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Nes V. Arthur Long

@nesproxy.co.uk
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Fitness enthusiast, avid gamer, rollercoaster enjoyer, tailor and cat lover. PhD Psychology. Crap cyborg. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Started work on my Nahobino cosplay again a few weeks ago and just finished the base bodysuit so I'm briefly free from Applique Hell. Shoulders next! Not sure when it'll be done, just enjoying the process (and glad the bodysuit is a good fit because I've built even more muscle since I started!)
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Currently the most read on theLBC website (and I beat the FT to it, who have published a v similar piece this morning) …. Full article here - www.lbc.co.uk/article/legi...
Britain does not have an immigration problem, it has a nuance problem writes Natasha Devon
By endlessly repeating that people's anxieties are 'legitimate', politicians are giving credence to the far-right's propaganda and inadvertently stoking the tensions they were designed to rile up.
On social media, outright lies are not only permitted, but increasingly financially rewarded. Crimes committed by asylum seekers are either invented or endlessly
recycled and amplified to give the impression of greater rates of criminality within that group (whereas in reality there is no evidence suggesting non-UK citizens commit crimes in larger proportions than the general population).
If you're caught within a certain algorithm, pretty much all you'll see on Facebook or X is content about how dangerous asylum seekers are and how they're the reason communities are in decline. When you combine this with the often-alarmist
headlines, it's little wonder so many people are concerned.People's fears are understandable given the current legacy-media and online landscape, but they are not 'legitimate' because they aren't founded in robust data or empirical reality. The distinction might seem subtle, but it's this type of nuance our politics so desperately needs right now.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Sandwiched between the weddings of friends starting their own journeys we celebrated a wonderful decade of marriage. Wouldn't change a second. 😊
Two men take a selfie with champagne
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Chun Wah Kong @chunwah.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yesterday, I went back to a location featured in the Getaway called "Charlie's Warehouse" to recreate my half of this photo from 25 years ago.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism
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Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RIP Tim Curry.
Rocky Horror Poster by Chris Weston
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 19/08/2026
Had a planned day of annual leave today to just take some time out and do something for me. Work has been a lot lately and I needed some time out. So a after a good long gym day, some new ink and a catch up with my tattooist, I'm feeling much more refreshed. Long overdue and much needed downtime.
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 16/08/2026
Spent most of the weekend finishing making this shirt for @eidolon.co.uk. Very happy with it and fits him beautifully. 😊
Handmade shirt in black and gold with geometric print accents
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 16/08/2026
Happy third birthday to my replacement radial head. Here's to continuing to get fantastic gains together and letting me push you harder and further than is probably advised every day. Plenty of pain but plenty of gain. 😊🦾
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/07/2026
Not only is the uk's media completely ungovernable and free to target anyone they please, true or not, they also refuse to report on the wrongs of a major section of society that is tearing it apart. As I've said for years, until the UK media changes, nothing else will.
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chappell roan atkinson @turpywurpy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Lots of people talking about how Arday needed to be held accountable, but you better believe not one single person will be held accountable for the way he was treated in the days leading up to this.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's that day again #alevels
[Title panel]:
A-LEVEL RESULTS COLUMNS DAY

[Scene is a TV news type report about A Level results day]

REPORTER [talking to camera outside a school where students are crowding outside the hall to get in]:

Well, it's that day again

When A-Level students across the country finally get to find out

What Britain's newspaper columnists think about their results.

[show the interior of the school hall, with long tables, but instead of results papers on them, loads of middle-aged newspaper columnists are all laid out]

[Close up on the COLUMNISTS lying on the table, talking up to a gaggle of excited students desperate to find out what they say]

PETER HITCHENS:
I remember when A-Levels meant something

CLARKSON: 
I got a C and two U's

[Cut to outside the hall, the REPORTER is talking to a student]

REPORTER:
And did you get the middle-aged opinions you wanted?

STUDENT:
Yes! 

I got one ‘There's Too Much Humanities’,
and two Oxford graduates telling me they went to Oxford.

REPORTER [now doing a voiceover, as we see the students in the school hall next to the columnists on tables, and the students are preparing to jump in the air for a photographer]:

And then the annual photo shoot…

[PHOTOGRAPHER]
One, two, three...

[One of the columnists on the table pipes up with]: 

What's The Point Of University in 2026?

[The students all jump for joy]

STUDENTS:
HOORAY!

