Pete
@eyebrowsofpower.bsky.social
Scottish programmer. Not that I mention it on here. Mostly here for bad films and political Posts
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Years back just when Netflix was getting big, there was an article in the Guardian saying what the UK television industry needed was to make a British version of House of Cards.
"Could you make a British version of the Office?!"
Netflix appoints its first UK head of comedy
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Years back just when Netflix was getting big, there was an article in the Guardian saying what the UK television industry needed was to make a British version of House of Cards.
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i had eight hours of sleep and stayed off twitter and my depression went away
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
i had eight hours of sleep and stayed off twitter and my depression went away
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yeah took me a day or so, srry
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
yeah took me a day or so, srry
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Im finally going through my Twitter media tab and saving some stuff before I delete and I just realized they'd be training grok on 90 copies of this crap I made
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Im finally going through my Twitter media tab and saving some stuff before I delete and I just realized they'd be training grok on 90 copies of this crap I made
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I solved the 'it's still the Year of the Snake, but everyone thinks it's Year of the Horse' problem.
It's now the month of the Snorse.
#sygnin
It's now the month of the Snorse.
#sygnin
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I solved the 'it's still the Year of the Snake, but everyone thinks it's Year of the Horse' problem.
It's now the month of the Snorse.
#sygnin
It's now the month of the Snorse.
#sygnin
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truly amazing to see news on here and elsewhere filled with inaction from ukgov on the horrors of grok, then open up reddit to see *incredibly* accusatory sponsored adverts from ukgov warning me that nonconsensual imagery is a crime. yeah thanks for that, maybe someone should tell ukgov
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 AM
truly amazing to see news on here and elsewhere filled with inaction from ukgov on the horrors of grok, then open up reddit to see *incredibly* accusatory sponsored adverts from ukgov warning me that nonconsensual imagery is a crime. yeah thanks for that, maybe someone should tell ukgov
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i wonder what tv show will be the next one to prompt the Sherlock Things response: i didn't get what i wanted so here's a really complex reading into small details proving that the showrunners agree with me and i will get all my wants in one episode after the lying episode that lied
It’s ironic that Stranger Things, a show inspired by a conspiracy theory, is now the subject of a conspiracy theory.
Compelling evidence that ignores anything that doesn’t fit. The confusion of human mistake for agency. A desire for the world to be more exciting than it is.
A good case study.
Compelling evidence that ignores anything that doesn’t fit. The confusion of human mistake for agency. A desire for the world to be more exciting than it is.
A good case study.
The Stranger Thing fans who think a secret real ending is going to drop today have not considered that an extra episode could be worse. Or even if it’s good, that’s bad because the Duffers will have wasted everyone’s time even more.
January 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
i wonder what tv show will be the next one to prompt the Sherlock Things response: i didn't get what i wanted so here's a really complex reading into small details proving that the showrunners agree with me and i will get all my wants in one episode after the lying episode that lied
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As I've pointed out on many occasions, The Monkees, the TV show, is the clear inspiration for The Goodies and The Young Ones. There's a very obvious evolutionary lineage there, one of the rare times a US sitcom influenced UK comedy pre-nineties.
As well as the '60s Batman TV series, I'm also doing a Monkees re-watch. They compliment each other, for obvious reasons. One thing that's surprised me about S1 of the latter is, despite being more conventional than the trippy S2, it's still quite meta. They're already poking fun at the formula.
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
As I've pointed out on many occasions, The Monkees, the TV show, is the clear inspiration for The Goodies and The Young Ones. There's a very obvious evolutionary lineage there, one of the rare times a US sitcom influenced UK comedy pre-nineties.
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This is how enjambment can work in a poem. Bridge 77 on the Macclesfield Canal allows a horse to cross the canal without having to untie it from the canal boat.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
This is how enjambment can work in a poem. Bridge 77 on the Macclesfield Canal allows a horse to cross the canal without having to untie it from the canal boat.
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I've seen this too. It's not a platform problem this time, it's a shouting-into-the-void problem. And everybody shouts their own way, so people are getting testy.
Except, of course, for me, the only sane man, the man whose shouting is 100% correct.
