Steven Hope
@instography.bsky.social
Layabout and bus passenger. Doesn't fix typos.
Every time the idea of cutting the price of a pint by cutting duty comes up I feel obliged to point out that beer duty is paid by the brewery not the pub so there's no guarantee that this would work (and every reason to think the brewery would keep the money).
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Every time the idea of cutting the price of a pint by cutting duty comes up I feel obliged to point out that beer duty is paid by the brewery not the pub so there's no guarantee that this would work (and every reason to think the brewery would keep the money).
I realise it's very far from the most important thing here but I couldn't take my eyes off Rubio's Vulcan ears.
Sen Rand Paul asks Marco Rubio if a foreign country did to the US what the US did to Venezuela, would that be an act of war?
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I realise it's very far from the most important thing here but I couldn't take my eyes off Rubio's Vulcan ears.
With that line-up it looks more like Bored of Peace. Amiright?
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
With that line-up it looks more like Bored of Peace. Amiright?
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The Blue Whale. The local pond now has a sheet of ice covering most of it, but the resident wildlife have got together to keep this small section clear, taking turns to circle and keep it ice free. Nature does it best.
#Winter #BirdPhotography #AerialPhotography #Clackmannanshire #RSPBScotland
#Winter #BirdPhotography #AerialPhotography #Clackmannanshire #RSPBScotland
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The Blue Whale. The local pond now has a sheet of ice covering most of it, but the resident wildlife have got together to keep this small section clear, taking turns to circle and keep it ice free. Nature does it best.
#Winter #BirdPhotography #AerialPhotography #Clackmannanshire #RSPBScotland
#Winter #BirdPhotography #AerialPhotography #Clackmannanshire #RSPBScotland
Search your first name then 'glamour shot' and post a photo
Happy with that.
Happy with that.
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Search your first name then 'glamour shot' and post a photo
Happy with that.
Happy with that.
Mainly what I don't understand about the iCloud story is why you would buy a $500 gift card to pay a $32.99 bill.
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mainly what I don't understand about the iCloud story is why you would buy a $500 gift card to pay a $32.99 bill.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
I can't help thinking that journalists writing about how people have been suckered into Spotify's marketing by posting about their Wrapped have also been suckered into Spotify's marketing by writing about people posting about their Wrapped. As have people posting about journalists etc... ad inf.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I can't help thinking that journalists writing about how people have been suckered into Spotify's marketing by posting about their Wrapped have also been suckered into Spotify's marketing by writing about people posting about their Wrapped. As have people posting about journalists etc... ad inf.
In the same olden days I moved the Strathclyde business school's international distance learning MBA from some mainframe text to the new-fangled desktop publishing software. I had to read the lot. Always doubtful of MBAs.
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In the same olden days I moved the Strathclyde business school's international distance learning MBA from some mainframe text to the new-fangled desktop publishing software. I had to read the lot. Always doubtful of MBAs.
Pretty stark contrast between yesterday's sunrise (red) and today's. I suppose we have Rachel Reeves to blame for that.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Pretty stark contrast between yesterday's sunrise (red) and today's. I suppose we have Rachel Reeves to blame for that.
Just sitting waiting for my MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social to post a statement on the government's immigration proposals so that I can decide whether to vote for him and his party again.
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Just sitting waiting for my MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social to post a statement on the government's immigration proposals so that I can decide whether to vote for him and his party again.
I don't pay much attention to him but when I do I can't help wondering, is Ian Leslie wrong about *everything*?
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I don't pay much attention to him but when I do I can't help wondering, is Ian Leslie wrong about *everything*?
If you can't manage it in 200 pages or fewer just don't bother.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you can't manage it in 200 pages or fewer just don't bother.
Not a single white face.
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Not a single white face.
Come on @jameschalmers.bsky.social have you thought that? Have you?
Given that the Crown prosecutors have to “prove” their case, the only appropriate verdicts are “proven” and “not proven”.
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Come on @jameschalmers.bsky.social have you thought that? Have you?
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What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...
Can't think of anything more humiliating than falling off your bike in your own driveway after crashing into a wheelie bin. Thankfully it was some other guy and not me. Definitely not me.
August 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Can't think of anything more humiliating than falling off your bike in your own driveway after crashing into a wheelie bin. Thankfully it was some other guy and not me. Definitely not me.
Got the hedge trimmer out and taking bets on how long before I cut through the cable.
August 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Got the hedge trimmer out and taking bets on how long before I cut through the cable.
I have no interest in broadening my social circle to incorporate a token racist. I think the thing about my behaviour that would stop a former friend coming out as a racist would be my refusal to stop berating them about their new-found racism. Is that the right answer?
It's got to the stage where if 'you don't know anyone whose voting for Reform' you need to broaden your social circle.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I have no interest in broadening my social circle to incorporate a token racist. I think the thing about my behaviour that would stop a former friend coming out as a racist would be my refusal to stop berating them about their new-found racism. Is that the right answer?
When I had my brewery I cooled new beer using cold water run through a heat exchanger. That water was still clean so I saved it and used it to make the next batch of beer. I want to know why data centres can't make endless use the same water.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
When I had my brewery I cooled new beer using cold water run through a heat exchanger. That water was still clean so I saved it and used it to make the next batch of beer. I want to know why data centres can't make endless use the same water.
Special organs blossoming into in full-time regular use? The notice is as weird as the dude with the orange cannon.
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Special organs blossoming into in full-time regular use? The notice is as weird as the dude with the orange cannon.
If I wasn’t already retired I’d seriously consider semi-retirement in a small Highland community hiring bikes to tourists. And Nick’s a great guy who will help you out. www.facebook.com/share/p/19bw...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If I wasn’t already retired I’d seriously consider semi-retirement in a small Highland community hiring bikes to tourists. And Nick’s a great guy who will help you out. www.facebook.com/share/p/19bw...
Riding home from Dundee. No near death experiences yet.
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Riding home from Dundee. No near death experiences yet.