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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 22/09/2026

Hey there! Not yet. I'm still making my way through the Big Spreadsheet of Swears at the moment, quite a lot more graphics to add. Sound samples will be trickier as definitely need to find willing native speakers (a lot of duff "how to pronounce" videos online) but it's on the list.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 18/09/2026

Aww, missed this, Happy Birthday B3ta. Spent many a long night posting rubbish, met people that are still in my life now, & weirdly developed skills as a result that have helped me make a living for the last 20-odd years. Good job.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 17/09/2026

Pffft, two decades on, and eclectech is apparently in the "old woman yells at clouds" stage of life (but shouting very brightly, in a variety of languages).

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 17/09/2026

Thanks! And now I can't resist asking what you'd pick for the Dutch? The initial selection of Godverdomme caused far more controversy than I expected.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 17/09/2026

Oh, also, that Cornish one? Bramm an gath? Literally translates to "fart of the cat". Top FFS marks to Cornwall. Also by far one of the milder expressions. Some are Quite Something.

An illustration of a colourful cartoon cat against a deep pink backdrop with a black border. It has a raised fluffy tail and a green fart cloud is blasting out underneath it.

"bramm an gath" - an expression of exasperation made as part of the FFS project - literally means "fart of the cat"

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 17/09/2026

Do let me know any suggestions for different languages. It is an ongoing project. Basically a form of therapy. Lots of chat about rude words followed by colouring in. That said, I appear to be worse than I realised at multiple social media channels (2 mnths!) so apologies in advance for slowness.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 17/09/2026

Hello. I have made a thing. A colourful collection of global disgruntlement. If you spend your time looking at the news & muttering "For Fuck's Sake" you might like it. Maybe. Illustrations of idiomatic translations of FFS from people who speak the language. Because FFS. www.eclectech.co.uk/ffs

eclectech.co.uk

The FFS Project

A colourful collection of global disgruntlement, because it's good to know you're not alone. A project by eclectech, in collaboration with friends on the fediverse. Contains swears. So many swears.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 08/07/2026

I hope the edamame beans help to defeat the worries.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 08/07/2026

Hah, this is to be expected really, but I fear my greeting could have been misconstrued if I'd said "I hope you're hot and sticky"

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 08/07/2026

Also, hello Bluesky. Hope you're all fine and dandy.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 08/07/2026

It's been a while since I've made anything even remotely positive about politics and, not gonna lie, reckon I might have missed my calling with this election sloganeering business. Or just found it. Whatever. #Binface

Vertical drawn image of colourful handwriting reading "BIN FOR THE WIN" one word per line. Each letter is lined in black and scruffily coloured in using orange, yellows and pinks. The letters are in a black bordered box with a darker slightly textured backdrop of green, red, purple and blue.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 26/06/2026

Ah, sorry missed this, not here very often & can't DM because I got stroppy and refused to provide evidence I'm over 18 😆 Will try and check in a bit more often.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 07/04/2026

Well done. Keep it up.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 07/04/2026

Clawing my way out from awful news stuff by making a gif for you was a moment of relief (also, there is mileage in some tweaks to the hand / head shots following that scene but only mooching about while I have a cuppa)! All good here on small scale, despairing at big scale. How's you & yours?

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 07/04/2026

Not been here for ages, top post is you asking for a gif, felt rude not to do something about it

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 23/02/2026

*waves hello* In exasperation at the Real World I have been making my own imaginary one, but a certain level of negativity appears to have followed me there.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 03/01/2026

FFS 2026, you had one job. I can't even...

