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Gary Myers

@gmanx.bsky.social
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Maya generalist, Blender evangelist, animator, film-maker, illustrator, model-maker, video-games artist/developer, lecturer (now retired), husband, dad and shed owner. Happy to hobby 'til I get the call to Valhalla. #Autistic, #Humanist.

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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That, and the pull back / reveal that follows is a masterpiece of practical effects.
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Christopher Yabsley @christopherdev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unhinged necromancy bug.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's a great read! I've traced my family back as far as 1500 and in that time we never left Yorkshire - specifically between Leeds and York (Yorvik). There's probably some Scandinavian in my blood.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Completed the last of these three yesterday for display under the TV. All are from plans by Brad Barber (CreationCaravan) and built from the same Millennium Falcon kit. One is Lego, the other two are ‘building blocks’ clones (I ain’t made o’ money).
A photograph of the top of my TV cabinet showing three Lego spaceship models - the Serenity from Firefly, the Sulaco from Aliens and the Nostromo from Alien.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026
Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472...
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Dadako @dadako.com · 25/09/2026
We are currently working on a weapons and buffs update to Bad Pixels Early Access, come join our discord to have your say! discord.gg/7s7nAwwu5Z
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
36 years married today, and 40 years together. The usual festivities will ensue: candle-light dinner featuring chippie chips in paper eaten with fingers and a very nice but expensive champagne served in lead crystal.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just completed Lantern of the Laughless Saint and I’m going back in - new character, all quests I can find, a proper deep dive. Nice work, @nervelabs.bsky.social
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Jamie Benning - The Filmumentaries Podcast @filmumentaries.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In a matter of a few years I've gone from having zero contacts in the film industry to running one of the most popular behind the scenes film interview podcasts out there. And now I also write for @ILMVFX and @Skysound. Are you listening? filmumentaries.com
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Chris knows his subject. This is well worth a watch, though speaking personally as a media creative it's depressing stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVf...
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AI & the Future of the Web
YouTube video by ExplainingComputers
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Medieval Madness does another great video - this time on the Hastings Embroidery. youtu.be/3U6Y-8z0T4k?...
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The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry...
YouTube video by MedievalMadness
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of the photos from the attic - me aged 18 in a home-made Viking outfit standing outside my local bar (costuming party) circa 1981.. I made everything including the real steel helm, furs, bow, quiver, arrows and sword. I've still got the sword. I may even have snagged a couple of maidens. :)
Me standing outside my local pub (bar) at night, dressed as a Viking raider.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I had to try 'AsciiCity Live' on an appropriate piece of kit. It looks right at home.
A photograph of my fabulous Thinkpad X220 running Ascii City Live.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Asciicity is live! asciicity.live
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ASCII CITY LIVE
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There's a meeting local to me in a few days to debate 'The Rise of the AI Tide' and what it means for creativity. I feel I should attend but I just don't have the energy for it. Many who will attend know how I feel (small island syndrome) and I feel the overall effect for me would be negative. :(
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Post your favorite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.
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Linda La Hughes: Gimme Gimme Gimme - You're Drunk!
ALT: Linda La Hughes: Gimme Gimme Gimme - You're Drunk!
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The boy is in Japan again. Today he's on a tour at Fukushima. He gats about a bit.
A photograph of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, taken from an observation deck inside the exclusion zone.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
American singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie, who wrote “This Land is Your Land.” The words on his guitar are testament to why the Nazis stifled art—and why Donald Trump tries to silence comics. The arts are not just entertainment when they challenge those in power.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A marketing ploy to boost investment 'Ooh - it's just too powerful and needs to be slowed down'. I'd suggest turning it off... .. .. .. ... then leaving it off.
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Jamie Benning - The Filmumentaries Podcast @filmumentaries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"They still use foley?! In this day and age?!" There are reasons for that! Artistry and speed, mostly! Listen to my interview with @skywalkersound's Sean England. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-15…
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deck.blue @deck.blue · 22/08/2026
Actually, let's do an #artshare here in this thread! If you're an #artist on Bluesky that doesn't use GenAI, feel free to drop your #commission post in the replies here! #art And if you're not an artist, please do commission the ones below to keep the community alive over here!
