The lawn mushrooms have gone a bit crazy this year...

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

Not saying this is a hipster coffee shop, but the WiFi password is "youareloved"...

While I'm sure this is perfectly reasonable advice, I make no promises...

Ahh, now we reach that time of the year when I stand in the garden patiently explaining to my redwoods that they're evergreen and maybe they could quit dumping an inch of needles on the drive...

I've always been rather fond of Blondie's cover of 'Heroes', but it was only today that I learned that it has Robert Fripp playing on it (yes, Mr. Wilcox himself - although I think he has some minor claim to fame in his own right too)

This afternoon's groove. I challenge you to find a more finely crafted pop song. youtu.be/wtfjzmYZvTw?...

Well, I guess I need a new start word now... Wordle 1,535 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

How's the code going? Well I just spend longer than I care to admit trying to work out why my app was throwing a 'not found' exception despite *also* serving the page I was expecting without a problem. And then I realised the sodding browser was trying to also load a favicon that doesn't exist.

Stolen from another social media...

One of the best written articles explaining just how bad the #OnlineSafetyAct is, and how much damage it's already causing.

Bandcamp Day again; time to pick up the @cosmograf.bsky.social album I somehow missed before (The Hay-Man Dreams), and also Comedy Of Errors' Fanfare and Fantasy. That second one contains the track that led me to them in the first place (Fanfare For The Broken Hearted) which is awesome.

Starmer seems to be of the opinion that because babies cannot eat steak, grocery stores should only sell milk.

Still waiting on an answer ⌛️

Ok, having largely ignored Marillion for years - not least because I couldn't figure out where to start - I'm starting to get a handle on them. But this would have been a lot quicker if y'all had just said "stick Grendel on repeat".

We all need friends like these. 😂

Did u know that when we blocked assholes instead of arguing with them Bluesky was cool and awesome and fewer people saw the assholes’ posts? now u know you are not going to convince them or make them feel bad and there’s no scoreboard You’re just smearing shit on the camera lens

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

Well I think I've found the new official theme tune for Mamta's Kitchen... youtu.be/nihFu0YjkcE?...

My position on Gaza. The crisis in Gaza is devastating. I know many of you across Monmouthshire are rightfully horrified by what’s happening, I am too. I want to be clear about where I stand, please see my statement below.

Can someone explain to me why coffee shops put gooey cake on top of the napkin? It's so universal, I can only assume it's part of the training, but why? It just renders the napkin useless, and sticks to the food.

Dark times this morning - our local hipster coffee house has stopped doing their breakfast bun. Forced to try their chilli eggs instead. Monsters.

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Time to throw some commission-free money at your favourite artists - especially the ones who have wisely got new releases out for pre-order today (@cosmograf.bsky.social's awesome-sounding The Orphan Epoch and @bigbigtrain.bsky.social's unexpected Bard companion, Scop)

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

Well I suspect that was all rather futile, but it was a very cathartic hour of typing increasingly cynical and sarcastic responses - the "Is It Ok If We Just Give Away All Your Rights?" consultation ends tomorrow - ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta...

Apparently I've very bad as promoting things. So, this brings my jigsaw review collection to 23 which is not bad for less than a year. I should soon have enough data points to empirically determine the Best Jigsaw Brand! jigsaws.ahnlak.com/jigsaws/lond... #jigsaw

@cosmograf.bsky.social your latest post in the Dark Place ("album sales have disappeared...") reminded me that I still have half the Cosmograf back catalogue to fill in on the next Bandcamp Friday (which I assume is the most efficient way of giving you money!)

He’s no terrorist He’s planning a heist You’d think 13 robbers Would’ve sufficed Hans Gruber is coming to town

Well, the wind's definitely picking up. It just snapped the rope holding our flag up! (yes, we have a flagpole. it came with the house, seems rude not to have a dragon to look out at on breezy days - although not, as it turns out, today)

On a relative whim, popped into town to see the Electrik Live Orchestra (an ELO tribute band). They were startlingly good (it could have been ELO themselves, to my ears) and because it's a local theatre, the interval bar was (a) quiet, and (b) charging £2 for a coffee. Highly recommended.

Well, I check it even less often than this account, but I've properly domain-linked my alter ego here now -> @petedrinks.com

Check out our fabulously festive menu, available until 21st December 🎄 📱Book on 01873 821297 #foodies #abergavenny #wales

To be fair she DOES look like a chicken