Nile
@hairyears.bsky.social
Archetypal Geek, perpetrates puns and Limericks, did a bit of Aikido.
My profile pic is a male Green-Eyed Flower Bee; the profile header is a female Orange-Tipped Mining Bee: both were photographed close to home on Wanstead Flats, in suburban East London
My profile pic is a male Green-Eyed Flower Bee; the profile header is a female Orange-Tipped Mining Bee: both were photographed close to home on Wanstead Flats, in suburban East London
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Nile
@hairyears.bsky.social
· May 11
An introduction: or, a reminder that I'm the same Hairyears you've encountered elsewhere.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
Another working year begins: off to the trading floor, fortified by a breakfast of Christmas duck crackling and panettoni.
...And coffee: lots of coffee.
I've been far too quiet and introverted for the past year; 2026 needs to be a year of reconnecting.
...And coffee: lots of coffee.
I've been far too quiet and introverted for the past year; 2026 needs to be a year of reconnecting.
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Another working year begins: off to the trading floor, fortified by a breakfast of Christmas duck crackling and panettoni.
...And coffee: lots of coffee.
I've been far too quiet and introverted for the past year; 2026 needs to be a year of reconnecting.
...And coffee: lots of coffee.
I've been far too quiet and introverted for the past year; 2026 needs to be a year of reconnecting.
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
CW: UK politics, vituperation, and a Limerick.
My, what a pleasure it isn't to receive a personally-addressed letter from C*ntinuity UKIP.
They want me to tell them what I think of them, and they have supplied a prepaid envelope.
*Clears throat*
...Are you sitting comfortably?
My, what a pleasure it isn't to receive a personally-addressed letter from C*ntinuity UKIP.
They want me to tell them what I think of them, and they have supplied a prepaid envelope.
*Clears throat*
...Are you sitting comfortably?
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
CW: UK politics, vituperation, and a Limerick.
My, what a pleasure it isn't to receive a personally-addressed letter from C*ntinuity UKIP.
They want me to tell them what I think of them, and they have supplied a prepaid envelope.
*Clears throat*
...Are you sitting comfortably?
My, what a pleasure it isn't to receive a personally-addressed letter from C*ntinuity UKIP.
They want me to tell them what I think of them, and they have supplied a prepaid envelope.
*Clears throat*
...Are you sitting comfortably?
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UBI will need to be supported by infrastructure changes: nationalised utilities, public transport, repaired NHS; caps on prices for all necessities; eliminate education fees
Otherwise the landlords, supermarkets and other monopolists will just extract it all and leave us where we started
Otherwise the landlords, supermarkets and other monopolists will just extract it all and leave us where we started
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
UBI will need to be supported by infrastructure changes: nationalised utilities, public transport, repaired NHS; caps on prices for all necessities; eliminate education fees
Otherwise the landlords, supermarkets and other monopolists will just extract it all and leave us where we started
Otherwise the landlords, supermarkets and other monopolists will just extract it all and leave us where we started
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I hope this email finds you well.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and no worries if not.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and don't forget to like and subscribe.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I hope this email finds you well.
The season of denial is over: it's 'a bit chilly at night' and we've deployed…
THE WINTER DUVET
The duvet cover slid on, in a comical struggle that nearly trapped us in a 13.5 TOG nested Klein Bottle.
But we won, and it's like sleeping under a warm and fluffy event horizon.
No, really…
THE WINTER DUVET
The duvet cover slid on, in a comical struggle that nearly trapped us in a 13.5 TOG nested Klein Bottle.
But we won, and it's like sleeping under a warm and fluffy event horizon.
No, really…
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The season of denial is over: it's 'a bit chilly at night' and we've deployed…
THE WINTER DUVET
The duvet cover slid on, in a comical struggle that nearly trapped us in a 13.5 TOG nested Klein Bottle.
But we won, and it's like sleeping under a warm and fluffy event horizon.
No, really…
THE WINTER DUVET
The duvet cover slid on, in a comical struggle that nearly trapped us in a 13.5 TOG nested Klein Bottle.
But we won, and it's like sleeping under a warm and fluffy event horizon.
No, really…
So Glinner's been nicked for hate speech, and his bail conditions insist that he must stay off **itter.
