Duvet Gecko
@duvetgecko.bsky.social
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I liberally use starter packs, please don't feel obliged to follow back, I barely post!
I liberally use starter packs, please don't feel obliged to follow back, I barely post!
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Duvet Gecko
@duvetgecko.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Alt text is extra information you add when you upload an image in order to describe what the image is/provide extra context! It's how blind people can tell what's in the image, for instance: screen reading programs can read the *text* out loud, but they can't access pictures.
Excellent guide to the whys and hows of alt text
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They dried! You can see the holo coming in through the window panes.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
They dried! You can see the holo coming in through the window panes.
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
I read this on my way to therapy, and it made me really want a chip butty. I think checking we are ok is reasonable, and probably a sensible reaction.
chip butty, pasty parm, pattie butty... crisp sandwich.... TOAST sandwich which is just toast between other bread..... is the UK OK
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I read this on my way to therapy, and it made me really want a chip butty. I think checking we are ok is reasonable, and probably a sensible reaction.
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Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
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Egbert. A little sculpture I made last year. I want to make more time for sculptures in '26!
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Egbert. A little sculpture I made last year. I want to make more time for sculptures in '26!
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
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Very well! Just because the author promo'd it (and confirmed it's a standalone), here are 5 US Kindle copies of @ajcalvin.bsky.social's SERPENTUS. I also got a copy for myself, and more for random giveaway. I have given out 61 books by the author previously.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Serpentus is discounted this weekend!
Epic fantasy standalone
Battles, magic, and a main character who goes through some hell
It's dark, but not without hope
buy.bookfunnel.com/o5lug1jnuc
Epic fantasy standalone
Battles, magic, and a main character who goes through some hell
It's dark, but not without hope
buy.bookfunnel.com/o5lug1jnuc
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Very well! Just because the author promo'd it (and confirmed it's a standalone), here are 5 US Kindle copies of @ajcalvin.bsky.social's SERPENTUS. I also got a copy for myself, and more for random giveaway. I have given out 61 books by the author previously.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Watching Pluribus, and whilst the main character is the closest to me in temperament and personality I’ve ever seen in a TV show, I would 100% join them because they seem happy and that would make a nice change for me.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Watching Pluribus, and whilst the main character is the closest to me in temperament and personality I’ve ever seen in a TV show, I would 100% join them because they seem happy and that would make a nice change for me.
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Cached US kindle giveaway, courtesy of @susannashore.bsky.social: 10 copies of Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1), by @robinhobb.bsky.social, which I have, and have read, and have enjoyed. The series gets significantly better as it goes along.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Cached US kindle giveaway, courtesy of @susannashore.bsky.social: 10 copies of Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1), by @robinhobb.bsky.social, which I have, and have read, and have enjoyed. The series gets significantly better as it goes along.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Picture from local paper, but every time I go past here, I feel they should use it to study something about "average height of graffiti artists" or something, because the entire building has a solid band around the blank side, then more variation at the corner where there's bits to climb up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Picture from local paper, but every time I go past here, I feel they should use it to study something about "average height of graffiti artists" or something, because the entire building has a solid band around the blank side, then more variation at the corner where there's bits to climb up.
I like this idea, I do it to puns a lot. I like puns, but I also know some of my friends like making people groan, so they get that reaction as a treat.
Pssst.
I wanna tell you a sekrit.
Sometimes I shout at @gailsimone.bsky.social's postings because a certain kind of shouty is humor, and I imagine it makes Gail happy and giggly to make people shouty in the right way.
Who am I to deny the catharsis of practicing my 'exaggerate reaction for humor'?
I wanna tell you a sekrit.
Sometimes I shout at @gailsimone.bsky.social's postings because a certain kind of shouty is humor, and I imagine it makes Gail happy and giggly to make people shouty in the right way.
Who am I to deny the catharsis of practicing my 'exaggerate reaction for humor'?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I like this idea, I do it to puns a lot. I like puns, but I also know some of my friends like making people groan, so they get that reaction as a treat.
UK giveaway from the ever-generous Kithrup
Very well: 5 UK/IE Kindle copies of @aptshadow.bsky.social's *excellent* (fairly-)hard SF novek, Children of Time. I love it. You *must* have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account to claim one!
I don't do UK/IE giveaways as much, but this book is *so* good.
I don't do UK/IE giveaways as much, but this book is *so* good.
Notice that @aptshadow.bsky.social ’s Children of Time is 99p on kindle in the UK. If you have any interest in SF and haven’t read it, this is a no-brainer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
UK giveaway from the ever-generous Kithrup
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One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
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With alt text 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
With alt text 1/3
🧵
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
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Seen in the world today: ‘welcome to the dungeon’ and ‘the gold was always the seeds stuck to leaves along the way’.
October 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Seen in the world today: ‘welcome to the dungeon’ and ‘the gold was always the seeds stuck to leaves along the way’.
A game of skulls (with amusing commentary)
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A game of skulls (with amusing commentary)
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Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!
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No one does horror like the folks at the Onion back in the day doing Clickhole
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
No one does horror like the folks at the Onion back in the day doing Clickhole
Some pharmacists will mention it, but a lot don't from what I've heard. It's a massive saving if you have to take more than one type of drug, and get monthly/bimonthly prescriptions.
(There is also a cheaper one for menopause HRT, but it only covers those medications)
(There is also a cheaper one for menopause HRT, but it only covers those medications)
Btw - if you're in England and regularly get prescriptions, look up a Prescription Prepayment Certificate. Pay upfront and it covers all your NHS prescriptions. Worth it if you get more than 4 in 3 months or 12 in a year.
There's no income qualification or anything complicated, and it's legit.
There's no income qualification or anything complicated, and it's legit.
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Some pharmacists will mention it, but a lot don't from what I've heard. It's a massive saving if you have to take more than one type of drug, and get monthly/bimonthly prescriptions.
(There is also a cheaper one for menopause HRT, but it only covers those medications)
(There is also a cheaper one for menopause HRT, but it only covers those medications)
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Got my giant skeleton up...
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Got my giant skeleton up...
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Good morning, I wish everything for you that you wish for trans people 😘
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Good morning, I wish everything for you that you wish for trans people 😘
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Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
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I got a potato and wire and a copper penny but I couldn’t find a zinc plated screw.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
October 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I got a potato and wire and a copper penny but I couldn’t find a zinc plated screw.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.
I put it all together anyway, but it didn’t work and now I’m being arrested for attempted battery.