Duvet Gecko
@duvetgecko.bsky.social
Agender grump pooka
I liberally use starter packs, please don't feel obliged to follow back, I barely post!
I liberally use starter packs, please don't feel obliged to follow back, I barely post!
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Duvet Gecko
@duvetgecko.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Alt text is extra information you add when you upload an image in order to describe what the image is/provide extra context! It's how blind people can tell what's in the image, for instance: screen reading programs can read the *text* out loud, but they can't access pictures.
Excellent guide to the whys and hows of alt text
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2025 advent calendar. Day one.
You run downstairs, excited to open the first door. A voice in the back of your mind tries to tell you that you didn't actually buy an advent calendar this year—and this wasn't in the house when you went to bed last night—but you push that aside.
You run downstairs, excited to open the first door. A voice in the back of your mind tries to tell you that you didn't actually buy an advent calendar this year—and this wasn't in the house when you went to bed last night—but you push that aside.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
2025 advent calendar. Day one.
You run downstairs, excited to open the first door. A voice in the back of your mind tries to tell you that you didn't actually buy an advent calendar this year—and this wasn't in the house when you went to bed last night—but you push that aside.
You run downstairs, excited to open the first door. A voice in the back of your mind tries to tell you that you didn't actually buy an advent calendar this year—and this wasn't in the house when you went to bed last night—but you push that aside.
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We're a not-for-profit holiday site in Falkirk, Scotland, set up to fund maintenance of a listed building and mental health work. We have six quirky glamping lodges, each sleeping 4. One unit has special features for people travelling with cats, another for dogs.
www.heartofscotlandholidays.com
www.heartofscotlandholidays.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're a not-for-profit holiday site in Falkirk, Scotland, set up to fund maintenance of a listed building and mental health work. We have six quirky glamping lodges, each sleeping 4. One unit has special features for people travelling with cats, another for dogs.
www.heartofscotlandholidays.com
www.heartofscotlandholidays.com
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I refuse to shop anywhere in this country while they’re having “Black Friday” deals because absolutely the fuck not; we do not HAVE Thanksgiving, black friday is therefore unnatural and an abomination before the Lord and I will shop on Boxing Day like our ancestors intended
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I refuse to shop anywhere in this country while they’re having “Black Friday” deals because absolutely the fuck not; we do not HAVE Thanksgiving, black friday is therefore unnatural and an abomination before the Lord and I will shop on Boxing Day like our ancestors intended
There are still 7 slots left if anyone fancies buying themselves a silly little guy
I am opening ten slots for Silly Little Guys: simple doodles for use as avatars for your socials.
You should all know the drill by now but just in case:
⭐️ £30 each (PayPal only)
⭐️ No portraits
⭐️ Just simple, silly guys
DM me if you would like one!
You should all know the drill by now but just in case:
⭐️ £30 each (PayPal only)
⭐️ No portraits
⭐️ Just simple, silly guys
DM me if you would like one!
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There are still 7 slots left if anyone fancies buying themselves a silly little guy
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I adore Weychester. In its streets and wyndes one can play the game of guessing which secret society lives behind which door. Here the Order of the Clapperclaw, there the Grand Lodge of Mirrors. The Duat Club is easy to spot, but many other entrances demand our pondering. – #CLNolan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I adore Weychester. In its streets and wyndes one can play the game of guessing which secret society lives behind which door. Here the Order of the Clapperclaw, there the Grand Lodge of Mirrors. The Duat Club is easy to spot, but many other entrances demand our pondering. – #CLNolan
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My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
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Starting in on these! The muses have some ideas, but need more volunteers.
If they told your OC to hold a candy cane for them, how would that go?
#EnberQueue
If they told your OC to hold a candy cane for them, how would that go?
#EnberQueue
The muses are hungry!
They need someone to hold their candy canes.
Drop your OC in this thread. Humanoid, furry, alien, feral, terrestrial, celestial, aquatic... test my franken-range, darlings.
Free. Not FCFS. The muses will grab whomever they fancy.
Closes when the muses are sated. #EnberQueue
They need someone to hold their candy canes.
Drop your OC in this thread. Humanoid, furry, alien, feral, terrestrial, celestial, aquatic... test my franken-range, darlings.
Free. Not FCFS. The muses will grab whomever they fancy.
Closes when the muses are sated. #EnberQueue
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Starting in on these! The muses have some ideas, but need more volunteers.
