London The traffic lights nearby aren't working. A busy four way junction on the South Circular, just left for people to work out? Is this a metaphor for something?

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 23

Here is the post. Incredible loser energy. A+ didn't know he had it in him.

This guy who was supposed to be clever has posted this right. Only he wasn't actually clever, he went to an expensive school where they tell you are clever, and you meet other people who are also clever because they went to the same school, and you do things together that are clever because you do them.

Only reality proved otherwise when he got a real job.

Rishi Sunak posing in his office.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 18

This would be an advert you'd see in a moderately dark sci-fi setting.

An advert for DRONE SECTOR a game where you operate drones. It has a demo available.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 16

Do you feel like you have -1 to ability checks?

The description of the Bloodless condition in Baldur's Gate 3. It says '-1 to attack rolls, saving throws and ability checks'

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Jun 8

I'm so glad this cake shop caters to both genders.

A cake that says 'wife' on the side and another one that says 'Builders'

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· May 19

This is the finale to a snail action film. You can see the trail left by the hero snail as they skidded a 180 to help their fallen friend.

Two snails on a pavement a clearly dead snail is nearby. One of the snails has done a 180 turn.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· May 14

Anyway. It turned out lovely. So nice the head of the organisation was impressed but also now I was ACTUALLY friends with Father Christmas, and I mean that functionality, for my kids. The FC they met was real. He knew what they had been up to or which thing they were into. It was great.

Father Christmas on the left and a bearded man to his right.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· May 7

I have voted. There weren't any dogs so I took a photo of this corvid* eating a carpet in a bin. #ModernBritain. #Ivoted #localelections *Yes I asked permission first, they were fine with it.

A black bird eating some carpet in a bin

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Apr 28

Work continues! I've added the USB A / 3.5mm ports to the sleeves. I've got them underslung because the weight was always going to pull them there. The USB A lets you connect, well anything to a sleeve and access the computer. The 3.5mm port is going to be used for [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]!

Two coat sleeves with USB ports and 3.5mm jack ports.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Apr 17

Me when you try to show me something you 'made' with AI

A clip from The Matrix. Neil the hero played by Keanu Reeves is holding his hand out and making bullets stop through pure awesomeness. It's such a good film.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Apr 17

Me any time someone tells me to use A.I.

An iconic moment from Terminator 2 judgement day. A young man and THE TERMINATOR played by Arnold Schwarzenegger are on a motorbike. The Terminator is pointing a gun at the screen.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Apr 9

The glue on Pinky's bow was failing. Luckily I had some thread that was just the right colour to reattach it, even if doing so did feel a bit like that part in Manon Des Sources*. Pinky has now fully recovered and is doing what ever Sprunki do. *Where the guy sews a ribbon onto his chest.

Pinky the Sprunki with her bow falling off.

Samuel Pinney@ginbrogueshats· Apr 5

I have no clue what is the right glue to fix a crayon but tape works. This is a terrible repair and yet the person is absolutely thrilled and took the crayon to bed. People are weird.