Except, of course, for me, the only sane man, the man whose shouting is 100% correct.
across two (2) platforms/networks, i've observed over the past ~72 hrs everyone having a total Tower of Babel meltdown at each other due to, idk, added geopolitical stress
some people are very wrong, some people deserve some modicum of grace anyway, & everyone is reading hastily/making assumptions
some people are very wrong, some people deserve some modicum of grace anyway, & everyone is reading hastily/making assumptions
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I've seen this too. It's not a platform problem this time, it's a shouting-into-the-void problem. And everybody shouts their own way, so people are getting testy.
Except, of course, for me, the only sane man, the man whose shouting is 100% correct.
Except, of course, for me, the only sane man, the man whose shouting is 100% correct.
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Reminder: The guy who married Hatsune Miku couldn't talk to his wife anymore after Gatebox ended their service for his wife.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Reminder: The guy who married Hatsune Miku couldn't talk to his wife anymore after Gatebox ended their service for his wife.
ameblo.jp/akihikokondo...
ameblo.jp/akihikokondo...
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people were on here saying netflix will make k-pop demon hunters their next money-spinner after stranger things. i'm not against it if we could get sequels that are, like, k-rock demon farmers, or k-classical goblin gatherers
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
people were on here saying netflix will make k-pop demon hunters their next money-spinner after stranger things. i'm not against it if we could get sequels that are, like, k-rock demon farmers, or k-classical goblin gatherers
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I recapped the start of this year's #PotteryThrowdown! ariadnereviews.com/2026/01/06/p... granny's massive soup handles, clay-based socialism, the Deductory Rowling Point System and the important difference between a knob and a hat. #tgpt
Pottery Throwdown 2026, Episode 1: Least Favourite Rabbit
I will protect Whitney and his facial expressions at all costs.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I recapped the start of this year's #PotteryThrowdown! ariadnereviews.com/2026/01/06/p... granny's massive soup handles, clay-based socialism, the Deductory Rowling Point System and the important difference between a knob and a hat. #tgpt
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being terminally online in other languages means this has given me a very specific earworm www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2KN...
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
being terminally online in other languages means this has given me a very specific earworm www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2KN...
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Hey did you know there's 2,465 screenshots in the RCS archive? That's a lot! You sure would have to be out of your mind to decide that you're going to tag and organize every single one of them. Hahaha...ha...ha...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Hey did you know there's 2,465 screenshots in the RCS archive? That's a lot! You sure would have to be out of your mind to decide that you're going to tag and organize every single one of them. Hahaha...ha...ha...
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Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
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It is snowing!
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It is snowing!
Scottish Labour are on course for zero votes, but they're planning to see if negative votes are possible
"SCOTTISH Labour MPS are privately calling for Wes Streeting to stand against Sir Keir Starmer before May to avoid a wipeout in the Holyrood election, The Telegraph can reveal.
"The Health Secretary’s allies are pushing for a “Wes coronation” to give Labour new energy in Scotland..."
"The Health Secretary’s allies are pushing for a “Wes coronation” to give Labour new energy in Scotland..."
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Scottish Labour are on course for zero votes, but they're planning to see if negative votes are possible
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Hello all: Poems on the Underground will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and if you want to hear how much I love it, listen to this BBC4 documentary at 4pm GMT today:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Hello all: Poems on the Underground will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and if you want to hear how much I love it, listen to this BBC4 documentary at 4pm GMT today:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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1773) Nothotbot. Is cold.
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
1773) Nothotbot. Is cold.
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Growing up in a deeply religious environment, I have a very strong aversion to people who attempt to moralize everything they like or dislike.
There's a difference between "don't buy this because the author donates money to orphan burning machine development" and "fandom proxy war"
There's a difference between "don't buy this because the author donates money to orphan burning machine development" and "fandom proxy war"
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Growing up in a deeply religious environment, I have a very strong aversion to people who attempt to moralize everything they like or dislike.
There's a difference between "don't buy this because the author donates money to orphan burning machine development" and "fandom proxy war"
There's a difference between "don't buy this because the author donates money to orphan burning machine development" and "fandom proxy war"
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Samsung is the most True Neutral company because they create fantastic hardware and the process of interacting with any of it is pure evil.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Samsung is the most True Neutral company because they create fantastic hardware and the process of interacting with any of it is pure evil.
Please enjoy this little guy
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Please enjoy this little guy