The Royal Family just announced that in order to distance himself from the monarchy, Andrew Windsor will now be known as Andrew Slough.

I love birthdays - dozens of companies you forgot existed send you a discount code to 'celebrate'. Pizza, coffee and travel insurance so far.

I don't really watch #strictly but ... La Voix is just brilliant. Just missed seeing her on a Carribbean cruise a couple of years ago.

"I said an educated guess. That guess left school at 15 to work in an abattoir"

Number of phones in household: 4. Number that received an emergency alert: 0. Oh.

Interesting line for Amazon to take - promoting pickup from lockers, which obviously saves them money, with the implicit admission that otherwise they'll leave your parcel out in the rain.

Slightly diminish a band: Fleetwood Shower Proof Poncho Like You Get At Alton Towers When Your Mum Doesn't Want You To Get Your Clothes Wet.

On a Teams call just now... ,"Where's John?" .. John immediately joined. I remarked he was like the shopkeeper on Mr Benn. Tumbleweed. Ok, that particular piece of popular culture is a bit too old for a work call, then

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Stop trying to create enjoyable delivery experiences, just deliver the parcels.

"Ok Google, will it rain today?" "Probably not" she answers, whilst displaying a probability of 65%. I'll just look out of the window, then.

Just had an invite for a webinar that's at "July 8, 2025, at 5:00 UTC / 12:00 p.m. ET" Could they have made this any more confusing? They quote UTC which nobody uses in our summer, miss off the am/pm indicator on the 05:00 (default am? Unlikely) and then use '12pm' which is non-deterministic.

Ok #connections - that was a bit like 'Things I don't have in my kitchen'.

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to discover Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...

Facebook has decided I need to see every one of the local council posts about pride month, and every one of the gammon 'when's straight month' replies.

This needs a 'skip' button #eurovision

Just caught The Diamond Heist on Netflix - excellent genre-busting part documentary, part classic Guy Ritchie gangster flick. Recommend. www.netflix.com/gb/title/817...

Exclusive: The plan to make Sadiq Khan share power in London - by copying Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-plan-t...

#connections We definitely need to talk

I presume the arrival of a load of spam attempts in my Teams account is related to the demise of Skype and the migration of what was there into Teams - great, I really needed all that Blocking practice :-(

If you see this, post a bridge. Berwick-upon-Tweed

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OK #connections we need to talk.

Sadly no pic of the poor fella @apiln.bsky.social

Whahay. What's next? #368chickens

Breakdown cover is such a rip-off. Last year, paid £32/month for AA. Renewal wants £46/month. Quote from RAC: £13/month for equivalent cover. Hmmm let me thing about that for a nanosecond.....

I have a low-grade bout of the flu, the dream sequences that accompany fitful sleep are awesome. Last night I dreamt I had 2 cats called Shrow and Dinger.

Dear ISP: I can put up with the service being down for a bit while you mend something, but please stop it going up and down randomly.

Random.....

My local potholes are on the telly? @apiln.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/18Zz...

Am I allowed to feel old? The hip, modern update of Blues Brothers (Blues Brothers 2000) is 25 years old this year. Which is how long ago the start of WW2 was when I was born.

Do I know anyone who needs the services of a remote Agile-trained Javascript / NodeJS / Leaflet.js developer? Just coming off a project, looking for another. (Almost) anything considered. #javascript #nodejs

Things to Remember Tonight: 1. Keep pets inside and play classical music to hide the noise of bagpipes. 2. Keep your haggis in a tin and only take it out when you plan to read a poem to it. 3. Never go back to a lighted haggis. 4. Burns should be run under cold water immediately.

Rolling news is always such a disappointment. BBC News is scrolling through webcam views of water looking a bit choppy in various places, the presenter talks to 'experts' who know no more than she does and are not media-trained so fail to get any information over.

If you see this post, repost with a bridge from your gallery. Old Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Some level-headed analysis on what the Govt's AI plans actually might mean.. (from @instituteforgov.bsky.social) megaphone.link/NSR8257916342

I don't know everything about AI, almost everyone who's commenting on the govt plans know much less. It's the technology that's important, not the chatbot / image manipulation stuff. Heaps of day-to-day tasks can usefully be supplemented / enhanced / speeded up / personalised if done right.

Me, having discovered an AI plugin for the IDE I'm using 😀 Also me, having spent an hour trying to explain to the AI plugin that it's getting things wrong 😠

Remembering fondly when Twitter was Ev and Jack, and the biggest controversy was whether a dress was blue or gold.

"Bringing you up to speed is like explaining Norway to a dog". Discovering Slow Horses courtesy of Apple TV's free weekend.

How is it not Saturday yet? And when is bin day?

Ah, amateur radio operators! You brave souls who connect the world with a tangle of wires, waves, and wizardry, from your basements or remote campsites. Winter Field Day—the hallowed tradition of going off-grid to prove you can still play in the apocalypse—is a time to shine.

It's not like me to praise a Reach title for its clickbait but 👏 for this @apiln.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...

Always wondered why this was credited to the Righteous Brothers when it only features Bobby Hatfield. #totp

That's my annual dose of David Willcocks, then. 50 years ago, school choir, still love it. #carolsfromkings

Cats @apiln.bsky.social www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2474825...

EBay thinks I should buy a mini cutout of Angela Rayner. Tempting....

#uksnow OX10 3/10

Went looking for #uksnow. Wasn't disappointed. @uksnowmap.com 👏👏👏

Hey new people - good to have you follow me, but if all your profile has is a nickname and a non- personal profile pic, you're unlikely to get many follows back. Spend a few minutes on your profile before you follow lots of people.