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πŸ‚Violet VanguardπŸ‚

@violetvanguard.bsky.social

Ex blacksmith. Enthusiastic about sci-fi/fantasy/horror/steampunk stuff especially if πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Will horde books. Hydropneumatic fanatic. A fan of Cricket Chronicles, Discworld, D&D, Mass Effect & DA (amongst others). Writer

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Though they missed the obvious opportunity to declare β€œGlordon’s alive?!” (Unless I missed it) which I was waiting for from the moment Glordon was introduced.

28.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@thekatemulgrew.bsky.social being the voice for the museum exhibition about the Voyager program in Elio is just *chef’s kiss*

And now my eldest wants to watch ST:Voyaer again (I’m not complaining!)

28.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I see where I’m going wrong!

But now I see everything. Too much. And my eyes hurt from not blinking :<

25.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know it’s… ahem… cheesy, but I do laugh every time I hear that damn Gouda joke

24.02.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A white mug with black bats printed across the outside. The inside of the cup is black and the remains of a cortado are visible. The desk it is on is a light oak colour. A black, vertical, computer mouse with the Evoluent logo is visible  to the left side

A white mug with black bats printed across the outside. The inside of the cup is black and the remains of a cortado are visible. The desk it is on is a light oak colour. A black, vertical, computer mouse with the Evoluent logo is visible to the left side

The first coffee after descaling always has me convinced that I’m going to poison myself. Has the machine been flushed? Extremely. But still 😐 Anyway, the coffee is 10/10 despite my lips insisting that they are tingling (they aren’t) and my brain telling me I can definitely taste descaler (I can’t).

24.02.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

JFC

24.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jamie Campbell Bower would make a good (The) Doctor. I still want Tilda Swinton, but if it’s got to be a white guy then Jamie is the one.

23.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The head of the company ripped off a load of small firms who never got paid, and he ultimately went to prison for it all. Very gammon, and from my dealing with the county, very Derbyshire.

I feel for the small firms affected though. Mid 80s (just before my time) was not an easy time.

21.02.2026 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A video popped up for the history of The American Adventure/Britannia Park. I went a few times as a kid so gave it a watch. The BritPark bit was hilarious and showed β€œpatriot” types have always been grifters. It promised the best of British and when it opened was a sad, unfinished disappointment.

21.02.2026 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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15.02.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m struggling to decide which one my favourite is at the moment so I’ll just go with The Dark Portal because it’s a hell of statement piece to just have in your home!

16.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

13.02.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23263    πŸ” 5813    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 173

Aw they’re adorable!

12.02.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe an unpopular opinion but generally, I think the WoD Garrison was cooler than player housing. I miss the functionality, the place being full of followers, the mine, fishing lake, herb garden, tavern etc. sure having an actual house within it would have been the ultimate but yeah.

11.02.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout

a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

06.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 10755    πŸ” 2685    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 152

… came from. Just more marketing I guess but it pisses me off so much. Anyway, with that rant out the way I’m away to eBay to try and pick up some cheap PointHorror books that I never got rid of but don’t have anymore.

04.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

…Goosebumps, Animorphs, Jaqueline Wilson stuff etc. and people did go mad for it. Kids were reading. Then HP started getting pushed to our parents on morning tv chat shows etc. and our parents then pushed it on us. So I really don’t know where this rhetoric of β€œit got kids reading again!!!”…

04.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been thinking about books a lot (not unusual) specifically the books my gen were reading as kids. This is a Harry Potter related post just to get that out of the way. We had the scholastic book fairs in school and even the most β€œtoo cool” kids would enjoy it. Mostly we were going mad for…

04.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I got to see Grace Petrie and Molly Naylor tonight. It’s always nice getting to anything where there are a bunch of left wing people. I live in a place where flags, bigotry and shitty political choices are rife and it’s nice to have a few hours where I’m reminded that people with other views exist

30.01.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I ran my first 5k today. It was slow (2 miles of it was on an incline so it would have been faster if not), but it’s done. I’ve also been writing. It seems too successful for a Sunday.

25.01.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.01.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3133    πŸ” 808    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 17

Every time there’s a windows update my laptop struggles more. Fuck you Microsoft. It’s ancient and I use it for writing and looking up things to do with writing, even so it’s getting ridiculously slow. It now struggles to run my old matrix screensaver which has been working just fine for years.

24.01.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand

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23.01.2026 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
stoat & rat monks sowing the fields

stoat & rat monks sowing the fields

quick stoat & rat watercolor

19.01.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2055    πŸ” 534    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

2/2 when money is better and I have time and space. It’s left me feeling weird. I loved forging things, I was no expert, never made anything amazing, but I enjoyed it, burns and all. I’m still trying to relearn knitting to fill the crafting gap but yarn is far less forgiving than steel, more complex

20.01.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/2 I gave away my metal stock (as in bars of metal, sheet metal etc that I had ready to work on) at the weekend. It was weird. I haven’t forged anything in the last year or so because my gas forge broke in an unrepairable way so I resigned myself to picking the hammer up again β€œsomeday”

20.01.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now. Big Tech doesn't care if you want AI or not. They should.

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results

https://voteyesornoai.com

16.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2039    πŸ” 1201    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 146
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a close up of a man 's face with a green light shining on it ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a green light shining on it

Uncooperative Thursdays with Longfang and I is now live on Twitch with some V Rising!

Come and watch as our draculas become the powerfullest draculas that have ever existed :>

www.twitch.tv/snipeandwib

15.01.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mood

14.01.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0