"Does my guitar multi-FX box take batteries?" I wondered, having not looked at the underside for many years. "Oh look a panel underneath, I wonder what sort of batteries.." Exploded leaky 15 year old Duracells, that's what.

"We need to teach about LLMs and GenAI because it will be ubiquitous in the workplace!". Yeah, and you sound like a cryptocurrency bro saying we should all buy NFTs.

@coriniumtv.bsky.social Are you the Ed Fielden of fieldenmaps.info? I'm doing a talk about old war office coordinates next week...

Has anyone been working or traveling through Nine Elms London Underground Station recently? During the day the sun shines nicely through the roundel, I'm just curious what time of the day the light is hitting this position at the moment. I'm planning a revisit next week maybe.

Just seen a job listing "Essential: Strong Influencing Skills" and I'm now imagining a line of stage hypnotists in the interview room queue.

Lancaster used to have an old gun shop which closed and became a vegan cafe "Herbarium" but now that's closed and has become a cafe called "The Old Gun Shop" but "Herbarium" was there long enough that people will say "The Old Gun Shop? Where? Oh, the Old Herbarium" and the cycle will continue...

I'm hoping Debbie Harry got a bit of a streaming royalty uplift today, at least.

ghost sign in a shop in Hythe, was probably hidden behind new shop frontage.

Laid dad to rest yesterday, next to mum. He then paid for a big family meal in the pub, which is what he would have wanted, although he'd have used a roll of fivers.

New UK Highway Code rule: St George flags on lampposts means 70mph speed limit.

Nothing wasted round here.

"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"

It might feel a bit early, but I’ve had so many requests already… My 2025 Christmas Cards are now available to pre-order www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...

I'm guessing he doesn't know the... ummm.. common usage of that phrase... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm sure someone on here will be interested in some giant illuminated Talking Heads lyrics @whatgoodrnotebooks.bsky.social

These are hollow figures on the inside of one of the Folkestone Triennial art installations.

Who's got the plastic bags to clean up after Sister Jemima Mildred?

President Trump’s UK Visit Timetable 9am - Presidential Motorcade Visits Windsor McDonald’s Drive-Thru 9.25am Presidential Motorcade Returns To MacDonald’s After Forgetting Happy Meal Toy 9.35 Unscheduled Stop: Windsor Wetherspoons Gents. 10.03 Visit Aborted - Too Many Stairs

Curse dissolved, everyone, it's all going to be fine now.

I am on the tropical south coast today.

Saw a delivery truck on the road today advertising "sameday delivery" but they used a very rounded typeface and it looked like "someday".

Pennine tower at Lancaster Services today.

Dinsdale! [Source www.theguardian.com/news/gallery... ]

More of my trademark terrible custom woodwork, this set of stepped shelves made from salvaged MDF and other bits. So many mistakes, maybe needs some diagonal bracing, might cut some holes in the sides for weight. 22mm MDF is heavy stuff.

I recently saw a woman driving a car with number plate SG69 VAJ. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sam Bailey's goal Yesterday, it gets better every time you watch it 😍 Full highlights coming Tonight

Lancaster Jazz Festival special Jazz Jam tonight at The Gregson from 8pm, come along, join in, or just listen and maybe enjoy the racket we make...

I kinda fancy a hot chocolate before bed but I haven't had one since April and it seems like an admission that summer's really really gone...

Copies of my next book are here! And they've remarkably survived being left on the doorstep in the pissing rain for two hours by a delivery guy who apparently thought I wasn't in!

This news of possible biosignatures in Martian rocks is another good reason - if another is needed - to stop SpaceX crashing a few dozen Starships there.

It seems the best way to smash The System is to first become The System and then smash yourself repeatedly.

In other news don’t badly injure yourself in Lancaster tonight - even majors is a 6 hour wait. 😳

"I challenge you to a duel - choose your weapons"... "Moynihan defeated Rickets in the unusual duel that involved the two combatants attacking each other with their buttocks" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_...

I am assisting with the damson jam making....

Was playing "Dust in the Wind" on ukulele earlier and resisting the temptation to finish with a George Formby "Turned out shite again!"

Work classified! I am an extremely experienced, versatile and funny writer who’s available to work on your TV show,radio show, speech you name it! My website is here with my beautifully formed CV www.mathew-owen.co.uk - have a look and please share. DM me if you have the work👍 cheers.

I watched ep1 of "King and Conqueror" and I'm not watching any more partly because of the ludicrous historical inaccuracies but also in the trailer William (or Harold) shouts to his men "ARE YOU WITH ME!?" and I want them to all shout back "NO, WE'RE WITH THE WOOLWICH!"

Got this mad idea to run a 80s-90s music festival here and call it "Grunge-over-Sands".

Can the Crows get any cheekier? "When the Osprey comes in, I bet you wouldn't dare to peck it on the bum." "Right, you're on!" #FoulshawOspreys #Birds @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

Feeling seen by the Oxford Uni job portal

From the new Private Eye, out now.

"Angela Rayner used family conveyancing firm to buy tax row flat". Note this was nothing to do with her family. Nor is it a firm that conveys families. Stupid Grauniad headline writer.

@thecatreviewer.bsky.social local garden centre cat testing out the furniture. £499, cat not included. Stirred from slumber long enough for a fuss. 10/10 for marketing skills.

Reading about cheetah racing at a UK greyhound track and "the [cheetah] racing stopped because [...] when they raced against each other they became disinterested and stopped chasing the lure". I'm guessing the promoter never had a cat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harring...

The big spider that was in the corner of the bathroom for the last few days has gone, now I'm worried that I'll get a jump scare when it reappears from behind some shampoo... or... its been eaten by a bigger spider.

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business. It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

Just seen a NextDoor post subject: "Looking for a shooter", and I know there's few rough areas round here but openly asking for guns on a public forum? [reads on] oh its a netball team player position.

Saw these bailiff letters on the hotel yesterday. I did some companies house searches - "RKA 2014": dissolved in 2019. Has it taken 6 years to get to this? www.beyond.radio/news/local-n... Their one director (who left in late 2016, then it goes into admin) seems to have then pivoted into religion...