@lrbudd.bsky.social
Accounting software, I *think*.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Accounting software, I *think*.
A state to which we all aspire.
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
A state to which we all aspire.
Yeah, but if I was reading metada like that which included the words "by T Kingfisher" I would mentally append "and you will never sleep again"
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Yeah, but if I was reading metada like that which included the words "by T Kingfisher" I would mentally append "and you will never sleep again"
Perhaps a tiny little specialised laser that will zap bindweed and bugloss, without setting fire to the plants I actually like?
January 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Perhaps a tiny little specialised laser that will zap bindweed and bugloss, without setting fire to the plants I actually like?
My editorial policy on AI 'art' is that all submissions will be published as a 'What is wrong with this picture?' article, for everyone else to write in and complain about.
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
My editorial policy on AI 'art' is that all submissions will be published as a 'What is wrong with this picture?' article, for everyone else to write in and complain about.
It's the near miss with the submarine for me. (or not-miss, as the case may be).
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
It's the near miss with the submarine for me. (or not-miss, as the case may be).
See also, spending hours coming up with an acronym for your project that is a commonly used English word. It might be memorable, but what it won't be is searchable.
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
See also, spending hours coming up with an acronym for your project that is a commonly used English word. It might be memorable, but what it won't be is searchable.
And I have finally finished the Complicated Alteration on a thing I found in a charity shop, and started ages ago and put down, and now there are still the same number of small nice things, but one of them fits me :)
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
And I have finally finished the Complicated Alteration on a thing I found in a charity shop, and started ages ago and put down, and now there are still the same number of small nice things, but one of them fits me :)
Went round the SBS HQ once, as part of a merchant navy/RN security programme. The effect of them being so famously tightlipped was at least half our group were convinced the length of guttering we saw being carried somewhere must be a Top Sekrit Weapon. (Also, they serve the best BLT EVER.)
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Went round the SBS HQ once, as part of a merchant navy/RN security programme. The effect of them being so famously tightlipped was at least half our group were convinced the length of guttering we saw being carried somewhere must be a Top Sekrit Weapon. (Also, they serve the best BLT EVER.)
Coldest of comfort: I didn't vote for them (the non-Conservative option where I am is Lib Dem)
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Coldest of comfort: I didn't vote for them (the non-Conservative option where I am is Lib Dem)
Fucked if I know.
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Fucked if I know.
Hello, I am an unmarked plate glass window that used to be a solid door, and through which @lucyrbudd ran head first to catch a train.
January 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Hello, I am an unmarked plate glass window that used to be a solid door, and through which @lucyrbudd ran head first to catch a train.
Likewise; I thought it meant either that or 'pay up front and (hopefully) get reimbursed later'. Divided by a single language, again.
January 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Likewise; I thought it meant either that or 'pay up front and (hopefully) get reimbursed later'. Divided by a single language, again.
out of pocket.
.... hm.
.... hm.
January 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
out of pocket.
.... hm.
.... hm.
"I never hear people say "Happy new year when it comes" down here.
I do!
I do!
December 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"I never hear people say "Happy new year when it comes" down here.
I do!
I do!
"You're like human ChatGPT."
Reader, he lives. But only just
Reader, he lives. But only just
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"You're like human ChatGPT."
Reader, he lives. But only just
Reader, he lives. But only just
No name change required...
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No name change required...
It is. The first requires no name change from me at all (and if you can't get it after *that* I will be astonished); the second is Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson, but I've only just started it.
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It is. The first requires no name change from me at all (and if you can't get it after *that* I will be astonished); the second is Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson, but I've only just started it.
Schoolgirl, erstwhile Queen. Or if you want the ones I'm reading now, either ambassador of a country that no longer exists, or possibly the Yangtze river.
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Schoolgirl, erstwhile Queen. Or if you want the ones I'm reading now, either ambassador of a country that no longer exists, or possibly the Yangtze river.
Also, ADHD as anti-AI superpower. You think you can predict my next move, robot? Predict THIS (vanishes down six different rabbit holes simultaneously)
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Also, ADHD as anti-AI superpower. You think you can predict my next move, robot? Predict THIS (vanishes down six different rabbit holes simultaneously)
Another one for 'following'
December 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Another one for 'following'
THAT'S WHY I"M DOING IT!
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
THAT'S WHY I"M DOING IT!
I'm screenshotting that
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm screenshotting that
Conversely, my brother claims the quality of a Mountain Rescue response is in inverse proportion to the number of doctors on a team ("We've just got the one. Edale have *fourteen*.")
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Conversely, my brother claims the quality of a Mountain Rescue response is in inverse proportion to the number of doctors on a team ("We've just got the one. Edale have *fourteen*.")