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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 1h

The prompt was ram, I guess Babylon 5 just stuck with me. #inktober

Prompt: Ram

Image: A ship based loosely on a b5 earth alliance cruiser, crashes into and destroys a second ship. In the background a gas giant with rings.

Quote: This is why the most dangerous creation of any society is that man who has nothing to lose. You do not need ten such men one will do. James Baldwin.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 21h

Re: tech bros and the reality of living in William Gibson's future.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The prompt is stinky. I technically did this yesterday but just remembered to post it. #inktober

Prompt: Stinky

Image: A multiarmed robot crouched in a pool of rubbish sorting it into different kinds of recyclable materials. There is a leak and pipes everywhere. The text to the left reads "When the uprising comes, you will know by the smell"

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's a mark of a strong relationship that I was able to tell @hellybellyb.bsky.social that her relaxing birth play list might have veered a bit funereal. Chill but not THAT kind of chill....

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yesterdays prompt was not Ogre, that was today's. So here is Smack today's yesterday prompt #inktober

Prompt: SMACK

Image: Someone in a starfleet uniform outside a warp core room holding a very large wrench.

Even starfleet still use percussive maintenance.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey, you know what *did* take ages to write, and used 0% AI? My various books www.hive.co.uk/search/keywo... They've been nicked and used to train various AI engines, and cost me a lot of earnings in the process, so if you like your info 'direct from source', please consider purchasing one.

hive.co.uk

dean burnett search results

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think I saw someone say, @robinince.bsky.social perhaps?, that bookshop.org are better financially for the bookshop and the same for the author or better? There was some well reasoned argument you might want to use book shop instead of hive. Although hive are also better than the alternatives.

bookshop.org

Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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🅡🅞🅑 🅜🅔🅢🅤🅡🅔 @robmesure.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The moral of this week’s episode of Bakey McBakeOffFace is: never let the public choose anything. #gbbo

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Le Carré, consistently: he was short and fat and looked like a frog Casting directors: now the key thing about George Smiley is that he would absolutely get it

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Taking solace in the new George Smiley casting with the idea that maybe one day I, a similarly tubby and unprepossessing character, might one day be played by the handsome and urbane Matthew Macfadyen.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh that it's really clever hats off. I will, of COURSE, be stealing it lock, stock, and barrel!

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Prompt was ogre which I have treated as O.G.R.E. Omni group loves you, as long as you keep up your payments. #inktober

OMNIGROUP ROBOTIC ENFORCERS

An advert for a bipedal murder bit with two guns in its back and on from its centre. 10y! maintenance package!

Short fiction: Since the introduction of the OMNIGROUP ROBOTIC ENFORCERS the number of extra judicial killings has not dropped the ethnic make up has normalised - they are color blind in every sense. OG internal report.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah a number of my questions on python packages have been extremely dumb but because they don't think they have made them user friendly they're happy to help. When they think they have made them user friendly, or worse, they've made it *powerful*...

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of these photos is not like the others. See if you can spot it...

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

10/10 would escape zombies when barricades fail.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's a little unfair - I've used a lot of open source stuff for work (python packages) and they have been universally helpful. But you are also not wrong. It might be something about big packages for the "civilians" that attracts or creates those people. Lord knows I'm bad enough helping my mum.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Could have done without an upset stomach. I could have done without it.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(That's from 2016 - also possible I misread this very article at the time and misremembered it today. There was a ban, it was only a year but they were still recording higher levels of caesium)

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The ban was not as long as I remembered the effects were still being recorded in 2011 at least. In my defence I was 5 at the time, and 45 now. Time dims the memory in many ways :) www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...

