Andrew
@centristdad.bsky.social
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December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
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He's been on the salt path to the top!
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
The new leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has been appointed by the Pope.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
He's been on the salt path to the top!
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Hey whanua with dual UK citizenship. Bad news. When the ETA travel authorisation comes in from February, UK citizens MUST use a UK passport to enter the UK. You are not allowed to get an ETA in your NZ passport if you are a UK citizen. www.gov.uk/guidance/ele...
Electronic travel authorisation (ETA): guide for dual citizens
What dual citizens with British or Irish citizenship (or right of abode) need to do to travel to the UK.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Hey whanua with dual UK citizenship. Bad news. When the ETA travel authorisation comes in from February, UK citizens MUST use a UK passport to enter the UK. You are not allowed to get an ETA in your NZ passport if you are a UK citizen. www.gov.uk/guidance/ele...
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A fun thing about the spread of dodgy CICs (fake charities) fundraising outside London stations is… they’re becoming increasingly upset as people slowly learn they’re not charities!
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A fun thing about the spread of dodgy CICs (fake charities) fundraising outside London stations is… they’re becoming increasingly upset as people slowly learn they’re not charities!
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump.
Ridiculous.
Join their laughter.
The brothers are legal now.
Ridiculous.
Join their laughter.
The brothers are legal now.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump.
Ridiculous.
Join their laughter.
The brothers are legal now.
Ridiculous.
Join their laughter.
The brothers are legal now.
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Lunchtime crew! Daphne's lead over a D O G is shrinking and she would be grateful for your support in this vote (and she will be making notes on your files). Thank you!
Morning all - Daphne would be very grateful if you'd be kind enough to vote for her to be Miss March on next year's excellent @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social please! And then please buy the calendar! lawpawcalendar.com/vote-here-fo...
Vote here for the face of March 2026! – Law Paw Calendar
lawpawcalendar.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lunchtime crew! Daphne's lead over a D O G is shrinking and she would be grateful for your support in this vote (and she will be making notes on your files). Thank you!
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Win10 users, today's the day they make all big holes in your PC and all the hackers swarm into them...
...unless you click "no thanks actually" in which case they just actually keep supporting Win10 for another year for some reason. here's how:
...unless you click "no thanks actually" in which case they just actually keep supporting Win10 for another year for some reason. here's how:
Windows 10 users in the EU and UK, you can get free Extended Security Updates for a year just by:
> Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates. Click.
Scroll down to Enrol in Extended Security Updates (or similar wording).
Click on it.
Follow prompts.
Bingo, you're good for a year.
> Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates. Click.
Scroll down to Enrol in Extended Security Updates (or similar wording).
Click on it.
Follow prompts.
Bingo, you're good for a year.
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Win10 users, today's the day they make all big holes in your PC and all the hackers swarm into them...
...unless you click "no thanks actually" in which case they just actually keep supporting Win10 for another year for some reason. here's how:
...unless you click "no thanks actually" in which case they just actually keep supporting Win10 for another year for some reason. here's how:
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Classy and poised. Haunted even.
Bagging a gong and a cushion. (Bronze for Best Fiction Podcast at the BPAs.)
Thanks to everyone who helped us make Broken Veil, and everyone who listened, in this reality or others.
#BrokenVeil #BritishPodcastAwards
Bagging a gong and a cushion. (Bronze for Best Fiction Podcast at the BPAs.)
Thanks to everyone who helped us make Broken Veil, and everyone who listened, in this reality or others.
#BrokenVeil #BritishPodcastAwards
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Classy and poised. Haunted even.
Bagging a gong and a cushion. (Bronze for Best Fiction Podcast at the BPAs.)
Thanks to everyone who helped us make Broken Veil, and everyone who listened, in this reality or others.
#BrokenVeil #BritishPodcastAwards
Bagging a gong and a cushion. (Bronze for Best Fiction Podcast at the BPAs.)
Thanks to everyone who helped us make Broken Veil, and everyone who listened, in this reality or others.
#BrokenVeil #BritishPodcastAwards
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I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).
Some fab fungi on my morning walk
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some fab fungi on my morning walk
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Broken Veil has been nominated for an Independent Podcast Award!
Hurrah!
independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/pag...
Hurrah!
independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/pag...
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Broken Veil has been nominated for an Independent Podcast Award!
Hurrah!
independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/pag...
Hurrah!
independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/pag...
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It is literally a crime against music that Oasis are raking in tens of millions for their glorified karaoke sessions when Suede and Saint Etienne have put out stunning new albums that will barely make anything in comparison 😠
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It is literally a crime against music that Oasis are raking in tens of millions for their glorified karaoke sessions when Suede and Saint Etienne have put out stunning new albums that will barely make anything in comparison 😠
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j.lulu_photography
..Lulu🦋
"Great blue heron at sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida"
..Lulu🦋
"Great blue heron at sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida"
August 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
j.lulu_photography
..Lulu🦋
"Great blue heron at sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida"
..Lulu🦋
"Great blue heron at sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida"
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When sommeliers sell water, buy gold*.
*Not investment advice.
*Not investment advice.
Isn’t this always a symbol of the bubble peaking
It’s official. We’ve hit PEAK NOTIONS
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When sommeliers sell water, buy gold*.
*Not investment advice.
*Not investment advice.
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There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Guardian’s whole ‘please fund us because this is a fight against evil’ shtick would be more persuasive if they didn’t run endless pieces about e.g. why everyone is talking about avocado talc, written by someone called Avocado Talcum-Powder.
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Guardian’s whole ‘please fund us because this is a fight against evil’ shtick would be more persuasive if they didn’t run endless pieces about e.g. why everyone is talking about avocado talc, written by someone called Avocado Talcum-Powder.
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Hey Gentle Sentients, I know this has flown under everyone’s radar and that no-one at all has commented upon it, but Thunderbolts really isn’t bad at all! In fact, it’s rather good. Who knew? Hurrah!
August 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hey Gentle Sentients, I know this has flown under everyone’s radar and that no-one at all has commented upon it, but Thunderbolts really isn’t bad at all! In fact, it’s rather good. Who knew? Hurrah!
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London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline.
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline
“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames mud for historic artefacts battle each other.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline.
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
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Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
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AB B♭A
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
August 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
AB B♭A
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A rift in the fabric of reality somewhere near Chelmsford? It must be Broken Veil. I had a fascinating chat with @gralefrit.bsky.social and @willmac23.bsky.social about their brilliant podcast, written for (and with lots of love for) @forteantimes.bsky.social
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/08/12/w...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/08/12/w...
Will Maclean, Joel Morris and Broken Veil
“Somebody said to me that it’s like Detectorists meets The X Files,” smiles Will Maclean. “And as far as I’m concerned, there is no higher praise.”
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A rift in the fabric of reality somewhere near Chelmsford? It must be Broken Veil. I had a fascinating chat with @gralefrit.bsky.social and @willmac23.bsky.social about their brilliant podcast, written for (and with lots of love for) @forteantimes.bsky.social
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/08/12/w...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/08/12/w...
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Neil Woodford and fund fined £46mn for management failures on.ft.com/4l8bYUN
Neil Woodford and fund fined £46mn for management failures
UK regulator issued provisional penalties against former star manager following collapse of his equity fund in 2019
on.ft.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Neil Woodford and fund fined £46mn for management failures on.ft.com/4l8bYUN
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It's probably too much to hope for that some of the people in this piece sue the arses off the Salt Path couple, but given that they are straight-up libelled by Raynor Winn, I'd love to see them go for it. (repost because apparently I can't type without making, um, typos.)
The Salt Path: portrayals that left a sour taste
Locals speak of their shock at the way they have been characterised in the bestselling book
observer.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's probably too much to hope for that some of the people in this piece sue the arses off the Salt Path couple, but given that they are straight-up libelled by Raynor Winn, I'd love to see them go for it. (repost because apparently I can't type without making, um, typos.)