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@jaqfrog.bsky.social
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you'll find me on the dancefloor. or at a gig. or among some trees. or drinking coffee. or in the kitchen. occasionally reading (when the concentration levels allow). Profile wuffit = Timmy, who was a year older than me.

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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never enough. I bought a handful when they were on cheap in The Works (UK) years back so I could give them to friends. don't have anything signed though
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I daren't go down the association copy rabbit hole, it'll cost me a fortune!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Eileen" by Ottessa Moshfegh. and just discovered it's been turned into a film too.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ruddy ell mate, just been catching up on bluesky a bit after ages away. hugs to you n flo.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
apols, posted on wrong spot. deleted now.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
that reminds me of the fact that when you wash up by hand, you're actually making very weak soup.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Gaiman grew up with Scientology
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
oh the irony of ministers whinging about humanities degrees being useless and that's what lots of them have!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I am happy to be in a cul-de-sac that doesn't have anyone, especially politicians, posting video!
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Blue_Riverrrr @blueriverrrr.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A NYC pop-up just opened displaying all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files. The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is open as a public installation featuring 3.5 million pages of released and partially redacted Epstein files, printed and bound into 3,437 volumes.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"it's beginning to look a lot like fishmen"
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
yeah, I pity whoever bought my folks' place, with nicotine-stained artex in the kitchen-diner.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
well, I enjoyed it more than the Guardian reviewer anyway! www.theguardian.com/books/2018/a...
theguardian.com
Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk review – blood and guts, but no heart
Millennials get their revenge in this violent dystopian satire from the Fight Club author, but where’s the passion?
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
today I panicked about getting to the dentist on time so caught a taxi. not necessary, appt was 15:45 not 10:45. *sigh*. lounged in town drinking coffee, dossed in the library & finished reading 'Adjustment Day' by @chuckpalahniuk.bsky.social
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
my Swype phone input thingy gets 'lovely' wrong almost every time, and puts 'lucent'. Which is a lovely word, but rarely used!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
politicians do indeed forget that the PPE degree that most of them did is a humanities subject
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I think that the important point that Rob is a survivor of this violence gets lost. He gardens for a living down London-way, because art doesn't pay the bills. go drop him a follow and buy some of his fab body-horror art! www.instagram.com/p/DXUx2gJjVQ...
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
evicting a wasp from under my pillow before sleeping was not on my to do list at 4am today.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I'm a bit unhappy about the WI, since they decided to not let trans women in.
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 20/04/2026
Horror anthologies have a rich history. Black Crow Books just joined it. 13 original stories. Tuttle, Tchaikovsky, Blake, Lebbon, Campbell, 8 more. We’re giving one away. For a chance to win simply check out the details in the article below @blackcrowpr.bsky.social
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Win The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Vol 1. 13 original stories from Tuttle, Tchaikovsky, Blake, Lebbon, Campbell & more. Enter at Ginger Nuts of Horror.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"the greebos, the crusties and the goths" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bge-...
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Carter U.S.M. - The Only Living Boy In New Cross (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by CarterUSMMusicVEVO
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
adenosine, my partner says. he had that the other week.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
woohoo! you can grill bacon! roast cauliflower! bake cakes!
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In the back half of 2026 we've got the Best New Weird Horror of the Year; a cyberpunk noir by @beardedbetts.bsky.social; Trans & GNC Cosmic Horror; and grimy urban horror-lit-comedy by @allisonmick.bsky.social with a cover reveal coming next week🖤☠️
BRAVE NEW WEIRD cover art by Matt BlairstoneMIDWESTERN CHROME art by AriBoYOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM cover art by Mx Morgan G Robles
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
there's a lovely tai chi move called Bear Scoops Moon, where you scoop it out of the water and place it back in the sky
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I'm from the Potteries, UK, where many plates are still made and there's a piece of the story missing - you haven't turned it over to show us the back!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
it is a bit nippy out there at the mo, I am not surprised she wants to steal your warmth.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
great to hear you visited our longstanding arts org! I'm volunteering for them at the mo, helping with an archive project.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"carrot", you mean!
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
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Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
windswept and superb!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ooh, nice!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
ta, I can do a removepaywall on the latter
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
they are extremely well applied prosthetics! kudos to her make-up artist. and they only had a month to do it all in. (I read the Marie Claire article about it)
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
today's a cold leftover curry for lunch day, video chat with my sister, and old war films - Where Eagles Dare and Guns of Navarone.
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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This piece of brilliance from @vizcomic.bsky.social is the story of my life
A cartoon from Viz called Terror in NYC
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
it's dated 31st February.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
no ponytail for Archer, but, tactical turtleneck!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
flagging this for @bobbyllew.bsky.social to read, as said in recent email about not using American things - We Transfer is from Amsterdam therefore he could use it. I've made my fb post public - but short version is their new t&c say they can use your content to feed their AI. shorturl.at/A07yc
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Jackie Clewlow
WeTransfer sneak in some new t&c indicating they can now own the info you're transferring and feed it to their 'machine learning systems'.
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Caveat Frogs @caveatfrogs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Now a perfect Valentine's Day Card
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Our Love Is Endless* Caveat Frog Card
Say what you really mean with this Caveat Frog Card. An illustration of two frogs making a love heart with their arms. Text reads: Our Love Is Endless* * until one or both of us dies Jaunty Art 26
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I wonder if there's any relation to penanggalan? one of my roleplay characters years back, I got told I'd been turned into this sort of vampire, and was trying to create a herd to feed from out of the local student population en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penangg...
en.wikipedia.org
Penanggalan - Wikipedia
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
nothing new, Ronald Reagan ran the USA via advice from his wife's astrologer
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
flagging this to remind myself to buy the pattern.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
there's also the chance of finding interesting books on the charity table.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
looks fun
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'd love Necrosmologies please, being from the Midlands!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
D suggests minor electrical faults within the house? surges, burnout of cables, rats at the cables?
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
it's a visceral reaction to the smell. so we have TCP in for desperate medical measures. I prefer Dettol, but one of us had to give!
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Simple Green is also good - but do not get it on your hands, incredibly strong degreaser. couldn't get this in the UK for ages.
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jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
D hates Dettol. "Biostrip 20" is what he recommends. Element Games have got it at £18 a litre. But Fuze, who make it, are currently out of stock, and annoyingly have gone tits up he's just discovered from a 'buy it while you can' comment on reddit.
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