AdrianAtterbury
@notupmytrousersyoudont.com
Specialist Biomedical Scientist (Microbiology).
- Will science for cash.
- Come follow me, you won't learn anything but we'll have a blast.
- Will science for cash.
- Come follow me, you won't learn anything but we'll have a blast.
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I have also coined Atterbury's Law: If a system is working to the benefit of all concerned, somewhere nearby will be a small group of people working their absolute hardest to find ways to fuck it up.
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What im proud I did in 2025:
* A great many storytelling performances. (Y’know, work!)
* Showing up.
* Running a years worth of free storytelling workshops in London.
* Only eating quality junk food.
* Loving the wonder, weirdness and curiosity of human stories. #newyear #oldyear
* A great many storytelling performances. (Y’know, work!)
* Showing up.
* Running a years worth of free storytelling workshops in London.
* Only eating quality junk food.
* Loving the wonder, weirdness and curiosity of human stories. #newyear #oldyear
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Going to start my book The Wasteland: A Biography of a Poem. But first, I'm going to listen to The Wasteland, read by Robert Speaight. Not sure when the record is from, but this Speaight cat died in 1974, so a while back. Spoken word vinyl is the best.
December 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Going to start my book The Wasteland: A Biography of a Poem. But first, I'm going to listen to The Wasteland, read by Robert Speaight. Not sure when the record is from, but this Speaight cat died in 1974, so a while back. Spoken word vinyl is the best.
Didn't realise this was Martin Parr. If you feel like being happy, watch this 20min documentary on the gloriously unchanging Teddy Gray's sweet factory in Dudley. How they make Humbugs and rock will blow your prefrontal cortex like a 3 amp fuse.
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc?...
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc?...
Documentary / Martin Parr - Teddy Gray's Sweet Factory / Multistory
YouTube video by Multistory
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December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn't realise this was Martin Parr. If you feel like being happy, watch this 20min documentary on the gloriously unchanging Teddy Gray's sweet factory in Dudley. How they make Humbugs and rock will blow your prefrontal cortex like a 3 amp fuse.
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc?...
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc?...
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"Custer's Retreat" by Jim Denomie (of course) at the Walker
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"Custer's Retreat" by Jim Denomie (of course) at the Walker
Well worth reading. Imagine what this piece of shit is like behind closed doors.
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well worth reading. Imagine what this piece of shit is like behind closed doors.
Still got coffee though.
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Still got coffee though.
Grey, grey morning.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Grey, grey morning.
I watched A Few Good Men for the first time last night. Really enjoyed it, but the baseball thing to make Tom Cruise's character quirky was annoying and the bit the whole ending needed of Jack Nicholson suddenly blurting something specific was silly.
December 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I watched A Few Good Men for the first time last night. Really enjoyed it, but the baseball thing to make Tom Cruise's character quirky was annoying and the bit the whole ending needed of Jack Nicholson suddenly blurting something specific was silly.
Just for the hell of it, I didn't pre heat the oven to bake this loaf, stuck it in cold and gave it an extra five minutes. Seems fine.
December 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just for the hell of it, I didn't pre heat the oven to bake this loaf, stuck it in cold and gave it an extra five minutes. Seems fine.
Oh Christ, 90s Brighton where people (men) at parties would tell you they were "a DJ" with gravitas and then pause for a reaction like they'd just cured cancer.
Grown men who think they're DJs & own 'decks', announcing "i'll bring my decks!" at parties are the man baby equivalent of toddlers shouting "Look At Me Mummy! I'm Really Good On The Swings!" Genuine believing they're talented musicians. Very very cringe.
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh Christ, 90s Brighton where people (men) at parties would tell you they were "a DJ" with gravitas and then pause for a reaction like they'd just cured cancer.
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This graph is killing me.
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This graph is killing me.
My nephew is training to become a primary school teacher. He's been telling me some insane stories. One child collects Henry Hoovers. He has 37 Henry Hoovers in the family attic. Also Henry schoolbag and clothes. I am tempted by a Henry though, I hate buying vacuum cleaners and they do last.
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My nephew is training to become a primary school teacher. He's been telling me some insane stories. One child collects Henry Hoovers. He has 37 Henry Hoovers in the family attic. Also Henry schoolbag and clothes. I am tempted by a Henry though, I hate buying vacuum cleaners and they do last.
My Christmas chocolate strategy has been to cane it all in one day. I believed it to be the healthiest option at the time.
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My Christmas chocolate strategy has been to cane it all in one day. I believed it to be the healthiest option at the time.
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
One of those days where families all go for a walk together, ten abreast across the entire promenade, as though being outdoors among other people is something new to them.
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One of those days where families all go for a walk together, ten abreast across the entire promenade, as though being outdoors among other people is something new to them.
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It’s a beautiful day in the Land of Song. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and I’m in my dressing gown watching Clash of the Titans.
December 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s a beautiful day in the Land of Song. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and I’m in my dressing gown watching Clash of the Titans.
Yeah? Well go and put it on and THEN come back and try and criticise. #nowplaying
December 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Yeah? Well go and put it on and THEN come back and try and criticise. #nowplaying
Wow! Must have been Donald Trump. He can even stop wars while he's asleep.
Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes
Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes
Two countries pledge in joint statement to halt all forms of attacks and further troop deployments in long-running dispute over contested territory
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate” ceasefire, pledging to end weeks of deadly border clashes that have killed more than 100 people and displaced more than half a million on both sides.
In a joint statement, the two south-east Asian neighbours said the ceasefire would take effect on Saturday at noon local time and involve “all types of weapons, including attacks on civilians, civilian objects and infrastructures, and military objectives of either side, in all cases and all areas”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wow! Must have been Donald Trump. He can even stop wars while he's asleep.
Have a peaceful half a sunrise from 40 mins ago. Trigger warning, it finishes before it's fully up so if you didn't like the ending to Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, be prepared.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Have a peaceful half a sunrise from 40 mins ago. Trigger warning, it finishes before it's fully up so if you didn't like the ending to Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, be prepared.
I don't know if it's a contrarian view, but I think sunrise might actually look better when there's a few clouds around to keep the sky blue and bounce the light about. This just looks like a nearby star on an orange horizon and you can get that on any planet.
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I don't know if it's a contrarian view, but I think sunrise might actually look better when there's a few clouds around to keep the sky blue and bounce the light about. This just looks like a nearby star on an orange horizon and you can get that on any planet.
Pre sunrise coffee.
December 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Pre sunrise coffee.
It's lovely to see everyone, but this is my favourite part of Christmas: as far away from Christmas as you can get.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It's lovely to see everyone, but this is my favourite part of Christmas: as far away from Christmas as you can get.
My sister in law is a chef, so it goes without saying that her kitchen cookbook shelf is something to behold.
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My sister in law is a chef, so it goes without saying that her kitchen cookbook shelf is something to behold.
My nephew is the Earl of Gloucester this year in the traditional family play of King Lear.
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My nephew is the Earl of Gloucester this year in the traditional family play of King Lear.
Sorry Walter, you said number three quickly, what was it again?
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Sorry Walter, you said number three quickly, what was it again?