Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
Hat-wearing devourer of chickpeas, Manchester vegan, manager of identities, developer of obscure software, Green inactivist, Elixir & Ruby coder, watcher of K-dramas, daft-apeth.
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
https://binary-ape.org
Alignment: Quixotic-Good
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Pete Birkinshaw
@binaryape.bsky.social
· Jul 30
I'm going to list Korean romcoms I've watched so far [copied from my old thread elsewhere]
Take care of your 12" rulers, they aren't making them any longer
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Take care of your 12" rulers, they aren't making them any longer
Not saying everything is fine under European human rights laws, but at least the bad stuff is illegal and eventually something may happen.
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Not saying everything is fine under European human rights laws, but at least the bad stuff is illegal and eventually something may happen.
His torture and imprisonment (kidnap, really) are apparently fine under the constitution, since nothing has happened for TWENTY YEARS.
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
His torture and imprisonment (kidnap, really) are apparently fine under the constitution, since nothing has happened for TWENTY YEARS.
This reinforces my belief that the USA needs proper human rights legislation: a tortured US blacksite prisoner is still there, after 20 years, with no trial or even charges, but has got compensation from the UK for the UK passing questions on to his torturers.
Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case
Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This reinforces my belief that the USA needs proper human rights legislation: a tortured US blacksite prisoner is still there, after 20 years, with no trial or even charges, but has got compensation from the UK for the UK passing questions on to his torturers.
The only Good Golf is Crazy Golf
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The only Good Golf is Crazy Golf
I’m drawn to the huge basket of what I’m assuming are cold blinis but which look like little scotch pancakes or maybe pikelets.
The caviar station is back at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s cuts defund Meals on Wheels
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I’m drawn to the huge basket of what I’m assuming are cold blinis but which look like little scotch pancakes or maybe pikelets.
A twist: my wife is from the USA and has never heard it called dressing, so maybe it’s regional or a new thing?
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A twist: my wife is from the USA and has never heard it called dressing, so maybe it’s regional or a new thing?
Vegan, so nothing to stuff, cook it as balls or in small baking dish, I call it stuffing.
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Vegan, so nothing to stuff, cook it as balls or in small baking dish, I call it stuffing.
I’ve enjoyed it (very good, dramatic audiobooks, Michael Sheen is great) but after 1000ish pages with foreshadowing and setup I kind of expected more at the end. It just feels very rushed and missing parts.
January 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’ve enjoyed it (very good, dramatic audiobooks, Michael Sheen is great) but after 1000ish pages with foreshadowing and setup I kind of expected more at the end. It just feels very rushed and missing parts.
No, that seems to be it. Apparently there was a different ending originally but the publisher demanded a rewrite.
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
No, that seems to be it. Apparently there was a different ending originally but the publisher demanded a rewrite.
Is there going to be a fourth Book Of Dust novel or does the series stop like that at the end of book 3? It feels like it all just suddenly deflates
January 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Is there going to be a fourth Book Of Dust novel or does the series stop like that at the end of book 3? It feels like it all just suddenly deflates
Many years ago I fell flat on my back in snowy weather, just as a whole group of primary school kids and a parent or teacher walked past. Fortunately no swears happened, but I wailed “OH! This is so undignified!“ in a voice that sounded too much like C3PO as I lay there.
January 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Many years ago I fell flat on my back in snowy weather, just as a whole group of primary school kids and a parent or teacher walked past. Fortunately no swears happened, but I wailed “OH! This is so undignified!“ in a voice that sounded too much like C3PO as I lay there.
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I've been mostly offline today and I saw Erik Von Daniken died. He was a virulent racist and bigot and a convicted felon, and his alien archaeology "theories"
did incalculable harm to the field of archaeology. Those are his legacies.
did incalculable harm to the field of archaeology. Those are his legacies.
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I've been mostly offline today and I saw Erik Von Daniken died. He was a virulent racist and bigot and a convicted felon, and his alien archaeology "theories"
did incalculable harm to the field of archaeology. Those are his legacies.
did incalculable harm to the field of archaeology. Those are his legacies.
I can't work out what the disc things are in the top right (other than slop) - if it's pan, what's the wire? Has it combined cooking and a record player arm?
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I can't work out what the disc things are in the top right (other than slop) - if it's pan, what's the wire? Has it combined cooking and a record player arm?
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[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
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All schools should immediately shut down their X accounts if they haven't already - Grok can use pictures they've uploaded of childten they have a duty to protect.
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
All schools should immediately shut down their X accounts if they haven't already - Grok can use pictures they've uploaded of childten they have a duty to protect.
Stop kink-shaming Starmer over his nazi-humiliation fetish
(this is a joke please carry on)
(this is a joke please carry on)
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Stop kink-shaming Starmer over his nazi-humiliation fetish
(this is a joke please carry on)
(this is a joke please carry on)
Did Epstein supply Mandelson with his own newspapers and TV channels to hide his conviction for sex crimes?
January 11, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Did Epstein supply Mandelson with his own newspapers and TV channels to hide his conviction for sex crimes?
Also the word “pygmy” is from the old anthropology and is now in a gray area between merely outdated and being a slur. A slur is of course exactly how the loathsome Daily Mail is using it.
January 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Also the word “pygmy” is from the old anthropology and is now in a gray area between merely outdated and being a slur. A slur is of course exactly how the loathsome Daily Mail is using it.
I have to point out that the real “pygmies”, such as the Mbuti, Aka and Baka peoples, are really quite short, but hunt elephants. With spears. ELEPHANTS.
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I have to point out that the real “pygmies”, such as the Mbuti, Aka and Baka peoples, are really quite short, but hunt elephants. With spears. ELEPHANTS.
Wild hedonism at breakfast
January 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Wild hedonism at breakfast
"11/1" = "one one one" = "wan wan wan" (onomatopoeic dog barking in Japan)
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
"11/1" = "one one one" = "wan wan wan" (onomatopoeic dog barking in Japan)
I mixed a couple of Aldi’s fake Lotus Biscoff biscuits into porridge this morning, and I might do it again
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I mixed a couple of Aldi’s fake Lotus Biscoff biscuits into porridge this morning, and I might do it again
*waving some new food* “Taste this! Taste it! It’s AWFUL!”
January 11, 2026 at 8:55 AM
*waving some new food* “Taste this! Taste it! It’s AWFUL!”