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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish it was the blob. I was very scared of the blob, but it wasn't the first one that really fucked me up. That goes to the Salt Vampire in Star Trek: TOS. Nightmares for weeks, general paranoia about shapeshifters for decades.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please share this. I don't want a giant data centre eating all of the energy in the area. greens.scot/chapelcrossd...

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 03/10/2026

EVERY UK MP needs to read this You are all part of a government that is creating a situation so hostile and unsafe that people are leaving the country This is not an isolated case. You have the power to do something about this.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 03/10/2026

My MP is @gregorpoynton.bsky.social . I would be stunned if he read this. He doesn't get it, and I don't think he's capable of doing so, sadly.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here are some horror prompts for you to play with over the spooky season and beyond. No AI or random generation was involved in the creation of these prompts. If you write one of these, feel free to chuck a link in the thread. #SpookyPrompt

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Currently watching Black Sheep as an antidote to an utterly shitty day. Thanks to @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social for being good company

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every time I see any reporting on the various AI 'giants' financials, that section from Henry Rollins' Liar video plays in my head. The bit where he's just screaming "Ha ha ha ha ha", covered in red paint and insanity.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fucking "lost generation". When AI is being pushed in education to an absurd degree, and there are practically zero third spaces/things to do if you're a kid? Lost fucking generation? Sinners. Sinners, all of them.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've been made redundant. AI didn't take my job, but it was definitely a factor in the decision. And right now, more than anything, I just want to feel that warm 'mmm yeah' you can see on baby gator here's face. I want to not be stressed. Does anyone have a very large teapot?

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PJ Montgomery @pjmontgomery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good. I love this cast, they’re doing great work, and I love SNW, regardless of it’s admittedly all over the place quality right now. But we don’t need a TOS year one show. We already had it. Season one of TOS works fine in that regard.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@vornietom.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social I believe I have found the real Nancy Danderhoof. Her name is Zoe Bread, and she is going to win a Pulitzer www.instagram.com/reel/DdUGe7O...

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@brainmage.bsky.social @thedailytism.com I am out at a drag night and there are two separate and distinct hen nights here. I don't know how you're to blame, but I'm pretty sure this is your fault somehow

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

<to the tune of The Prodigy's Omen> Wow! They're fighting on the moors, You should run away, You're a yeoman, You just run the crop rotation *okay, this is just what happens when I'm left on my own for too long.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

People in #Cardiff who are into beautiful things with #NoAI , consider popping along to Tiny Rebel on the 22nd of September and looking at some local art. Maybe even buy some local art. Please spread this far and wide, because look, stag!

A flyer for the Autumn Equinox Art sale at Tiny Rebel next month. Local artists, and no AI

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you see this cat, post a cat. This is Mochi in her happy place.

A small tortoiseshell cat hiding inside a scratching post, having demolished a pile of laundry onto herself. Her aspect is smug, and slightly stupid, as is the aspect of all tortoiseshell cats

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I just cried in the bath because of @brainmage.bsky.social, and if you want to know why, you have to listen to this. Only, you should start with episode 1, because otherwise you're going to be very confused as to why Penn (and Teller) are talking to a man named Bums. #ROBOTcar

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just went to Stranraer's first ever comic con. Decent number of people there, and we might have got a proper haul of loot, some of which is pictured below.

Two badges, two sets of metal dice, a slate coaster and a Deck Of Many Things from bluecyborg.com's table at Stranraer comic con

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

You hear it softly at first. A faint, damp sound just at the edge of hearing, like footfalls on wet leaves, or snowmelt falling onto an old drystone wall. It grows louder as you speed up, hideous certainty solidifying in your mind. You round a corner in the old mansion, damp paint flaking 1/3

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I am in the process of sending out agent queries for my book. Unfortunately I am also incapable of taking anything seriously. So I had to get the silly query letter out of my system before I can go and write the actual serious ones. Hope you like it. #BookSky #AmWritingFantasy #AgentQueries

A very silly query letter about my new novella, which is all about wizards working on a service desk in a fantasy world where sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from an office job.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is a great video if only because of the art, his delivery, and I have to double underline the art lol youtu.be/oYE9OwUzzeI?...

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How One Plant Murdered a Continent

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There are times when I consider myself extremely lucky to have run away from the city and escaped into somewhere beautiful by the sea. This is one of them

A picture of the shore by Luce Bay, a host of god-rays breaking through the clouds, and a line of shimmering glow reflecting from the water

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today, in Scotland, which prides itself on inventing whole new words for cold and rainy, I am sat outside in shorts and no top, because it's the first day in a week where there's been a proper breeze. And I am not the only one enjoying this situation. #proofofcat

A very happy cat enjoying the sensation of not being baked by the ambient temperature

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I won't spoiler it, but I've found an ending that I can feel pretty good about. Go play this daftness

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A short comic about Lenny #TheSimpsons #comics

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are the island that was robbed of the RRS Boaty McBoatface. Democracy was hauled through the dirt that day. There is only one way to restore trust in politics. Power to the Binface.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I have been let down by so many famous people I thought were cool when I was younger. So it makes my heart sing to hear Sandi Toksvig say this

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And so, it begins. yes, I'm doing a new creative project. To go with all my other creative projects. Lets see how long this one lasts, eh?

