OK here's my Doctor Who pitch. The statue of Eric Morecambe in Morecambe comes alive and terrorises the town, slapping everyone round the face and screaming "BRING ME SUNSHINE!" until the Doctor creates a bronze statue of Ernie Wise to go next to him.

Can you get travel insurance that covers you in the event of your holiday being ruined by running into some celebrity doing a TV travelogue?

Don't go giving vice-chancellors ideas, wikipedia: "Linnaeus began working towards his degree as soon as he reached Harderwijk, a university known for awarding degrees in as little as a week"

A List of Things Eaten by Scientists 🧵

This came across my IG feed and it's too good to not share here

I'm grateful its not good rioting weather in the UK for the next week or so.

I don't know what everyone's complaining about. Just go to settings > features > worms, then change the "worms pouring out of my phone" toggle from "yes" to "maybe later"

Fuck's sake, seriously. Anyway, if you want a real one, fill your boots. Off for a cry. What a shit week. noscoredraws.com/collections/...

Think I overslept today, it looks like I've woken up in November.

At this year's music Pedagogy into Practice conference at UBC, I attended a keynote address on the subject of integrating AI into music education, from José Antonio Bowen. It was the most disappointed I have ever been during a keynote talk. At times, it was stomach-churning. Thread:

Now I'd like to play the Beatles classic "She Came Out of the Bathroom Window"

campaign to make more of these...

Saturday morning bike ride down the river to Conder Pools - avocets and chicks, little ringed plover, common tern, little egrets, BH gulls and chicks, lots of geese and goslings, redshank, oystercatcher, shelduck, tufted duck, house martins, and lots of painted ladies, and I don't mean goth girls.

Lancaster Jazz Jam at the Storey Cafe tonight hep cats and hipniks. 7.30-10, come in, have a listen, have a play if you want. May contain Sonny Rollins tributes.

To all my US friends whining, laughing, or otherwise criticising the line-up for the USA250 celebration gigs: your job is to make sure there still is a USA, and a decent world, for USA300.

I just watched the first episode of A Very Peculiar Practice - probably not seen it in 40 years, and after 40 years of university life I think very little has changed...

The "Geospatial Commission" has a budget of £175.2 million in 2026 to 2027 www.gov.uk/government/p... … even though it was wound up as a commission in January 2025 www.gov.uk/government/o... Mostly just a funding stream for OS I think

Is there a search and rescue op off #Morecambe now?

That's not the usual yellow guy? What's google's London "pegman" meant to be?

You've got to make sure the new parents are totally committed to the Goth lifestyle when sending a *coffin-shaped* "congrats on your new baby" card.

If Englishman Noel Coward can be this cool in the Nevada desert then I think you can manage a couple of 30C days in London okay?

"Bananas for scales"

Looking up various shade plants to see what I might like and SLOP ALERT

minibbq veggie burger and cheap supermarket carton sangria time, yesterday.

Why cruise ships are sailing to a phantom destination that doesn't appear on any map edition.cnn.com/travel/visit... Null Island en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Is... #geospatial #dataquality

Men: Yeah I need 20m of paracord in case I ever get stuck in a survival situation. Me:

I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever

First roses in the garden, not that I can smell them because of the smokey bbq going on next door.

I basically put Birmingham on the map and built most of New St Station and I still came last. [Brass: Birmingham board game]

Probably been done but lets get on today's BSKY bandwagon...

UK heatwave? It's grey, foggy, and 16C max today in Lancaster.

If anyone knows a bigger career change, speak now: "Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter is a guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers and Spirit. More recently, he has worked as a defense consultant and advised U.S. members of Congress on missile defense."

Jim is wearing a council bin bag #totp

This is a truly preposterous assertion. SpaceX is perhaps one of the worst examples of ‘free market’ enterprise in modern times, as are all of Musk’s ventures. It only exists because of gargantuan subsidies from the US government, even despite continually missed deadlines and rampant fraud.

Freegle's AI-generated image for a "Wanted: bike" post.

I just asked the new improved google search about a band I was in... and I don't remember playing with these guys....

I'm trying to unify some music collections. What's better audio quality for the same song? An 8.75Mb WMA file or a 5.18Mb MP3 file? A 9.84Mb M4A file or a 4.83Mb WMA file? Or is there a lot of "it depends" going on?

We're looking for speakers and sponsors for FOSS4G UK 2026! The event will take place in Leeds in 12th and 13th of October and is set to be a fantastic couple of days of open source geospatial goodness. Find out more including the link to the CfP here: uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2026/ #geo #gis #gischat

Two pairs of avocets with chicks at Conder Pools today - one pair with one chick and one with three. The three were swimming with their parents. Also a few terns, a sedge warbler singing on Jeremy Lane, egrets, ducks, etc. #lancaster #birdwatching

Why do I keep seeing goats on cable reels?

Is there a word for the pleasant feeling you get when you look at the Wikipedia page of a male musician you last listened to 15 years ago and there's no "controversies" section?

New #opendata: Output Area counts for licensed vehicles in the UK at the end of 2025, released by DfT following FOI request www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ve... This is the most granular dataset available to the public for mapping and analysis of where vehicles are registered #FOI #transportdata

How come I discover this the day after?

Friends colour-matched their new smol cat to their floorboards.

In Last Crusade, why is Indiana Jones's Scottish accent (when he's pretending to be a laird) so bad, since he's had his dad's perfect Scottish accent as a model when growing up? Is it a reference to Henry Sr being away a lot or am I overthinking this?

So I hear Skrillex won Eurovision?

The lack of adverts, time outs, or a halftime show? What do Americans find most odd about the FA Cup Final?