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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Cowboy shit
@hangmanpage.bsky.social

A two tone illustration of AEW Men’s World Champion Hangman Adam Page. In the image he is hunched over, holding up a chain in his fist, blood streaming from his head and fire blazing behind him. Apart from heavy black shadows, Adam is a dusty brown with a blazing orange behind and reflected in his blood.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 2d

Purgatory 6/10/2025

Everyone has their towering walls of prints and stickers, but I make heavy ass books and need to innovate on my presentation.

Anyway online I don’t have to build any shelves linktr.ee/detectiveken

October 6 2025.
This week, Ken has a colonoscopy and he’s still getting over it. The prep took days and the sedation didn’t work but even now, a week later, he’s still adjusting back.
Elsewhere DCAF happened. Ken’s been iterating on his table set up to add some verticality but it still needs a lot of work. Meanwhile, his tablemate had been getting street passes on a 3DS and Ken was struggling to keep up sales wise

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Cowboy shit
@hangmanpage.bsky.social

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Looking through a Google doc now. It really does be favouring a type of game. I'll have to take a few chances

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Eden. Has a little tree and sunset icon in the Play Store

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Had to try it when the emulator went live and saw some people talking about how baffling it is PS2 emulation is still tough, but Switch can be a breeze

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, probably good for phones too. The Eden emulator is in the play store. Just needs prod keys and firmware to load a game

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Obvious downside is the 4:3 screen for widescreen games, but hey. Some of the least intensive games on that console cost way too much so I'll take the alternative to do a bit of night reading

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting in because I got my Anbernic RG406H to play Switch games. Haven't tried anything more intensive than a visual novel but even without the power boost, results are so far outstanding.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 1d

Gubbus

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 2d

Purgatory 6/10/2025

Everyone has their towering walls of prints and stickers, but I make heavy ass books and need to innovate on my presentation.

Anyway online I don’t have to build any shelves linktr.ee/detectiveken

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to the several years I had a faulty cable on my Bamboo and my lines were incapable of even tapering. This pen does that, so I have zero complaints.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 3d

It apparently doesn’t have pressure sensitivity (like the current cheapest first party Pencil) but it does kinda? Something to watch for when doing anything other than what I always do… stone cold inking. Really, I’m just the kind of artist who’ll survive without.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 3d

Upgraded my iPad (Literally moved from the 2017 iPad Pro to the 2018, and it feels several generations newer) and it supports some cheaper Pencil alternatives, so I grabbed one for €20 and here’s a Bret Hart I doodled with it.

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Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 3d

International folk who'd like to support the Irish indie comic scene: this is a great way to do it!

You get a lovely portrait of your pet by an Irish artist and The Dublin Comic Arts Festival raises enough money to cover our deposit for our 2026 dates!

ko-fi.com/dublincomica...

Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 3d

DCAF FUNDRAISER! From €5! Pet portraits now available! Our very talented committee members have donated their time for a 5-min portrait fundraiser. To help cover the cost of running DCAF in 2026.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

The Basic Income news has sadly reignited my social media relationship. Apologies, I have to leave again. It's tax month after all.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

Realised last night that I'm the only one sleeping on the same mattress as when we moved into this house 20 years ago, and waking up with a sore back every morning has become (thankfully) my only major health problem of late.
Real surprised that mattresses cost a lot less than €800 actually.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4d

Posted to the Southern Reach Reddit...

Southern Reach told me Area X keep eatinh his expeditions so I asked how many expeditions he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new expeditions afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding expeditions to Area X and then his daughter started crying.

(adapting a tweet about coyotes eating cats)

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

This program has proven to be a net good, returns the investment and overall improves artistic output and lives. I just think this is a half measure to do less work by doing the pilot scheme 2: electric boogaloo

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

The Arts Council was asking for an extra 60 million this year, which will fund 3500+ artists on the BIA. Let alone that their current budget could find all original applicants. The AC funds less individuals than the current BIA cohort, with more than 4 times the budget!

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

I know I'm in the unique position to comment on this as a recipient and not just accept permanence as stated, but let's look at some numbers for a second.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like it's official. The pilot scheme applicants will end payments in February, to make way for a different 2000 applicants. I'm baffled. I'm fine with the pilot ending, but not for just the same small number to come in.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Uncertain what this BIA permanence means for those on the pilot scheme. If it's just 2000 total and scrapping the people on the pilot, that is a strange choice. They can afford 4000, actually. That number is still low, and it should be expanded if it's going to continue.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

There's an inexplicable frog art economy and dammit I want in

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously considering another From Software illustration book, but everything reimagined as frogs and toads

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