Ollie Riches
@ollieriches.bsky.social
Software engineer - C# windows bespoke-finance, bikes, bikes, bikes...
Still got my hair...
Still got my hair...
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This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
View of Delft, 1661. Sunlight splashes through soft clouds onto weathered hardness of brick & stone. Breathtaking. Vermeer, born OTD 1632.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!
August 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
Bluesky
AIsmesob.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
January 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Whenever a technologist says the solution is to "just do X" you can rest assured that "just" is doing some seriously heavy lifting in that recommendation...
January 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Whenever a technologist says the solution is to "just do X" you can rest assured that "just" is doing some seriously heavy lifting in that recommendation...
January 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Don't remember which position Frank Pembleton played for the Gunners... #arsenal #gooners #homicide #lifeonthestreets
December 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Don't remember which position Frank Pembleton played for the Gunners... #arsenal #gooners #homicide #lifeonthestreets
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Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
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Only now realising that friends and family need an ETA next year to see us in London.
Who* knew that #Brexit would be a bureaucracy-creating monster.
*everyone, basically
Who* knew that #Brexit would be a bureaucracy-creating monster.
*everyone, basically
November 28, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Only now realising that friends and family need an ETA next year to see us in London.
Who* knew that #Brexit would be a bureaucracy-creating monster.
*everyone, basically
Who* knew that #Brexit would be a bureaucracy-creating monster.
*everyone, basically
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James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
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credit: Jane in Gibraltar.
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 PM
credit: Jane in Gibraltar.
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Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
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Eurosport, Discovery & Warner Brothers - fucking hate the lot of you....
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-goi...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-goi...
'It's going to damage cycling in the UK' - Ned Boulting, David Millar and Pete Kennaugh react to ITV losing Tour de France rights
Channel's commentary team warn of 'devastating effect' of not having free-to-air race coverage
www.cyclingweekly.com
October 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Eurosport, Discovery & Warner Brothers - fucking hate the lot of you....
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-goi...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/its-goi...
4:56am, why am I awake...
October 24, 2024 at 4:03 AM
4:56am, why am I awake...
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What happens after ECHRexit:
1. The sun will rise.
2. The boats will still come.
3. France will be less cooperative and will not take any migrants back.
4. The EU will sanction us, esp over NI.
5. Brexiters will wail about punishment and will then call for exit from the 1951 UN refugee convention.
1. The sun will rise.
2. The boats will still come.
3. France will be less cooperative and will not take any migrants back.
4. The EU will sanction us, esp over NI.
5. Brexiters will wail about punishment and will then call for exit from the 1951 UN refugee convention.
October 13, 2024 at 8:18 AM
What happens after ECHRexit:
1. The sun will rise.
2. The boats will still come.
3. France will be less cooperative and will not take any migrants back.
4. The EU will sanction us, esp over NI.
5. Brexiters will wail about punishment and will then call for exit from the 1951 UN refugee convention.
1. The sun will rise.
2. The boats will still come.
3. France will be less cooperative and will not take any migrants back.
4. The EU will sanction us, esp over NI.
5. Brexiters will wail about punishment and will then call for exit from the 1951 UN refugee convention.
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New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
October 2, 2024 at 1:26 PM
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
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How long does it take to register a business for VAT, and change the invoice template....
Guardian, how long does it take to phone an accountant and ask? Try actually doing some investigation and background work for your articles if you want my money.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#Guardian
Guardian, how long does it take to phone an accountant and ask? Try actually doing some investigation and background work for your articles if you want my money.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#Guardian
Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools
The Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkable
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2024 at 8:56 AM
How long does it take to register a business for VAT, and change the invoice template....
Guardian, how long does it take to phone an accountant and ask? Try actually doing some investigation and background work for your articles if you want my money.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#Guardian
Guardian, how long does it take to phone an accountant and ask? Try actually doing some investigation and background work for your articles if you want my money.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#Guardian