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Chernobyl and the north Wales sheep farmers, 30 years on

The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on farming in Wales remembered, 30 years on.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I remember them talking about Chernobyl on BBC Newsround (nightly news but for kids). Shat me right up, I remember kneeling on the sofa expecting to see a nuclear death cloud kill us all. (Not totally unfounded there are or were until fairly recently bits of Wales that had/have sheep selling bans)

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've not investigated - they aren't on the menu, and you have to pick your battles :)

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's free though, so download it and try it you might not have my issues. I'm currently doing another masters so needing to write quite complex documents with mandated styles and layouts. So if you can use the built in styles you won't have a problem.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Most of libre office is great, bit of basic letter writing? Lovely stuff. Simple document structure? Knock yourself out. Need a slightly complex document structure and custom numbering styles? Nightmarish. Not found anything like it in the other apps. Just the word equivalent.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Support the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's a real shame that libreoffice styles are such a colossal pain in the sack. If anyone asks a question one (specific) dude on the forum basically tells you to read a giant manual and calls you a c**t. I still use it, but I don't enjoy it.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day 4 of #Inktober. For all the cyberpunk fans: yes I know they aren't all from the same universe. It's ok. Just a bit of fun.

Prompt: Cactus

A line drawing of a skyline where the dominant structure has a cactus like form. Also featured a Tyrrell sign, Sendai and Arasaka.

Quote: The sky above the port was the color of television tuned to a dead channel.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When they fixed the power in the commissary I had "Hot Hot Hot" kick in from a hidden speaker and all three of them nearly pooed their pants.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Did my 4th ever DM/GM/Warden tonight was a roaring success. Did another bug hunt in mothership from @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com. Spoiler in next message

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Read this in the voice of The Dude:

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of the benefits of being useless around the house is that so far every I have misjudged every line item of baby prep stuff by about 100% over. Which is nice.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She's going to keep on painting at the pink pontif club...

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dude can write peeps if you haven't read his "Doctor Adoulla Makhslood" stuff you should it's great.

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Saladin Ahmed @saladinahmed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

so uh I'm back online after 3 years (!?) off socials I know all the terrible things that happened - tell me something *good* that's happened to you since 2023

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

8 years of IVF are paying off due 20/11.

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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just in time for my birthday – TERMINUS has been awarded 5 stars by @gonzohistory.bsky.social in the @forteantimes.bsky.social ! 🥳 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 To celebrate this happy confluence of events, I'm offering 15% off both Darkened Hill & Dale and TERMINUS on my web shop this weekend. ☺️ shop.patchworkfez.games

A close-up of the final paragraph of the review of TERMINUS in the Fortean Times. It reads: 'In its evocation of a specific kind of contemporary British urban strangeness, Terminus creates a unique and memorable setting for a story of a liminal space brushing against cosmic horror. ★★★★★'

The full text of the review of TERMINUS in the Fortean Times magazine, held by me. It's unfortunately too long to fit in this alt text.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How much fibre you've eaten?

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Of course in about 6-8 weeks Kalpol intro is going to stop being a tripped out bass fest by Autechre and start being "Here comes the big aeroplane!"

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Moreover: It's survival of the fittest Max, and we've got the fucking gun.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Stuff younger Tim thought was incredible: The Pi OST. Stuff that older Tim has relistened to recently: The Pi OST Stuff where older Tim agrees with younger Tim: The Pi OST 12:45: restate my assumptions.

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #inktober prompt is relic. I used to sell these in Tandy (British arm of RadioShack). Never did a single return.

Prompt: Relic

Image:
A museum display case of a Nokia 3210

Plaque reads:
Nokia 3210
1000-2000y
Prefall artefact
32% battery

Underneath image as caption:
But they eternal summer shall not fade
William Shakespeare Sonnet 18

Fineliner on a standard playing card

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Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thought I might give #inktober a go, to make it so I don't spend stupid amounts of time I'm doing them on a playing card.

A picture of a partially eaten apple floating in a depressurised corridor. The roof of the corridor has a guide strip and it bends around a corner. There is a door open on the right. Behind the apple is a prominent hull breach. Though it you can see a planet and rings and a ship firing a laser at adversaries unknown.

Underneath it says:
"in 1666 Sir Issac Newton watched an apple fall from a tree"

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