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Probably ought to be doing something creative
I'm having a bit of low mood at the moment, so I decided to buy a present for my wife - which means I get to watch @erikaishii.bsky.social stab people in a very pretty game (cat for chiminage)
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Watching 'The Witcher : Sirens of The Deep' with my darling wife. Two wonderful things - first, @dougcockle.bsky.social's sultry growl, and secondly, my wife joyously exclaiming 'Now you can f*ck her like a *real* fish!'
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sum 41 - Still Waiting
YouTube video by Sum41VEVO
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm having a bad mental health day today. So I'm listening to They Might Be Giants, and asking the universe (you) for cat pics.
Here's one to get you started
#proofofcat
May 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Today's final word count stands at around 1500. I don't want to go to bed. I want to keep going. Stupid real job.
May 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
bloom-wilt-repeat.bandcamp.com/track/up-and...

Made a new track. It's about hope in a time of hopelessness, and the way the world can encourage you to keep going. Thanks to @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social for her beautiful voice and lyrics, and to @dragonsteelbooks.com for helping me keep going.
Up, and away from the Honour Chasm, by Bloom.Wilt.Repeat feat. Anna Fruen
track by Bloom.Wilt.Repeat feat. Anna Fruen
bloom-wilt-repeat.bandcamp.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Just started @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Shards of Earth, and I haven't had this feeling of deep, important immersion in another world since I was first introduced to The Culture in the writings of Iain M Banks. Absolutely brilliant so far.
March 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yesterday I was ill. Fever, sweats, thumping headache -whole 9 yds. Today I woke up feeling better. Showered. Took stuff to the tip. Bought a plant. Made really tasty battered mushrooms and got a couple of pictures of my cats being adorable. I'm taking today as a win.
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
First up, this picture of Viper Tobi is just beautiful. It reminds me of illustrations in Collins Field Guides. And secondly, this bugger was probably my favourite fight in Icebourne. Went in so confidently, cos I knew how to fight a Tobi-Kadachi. Left with red health, 1 cart left. Glorious.
Day 7 Viper-Tobi-Kadachi (derpy but lovely)

#MHArt #MHArtChallenge
February 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"There's a thin, lost-looking figure waiting in the foyer of the Arcane Support office when I get to work, which is enough to put me on my guard straight away."

Arcane Support, maybe it'll get published one day.
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"The sun was high and bright when Kai rode into Benais-arik in Bashasa's wake, their cadres on horseback around them."

Queen Demon, October 7 2025
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"One hundred and thirty years after the Pall tore deadly rifts through the Tranquil Empire, it is still prudent to avoid walking abroad at night."

The Witch Roads, June 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
January 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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And, I’ve said it before. But when I click on links written by diligent journalists in respected outlets they are paywalled. The links that are funded by right wing dark money are not. There has to be a solution, because there’s only so many paid subscriptions that the average person can sustain
January 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here. Have a picture of a lovely cat who has decided to sit atop a door and scream at the universe.
January 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One thing I like when doing the "oh gods we need to organise this space" dance is finding things I once thought lost. @pjmontgomery.bsky.social @joeglass.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.

#Trans #LGBTQ #UK

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've had blood removed from me, and because I'm proactive, I already knew I wouldn't be able to focus or work today. So I took today off. From my software development job. And so far, I've spent most of my morning doing #godot game dev. Love my brain, makes so much sense
January 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Ok so thought experiment.

Let's say someone comes up with an unorthodox theory that actually steroid inhalers are *causing* asthma to get worse and turning people into lifelong patients after what is otherwise a childhood illness experienced by a minority that they grow out of.
January 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Happy new year, all
January 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Self-buff multi-class Bardificer. It's not meta, but people will jump in to help out on the off-chance that you'll be around for a raid in endgame content.
so what build is everyone going with on their 2025 run
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
'Oh, I'm a manatee,
A member of the Trichechidae family,
But much more commonly,
A Dewgong or a Sea Cow or -
A manatee.'
"Manatee" by Imagine Dewgongs

Yeah, we started watching the 2nd season of Arcane the other day and this is just on repeat in my brain.
December 27, 2024 at 10:34 AM
A Christmas Eve night full of nightmares. Deeply unpleasant, no ghosts teaching me important life lessons, only stress dreams that were probably caused by the concept of hosting Christmas in my own house for the first time
December 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Pop quiz, cos I'm wrapping presents. For the next year, every major holiday is, for you, a holiday episode of a TV series. Which one do you go for, and why?
December 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM