Owen
@problemsdog.bsky.social
A person [citation needed]. He/him. COYS
Fanny Burney coexisted with the solar cell
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Fanny Burney coexisted with the solar cell
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Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
Returning from a foraging walk with a giant puffball mushroom in the exact shape of a bum, a hippyish woman of 50something coming the other way saw it, said “do you mind if I…?” and without waiting for an answer stuck her nose right in the cleft and took a big sniff
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Returning from a foraging walk with a giant puffball mushroom in the exact shape of a bum, a hippyish woman of 50something coming the other way saw it, said “do you mind if I…?” and without waiting for an answer stuck her nose right in the cleft and took a big sniff
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Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
December 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social and I saw some techbro giving “30 pieces of advice for people under 30” over on Twitter and it was all grind culture bullshit. As adults of 38 and 43 respectively, we compiled 30 pieces of advice that people under 30 won’t have heard before:
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Merry THIS and a very happy THAT and a delightful THE OTHER to Y’ALL x
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Merry THIS and a very happy THAT and a delightful THE OTHER to Y’ALL x
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[with increasing panic]
and Tiny Tim, who WOULD NOT die,
and Tiny Tim, who WOULD NOT die,
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
[with increasing panic]
and Tiny Tim, who WOULD NOT die,
and Tiny Tim, who WOULD NOT die,
And tiny Schrödinger, who did NOT and DID die,
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
And tiny Schrödinger, who did NOT and DID die,
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Here's a Christmas treat for you which always cheers me up, Christopher Frayling's heraldic motto.
![In 2001, Frayling was awarded a knighthood for "Services to Art and Design Education" and chose as his motto "PERGE SCELUS MIHI DIEM PERFICIAS", which can be translated as "Proceed, varlet, and let the day be rendered perfect for my benefit".[18] The motto is a reference to a line attributed to Clint Eastwood's character Harry Callahan from Dirty Harry (1971): "Go ahead, punk, make my day".[19][20](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dwohlhbtlljhy7244doujsf7/bafkreihd3y7bdia2bcqf2qzpnxhrxrzewfdudh7ypsfugzzsxxkkdghesq@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here's a Christmas treat for you which always cheers me up, Christopher Frayling's heraldic motto.
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She sees when you are sleeping
She sees when you're awake
She knows when you are hauling iron
On a big Midwestern lake
You better watch out! You better not cry
You're going to drown, I'm telling you why
Fitzgerald is coming to town
She sees when you're awake
She knows when you are hauling iron
On a big Midwestern lake
You better watch out! You better not cry
You're going to drown, I'm telling you why
Fitzgerald is coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
She sees when you are sleeping
She sees when you're awake
She knows when you are hauling iron
On a big Midwestern lake
You better watch out! You better not cry
You're going to drown, I'm telling you why
Fitzgerald is coming to town
She sees when you're awake
She knows when you are hauling iron
On a big Midwestern lake
You better watch out! You better not cry
You're going to drown, I'm telling you why
Fitzgerald is coming to town
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Imagine Scooby Doo saying "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori". It would be terrible. In fact, I don't think that Scooby Doo should read any war poems out loud. He can respect the fallen in other ways.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Imagine Scooby Doo saying "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori". It would be terrible. In fact, I don't think that Scooby Doo should read any war poems out loud. He can respect the fallen in other ways.
Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, Muppet version; the only human actor plays the tortoise
Reeves and Mortimer as Valdimir and Estragon. Jonny Vegas as Lucky.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, Muppet version; the only human actor plays the tortoise
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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He saw the light.
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
The new leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has been appointed by the Pope.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
He saw the light.
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techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
techbros: we have created AGI
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
cognitive scientists: you fucked up a perfectly good spreadsheet is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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friend described Be At One as "recruiter core", perfect description, in awe
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
friend described Be At One as "recruiter core", perfect description, in awe
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Oh beautiful bridge on the river Moray!
You have fallen down, and I'm sorry to say
That our public finances are in such disarray
It seems (as of the date I write this rhyme)
You will remain down for a very long time
You have fallen down, and I'm sorry to say
That our public finances are in such disarray
It seems (as of the date I write this rhyme)
You will remain down for a very long time
That old stick about the Roman Empire, and how the actual sign of the collapse was a bridge falling down and nobody coming to fix it.
Replacing collapsed bridge 'nigh on impossible' cost for council
The Spey Viaduct was completed in 1886 but partially collapsed into the Moray river at the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Oh beautiful bridge on the river Moray!
You have fallen down, and I'm sorry to say
That our public finances are in such disarray
It seems (as of the date I write this rhyme)
You will remain down for a very long time
You have fallen down, and I'm sorry to say
That our public finances are in such disarray
It seems (as of the date I write this rhyme)
You will remain down for a very long time
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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It is incredible to me how made up this issue is. No one gave a shit ten years ago. Sure there were your individual mad, ignorant bigots but *Theresa May* was pushing for self-ID because it was the last little bit of logistical sorting out of a settled question: we're ok with Trans people
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It is incredible to me how made up this issue is. No one gave a shit ten years ago. Sure there were your individual mad, ignorant bigots but *Theresa May* was pushing for self-ID because it was the last little bit of logistical sorting out of a settled question: we're ok with Trans people
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To the best of my knowledge none of the poetry in my head has ever paid any rent, they just top up the metre sometimes
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To the best of my knowledge none of the poetry in my head has ever paid any rent, they just top up the metre sometimes
Music mashup - combine two songs/albums/groups to make more interesting replacements
DENIAL IS A RIVERDANCE (Doechii ft. Michael Flatley)
DENIAL IS A RIVERDANCE (Doechii ft. Michael Flatley)
Music mashup - combine two songs/albums/groups to make more interesting replacements
EG: Here Comes Benny and The Warm Jets (Elton/Eno)
GO
EG: Here Comes Benny and The Warm Jets (Elton/Eno)
GO
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Music mashup - combine two songs/albums/groups to make more interesting replacements
DENIAL IS A RIVERDANCE (Doechii ft. Michael Flatley)
DENIAL IS A RIVERDANCE (Doechii ft. Michael Flatley)