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Phil The Sheep

@asheepie.bsky.social

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Linux, computer and boardgame geek. Likes cheese. Martial Artist. Very Metal. B-movie zombie film lover. Cats. Evil leader of the Woolly Legions Of Doom (tm). World's first official* Cripple Mr Onion champion *probably (He/him)

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · Oct 12

"It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it" - Terry Pratchett

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 4h

OK. Last time.
A D&D Stirge detaches after draining 10 HP of blood. Therefore HP are a measurable unit of blood (I estimate 200ml per HP).

Characters with high HP might have hundreds of liters contained in their bodies at high pressure. Even light nicks tend to spray anime-style.
It's science.

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 9h

Making a start on the TTCombat Chroma scenery. Soon I'll have a 90s White Dwarf looking table.

#40k #Warhammer

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 17h

Seen some people say this is a bad idea because it’s “cringe” - Lord, I wish that was my only issue with it, but Kavey hits the nail on the head here - you’ll just end up making a lot of us feel even more unsafe than we already do.

Kavey @kavey.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't theoretical / political for so many of us.

It's about our actual safety, mental and physical.

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 1d

A whole bunch of us have grown up in the UK knowing to flee in the other direction if we spot this flag anywhere. We’re not going to pause to see if there are stickers stuck below them.

And if they’re stuck elsewhere, we will not get close enough to see the text - again, we’re just going to leg it.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 9h

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Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t know whether to feel good or bad about the degree to which this is, to me, a thing it seems completely normal to do?

Jaida Elcock @sofishtication.bsky.social · 10h

Male sharks have 2 sexual organs called claspers. If the claspers are soft and bendy, the shark is immature. If the claspers are hard and rigid, he’s ready to reproduce! And unfortunately, as I scientist, I have had to be the one to decide if a male shark was mature or not. It’s… uncomfy😅😂

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dee 方传嫣 @hellenus.bsky.social · 18h

This is one of the best photos I think I've ever taken

View out of an airplane window over the wing and a seaside coastline. The sky is blue, the clouds are fluffy, and there is a shadow of the plane on the sand.

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Gregory Possum-Jumpscarer @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 9h

r'lyeh - outsiders always butcher it but it actually just sounds like "raleigh" like in raleigh-durham

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 10h

This was predicted, and warned about, and yet the legislation was still pushed through. And it'll be the first of many incidents.
#OnlineSafetyAct

👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 16h

“limited billing information” was also taken—including payment type, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and purchase histories. Customer IP addresses and messages with support agents were also exposed.

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👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 17h

At first the Discord hack didn’t seem that bad because it was initially the third party help desk.

But then you find out they had got there age verification data. Come to find out they got 1.5 TB of government id and age verification data. This is going to become a case against age verification.

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, I watched that not long ago. Definitely a strong recommendation to watch

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 12h

God, i love this one. That "statue" is so inspired.

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 13h

1 horror movie every day of October:

8-INCANTATION, Kevin Ko (2022)

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 10h

That's coming out really nicely

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Chris A Field, Otherverse Games @otherverseg.bsky.social · 1d

Once the base layer dried, I started stippling increasingly bright shades of green with big, soft makeup brushes.

I keep twisting and turning the brush to get random shapes. I'm focusing the light towards the middle of each panel.

I'll start refining after a couple more layers.

Rear of the Sanctum with no e green highlights on the rooftop.

I'm focusing the green towards the middle of each panel with the top and bottom portions in shadow.

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 12h

HAHAHA

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 15h

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 11h

Amateurs

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WulfHelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Yet my suggestion of releasing Tigers into Swindon's parks was ignored.

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 1d

This is the official return of a native species lost for over a century.

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 11h

I know that technically it's a legitimate German word, but you'd think it'd be on the prescribed names list

Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 12h

@geekpie.bsky.social or alternatively:
Welcome crows

They will bring you urgent news

And a little picnic basket to cheer you up if the news is traumatic

Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 12h

oooo, that all looks bloody nice

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 12h

I take it name-reporting does sod-all?

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 12h

Six minutes, I think

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 13h

Work. Of. Genius.

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 15h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Phil The Sheep @asheepie.bsky.social · 12h

That's delightfully fiendish

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Óskar Ghoti @oskarghoti.bsky.social · 12h

My fav trap used was a carpet-covered pit trap with a bell next to it.

The player didn't ask about the out-of-place carpet but instead declared, "I ring the bell!"

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