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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 2h

Miss you too buddy! ❤️It's much better than it was! Hope all's good Guildford way! Give Parker a woof from me!

J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 3h

Doing much better! Thanks man! ❤️ Hope all's good your end! =)

J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 3h

Can't recommend this game enough! (I'm slightly biased becase I worked on it way back when!) Also it's made by like the best people on earth, so you should get it!

Jim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social · 5d

King Of Meat is currently

✨ VERY POSITIVE ✨

On Steam 👍❤️👍❤️👍

store.steampowered.com/app/1926980/...

King of Meat on Steam

Compete in a co-op party platformer, pitting up to 4 players against community-built dungeons filled with puzzles to solve, challenges to traverse, and ridiculous monsters to fight. Progress through c...

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 18h

She has a habit of co-opting large pieces of furniture, today it’s the beanbag! #cat

Small ragdoll cat asleep on a yellow beanbag.

A small ragdoll cat asleep on a yellow beanbag, but now you can see just how large the beanbag is when compared to the small cat! Quite large!

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 1d

Managed to make up for some leaner days this week! Got 1.5k done! Onto chapter 22 tomorrow! Here’s Zelda giving me her most approving look! #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #cat

A ragdoll cat looking disapprovingly down from a grey cat tower.

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victor @windienine.bsky.social · 1d

i'll be uncharacteristically direct this time and say that the KS is 10k out with ONE week left and i need everyone on this game's team to make rent and have enough to eat. i can't overstate the importance of trans gamedevs continuing to create in a hostile industry. please support if you can!

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 23d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 2d

Less fun update about chronic illness stuff from the last few years. There's some pre and post surgery photo's in there if you're a sicko and that's your bag. There'll be even more later this year after next surgery!

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My Tongue is Trying to Kill Me: A Chronic Illness Diary.

My tongue is trying to kill me. This sentence doesn’t make much sense, and yet, the truth it contains has determined the course of my life for the past decade. I’m about to talk about chronic illne…

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 2d

YES! Always a big Douglas Adams fan, I need to give Hitchhikers another read! Yeah, it's a little silly. It's following a 'homing salmon' delivering a message. I'm liking it now, but editor me might be a bit harsher in a month or so! We'll see if it sticks!

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 3d

Wild fish! I hadn't even thought about the fact it would experience weather down there. I need to add that! Thank you very much! =D

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 3d

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 3d

I thought writing a fun chapter from the perspective of a fish wouldn't be that hard. But now I'm trying to come up with references for things they'd understand. Not quite so easy... why have I done this to myself? #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 4d

Down another etymology rabbit hole when I should be writing. 'Exasperated' formed of 'ex-' and 'asper'. The latter from Latin meaning "rough". 'Asper' led me to a great Old French word called 'asperity' which means "hardship". Like prosperity but backwards. #amwriting #writingcommunity

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 6d

She’s enjoying what little sun there is today! #cat #catsky

Ragdoll cat with its face to the sun getting some rubs!

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

The instinct of this government is ever further restrictions on civil liberties. It is authoritarian at its core, and at this stage needs to be opposed by anyone who at all considers themselves a progressive.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 6d

I had to look up it's name and found a whole wiki dedicated to this obscure ass show. Sometimes the internet is good.

J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 6d

Intentionally misreading everything on this website so my thoughts sound like this guy

A small rat like thing with a elephant nose and chipmunk teeth. Stood on a beach with it's hands on it's hips. The character is called Sacha and it's from an obscure TV show called Noah's Island that ran from 1997 to 1998.

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! Yeah I wasn’t ready for quite how many rejections there would be! Just gotta keep going though, you only need one yes!

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 7d

I guess I can talk about this now! I'm going to be a published author! (If you wish to see how badly my querying went, I included an excerpt from my submission spreadsheet, it's all the red!)
jjunthank.com/2025/10/03/i... #Booksky #writing #writingcommunity #query #authors #AuthorSky #fantasy

I’m going to be a Published Author.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!AHHHHHHHHH!AAAAAHHHHHHHH!This has been my state for the last month since getting the email from the publisher. I would say I don’t have the words, but that’s kind of my job now, so …

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 11d

I thought the Mr Beast burning building headline was an @theonion.com article. Looks like I stand corrected!

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12d

One of the most haunting aspects of Squid Game was that the contestants could leave at any point if they wanted to but volunteered to be tortured to death because they were so desperate for money.

Anyways...

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 12d

A disinterested loaf for your consideration

A caramel rag doll cat sat in a clump like a loaf of bread on a blue sofa

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 16d

I was not expecting this thread to become this unhinged!

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 16d

johnny cash was almost disembowelled by an ostrich, at the exotic wildlife park he'd established behind his house on Old Hickory Lake, and he only had two of the birds; the danger from over a hundred thousand is almost inconceivable.

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J.J. Unthank @jjunthank.bsky.social · 17d

As someone who’s about to start doing this for the first time (signed my first deal last week) I’ve never wanted a joke to be real more! I would buy ‘POSTING THROUGH IT’ in a heartbeat!

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