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Bob Ferry
@bobferry.design
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Living on the queer side of life. UX/UI design (Design Systems are my thing right now). Former game dev and QA. AuDHD & memory issues, Icelandophile, and hobbyist polymath. Male (he/him). Fifteen years a Londoner.
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Wotsits do nuts now.

They left out the best flavour: prawn cocktail.
A bag of Wotsits brand coated peanuts. In this case they are cheesy flavour. The bag is the hallmark Wotsits colours, blue with orange and yellow. The flavour is called ‘Really Cheesy’, and in the middle of the bag is the tag line ‘That’s nuts’
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers.
A screenshot of an episode of Stargate SG-1 called Double Jeopardy. It shows two versions of one of the show's heroes, Colonel Jack O'Neill. One is in green camo airforce gear and the other in a black t-shirt. The one in green has his arm around the shoulders of the other and is being helped to walk. One of them is a robot. But which one?
July 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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In another episode of this weird world we live in, I’m just scrolling Instagram and one of those joke aggregator posts popped up.. I laughed out loud at one page and it turns out to be a screencap of none other than @comicprintinguk.bsky.social
A screenshot of an Instagram post by ‘iamthirtyaf’; one page of several jokes pulled from various corners of the internet. This page is a joke by CPUK, the user mentioned in this Bluesky post. The joke is itself a screenshot of an Apple feature ad, which reads “Pay with your face”, to which CPUK has responded “Is… Apple threatening me?”
June 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Just going through and finally ordering my Jira tix, and getting rid of all the really old stuff from the older defunct design system strategy.
A screenshot from The Lord of the Rings, showing Treebeard at the foot of Isengard, with yellow text that reads 'The filth of Saruman is washing away'. In context, it implies the defunct design system strategy is the filth of the old order.
June 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Did some more drawing tonight. Decided to do some faces. These are strongman Dennis Kohlruss. He’s got a nice face and can be expressive when he talks so it makes good practise.
A sketches drawing showing two faces both belonging to strongman Dennis Kohlruss. There is also a third small simplified face of him. The two larger faces make use of solid black and hatching while the smaller face is just line drawing. The drawings show different expressions which suggest the man is in the middle of talking- with a slightly pursed mouth. Handwritten text indicates the date; 08/04/2025, or the 8th of April, 2025.
April 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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As promised, I also want to say how much I enjoyed These Young Wolves, also by @glennquigley.bsky.social (cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo). It continues the story of Vince Knight in the universe of The Moth and Moon. Again, big burly folks, and queer romance, as well as adventure.
The book cover of 'These Young Wolves' by Glenn Quigley. Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo. The cover man in silhouette, walking uphill on cobblestones through an old town street. The colours are all deep blues and whites, as if desaturated like an old photograph. Overlaid is gold and white text, and a gold border styled with clockwork motifs. Gold text reads 'Glenn Quigley' and 'These Young Wolves', and underneath in smaller white text is 'The Knights of Blackrabbit #1'.
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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To continue on sharing media; meant to write this a few months back. I finished @glennquigley.bsky.social's We Cry The Sea. It was delightful. While the story doesn't explicitly have to be an end, it rounds off Mr Shipp's story very nicely. Cover art by Natasha Snow.
The book cover of 'We Cry The Sea' by Glenn Quigley. Cover art by Natasha Snow. The cover shows a large sailing ship, many sails unfurled sailing towards us, off centre, on a calm sea and in front of a sun breaking through the clouds. The colours are all warm yellows, pinks, and purples, like a red sunset or sunrise. White text is overlaid saying 'We Cry The Sea' and 'Glenn Quigley'.
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This game lives within me. Of the few games that do, this is the one that has the title/menu screens that are most memorable. This game is amazing; and the art direction was perfect. The music (Solar Fields) for this page is playing in my head right now.
The title screen for the videogame 'Mirror's Edge'. Red text is overlaid on a cityscape. The city, the sky, the water, are all rendered in plain whites, defined simply by the blue shadows resulting from the very soft slightly warm light. The red text is principally the Mirror's Edge logo just above centre screen, with the text sat to the right of the logomark; a stylised red eye within a rectangle. Below that red text reads 'Press Any Key' and below that with a copyright logo, 'EA Digital Illusions CE AB. All rights reserved. Music would play in the background; over this menu. The track is 'Introduction' by Solar Fields, from the game's OST, and evokes feelings of curiosity, awe, and a sort of nostalgia, even when listening for the first time.
April 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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This is the next book; The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translation Ken Liu). @mattgikarp.bsky.social and I both realised we had this on our to-read list, and so decided we'll both listen to it now. I haven't seen the show, yet, but I'm only aware of the book because of it. Is good so far.
The Audiobook cover image for The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu. The title and attributions are overlaid on an image in bold sans-serif white and red text. A white circle is also over the image, a circle with the Netflix logo, a red N, and text saying 'Inspiration for the Netflix Series'. The image is a vivid interplay of red, gold, white, and black, almost sunset like; it is a montage of a huge satellite dish and science station settled on a hilltop, where in the foreground from across a valley a young woman stands looking toward the station. Across the whole image is superimposed another woman's face, looking down, with a serene ot contemplative vibe.
April 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Trying to get back into doing a little drawing. I’ve been feeling it’s missing from my life. Anyway, anatomy is always a good place to practise, so I do my usual thing of picking cute strongmen as targets. This guy is pull_my beard on Instagram; I’ve drawn him before. Was fun. I should do it more.
A black and white sketch drawing using pencil and ink, of a weightlifter/strongman wearing shorts but no shirt, body facing us but his face looking to our right, his arms at his sides. It is rough and has varying levels of finish throughout with the highest level of finish in the head and shoulders. Plenty of blocking black and thin hatching.
