Andrew R
@excelpope.net
Shortly to be replaced by Microsoft Co-pilot
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“You are being ableist by making me obey the speed limit” this is the greatest website in the world.
I care about the harm to my sanity and schedule for being forced to go artificially slow
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“You are being ableist by making me obey the speed limit” this is the greatest website in the world.
Thanks, LinkedIn, for ruining my Sunday by telling me someone else has got the job I was born for.
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thanks, LinkedIn, for ruining my Sunday by telling me someone else has got the job I was born for.
Dogs are flat out after a 20,000 step walk today (that’s 280,000, in dog-steps) and Northumberland was glorious as ever.
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Dogs are flat out after a 20,000 step walk today (that’s 280,000, in dog-steps) and Northumberland was glorious as ever.
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It's odd that being the kindest and most empathetic person coincides with being the least self-aware
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's odd that being the kindest and most empathetic person coincides with being the least self-aware
I've got a great screenplay ready for an all-action reboot of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Jason Statham is on-board, to star as Winston "The Rat" Smith… says the scene where he steals the helicopter gunship and turns it on O'Brien is the best he's ever read.
Does anybody have Andy Serkis's phone number?
Jason Statham is on-board, to star as Winston "The Rat" Smith… says the scene where he steals the helicopter gunship and turns it on O'Brien is the best he's ever read.
Does anybody have Andy Serkis's phone number?
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I've got a great screenplay ready for an all-action reboot of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Jason Statham is on-board, to star as Winston "The Rat" Smith… says the scene where he steals the helicopter gunship and turns it on O'Brien is the best he's ever read.
Does anybody have Andy Serkis's phone number?
Jason Statham is on-board, to star as Winston "The Rat" Smith… says the scene where he steals the helicopter gunship and turns it on O'Brien is the best he's ever read.
Does anybody have Andy Serkis's phone number?
Over the Christmas holidays I will be launching the beta of my new AI system, which uses a sixth former, one term into their computer science A-level, in a box.
It can write in complete sentences, generate code, even Google things for you!
I'm looking for an investment of $1Tn.
It can write in complete sentences, generate code, even Google things for you!
I'm looking for an investment of $1Tn.
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Over the Christmas holidays I will be launching the beta of my new AI system, which uses a sixth former, one term into their computer science A-level, in a box.
It can write in complete sentences, generate code, even Google things for you!
I'm looking for an investment of $1Tn.
It can write in complete sentences, generate code, even Google things for you!
I'm looking for an investment of $1Tn.
In our company board meeting and my CEO has said, "We're a bit behind the curve-ball."
Twice.
Maybe I should update my CV.
Twice.
Maybe I should update my CV.
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In our company board meeting and my CEO has said, "We're a bit behind the curve-ball."
Twice.
Maybe I should update my CV.
Twice.
Maybe I should update my CV.
If you haven't created an account called "US Border Control" and are spending your day liking 2 year old posts from randos then what are you even doing with your life?
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you haven't created an account called "US Border Control" and are spending your day liking 2 year old posts from randos then what are you even doing with your life?
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What’s that, you say?
You want to know which debut legal thriller has been named an Apple Best Audiobook of 2025?
Narrated by an incredible cast including the almighty Toby Jones?
And you want to know where you can get it?
Man, those are some good questions.
#TheCutThroatTrial
You want to know which debut legal thriller has been named an Apple Best Audiobook of 2025?
Narrated by an incredible cast including the almighty Toby Jones?
And you want to know where you can get it?
Man, those are some good questions.
#TheCutThroatTrial
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What’s that, you say?
You want to know which debut legal thriller has been named an Apple Best Audiobook of 2025?
Narrated by an incredible cast including the almighty Toby Jones?
And you want to know where you can get it?
Man, those are some good questions.
#TheCutThroatTrial
You want to know which debut legal thriller has been named an Apple Best Audiobook of 2025?
Narrated by an incredible cast including the almighty Toby Jones?
And you want to know where you can get it?
Man, those are some good questions.
#TheCutThroatTrial
Work Christmas party today, lads.
Worst day of the year to be a non-drinker.
Worst day of the year to be a non-drinker.
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Work Christmas party today, lads.
Worst day of the year to be a non-drinker.
Worst day of the year to be a non-drinker.
Actually, when you think about it, The Usual Suspects is a Christmas film.
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Actually, when you think about it, The Usual Suspects is a Christmas film.
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Bad form from #quizoftheday, which has managed to mess up the formatting of one question and then gives the wrong answer.
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Bad form from #quizoftheday, which has managed to mess up the formatting of one question and then gives the wrong answer.
Hang on, I think I've had one of those time skips.
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hang on, I think I've had one of those time skips.
I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
New Coke: A Warning from History
If, like me, you’re British then your knowledge of New Coke is likely to be (a) it was a massive failure, (b) everyone hated it, (c) it was a terrible business decision, and, if your go-to re…
excelpope.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
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Don’t be fucking moronic
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?
By publicly supporting Palestine Action, authors and their readers could breach the law, writes Phillippe Sands.
https://bit.ly/4pXQ4Xm
By publicly supporting Palestine Action, authors and their readers could breach the law, writes Phillippe Sands.
https://bit.ly/4pXQ4Xm
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror? | The Observer
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Don’t be fucking moronic
Apologies for the hotness of this take, but I think the song The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp deserves some sort of award for including the word "destitution" and not going for the obvious rhyme.
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Apologies for the hotness of this take, but I think the song The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp deserves some sort of award for including the word "destitution" and not going for the obvious rhyme.
"Hear the rime of the ancient mariner,
See his eye as he stops one of three,
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests,
Stay here and listen to his nightmares of the sea…"
See his eye as he stops one of three,
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests,
Stay here and listen to his nightmares of the sea…"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Hear the rime of the ancient mariner,
See his eye as he stops one of three,
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests,
Stay here and listen to his nightmares of the sea…"
See his eye as he stops one of three,
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests,
Stay here and listen to his nightmares of the sea…"
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Absolutely thrilled to be BOOK OF THE YEAR in Woman and Home magazine 💚💚💚
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely thrilled to be BOOK OF THE YEAR in Woman and Home magazine 💚💚💚
So, who do you all fancy for next year's Nobel Golden Boot prize?
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So, who do you all fancy for next year's Nobel Golden Boot prize?
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Talk about intrusive…
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Talk about intrusive…
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Another one for the interpretation class
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Another one for the interpretation class
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)