The first few nodes of a new Twine project, in dark mode. It's not possible to make out what is in the nodes. So don't try. Please

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 02/07/2026

🧵 Submission on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill [summarised for Blue Sky word count] I oppose this Bill and ask the Committee to recommend it does not proceed.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/06/2026

This is fucking horrible, and every loser who inflated this bubble should be ashamed of themselves.
A Plea To The The Tech Workers Victimized By The AI Bubble
In fact, fuck it, I want to speak directly to the people working in Silicon Valley and the tech industry who have been ground down by this industry.
I know not all of you are anti-innovation.
I know many of you feel suffocated.
I see you, I hear from you every day, and I find what is being done to you wretched.
Your investors are lying to you. Your industry has abandoned you. AI does not do what you have been promised it does, and those who are excited about it are excited because they believe it will replace you. You are victims of a marketing campaign built to enrich a few people by sacrificing your time and energy to defend a doomed tool. You are using tools that are built to manipulate you into making you work longer hours in the name of automation. You are being abused. You are being tricked into fighting for the 1% in the name of democratizing software.
You are a victim. I am not your enemy. I love technology too, and I want the tech industry to make cool shit again.
That will not happen under its current leadership.
This era is built to drain the life out of you, to suffocate you with endless tech chatter, to make technology every part of your life, to somehow sell you the promise of automation, but only a kind of automation that you have to monitor constantly, prompt constantly, built to be addictive and superficially productive, built to fuel a Bay Area culture steeped in a godless version of the Protestant Work Ethic.
You must be a cracked engineer, you must work 15 hour days, you must have 8 subagents beating the absolute shit out of your codebase for one reason or another, your Calendly must be open 8AM to 8PM, and you must be willing to work yourself to the bone for a chance to escape “The Permanent Underclass,” a misused term to refer to the world after an entirely-imaginary concept of Super…

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Nelle from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Some will see this thread and cry "bigotry!" But it's just common sense. Look at the amount of criminals simply pretending to be Prime Ministers.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Six am. I am woken by the rumbling crack of thunder, the drumming of the rain and the flash of lightning, bright in the dark of my room. My cat crouches on my windowsill staring out at the storm. Before I can reassure her, she turns, blinks lazily. Whispers "Fuck ye Mumm-ra, ya wee undead bastard."

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Lizz Lunney @lizzlunney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’m currently on the look out for freelance Narrative Design/Writing/Games work - if anyone knows of any upcoming opportunities please think of me so I can throw my CV in the right direction…

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Monkey Island Chicken Encounter

ALT: Monkey Island Chicken Encounter

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail. Obviously Kermit is Thompson, Fonzie as McGovern, and Animal is Nixon, played with slicked back hair and a patina of evil

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Look at this prick, Pavane-ing in like it's no big deal. Oi, slowcarriage! Get a bloody move on."

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social I know you probably have a lot on your plate, but is there any chance of a novel based on Cloudward, Ho! Some truly amazing storytelling in this season.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This is generally considered to be poor form when it comes to cryptic crossword construction

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

-> It's happening again. Another day, somehow slowly rotating into being, our perspectives shifted to see the sun rise. We rise as well, clump to our desks and sit down. Stare madly at the screen as it blots out the dim light of the sun with its harsh glare.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What's something beautiful you saw recently?

A picture of some lilly pads at the Glasgow science museum.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I mean, there's going to be at least one instance where it plays a Ska version at double speed. And then possibly one where it plays one in screams, but that relies entirely on me not finding the fecker's phylactery before he revives

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 24/05/2026

Sometimes as an NYT books columnist you find yourself quoted in the Atlantic by Helen Lewis, who believes two odd things: 1. That nobody is reading Pratchett anymore (instead of all the time, as they should), and 2. That Pratchett’s politics are hard to pin down, and Reg Shoe is not a fucking hero.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

@eyepatchwolf.bsky.social I have the beginnings of a migraine, which means that I'm stuck on the sofa. My wife is using *her* day off to play the new game she picked up. Also sat on the sofa. So now I'm watching Fear & Hunger 2, with a migraine. I blame you for this.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If you are a fan of a) warlock pacts, b) rhythm games or c) intense boss-focussed beat 'em ups, please go and play the demo for Dead As Disco #deadasdisco. It's fun, and you can add your own tracks to it and then play an action beat em up to weird glitchy psytrance

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ladies, Gentlemen and all others, please put your hands together for Sir Keir at this trying time

A small, slightly wilting lettuce which clearly doesn't have much time left

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The sky was the colour of a TV, tuned to an image of the day before a Bank Holiday Monday

A picture of lamppost, with a grey sky foreboding behind it.

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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 22/04/2026

I entered the @godotengine.org Wild Jam 92 with my silly Space Druid game made in 9 days 🫣 theme was BREWING… check it out it you have 5 mins, it runs in the browser, even your phone’s flygohr.itch.io/space-druid-...

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Space Druid Licence Renewal by Flygohr

You brew absurd potions with extremely inefficient methods. And you get graded on it.

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

- lean in close - make eye contact - throw just a little bit of gravel at her - and whisper "You activated my trap card" Works every time.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Anyone who received their postal ballot today in the South of Scotland region, please be aware that "Independent Green Voice", which appears second on the list on the peach regional ballot paper, is NOT the Scottish Green Party. This is in fact a deliberate vote spoiling attempt by right-wingers.

Photo of the South of Scotland regional ballot paper for the Scottish election on 7th May 2026. Added text identifies the "INDEPENDENT GREEN VOICE" as "NOT the Green Party" and "SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY" as "The actual Green Party".

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That Spooky Bean @malurion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Warhammer Monthly. Some really beautiful and weird shit in those little slices of grimdark daftness

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