He hardly needs to, for his friends in the media - venomous denizens of the leguminous aether - are trumpeting and burbling in support.
I hope they all asphyxiate in their mephitic exhalations.
He hardly needs to, for his friends in the media - venomous denizens of the leguminous aether - are trumpeting and burbling in support.
I hope they all asphyxiate in their mephitic exhalations.
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So Glinner's been nicked for hate speech, and his bail conditions insist that he must stay off **itter.
He hardly needs to, for his friends in the media - venomous denizens of the leguminous aether - are trumpeting and burbling in support.
I hope they all asphyxiate in their mephitic exhalations.
He hardly needs to, for his friends in the media - venomous denizens of the leguminous aether - are trumpeting and burbling in support.
I hope they all asphyxiate in their mephitic exhalations.
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Scientists believe we may be as much as four generations away from self-awareness in tech bros
August 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Scientists believe we may be as much as four generations away from self-awareness in tech bros
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Canada is getting new Covid vaccines. Place your bets on whether they reach the UK...
Health Canada approves updated Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for fall
Health Canada has authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and BioNTech and by Moderna for use this respiratory virus season.
www.cp24.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Canada is getting new Covid vaccines. Place your bets on whether they reach the UK...
Trundling up to Leicester today, on a route via Corby that I’ve never travelled in daylight.
It's a fascinating landscape!
Tall viaducts carry the railway over steep valleys that look like collapsed caves - chalk or limestone? - not at all what I'd expect in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
It's a fascinating landscape!
Tall viaducts carry the railway over steep valleys that look like collapsed caves - chalk or limestone? - not at all what I'd expect in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
July 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trundling up to Leicester today, on a route via Corby that I’ve never travelled in daylight.
It's a fascinating landscape!
Tall viaducts carry the railway over steep valleys that look like collapsed caves - chalk or limestone? - not at all what I'd expect in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
It's a fascinating landscape!
Tall viaducts carry the railway over steep valleys that look like collapsed caves - chalk or limestone? - not at all what I'd expect in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
Have a Friday afternoon picture of a bee...
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July 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Have a Friday afternoon picture of a bee...
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Desultory rumbles of thunder, here in London: but a quick look at LightningMap.org shows an extraordinarily active electric storm over Kent:
www.lightningmaps.org?lang=en#x=0....;
www.lightningmaps.org?lang=en#x=0....;
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Desultory rumbles of thunder, here in London: but a quick look at LightningMap.org shows an extraordinarily active electric storm over Kent:
www.lightningmaps.org?lang=en#x=0....;
www.lightningmaps.org?lang=en#x=0....;
There are devout and pious individuals at my place of work who, on hearing the exclamation "HOLY SHIT!!!", will solemnly intone "Bless the flush, the brush, the bogroll and the air-freshener, too".
June 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There are devout and pious individuals at my place of work who, on hearing the exclamation "HOLY SHIT!!!", will solemnly intone "Bless the flush, the brush, the bogroll and the air-freshener, too".
Time for me to post a snapshot of what I do in my spare time: I take photographs of wild bees.
Not honeybees: *wild* bees.
Today was my first sighting of a Wool Carder Bee, seen at the Roding Farm allotments in Wanstead, East London...
Not honeybees: *wild* bees.
Today was my first sighting of a Wool Carder Bee, seen at the Roding Farm allotments in Wanstead, East London...
May 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Time for me to post a snapshot of what I do in my spare time: I take photographs of wild bees.
Not honeybees: *wild* bees.
Today was my first sighting of a Wool Carder Bee, seen at the Roding Farm allotments in Wanstead, East London...
Not honeybees: *wild* bees.
Today was my first sighting of a Wool Carder Bee, seen at the Roding Farm allotments in Wanstead, East London...
An introduction: or, a reminder that I'm the same Hairyears you've encountered elsewhere.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
May 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An introduction: or, a reminder that I'm the same Hairyears you've encountered elsewhere.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
• I am A Bit Geeky.
• I'm a bit quieter than you remember.
• The Puns are now even worse.
• The Limericks are even filthier.
• I encode Old Enochian into Excel spreadsheets for a living.
Any pronouns will do.
He's here. Seal off the building.
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He's here. Seal off the building.