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Matt Round @mattround.com · 23m

Hoping to launch early Nov & will prob give contributors a sneak preview once the cover’s finalised

Matt Round @mattround.com · 25m

It’s not just a pretty picture, it ties in with the programs, works really well for cover layout, and evokes the feel of the best ‘80s computer mags

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 27m

Cover art for my type-in magazine is DONE and looks amazing, hopefully will be particularly exciting for the 3 contributors who coded programs referenced in it

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 16h

Lush has a Scooby-Doo tie-in range, and they've really missed the opportunity to have a bath bomb shaped like a ghost which fizzes away to reveal a normal man inside.

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Simon Christiansen @simonchris.bsky.social · 2h

Current main character on Threads. Everyone is now posting knitting projects saying they're none of your business.

Threads thread going:
Sara: "I'm halfway done with my second piece. 4 more to go." Picture of unfinished knitting project.
Fiona: Whatcha makin?
Sarah: None of your business given I don't know you nor do I want to

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 12h

Wednesday, page 8 of Terran Omega... My Free weekly scifi comic! Subscribe on Patreon. (Every paid tier- from $1 gets the strip early and in colour! as well as artists edition versions of the art...) www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?...

Terran Omega, a blue skinned female warrior in ceramic armour with a glowing Bo Staff looking angry... A mark on her head, the Omega symbol.

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 10h

And at the start you had no idea it’d ever matter in the future, I get it

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 11h

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 11h

Or even just name your layers!

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 13h

gotta go with one of the originals

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 15h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 17h

Tomorrow I'll do another pass on the code to adjust formatting, improve clarity & reduce typing, then I'll check I've not broken anything & test browser support

Matt Round @mattround.com · 17h

OK, rough layout draft done in under a day
Wanted to check the 10 programs would fit nicely, with a bit of squeezing, column fudging & code reformatting I’ve got the right page count
Most programs use 1-2 pages, longest needs 6

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 19h

inspiring 💗💖

LinkedIn post about how a guy got a job interview at Strava by running a route that spelled HIRE ME on the map

HIRE ME written on the map (looking more like HIRE NE tbh)

commenter asks if the guy got the job and OP says “I don't think so. But his effort got him noticed and a foot in the door when so many others didn't”

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 20h

Yeah, all the stuff containing the word “free” makes me think all the apps will be free but integrated with Canva, so it’ll nag you to create an account, push features like cloud storage, templates, etc etc

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 20h

Probably doing the whole thing only using fonts from dotcolon.net , been a fan of that site for ages

ドットコロン

オリジナルフォントを公開しています。商用・非商用を問わず自由にご利用いただけます。

dotcolon.net

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 20h

Been using Affinity Publisher to put together my magazine and really liking it so far, haven’t had to look anything up even though I’m dealing with bleed, page numbers, columns, flowing text across boxes, etc

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21h

oh god no he hoovered up his own brain

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 23h

Feels like it’s grown so much & people are so much bolder about it, 10 years ago there was one local bloke who’d go on about free energy & UFOs, now it’s everywhere (including in my family, ugh)

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 23h

I don’t talk to random strangers much but this stuff still happens regularly, it’s all getting a bit too Invasion of the Bodysnatchers for comfort

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 23h

Yesterday’s latest Chat With Stranger Taking A Scary Turn Into Conspiracytown: someone with a friendly dog who said they’d rejected chemotherapy for it because she’d rejected chemo herself and was still alive, leading into even wackier stuff

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 1d

LET'S FUCKING GO

International Day for Failure

Date

Mon, 13 Oct 2025

THE INTERNATIONAL

DAY FOR FAILURE OCTOBER 13th

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 23h

If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 3d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

So, obviously the most important news of the day is that it’s... YES, THAT’S RIGHT: the 27th anniversary of the release of Joe Pesci’s album Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You

What A Wonderful World

YouTube video by Joe Pesci - Topic

youtu.be

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Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief) @dolanthology.bsky.social · 1d

You know I said that being sincere into a camera isn’t my comfort zone?

Turns out spending slightly too long editing most of the fuck ups into a blooper reel is:

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