Seeing quite a few takes along the lines of "the AI didn't quite perfectly one-shot my entire app, not impressed" while I'm still in "the point is not how well the dog dances, it is that it dances at all" mode
February 1, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Seeing quite a few takes along the lines of "the AI didn't quite perfectly one-shot my entire app, not impressed" while I'm still in "the point is not how well the dog dances, it is that it dances at all" mode
Dealing with Government Gateway ID and Gov uk One Login is enough to radicalise anyone into pro-ID-card zealotry
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Dealing with Government Gateway ID and Gov uk One Login is enough to radicalise anyone into pro-ID-card zealotry
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Found this in some old photos: the cartoon that got my biggest twitter numbers
May 24, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Found this in some old photos: the cartoon that got my biggest twitter numbers
Found this doing some packing, from 1979. Wondering how much of it has just been roflstomped by LLMs.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Found this doing some packing, from 1979. Wondering how much of it has just been roflstomped by LLMs.
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'Another Warrington has hit the North-West'.
January 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
'Another Warrington has hit the North-West'.
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historically accurate☑️
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
historically accurate☑️
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Point of order: if you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have is non-working hands.
Reminds me of Douglas Adams immortal genius: "If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat"
In conversation back in 1994, the late Russian environmentalist Alexi Yablokov explained the problem of rebuilding democracy this way:
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Point of order: if you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have is non-working hands.
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If you write javascript to replace "the markets" with "the spiders" then financial news makes much more sense
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
If you write javascript to replace "the markets" with "the spiders" then financial news makes much more sense
Bear in mind that only 2 and 3 apply if you are in Nip. The Hambledon Protocol only applies anticlockwise.
Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Bear in mind that only 2 and 3 apply if you are in Nip. The Hambledon Protocol only applies anticlockwise.
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If you're in the UK and have Facebook, a woman is giving away her late father's PDP-8/L based in Bristol. Schematics included.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A95...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A95...
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
If you're in the UK and have Facebook, a woman is giving away her late father's PDP-8/L based in Bristol. Schematics included.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A95...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A95...
I feel bound to point out that this means Christmas can legitimately comprise 11% of your year. Rounding up, but only a little bit.
In fact, medieval peasants celebrated Christmas until Candlemas (2nd Feb), so fill your boots.
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I feel bound to point out that this means Christmas can legitimately comprise 11% of your year. Rounding up, but only a little bit.
First day back at work and the work iphone won't unlock. Excellent portent there.
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
First day back at work and the work iphone won't unlock. Excellent portent there.
Finished Thinger Strangs. Quite impressed they actually *finished* it, rather than setting up for a Stranger Things: The Next Generation right off the bat. Wonder how long it'll take for the spinoffs to start.
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Finished Thinger Strangs. Quite impressed they actually *finished* it, rather than setting up for a Stranger Things: The Next Generation right off the bat. Wonder how long it'll take for the spinoffs to start.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
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perfect metaphors don’t exis—
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
perfect metaphors don’t exis—
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[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
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🎶he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎶he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
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“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”
The reminders:
The reminders:
Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”
The reminders:
The reminders:
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Not many people know this, but Hawker Hurricanes sniff each other's droppings to assess fitness, dominance and breeding condition...
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not many people know this, but Hawker Hurricanes sniff each other's droppings to assess fitness, dominance and breeding condition...
I'm specifically holding off on replacing my (old, loved, but knackered) 2006 Mazda 3 until after I've moved house because my only option is too wide to comfortably get in the drive here. It's a small change - about 15cm wider - but it's enough to be a problem, for a car that's in the same class.
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm specifically holding off on replacing my (old, loved, but knackered) 2006 Mazda 3 until after I've moved house because my only option is too wide to comfortably get in the drive here. It's a small change - about 15cm wider - but it's enough to be a problem, for a car that's in the same class.