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@yacfoaky.bsky.social
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Professional python-botherer and wrangler of pandas. Computational demonologist. Amateur cyclist and chess player. Physicist. Cat-a-holic 😼.

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Happy "Giles Coren pointing at a poo on a mattress" day to all who celebrate it.
Giles Coren pointing at a dog poo on a fly-tipped mattress
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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How it started. How it's going.
Screenshot for the account @iss-piss-tracker saying "The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full." Screenshot of a news story from the Independent newspaper. The headline reads "Space food made from astronaut pee too be tested aboard the ISS". The article is illustrated with a stainless steel spoon with a small quantity of yellow powder.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Putting boots on in case it kicks off later at [checks notes] ABBA Voyage.
A pair of lower legs wearing jeans and a chunky pair of Under Armour boots.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I mean look at this cheesy sliver. The top is still concentrated cheese while the bottom is a crust made from cheese.

#cheese

@traceyno.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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I might have already worked out how long this cheesy goodness will last.
A pie chart made out of a photo of the cheesy goodness left at the bottom of a fondue pot. A segment from the right of the picture been eaten. The rightmost part is labelled " Religieuse I have already eaten"and the rest is labelled " Religieuse I have not yet eaten"
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Turns out this is the tastiest thing known to man.

I mean it's tough (think cheese biltong or jerky) but oh so delicious.

Turns out I've discovered "the nun" or" the grandmother', apparently.
The Religieuse: Fondue’s Best-Kept Secret - 1001 Fondues share.google/LwOQEPDDDqz0...
Cheesy crust from the bottom of a fondue pot. The bottom and sides are golden brown and the rest is cheese. It smells like heaven and tastes like cheese jerky. Slightly more of a side view of the previous picture of.. Cheesy crust from the bottom of a fondue pot. The bottom and sides are golden brown and the rest is cheese. It smells like heaven and tastes like cheese jerky.
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Irresponsibly posting my location on social media
Google maps screenshot showing "Slutshole Lane"
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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helpful
Screenshot from AWS console showing a status check for a running instance. The check reads "Insufficient data"
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Can confirm. AWS us-east-1 has indeed gone belly up today.
Screenshot of four VERY RED AWS error notifications: three of then read "Failed to describe volume vol-xxxxxxxxxxxx" whilst the other says "Failed to start the instances: Insufficient capacity."
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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What a contrast:
Screenshot of two BBC stories. In the first, the headline reads "'Have a great life', Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex lawmaker Santos". Immediately underneath is a story when the headline is "Wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years, US man now faces deportation to India"
October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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A black and white photo of a~20 year old me practicing is iaido. I am wearing a white keikogi and black hakama. I am stabbing my sword backwards across my left arm.
September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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IT GETS WORSE
A dry-as-fuck shit poached egg. Google AI claims it is a perfectly cooked poached egg with a runny yolk. The yolk couldn't be drier if it tried.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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CNET: people who actually LIKE poached eggs would like a word!
CNET article screenshot: headline "The Genius Microwave Poached Egg Hack That Transformed My Morning Routine" A picture of the driest shittest poached egg you have ever seen accompanied by the text "Step 5: Serve over toast or a bed of greens with avocado, hot sauce, chili crisp and other accompaniments." There are no accompaniments that can save this egg.
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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It's that time again(*).

(*) Time for bad decisions.
A gold-rimmed glass sits on the arm of a sofa. Inside is a (vanilla) Old-Fashioned with a giant ice cube. In the background is a fireplace (not lit!) and a coffee table.
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Sorry. (Not sorry!)
Lunch: A blue plate full of chopped tinned tomatoes topped with grilled cheddar cheese. A plate nearby has three slices of bread and butter on it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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IMPORTANT
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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I don't need to read this to know that "claims" means "a claim by Avi Loeb" and NASA's response is "Nope".
A screenshot of a notification for a news article on the site IFLScience. It is illustrated with a picture of a NASA building and the headline below reads "NASA responds to claims that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an advanced alien spacecraft"
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Good day Bluesky. Have a cat in a flowerpot.
Felix, a brown tabby and white cat is lying in a square, grey slate flowerpot enjoying the sun.
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Is the independent's picture/headline combo choice (or the ai summariser algorithm's choice) ill-conceived, out is this a major plot twist?
Screenshot of a news item summary for a story from The Independent with headline "FBI releases image of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk killing: Live updates" underneath a picture of Donald Trump
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Joining the Bourgeoisie tonight
A glass of red wine and the bottle it came from on a kitchen surface. The label reads "Chateau Lestage Chevillon Cru Bourgeois 2017".
September 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I've just realised (by dint of noticing an upcoming 40th anniversary re-release) that Rum, Sodomy and the Lash was released when I was sweet(?) sixteen.
The cover image from the Pogues album, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. It depicts an altered version of The Raft of the Medusa with the band members' heads replacing those of various figures on the raft.
September 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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A glass of the black stuff in front of a turf fire.
A hand is holding a pint glass of Guinness in front of a fireplace in which "turf" (i.e. peat) is burning. You should imagine that The Irish Rover is playing.
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Tasty.
(regrettably) empty packet of Tayto Cheese&Onion crisps. "The Original Irish Crisp". Tasty.
September 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Rain's back
View down Killary Fjord. County Galway to the left, County Mayo to the right, both disappearing into the rain haze.
September 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Bloody hell - it stopped raining
Waves breaking against a rock. The sky behind is mostly blue with a few clouds A Celtic cross headstone behind a dry stone wall. In the distance are green fields and the blue Atlantic ocean. The sky behind is blue with a few clouds A ruined castle in sunlit green fields with a blue sky. A standing stone against a blue sky with the Atlantic visible behind.
August 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM