Reposted by Rico MonkeonMartin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That's terrific. And led me down a Discogs rabbithole, where I discovered that *this* was the artwork chosen for the Portuguese release... 1295
Reposted by Rico MonkeonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That's just fraud, my dude. Even if you use an AI agent. It's just fucking fraud. 1464401515
Reposted by Rico MonkeonBen from Spookily Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A beautiful news story from New Zealand where a store has been using an AI-powered shop platform and users realised that it allowed anybody to edit it and started adding products: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzRidiculous deals as store leaves website open for the public to editAn Auckland convenience store is in the midst of an ongoing online battle after inadvertently allowing its website to be edited by the general public. 12612
Reposted by Rico MonkeonJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We should start calling these Cronenburgers 511592265
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 12/09/202625 years ago today B3ta launched Well, 25 years ago today, we launched the version of the website you are familiar with, we were going for at least three months beforehand, if you check newsletter dates on issue 1. However most b3tans look at the board post date - so happy birthday us. Sort of. 6639064
Reposted by Rico MonkeonMatt Round @mattround.com · 11/09/2026Now they're using indie game devs’ progress update videos etc to clone their games with AI before launch then proudly show off what they’ve done People can be fucking awful 3329
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 10/09/2026🐯 Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11431032 From the 'Product Placement Books' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/productplacement… #ProductPlacementBooks 15211
Reposted by Rico MonkeonVOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf · 09/09/2026🤪 NEW GAME 🤪 The World Gurning Championships is on the 19th, so we’ve made an unofficial webcam game to let anyone have a go Exercise those facial muscles and share your results screenshots! vole.wtf/gurning/vole.wtfChampionship Gurning 🤪🏅Pull faces to win medals! Try the UK’s greatest competitive sport. 11710
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 09/09/2026The puzzle page has all the answers already filled in. Your challenge is just to review it for any mistakes it might have made. 1164
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 09/09/2026🥣 Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11430961 From the 'Product Placement Books' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/productplacement… #ProductPlacementBooks 16512
Reposted by Rico MonkeonVeGOREpunk AuHORROR @vegapunk-aurora.bsky.social · 01/09/2026*Mr Beast voice* I HELPED THIS WOMAN TURN A ROOM FULL OF STRAW INTO GOLD USING ONLY A SPINNING WHEEL! IF SHE CAN'T GUESS MY NAME IN THREE DAYS, I'M TAKING HER BABY! 3071721854
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 26/08/2026🐂 Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11430513 From the 'Modern Day Greek Myths' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/moderndaygreekmy… #ModernDayGreekMyths 2578
Reposted by Rico MonkeonOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This Twitter exchange happened on 23 August 2012, so: happy I BET YOU DO ALMOND YOU DIRTY OLD BOLLOCKS day to all who celebrate 323466
Reposted by Rico MonkeonDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026AI can never replace real stock images Someone dreamed these up and had the courage to hire actors and make them real 372833829
Reposted by Rico MonkeonVOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf · 10/08/2026↔️ NEW THING ↕️ See a different Wikipedia article for every browser width × height combo, with over 7.2 million possible results! vole.wtf/widthipedia/vole.wtfWidthipedia ↔️Get a different Wikipedia page for every width × height browser size combo. 42616
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 06/08/2026Northern Pop Pun #1 Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11430037 From the 'Make Everything Northern' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/makeeverythingno… #MakeEverythingNorthern 26314
Reposted by Rico MonkeonCaptain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026'Help!' was released on this day in 1965. 0334
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 04/08/2026Terrific short film of that one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxP...youtube.comБудет ласковый дождь / There Will Come Soft Rains (1984) [Eng CC]YouTube video by Алекс Кэрролл 011
Reposted by Rico Monkeon🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026THEY TALKED TO THE COMPUTER IN STAR TREK BEACUSE ITS A *TV SHOW* AND YOU CANT HEAR WHAT SOMEONE IS TYPING NOT BEACUSE IT IS GOOD UX 412203462
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 25/07/2026NEW THING - BYRON FERRARI GENERATOR www.monkeon.co.uk/byron-ferrar... Nicknames for Bryan Ferry based on something @charlesshaarmurray.bsky.social used to do in the NME. Also functions as a random Bryan video button, should that appeal to the young folk of Bluesky.monkeon.co.ukByron Ferrari GeneratorRandom nicknames for Bryan Ferry based on a running joke they used to have in the NME. 011
Reposted by Rico MonkeonJulian "Jaz" Rignall @jazrignall.bsky.social · 06/07/202640 years ago, ZZAP! published this Mercenary map. It mightn't look like much, but this was the first "proper" map of an actual 3D game world - a 15 x 15 grid that contained buildings, structures, and underground complexes. In 1986, this was astonishing, cutting-edge stuff! 3375
Reposted by Rico MonkeonJason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/06/2026Thanks to emulation, the seconds will never stop ticking 1052990
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 24/06/2026⌨️ Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11429005 From the 'Topical Games' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/topicalgames/pop… #TopicalGames 1239
Reposted by Rico MonkeonNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 24/06/2026How it started vs how it’s going (new villain in Bananaman in the Beano this week) 818034
Reposted by Rico MonkeonMarty Suncreme @martinobeat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026These should only be used for bringing outside food and drink into the theaters 429884
Reposted by Rico MonkeonDave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A while ago, I had the idea of making autostereograms ("magic eye images") with Excel. Here's another I made today. I'm curious if people can make it work. 173810
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 31/05/2026NEW GAME - LOOK-IN STAR PORTRAIT CHALLENGE www.monkeon.co.uk/look-in-star... Can you recognise the 80s celebs, as drawn by the readers of Look-In magazine?monkeon.co.ukLook-In Star Portrait ChallengeCan you identify who the readers of Look-In magazine (1971-1994) had attempted to capture in their Star Portraits section. 2103
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 28/05/2026The Water-Lily Bond Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11428392 From the 'Letter Change Art' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/letterchangeart/… #LetterChangeArt 45714
Reposted by Rico MonkeonJames East @jameseast.online · 24/05/2026I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever 261422271
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 25/05/2026Didn't know Limahl had a crowdsurfing Falkor as part of his act. Amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHNo...youtube.comLimahl - The NeverEnding Story (live at Atlas Arena, Łódź) 23.05.2026YouTube video by Limahl & KajaGooGoo archive 043
Reposted by Rico MonkeonMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It is a thing of remarkable wonder. RIP Cronos. 88022
Reposted by Rico MonkeonDave Bagpuss Forsey 🍻 @bagpuss.org · 21/05/2026The @b3ta.com image challenge this week is to change one letter in the name of a famous work of art. I spent way too long changing Edward Hopper's Nighthawks into Fighthawks. 88622
Rico Monkeon @monkeon.co.uk · 12/05/2026I want to know more about this anti-booing technology. Sounds like something the ACME Corporation would make. 8356
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 06/05/2026Double the chance of winning Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11427930 From the 'Fictional Electioneering' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/fictionalelectio… #FictionalElectioneering 04114
Reposted by Rico MonkeonDave Bagpuss Forsey 🍻 @bagpuss.org · 05/05/2026📢 Introducing my new daily word game, Keywords! "If Only Connect was presented by Mavis Beacon*" Like Wordle? Like Connections? Like stuff? Then there's a vague chance you'll enjoy this. Find the five connected words of increasing length by typing into the boxes. *one for the young'uns therekeywords.bagpuss.orgKeywordsCan you discover today's five connected words? 2514967
Reposted by Rico MonkeonMatt Round @mattround.com · 30/04/2026🤖🔊 I made a thing for Attention! Experience the amazing soundscape of an AI data centre from the comfort of your own home Just watch out if you leave it chugging at full pelt for too long - the AI may have its own ideas about how to run things... datacenter.fmdatacenter.fmDataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AIExperience the real-world sounds of AI with this interactive audio generator. 31711
Reposted by Rico MonkeonDIMORPHODONS @dimorphodons.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Incredible scenes from Simon and Garfunkel reddit: Paul Simon seems to have signed a bin in Mayfair 93713
Reposted by Rico MonkeonBec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Dr. No sounds like the villain in a movie about improv 24010
Reposted by Rico MonkeonChinny Honk @chinnyhonk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Surely destined for six figures. Cultural motherlode. 0102
Reposted by Rico MonkeonNANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 24,1962 15728110
Reposted by Rico Monkeonb3ta @b3ta.com · 21/04/2026NEW IMAGE CHALLENGE - JOBS FOR JESUS Artist: monkeon b3ta.com/board/11427547 From the 'Jobs for Jesus' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/jobsforjesus/pop… #JobsForJesus 0234
Reposted by Rico MonkeonPaul Frightlaw Meets the Wolf Man Uptown @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Not to be outdone by Massive Attack releasing their first new song in six years, Tom Waits has joined them to release *his* first new song in FIFTEEN years. It is suitably disturbing and furious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...youtube.comMassive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the GroundYouTube video by Massive Attack 153
Reposted by Rico MonkeonThe Onion @theonion.com · 15/04/2026Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto 242197377
