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Wangleberry

@wangleberry.bsky.social
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www.chickenscratch.co.uk Artist, Warrior, Professional Idiot Doing a PhD in English for the sheer hell of it

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort.
A neon light art piece of Samuel Beckett's famous quote "I can't go on. I'll go on" but spaced - it would seem inadvertently- so that it reads "I can't goon. I'll goon".
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Matt Round @mattround.com · 18h
Soon the misery of being unable to find crisp sandwich sound effects will be over
ButtyStock screenshot showing in-development sound effects section; “Crisp, crunchy sound effects, browse now"
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 19h
I will not Doomscroll Doomscrolling is the peace-killer Doomscrolling is the slow-death that brings gradual but inexorable depression I will face the Doomscrolling I will put my phone down and take a shower And when I am dressed I will turn the inner eye to see its path Only shitposts will remain
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 20h
"I have never tried to eat a flower in my life; I am innocent of all charges, and it is both a calumny and a gross insult that you would even suggest such a thing"
A little black cat sitting in front of a vase of carnations and bamboo
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Extremely weird upper body muscle weakness in the gym. Could barely lift a warm-up 12kg shoulder press, let alone a 14kg. Wonder if it's a delayed stress reaction, have had that before. I am feeling a bit generally shaky today.
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jordan! @jordanjamboree.pittbert.gay · 27/09/2026
I think a lot of online leftists need to internalize that Zohran is a successful socialist is because he's not a hostile dickhead
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 28/09/2026
A very funny thing is happening where our lovely autistic audience is so horrified with the weird numbers that everyone’s trying to fix it at once, causing further weird numbers. Have we accidentally stumbled on the world’s most neurodivergent marketing strategy???
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think I've levelled up today. Feel a bit like John Constantine; I guess if you've been through enough trips to Hell, you learn the way back by heart, and it gets easier each time. Pass me my Union rep card, cigarettes, and book of employment law spells, I'm off to do some good in the world.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two back to back meetings on a Monday morning. Appalling.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this. If I had one fast rule about parenting, it would be to show-not-tell; tell your children not to smoke as a smoker yourself, and a deep, animal part of their brain will never believe you mean it.
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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trust me: if I lived in a self-curated cultural bubble, I'd be listening to nothing but Skunk Anansie, Echobelly & Six: The Musical, and bland white MAGA-tinged country tracks would never cross my path I'm one of the dozens of people worldwide who live in a country that's not America. Also I'm old
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's the first night of the autumn where the earlier darkness has really hit.
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Geekcliché @geekcliche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The best I can come up with is Freundlichkeit von Außenseitern - outsider kindness.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Suddenly struck me as a bit weird that there are people out there who make a living out of pretending to be other people by doing impressions of them. That's weird, right? It's definitely a bit odd that society has decided that should all be a welcome bit of business?
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Turning all the goddamned lights on in the house
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is there some German word for the fact that the kindest and most selfless people are always the heavily-tattooed, the metalheads, the weirdos; those who've been to hell and back; the ones who were bullied and shamed and still found it in themselves to keep giving, even when they have nothing left
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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We've smashed 10% in a day, this is so incredible, thank you so much! There are some really fun rewards available, some of which are extremely limited, so if you were looking to do a little Ad Hoc Arts Funding, why not have a look!
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Frances Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 20/08/2026
i've been going to a weekly support group called Hope but every once in a while they skip a week
calendar event: No Hope Today
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We are having a pizza and distracted by this deranged art
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Might get the oil paints out today. It's a palaver but worth it.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Small joys today. This album has been doing god's work lately. (Yes, yes, sorry for the spotify link, 'Yet I see you participate in society' etc) open.spotify.com/album/3ZN01x...
open.spotify.com
THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. - Album by RAYE | Spotify
RAYE · album · 2026 · 17 songs
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
Pumpkin hoop
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AlexWattsEsq @alexwattsesq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Daphne: We cannot get out. The end comes. Drums, drums in the deep Frasier: I just heard from Lilith, she'll be here in 20 minutes Daphne: Oh, that explains it
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Right, enough Sad Girl Posting. I've got it out of my system on this here microblogging platform. We do not settle for depression on a Saturday night, and I am not settling for it this year full stop. What nice things have happened to you this week, pocket friends?
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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[Suddenly, the dread flame of the eye of Sauron covers the landscape in greasy, dark light. Wolves howl, men weep and sweat in their beds, crops wither in the fields] F: Niles, it's for you N: Oh, hello Maris
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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
M: Not any more, the doc gave me the all-clear Daphne, a human: You know, I think I ate hobbit once, when I was a student in Arnor. We'd been out for a night on the town, and let me tell you, at 2am I'll eat anything you put in front of me N, sighing: Lucky anything
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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Martin, an Orc: Well boys, looks like meat's back on the menu Niles, an Elf: Ooh, has the Altura resumed their delightful venison carpaccio? Frasier, also an Elf: He's talking about eating Hobbits, Niles N: Hobbits? Oh dad, you know they play merry hell with your digestion
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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
whenever people say “cancel culture isn’t real, it’s just facing the consequences of your actions” I think about all the people who were the target of the internet’s hate for things they didn’t do, or for things that had much more nuance. it can ruin lives, over things that often do not matter
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely determined to keep my head above water. The horrors persist, but so do we.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, black & white charcoal pencil.

