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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · Feb 23

Let me make your Sunday. Got a library card? Great.

Download the Libby app. Free.

Up to 10 audiobooks. FREE (cancel Audible).

Up to 10 e books. FREE.
(Cancel Kindle Prime).

UNLIMITED high street magazines (I chose Empire, RW, Wired, Simple Things to start).

NEWSPAPERS!

This app is AMAZING.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 17h

This is such an interesting article and I really want one!

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, maybe. That comes across as worthy, and I'm trying to describe something as playful without being juvenile.

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 19h

I want to use 'esoteric' but I want to mean 'playful, but not in a whimsical way' - what word do I actually want to use?

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 21h

POST OF THE DAY!

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 1d

Being in your forties seems to be a perpetual loop of trying to drink enough water to stave off headaches, and not drinking enough water so you don't have to get up to go to the toilet during the night.

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing enormous - but I did get sent the proofs of Sjandiva, the latest puzzle book (disguised as a travel guide!).

Late orders still welcome! www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 3d

Taught Reception for the first time in 27 years today - loved it!

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 6d

I have a particularly tricky puzzle that needs a play test. Full support given, and you also win a credit in the Sjandiva book!

Not complex, just needs a good eye for attention.

Would take 20 minutes/half an hour to complete.

DM me if interested.

#gamedev #indiedev

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 6d

DM me if you'd like more info (I don't work there, but know it well!)

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 6d

If you live in Surrey, and are looking for SEN/Deputy roles, I can highly recommend this school.

It's the only school I know which offers a site-wide *four* day working week. Genuinely!

uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...

Deputy Headteacher - Walton-on-Thames - Indeed.com

Outcomes First Group

uk.indeed.com

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 7d

Wild times - I'm buying next year's diary ALREADY!

Sixth year in a row for this bad boy, and I've upgraded to the larger size (aging/eyesight/etc) #moleskine

amzn.to/42pqD7E

Moleskine Weekly Planner, 2026 Weekly Agenda 12 Months With Space For Notes, With Hard Cover and Elastic Closure, XL Size 19x25, Blue Color

1 Wo = 1 Page, Right Ruled Page, Hard Cover

amzn.to

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 8d

It's not inconceivable that Elizabeth from #ThursdayMurderClub would have at some point in her past potentially worked with Jackson Lamb from #SlowHorses.

+1 vote for a #SlowMurderClub collab.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 8d

Okay, this is actually brilliant. It's like having a soundtrack to your day.

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 8d

I'm testing out Opera as a browser, and it has this ambient soundscape you can put on, which creates music with your typing. It's a hypnotic gimmick!

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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games @jacksonpope.bsky.social · 9d

#CraftWednesday

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 9d

#CraftWednesday I published the prelaunch page for misADVENT - a pair of puzzling crime files to solve, (one for adults, the other for families) updated daily.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

Coming soon: misADVENT

A pair of crime cases to solve, with new digital clues sent daily. One for adults, the other for families, made for the holidays.

www.kickstarter.com

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 8d

It's not inconceivable that Elizabeth from #ThursdayMurderClub would have at some point in her past potentially worked with Jackson Lamb from #SlowHorses.

+1 vote for a #SlowMurderClub collab.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 8d

I'm testing out Opera as a browser, and it has this ambient soundscape you can put on, which creates music with your typing. It's a hypnotic gimmick!

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 9d

I was like that when I started reading 'A History of Glue'

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 9d

#CraftWednesday I published the prelaunch page for misADVENT - a pair of puzzling crime files to solve, (one for adults, the other for families) updated daily.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

Coming soon: misADVENT

A pair of crime cases to solve, with new digital clues sent daily. One for adults, the other for families, made for the holidays.

www.kickstarter.com

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 14d

I'm so slack at this - sorry - just finishing the proofs for my latest book!

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 17d

Also, the text accompanying this:

A. English.
B. English, mirrored.
C. Scandinavian, so you need the Google translate tool to read it (varying between Swedish, Norwegian etc)

I'd genuinely love your thoughts!

#indiedev #gamedev

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 17d

Hey everyone I'd appreciate your views please. I'm adding the answers to Sjandiva, my puzzle book. There are some ways I can do this:
1. Just the answers. Easiest. Dull.
2. Pictorial answers for each of the puzzles.
3. A walkthough, explaining the answers.
4. Something else.
What would you prefer?

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 23d

The NZ govt are putting huge funding into AI not because AI will be good for the country and its public institutions but because it presents itself as another way to ‘legitimately‘ move public money to the private sector.

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 23d

Nope. Roll on Friday!

Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 23d

Day three of a UK school residential, and we’ve had two night time fire alarms, two cases of bed bugs, and today’s lunch for the children (due to a planned power cut) was two small wraps, some processed cheese and processed ham.

Think we can all guess who!

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Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 24d

Don’t think about weight loss, think about weight trends