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Peter W
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Tea drinker in love/hate relationship with coffee, owned by a cat. Doctor Who and Star Trek fan.
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Did Microslop have AI create this status message about an M365 issue?

It reads just like someone didn’t check the output after saying rewrite this to make it longer: “Root cause: A portion of dependent service infrastructure in the North America region isn’t processing traffic as expected.”
Current status: During our ongoing efforts to rebalance traffic across the region, we introduced a targeted load balancing configuration change intended to expedite the recovery process, which incidentally introduced additional traffic imbalances associated with persistent impact for a portion of the affected infrastructure. We're remedying our load balancing configurations while, in parallel, reviewing the viability of expediting our ongoing incremental rebalancing and recovery efforts.
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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F’book was bad enough with fake accounts trolling and spamming in groups. Apparently you can now use nicknames to hide your identity. You can bet anyone using these is already hiding behind a locked account.
A screenshot of a popup on Facebook. &10;&10;Customise your own nickname&10;Now you can use a nickname to post, comment and react anonymously in your groups
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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The best way to keep reality at bay.
An enamel badge pinned on a blue and white shirt. The badge has the image of an open book in the bottom right corner and says - A book a day keeps reality away.
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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My coffee machine stopped working and I decided not to replace it. I switched to pour over coffees again and it’s all I need at home.

Bought myself a new stovetop kettle and it’s so much better for controlling water flow across the coffee. I’m a simple man, little things like this make me happy.
A silvery metal kettle sitting on a red trivet on top of a kitchen bench. The kettle is shaped sort of like an inverted cone and has a long thin curved spout from the bottom. The handle is wood as is the round handle on the lid.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Merry jolly red hat day! 🎅🏻🎄

Santa decided I made the Nice list this year and could have a present. He knew exactly what I wanted. 🖖🏻

#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
The box for the Lego Star Trek Enterprise D set.
December 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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🐕 This is Nala.

Nala knows she is not allowed inside.

Nala did circuits of the table under the house then rolled on her back for belly rubs.
A dog called Nala sitting on tiles with part of a room behind her. Looking up at the camera with big brown eyes she has dark fur on her upper body and big fluffy tail. A white underbelly and light brown fur around her face.
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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It would be rude not to go in. 📚
A chalk noticeboard on a footpath outside a shop door. The board says - If you need a sign to visit the bookstore this is it.
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Contemplating life and the dilemma of staying in her cool(ish) spot or jumping down on the bug crawling along the ground. 🐱🐈‍⬛
A black and white cat called Ali sitting on a large black box, a white wall behind. A tuxedo cat, her body and head are black and her underside, around her mouth and the bottom half of her legs are white. She is looking down at something out of picture.
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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‘Tis the season.
A badge pinned on a green and white shirt. The badge is a six pointed snowflake, gingerbread brown background and white lines to pop the snowflake shape out.
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Finally got around to putting the Christmas decoration out at home.
A small white chicken figurine. The chicken looks like it is sitting down as no legs are visible. It has big googly eyes, and is wearing a red bow tie and a Santa hat.&10;&10;It’s sitting on a tv unit with a white top and wood beneath. Behind it is a black Sonos speaker.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Two hours, 249 steps, two beers, and a 27.3cm scaled up Santa mini figure appears.

#Lego #Christmas #Santa
Lego pieces sitting on a white table with the build guide behind it. The guide shows a Santa mini figure on the cover. A Lego Santa standing on a table. It’s based on a standard Santa mini figure but has been scaled up to 27.3cm in height.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Team planning morning and they have a habit of getting way down into the micro detail. I’ve told them they need to stay big picture and I’ll be ringing the bell if they don’t.
A bell sitting on an open notepad with a red pen laying in front of it. The bell has a black handle and a yellow base with “Ring for a hug” on it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I really need adult supervision when I go to the comics and collectibles shop at Chermside. I had none today and the Doctor Who collection just increased.

I’m happy though so pfft to supervision.

#DoctorWho
A rectangular box with a clear plastic window showing three silver cybermen and a cybermat inside it. The box has the BBC Doctor Who logo in the top left corner. Along the bottom is “The Fourth Doctor” and “Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) Collector Figure Set”. The bottom right corner has a gold “Limited Edition” and on the right hand side it indicates 5.5”/14cm scale.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Carrot Weather sounding a cautionary note about the downside of switching to solar energy.
A screenshot from the Carrot Weather app. The temperature is 19°c at the top and in the middle it says - If you switch to solar power, just remember you won’t be able to watch porn after dark.
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I have had family visiting since Wednesday night and have had to rearrange things in the apartment a bit. The Cat is not a fan of the changes or all these people in her space.

Not a good #Caturday for her.
A black and white cat sitting on top of a bookcase glaring at something across the room.
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Today is a normal, albeit rainy, spring day. Yesterday was not, at 37°c it wasn’t even a normal summer day. Very happy a change has come through.
A screenshot of part of the Carrot Weather app which says - Today will be 16° cooler than yesterday.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Being from Australia I’m a firm believer in Halloween being imported US nonsense. However, I don’t do bah humbug at work and go along with whatever is planned.

My contribution will be these two meerkats on my desk thanks to the Aldi aisle of dreams (special buys) this weekend. 🎃
Two plaster models of meerkats, about 20cm in height. The one on the left is wearing a pumpkin like a barrel, with the cut off top as a hat. The one on the right has a purple witches hat and cloak and is standing behind a black cauldron they’re stirring with a big ladle.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Trying out some new tea I picked up from McIver’s shop at the Victoria Markets in Melbourne.

I picked the (It’s A) Bolshie Brew mainly because of the name. It has a good smokey flavour which isn’t overpowering and is a blend of Lapsang and Assam.

The Miner’s Tea is very similar to Yorkshire tea.
Two brown paper packages with tea inside. The labelling is the same for both and the top has two lines - “McIVER’S” and “Tea & Coffee Merchants” underneath. The bottom half has the name of the tea and indicates the tea blend and where it was blended. The packet on the left is “(It’s a) Bolshie Brew” and on the right is “Miner’s Tea”.
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Happy Tuesday!
A small noticeboard in a foyer. It says “Happy Tuesday! Why don’t tigers eat clowns? Because they taste funny!” There’s a hand drawn clown at the bottom.
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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WFH is tiring. The supervisor was sleeping on the job today. 🐱🐈
A black and white cat called Ali asleep on her bed. The bed is a lambs wool topper from a mattress thrown over the top platform of an old cat tree. A blue wall is in the background.
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The new Translink app is a garbage bin fire. You can’t even look up a timetable within the app, it sends you out to a browser. Whoever developed this rubbish should give their fees back. I quickly switched back to the old one but sadly it has finally been removed.
A screenshot with a message saying - Please upgrade MyTranslink. MyTranslink is no longer available. Please download the new Translink app.
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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By this I mean everything.
An enamel badge pinned on jacket. The badge has a black background and in yellow all caps letters says - I am not okay with this
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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“Move your leg again and I’m going to get the claws out” vibe. 🐱🐈

#Caturday
A black and white cat called Ali laying on a multi coloured crochet blanket. Her head is resting on a persons leg under the blanket and she is looking at the camera. One paw is stretched out and laying on top of the same leg under the blanket.
September 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Couldn’t resist this bin chicken (Ibis) badge I found at the Queensland State Library shop.
An enamel badge shaped like the Ibis bird pinned to a jacket.
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Off to do battle (work).
An enamel badge on a blue check jacket. The badge is snoopy as the WWI flying ace sitting/flying his red kennel.
September 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM