Baggy Point, Treehouse, Stone Bridge, Watersmeet

We have discovered the enigma behind the magic purple dogs. Apparently there are 8 of them jfc

A fourth purple dachshund has been found. I'm now not even sure it's not me doing it at this point.

Not content with the confines of our own garden I have been let loose with a mattock on the footpaths of Stroud

@kneelbeforeclom.bsky.social better or worse than hot honey?

A few weeks ago we found a purple dachshund hanging out in the succulents. A few days later we found another one in a wall outside. Yesterday we found one in the Monstera. We don't know where they're coming from. Some of you are suspected. Trust no one.

An overwhelming surplus of figs

Herefordshire Beacon - a bit disappointed there wasn't a topograph but it's very nice

Day 1 of garden cam was rather successful!

A week resting in Beesands

The air horn has been replaced with a wood pigeon

Predicting big things from the hurdy gurdy scene in 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uow...

The garden is rushing hard

Biennial Burt Bacharach deep dive

Years wasted on faffing about with poached eggs when it turns out soft boiled is the pro choice

Completely normal walking home along the canal and seeing a firefly, definitely not losing my shit at the very idea of these luminous legends

Up is objectively better than everything that came after it, and the top 5 here needs to be in reverse order but otherwise correct www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Dingoes* ate my baby** *badgers **courgettes

Not sure what to wear this summer?

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

@jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com I know you are a small team & likely have a lot of competing priorities, but I've had a bug logged for 8 months that prevents me from unfollowing people and other than generic "Thank you for contacting Bluesky" emails, nothing has happened :(

STROUD: Beast Night is this Sunday, With storytelling, singing, Morris teams and more. Tickets are over 2/3rds gone, get yours now: www.eventbrite.com/e/beast-nigh...

Get up at 4:30am and walk up the hill not sure if anyone will be there, have a nice little pagan prog rave until the sun comes up, then down the local for pre 7am pints. Beltane.

"Technically, AI is a field of computer science that uses advanced methods of computing. Socially, AI is a set of extractive tools used to concentrate power and wealth."

This seems like a fair deal

Adding Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series to the list of books you might recommend to younger readers instead of others. It's not exactly YA so probably more for older teenagers but there's a lot of good thinking about identity available when you've a whole galaxy of horny aliens to describe

@eeih.bsky.social very random question: do you have issues with single coil pickups buzzing excessively when played horizontally? Trying to diagnose Homeswinger issues and running out of ideas!

Really glad I bought that garden sieve to help tease out the 25 bricks and a floorboard from the new border

Sid Meier's Pro Skater

When you come home from the new groomer smelling of blueberries and they send you this glamour shot

My Dad's bathroom has a framed flyer from my first gig 23 years ago. We were the abysmally named '2 be confirmed'. We opened the festival at our local metal club with a Hendrix cover and some post rock and then stayed there underage drinking very smugly for 12 hours

The river Ouse looking pretty good today

When you go to a serious tech conference

3 years of clearing endless tons of ivy and still discovering plants I didn't know we had.

Finally sitting down to make some music on my new oh no wait that's a hob

Just normal innocent gardening, plus a bee in a hellebore

Cut back some roses, pruned an apple tree, added 4 hours to the 3 year campaign of removing ivy, found these 3 hanging out together on some hawthorn.

First proper bit of gardening today in a long time. Went to do some clearing out and discovered primrose and hellebore going for it plus previously unknown daffodils appearing and iris getting geared up already.

If you haven't crossed several international borders to watch a talk about universal drivers for document scanners on a Saturday morning do you even like computers?

I created a #FOSDEM feed for those who celebrate bsky.app/profile/dunc...

Biscuit found the first crocus to open, it's basically summer

If you whack the iron baking cloche and stick your head in it, it sounds pretty good. #SourdoughGongBath

Too many good bridges for just one Canoe Pass Bridge and Capel's Mill Viaduct

I wrote a lot of words about how you could host a blog that wasn't WordPress blog.duncanhall.net/self-hosting...

Bulbs. Bulbs are happening.

The government yesterday published a 'State of digital' review and it's actually quite good. - Cyber risk to the public sector is critically high - Funding models don't reflect modern digital practice - The public sector is dependent on external resources for core skills www.gov.uk/government/p...

Experimenting with blogging again. Feels like a good time to be hosting more of my own content. blog.duncanhall.net/monochrome/

For longer than a second I thought Biden had entered some kind of David Byrne inspired fashionista stage for his last few days

As musk seems to lean towards a Chinese style of government, he should follow their lead on ironing out bugs and be onboard all future SpaceX flights until they have 0 issues.

@simonforstroud.bsky.social Hi Simon - are there any details on how the proposed unitary authority (1 big or 2 small) will affect the current 2030 'Master Plan' for Stroud Council?