April 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Onto this after. I am sceptical of books like this, but actually enjoying listening to this one. Again, very listenable, and has been funny. One moment of casual misogyny so far, which is disappointing, but overall the book is helping me reframe some things. Lets see how it goes.
An audiobook cover; striking orange with white and black text. The text reads "#1 New York Time Bestseller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson", and a sticker-like white circle is placed centre-right which reads "Author of the new book 'Everything is Fucked: A Book About Hope'"
March 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Finished listening to this, this morning. Really good, at least for my needs. I have a story I want to write, in the back of my head, always. It imagines a post-climate change world, so I've wanted to read up more on the consequences of climate change. This was very good for that. Very listenable.
A book cover, audiobook version, of 'The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming', David Wallace Wells. The cover is literally just an off white background with that text in black serif font.
March 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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A screenshot from the videogame Unreal Tournament. It is a view of the whole level, Facing worlds, or CTF-Face. It shows two identical towers facing each other, each standing on sort of asteroids connected to each other by two paths. The whole thing is in space. The implication of this image, is that the image in the quote tweet is reminiscent of it.
March 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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A meme, Homer Simpon saying "You mean there's a better way?". It's a screenshot of Homer Simpson. The shot occurs just after he watches an ad of someone suggesting there's a better way to get orange juice than squeezing an orange by pressing it against your eye. In the shot, Homer stops pressing an orange against his eye socket and asks "You mean there's a better way?".
March 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Today’s look is the Kevin McCallister. And yes both of those festive hot chocolates are mine.
A heavyset bearded man taking a full body selfie in an office hallway mirror, standing outside a lift. He’s carrying two drinks in one hand, stacked. He’s dressed in black jeans, red and green flannel shirt, green overshirt, and white and red bobble hat. Festive spirit oozes.
December 5, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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My current listen. I don't think I've ever read it before. Maybe I did, a long time ago. I don't remember how it goes (that's not a joke 😏).
The Audible book cover for their adaptation of 1984 by Goerge Orwell. It depicts a small television screen with a disrupted visual signal, showing a man's face staring directly at you. The whole thing is in dull blue tones. The cover text reads 'George Orwell's 1984, Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy'. Overlaid on top is the text 'Audible Original' and 'Only from Audible'.
November 8, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Contemplating the future, sitting in the park by the church with a (decaf) coffee. Just letting my brain unwind a little between work stuff.
A photo of a bearded fat homosexual sat in front of yellowing trees, in black shirt over a grey vest. Headphones on, and coffee not pictured. The look is stoic, with some despair.
November 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Trying to comfort myself by taking advantage of today’s “Aussie breakfast” served up by a colleague, and doing TimTam slams with my tea.
A photo of two open packets of TimTams, one original chocolate, in a brown colour, and one chewy caramel, in a tan/burnt orange.
November 6, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Today’s outfit is the autism special.
Man taking full body selfie via a mirror. He is wearing all black. A t-shirt, jeans, and big comfy skater shoes. The essence of comfort and simplicity.
November 1, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Well, people are posting this so here's mine. Not a remarkable number, and I don't know why being in the first 10% gives me some sort of a buzz but here we are. Celebrating Bluesky reaching 10 million users.

(I suppose if I'm 305k in 10mil that I'm actually top 5%? 😛)
The image is from a Bluesky tool which shows a number, representing when the user joined. In this instance, the user bobferry.design was the 305,975th user to join Bluesky, and joined on 15th July, 2023. The number is displayed in black bold text in the centre, on white background. The Bluesky logo, in blue, sits in the top left. A blue stamp is also present which reads 'Bluesky Elder Certified, First 10%'.
September 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Carpet, leather, brown, beige, tan in the decor, and pink purple blocky future on the screens.
A photo of the bridge from the Enterprise-D, from Star Trek: The Next Generation. No cast are present. The shot is as if looking in from the view screen and views several chairs, facing to us, set in front of computer consoles. All furniture is a beige or brown variation, with carpets and leather.
March 6, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Trying to resume some regular drawing practise. I now take classes in Wing Chun and thought it would be nice to combine anatomical study with study of the Wing Chun forms. Although this is not necessarily an exact execution of either.
A sketch of the upper body of a human from two angles; first side profile and second top down. In each the person has their hands in the Man Sau Wu Sau positions of Wing Chun Kung Fu, where both palms are open and held upwards in front of the chest, one behind the other.
February 24, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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The advantage of have a partner who is into photography. You occasionally get a nice photo of yourself thrown your way. We’ve had a brief trip up to Sutton Bank dark sky reserve with a stopover in York. This is us eating at Yuzu ramen (it was delicious).
A black and white portrait photo of Bob Ferry, sat in a restaurant with brick walls, background blurred. Bob is smiling slightly, looking at the camera, with a slightly messy beard, messier hair, and wearing a dark flannel shirt.
February 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Firefox has awarded me this for the number of open tabs I have on mobile. It’s chaos in there.
A snapshot of the bottom options bar in Firefox mobile browser, showing the search icon on the left, hamburger menu on the right, and in the middle, the tabs button, which shows a rounded box with the number of open tabs displayed inside. In this case, the number shows the symbol for infinity.
February 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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This arrived today and it is wonderful. Also timely given how the vibes meet so successfully with Lethal Company, game du jour. I’m looking forward to giving it a read and (hopefully) a play.
Two books for a tabletop RPG called 'You're in space and everything's fucked'. The books are almost identical in their stark style but one is red and one is black. The red for the players is titled 'Struggler's Guide', and the one in black for the gamemasters is titled 'Station's Guide'. The subtitle reads 'A gruesome sci-fi horror RPG', and is by Nevyn Holmes.
January 15, 2024 at 11:26 AM