Peter Bowyer
@peterbowyer.bsky.social
What's the modern-day equivalent of DeviantArt when you're looking for things like fan art *cough* LOTR emoji sets *cough* ?
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
What's the modern-day equivalent of DeviantArt when you're looking for things like fan art *cough* LOTR emoji sets *cough* ?
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Just read John Harris in the Guardian on the collapse of the UK high street - and why Reform is feeding on the wreckage.
It reads like a crime story. So let’s analyse it like TV detectives do:
Means. Motive. Opportunity. 🧵
It reads like a crime story. So let’s analyse it like TV detectives do:
Means. Motive. Opportunity. 🧵
Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Just read John Harris in the Guardian on the collapse of the UK high street - and why Reform is feeding on the wreckage.
It reads like a crime story. So let’s analyse it like TV detectives do:
Means. Motive. Opportunity. 🧵
It reads like a crime story. So let’s analyse it like TV detectives do:
Means. Motive. Opportunity. 🧵
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If you see this reblog with a robot 🤖
January 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Yup, which is why everyone’s parents are now sat glued to Facebook with GB News on in the background.
Being retired must be quite dull, but believing you’re freedom fighters in some sort of ideological Cold War? Well, that’s exciting…
Being retired must be quite dull, but believing you’re freedom fighters in some sort of ideological Cold War? Well, that’s exciting…
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Yup, which is why everyone’s parents are now sat glued to Facebook with GB News on in the background.
Being retired must be quite dull, but believing you’re freedom fighters in some sort of ideological Cold War? Well, that’s exciting…
Being retired must be quite dull, but believing you’re freedom fighters in some sort of ideological Cold War? Well, that’s exciting…
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Remember the site Second Life? It was partly defeated because people could build online fantasy worlds separate from reality just by using social media. There, they could become cleverer or more popular than reality. They could even build phantom crises in which they were expert.
And so here we are
And so here we are
December 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Remember the site Second Life? It was partly defeated because people could build online fantasy worlds separate from reality just by using social media. There, they could become cleverer or more popular than reality. They could even build phantom crises in which they were expert.
And so here we are
And so here we are
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
I've just done this with 3 sides of our badly installed UPVC lounge bay window and it's made a big difference to comfort. We had 56mph gusts this afternoon and only minor draughts inside. Plus it's so much quieter indoors now!
I can feel the draught coming in around the outside of my window frames. This house is only five years old. To fix this properly I'd need to hack into the plaster all around each window and remove the cills. Such invasive work shouldn't be needed in new houses, but frequently is.
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I've just done this with 3 sides of our badly installed UPVC lounge bay window and it's made a big difference to comfort. We had 56mph gusts this afternoon and only minor draughts inside. Plus it's so much quieter indoors now!
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“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more.”
I want an interview about his ornaments. It's such an eclectic collection.
Was a true pleasure to go to Nottingham to interview Ken Clarke, truly the archetypal big political beast.
In an extended conversation, we talk about Reeves nightmare Budget, his long political journey and his fears for where politics might go next.
Listen 👇
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In an extended conversation, we talk about Reeves nightmare Budget, his long political journey and his fears for where politics might go next.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I want an interview about his ornaments. It's such an eclectic collection.
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In all seriousness, this is an appalling way to make policy. A small group of people rushing through decisions they can’t possibly have thought through, just to make the numbers on a spreadsheet add up
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In all seriousness, this is an appalling way to make policy. A small group of people rushing through decisions they can’t possibly have thought through, just to make the numbers on a spreadsheet add up
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A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
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The Three Kings
One of the options in my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser.
12 to choose from, only £15 per print, 3 for £40 or 4 for £50 and every penny to the great causes I am supporting.
circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...
#charityprint #christmascharityprint
One of the options in my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser.
12 to choose from, only £15 per print, 3 for £40 or 4 for £50 and every penny to the great causes I am supporting.
circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...
#charityprint #christmascharityprint
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Three Kings
One of the options in my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser.
12 to choose from, only £15 per print, 3 for £40 or 4 for £50 and every penny to the great causes I am supporting.
circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...
#charityprint #christmascharityprint
One of the options in my Christmas Charity Print fundraiser.
12 to choose from, only £15 per print, 3 for £40 or 4 for £50 and every penny to the great causes I am supporting.
circa35mm.com/art-store/p/...
#charityprint #christmascharityprint
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My friend @designthinking.lol made this amazing illustration back in 2009 to make a point when I would argue with him about flash vs HTML.
Seeing it again now and thinking how tailwind had been used to homogenise the aesthetic of so many sites and now it is in my head rent free.
Seeing it again now and thinking how tailwind had been used to homogenise the aesthetic of so many sites and now it is in my head rent free.
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
My friend @designthinking.lol made this amazing illustration back in 2009 to make a point when I would argue with him about flash vs HTML.
Seeing it again now and thinking how tailwind had been used to homogenise the aesthetic of so many sites and now it is in my head rent free.
Seeing it again now and thinking how tailwind had been used to homogenise the aesthetic of so many sites and now it is in my head rent free.
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It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead
Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism
buff.ly
September 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
Anyone I know who is on lobste.rs? I seek an invite...
Lobsters
lobste.rs
August 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Anyone I know who is on lobste.rs? I seek an invite...
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Yesterday we kicked off #useR2025 with eight fantastic tutorials, a poster session, and Hadley Wickham's keynote, which you can watch at www.youtube.com/live/ctc2kx3...
#rstats
#rstats
August 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yesterday we kicked off #useR2025 with eight fantastic tutorials, a poster session, and Hadley Wickham's keynote, which you can watch at www.youtube.com/live/ctc2kx3...
#rstats
#rstats
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Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
100% this. New HTML elements are the way forward.
May 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
100% this. New HTML elements are the way forward.
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Letter from DSIT SoS Peter Kyle to @laylamoran.bsky.social about impact of #OnlineSafetyAct on small community forum sites. b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2025/04/resp...
Response from government over concerns about Online Safety Act
the Internet, technology, civil rights, education, open access, copyright, economics, security, media, politics, environment and society
b2fxxx.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Letter from DSIT SoS Peter Kyle to @laylamoran.bsky.social about impact of #OnlineSafetyAct on small community forum sites. b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2025/04/resp...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Trying to propagate bougainvilleas today. According to the web I have a 0% chance of succeeding...
April 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Trying to propagate bougainvilleas today. According to the web I have a 0% chance of succeeding...
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The politics of local government is already not in a very good way and one reason for that - among others - is that it’s often a bunch of bald men squabbling over a comb. Local politicians often have no ability to make choices: because there’s *no money*. So you end up in a spiral
April 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The politics of local government is already not in a very good way and one reason for that - among others - is that it’s often a bunch of bald men squabbling over a comb. Local politicians often have no ability to make choices: because there’s *no money*. So you end up in a spiral
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New blog post: I need a new challenge heatherburns.tech/2025/04/11/i...
I need a new challenge – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New blog post: I need a new challenge heatherburns.tech/2025/04/11/i...