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Anthony
@anthony.diy
Business/data analyst by day, model-making and sculpture artist, 3D printing fan and dog-lover by night.

It seems all the dystopian novels I read as a teenager prepared me for the modern world. Unfortunately.
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Anthony @anthony.diy · Jan 22
Does your first post on a platform set the tone for your stay on said platform? Maybe.

xkcd.com/1357/
Free Speech
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It’s that time of year again.
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.

Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Londoners - I have a *free* ticket to a screening of Urchin at 2:30pm TODAY, BFI Southbank, NFT3

This is Harris Dickinson's directorial debut

E-ticket can send via email

Can no longer make it, can anyone use the ticket?

Please repost

www.imdb.com/title/tt3571...
Urchin (2025) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama
1h 39m
www.imdb.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Reminder!

The Govt consultation on late payments closes on Thursday - do get your response in

Link to the consultation is below the quoted post
IMPORTANT

All freelancers, self-employed, creatives

This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices

Deadline to respond is 23 October

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October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I didn't know about this charity at the time, but it looks like it could do great work <3 www.musicfordementia.org.uk
Music for Dementia
Medical research has confirmed the positive effect of music therapy on those with dementia, including positive effects on their mood and ability to communicate.
www.musicfordementia.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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I hate doing posts like this, but I’m legitimately struggling right now.
I’m genuinely kinda cooked right now.

Just got back from a con that was a massive money pit resulting in a huge loss. AND I’ve got a car issue that’s needs fixing immediately. Annoyingly, I need my car for work 🙃

Let me draw you really cool things for you. DM if interested
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚

Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!

Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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If you haven't already, I'd love it if you checked out Dual Boot Diaries, a new podcast I started with my pal @adampatrickmurray.bsky.social. It's about us learning to use Linux instead of Windows:
Check Out Our New Linux Podcast!
YouTube video by PCWorld
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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If you have an emergency phone you don't want someone to find out about, please be aware that this is happening soon.
The UK government will conduct a national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September at 3pm.

Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, which will sound like a loud siren and vibrate.

Find out more (Easy Read, BSL, audio) prepare.campaign.gov.uk/emergency-al...
Emergency Alerts Campaign Resources - Prepare
The UK government will be carrying out a national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September at 3pm. We would greatly appreciate your support in raising awareness of the test across the...
prepare.campaign.gov.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded.

If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡

Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
ec.europa.eu
August 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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What's wonderful about Outer Wilds (2019) is that @mobiusdigitalgames.com based the game design not on combat or trading, but on curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge.

Outer Wilds is more Trek than Star Trek itself. And it's literally a space trek. 🥰
August 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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If we don’t make a stand now about the over platforming of Reform and the lack of coverage of our other parties, we’ll regret it for decades. The damage will be done and it will be too late. Sign now and please pass on. We have 6 weeks to get to 10k petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
August 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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No churning clouds, no furious winds, no dramatic light breaking through, just the sun's first rays dancing across one of our planet's most spectacular & imposing massifs. Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Welsh government is doing a consultation on new anti-bullying guidance for schools. Inevitably the TERFs are trying to flood it with pro-bullying responses. If you live in Wales, please fill it in, and if not please pass this on to your Welsh-resident friends: www.gov.wales/rights-respe...
Rights, respect, equality anti-bullying guidance | GOV.WALES
We are seeking your views on revising the draft statutory guidance on anti-bullying.
www.gov.wales
July 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Hello! It's no doubt partly due to my spectacularly poor marketing skillz, but sales of prints have been pretty woeful of late. So if you are after a gloomy antidote to all this pesky fine weather and sunshine etc, do have a gander. Reposts also much appreciated. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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No, not back to office. Let's do: hybrid flexibility because that's what the internet is great at. Let's do: we made all the tools to make this work so use them. Let's do: working in the office was a mode of productivity invented because there WASN'T an internet, why go back to it. Regressive stuff.
July 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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And sign the petition here if you're in the EU or UK: stopkillinggames.com
Stop Killing Games
stopkillinggames.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Do you use a tablet on Linux? You can share your device info in two easy steps - no coding skills required! 💙

Help KDE devs like @redstrate.com build driver support.

More info at:

github.com/linuxwacom/w...

#linux #tablet #wacom #huion #stylus #artwithopensource #kde #freesoftware
June 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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For all the insanity of Nintendo's treatment of gamers, at least (IIUC) if you buy a physical game for a Switch, you will be able to play that if your switch is never connected to the Internet. (Maybe?) #enshittification

EU Initiative direct link: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
June 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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KDE is part of the #EndOf10 campaign and we are on a mission to convert as many users over to Linux as we can.

kde.org/for/w10-exil...

This is the perfect time to ditch Windows and get the new and shiny Plasma 6.4 for your machine!

Events where you can get Linux installed:

endof10.org/events/
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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It's been a while, but we are HIRING again 🚀

Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!

🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑‍💻 Equipment paid for

careers.ghost.org
Ghost
Ghost is a proud non-profit organisation building open source technology for fiercely independent, professional publishers.
careers.ghost.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM