Anthony Dhanendran
@dhanendran.co.uk
I’m a product manager and sometime coach
Product and software development, music, cricket - was @phowax on Twitter
https://sixthings.dhanendran.com/about
Product and software development, music, cricket - was @phowax on Twitter
https://sixthings.dhanendran.com/about
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Or a balmy 250 *Kelvin*.
just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Or a balmy 250 *Kelvin*.
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just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
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Maria really is shockingly good for a single by a group nearly two decades past their heyday. You can still put it on a Blondie Best Of and it holds its own. #totp
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Maria really is shockingly good for a single by a group nearly two decades past their heyday. You can still put it on a Blondie Best Of and it holds its own. #totp
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In much the same way I'm worried about Salma Hayek waking up the neighbours if she becomes infatuated with me and starts braying on my door in the middle of the night
One for @apiln.bsky.social:
Discussing a planning application by a small Gospel Hall congregation to replace their run down building, councillors worry about a future "mass influx of coaches delivering those wanting to pray" if there's a religious revival in Britain
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2578018...
Discussing a planning application by a small Gospel Hall congregation to replace their run down building, councillors worry about a future "mass influx of coaches delivering those wanting to pray" if there's a religious revival in Britain
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2578018...
Norfolk church transformation approved despite fears over surge in worshippers
Plans to rebuild a Norfolk church hall have been approved despite concerns from councillors that an apparent revival in Christianity could result in…
www.edp24.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:35 AM
In much the same way I'm worried about Salma Hayek waking up the neighbours if she becomes infatuated with me and starts braying on my door in the middle of the night
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Trump's morphing into Grandpa Simpson is fully complete. Next stop he'll be telling us about the onion he wore on his belt.
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Trump's morphing into Grandpa Simpson is fully complete. Next stop he'll be telling us about the onion he wore on his belt.
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Still amazed at how many people have news alerts enabled on their phone, sometimes from multiple apps. You really want to be interrupted all day by that stuff..?!
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Still amazed at how many people have news alerts enabled on their phone, sometimes from multiple apps. You really want to be interrupted all day by that stuff..?!
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"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home.
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 AM
"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home.
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
Now it's goodnight from me ...
... and it's goodnight from him."
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2028: A retired Steve Smith storms out of the commentary box onto the ground: YOUR SUNGLASSES ARE DISTRACTING ME, he screams at a fielder.
#BBL15
#BBL15
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
2028: A retired Steve Smith storms out of the commentary box onto the ground: YOUR SUNGLASSES ARE DISTRACTING ME, he screams at a fielder.
#BBL15
#BBL15
<Burnistoun voice> see, the problem is… you’ve got shite patter, pal.
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
<Burnistoun voice> see, the problem is… you’ve got shite patter, pal.
Had a thought and on checking it turns out to be about right - there is almost exactly the same amount of time between The Beatles' Please Please Me and Green Day's Basket Case as there is between that Green Day single and today: 31 years and five months.
"I love the sonics of this album, and the way The Beatles went from super lo fi, but amazing, harmonies when they were young, to making some of the greatest-sounding records ever."
Mike Dirnt (Green Day) on #TheBeatles - Abbey Road
buff.ly/HE339Hh
Mike Dirnt (Green Day) on #TheBeatles - Abbey Road
buff.ly/HE339Hh
January 19, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Had a thought and on checking it turns out to be about right - there is almost exactly the same amount of time between The Beatles' Please Please Me and Green Day's Basket Case as there is between that Green Day single and today: 31 years and five months.
I think there's a disconnect here between two very separate traditions of law enforcement, which evolved separately on either side of the Atlantic (that is, law enforcement only started to exist long after America stopped being "British people on the American mainland").
Unsettling sociological question I've started to mull: who would work for a British 'ICE'? I'm sure there is a sizeable faction of resentful young men out there who are disgusted with how 'woke' the police have become, but its hard right now to imagine them joining the 'public sector' in any form.
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I think there's a disconnect here between two very separate traditions of law enforcement, which evolved separately on either side of the Atlantic (that is, law enforcement only started to exist long after America stopped being "British people on the American mainland").
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"I need this. For er... national security."
- Me, as I inch toward a second piece of cake.
- Me, as I inch toward a second piece of cake.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"I need this. For er... national security."
- Me, as I inch toward a second piece of cake.
- Me, as I inch toward a second piece of cake.
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Me, an idiot: I'm worried about these parties that seem really hostile to darker-skinned people.
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Me, an idiot: I'm worried about these parties that seem really hostile to darker-skinned people.
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
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This is IMV obviously true. Need to bring back the deeply twee 'Love Is' poster campaign TfL ran in the 2000s and also have drivers call people out on the tannoys again.
Gotta do a massssssssive push on phone noise on buses. Has to have big top down element. Expecting individuals to do it alone won’t work
January 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is IMV obviously true. Need to bring back the deeply twee 'Love Is' poster campaign TfL ran in the 2000s and also have drivers call people out on the tannoys again.
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It’s been a year and I use them but I have absolutely no idea what a passkey is. Half the time login fails with them and I have to do something else that works (like a password). I refuse to understand more. I’m tired of computers and don’t care. This is what it’s like for every non-nerd, isn’t it?
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
It’s been a year and I use them but I have absolutely no idea what a passkey is. Half the time login fails with them and I have to do something else that works (like a password). I refuse to understand more. I’m tired of computers and don’t care. This is what it’s like for every non-nerd, isn’t it?
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Guys I think the ship's sailed on claiming you're embarrassed about what you've done here
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Guys I think the ship's sailed on claiming you're embarrassed about what you've done here
A letter of complaint is in order
Many a pilgrimage to the British Museum to see the world-famous Mesopotamian letter of complaint is going to be thwarted.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A letter of complaint is in order
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It's bigger than that Chris, it's large.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It's bigger than that Chris, it's large.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
I have a _slight_ problem with this kind of gag, which is that it's reductive of what journalism is and what newspapers are for.
*Even if* your country has a load of current problems, there are 100,000 journalists employed in the USA and realistically _some of them_ need to be writing *this*:
*Even if* your country has a load of current problems, there are 100,000 journalists employed in the USA and realistically _some of them_ need to be writing *this*:
January 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I have a _slight_ problem with this kind of gag, which is that it's reductive of what journalism is and what newspapers are for.
*Even if* your country has a load of current problems, there are 100,000 journalists employed in the USA and realistically _some of them_ need to be writing *this*:
*Even if* your country has a load of current problems, there are 100,000 journalists employed in the USA and realistically _some of them_ need to be writing *this*:
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I think this website is probably being a little over-generous with the date range it’s offering 🤪
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I think this website is probably being a little over-generous with the date range it’s offering 🤪
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This is one of the greatest exchanges in the history of below the line comments
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is one of the greatest exchanges in the history of below the line comments
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I assume from the jacket he's off to manage Fulchester United
Amol Rajan to step down from Today programme
He will continue to present University Challenge and the Radical with Amol Rajan podcast
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I assume from the jacket he's off to manage Fulchester United
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I can recommend @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social as an effective means to brighten up most mornings.
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I can recommend @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social as an effective means to brighten up most mornings.