Called into Jimmy's hospital earlier to get some bloods done. Someone put googly eyes next to a sign pointing to the eye clinic. Good job I didn't go past the urology department

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." "...except for *you*." #ICE

Cryptic recommendations to switch off video and gif autoplays because there's one doing the rounds showing ICE holding someone down and shooting them until they're dead. I have it switched off anyway, but why can't people say things a bit more explicitly?

Looks like Richard Coles left Twitter and deleted his account some time ago. I don't exactly blame him

There's a challenge for @loudribs.bsky.social. Kirkstall Abbey wants a road sign that indicates it isn't an operational church: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/heritage-and.... It would need to be a brown tourism info sign. I wonder what it could look like

For Christmas I got a bird feeder with a camera. The pigeons discovered it last week. I put some garden canes around it too keep them off but let smaller birds in

Leeds has a major junction called Dawson's Corner. It was named after a long forgotten land owner

Er, did I press the wrong "Deactivate X/Twitter" button? Oh dear, how sad, etc

That's my old Twitter account deactivated. Set up a cybersquat account to stop other people from grabbing it. Old stuff is archived at @archive.mhoulden.uk. I also rejigged my phone lock screen. Had test cards on there since at least 2012

Northern Powerhouse Rail. How much is left once you exclude things that have already been announced as part of other projects?

What's good for deleting loads of tweets? I looked at a couple of services last night but some cost money and others involve doing weird things in the Javascript console. I don't want to give up my old Twitter handle because there's no saying who else might get it

That's my Twitter archive moved across to @archive.mhoulden.uk. Nearly 18 year's worth of stuff. My final tweet was from 2024. May the site go the same way as Zurker and other failed social networks

There's always an @xkcd.com

Working on the basis that you can't grok what you don't have, I'll shortly move my old tweets to an archive account on here, and then reduce my profile there to a short stub. Been meaning to do it for ages but I'm finally getting round to tidying things up

I liked this cartoon in the 2025 Private Eye annual

Hootenanny! #HappyNewYear

I was marshalling in the beer tent at a motorbike rally over summer. At the end of the night we were asking people to leave. "Right folks, we're closing for the night. Can you take your drinks outside please?" "We're druids. We want to worship the sun" "The sun is outside, not in here." "Oh."

I think my AI app needs a bit more training. Have a good one tomorrow anyway

Looking forward to #DuvetKnowItsChristmas. I keep thinking about the family in @rhodri.biz's book who decided to do all their shopping on Christmas Eve

I couldn't help thinking the Transpennine Railway Route Upgrade project could have the same idea with their logo

The year is 23,000 AD. Great civilisations have risen and fallen. We have colonised most of the solar system. The DFS sale continues. Leeds is still 7 years away from getting a tram network. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Exorcist: holy men take sacred items to a young child

Is Cloudflare having another moment?

One for @apiln.bsky.social? I don't think having Spice lying around for rats is a good idea

Please, not the Great Soprendo.

A (horrible) alternate reality, inspired by yesterday. #Cloudflare #Teletext #TeletextArt #Art

Are we doing the UK Snow thing on here? If so, LS12 6/10 #uksnow

I'm not convinced an immigration policy designed to appease people who don't want the Labour Party to even exist is the electoral masterstroke its advisors think it is

Race Across Whicker's World #TwoShowsInOne

"Police want to talk to 25 million suspects" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Were things really better 50 years ago or were people just not paying attention? Nairn Across Britain (broadcast in 1972) is a good demonstration that things weren't exactly peachy: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Couldn't they deport Morgan McSweeney? Might stop him banging on about immigration all the time as a bonus

Amy does like boxes

How prudish is this site's automod system if it hides "rude" posts (Settings -> Moderation -> Bluesky Moderation Service)? The fuck. They'll be wanting to stupidly introduce a split infinitive filter next

If they're looking for alternative accommodation for the Andrew formerly known as Prince, there's a nice palace on the banks of the Thames with a view of Tower Bridge that would do.

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQz... #ALotofDangerAndALotOfBother

Top trolling, no notes

How about the Tower of London?

Change a letter, ruin a song. Eurythmics - Sweet Breams Deep Purple - Child in Mime Fleetwood Mac - Big Gove AC/DC - Chunderstruck

"We deploy on Friday"

To be fair, if I knew Robert Jenrick was in town, I'd probably hide as well

Storm Amy is out of her box and ready to cause mayhem

Another rotation around the sun successfully completed

Someone I know went to the Riyadh comedy show and laughed their head off

The photo I'm using for my ID card

Tidied up the garden a bit. Berberis is evil. This character came to see what I was doing

If there's something non-work related that you enjoy, stick with it. Sport, music, arts, dance, whatever. Life sometimes gets in the way and you might have to suspend it temporarily, but get back to it when you can

Slightly diminish a book. The Kitten, The Conjurer, and The Cupboard