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Not Him (nor the Other One)

@hectorthehog.bsky.social

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Just a happy-go-lucky scamp who tries to cope with the insanity and inanity of this world. Politics: far-centrist. Rejoiner. Democratic civic nationalist. Fallor, ergo sum. 2025 goal: don't suffer a rapid unscheduled OPSEC disassembly

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · Dec 13

I'm stealing this so I can use it as my pinned Bleet.

Credit to @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social

A meme for all seasons, it goes like this:
"Someone has done a thing"
Question: Are they on our side?
Yes: that's fine
No: Bastard

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1h

Oh dear. I nearly forked that right up.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 4h

Oof.

A book by Fergus Butlet-Gallie, Touching Cloth.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 5h

Otherish.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 18h

That'll do for today.

Today's NYT Spelling Bee. Today's letters are ytginlyP

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 18h

Damn. I don't own a cafe, but I do have an interesting kitchen utensil collection. Oh well.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 18h

Ooh, are you offering?

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 18h

A solid, reliable honest mechanic who knows their limitations (Steve has always advised me when a specialist is needed) is well worth their money. At £50 ph I cannot grumble.

I source the parts needed (after-market as OEM cost WAY too much) and he fits them.

Main dealers bigly take the piss.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 19h

No, Brayleys in Milton Keynes. Just another main dealer.

I rang my usual mechanic, a superb chap who only charges £50 per hour. If I source the battery he will fit it and reset the ECU. I only contacted Brayleys/Renault(Dacia) to see what they would say.

I reckon the bill would have been >£250.

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Christian Nightmares @christiannightmare.bsky.social · 20h

Halloween is just 17 days away...

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 20h

So the SOS battery for the car's telematics unit has expired. Rang the dealership.
'Well sir, we will have to run a diagnostic test and that will cost £150.'
'No, I just need the battery replacing and the ECU resetting. This is under warranty.'
'But sir, the battery is a consumable.'
'Fuck off.'

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 21h

I'm annoyed I didn't get the purple.
Connections
Puzzle #856
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 21h

I've been distracted by phone calls today, and then a funny thing happened on the way to the . . .
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Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 23h

Well, at some point we are all the single point of failure!

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Paul Hill @palhil.bsky.social · 2d

Fixed it

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2d

I need a Tommy Flowers Was Robbed t-shirt. Great piece!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

www.theguardian.com

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Flowers has long been a hero of mine. He is a forgotten pioneer of computing.

It's also worth noting just how many people benefited from the Post Office apprentice schemes. You really could advance in those days even if you started at the bottom in a way that is far, far more difficult today.

Ian Jackson 🗿😷🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🩺🚲 @ibjhealth.uk · 2d

Agree totally with Trish - a must read if you want to understand what really happened.

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2d

I need a Tommy Flowers Was Robbed t-shirt. Great piece!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Lawks there has a lot of squawking about the Vodafone outage.

I know people are tempted to use one provider for their phones and broadband, but a single point of failure does what it says on the tin.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

A funny thing happened on the way.
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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 1d

Did… do no one vet the title of this book?

The book by The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is subtitled “confessions and communions of a young priest” and is called “Touching Cloth”

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

To be honest I didn't wear facial topiary as well as those two.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I think that's a very optimistic outlook, both on the independence front and on a potential review of the constitution. If Scotland exits The Union I suspect it would just further entrench the God and St. George mentality.

Time will tell.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I am a republican, but see no hope of that becoming a reality in my lifetime. Having a head of state who is also head of the established church is utter anathema to me.

On the other hand, the USA has the separation of church and state written into the constitution and look where that has got them.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I do have to wonder, and be perplexed, at just why the House of Commons still observes prayers before business. This _is_ a largely non-Christian country and I know that it's technically the King's parliament (head of church an' all that), but it does seem rather antiquated and, ahem, vaguely GOP.

House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · 2d

The House of Commons sits from 2.30pm today.

The #OrderPaper is published each sitting day and lists the business of the House.

House of Commons Order Paper Monday 13 October 2025, link in post for full Order Paper.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

It will take pride of place in my outdoor privy.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I was blissfully unaware of him and his bestie relationship, until now. Thanks for that, my day is complete.

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