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Love these. This is the kind of thing that would get me to pick up a drawing pen again.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm having great fun with 'Lantern of the Laughless Saint' - odd name for a great game.
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Phil Fletcher @philfletcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A puppet performing a puppet on the radio!! Yes please… #behindthescenes
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Chillin’ after a wet morning walk with Suki.
A photograph of my daughter’s miniature `schnauzer pup Suki laid at my side on her towel on the sofa - we’re watching TV.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Watched Paprika a couple of days ago in prep of today. OST is music of choice in the car too. www.skwigly.co.uk/paprika-at-2...
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Paprika at 20 – the Inescapable March of Progress - Skwigly Animation Magazine
Paprika is a harrowing film. Amongst its gorgeous animation, startlingly fluid opening credits sequence and surrealist set pieces is an unshakable angst
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So, root canal surgery.. had to go private since the NHS won't cover the amount of work I needed. The private dentist was fab but 40 minutes of intense drilling.. I'm exhausted but happy that it's done. 5 roots drilled out and filled, molar restructured. Just waiting for appointment for a crown now.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live: 1. Queen 2. Rainbow 3. Motorhead 4. Black Sabbath 5. Status Quo 6. Deep Purple 7. UFO 8. The Scorpions 9. Whitesnake 10. Roy Harper
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This bank-holiday weekend I'll be continuing to digitise my physical media. Today it's 'V', the classic '80's movies and mini-series.
A photograph showing a single leaf from a DVD disk ring binder. The disks are for the TV mini-series 'V'.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today is a day where Satoshi Kon's Paprika is the only antidote.
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pinko-slime.bsky.social @pinko-slime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton is proof that rich people can just do stuff like that whenever they want but most of them are bad people
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Being 'leggy' - bad for pot-plants, good for wine. *hic*
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
'Post a picture that could be an album cover'. I did this a couple of years ago. Still rocks.
A monochrome portrait photo of me - a long haired middle aged man with a stubbly beard - looking angry holding the viking sword I made years ago.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I had to back this project as soon as I saw it - a walkable city rendered completely in ASCII. Peak cyberpunk. youtu.be/UCKEDWowc0o?...
A computer screenshot showing ASCII characters in different colours describing a city street.
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A Shell in the Pit @ashellinthepit.com · 20/08/2026
BRIGADOR KILLERS EARLY ACCESS IS HERE!!!!! So. Many. Guns. So. Many. Explosions. 💥💥💥 Seriously though, we lost count for how many guns we designed, yet every single one still feels like its own unique weapon. 🔥😈🔥 Come bask in the chaos and make some very loud choices (we certainly did)
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Simon Pegg Gaming in Spaced
ALT: Simon Pegg Gaming in Spaced
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This and other sequences in this movie floored me when it first came out. It definitely doesn’t get the love it deserves.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...
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Donate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason Baker
Tom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Anyone who listened to this 41 years ago as I did as a student activist knew what it meant. I’m 62 now, fatigued and distressed at the crawl of progress.
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bee in the back garden, yesterday.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What a wonderful thought, puts things into perspective.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I got some time to play the early access build of Bad Pixels today and it's a darn-tootin' rootin'-shootin' golden nugget of retro goodness. Yee-haw!
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I absolutely love Swamp Thing so this is my favourite so far, @taggartart.bsky.social. Beautiful work. <3
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Gary Myers @gmanx.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hear, hear.
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James Eaneman @eanemanjames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"For so many years, there's been no place for B5 fans to congregate (other than the occasional asylum or prisons)." I think that's one of reasons I gravitated towards B5 after college (apart from Londo, G'Kar, and space opera). @straczynski.bsky.social's sense of humor is similar to my own, heh.
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JMS Welcomes You to the Official Babylon 5 Channel!
YouTube video by Babylon 5
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