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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 17m

I’ve been really enjoying my copy. It looks amazing, the quality of the writing is incredible (love the article by @malcolmcraig.bsky.social) and it SMELLS great (remember getting an annual on Christmas Day?)

Treat yourself and support independent magazines.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 45m

Finally, ages after other people started getting theirs our main shipment of mags made it through customs, cheers Brexit! The gift that keeps on giving

Anyway, here’s some low effort marketing for an incredibly high effort magazine, buy a copy today, you get a cool magazine & we get to make more

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 3h

A good T rex 🦖

Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Rachel Billingsley @rachellynnyo.bsky.social · 1d

Here are some of the @gmtgames.bsky.social marketing department’s pre-production copies from the last couple of months. I’m happy show a closer look at components for any of these games if anyone is interested.

Box Covers of Stalingrad ‘42, Italy ‘43, Seljuk, The Plum Island Horror, TPIH More of a Bad Thing Expansion, Next War: Taiwan, Cuba Libre Calixto Bot, and Unconditional Surrender Western Campaigns

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 20h

thinking about this post, and about wanting to larp as a non-human entity

Tumblr post from teaboot:

My first time operating CCTV cameras I was handed control over what was essentially 50 independently moving eyes that collectively covered an area about the size of a football
field and from that experience I now know that
1. Suddenly having 50 moving eyes can make you disoriented and barfy and the adjustment period sucks ass
2. It takes both more and less time than you'd think to figure out what the structure as a whole looks like and where those eyes ARE
3. Atter you get used to it the entirety of the structure itself and all of the eyes you can see from feels like an extension of your nervous system in a very bizarre way. Like I have dreams now from the perspective of A Building and I'm not sure how to describe that.
4. Once you are aware of an unreachable blind spot it nags at you constantly and you can feel it like a hard little lump under your skin you need to poke and scratch at and it's ardghgguychgghhbhhhbhhh

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Beyond Cataclysm @beyondcataclysm.co.uk · 20h

If you like coffee and you like books... check out ISBN COFFEE... beyondcataclysm.co.uk/product/isbn...

(I'd like to point out I had no plans to commercialise this thread, I just like coffee, but Capitalist @cjeggett.co.uk corrupted me!)

ISBN Coffee - Beyond Cataclysm

ISBN COFFEE is a a book about coffee for people who love coffee. It's a beautifully illustrated anthology of poetry, prose and play for you to enjoy while you rejuvenate with your favourite brew.

beyondcataclysm.co.uk

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 20h

If only you had a collection of coffee themed stories and games to enjoy alongside it?

CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 20h

Ace! I have some a4 frames to fill!

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 20h

Doing any a4 sized ones?

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 20h

Looks sick, how is it?

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 21h

Doing Justin Timberlake’s sick moves from hit movie In Time, but for blowjobs.

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 22h

Pretty sure the difference is about 20gsm!

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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how when you add a delay or echo to some sound digitally you have to store all the sound for the length of the delay, and that takes up a lot of memory. and then thinking about a large room as containing more memory-air than a small one

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 23h

"quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich. The water industry tells a similar story. Almost a third of the average bill goes towards funding shareholder dividends and interest payments."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 1d

Gamers! If you're going to Gamehole Con, you can donate to help out Rob Wieland's wife and daughter by purchasing tickets to our memorial event there. If you can, please do!

The link for those donations is here: www.gameholecon.com/events/event...

In lieu of our annual Baron's Ball, we will be toasting our beloved Admiral with our own tall tales of Rob, our friendships, and his legacy 8pm Friday at Gamehole Con.

Please join us and help support his family at this time through this link:

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Tim Hutchings @timhutchings.bsky.social · 1d

I built a series of vastly oversized wargame tables in art spaces back when I was making big dumb sculptures and people trusted me in galleries. Didn't make any buildings though.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

r/SaaS
u/soasme
I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP.

Everyone's busy adding Al to everything.
I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work.
I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything.
Guess what?
I see more registered users and higher retention.
That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better?
Here's my question:
Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, I'm about to go on parental leave.
Please enjoy this reissued print, now in A3 size, edition of 50.
www.sonnyross.com/shop/shutupa3
#illustration #medieval

An Illustration showing a dragon being slain in a naive medieval style with the caption "SHUT UP". Could be about anyone.

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 1d

Will do in the morning :) always hyped for more mausritter stuff!!

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 1d

I have had multiple people tell me that they play mausritter now because of the interview we did for @wyrdscience.bsky.social

You are simply doing the good work!

(Also, playing toatd with my daughter and it’s been such fun!)

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Impartial BOO-rivARRtive @mikemay.bsky.social · 1d

Cool attack affecting this area, bro. However, Horse.

Rosewatta Stone @rosewattastone.bsky.social · 1d

Dawnstrider #GoogleTranslatesMTG

However
1G
Animals - Dry Revolutionaries
G, T, Horse: Ignore all attacks that affect this area.
The morning mist was very faint.
1/1

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 1d

Origin Story is a trick-taking/engine-building hybrid about up-and-coming heroes developing their powers. It's a bit of a weird one, with wild powers flinging in every direction. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/13/o...

The Hero We Became

Every time a pearl necklace is scattered across a rain-soaked alleyway behind a theater, a superhero is born. Sorry, them’s the rules. While endless reboots have turned origin stories into a …

spacebiff.com

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CJEggett @cjeggett.co.uk · 1d

Have you fallen for a gold for XP scam between 1973 and 2025? You could be owed hundreds or thousands, depending on your claim. Call 555-6969-05R now to discuss how much you could be owed. No win, no fee.

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