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@karohemd.bsky.social

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Tabletop and video games; food; photography; occasional moaning about politics etc. etc.

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 14d

I have updated my post about my struggles with mental health, battling the legal and benefits systems and a lack of funds over the last year:
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
The processes are very slow so any amount would be helpful. Donation options are in the link.
Please reskeet.

karohemd.dreamwidth.org

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 36m

Hehehe, nice!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 4h

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand.

Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 2h

Cross your fingers for me, please. I just had some promising news regarding a partial resolution of my awful life situation (see quoted post).
The financial situation remains dire, however, so I am still in need of donations.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 14d

I have updated my post about my struggles with mental health, battling the legal and benefits systems and a lack of funds over the last year:
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
The processes are very slow so any amount would be helpful. Donation options are in the link.
Please reskeet.

karohemd.dreamwidth.org

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

I've disabled all "AI assistants" I could. They don't help and might even make things worse.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

I tried that yesterday, the game needs a lot of work in terms of QoL.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

:( Sounds like we could both do with a replacement body. Would sort out my knee problems, too.
I always say, I don't want to be taller or more handsome or any other cosmetic improvements, I just want a body - and brain! - that works as intended.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

Heh. I'm usually fine around the chest area. It's my hand and feet that tend to be coldest (poor circulation). I need hobbit and/or werewolf genes...

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

Oooh! That looks beautiful!

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 3h

I thankfully get around that by not having chest hair.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 4h

I am at Books on the Hill in St Albans at 7pm tonight for a poetry show

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 10h

I was in a meeting yesterday warning that if we lose the ECHR we are Royally Fucked. I think people think it could never happen - but remember everyone said that about Brexit. Let’s not be as stupid as then.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 14h

No I don’t, you chucklefucks, I want Norma Jean to be able to rest in peace without a bunch of technoghouls turning her corpse into a marionette.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 18h

So just full of flour but no actual taste?

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 18h

It's just weird. Why make up something like that when he's doing so many heinous things that are much worse?

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 18h

Hah! I did have job and income (and a chunk of savings in Germany and parents willing to donate some on top).

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 20h

Ah, Hundertwasser.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 20h

I'm still beating myself up for waiting for as long as I did and not buying in the early 00s.

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 21h

If. You. Value. Your. Work. Do. Not. Use. Google. Software. For. Your. Work.

Seriously.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 20h

It's fake. There's no such X post.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 20h

You are welcome!

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 23h

Season 1 of this show is absolutely perfect atmospheric audio horror. I knew I was going to enjoy it, but I was surprised by how emotional, deep and genuinely creepy it was. It properly grapples with the themes of Dracula, not just the iconography, and is my favourite take on a sequel. Backed!

The Holmwood Foundation @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social · 1d

THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION SEASON TWO IS NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

Help us reach our goal of 40k to create Season Two of our found footage horror fiction podcast, The Holmwood Foundation.

Click the link below for more information, and an array of exciting tier rewards!

tinyurl.com/THF-S2

Coming soon: The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two

Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 20h

A highly recommended audio drama podcast series. I sadly don't have any money for this sort of thing currently but if you do, back this KS and you won't be disappointed.

The Holmwood Foundation @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social · 21h

We’re off for the night but we’re at £2,772 funded! 🔥

Would love to get to 5k ASAP so we can announce one of our new members of the cast if you can help!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two

Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!

www.kickstarter.com

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 1d

It's also why I don't bake because baking is alchemy/witchcraft and it only works if amount/ratio/temperature/timing instructions are followed precisely. I can't just wing it or decide to put in an extra ingrdient into the cake halfway through baking. 2/2

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, this is very interesting. I know a lot about cooking but very little about writing. I use recipes/cookbooks for inspiration for interesting flavour/ingredient combinations and new techniques but rarely or even never follow recipes to the letter because I understand the way food works. 1/2