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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 6h
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Smack"
Ink sketch self portrait (with punch to jaw)

Actually based on an old photo with the fist of our youngest punching me for a staged scene.
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Sean Northridge @seannorthridge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"So, What *is* your wish?"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 19h
Saint Evenage would turn in his grave.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 19h
"Thanks, I'll just sit here with a cooling sherbet and listen to another of your fabulous stories please."
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Cactus"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
...are you aware of this howler of an eggcorn 😆@bootsmcgoot.bsky.social ?
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think you probably can. Not everyone will understand; but many (most) people would be delighted.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 04/10/2026
Nice! Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, was launched 69 years ago today.
Sputnik 1
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is *exactly* my problem with printing things. Most of the things I actually want to print would be one-offs, not 50+ But I have found homes for 'business' cards*. (I don't need them for business; but they're good to hand out anyway.) *Letterpress not Lino
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You're a bot aren't you Sophia?
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Miniature"
A miniature figure being painted, magnified by a hand held lens. The figure is a musketeer with a rapier, bottle and big floppy hat.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're in Mad City!?
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Relic"
an old fergie TE20 tractor
(ink sketch)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wishing the inestimable @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social a tremendous birthday!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Apple"
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 30/09/2026
5 4 3 2 1 Thunderbirds Are Go! Filmed in VIDECOLOR and SUPERMARIONATION. Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds started 61 years ago today on ITV. @gerryanderson.bsky.social
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks for the prompt Sam!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just knew him as Curly Cuthbert. (For some reason he'd neglected to tell us his surname)
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b𝚘օO𝚘ₒts @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have finished and posted my #SFswap story! Thank you to @glempy.bsky.social for arranging, and to @mrmoth.eurosky.social for the prompt. medium.com/@Thiefree/sc...
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Scout to Solstice
System check, cycle 215,211.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My #SFSwap story is up - based on the prompt: “There’s nothing in the rules to say a robot CAN’T play basketball” from SamKurd42 (Organised by @glempy.bsky.social based on the original SFSwap by @frogcroakley.bsky.social ) #fiction medium.com/@dorkomatic/...
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SF Swap 2026
PROMPT: “There’s nothing in the rules to say a robot CAN’T play basketball”
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Weatherpigs have wings" L. Carroll
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I guess it's that Baader-Meinhof gang again?
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don't actively use any LLMs - I guess we're subjected to some AI algorithms (generating recommendations on youtube etc). But has it made *anything* better? No. Not really. I'm just not buying it.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't remember what this actually was; but UV light made it 'pop'!
A glass of fluorescing purple drink with a straw and ice.
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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@dansinker.com out here saying what we’re all feeling. Here’s a gem of his from last year. Thanks, friend. #letterpress
Print with Dan Sinker quote: Write it down. I mean that literally. Get a pen get a notebook use your hands. There is something visceral about using your hands and nobody can delete ink on paper with a keystroke. Write it down.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I always loved this opening sequence, and a great job from Jeff Russo on the opening theme too.
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A thread of delights
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And Cardiffian's don't like going out on a Tuesday...
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This 3x3 grid looks like one of those Turing-test pictures used to work out if you're a robot on the sly or a 'normal human'. (I've tried clicking on ALL the sheds and nothing happens!)
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b𝚘օO𝚘ₒts @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
the Enterprise's holodeck was Uhura squeezing her eyes shut and pretending Jim said something less idiotic
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The tension between these two was immense. (Also a clear message of "we don't need your interference, human!")
Two black and white cats trying to 'stare each other down' at the base of a tree.
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026
Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Agreed. Satan is simply 'the accuser' - not a name. And of course Job is one of the oldest books - perhaps even the oldest book in scripture.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'd like to point out that it was Satan that did all this bad stuff. (Albeit, after asking God for permission.)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love this little guy flailing his trunk, just for fun. Reposting for those who joined in later...
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Or, indeed, dismantle capitalism. That's pretty good too.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
in which case... ART! The possibilities are endless!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At last! It's... ELEPHANT APPRECIATION DAY! media3.giphy.com/media/nPxk4u...
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Playing Around Elephant Trunk GIF by slicedbread - Find & Share on GIPHY
GIPHY image by slicedbread
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That sounds like fun. (Although I don't generally aim for 'princess' tbh 😆)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
With looks like that, I concur! My counter-story is my crashing disappointment when I tried on a princess-dress at the after-party of a show. Even a magic-wand didn't help me look like a princess! 😂 (But the pullover I'm wearing right now was from womans dept. bc I cant find good designs in mens!)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🤩 I love this. This is pretty much the right outfit for *everything*!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"tossed on the horns of a dilemma" (Except I thought a dilemma only had two horns, so maybe this is a trilemma?)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There are several objects here.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your movements are now unencumbered.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you very much. I'm confident in saying that you're doing pretty well yourself!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Deep? No. More like a human puddle.
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