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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.
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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 12m

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

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 17m

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

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 29m

:( 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.

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 34m

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 · 39m

Oooh! That looks beautiful!

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 42m

I thankfully get around that by not having chest hair.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 7h

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 · 21h

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 · 10h

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

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 14h

So just full of flour but no actual taste?

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 17h

Ah, Hundertwasser.

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

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

Seriously.

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 17h

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

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 17h

You are welcome!

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 21h

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!

tinyurl.com

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

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 💔

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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

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 1d

Might be an autistic trait?
I had two main reasons for switching to kindle: portability (a holiday worth of books in the same luggage space as a slim paperback) and lack of shelf space. Phone or tablets don't work for me, though, because they rarely work in daylight.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 1d

probably by shoving the book uncaringly into his backpack. When I asked him why he did that, he said, "It's just a book".
I was SO angry with him, I wouldn't talk to him for several weeks. After that, I never lent out any of my books ever again.

Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 1d

My paternal grandmother was an avid reader and responsible for me becoming one, too (neither of my parents are) and she taught me how to look after books.
Back in the mists of time I lent my copy of Pet Sematary to my best mate who then took it camping, broke the spine and scrunched up some pages

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