“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit

Saw this female #mallard duck scouting my apartment terrace this morning for a nesting spot. This can be an ecological trap … once ducklings hatch, they cannot safely descend to the water below :-( I may need to discourage her. #armchair #birding #birdsUK 🪶

introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned (using a generous definition of "owned") - Audi RS4 2007 “Rosie” - Audi R8 2007 “Florence” ❤️ ❤️ - Porsche Macan Turbo 2016 “Otto” - Tesla M3 AWD LR 2021 “Timmy” - Kia EV3 GTline-S 2025 💚 “Hugo”

What #code editors do I use? These days still #vim mainly. For bigger project level stuff I use #xcode - I’m not of the scene that recreationally hates on anything #Apple. 🧵

So that’s #Brewdog down the shitter then. “Time gentlemen please” #CraftBeer www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands...

I stumbled upon this book by mistake. But glad I did. Was very good. Inexpensive. Not normally my bag, psychological stories, but very much enjoyed. #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/books/2bf3c9...

When I did the UK #Telegraph * #PubQuiz this weekend I got the question wrong about what colour were #Sonic the Hedgehog’s shoes. I feel #ashamed but I don’t think I should give up my #Retro badge. I was there, so not really retro for me. * sent to me - I don’t read the telegraph 😱

Found this #DDR3 in a drawer. Is it now worth more than its weight in #gold? 🤣

This week I are mostly moving my #github repos to #codeberg.

Today is the 40th anniversary for The Legend of Zelda. Released for Famicom/NES, the first title in Nintendo's highly successful adventure series introduces protagonist Link, who is tasked with saving the Kingdom of Hyrule and Princess Zelda from Ganon. #RPGanniversary

I’ve been #retired for a while now but this is still perhaps my favourite #mug :-) #mood

#youtube #outage last night. What’s strange is it’s mostly UK but very few people in north and west Scotland reported issues. Perhaps because they had better things to do at that time. Like sleep 😴 👍 🤣

It’s nice of my #Android phone to tell me it’s at risk but there are no new updates. It’s a #Nokia X20 and about 4 years old but still perfectly usable. I don’t expect a full OS update, but #security patches would be nice. Even my ancient 2017 iPad is still getting regularish security updates :-/

Some gulls forming a line although these are not being particularly tidy. At least one didn’t get the seasonal plumage memo. #BirdsUK #MillwallDock 🪶

After what seems like a month of cloudiness, a sunny walk out by the #Thames and spotted this gentlemen casually perched. #BirdsUK #Cormorant 🪶

Who knew #Limehouse was in #OuterSpace? I live there and pretty sure it’s firmly on the ground in #EastLondon #UK ! Learn something new from the YouTube algorithm every day :-)

Not sure I’m going to like this. No, who am I kidding. It’s going to be great. #SuperMarioGalaxy www.imdb.com/title/tt2865...

music.youtube.com/watch?v=O-c9... #HazelO’Connor #EighthDay #JudgementDay #80sMusic Something more cheery than this week’s horrors.

I thought I had a scratch on the back of my neck so took a photo to check. Now I have a piece of abstract art 🤣 🖼️ (Wife checked and I do indeed have a small scratch 🤷‍♂️ )

Any fans of old #Genesis should enjoy this. Father multi instrumentalist and daughter vocals. Heartwarming. #Supper’sReady 🇨🇦 #ProgRock #AntoineBaril youtu.be/lJpwjDtqbyc?...

A pair of swans doing the 🥰 thing in #Limehouse basin lock. 🦢 #BirdsUK 🪶

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.

If you see this, post an archer.

A Pelican showing off for the crowd. #BirdsUK 🪶 #Slimbridge Celebrating texture, pattern, and structure of feathers. #Feathers&Form #BirdOfTheDay

I discovered that the icon for the #TheUnarchiver on #macOS has a QR code for the project website. I like this.

The Bayeux Tapestry will be returning to England for the first time in nearly a millennia. The British Museum will display the tapestry from September 2026 to July 2027 while the Bayeux Museum is undergoing renovations.