[ends]
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 12/08/2026
Instructions unclear.
Man and colander for solar eclipse - am I doing this right?Cat not understanding solar eclipse safety paper
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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔧🧨🚀 Put on some goddamn tea, cause I drew 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 👏🏽 𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀 👏🏽 𝘾𝙄𝘿 👏🏽 for @ffgentszine.bsky.social Did I miss any? 🔍👀 #FinalFantasy
Illustration of various Cids from the entire Final Fantasy franchise on a massive airship in the sky. They are interacting with each other; shouting and colliding in a chaotic mess of exploding engines, rocket fuel and mechanical parts.
Notable Cids include:
The original Cid from FFII
Cid Haze - FFIII
Cid Pollendina - FFIV
Cid Previa - FFV
Cid Del Norte Marguez - FFVI
Cid Highwind - FFVII
Cid Kramer - FFVIII
Cid Fabool - FFIX
Al Bhed Cid - FFX
FFXI’s Cid
Cidolfus Demen Bunansa - FFXII
Cid Raines - FFXIII
Cid nan Garlond - FFXIV
Cid Sophiar - FFXV
Cidolfus Telamon - FFXVI
Cidolfus Orlandeau (and Mustadio) - FF Tactics
and many more tucked away in every corner of the artwork.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Without good journalists, it’s alllll just PR—and I feel like that should terrify people SO much more than it does.
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 09/08/2026
For our upcoming big number wedding anniversary I thought I'd make @eidolon.co.uk a shirt. I've had some very specific help that can only come from a cat rolling all over your work. Fabric chosen by @eidolon.co.uk - it'll be the black with the geometric print as an accent. But enough for today!
Sewing woes, cat helper edition
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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
slammed the brakes so hard I flew through the windshield
Street sign for Gobblers Knob Rd
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 08/08/2026
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 01/08/2026
@eidolon.co.uk picked up the '96 Dr Who TV movie, and I've not seen it in years so gave it another watch. I appreciate it doesn't have the best rep among other fans but I've always really liked it. It's cheesy and full of gaping continuity errors and weird choices, but McGann's phenomenal. 1/?
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 27/07/2026
Looking through my now very full sticker book, and this swole Wuk Lamat is getting a full page. Love her.
Swole Lamat sticker
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 26/07/2026
Fanfest is over. 💔 What a beautiful weekend. #ffxivfanfest
Man on an FFXIV bikeThe best Fanfest gang
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 26/07/2026
I'm in danger. #ffxivfanfest
FFXIV Fanfest Puddingway display
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 26/07/2026
New DRK weapon please. #ffxivfanfest
A man holding a giant carrot aloft
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 26/07/2026
Took the gang to the gym. Results varied. #ffxivfanfest
FFXIV Fanfest. The gang goes to the gym - with varying results
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 10/04/2024
remembering the greatest interview of all time
An interview with the guy who yells MORTAL KOMBAT in the theme for Mortal Kombat

interviewer: I see. will you do it over the phone?
guy: would i do it over the phone? absolutely.
interviewer: let's hear it.
guy: Mortal Kombat!
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 25/07/2026
Fanfest Day 1 - so happy to be here. What a show, had such a great time with some wonderful friends. New tank looks insane (forever a DRK main though), whole con well thought out and everyone lovely, all just enjoying what it had to offer and excited to hype together. FFXIV's so special. 💖
The gang gets to FanfestOur beautiful floor seatingFound a gym
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 23/07/2026
Heading to Berlin for Fanfest tomorrow! Was so gutted to miss out when it was in London so feeling extremely fortunate to be going this time. Even if I end up having no success with timeslots, just being there this time is enough. Desperate for the Fanfest hoodie though so hope I get a merch slot. 🤞
Alcor Fanfest sticker for trading should you want this extremely done rabbit for your collection
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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer.
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 18/07/2026
Final Fantasy IV 35th Anniv. illustration by Rika Okazaki (illustrator for Dragon Quest I&II HD-2D Remake, Octopath Traveler 0, The Adventures of Elliot The Millennium Tales):
Rydia, Rosa, Cecil, Kain, and Edge gather to celebrate.A cake with candles that read 35 and icing that reads FINAL FANTASY IV with decorations of the four fiends.
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 18/07/2026
I had this old punky top that's falling apart and the Hades hoodie that's always been way too big and decided to splice the two. Cue a little applique and I have a fun top for one of the evenings of Fanfest. Especially loving how well my chest tats work with this!
FFXIV Hades punky top
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 11/07/2026
Wow, 9 years smoke free (technically a day or two out but it's showing 90% so let's go with that). 🥳
Smoke free app showing 90% of 10 years
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 04/07/2026
Further adventures to the TfL depot with @eidolon.co.uk
TfL Acton depotTfL Acton depotKasha judging my purchaseAdventures on the District line
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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fuck it, I'm going in.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Another great one.
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 28/06/2026
Doing some wig work and since I haven't shaved in a few days I thought I'd pop Cid on. Feels like a long time since I've shown off any of my costume work, but sadly my current project (Nahobino) is very slow going! Love this cosplay but it never reached full potential after my arm got destroyed. 😅
Cid (FFXVI) cosplay
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 27/06/2026
New heatwave friend. Even with aircon in the bedroom sleeping's been a challenge, and this definitely took the edge off.
Shark Chillpill in Midnight Blue
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 26/06/2026
Wonderful thread. @matthewhodson.bsky.social always posts fantastic, informed, and important content, and is well worth a read (or follow!)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer Resigns Amid ‘Not Being Very Good Prime Minister’ Scandal
Keir Starmer Resigns Amid ‘Not Being Very Good Prime Minister’ Scandal
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 22/06/2026
People - "Starmer angered me personally by deliberately destroying things that mattered to me personally." Very intelligent commentators - "You see because he destroyed a lot of different people's important things there's simply no way to understand what he actually did wrong. It's an enigma."
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 21/06/2026
Celebrating another 365 days of @eidolon.co.uk's glorious presence in this world. Happy birthday to my favourite human, every year together is a delight. 💖
A man smilingTwo men pulling faces in side by side selfiesA man taking a selfie
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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 20/06/2026
It really has been an excellent year for films so far. Project Hail Mary is wonderful, lovely bit of sci-fi which manages to showcase some of the curiosity and good of humanity. Sadly something that feels rather thin in the real world right now!
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Nes V. Arthur Long @nesproxy.co.uk · 20/06/2026
@eidolon.co.uk and I did the whole "paint one another" thing. Did we find out we're not great painters? Yes. Great fun, absolutely recommend so you too can have treasured cursed paintings of your loved ones.
The result of our painting adventure versus a photo of us looking normal
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