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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the big upsides of having a local independent paper is you get follow-ups to national stories after Something Has Been Done

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But I don't know anything about tapes or digitisation or anything like that. I don't even know how I would play this. I don't even know if it's still in good enough condition to play. So my question is... How? How do I take these two tapes, this two part performance, and make the choir live again?

An open box of scotch polyester tapes, showing the reel inside

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I saw the first picture, wanted to ask 'is that handspun?' then saw the panned-out view 😅

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whatcha got there, some kind of Combee-nation?

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It had my favourite sounds-like-good-mechanic taken out; you were originally going to be able to object to unsolvable puzzles. They realised really quickly this was a terrible idea, but I think it was the core concept they built the rest of the game around.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New ironic fate unlocked

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I shrunk my partner's memtest in the wash ☹️

A blank screen with a tiny memtest in the middle. It's so small.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Elite: Dangerous flashbacks 🥲

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're not going to just write down the Populous codes for you, but here's the generator so you can do it yourself<3

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Immediate theory from my partner: the beard acts as drag, slowing his movements when he pitches. The combed moustache instead channels and stabilises the air, leading to more consistent movement.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey this game is real good, you should play it with two or three of your friends hooting in your ear

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I started watching SNW because Pike had the same chopping board as my dad. It's a kitchen-island kind of show.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I started, one day, with an innocent question; 'Wonder how RT implemented pathfinding for that many people?' and now I slavishly await the next Marcel Vos video, like a beast.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Database fuckup, those were supposed to go to LinkedIn

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oh THAT'S what 'getting mullered' means!

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So @robinince.bsky.social wrote about @emfcamp.bsky.social in the Big Issue and gave us a new tagline. #emfcamp

A photo of the "Robin Ince on the Road" column in the Big Issue, Issue 1730, 10-16th August 2026.

Unfortunately it's too large to alt-text, but the pull quote is "Electromagnetic Field is a DIY techno utopia, a field of ingenuity, robotics, lasers, full of hope and activism"

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ooh, I haven't watched that yet - that's tonight's movie

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You think you've picked up enough words to say least get by in a foreign language, but then you get hit by something like this and realise there's an entire culture under here

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Discourse here has moved to a place I cannot, will not follow.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Plenty of the second around the place

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wait, I gotta get this down as a one-page RPG

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And a much larger part convincing High Command that we could be using that fuel for trucks

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

See, now we're getting somewhere interesting; Allied High Command or whoever gets a box in 1940 marked 'instant battle winner, store at -200C, keep powered, once opened use within three days' and then you have a small part of the war effort dedicated to keeping it running

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Okay but what about ✨the logistics✨ - every Spartan I've seen wakes up at the start of the game in a hi-tech box, rampages for two days straight then ends up either dead or in stasis. Can you run 20 of these guys on diesel generators and lead-acid batteries?

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's the equivalent of putting a piece of sticky tape over the box, but www.proginosko.com/leechblock/ can be helpful; I use it to manage my increasing bsky usage

proginosko.com

LeechBlock

A Simple Free Productivity Tool

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I did some natural dying a few weeks ago, and here are some of the results! Left is onion skin, right is cochneal; both mordanted in copper

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I was heralding this one! I'll admit to a slight sense of creeping dread when he was plugging a second ZX into the nest on stage....

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

UK terms of affection tend towards the negative, whereas US tend towards the positive?

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'Mr Man' being a shared point of reference, but where does Sunny Jim fit? Or Trouble?

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is a fascinating trans-atlantic document

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lego being the stand-out example, maybe?

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you're talking about 'objects designed to inspire creativity (with communities following)', I'd say toys like the spirograph and the etch-a-sketch

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You wouldn't know to look at her, but she left the bathroom in a terrible state. 😔

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026

We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

goodlaw.social

Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hot Train Dad's In Your Area

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's nice to have a cold drink that isn't insanely sweet!

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's bad for the phone, gives it caratacts

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There's an extra hazard here, which is this is the size that a lot of org services like HR platforms, payroll management, document storage ect, run out of free seats and you have cough up or scrambled to move to something else

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

There is no manly professional more rugged and calloused than perfumier

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Great game BUT Oh my god talking to Rodan and his little statue animation. There's a mod to make it less obnoxious in the PC version.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm trying to decide if I shill UV now or after I Google Pixi.toml

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/lcf... My local comedy festival #leicestercomedy has collapsed into a steaming heap of unpaid debt, so there's an organisation raising money to get the comedians and promotors paid

crowdfunder.co.uk

Leicester Comedy Festival Artist/Promoter Support

We're raising £30,000 to provide financial support to artists and other people affected by non-payment during the Leicester Comedy Festival.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Friend of mine has her phone set up so if you call three times in a row, it overrides do-not-disturb ect, for real dire emergencies

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Courageously, with a stout heart

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Later, for the final test of courage; taking a relaxing bath in it.

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Thingus @thingus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A boy no more, I have fixed my leaking bathtub and have become a man.

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