Beautiful Venezuela 🇻🇪 #AngelFalls in Conaima National Park. Circa 1996.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots birds. Not sure if this counts but there’s an Old Speckled Hen here somewhere 🤣 #BirdsUK 🪶

Pleased to see #RopemakersField in #Limehouse flying this flag today. It is indeed a very nice, if small, green space. ///poster.entire.pets

I gather #serenity is the theme of the day. The #pigeon at the front looks especially serene. #BirdsUK #PigeonSky 🪶

I know I’m a bit late but saw a #Robin in a Holly bush yesterday. It turned away as I took it but I still like it. Belated Happy Christmas :-) #BirdsUK 🪶 🎄

Also this nice Swan 🦢 during the #BoxingDayWalk. Apparently they’re not keen on Brussels sprouts. Proper swan food 👍. #BirdsUK 🪶 #MilwallDock

#BoxingDayWalk around #MilwallDock and found this rather splendid cormorant. #BirdsUK 🪶

A rather nondescript #Limehouse this Christmas so here’s Fat Percy (№2) the Pigeon from Christmas Day 2022 wishing you all the season’s greetings. Or was probably just after more seeds. 🪶 #PigeonSky #BirdsUK

Aberfeldy Street in Poplar, East London. I saw this YT video about how these colourful houses are being knocked down 😢 near me so went for a walk to see them for myself before they’re gone. #EastLondon #AberfeldySt #Bangladesh #CityEd #StreetArt youtu.be/GEHAjxFCG5Y?...

The No.1 highest grossing movie worldwide when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. A New Hope I’ll take that.

I accidentally added “Pigs In Blankets” to the Fruit & Veg section of my shopping list. My bad. But #AppleIntelligence thinking I should add it to the list ”Baby Care” section is disturbing! 🎄 🛒 🐖 👶 🤦

Two Canada 🇨🇦 Geese, a cormorant and a gull are playing “hide and seek” but I don’t think the gull knows the rules. 🪶 #BirdsUK #MillwallDock

Swan 🦢. Disappointed I had no snacks. 🚫🌽 🪶 #BirdsUK #Wapping #HermitageBasin

These floating #bbq / #fondue boat thingies in #CanaryWharf always appealed. Now in a #geodesic dome to keep the cold out. Must try.

“What was the first code editor you ever used?” For me it would have been the full screen “editor” on a PET 4032. It appeared majestically in a maths lesson in (I think) 1980 and I was utterly hooked. The ZX81 followed later when I got one at home.

A rock dove chillin’ by the sea in La Caleta in Tenerife. 🪶 #PigeonSky 🇪🇸

I think this is a snoozing Muscovy Duck. At the #Palmetum in #Tenerife 🇪🇸 a couple of moorhens too. 🪶 #Birds

Another shot of an inquisitive Laughing Dove, Tenerife Spain 🇪🇸 🪶 #PigeonSky

I’m in #Tenerife so I think these are Laughing Doves. Very cute. 🪶 #BirdsEspaña 🇪🇸

This poor #swan landed on the walkway next to the #MillwallDock and of course cannot take off or hop over the fence to get back in the water. The railings go as far in the other direction so it’s quite confused. At least me and other walkers gave it some room. Hope it finds its way out. 🪶 #UkBirds

I learned today that #BBUK is still a thing. Wow. Yea it was fascinating in the Netherlands in 1999 and the first series in UK a year later, but … well maybe not as shocking that broadcast TV is still a thing :-)

I found an old (maps circa 2016) Garmin #satnav in a box. Uses a USB-B connector. Fairly #retro #gps. I wonder if it still works. Does anyone use these things any more?

Colourful #pigeon in the water thingy in #JubileePark in #CanaryWharf. Maybe it thinks it’s a Heron and looking for fish. #PigeonSky 🪶 #BirdsUK

Some people say the #TouchBar on older #MacBookPro models was a lot of #balls, but I disagree- oh wait… 🤣 #Apple #Tech