Bob Taylor
@jakeybob.bsky.social
Recovering physicist and public health epi/data wonk. Obsessive pen purchaser. Opinions are mine, not sure who else would want them.
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middle-aged things which happened to me today include a) trying to teach myself knitting but somehow an HDMI cable ended up in the yarn, and b) put Voltarol on my toothbrush #winning
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
middle-aged things which happened to me today include a) trying to teach myself knitting but somehow an HDMI cable ended up in the yarn, and b) put Voltarol on my toothbrush #winning
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The staircase *really* isn’t very enthusiastic about anyone stepping on it…
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The staircase *really* isn’t very enthusiastic about anyone stepping on it…
just set up a dummy x/twitter account purely to follow #scotrail (because it’s the only place they tell you anything about your borked train) and the default feed for a new user was:
* Elon Musk
* Alex Jones
* Kanye West
* Donald Trump
* Nigel Farage
* three pro DOGE meme accounts
Cool cool cool.
* Elon Musk
* Alex Jones
* Kanye West
* Donald Trump
* Nigel Farage
* three pro DOGE meme accounts
Cool cool cool.
February 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
just set up a dummy x/twitter account purely to follow #scotrail (because it’s the only place they tell you anything about your borked train) and the default feed for a new user was:
* Elon Musk
* Alex Jones
* Kanye West
* Donald Trump
* Nigel Farage
* three pro DOGE meme accounts
Cool cool cool.
* Elon Musk
* Alex Jones
* Kanye West
* Donald Trump
* Nigel Farage
* three pro DOGE meme accounts
Cool cool cool.
excellent AI interpretation of my handwritten biscotti recipe. Such a shame – I’m all out of seegas!
December 26, 2024 at 7:42 PM
excellent AI interpretation of my handwritten biscotti recipe. Such a shame – I’m all out of seegas!
today I am mostly wondering who would win in a fight between Tom Nook and the Duolingo owl. Tom Nook would fight dirty I think.
October 14, 2024 at 3:47 PM
today I am mostly wondering who would win in a fight between Tom Nook and the Duolingo owl. Tom Nook would fight dirty I think.
me, having just seen #Megalopolis
a woman in a gold dress is laying on a red couch and the word megalopolis is on the wall behind her
ALT: a woman in a gold dress is laying on a red couch and the word megalopolis is on the wall behind her
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
me, having just seen #Megalopolis
Now the Commonwealth Games are coming back to #Glasgow I can’t wait to see more of the totally not horrifying mascot, Clyde. youtu.be/QjxpOZJJcsg
Commonwealth Games Mascot Clyde
YouTube video by Malcolm Surgenor
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September 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Now the Commonwealth Games are coming back to #Glasgow I can’t wait to see more of the totally not horrifying mascot, Clyde. youtu.be/QjxpOZJJcsg
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why did no one tell me there’s a programming language called Brainfuck? I look forward to advocating for its use in the public health sphere.
brainfuck.org
brainfuck.org
some brainfuck fluff
Includes a complete language reference, plus my many brainfuck programs and some implementations and commentary.
brainfuck.org
August 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
why did no one tell me there’s a programming language called Brainfuck? I look forward to advocating for its use in the public health sphere.
brainfuck.org
brainfuck.org
how am I supposed to cheat my way through crosswords using this nonsense?!
January 15, 2024 at 12:46 PM
how am I supposed to cheat my way through crosswords using this nonsense?!
yes Apple Music Replay feels like it was assembled in Microsoft Forms but that’s all part of the *charm*
November 30, 2023 at 3:56 PM
yes Apple Music Replay feels like it was assembled in Microsoft Forms but that’s all part of the *charm*
this afternoon I will be mostly debugging the docker container that runs the virtual bridge which controls my twigs
November 18, 2023 at 1:31 PM
this afternoon I will be mostly debugging the docker container that runs the virtual bridge which controls my twigs