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Jonn Elledge

@jonnelledge.bsky.social

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#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1m

I didn't write the headline but you have seen through my evil plan i do actually want people to click yes

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 50m

right. that's enough breath catching. still have about 11 miles to do.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 52m

yep! years ago but yep. prefer the capital ring but it still has good bits

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 53m

interesting graffiti - like early Disney cartoon saying "only god is perfect"

another hill, this time facing downwards towards Hendon

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 54m

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 55m

We're giving it a go.

I did not get up early. I did eat a big breakfast though. No messing around trying to count calories, today is about the miles.

something interesting going on with a missing roundel at Colindale tube

Colindale Gardens - huge new estate of private flats on the former aerodrome

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 59m

well Duncan works for the Economist you see

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

Not the mouth, Jox. Not the mouth.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not, I haven't worked there in six years and I had very little power over such things then. But yes that is annoying.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

that has the same root though - it's people who want to maximise control of the environment at the cost of (to many people) usability

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

thank you for sharing!

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

well i may have been forced out of the EU by a slim majority of my countrymen but my book has just acceded to it - this is the European Parliament in Strasbourg

splashfish.bsky.social @splashfish.bsky.social · 2h

@jonnelledge.bsky.social

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

yeah it's just people who don't understand why most of us won't use linux

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sorry that happened to you. it's a cesspit. x

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

Ironically, scolding someone who agrees with you for agreeing with you in *slightly the wrong way* is one of better critiques of the culture of BlueSky.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

fair play, it's a good joke tbf

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

is this an extremely dry joke

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

...what on earth do you think the fourth paragraph says

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

no it doesn't because editors exist and sometimes we have to do what they ask us come on

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

mate.

bsky.app/profile/jonn...

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h

Before you all yell at me, my answer can be summed up as "fuck, no".

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

yeah i do miss the single public square thing loads. and there are some of the less mad right wingers who didn't make the move I'd like to argue with again? but we are where we are

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

anyway this is gonna be a big day because, feet willing, i am going to finally finish my big round London walk.

Colindale to Walthamstow. 13 miles. we'll see

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · May 10

Anyway it's walking season. There's a big map of London on my wall which goes out to roughly zone 4. This summer I'm gonna walk the perimeter. To save battery and time though will only post when I hit waypoints. Next one: South Woodford.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

she is BRILLIANT. we gave up on training embarrassingly early and accepted Henry is his own person who will probably choose to do what he's asked. but we got away with this because he's both good natured and cute.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not rehashing anything, as strongly implied by the post you're replying to I agree with you

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

anyway enough of this tell us about the puppy

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