John Ossoway

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Three generations of us (my mum, me and my son) all thought it was a lot of fun.

Quite possibly. 😅

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says nope . do n't like that . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says nope . do n't like that .

😩

A pile of the Secret Meeting zine.

I used to love getting the Secret Meeting zine in the post. Found them all while having a sort out and ended up reading them all. 😅

At my mum's, and she pulls out a box and says "I have something here for you. Your dad would've wanted you to have this.." unfortunately it wasn't a lightsabre, it's his old safety razor. Not the bladed weapon I was hoping for. 🤣

Watched Minority Report for the first time in about 15 years. It holds up really well, Spielberg's direction and William's score are both spot on. Something a bit Hitchcock about the whole affair, the music definitely channels North By North West.

A 2 panel sketch disgram of a 1 meter tall pod. in the second panel, an oval section pops off and a demonic little face with short tentacles flies out, crudely drawn.

My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.

Sounds brilliant - I have placed a pre-order at my local bookshop. :-)

A nice vinegarette? 🤣

My daughter is currently studying for an MPharm, I shall now ask her if she gets leeches. 😀

Yes, it all looks functional, like every bit on the jumbled surface of those hulls serves a purpose.

I love the design of technology in The Expanse.

Well there's an image in my brain for my Saturday morning. 😩😅

MC I love it. MC feels like I have to announce my arrival with music and a freestyle rap about the adventure we're about to play. Which might be fun. 🤣

Still deliberating over what to run at the sci-fi convention North Star in May. I was going to run Star Wars but there's ready at least 3 on offer. So, it's a sort of sequel to the Dune investigation game I ran last time, or some faced-paced Alien? 🤔

Something Coming Through - Wikipedia

I've always loved the worlds created by Paul McAuley in his books. The setup in Something Coming Through feels ripe for a RPG. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somethi...

The Lost Films of Hollywood calendar showing the month of February.

February on the Lost Films of Hollywood calendar is Men in Black starring Abbott and Costello.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Me neither but she seemed really onboard with the show.

The new Muppet Show on Disney+ is a lot of fun. They've managed to capture the magic. I wasn't prepared for Sabrina Carpenter and Kermit the Frog singing Islands In The Stream. Wonderful stuff. 😍

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert "There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW

A timely and rather wonderful piece of live theatre performed by Sir Ian McKellen on The Late Show. The whole interview is brilliant, but his rendition of this speech from Sir Thomas Moore. Perfection.

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A night out with my uncle Alan's best mate Phil tonight. Really good to see him. Plus I found out what really happened that night after they saw Zappa play at the Apollo in 1979! But that's a story for another time. 😅

Well now I need to know if there is a definitive answer to this. 🤣

You know I have a writing deadline because instead of writing, I just googled “do some people have bigger eyes than others or do they just have smaller heads?”

I'd be happy with that.

Great fun. Running Bear happy to escalate matters. We all knew there was going to be a fight. 😅

Hard not to be generous as I love the party. 😊

Four candles?

Important February Dates.

2 Groundhog Day
2 Groundhog Day
3 HALFWAY THROUGH WINTER
4 Soup Day
6 Work Naked Day
9 Pizza Day
14 Book Giving Day
17 Random Act of Kindness Day
17 Pancake Day
18 Wine Day
26 Toast Day
27 Polar Bear Day
28 Public Sleeping Day