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Ed Fenn

@fennit.bsky.social
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's Baby Loss Awareness week, which culminates in a wave of light on the 15th. If you've been through it too, feel free to light a candle and know you're not alone. We light one for each life we never got to know, sitting with the sadness for a while.
5 tea lights lit for Baby Loss Awareness week.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In July 2009 this little guy wandered out of some bushes at a friend's BBQ. Unexpected for teenage lads but we all fed him and made sure he was alright. He never left. Pleased to report near 18 years on he (Theo) is still living with my friend, got a chance to see him again yesterday.
Don't ask about the poseTheo the friendly head bumperTheo the friendly kneaderTheo the well deserved stealer of dog beds
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chicken update: they slept on the roof of their house last night and as a result the roof fell off. They don't care because they're chickens and all of life's worries disappear when mealworm appears.
Chicken standChicken peck the mealwormChicken and meChicken perilous sleep
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In a complex series of events I've ended up with chickens to temporarily look after till they can move on to a new home. I don't know how this has happened.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I reserved back in May; still on an estimate of 2027. Been a similar story with the Machine so I dread what'll happen with the Frame.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you want to know how stupid RAM prices have become back in late September I ordered some. £115 for 32gb. That same set now costs £521 in July. That's a 350% increase.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Maru sadly! I feel with them it might be one of those things of, processing their grief in a public way which I can sympathise with. But it's not something that I feel comfortable in seeing or supporting. Maybe they're past doing it now but it made me nervous that it would creep in again.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
At the start of the month we did a drone show as an exhibition (we normally manufacture instead of fly) and getting "only" 350 together with fireworks took hours of laying them out and double checking they'd be perfect to go at launch time. Here's that 10 minute show condensed down to 8 seconds.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Haha it would involve a lot of crew swearing I imagine! I flew a show a few weeks ago and it takes a few hours to setup. Then during the show you don't really get to watch it because you are clenching hard managing hundreds of tiny temperamental aircraft in the sky to perform safely for the public!
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The US is hilarious to drive around because you'll come across things like "Big Beaver Road on Exit 69" and you can never be certain if anyone involved was filthy minded enough to make the connection.
Exit 69 Big Beaver Rd
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Put small plane in water. Got big. Reproposed infront of it incase it didn't count the first time.
B29. It big.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
She loves the B29 so it only felt fitting to include as a witness to the moment. And it in turn got some pictures with a stunning backdrop!
A B29 toy bomber threatening the peacefulness of Mackinac Island.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Esoteric Ebb out here with the important skill checks.
A screenshot of video game Esoteric Ebb displaying a successful skill check.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In race to the bottom advertising news Google will now suggest generated pictures to attach to your advertising campaign. We have a sister company that does cleaning drones (basically a hovering pressure washer to get up high) and this is what they suggest we run ads with.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My sticker folder contains depths.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
For the past 6 months I've been building and flying lightshow drones. If anyone's curious about it in general, want any at an event or to buy their own fleet I don't mind answering questions!
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Suddenly my old Fiat Panda Dance's interior looks quite tame.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The boy he maketh the noise.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I've been a big dweeb who's read lots of manga (very legally) online before now, so it feels very special to finally own a complete physical edition to enjoy. At first I thought Delicious in Dungeon was just an excuse to draw food, but it evolved into one of my favourite stories. Give it a try too!
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Tom Lehrer's passing has me thinking about his opinion on satire (and why he backed away from it as a medium). It's how I feel about a lot of news sites now. Or the floodgates of social media from Bluesky to Tiktok, Instagram to Youtube. Love comedy, but don't know where my voice belongs in it now.
A quote from Tom Lehrer that reads the following: "I don’t think this kind of thing [satire] has an impact on the unconverted, frankly. It’s not even preaching to the converted; it’s titillating the converted. I think the people who say we need satire often mean, ‘We need satire of them, not of us.’ I’m fond of quoting Peter Cook, who talked about the satirical Berlin cabarets of the ’30s, which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the Second World War."
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I wrote about video games I don't think I can prove adulthood here.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I've probably forgotten several places I've visited or stayed at, but I do need to see more of Wales & Scotland.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
My grandad would've been 100 today. Here's him (far left) age 14 in 1939 rocking a rebellious look with his older brother and sister.
A black and white photograph of 3 teenagers in 1939 england. The two boys are wearing ties ontop of their jumpers.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Having a terrible Crohn's flare these past two weeks and it's crap. Thanks to the wonders of smartwatch tech I at least have my feelings supported. On the left is my typical stress level week (blue low stress, shades of orange getting darker for more stress) compared to this week on the right.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Crush your colleague's child shoulder with your many fingered morphing hand. Watch as they grab their thumb stump in desperation whilst one eye painfully becomes a square. Question not the tiny stethoscope becoming a gas mask. Choose us because we care.
FINGERS
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
My local GP now has this poster and I just don't understand how such terrible looking generative guff got past so many pairs of eyes for approval. It cost money to print it and nobody thought "maybe hands shouldn't look like that" and "why are one of our doctors a small child".
A poster made using terrible generative AI to advertise NHS services.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's genuinely surprised me to see takes like this responding to Steve's old PC Zone Sims review. It's good we've moved past the performative lad aspect of those days in mags, but I think chaotic & funny irreverence still has a place to question wide reaching corporate control of creative spaces.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In honour of the Sims 1 & 2 re-release announced for this week, here are some objective reviews from PC Zone (the very first magazine I wrote for).