Another featured piece from the Spooky Pants book.

A man in a sweater stands with his hands on his hips looking out of a large window with the curtains open. Things aren’t looking good outside, reader. A massive winged demon is emerging from the clouds as dozens of little ghosts and bone demons rip through the sky. On the ground below we see townsfolk running through the grass. Our man in the window is in no mood for this. He lets us know, “Oh, I am in no mood for this.” His dog looks out the window as well, wagging its tail. 

Fantasia (1940) inspired drawing. I think I could’ve gone a little heavier with the chaos outside but we’ll try again with fresh drawings this October. I like how the clouds turned out. Trying to balance my sloppy lines with more detail can be tricky but I think we achieved a good result.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Going for lunch with a friend today AND planning a stupid (laudatory) one-shot LARP <3
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stood at the bedroom window in the sun with a fresh breeze on my face for a solid ten minutes. Small things. There is always hope.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think I might have just hit a brick wall at 900mph, yet again, but for once I feel like I'm in a modern car with a seatbelt, airbag and crumple zones rather than a sodding 1986 Vauxhall Nova. I am not falling into the depression pit again. Not for the sixth fucking year running. I refuse.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4pm meeting on a Friday has scuppered any residual spoons I had to go to the gym; what kind of sadist puts meetings in the diary at 4pm on a Friday
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BMcG @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I will be thinking about Angrypennies forever
Tumblr post from user kat: i had a dream last night that the entire world used a currency (?) called angrypennies which as the name implies are obtained by experiencing anger. the stronger and more intense your anger was, the more angrypennies you'd gain. an all-consuming rage would earn you more than a slight irritation, etc. so people were always searching for ways to fuel their anger and purposefully keeping themselves angry all the time because they wanted to earn angrypennies. unclear if angrypennies could be exchanged for goods and services, or if they were just a collectible. anyway, as if this wasn't heavy-handed enough, at one point british comedian greg davies appeared and explained that angrypennies couldn't be worth feeling angry all the time. this was a real revelation to dream-me and i was finally able to break free of the angrypenny grind and allow myself to experience emotions other than anger.it goes without saying that i will be using the word angrypenny as if it was part of the common vernacular instead of a term that my dreaming brain conjured up i.e. "he's all about the angrypennies" (derogatory way to refer to a guy who searches for reasons to be angry and possibly lacks introspection)

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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Needs to be legalised, regulated, and treated as a medical issue when misused. Drugs policy in this country is insane.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Any irl London friends want to go to Thorpe Park on Sunday and be yeeted at tremendous speeds?
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This gives me so much hope on a day when I really need it
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Had the sort of month that would once have pretty much destroyed me, followed by a good six months languishing in the pit, but so far I am... weirdly ok? Stressed, weary, but weirdly ok, and still strong? God, maybe the years of therapy, plus the right meds at last, are actually finally working
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Without going into any detail, I am virtually supporting someone incredibly dear to me through a mental health crisis; I am at a departmental away day and have just experienced the darkest, bleakest laugh of my life after a totally unwitting, blackly ironic comment by a colleague.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Found a friend in the compost heap x
Me holding a slow worm and histongue isoutSlow worm curled roundmy fingers
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gambling adverts are fucking disgusting. This is at Waterloo. How fucking on the nose is this? Christ. Ban them, and regulate the industry. As bad as tobacco.
'sky vegas: blockbuster games at your fingertips'. A 3d model octopus reaches a tentacle out of a frame.
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much like your posting @mlyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations mama
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Reaf @reaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Playing Day of the Tentacle reminded me of the time we had a school assembly where this random band came in and did a long anecdote about how you shouldn't put hamsters in microwaves. I remember thinking it was random at the time.
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Is your inbox a trap?" asks an internal company security email Yes, yes it is. All emails are traps
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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will lift my text on pin-ups ban this once
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