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David N Atkinson

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Graphic designer / DJ of The Tone Shift radio show on http://loose.fm http://mastodon.social/@DNAtkinson http://instagram.com/thetoneshift http://mixcloud.com/TheToneShift

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 5h

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 8h

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks!

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, that may well be because of Modern Toss’s extensive use of the font Cooper Black, which the Unch logo is similar to

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 9h

And if you’re into – or curious to try – cryptic crosswords, grab your copy of issue one here: unchcrosswords.com

Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

unchcrosswords.com

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 9h

The first copies have gone out in the last few days and it’s great to see that it’s getting such a positive welcome from the crosswording community

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 9h

‘We want to use Unch to showcase the work of setters from a wide variety of backgrounds, and celebrate the online community of setters and solvers we're part of. We feature puzzles by experienced setters every issue, but also aim to highlight newer and up-and-coming setters wherever we can. We aim to be an inclusive and forward-looking publication, and actively encourage puzzles that explore using a wide range of cultural references.’

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 9h

So, here’s a nice thing I’ve just designed: Unch, a new independent magazine by and for cryptic crossword setters and solvers

Front cover of Unch issue one, the title is set in a big curvy bold font in a teal/turquoise colour and beneath it there’s an extreme close-up photo of part of a crossword grid rotated through 45 degrees

Copies of the magazine showing part of the contents page and a spread with a puzzle

Inside spreads of the magazine showing a crossword and an article

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t talk about my work on here much, which is probably a bit of a mistake

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 12h

You can get a pair for less than that

Screengrab of a pair of wellington boots from Mountain Warehouse on offer for £29.99

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Thomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · 13h

Alfred Latour (1888-1964), 1934

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 18h

If you see this, post a chef

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, sure, ‘chanterelle’ sounds quite nice and everything but, come on: PFIFFERLING

German Knorr soup packet : ‘Pfifferling Cremesuppe’

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 1d

🙏🙏🙏

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

90s album that more people should know: Kodiak’s self-titled debut #NowPlaying

youtu.be/4SGg95zlx2g

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

🎉

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

I mean I guess a rocket is a vehicle? though if you’re in the US I believe you call that stuff arugula

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

oof

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Why don’t we dohyo it in the road

Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 3d

Just to be even tangentially responsible for this is a thrill

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 2d

fantastic

Frank Sidebottom - Electricity

YouTube video by Andrew Crozier

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 3d

Coasting. Just offshore at Birling Gap, East Sussex.

The white chalk cliffs known as the Seven Sisters, as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer, the viewpoint half submerged in the sea.

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 3d

#NowPlaying D’Angelo – Brown Sugar (Cooltempo/EMI, 1995)
#RIP #vinyl

D’Angelo’s debut album playing on a turntable

David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 4d

💔
Sitting next to Geater Davis in mine

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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 4d

RIP D'Angelo, the greatest singer since Marvin departed. Who took the grit & attitude of hip-hop & alchemized it into angelic voodoo. He condensed the human condition - sex, suffering, addiction, love, oppression - into pure transcendence. A comet emitting blinding light & soul.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

Iranian artist Maryam Ashkanian embroiders images of sleeping people onto handmade pillows for her ongoing series, 'Sleep' #WomensArt

Photo of a white pillow with the head and shoulders of a sleeping woman sewn into the fabric

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