If they told your OC to hold a candy cane for them, how would that go?
#EnberQueue
If they told your OC to hold a candy cane for them, how would that go?
#EnberQueue
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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They dried! You can see the holo coming in through the window panes.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
They dried! You can see the holo coming in through the window panes.
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
I read this on my way to therapy, and it made me really want a chip butty. I think checking we are ok is reasonable, and probably a sensible reaction.
chip butty, pasty parm, pattie butty... crisp sandwich.... TOAST sandwich which is just toast between other bread..... is the UK OK
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I read this on my way to therapy, and it made me really want a chip butty. I think checking we are ok is reasonable, and probably a sensible reaction.
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Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
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Egbert. A little sculpture I made last year. I want to make more time for sculptures in '26!
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Egbert. A little sculpture I made last year. I want to make more time for sculptures in '26!
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
#monster #airdryclay #ladollclay #sculpture #monstersculpture #cutesculpture #cute #cutecreature
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Very well! Just because the author promo'd it (and confirmed it's a standalone), here are 5 US Kindle copies of @ajcalvin.bsky.social's SERPENTUS. I also got a copy for myself, and more for random giveaway. I have given out 61 books by the author previously.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Serpentus is discounted this weekend!
Epic fantasy standalone
Battles, magic, and a main character who goes through some hell
It's dark, but not without hope
buy.bookfunnel.com/o5lug1jnuc
Epic fantasy standalone
Battles, magic, and a main character who goes through some hell
It's dark, but not without hope
buy.bookfunnel.com/o5lug1jnuc
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Very well! Just because the author promo'd it (and confirmed it's a standalone), here are 5 US Kindle copies of @ajcalvin.bsky.social's SERPENTUS. I also got a copy for myself, and more for random giveaway. I have given out 61 books by the author previously.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Watching Pluribus, and whilst the main character is the closest to me in temperament and personality I’ve ever seen in a TV show, I would 100% join them because they seem happy and that would make a nice change for me.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Watching Pluribus, and whilst the main character is the closest to me in temperament and personality I’ve ever seen in a TV show, I would 100% join them because they seem happy and that would make a nice change for me.
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Cached US kindle giveaway, courtesy of @susannashore.bsky.social: 10 copies of Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1), by @robinhobb.bsky.social, which I have, and have read, and have enjoyed. The series gets significantly better as it goes along.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Cached US kindle giveaway, courtesy of @susannashore.bsky.social: 10 copies of Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1), by @robinhobb.bsky.social, which I have, and have read, and have enjoyed. The series gets significantly better as it goes along.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Picture from local paper, but every time I go past here, I feel they should use it to study something about "average height of graffiti artists" or something, because the entire building has a solid band around the blank side, then more variation at the corner where there's bits to climb up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Picture from local paper, but every time I go past here, I feel they should use it to study something about "average height of graffiti artists" or something, because the entire building has a solid band around the blank side, then more variation at the corner where there's bits to climb up.
I like this idea, I do it to puns a lot. I like puns, but I also know some of my friends like making people groan, so they get that reaction as a treat.
Pssst.
I wanna tell you a sekrit.
Sometimes I shout at @gailsimone.bsky.social's postings because a certain kind of shouty is humor, and I imagine it makes Gail happy and giggly to make people shouty in the right way.
Who am I to deny the catharsis of practicing my 'exaggerate reaction for humor'?
I wanna tell you a sekrit.
Sometimes I shout at @gailsimone.bsky.social's postings because a certain kind of shouty is humor, and I imagine it makes Gail happy and giggly to make people shouty in the right way.
Who am I to deny the catharsis of practicing my 'exaggerate reaction for humor'?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I like this idea, I do it to puns a lot. I like puns, but I also know some of my friends like making people groan, so they get that reaction as a treat.
UK giveaway from the ever-generous Kithrup
Very well: 5 UK/IE Kindle copies of @aptshadow.bsky.social's *excellent* (fairly-)hard SF novek, Children of Time. I love it. You *must* have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account to claim one!
I don't do UK/IE giveaways as much, but this book is *so* good.
I don't do UK/IE giveaways as much, but this book is *so* good.
Notice that @aptshadow.bsky.social ’s Children of Time is 99p on kindle in the UK. If you have any interest in SF and haven’t read it, this is a no-brainer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
UK giveaway from the ever-generous Kithrup
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One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
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With alt text 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
With alt text 1/3
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October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster