Bard to the Bone
@bard2thebone.bsky.social
Unabashed nerd. More to come in the future.
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
Fully agree that if you're writing for an adult audience, just write fuck. If you're writing for a more general audience though, I think you should write #@&%!!
Reading British comics as a kid, guessing which swearword fit the context was a key part of my developing literacy and critical thinking.
Reading British comics as a kid, guessing which swearword fit the context was a key part of my developing literacy and critical thinking.
writing it "f*ck" sickens me. a coward's curse. say fuck or find a different word. get that nasty starfish asshole out of my sight
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fully agree that if you're writing for an adult audience, just write fuck. If you're writing for a more general audience though, I think you should write #@&%!!
Reading British comics as a kid, guessing which swearword fit the context was a key part of my developing literacy and critical thinking.
Reading British comics as a kid, guessing which swearword fit the context was a key part of my developing literacy and critical thinking.
I went to @argonautbooks.bsky.social yesterday and walked out with a reasonable number of purchases. This is the third time I've paired @tkingfisher.com and @chucktingle.bsky.social while shopping there, so I guess that makes it a tradition?
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I went to @argonautbooks.bsky.social yesterday and walked out with a reasonable number of purchases. This is the third time I've paired @tkingfisher.com and @chucktingle.bsky.social while shopping there, so I guess that makes it a tradition?
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These Frankenstein adaptations are getting wild 🤯
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
These Frankenstein adaptations are getting wild 🤯
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Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
My name is Pagliacci, Clown of Clowns. Look on my works, ye doctors; I despair.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
Nothing wakes me up in the morning quite like a 100m sprint from the bus that left late to the bus that almost left early.
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Nothing wakes me up in the morning quite like a 100m sprint from the bus that left late to the bus that almost left early.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
If these aren't the actual lines being delivered, nobody tell me.
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If these aren't the actual lines being delivered, nobody tell me.
I need to tidy my bathroom because it has way too many squeeze tubes. One of these days I'm going to end up brushing my teeth with antiseptic cream, I just know it.
October 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I need to tidy my bathroom because it has way too many squeeze tubes. One of these days I'm going to end up brushing my teeth with antiseptic cream, I just know it.
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Training my kid to respond to performers’ cries of ‘YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!’ With ‘No YOU can do better than that! The volume and enthusiasm of our participation is a direct reflection on your work thus far!’
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Training my kid to respond to performers’ cries of ‘YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!’ With ‘No YOU can do better than that! The volume and enthusiasm of our participation is a direct reflection on your work thus far!’
Speaking on behalf of myself and the dozen neighborhood dogs that have started barking, can the person letting off fireworks please FUCK OFF!
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Speaking on behalf of myself and the dozen neighborhood dogs that have started barking, can the person letting off fireworks please FUCK OFF!
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A few years ago while on vacation, I met a doctor who at the end of his shift would stop at the hotel bar to unwind and he would always ask for an Almond daiquiri.
This, in and of itself, was weird because who ever heard of almond daiquiris, but apparently the liqueur for it exists! Anyways…
This, in and of itself, was weird because who ever heard of almond daiquiris, but apparently the liqueur for it exists! Anyways…
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A few years ago while on vacation, I met a doctor who at the end of his shift would stop at the hotel bar to unwind and he would always ask for an Almond daiquiri.
This, in and of itself, was weird because who ever heard of almond daiquiris, but apparently the liqueur for it exists! Anyways…
This, in and of itself, was weird because who ever heard of almond daiquiris, but apparently the liqueur for it exists! Anyways…
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& all of the costumers have breathed a sigh of relief🥳
Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance
The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.
craftindustryalliance.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
& all of the costumers have breathed a sigh of relief🥳
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Mistakenly assumed that the poster for a Writhing Retreat had a typo on it and ended up spending the week in a bog with some worm people.
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Mistakenly assumed that the poster for a Writhing Retreat had a typo on it and ended up spending the week in a bog with some worm people.
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The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
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The temptation to write a treatment for a zombie movie, but it's reply guys...
If you see people having fun discussing horror movies, don't do this. It's not witty. It's not helpful, and it's certainly not original. At best, it's INCREDIBLY annoying, and at worst, it sounds like you're shaming someone for daring to not think about politics 24/7. Either way, you're an asshole.
September 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The temptation to write a treatment for a zombie movie, but it's reply guys...
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day! On this day one man prevented the apocalypse.
September 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day! On this day one man prevented the apocalypse.
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The Black Parade World Tour is the Eras Tour for people who didn’t do sport in secondary school
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Black Parade World Tour is the Eras Tour for people who didn’t do sport in secondary school
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Compulsory ID cards would be a bad idea at the best of times, but imagine trying to bring them in when there's a very serious threat of a properly far-right government coming in at the next election.
September 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Compulsory ID cards would be a bad idea at the best of times, but imagine trying to bring them in when there's a very serious threat of a properly far-right government coming in at the next election.
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worldbuilding: it's easy and fun
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
worldbuilding: it's easy and fun
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall arrested in relation to planned bank job. Claims it was part of his research for upcoming River Frottage Cookbook.
September 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall arrested in relation to planned bank job. Claims it was part of his research for upcoming River Frottage Cookbook.
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Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
It's been a while since some news has properly surprised and disappointed me. I refuse to believe half of these names aren't getting other offers. There is no way they are so out of work they think this is worth it. I can't think of any generous way to look at it, they're just shitheels.
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's been a while since some news has properly surprised and disappointed me. I refuse to believe half of these names aren't getting other offers. There is no way they are so out of work they think this is worth it. I can't think of any generous way to look at it, they're just shitheels.