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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 20h

“Luna as a Gamer” sees quite the resurrection, Britannia Master gets underway, I have to repeat the “lanyard’s for me not you” lecture I gave to Applejack for Pinkie & Izzy, and the domination of Kpop Demon Hunters leads to one of the charity auction’s highest lots. (3/3) @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 20h

The Charity Auction lots pile up, Rebecca Shoichet answers a most interesting question, the Legion of Doom prove great at evil power ballads, and the truth is told about Starlight. (2/3) @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 20h

A week on from @ukponycon.bsky.social, still was a great time, even with big hiccups (all beyond anyone’s control). Here’s some more memories from the trip, including Izzy & I waiting away the storm delays, slides of @zenfox.bsky.social’s great train lore panel and Ponk waiting to kart it up. (1/3)

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 1d

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is a nonogram puzzle game with an accessible twist.

Read our latest Indie Spotlight to find out how Marijn found its cognitive and visual accessibility features. There's even some unexpected disability representation!

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Indie Spotlight: Squeakross Home Squeak Home - Can I Play That?

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home brings a lot of accessibility to the nonogram puzzle genre, often choosing the accessible option by default.

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 1d

@dodgycur.bsky.social Some good news for you! Probably will have crossed that threshold and have these on the way by the next time you play the game too. 😉

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 1d

Got this as a Secret Santa gift from a friend a couple of years back. Can’t recommend enough for Kirby fans! 😉

Kirby Informer @kirbyinformer.com · 1d

Amazon still has Kirby: Art & Style Collection for only $17.48 (42% off)! Again, this is arguably the BEST Kirby book a fan can get! The book was made for the 25th anniversary, and the print quality is wonderful! ✨

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

Thus begins the journey home from @ukponycon.bsky.social for Pinkie, Izzy and I. Though being real, despite the storm-related nine-hour travel delays on Fri and nearby fire in another hotel, this was the home away from home, as always. At five of these now, it’s a mainstay, come hay or high water. ❤️

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

While “bought” item quantity was unchanged from last year (three), they were more substantial, and more freebies made for a a larger merch haul. Getting a core G5 movie unseen moment from Izzy creator @imalouart.bsky.social (we got on great, super lovely), is probably my fav. @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

A hearty meal with friends, a good time all around, lots of freebie Kayou MLP cards from one of our group, and a charity auction win… the Worcester Shires post-con meal did what it’s always meant to, staving off post-con blues for several hours. Can’t ask for more, really! @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

And that’s a wrap on UKPC once again. Different venue shook it up a bit – for better and for worse! – but it was as dense as ever, with great guests, wonderful committee being absolute champs, solid panels new and old, and all the fun with friends. Remains a yearly highlight.
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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

Even in a truncated time slot, the goofy humour of the lots donated to @ukponycon.bsky.social’s charity auction are as on point as ever. Oink sounds came from MC and audience alike here.

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 6d

Pinkie got to see the rest of her family in plushies made by Sewpoke at Sewpoke’s Plush Meet. Very chuffed, she was. Other plushies were permitted of course, but nothing like a family photo. 😇

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

The Brittania Taskmaster task of designing a new con mascot in 2 minutes, with great notions in Shopping Addiction and True Family, went in the end to Imalou’s Fish Chips. The strangeness of British food to their French tastebuds was quite a source of comedy over the weekend! @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

My thoughts with the @ukponycon.bsky.social staff and everyone else staying at the New Street Premier Inn affected by the ground floor fire. No one hurt, thank goodness.

Fair play to the con staff for quickly pushing opening back two hours and the revised schedule losing so little. Absolute champs!

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

Checking out the late karaoke and concert before the “secret” panel on why MLP characters suck, which had to have a whole Star Wars title crawl for Twilight (complete with the music)… quite the satirical end to another dense Saturday @ukponycon.bsky.social!

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

Let me tell ya, you haven’t lived till you’ve heard Discord singing A Glass of Water backwards… Courtesy of @ukponycon.bsky.social’s pub quiz. Among other inverted song samples, old toy lore and identifying colour-reversed cutie marks. To name a few.

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

It may have meant missing the regular pub quiz with the Worcester Shires crowd, but in the 2nd of three Pony Kart qualifying sessions at @ukponycon.bsky.social, I inched the 2nd best time! Got a spot on the main stage tomorrow before closing ceremonies! 😎

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

Pinkie: “Izzy look, it’s your creator! The lady who designed and brought you into the world in every aspect of your appearance! It’s @imalouart.bsky.social, in the flesh!”
Izzy: “I like her mane. It’s poofy and curly. Maybe I should try that! You and her do make it look fun.
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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 7d

The @ukponycon.bsky.social panel on the languages in FiM was short and didn’t even fill its half-hour without extensive Q&A, but it did have more than just “Old Ponish is Old English”, so a good breather panel before the Special Guests Q&A.

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 8d

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 8d

Straight from @zenfox.bsky.social and @thatoneacy.bsky.social’s train lore panel at @ukponycon.bsky.social, you’d be surprised how much blatant disregards for train procedure there is. Where did Fluttershy do with the engine pony? We may never know… And it’s just a warmup to AJ’s shenanigans. (1/2)

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s just say Pinkie is none too pleased I insisted on taking our time with breakfast and getting down 25 mins after door opened. Figured based on past Sundays, given pre-reg, that the queue would have emptied. Woe is me. Pray for me as I try to manage her disappointment. @ukponycon.bsky.social

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 9d

Applejack’s reluctantly hoofing over the reins of pony companionship to me for @ukponycon.bsky.social this year to Pinkie. There was a long talk about party etiquette, that not all will want to bob their heart out on the concert’s dance floor this evening. Pinkie tuned out once she heard “party”. ☺️

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 11d

Watched for Alternate Ending Fill Your Blind Spot #7, Crime/Mystery Edition, on September 29th 2025, full review on Letterboxd. (2/2) letterboxd.com/cartoonkarma...

A ★★★★½ review of The French Connection (1971)

I'm not well-versed enough on 70s cinema, and especially gritty, amoral New York-set crime capers, to judge this template-setter of the form such films took in that decade against its successors. Thus...

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Ghost Mike (Cartoon Karma) @cartoonkarma.bsky.social · 11d

The French Connection (★★★★1/2) – Can see why this set the template for 70s New York crime movies. The ruthless efficiency is reflected in every aspect of filmmaking, through to how Hackman's mania and desperation is shown. Such a propulsive thriller of genre fiction. (1/2)

a man in a hat and gloves is waving through a glass door .

ALT: a man in a hat and gloves is waving through a glass door .

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