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John Wards
@johnwards.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad to 3 boys. Mostly watching F1, Rugby, Football and a bit of NFL. Likes cars. Bit of a geek, CTO of Colateral. Borrowing a TR7 from Borrow a Classic. https://borrowaclassic.co.uk/
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 37m
Yeah my weekend YT recommendations is just "LIVE CARS GO BROOM BROOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD"

It is excellent
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 54m
I was already dead by that point in the article
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1h
Did you have to open with such violence, though?

> Dating me horribly: my dream car when I was 8 was the R35 GT-R.

That's still a new modern car for some of us old folks 😂
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 2h
If you pay £5.99 I think you can unlock this, which I think is the full race, tricky to tell from the description

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIN...
Saturday Day Three: SuperView - Repco Bathurst 1000 | Supercars 2025
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 3h
I like the MG just ignoring the no parking sign 😀
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 4h
Never has this gif been more appropriate.
a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .
ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 8h
Still from school when you were a teenager or is that just me?

Brain are stupid.
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 9h
Do you like to watch cars go broom broom while driving around in circles?

Then I highly recommend you watch the last 10 laps from this weekend's Bathurst 1000.

MEGA
Last 10 Laps From That EPIC Repco Bathurst 1000 Finish | 2025 Repco Supercars Championship
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Charity Majors @charity.wtf · 19h
Nobody is born a great engineer. Great engineers are forged in the fires of experience -- year after year of compounding challenges and opportunities.

Does your org frustrate the pursuit of greatness, or unlock and accelerate it? For whom?

And then yes: shipping is the mechanics of learning.
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drmorr @drmorr.appliedcomputing.io · Sep 12
"If there is a single non-negotiable truth in Charity’s worldview, it’s this: shipping is how engineers learn. Not architecture diagrams. Not months of planning. Not 400-comment design docs. Shipping."
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 19h
what is it? Has someone done something to a Micra??
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 19h
Any excuse!
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TamerlaneBlog @tamerlaneblog.bsky.social · 23h
We need a timeline cleanse. Post a photo of the sun. This is sunset, Lake Michigan.
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 20h
Took this in Dubai in 2008 and I've never beaten it. No filters, I just cropped the thing.
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UK Classic Cars (ukcc.bs247.net) @ukclassiccars.bsky.social · 1d
Ad: For Sale - ford escort rs turbo kombi van #FordEscort #ClassicCars #UsedCars
ford escort rs turbo kombi van
Seller: dite-29 (0.0% positive feedback) Location: GB Condition: Used Buy It Now
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
They are back. Turns out they were quite the attraction, a mum and two boys in `spoons for breakfast.

Conversations stopping and staring as they wandered in 😂
a man peeking through a wooden gate with a building in the background that says wheel maker co
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah I think you’re right. It’s one of the more infuriating plot holes.
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
My 15 year old requested a fry up as an end of term treat

He tried to convince Mum to go to Weatherspoons (Grandpa says it's good) she convinced him Waitrose

Live texts:

"No breakfast at Waitrose, going to Wetherspoons"

"Omg we are in Wetherspoons, with old men with missing teeth drinking beer."
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
The 15 year old has just WhatsApped this to me.

That's m'boy.
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
The problem with kids who play rugby in England is that I've had to register with the English RFU, and I have to put up with getting emails from them.

GET IN THE SEA. FREEEEEDOM....
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 1d
You’re welcome son.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 2d
Got a bit of a soft spot for a GNER train. Used to bomb up and down to London from Durham in my first job on and off.

It was a treat when I went with the MD as he insisted on first class and the dining car on the way home.
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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 2d
It's ok to not be ok.

There's a lot happening. Most of it is pretty awful.

Be kind.

Be patient.
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 2d
Very niche! You'd need what £25k in savings or more in a non-ISA, and get paid exactly that specific amount for this to happen.

Interesting, quirky, and very very niche 😆
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John Wards @johnwards.bsky.social · 2d
😂

It's like talking to ChatGPT, but with less "What an insightful question"
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