Nick Fitzsimons
@nickfitz.bsky.social
Software developer based in Leicester, UK.
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Goodnight from the Gelgrove Stitching Society, its members steadily embroidering new Woodwose legends into the village’s banner. Goodnight from Paul Watson’s darkroom, where things not seen in his viewfinder are manifesting in the developing bath. Goodnight from Hookland.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Goodnight from the Gelgrove Stitching Society, its members steadily embroidering new Woodwose legends into the village’s banner. Goodnight from Paul Watson’s darkroom, where things not seen in his viewfinder are manifesting in the developing bath. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Broke: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, it’s an action film
Woke: Die Hard is set at Christmas. Christmas film
Bespoke: Die Hard is about death, judgement, and deliverance from evil (and people anticipating the celebration of Christmas with an office party) and is therefore clearly an Advent movie
Woke: Die Hard is set at Christmas. Christmas film
Bespoke: Die Hard is about death, judgement, and deliverance from evil (and people anticipating the celebration of Christmas with an office party) and is therefore clearly an Advent movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Broke: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, it’s an action film
Woke: Die Hard is set at Christmas. Christmas film
Bespoke: Die Hard is about death, judgement, and deliverance from evil (and people anticipating the celebration of Christmas with an office party) and is therefore clearly an Advent movie
Woke: Die Hard is set at Christmas. Christmas film
Bespoke: Die Hard is about death, judgement, and deliverance from evil (and people anticipating the celebration of Christmas with an office party) and is therefore clearly an Advent movie
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AND it’s the 59th anniversary of the first appearance of the Gävle Goat, which has been erected every year since and only burnt down a mere 42 times. More on that from @jonnelledge.bsky.social
The Swedish town where every Christmas brings goat arson
The parable of the Gävle Goat.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
AND it’s the 59th anniversary of the first appearance of the Gävle Goat, which has been erected every year since and only burnt down a mere 42 times. More on that from @jonnelledge.bsky.social
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We have a meeting room in our Stockholm office named Gävle.
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We have a meeting room in our Stockholm office named Gävle.
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See? Telly wasn't better in the good old days.
You just only remember the good stuff.
You just only remember the good stuff.
A reminder that the BBC One ident for Christmas 1993 literally has to be seen to be believed.
November 26, 2024 at 2:32 PM
See? Telly wasn't better in the good old days.
You just only remember the good stuff.
You just only remember the good stuff.
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Anyway yeah sure OBR hit me up. For 20k i'll write you a twenty page report that really just says:
"the Head of Budget forecasting insisted he get CMS access to upload it but said no he didn't have time to do the training this is urgent"
But in big computer words journalists don't understand.
"the Head of Budget forecasting insisted he get CMS access to upload it but said no he didn't have time to do the training this is urgent"
But in big computer words journalists don't understand.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Anyway yeah sure OBR hit me up. For 20k i'll write you a twenty page report that really just says:
"the Head of Budget forecasting insisted he get CMS access to upload it but said no he didn't have time to do the training this is urgent"
But in big computer words journalists don't understand.
"the Head of Budget forecasting insisted he get CMS access to upload it but said no he didn't have time to do the training this is urgent"
But in big computer words journalists don't understand.
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As we head into the festive season, a little reminder to the meat eaters that pigs-in-blankets toad-in-the-hole is one of the most delicious food ever.
Here’s one I made last year
Here’s one I made last year
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As we head into the festive season, a little reminder to the meat eaters that pigs-in-blankets toad-in-the-hole is one of the most delicious food ever.
Here’s one I made last year
Here’s one I made last year
This might be OK if it meant getting in for a quid if you turned up five minutes before the curtain went up and there were seats unfilled. But somehow, I doubt that’s what they have in mind.
Dynamic pricing is one of the most exciting areas for future investment in theatre and will help "reach diverse audiences and reduce costs", new research from the National Theatre claims.
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/nat...
👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/nat...
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This might be OK if it meant getting in for a quid if you turned up five minutes before the curtain went up and there were seats unfilled. But somehow, I doubt that’s what they have in mind.
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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OK so it's dark and rainy and I feel like this story should be shared. The movie Grace Of My Heart is a sort of 'film á clef' loosely based on Carole King's life, interpolating a fictional romance with a character based on Brian Wilson. Musical director J Mascis said they HAD TO use a theremin...
Allison also told an absolutely fucking great Beach Boys anecdote (from Grace Of My Heart soundtrack recording sessions) which would on its own make this one of the great Q&As
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
OK so it's dark and rainy and I feel like this story should be shared. The movie Grace Of My Heart is a sort of 'film á clef' loosely based on Carole King's life, interpolating a fictional romance with a character based on Brian Wilson. Musical director J Mascis said they HAD TO use a theremin...
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My phone generated a photo album called like "loving memories" with a photo of me and my partner at dinner as the cover, and when I opened it it was just various pizzas I've eaten over the last few years with sentimental music.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My phone generated a photo album called like "loving memories" with a photo of me and my partner at dinner as the cover, and when I opened it it was just various pizzas I've eaten over the last few years with sentimental music.
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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I love how Scott decided the Zimbabwe school kid UFO story was more plausible once he realized the school kids were white colonists
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I love how Scott decided the Zimbabwe school kid UFO story was more plausible once he realized the school kids were white colonists
Still April here, I thought 😕
December, then
I do not know where this year has gone, it was summer last time I looked
I do not know where this year has gone, it was summer last time I looked
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Still April here, I thought 😕
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people who would rather work four days for ten hours per day than five days for eight hours per day.
Listen:
You should be allowed to work four days for six hours per day.
And
Make the money that you make now
The “40 hours” is arbitrary.
Listen:
You should be allowed to work four days for six hours per day.
And
Make the money that you make now
The “40 hours” is arbitrary.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
people who would rather work four days for ten hours per day than five days for eight hours per day.
Listen:
You should be allowed to work four days for six hours per day.
And
Make the money that you make now
The “40 hours” is arbitrary.
Listen:
You should be allowed to work four days for six hours per day.
And
Make the money that you make now
The “40 hours” is arbitrary.
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Will always remember that we had to cancel our “goal of the month” competition for August, because we had not scored a goal.
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Will always remember that we had to cancel our “goal of the month” competition for August, because we had not scored a goal.
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let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends
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slowly coming to terms with the fact that Dumbarton is in Dunbartonshire, and that in all these years i have never noticed that the shire is spelt with an n
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
slowly coming to terms with the fact that Dumbarton is in Dunbartonshire, and that in all these years i have never noticed that the shire is spelt with an n
The manual for my new washer-dryer suggests buttoning the duvet cover up before putting it in so everything else doesn’t end up trapped inside it, and it’s one of those useful little tips that has me wondering why on earth I never thought of doing that before.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The manual for my new washer-dryer suggests buttoning the duvet cover up before putting it in so everything else doesn’t end up trapped inside it, and it’s one of those useful little tips that has me wondering why on earth I never thought of doing that before.
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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I'm too hungover for this
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm too hungover for this