Stephen Lockyer
@mrlockyer.bsky.social
Writing | Games | Escape Rooms | Running | Family | Books | Education
I run www.enigmailed.com
All sorts here: https://blento.app/mrlockyer.bsky.social
who3words:creative, inventive, original
I run www.enigmailed.com
All sorts here: https://blento.app/mrlockyer.bsky.social
who3words:creative, inventive, original
Pinned
Stephen Lockyer
@mrlockyer.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Let me make your Sunday. Got a library card? Great.
Download the Libby app. Free.
Up to 10 audiobooks. FREE (cancel Audible).
Up to 10 e books. FREE.
(Cancel Kindle Prime).
UNLIMITED high street magazines (I chose Empire, RW, Wired, Simple Things to start).
NEWSPAPERS!
This app is AMAZING.
Download the Libby app. Free.
Up to 10 audiobooks. FREE (cancel Audible).
Up to 10 e books. FREE.
(Cancel Kindle Prime).
UNLIMITED high street magazines (I chose Empire, RW, Wired, Simple Things to start).
NEWSPAPERS!
This app is AMAZING.
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
In Wales currently. I booked a pub for tomorrow lunch. We went to look at the menu and it had poor reviews. Puzzled, I went to cancel it and discovered the pub I’d actually booked was in Scotland!
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In Wales currently. I booked a pub for tomorrow lunch. We went to look at the menu and it had poor reviews. Puzzled, I went to cancel it and discovered the pub I’d actually booked was in Scotland!
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
I know the big thing on "tax billionaires" is "but it's unrealized gains, and those aren't real!!!"
Cool, bet. No tax on it. But since it's not real it can't be used as collateral for a loan. You want cash, you have to sell stock and realize the gain.
Cool, bet. No tax on it. But since it's not real it can't be used as collateral for a loan. You want cash, you have to sell stock and realize the gain.
Tax billionaires out of existence. Break up any company that's "too big to fail."
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I know the big thing on "tax billionaires" is "but it's unrealized gains, and those aren't real!!!"
Cool, bet. No tax on it. But since it's not real it can't be used as collateral for a loan. You want cash, you have to sell stock and realize the gain.
Cool, bet. No tax on it. But since it's not real it can't be used as collateral for a loan. You want cash, you have to sell stock and realize the gain.
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
ICE and CBP have regularly been documented wearing Meta's camera glasses, and the idea people are less likely to notice because they're distracted would be like Ring doorbell thinking nobody could connect dog searching to state surveillance. this is actually the least sneaky time in history for this
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
ICE and CBP have regularly been documented wearing Meta's camera glasses, and the idea people are less likely to notice because they're distracted would be like Ring doorbell thinking nobody could connect dog searching to state surveillance. this is actually the least sneaky time in history for this
Really didn’t enjoy #MartySupreme - Too unlikeable to be enjoyable!
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Really didn’t enjoy #MartySupreme - Too unlikeable to be enjoyable!
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
my hobbies include imagining i’m in a situation that will never happen.
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
my hobbies include imagining i’m in a situation that will never happen.
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
Shakespeare came up with some bars when he said “sell when you can, you are not for all markets.”
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Shakespeare came up with some bars when he said “sell when you can, you are not for all markets.”
Played relentlessly in the SU bar
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Played relentlessly in the SU bar
Managed the second part of the M&S meal this evening. Crazy good value. Just the dessert to go!
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Managed the second part of the M&S meal this evening. Crazy good value. Just the dessert to go!
This evening’s little challenge is to try and identify what has created the spike of interest in my next project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...
Coming soon: Clues in Sprues
A snip-and-solve puzzle adventure. 24 puzzles to be cut out, remade, adjusted and solved in order to complete the challenge.
www.kickstarter.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This evening’s little challenge is to try and identify what has created the spike of interest in my next project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...
What is your earliest memory of the internet?
February 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
What is your earliest memory of the internet?
Last night I threw a pot on a wheel. Enormously fun and I loved the class. Two highlights however were the couple who arrived late, dressed to the nines and obviously unaware of what they’d actually booked, and the person who loudly said they’d done a seven month course, whose pots kept…failing!
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Last night I threw a pot on a wheel. Enormously fun and I loved the class. Two highlights however were the couple who arrived late, dressed to the nines and obviously unaware of what they’d actually booked, and the person who loudly said they’d done a seven month course, whose pots kept…failing!
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
This is a TOUGH question to answer! What would you say?
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This is a TOUGH question to answer! What would you say?
This is a TOUGH question to answer! What would you say?
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This is a TOUGH question to answer! What would you say?
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
Made a #taskmaster themed Valentine’s card for today 1/3
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Made a #taskmaster themed Valentine’s card for today 1/3
Fascinating interview
1. this is a brilliant piece
2. FYI:
2. FYI:
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Fascinating interview
Made a #taskmaster themed Valentine’s card for today 1/3
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Made a #taskmaster themed Valentine’s card for today 1/3
I can attest, Samsung interface is the worst.
“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV — The Verge
In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...
apple.news
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I can attest, Samsung interface is the worst.
Reposted by Stephen Lockyer
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched
February 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched
February 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched
Forget everything else, my KINGDOM for the ability to print a normal Notion page in one click.
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Forget everything else, my KINGDOM for the ability to print a normal Notion page in one click.