Andy Chapman
@andychapman.bsky.social
International gadabout based in the UK.
Using technology and sarcasm to make life better, easier and more fun.
Born at 322ppm.
Using technology and sarcasm to make life better, easier and more fun.
Born at 322ppm.
This seems applicable to the US and UK this week.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This seems applicable to the US and UK this week.
Hi @philsturgeon.com what are your thoughts on bracken clearance? I cleared a few metres of my Devon hedgerow while planting tree saplings in it and got a rather lovely display of wildflowers coming through at head height (snowdrops and later bluebells). I was thinking about trying to clear the rest
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hi @philsturgeon.com what are your thoughts on bracken clearance? I cleared a few metres of my Devon hedgerow while planting tree saplings in it and got a rather lovely display of wildflowers coming through at head height (snowdrops and later bluebells). I was thinking about trying to clear the rest
I totally see your point but it just makes me think of this scene with a younger Kier Starmer
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I totally see your point but it just makes me think of this scene with a younger Kier Starmer
Weird opinion : milkmen are the symptom and cause of a nice area.
If you can trust your neighbours not to nick the milk from your doorstep it’s a good area.
My parents milkman caught more burglars than the local police because he was around at 4am.
If you can trust your neighbours not to nick the milk from your doorstep it’s a good area.
My parents milkman caught more burglars than the local police because he was around at 4am.
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Weird opinion : milkmen are the symptom and cause of a nice area.
If you can trust your neighbours not to nick the milk from your doorstep it’s a good area.
My parents milkman caught more burglars than the local police because he was around at 4am.
If you can trust your neighbours not to nick the milk from your doorstep it’s a good area.
My parents milkman caught more burglars than the local police because he was around at 4am.
So much American TV is basically “Here’s some manly men risking their lives because our government is rubbish at infrastructure. ”. Flicking through the in-between channels - Ice Road Truckers, Big Timber, and now Mud Mountain Haulers. All about inadequate roads and badly maintained equipment.
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So much American TV is basically “Here’s some manly men risking their lives because our government is rubbish at infrastructure. ”. Flicking through the in-between channels - Ice Road Truckers, Big Timber, and now Mud Mountain Haulers. All about inadequate roads and badly maintained equipment.
I see your point but…
October 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I see your point but…
A question for all the grammarians out there. I love the Google results for the Womens Rugby but I now only get them if I call it Women’s Rugby. I think of it as Rugby with women playing rather than the Rugby that belongs to Women. So apostrophe or not?
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A question for all the grammarians out there. I love the Google results for the Womens Rugby but I now only get them if I call it Women’s Rugby. I think of it as Rugby with women playing rather than the Rugby that belongs to Women. So apostrophe or not?
I learned to read English from The Beano, Victor, and 2000AD. I learned French from Asterix books.
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I learned to read English from The Beano, Victor, and 2000AD. I learned French from Asterix books.
Fork tongued flycatcher?
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Fork tongued flycatcher?
Why have we seen so little “why” for the PIP claimant increase. When I had a proper job we did things based on evidence. Just reducing PIP claimants because there are too many is useless.
July 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Why have we seen so little “why” for the PIP claimant increase. When I had a proper job we did things based on evidence. Just reducing PIP claimants because there are too many is useless.
The vote to proscribe Palestine Action covered three organisations. There was no way to pick and choose.
The Greens voted 100% against. The LibDems that didn’t abstain voted both yes and no. Either seems like a sensible way to respond to a bad faith conflation of different groups.
The Greens voted 100% against. The LibDems that didn’t abstain voted both yes and no. Either seems like a sensible way to respond to a bad faith conflation of different groups.
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The vote to proscribe Palestine Action covered three organisations. There was no way to pick and choose.
The Greens voted 100% against. The LibDems that didn’t abstain voted both yes and no. Either seems like a sensible way to respond to a bad faith conflation of different groups.
The Greens voted 100% against. The LibDems that didn’t abstain voted both yes and no. Either seems like a sensible way to respond to a bad faith conflation of different groups.
Not an original observation but I think you can understand Trump just by assuming everything he does is for revenge or ratings.
NOAA points out he was wrong about hurricane path prediction —> NOAA defunded.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/w...
NOAA points out he was wrong about hurricane path prediction —> NOAA defunded.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/w...
July 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Not an original observation but I think you can understand Trump just by assuming everything he does is for revenge or ratings.
NOAA points out he was wrong about hurricane path prediction —> NOAA defunded.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/w...
NOAA points out he was wrong about hurricane path prediction —> NOAA defunded.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/w...
All batman films are just gritty remakes of the one true Adam West
The only real argument is who the best catwoman was (Julie Newmar of course)
The only real argument is who the best catwoman was (Julie Newmar of course)
June 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
All batman films are just gritty remakes of the one true Adam West
The only real argument is who the best catwoman was (Julie Newmar of course)
The only real argument is who the best catwoman was (Julie Newmar of course)
Some interesting lessons on energy resilience from the head of the Ukrainian grid. Paraphrasing “It takes one Iskander missile to take out a power station. It takes 50 to take out an equivalent wind farm”
June 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Some interesting lessons on energy resilience from the head of the Ukrainian grid. Paraphrasing “It takes one Iskander missile to take out a power station. It takes 50 to take out an equivalent wind farm”
Oh good grief! Did someone let the Donald stay up late and watch Kingsman - insane guy with a speech problem, constantly wears a baseball cap, starts a mobile phone company, strange dead-eyed girlfriend, it all matches.
June 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Oh good grief! Did someone let the Donald stay up late and watch Kingsman - insane guy with a speech problem, constantly wears a baseball cap, starts a mobile phone company, strange dead-eyed girlfriend, it all matches.
Due to doomscrolling without my glasses and terrible astigmatism, the words Irans and Trans look very similar. My weekend has had some weird misunderstandings.
June 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Due to doomscrolling without my glasses and terrible astigmatism, the words Irans and Trans look very similar. My weekend has had some weird misunderstandings.
Could have gone on a statin and beta-blocker fuelled rampage at any moment. He is a trained killer after all. Remember this guy had a sniper rifle hidden in his “walking aid”
June 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Could have gone on a statin and beta-blocker fuelled rampage at any moment. He is a trained killer after all. Remember this guy had a sniper rifle hidden in his “walking aid”
…and was the 7th Doctor
June 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
…and was the 7th Doctor
The attitude that crowd control is achieved by causing injury seems to be pervasive in US policing. I get a similar feeling from seeing “less lethal” weapons pointed directly at people and shot in volleys like they are revolutionary war redcoats.
June 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The attitude that crowd control is achieved by causing injury seems to be pervasive in US policing. I get a similar feeling from seeing “less lethal” weapons pointed directly at people and shot in volleys like they are revolutionary war redcoats.
I am definitely too immersed in social media. My first thought was that this lady was really bad at Wordle.
Screenshot to avoid polluting a perfectly sensible academic discussion with my nonsense.
Screenshot to avoid polluting a perfectly sensible academic discussion with my nonsense.
June 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am definitely too immersed in social media. My first thought was that this lady was really bad at Wordle.
Screenshot to avoid polluting a perfectly sensible academic discussion with my nonsense.
Screenshot to avoid polluting a perfectly sensible academic discussion with my nonsense.
Is there anything to stop US people wearing ICE gear and masks while working. In my head it’s an anti-Spartacus moment. Maybe use the UK approach for implying police involvement and have kit saying “Polite, not ICE”.
May 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Is there anything to stop US people wearing ICE gear and masks while working. In my head it’s an anti-Spartacus moment. Maybe use the UK approach for implying police involvement and have kit saying “Polite, not ICE”.
When they realise this also applies to throw pillows middle American womanhood will rise up in violent revolution.
May 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
When they realise this also applies to throw pillows middle American womanhood will rise up in violent revolution.
Old stats but just as relevant today
May 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Old stats but just as relevant today
Julie Christie would beg to differ
April 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Julie Christie would beg to differ