Tim Aidley
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I'm having to use Outlook Exchange for email again for the first time in years and holy crap it is garbage. Even worse than it used to be.
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I'm having to use Outlook Exchange for email again for the first time in years and holy crap it is garbage. Even worse than it used to be.
Stuff like this is why I sometimes think I would like go back on TikTok, but it's not healthy for me
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Stuff like this is why I sometimes think I would like go back on TikTok, but it's not healthy for me
I didn't know Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King had lyrics!
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I didn't know Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King had lyrics!
I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and at some point someone shot off my cowboy's hat. Now he's riding around with no hat in the snow in winter and it bothers me that his head will be cold.
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and at some point someone shot off my cowboy's hat. Now he's riding around with no hat in the snow in winter and it bothers me that his head will be cold.
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
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she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
a) Seems like a weird time to say this, just when X is currently pumping out AI CSAM images
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
John Carmack continues to be a giant disappointment. Romero is King of Doom Johns.
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
a) Seems like a weird time to say this, just when X is currently pumping out AI CSAM images
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
I think it's funny in America people will refer to an area as 'the twin cities', or 'the tri-state area' and expect you to guess which ones they're talking about like it's some puzzle on the NYT games page.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I think it's funny in America people will refer to an area as 'the twin cities', or 'the tri-state area' and expect you to guess which ones they're talking about like it's some puzzle on the NYT games page.
@xws.bsky.social I enjoyed today's Homer based crossword! I read the Robert Fagles translation years ago and was amazed that jokes conceived 3000 years past could still make me laugh.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
@xws.bsky.social I enjoyed today's Homer based crossword! I read the Robert Fagles translation years ago and was amazed that jokes conceived 3000 years past could still make me laugh.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
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I approve this message.
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I approve this message.
Time to do the traditional 'give my brother a couple of games off his Steam wishlist for his birthday' thing again
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Time to do the traditional 'give my brother a couple of games off his Steam wishlist for his birthday' thing again
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Feel Trump has seriously undermined the sanctity and reputation of the FIFA Peace prize 😟
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Feel Trump has seriously undermined the sanctity and reputation of the FIFA Peace prize 😟
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January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Infinite 12 bar blues in Strudel: tinyurl.com/strudelbarbl...
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The irony of my life is the first computer I got was called a Spectrum and I was on it a lot.
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The irony of my life is the first computer I got was called a Spectrum and I was on it a lot.
"Wow, I can't believe I'm stood in a pub next to the love child of Dave Grohl and Tom Petty"
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"Wow, I can't believe I'm stood in a pub next to the love child of Dave Grohl and Tom Petty"
Is there anything more tedious than a post on LinkedIn?
At least now I have a job secured I can uninstall it.
At least now I have a job secured I can uninstall it.
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Is there anything more tedious than a post on LinkedIn?
At least now I have a job secured I can uninstall it.
At least now I have a job secured I can uninstall it.
BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS
IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN
Today 'Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome enters the public domain.
A much, much better series of books than anything Enid Blyton wrote.
IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN
Today 'Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome enters the public domain.
A much, much better series of books than anything Enid Blyton wrote.
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS
IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN
Today 'Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome enters the public domain.
A much, much better series of books than anything Enid Blyton wrote.
IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN
Today 'Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome enters the public domain.
A much, much better series of books than anything Enid Blyton wrote.
Frankly I think it's wild all these people know how many books they read
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Frankly I think it's wild all these people know how many books they read
For Christmas my lovely sister Katie made all of us Christmas stockings full of lots of little toys. However one of the things she gave me was this rather old mucky Lego brick:
December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For Christmas my lovely sister Katie made all of us Christmas stockings full of lots of little toys. However one of the things she gave me was this rather old mucky Lego brick:
Fuck yeah!
Search your name and then 'glamour shot', and post a photo.
Search your name and then 'glamour shot', and post a photo.
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Fuck yeah!
Search your name and then 'glamour shot', and post a photo.
Search your name and then 'glamour shot', and post a photo.
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If websites can use cookies to improve performance, I can too
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If websites can use cookies to improve performance, I can too
I have lived in the US for over 8 years, and I still can't remember which one is worth 10¢ and which is worth 5¢ between a dime and a nickel.
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have lived in the US for over 8 years, and I still can't remember which one is worth 10¢ and which is worth 5¢ between a dime and a nickel.
My wife and I forgot to vote in the semifinal and final, and we could have made the 3rd/4th place a tie!
The results for third place were even closer.
Sam Altman takes the bronze, pushing aside Mark Zuckerberg by a mere two-vote margin!
Sam Altman takes the bronze, pushing aside Mark Zuckerberg by a mere two-vote margin!
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My wife and I forgot to vote in the semifinal and final, and we could have made the 3rd/4th place a tie!
Is this... is this the hunger games?
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Is this... is this the hunger games?