Scribbled illustration of bright colourful OMG letters in square boxes, upon which lies a simple figure, one arm resting on their stomach, the other over their eyes.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 01/01/2026

This works on SO MANY LEVELS. Well. Two levels. And I like both of them. #newYearResolutions #newYear

A representation of the Drake meme with my simple scribbled Friend (very simple figure). The top panel (shying away from) reads New Year Resolution. The bottom panel (self satisfied pointing) reads New Year Revolution. So it might just be a bad pun around a new revolution around the sun, or it could be a call to arms against the autocratic broligarchy. IT'S A MYSTERY.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 01/01/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR Blueskyers. May it be bouncy and joyful for you all.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 30/12/2025

Contemplating the upcoming New Year. I am, in general, both an optimistic & peaceful sort, but I think it might be time to smash it with a mallet & build the next one better. #newYear #sillyScribbles

An edited photo. The main source image is lichen covered rock on a headland, with a strip of deep blue sea behind and a blue sky above, with a few fluffy white clouds. A 2025 made of rock has been added, standing on the far edge of the visible boulder. A simple figure has been scribbled on the right hand side, holding an oversized metal mallet with red wood handle above their head, ready to smash the numbers and, metaphorically, the year.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 24/12/2025

Just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a fun festive season. This is the culmination of my advent project this year, where I added a Friend a day. You can see the whole lot here eclectech.co.uk/imagesSearch... Have a good one x

A composite photo with drawing on top. The scene is up a mountain in the Highlands, with patches of snow on the ground and sun dappled moorland in the distance. There is a large boulder on the right hand side. To its left has been placed a wooden stable filled with a knitted nativity scene with the usual stuff; a baby, Mary & Joseph, wise men, shepherds, a lamb and a donkey.

Drawn on top, and making a rather crowded scene, are 24 of my Friend folk. Simple black and white figures wearing a wide variety of festive headgear (Santa hats, reindeer antlers, Christmas tree hats). One on the right holds a placard with the number 24 on it. One sits on a sleigh with a knitted chicken in the distance behind the stable. One lies on top, the bobble of their hat dangling down. The others stand to the sides of the stable, and inside at the back, with some sitting on the rock and the front edge of the stable.

It's all quite busy, but they all hope you have a lovely few days, whether or not you celebrate, and whatever you are doing. And so do I.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 23/10/2025

If it's worth saying, it's worth saying with dancing frogs & rainbows. Oh aye. #resist #sillyScribbles

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 31/08/2025

I celebrated 25 years by adding an old skool links page back to the site, full of Proper Websites made by Actual People, in an 'old man shouts at clouds' moment. (binary dinosaurs is in there 😁)

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 31/08/2025

Damn, forgot the shark.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 31/08/2025

My website just hit 25. Good grief.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 31/08/2025

Probably a niche audience for this one, but I reckon the fact that this has really tickled me since it popped into my head should be sufficient proof of age for the Online Safety Act. But no. Bah.

An edited version of the 1980s Maxell casset ad with the 'blown away man'. In the ad a man sits low in an arm chair facing a speaker, with hair & necktie being blown back by the sound. The lampshade and glass next to him are also being blown back. I have made some rudimentary changes so the figure can be read more easily as a woman (much longer hair being blown back, some changes to clothing) and replaced the speaker with a large rotating cooling fan. The slogan has changed from "maxell - it's worth it" to "menopause - is it hot in here?

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 26/08/2025

Have a fluffy dollop of cuteness. You're welcome. #sillyScribbles

A close up photo of a small densely fluffy white feather caught in some long grass. The background is a blurred mottled green. The stem of the feather runs horizontally across, and I have turned it into a mouth, adding a bottom row of teeth poking up. It has two large eyes above, and arms folded over onto its fluffy belly (or chin, depending on how you look at it - below its mouth anyhow).

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 24/07/2025

I genuinely can't think of anything I've seen posted here that would be classed as adult! It's just the mild annoyance of not knowing what I'm not going to be able to see, IYKWIM.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 24/07/2025

Anyhow, let's check that I'm still allowed to post pictures.

A photo of 4 chimneys on a rooftop with a pale blue sky behind. 3 of them are red and short, each with two extruding segments that look like heavy eye lids. I have added eyes underneath. The ones on the far left and right are low to the roof, and now have pointy teeth as if they are chomping down on it. The other has a straight mouth drawn on higher up.

