Keith Williams
@keithwilliams.bsky.social
CTO, gardener, sometime artist, lives in Old York. Really just here to read interesting threads and articles!
Had a temp job at York Council planning enforcement; they said “we have a project to build a database of enforcement cases in Word.”
“Why not Access?” asked I, remembering GCSE-level IT.
“Oh we haven’t been trained on that!” said they.
“I’m sure I can figure it out” I said.
“Why not Access?” asked I, remembering GCSE-level IT.
“Oh we haven’t been trained on that!” said they.
“I’m sure I can figure it out” I said.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Had a temp job at York Council planning enforcement; they said “we have a project to build a database of enforcement cases in Word.”
“Why not Access?” asked I, remembering GCSE-level IT.
“Oh we haven’t been trained on that!” said they.
“I’m sure I can figure it out” I said.
“Why not Access?” asked I, remembering GCSE-level IT.
“Oh we haven’t been trained on that!” said they.
“I’m sure I can figure it out” I said.
Saying goodbye to this gentle, ridiculous animal tomorrow. He’s had a good run, 15 years, 14 of them with us. I understand now why my parents didn’t want to go through this again after their last cats went.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Saying goodbye to this gentle, ridiculous animal tomorrow. He’s had a good run, 15 years, 14 of them with us. I understand now why my parents didn’t want to go through this again after their last cats went.
News article about a house that’s been upgraded to Passivhaus spec… and they’ve paved over the front garden
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
News article about a house that’s been upgraded to Passivhaus spec… and they’ve paved over the front garden
9 year old: “It’s no good, I’ve watched everything. It’s emergency measures.”
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Me: “Oh, ‘That Christmas’ - has it come to that?”
9yo: “I said it was desperate times”
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Me: “Oh, ‘That Christmas’ - has it come to that?”
9yo: “I said it was desperate times”
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
9 year old: “It’s no good, I’ve watched everything. It’s emergency measures.”
<click>
Me: “Oh, ‘That Christmas’ - has it come to that?”
9yo: “I said it was desperate times”
<click>
Me: “Oh, ‘That Christmas’ - has it come to that?”
9yo: “I said it was desperate times”
Love visiting Cragside in the autumn (whilst awkwardly hmm-hmmming away the arms dealer money that built it all)
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Love visiting Cragside in the autumn (whilst awkwardly hmm-hmmming away the arms dealer money that built it all)
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The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
New painting in progress. Would you believe this was a commission for my mum?
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New painting in progress. Would you believe this was a commission for my mum?
If you see this, post a concert picture you took
September 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you see this, post a concert picture you took
Well since AI is taking over digital, better get back to canvas and acrylics…
September 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Well since AI is taking over digital, better get back to canvas and acrylics…
Early morning dog walks have some perks
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Early morning dog walks have some perks
Not a bad haul for early autumn
September 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Not a bad haul for early autumn
Well, this makes up for the darker mornings
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Well, this makes up for the darker mornings
Back from holiday and, thankfully, our street is free of flags.
August 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Back from holiday and, thankfully, our street is free of flags.
Cut these back hard in June after they started to suffer from the heat - they’ve recovered beautifully
July 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cut these back hard in June after they started to suffer from the heat - they’ve recovered beautifully
Cherry tree was bountiful this year!
June 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Cherry tree was bountiful this year!
Feels appropriate to post this to BlueSky #LakeDistrict #Derwent
April 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Feels appropriate to post this to BlueSky #LakeDistrict #Derwent
I’ve been collecting the hardback #Discworld editions for a few years. Tonight I wanted to check something in Monstrous Regiment and realised it’d been bound upside-down. I feel PTerry would have approved of that somehow
March 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’ve been collecting the hardback #Discworld editions for a few years. Tonight I wanted to check something in Monstrous Regiment and realised it’d been bound upside-down. I feel PTerry would have approved of that somehow
This makes me happy
March 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This makes me happy
Let’s pull off the plywood fake wall, said Mrs Williams, what’s the worst we could find?
Damp. And spiders. 😭
Worryingly, that’s the base of the newel post that holds the stairs up…
Damp. And spiders. 😭
Worryingly, that’s the base of the newel post that holds the stairs up…
February 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Let’s pull off the plywood fake wall, said Mrs Williams, what’s the worst we could find?
Damp. And spiders. 😭
Worryingly, that’s the base of the newel post that holds the stairs up…
Damp. And spiders. 😭
Worryingly, that’s the base of the newel post that holds the stairs up…
Portrait of a dog waiting patiently for me to come get the ball so he can steal it before I get there
January 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Portrait of a dog waiting patiently for me to come get the ball so he can steal it before I get there
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A Libertarian vs Reality parable in one tweet (may contain leopards) .
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A Libertarian vs Reality parable in one tweet (may contain leopards) .
This is the vision: to make the open internet as hostile, as putrid as possible so that it’s *impossible* to navigate without an “AI assistant” - which can be monetised since it’ll know everything about you.
I’m stocking up on reference books and a card index…
I’m stocking up on reference books and a card index…
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is the vision: to make the open internet as hostile, as putrid as possible so that it’s *impossible* to navigate without an “AI assistant” - which can be monetised since it’ll know everything about you.
I’m stocking up on reference books and a card index…
I’m stocking up on reference books and a card index…
