Pete J
@pete.johnsy.com
(/piːt ʤɒnz/ - he/him/his): Human being; just like you.
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me when an ai tool offers to "help"
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
me when an ai tool offers to "help"
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December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Accessibility changes take little effort and benefit many. Last month I switched to Atkinson Hyperlegible and haven't looked back.
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Meanwhile, questionable decisions are being made elsewhere…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
johnsy.com/blog/2025/11...
Meanwhile, questionable decisions are being made elsewhere…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Rubio directs diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, undoing Biden-era switch to Calibri | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to go back to using Times New Roman typeface as the standard for official papers, a spokesperson told CNN, in a reversal of the prev...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Accessibility changes take little effort and benefit many. Last month I switched to Atkinson Hyperlegible and haven't looked back.
johnsy.com/blog/2025/11...
Meanwhile, questionable decisions are being made elsewhere…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
johnsy.com/blog/2025/11...
Meanwhile, questionable decisions are being made elsewhere…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Happy National Crossword Solvers Day to all who celebrate, especially @habaneroofdoom.bsky.social , @dontattempt.bsky.social & @lrlr.bsky.social for helping me to form a healthy habit.
National Crossword Solvers Day
Pete Johns (/piːt ʤɒnz/ - he/him/his): Human being; just like you.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Happy National Crossword Solvers Day to all who celebrate, especially @habaneroofdoom.bsky.social , @dontattempt.bsky.social & @lrlr.bsky.social for helping me to form a healthy habit.
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This! 👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This! 👇
www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...
I sense @tomgauld.bsky.social has been spying on my online purchases and bookshelves.
I sense @tomgauld.bsky.social has been spying on my online purchases and bookshelves.
Tom Gauld on ordering books online – cartoon
Easier done than read …
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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I sense @tomgauld.bsky.social has been spying on my online purchases and bookshelves.
I sense @tomgauld.bsky.social has been spying on my online purchases and bookshelves.
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The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
From the people who revolutionised personal music players and mobile telephony!
It's amazing!
www.apple.com/sn/newsroom/...
It's amazing!
www.apple.com/sn/newsroom/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
From the people who revolutionised personal music players and mobile telephony!
It's amazing!
www.apple.com/sn/newsroom/...
It's amazing!
www.apple.com/sn/newsroom/...
Impressive visualisations here. I am glad I checked out of Twitter.
Everyone kind of knew that Musk was deliberately using X to amplify extreme right wing accounts, but seeing actual data confirming it is still shocking
news.sky.com/story/the-x-effe...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-effe...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Impressive visualisations here. I am glad I checked out of Twitter.
🎉
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
🎉
Our local council sent us a PDF with a URL and a QR code in it. The URL wasn't clickable, my computer doesn't know how to handle QR codes, and my phone was in another room.
Rather than walk to the other room, I created johnsy.com/QRTY/ .
I'm sorry / you're welcome*
* delete as appropriate.
Rather than walk to the other room, I created johnsy.com/QRTY/ .
I'm sorry / you're welcome*
* delete as appropriate.
QRTY - QR Code Decoder
Free QR code decoder. Capture your screen or upload an image to scan QR codes. All processing happens locally in your browser.
johnsy.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our local council sent us a PDF with a URL and a QR code in it. The URL wasn't clickable, my computer doesn't know how to handle QR codes, and my phone was in another room.
Rather than walk to the other room, I created johnsy.com/QRTY/ .
I'm sorry / you're welcome*
* delete as appropriate.
Rather than walk to the other room, I created johnsy.com/QRTY/ .
I'm sorry / you're welcome*
* delete as appropriate.
Minute Cryptic - 31 October, 2025
"Stalked in bed, werewolf returned after we drifted off?" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (3,595 solvers so far).https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share
I enjoyed this one so much I created a visual clue.
"Stalked in bed, werewolf returned after we drifted off?" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (3,595 solvers so far).https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share
I enjoyed this one so much I created a visual clue.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Minute Cryptic - 31 October, 2025
"Stalked in bed, werewolf returned after we drifted off?" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (3,595 solvers so far).https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share
I enjoyed this one so much I created a visual clue.
"Stalked in bed, werewolf returned after we drifted off?" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (3,595 solvers so far).https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share
I enjoyed this one so much I created a visual clue.
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Annoyed by commuters playing their shitty music at full volume?
You can buy USB-C headphones for £2. Grab a sack of them and hand them out to sodcasters everywhere.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10...
You can buy USB-C headphones for £2. Grab a sack of them and hand them out to sodcasters everywhere.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10...
Review: The Cheapest USB-C Headphones I Could Find
Ever since phone manufacturers killed off the headphone jack, there has been an epidemic of people blasting sounds from their shitty speakers in public. Music, TikTok, phone calls - it seems some peop...
shkspr.mobi
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Annoyed by commuters playing their shitty music at full volume?
You can buy USB-C headphones for £2. Grab a sack of them and hand them out to sodcasters everywhere.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10...
You can buy USB-C headphones for £2. Grab a sack of them and hand them out to sodcasters everywhere.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10...
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For a pilot study in 2022, scientists fitted 5 Australian magpies with tiny trackers that could only be removed with a magnet or scissors. Within 10 minutes, a female had successfully removed the tracker from a younger bird, and 3 days later, all of them had been removed.
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
For a pilot study in 2022, scientists fitted 5 Australian magpies with tiny trackers that could only be removed with a magnet or scissors. Within 10 minutes, a female had successfully removed the tracker from a younger bird, and 3 days later, all of them had been removed.
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To put it more bluntly: newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/when-every...
When everybody's down, nobody is
you want a take about the AWS outage? fine, here's a take
newsletter.goodtechthings.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
To put it more bluntly: newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/when-every...
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Oh no, someone’s torn the cover off my dictionary. And they’ve ripped all the pages out of either end.. It just goes from bad to worse!
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Oh no, someone’s torn the cover off my dictionary. And they’ve ripped all the pages out of either end.. It just goes from bad to worse!
Blogged: What Running 10 Marathons Taught Me About Being a Social Media Influencer
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What Running 10 Marathons Taught Me About Being a Social Media Influencer
Pete Johns (/piːt ʤɒnz/ - he/him/his): Human being; just like you.
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October 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Blogged: What Running 10 Marathons Taught Me About Being a Social Media Influencer
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This is absolutely correct and I agree with it.
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is absolutely correct and I agree with it.
Countdown Numbers Game Solver
Pete Johns (/piːt ʤɒnz/ - he/him/his): Human being; just like you.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
