Alex "Fozzles" Turvey

@fozzles.com

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I start projects and never finish them. Interested in renewable energy and all manner of nerdy things. Aspiring author, my urban fantasy WIP has been described as "too cynical for YA" by another member of my writing group. he/him

BBC article Birmingham Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up bi anti-migrant group Police investigate incident on Thursday after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle
Old UK cover of "Alanna The First Adventure". A photo of a young woman holding a sword and shield with the silhouette in the background. The sky is green and the lighting on the sword and Alanna is red and blue.
My Bluesky feed is flickering up and down repeatedly making it unreadable.
A grey tabby kitten lying on her side on a rainbow-coloured rug. Her head is raised and one paw is lying on top of her side in a very human-like manner.
Bernadette was not pleased at being disturbed. She opened the door to her room with difficulty, both hands holding onto a bucket, the handle bowed under the weight of it’s contents. Swarna looked down and immediately regretted it. The bucket was full of water, inside which writhed a cloud of leeches. She took a step back.
Nine game covers arranged in a grid. A Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Super Metroid. Monkey Island 2. Mario Kart Double Dash. The Chaos Engine. Captain Commando. Enter the Gungeon. Turtles in Time. Super Bomber man 3.
A "Yahoo Life UK" article headline that says "Turn baked beans into a balanced meal with 2 simple additions." It shows a top down image of a tin of baked beans with the lid open.
Crappy age verification the UK has forced on us. It says "Sorry, something went wrong" then "Try again". I tried over 10 times with the same result.
Gianmarco Soresi posting an image of a tweet from the white house that says: "ICE: Raids marijuana farms filled with illegal aliens Cryin' Jimmy:"ThEy'Re JuSt StRaWbErRy PiCkErS 😭" That ain't produce, holmes, THAT'S PRODUCT. 🌿" Then there's an image of a guy crying with his mouth open wearing a suit with a flag in the background. Gianmarco's post says "I'm serious we need to know who runs this account
“How did Dagmar die?” “She fell down the stairs.” Swarna couldn't help but laugh. “Don't be an ass Swarna.” Amber was clearly still upset about it. “I’m sorry, I know it's not funny. I was just surprised, that's all. All this power and we could still get hit by a bus tomorrow.” “Quite.” Bernadette's delivery was so void of emotion it had Swarna reassessing just how annoyed the older witch was with her right now.
An image from the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer showing the pointed flowery tendril from the new Carvex boss.
Amber held out a ziploc bag and Swarna peered in with suspicion. “What are these? They look like prolapsed arseholes.” “Lord have mercy.” Amber muttered, pushing up her glasses as she pinched the bridge of their nose. “They’re dried apple rings! I made them myself in my dehydrator.” “Ah… Sorry. They look lovely. But I’ve already eaten. Can we just go get this drink?”
"A magic sword." Part of Swarna thought it was cool in spite of herself. "Ha! It's a bit cliché don't you think?" "Not when it was originally created. Fencing was all the rage." "When was that?" "Some time in the 17th or 18th century." "You are NOT four hundred fucking years old, are you?!"
Swarna waited patiently by the bar while a raucous guy ordered a Jägerbomb and downed it before picking up the rest of his drinks and returning to his group of friends. Swarna ordered an amaretto and Coke from the lady behind the bar, only to be told that they didn't have amaretto, and they didn't have Coke. Settling for a spiced rum and Pepsi she took her drink outside and bought a pot of cockles off the seafood stall before finding a seat in the beer garden beside an anchor that had been sloppily painted in thick black paint. As Swarna ate she looked out over the murky brown water of the Thames. Not having had cockles in a long time she had forgotten how chewy they were. Like eating salty elastic bands.
Swarna double checked the address Amber had sent her. She’d almost walked past the place. It was an inconspicuous entrance, consisting of a grotty narrow door, squeezed between a bookies and a chicken shop. What kind of a name is Chicken Dispensary? Talk about gentrification. She pressed the doorbell on the intercom, absentmindedly picking at some flaking paint, and waited for a muffled voice that murmured unintelligibly before a buzzer sounded as the door was unlocked. Inside she saw a dingy hallway with a flight of carpeted stairs leading up to another door. Swarna thumped the old-fashioned pneumatic light switch and headed for the stairs. Before she reached them the door opened and Swarna looked up at the largest man she had ever seen.
"You know how noise cancelling headphones work?" "What does that have to do with… err, yes." Swarna lied. "Basically they play sound that's the opposite soundwave as the surrounding noise so they cancel each other out." "Ok…" "You can essentially do a similar thing with magic. Cast a spell twice, but in a different way that makes the magic invisible. But it's complicated, and a waste of resources because it takes twice the energy. It's not easy to do on the fly. Maybe Dave can't do it." "But you can?" Amber couldn't help letting slip a smug smile."Yes, I can. But generally I don't. No one does. It's a waste of time. If you are careful, ninety nine percent of the time it's unnecessary. It is good for charms though. Or anything you prepare in advance." She patted her handbag.
A plate of 8 snow skin moon cakes. Half are square, half circular. They are a mix of colours, white, green (using matcha), and purple (a food colouring test), or a mix of two of those colours together.
Louie from the Bomberman series.
Ekko from League of Legends / Arcane.
Bluesky User Count 20,000,000 Total Bluesky Users
A screenshot that says "Bluesky User Count 20,000,000 Total Bluesky Users"
The cover for Rotten Island by William Steig. It shows an illustration of a bunch of monsters fighting while volcanoes erupt in the background.
Asking Google Gemini the meaning of "two in the pink, one in the stink". It says: "Two in the pink, one in the stink" is a rhyming phrase often used in reference to the condition of a person's underwear. * "Two in the pink" typically refers to the two front pockets of a pair of underwear. * "One in the stink" refers to the rear pocket, often jokingly implying that it's the one most prone to odor. It's a humorous way to describe a situation where someone's underwear is clean in the front but possibly soiled or smelly in the back.
The "celebrating 10m users" card. I was number 154,389.
A screenshot from Gravity Force 2 on the Amiga
A cat standing in a bathtub as the water just starts to fill up. She flicks her paws as the water slowly reaches them, then decides to jump out and hang on to my jeans.
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A cake in the shape of a squid from the Splatoon videogame series. The name Owen is spelt out in ink splats.