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Alex "Fozzles" Turvey
@fozzles.com
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I start projects and never finish them. Interested in renewable energy and all manner of nerdy things. Aspiring author, my urban fantasy WIP has been described as "too cynical for YA" by another member of my writing group. he/him
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Tried the face scan for UK bsky age verification. Failed over 10 times. Gave up.
Crappy age verification the UK has forced on us. It says "Sorry, something went wrong" then "Try again". I tried over 10 times with the same result.
July 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Gianmarco Soresi posting an image of a tweet from the white house that says: "ICE: Raids marijuana farms filled with illegal aliens Cryin' Jimmy:"ThEy'Re JuSt StRaWbErRy PiCkErS 😭" That ain't produce, holmes, THAT'S PRODUCT. 🌿" Then there's an image of a guy crying with his mouth open wearing a suit with a flag in the background. Gianmarco's post says "I'm serious we need to know who runs this account
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#WIPSnips
“How did Dagmar die?” “She fell down the stairs.” Swarna couldn't help but laugh. “Don't be an ass Swarna.” Amber was clearly still upset about it. “I’m sorry, I know it's not funny. I was just surprised, that's all. All this power and we could still get hit by a bus tomorrow.” “Quite.” Bernadette's delivery was so void of emotion it had Swarna reassessing just how annoyed the older witch was with her right now.
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Is it just me or does this creature in the background of the Ghavoran area in Metroid Dread look just like the Carvex boss from the Prime 4 trailer? #MetroidPrime4 #Metroid #Nintendo
An image from the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer showing the pointed flowery tendril from the new Carvex boss. a screen from Metroid Dread's Ghavoran area showing some plant creature in the background that looks very similar to the Carvex boss shown in the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer.
April 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Sorry about this one, but it's the only instance of "apple" I have so far. #WIPSnips
Amber held out a ziploc bag and Swarna peered in with suspicion. “What are these? They look like prolapsed arseholes.” “Lord have mercy.” Amber muttered, pushing up her glasses as she pinched the bridge of their nose. “They’re dried apple rings! I made them myself in my dehydrator.” “Ah… Sorry. They look lovely. But I’ve already eaten. Can we just go get this drink?”
March 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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"A magic sword." Part of Swarna thought it was cool in spite of herself. "Ha! It's a bit cliché don't you think?" "Not when it was originally created. Fencing was all the rage." "When was that?" "Some time in the 17th or 18th century." "You are NOT four hundred fucking years old, are you?!"
February 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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#wipsnips
Swarna waited patiently by the bar while a raucous guy ordered a Jägerbomb and downed it before picking up the rest of his drinks and returning to his group of friends. Swarna ordered an amaretto and Coke from the lady behind the bar, only to be told that they didn't have amaretto, and they didn't have Coke. Settling for a spiced rum and Pepsi she took her drink outside and bought a pot of cockles off the seafood stall before finding a seat in the beer garden beside an anchor that had been sloppily painted in thick black paint. As Swarna ate she looked out over the murky brown water of the Thames. Not having had cockles in a long time she had forgotten how chewy they were. Like eating salty elastic bands.
January 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Not a terribly interesting one. But it's all I had. #WIPSnips
Swarna double checked the address Amber had sent her. She’d almost walked past the place. It was an inconspicuous entrance, consisting of a grotty narrow door, squeezed between a bookies and a chicken shop. What kind of a name is Chicken Dispensary? Talk about gentrification. She pressed the doorbell on the intercom, absentmindedly picking at some flaking paint, and waited for a muffled voice that murmured unintelligibly before a buzzer sounded as the door was unlocked. Inside she saw a dingy hallway with a flight of carpeted stairs leading up to another door. Swarna thumped the old-fashioned pneumatic light switch and headed for the stairs. Before she reached them the door opened and Swarna looked up at the largest man she had ever seen.
January 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The first one this week that I can take part in. 😅 #WIPSnips
"You know how noise cancelling headphones work?" "What does that have to do with… err, yes." Swarna lied. "Basically they play sound that's the opposite soundwave as the surrounding noise so they cancel each other out." "Ok…" "You can essentially do a similar thing with magic. Cast a spell twice, but in a different way that makes the magic invisible. But it's complicated, and a waste of resources because it takes twice the energy. It's not easy to do on the fly. Maybe Dave can't do it." "But you can?" Amber couldn't help letting slip a smug smile."Yes, I can. But generally I don't. No one does. It's a waste of time. If you are careful, ninety nine percent of the time it's unnecessary. It is good for charms though. Or anything you prepare in advance." She patted her handbag.
January 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Test run of Snow Skin Moon Cakes with my son before making them with the Woodcraft Folk kids was mostly a success. (I know they're not traditionally made for lunar new year but we needed something non-bake). Just realised it's suffragette colours. 🎂🍽️
A plate of 8 snow skin moon cakes. Half are square, half circular. They are a mix of colours, white, green (using matcha), and purple (a food colouring test), or a mix of two of those colours together.
January 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Post your favourite Pokémon, wrong answers only
Louie from the Bomberman series.
November 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Me in my Ekko chamber.
Ekko from League of Legends / Arcane.
November 21, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Got it dead on 20 mil.
Bluesky User Count 20,000,000 Total Bluesky Users
November 19, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Bluesky just hit 20 million users.
A screenshot that says "Bluesky User Count 20,000,000 Total Bluesky Users"
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Rotten Island is great though. And the illustrations are fantastic.
The cover for Rotten Island by William Steig. It shows an illustration of a bunch of monsters fighting while volcanoes erupt in the background.
October 24, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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I got a different, equally wrong answer.
Asking Google Gemini the meaning of "two in the pink, one in the stink". It says: "Two in the pink, one in the stink" is a rhyming phrase often used in reference to the condition of a person's underwear. * "Two in the pink" typically refers to the two front pockets of a pair of underwear. * "One in the stink" refers to the rear pocket, often jokingly implying that it's the one most prone to odor. It's a humorous way to describe a situation where someone's underwear is clean in the front but possibly soiled or smelly in the back.
October 7, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #154,389!
The "celebrating 10m users" card. I was number 154,389.
September 17, 2024 at 5:34 AM
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Gravity Force 2
A screenshot from Gravity Force 2 on the Amiga
September 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Nice
September 13, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Earlier I was scrolling through your old posts to see the videos. The majority all worked fine but I did get an error message on just a couple.
An error message that says "An error occured while loading the video. Please try again later." An error message that says "An error occured while loading the video. Please try again later." An error message that says "An error occured while loading the video. Please try again later."
September 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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That's great! I made one for my son a couple years back but it was based on Splatoon so more cartoony.
A cake in the shape of a squid from the Splatoon videogame series. The name Owen is spelt out in ink splats.
June 9, 2024 at 6:42 PM