A review of The Sims 2 H&M Fashion stuff expansion pack, scoring a five out of one hundred.A review of The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff expansion pack, scoring a twenty five out of one hundred in spite of an EA executive wanting the author fired for the previous review.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I miss the "4 bolt take the engine out life" but never had the pleasure to try it out with a later VW van.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Miss both of my cheap old BMWs, but not the maintenance costs, insurance and how they would like to kill me. Very solid drives though, miss the non-race one more than the race one.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Life on Mars, the TV show where a modern day police officer travels back to 1973 and is befuddled by older technology, was filmed in 2005. Today's Life on Mars would have them travel back to the primitive year of... 1993.
The stars of Life on Mars posing with the show's iconic Ford Cortina GXL. Wing mirrors were too futuristic for the 1970's.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Very common grey cat behaviour.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Some people think I was joking that one of my three gifts received was this.
A kangaroo scrotum. It is currently detached from its owner.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
If you say happy holidays too much this will happen to you as well.
New follower! ANTICHRIST has followed you
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Went to an antiques shop today. Was mildly cürsed.
A baby's face attached to a spinal column placed in a jar.A headless baby doll riding a rocking horse.A wax wooden headless shirtless statue wearing shorts.A closeup of the previous statue showing someone has put chest hair onto it. Real or not to be determined.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Seeing 38% of kids dropping in two decades to 28% reading regularly is wild. That's close to losing a third of the audience! In brighter news though magazines, graphic novels & manga are increasing their audience.
Some findings from the UK's literacy trust on young people's reading habits.Literacy Trust 2023 chart showing of those young people that read, what they read and whether the source is online or paper.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I think you could be pleasantly surprised by young people.
Screenshot of a graph from the 2023 literacy trust report on young people reading
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Any unusual Christmas traditions in your family? Every year my aunt dresses up the giant toy bear she has (called Alex) for Christmas. Because so many people would have a peak under his outfits, she then started putting a thong on him to surprise folk.
Alex the Christmas bear.Alex the bear reveals his Christmas sack.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Time to go electric with the Tango T600 EV. If it sells you on it or puts you off yes that is George Clooney and he owned one. Sadly it does have a tiny boot though so might be disqualified.
George Clooney with the first Tango T600.Tangoing between two other cars. Definitely not squashed.A rear view of the tango t600 electric car.Horizontal parking in the Tango T600.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. It's a fever dream of a JRPG that I just can't explain, so I hope an extract of the story will help draw people in.
Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden's wikipedia opening summary, as though that makes it make sense.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Already caved into viral marketing here.
Stupid sexy Flanders.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
In a nutshell.
Tobias the centrist explaining why it might work for him.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Behold the lad who slowly sank off the edge of my chest, till he was doing a rear paw salute in his sleep. He's a great cat.
Cat upright on chest.It begins as cat throws themselves on their side.The rear paw begins to lift as they slowly slide off my chest.Rear paw at full mast as they've nearly fully slid off from my chest as they doze.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Hope someday I discover who at Nintendo made the call for the tribal tattoo gameboy to be produced en mass rather than the typical niche run and (correctly) thought this would go down great with kids.
Poster advert for Mario with a tattoo showcasing the same design as the Gameboy Advance tribal edition.A review of the Gameboy Advance SP Tribal edition with a poorly aged inclusion from the music band Lostprophets.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Only the most business savvy decisions should be made with the Aftermath coffers.
Kiryu in his driver ensemblé.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Only the brightest and most incisive minds can truly understand the world whilst impulse playing such beloved titles.
A yoga woman has to contend with an invasion of bugs coming to attack her arse-mounted cannon.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Waterstones not pulling their punches on every Jojo fan with their manga placement today.
A series of manga laid out in a bookstore, with one in particular title placed before the Jojo's section.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Roundtable meetings for advertising ideas back then always had one senior guy who wasn't happy if things didn't eventually revolve around his todger and/or sexism.
An advert for The Sims 2 where a woman discovers their partner in bed with two other people. They are given options of "scream, divorce, punch, cry, join". This is despite woo-hoo options in The Sims being limited to only 1-to-1 and thus possible false advertising.An Earthworm Jim advert which believes associating with guiltily giving your willy a tug is the best association to build with a platforming game.
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Ed Fenn @fennit.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Been going through 90's/early 00's magazine adverts lately and it's a wild time.
Tomb Raider 3 advert with a man in tighty whiteys being propositioned by a woman dressed as Lara Croft saying "Are you sure you want me to wear this?".

The bottom text reads "You know you're getting desperate when you ask your bird to dress up as Lara Croft, but help is at hand! That painful void in your life is about to be filled. Lara's back in Tomb Raider III and she's more adventurous in every way! New moves, new enemies, new weapons, new vehicles and above all - sexy new adverts (that you may want to show to your girlfriend). Tomb Raider III - Guaranteed to keep you up all night!"Xbox controller sperm impregnating an xbox egg with the tagline of "70 games. With more being conceived every day."Rayman having a piss at a urinal as men beside him look on in surprise and envy. The tagline reads "no arms. no legs. huge features." getting you to really think of Rayman's willy.

The caption text keeps up the penile theme with "PLUNGE into 56 ENORMOUS levels and WHIP OUT all new powers & gear like the Heavy Metal Fist and Lock Jaw to battle the GARGANTUAN Hoodlum Army led by MASSIVE transforming bosses."A poster for a very real game called "Gender Wars" that asks the question "HOW MANY WOMEN HAVE YOU SHOT UP TODAY?" whilst in the background showing a pile of bodies of bleeding women.
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