The other chimney (3rd along the line) is much taller and tan coloured with a circular entry facing the camera. I have added large google eyes to the top so the circle has become a big open smile. It also has two protruding sections, one on each side, and these look like arms, so I have added a few fingers poking out below. It looks very happy.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 24/07/2025

Not gonna lie, not convinced I'm going to notice any difference 😁

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 24/07/2025

Just a heads up that I'm not going to be trusting a random third party with my ID info so no direct messages or adult content here for me from now on. Such is life. Article on the topic, with some details about the folk doing the verification, for anyone interested. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-age...

thegist.ie

The Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail

From the 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites in the EU. This is the Gist.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 20/07/2025

Thought I'd better pop in and say hello before BlueSky designates me a child and locks people away from me 😆 Hope you're all well. I've been traveling around and investigating the hidden secrets of our wildlife. Oh aye.

Close up photo of a yellow and black striped cinnabar moth caterpillar on a red stony path. I have turned the last few yellow stripes on the right hand side grey, and added a simple figure sitting with a pot of yellow paint and a paint brush, as if they are responsible for the yellow. Which they are, as obviously this is documentary footage. Yup, definitely.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I understand it must be hard for people who grew up in the 60s and 70s to accept music being political.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I don't mind paying more taxes because people less well off than me can't. But I do object to paying more because billionaires and corporations won't.

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Hannah Grace Carter @handle.invalid · 16/05/2025

Looks like the minimum threshold for signatures of the EU Citizen Initiative on banning conversion-'therapy' was reached! More than a million EU citizens supported it! Now the European Commission will have to debate the issue! eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 16/05/2025

Ban on conversion practices in the European Union, European Citizens' Initiative. On to the last day, nearly there. If you are a EU citizen and have not signed, please do so. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

eci.ec.europa.eu

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 14/05/2025

Hahaha! Similar colour palette, but I think mine has a bit more ooomph 😆

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 14/05/2025

Aww, can recommend it if life quietens down. It's been quite the nostalgia trip, and a very enjoyable one. Hope life is full in a good way.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 14/05/2025

Hello! Random aside, but you used to play Glitch didn't you? Just in case you're interested there's a decent functioning version in development atm - Odd Giants. Still lots to add, but lots working. www.oddgiants.com

oddgiants.com

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 14/05/2025

Sorry for delete & repost - I'm managing about one post a month here, I couldn't leave one with a typo in. Please point me at how to edit, if there is a way!

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 14/05/2025

Doing my periodic pop up to wave hello. Hope life is treating you well despite, you know, everything.

A close up photo of a flower and bud in my garden. On the right, filling the right half of the frame, is a beautiful bright orange flower with a dark red centre. On the left, blurred in the background, is a bud from the same plant. The orange flower has googly eyes looking left towards the bud, and a big, toothy, smiley mouth. The bud also has googly eyes, slightly wonky, and it is sticking an orange tongue out of its mouth.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 18/04/2025

👋Hello! Have a never ending bunny hop for a holiday weekend. Hope you're all as good as you can be on this good Friday.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 04/04/2025

Hello! 👋Hope everyone is as well as can be. I am definitely not ignoring everything in order to maintain my spirits. Just, maybe, 99% of things.

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 20/03/2025

- Hey, you know how salmon jump up waterfalls on their way to spawn? I managed to catch one on video. - Nice. I hope you've treated it with appropriate respect? - - I said... - I heard what you said. (I might have just remembered that I can post wee anims here now, so have some old silliness)

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eclectech @eclectech.uk · 05/03/2025

What's that? The world has changed and so you need to make some changes? OK, we can all see the shitshow happening, maybe it's time to be brave and raise ta... WHAT?! FFS. #taxTheRich #UKPolitics

Three simple drawn figures in a mossy garden hold signs that read TAX THE RICH after reading the news that the UK government is planning to take money from the poorest instead.

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