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Cycling round Wiltshire and feeding the ducks (and playing records and building little aeroplanes).
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jonstump.bsky.social
Pigeons of many colours.
A few different pigeons eating seed which someone* has put on the floor. There is a park bench in the bottom of the picture, and also a female duck. *It was me. I put the seed there. #PigeonSky
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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andrewmale.bsky.social
There’s sensitive and then there’s downright prudish.
YOUR ROOM IS FITTED WITH A SENSITIVE SMOKE ALARM. PLEASE KEEP THIS DOOR CLOSED WHEN SHOWERING. THANK YOU.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
jonstump.bsky.social
Right then...
Pigeons feeding our of my hand in the park The Rolex clock. It's ten to five. The scoreboard says HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICH FORTUNE That's a made up name.
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
jonstump.bsky.social
There have been 0️⃣ days since a bridge strike at Whitehouse bridge in central Swindon.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2581385...
LIVE: Roads closed by lorry stuck under Swindon railway bridge
A road in Swindon is partially blocked, due to a lorry getting wedged under a bridge.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
I love everything about this story, not least the care and interest shown by the lorry driver.
birdguides.bsky.social BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 22h
In a remarkable story from Slovenia, a breeding pair of White Wagtails travelled all over the country in a lorry last summer, successfully raising young:
Nesting on the go: incubating White Wagtail travels 2,000 km
A breeding pair of White Wagtails travelled all over Slovenia in a lorry in June 2025.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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angusmain.bsky.social
This is the first time I’ve read details about a bomb that was set off in residential London street, destroying cars and sending shrapnel into kids’ bedrooms.

Young people are considered vulnerable online, but the actual radicalisation of old generations is given a free pass by the press.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia To his neighbours, Kevin Rees did not seem like an extremist. The shy 63-year-old lived on a tree-lined street in suburban Sidcup, in Bexley, south-east London. He appeared to be enjoying retirement after a career mending dishwashers and other domestic appliances. “He’s a quiet character – I’ve lived opposite him for 10 years and never really spoken to him,” says Sam, who declined to give her full name. Behind the lace curtains, Rees was much more abrasive, at least online. Under the user name the “Exterminator” he ranted about London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) which in 2023 was expanded to the capital’s outer borough, including Bexley. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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stinkyox.bsky.social
I think cities are *fine* as long as you are happy to be drinking really expensive beer in the complete absence of any sheep.
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
Rudy Giuliani, dressed in a yellow suit, with a yellow and blue tie and pocket square Barry Howard in 1980s sitcom Hi-De-Hi, dressed in the yellow coat uniform of yellow jacket with blue trims and sporting a yellow tie with blue spots.
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Today's pigeon is King Henry VIII

Based on a photo by @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social
A puffed up pigeon who is handsome but stupid looking, with striking white feathers on his scruff, painted in acrylic over a bloody red background and over the text: I am Very important.
January 28, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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benseager.co.uk
It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.
joxley.jmoxley.co.uk John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3d
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
jonstump.bsky.social
This whole thread, but this in particular.
kolektiv.xyncro.com Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 3d
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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tepid.meme
I know most people find procedure dull as dishwater but I honestly don’t think the media does the public any favours by continually describing the rules of our legislature as if they’re kept in a wizard’s tower guarded by an enchanted rat
georgeperetzkc.bsky.social George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 3d
Similar klaxon for BBC R4 World Tonight’s description of the Parliament Act as “arcane”.
samwilson.bsky.social Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 3d
🚨 Use of the word “archaic” for literally any bit of parliamentary procedure klaxon 🚨
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, by Paolo Veronese, 1576-78, 📸 by @JOHNRU55ELL
January 29, 2026 at 12:18 AM
jonstump.bsky.social
No I don't need a summary of the two-line email *I've just sent someone*.
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
jonstump.bsky.social
How far away is the nearest star?
youtu.be/vcJHHU9upyE
How far away is the Nearest Star?
YouTube video by RichardB1983
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January 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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echoesanddan.bsky.social
Real "please use this shit or the global economy will collapse because we bet the farm on it" energy here.
peterstefanovic.bsky.social Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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levparikian.bsky.social
Website: and your postcode?

Me: my address is—

Website: no no I’m keen to guess! Postcode?

Me: *enters postcode*

Website: is it no. 132?

Me: no

Website: is it no. 134?

Me: it’s 1—

Website: SHUT UP is it no. 136?
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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chrislintott.bsky.social
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 4d
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.

Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 4d
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.

It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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daniel-barker.bsky.social
Me: *absolutely knocking it out of the park*
Them: that actually belongs in the park
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass
Philip Glass
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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bobfry.bsky.social
Teal
Another picture card by C F Tunnicliffe.
Whatever shall we call that wonderful blue colour in the plumage?
TEAL This is the smallest British duck. It is a common species, breeding in Britain, its numbers being increased in winter by visitors from abroad. Being a very lively duck, and a strong swift flier which can rise almost vertically from the water, the collective noun for this bird "A Spring of Teal" is very apt. It loves to dabble in the shallows, sifting tiny animalculae from the surface through the sieve-like structure of its bill. The nest is a hollow in some dry clump of rush, or other cover, lined with down plucked from its own body.
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
jonstump.bsky.social
Don't mind us, we'll all just walk in the road.
A temporary Diverted Traffic sign, blocking the pavement.
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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romanpalace.bsky.social
Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
A stunning Bronze age axe heard made of an orangey stone with greenish flecks A slice of blue cheese. It's orangey in colour with flecks of blue-green mould.
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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jonathanlhoward.bsky.social
Got this in my inbox this morning and assumed it had somehow got to April 1st without me noticing, but no, apparently this is for real. And, after a moment of WTF? it strikes me that this is actually a good idea. Take it from me, model building has real MH benefits.
uk.airfix.com/flowers
Flowers
uk.airfix.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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petefrasermusic.bsky.social
This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
Jason Roth @LucidJay Replying to @Hipstercrite Once Andre 3000 was on my ferry ride to Alcatraz and I said hi. My 6 y.o. autistic son came over and started talking his ear off about German Shepherds, his obsession at the time. Andre talked to him about dogs for like 20 mins. We exchanged numbers. 4 years later I got this text iMessage Aug 30, 2017, 9:38 PM Hi Jason. I was searching for a name and yours popped up. I remember our cool encounter on the boat. Ha . How's the kid ? I'm living in nyc now . So if you're ever here please reach out.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM