Arty Farty

Arty Farty

@mrfarty.bsky.social

Love: The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon Hate: making eye contact, having conversations, socialising

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Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Connections Puzzle #1232 🟦🟩🟪🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Three of these are chocolate coated snacks in the UK

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Lev Parikian
@levparikian.bsky.social

If you’re confused about which way the clocks go in which season, here’s an easy mnemonic: SPRING: your phone will do it for you FALL: your phone will do it for you

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qntm
@qntm.org

I'll be on a panel discussion at MCM Comic Con London on Sunday 25th October. Panel is at 1pm on the Writers Block stage. Should be good, plus if you want something signed by me this would be a good opportunity to do that!

mcmcomiccon.comPanel Information

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Jonty Wareing
@jonty.bsky.social

Looking for a journalist who covers UK Government tech, ideally with a health slant - any suggestions? I have once again accidentally found a juicy story while poking at data. Sill not certain, but want to get my waterfowl assembled linearly.

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Wordle 1,953 5/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That yellow letter really didn't want to be pinned down

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Connections Puzzle #1231 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Micah
@rincewind.run

so the “LLMs will cause a cybersecurity apocalypse” stuff wasn’t wrong, it turns out

norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social

the story goes like this

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Connections Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟩🟦 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Fecking American sports

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

How am I only now finding out that Ellie and Natasia had a whole series in 2022? Now catching up before series 2 on BBC2.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

‘It was like your worst nightmare’ – Ellie and Natasia on mums, music … and failing to make Bob Mortimer smile

theguardian.com‘It was like your worst nightmare’ – Ellie and Natasia on mums, music … and failing to make Bob Mortimer smileThey spoofed mothers … and now they are mothers. The comedians talk about moving with the times for the return of their scalpel-sharp BBC sketch show
Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Connections Puzzle #1228 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨American 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

Connections Puzzle #1227 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟪 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟪 Blue: I've heard of one (1) of these Purple: Just. No.

Arty Farty
@mrfarty.bsky.social

So let me get this straight. UK bookshops can't sell Sally Rooney's books because that would be funding terrorism. But BBC iplayer can still show Normal People in the UK (I just checked) even although she receives royalties every time it's streamed, because reasons.

Andy Oliver@andywpoliver.bsky.social

Anyway, in 2026 in the UK... Protest = Terrorism while... Genocide = "Well actually it's a very complex, nuanced situation..." And I am so, so weary of living in interesting times. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukSally Rooney books including Normal People and Intermezzo withdrawn from sale in UK over author's Palestine Action supportThe Irish writer is best known for novels such as Normal People, Intermezzo and Conversations With Friends.