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Rik M
@spetsdad.bsky.social
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He/him (for want of anything better). Business Analyst. Ex-programmer. Archer (resting). Knitter. Sometime leathercrafter. Husband and father.
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When some designer forgets how traffic lights work...
Inside the Odyssey, some decorative traffic signals show red, amber and a green arrow simultaneously
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Think I'd go with...
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Screenshot of Sam Friedman's profile showing: User blocked by "Jesse Singal Followers Blocklist" Labels: Worked for Michael Gove Worked for the Independent Schools Council Private School - St Paul's School
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Wait, when did we get a boot scraper...?
A rotund hedgehog lurks, just in front of our doorstep, trying hard to pretend that we can't actually see it...
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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It does tend to throw up some nice juxtapositions...
Screenshot of the "For You" feed on Bsky... A Stella Sacco post on a video of a pig being washed: "This is complete hogwash" Above a reactiveashley post: "I just skimmed through the intervention by Sex Matters in GLP v EHRC."
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Which made me think of this...
a chicken... With 3d printed arms (in a "muscle" pose). Yes, it's as silly as it sounds...
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Bluesky showing "Internal Server Error"
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I'm guessing Sussex NHS didn't like it. Let's see if it makes a difference when it goes back up...
A Sophie Molly article on Bylines has been "temporarily withdrawn while we give Sussex ICB the right to reply".
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I *didn't* block him...
Screenshot showing the OP *muted*...
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Seeing "post the best album of 1989" chains on here, and the *only* album I recall is...🤷
Cover of "The Sensual World" - Kate Bush
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Just when you think you know about beaches... The one I'm currently walking on is not "sand" in the sense I'm used to. Tiny bits of calcified seaweed which break up when they die...
Bright sand and clear water with some weed nearby, rocks in the middle distance Trá an dóilín ("Coral Strand"), looking out to sea. Bright yellow sand, rocks to the left and right and rich brown weed providing contrast against the "coral" sand
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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My youngest's gladius, my eldest's Witcher tie-in, and my own (street legal) pocket knife
Damascus steel gladius, wooden handle with brass fittings Witcher blade, damascus steel. Twisted cross hilt and a double wolf-head pommel Damascus steel pocket knife, with a tanto point, bone side pieces
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Mine is more...
Pre-sunrise picture. Looking east across the water on the south coast of Connemara. Grey clouds obscure the horizon, with the hills on the other side disappearing as they head further east. Higher up, they are lit from underneath, in shades of pink and orange.
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Scarfolk poster. Black and white picture of a hand, finger pointing directly at you. Large text underneath, white on a black background: "No*" Fine print in white, at the bottom of the poster: "*No For more information please reread this poster"
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Damn. Temptation struck...
A packet of chocolatey goodness. "Forest Feast" sour cherries in dark chocolate
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Best one liner in movie history (shitpost version)
"Puny god!"
October 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"Yemma", surely?
Ancient social media exchange: (muffled tooting)@jimpjorps the good news: we finally have solid confirmation on how "gif" is pronounced the bad news: <the Old English word gif 'if' (pronounced "yiff")> 12:31 PM-20 Apr 2016 proudblackconservative No. ace-pervert yes princewonderland YES yourownpetard This is the language equivalent of King Solomon suggesting cutting the baby in half
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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8 pictures of Karl Urban, from Dredd through Thor and LOTR to Star Trek Text heading: "I think we've all seen Karl Urban at some point in our lives without knowing that Karl Urban was..."
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Bsky post options...
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Realistic Indiana Jones Movies Indiana Jones and the tomb that had already been looted by robbers in the 19th century Indiana Jones and Pottery Fragment #1478 Indiana Jones and the site discovered under somebody's house, so there was no way to actually dig it Indiana Jones and the famous treasure that actually turned out to be an ancient chamber pot Indiana Jones and the temple of maybe three damaged columns Indiana Jones and the intro to archaeology class that didn't give a shit and just wanted to pass for the general education credit
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Going through saved memes with my daughter last night and re-discovered this gem...
Picture of an ant at a water surface, with text: "You can tell if ant's gender by putting it in water. If it sinks, girl ant. If it floats..."
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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The wikipedia article on catapults seemed to agree with you until I got to this bit...
(Probably written by a Brit 😀)
Text of screenshot: Toys, sports, entertainment In the 1840s, the invention of vulcanized rubber allowed the making of small hand-held catapults, either improvised from Y-shaped sticks or manufactured for sale; both were popular with children and teenagers. These devices were also known as slingshots in the United States.
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Remembering this innovation, from 2020ish...
The model wears a surgical mask, custom printed to look like it's under his nose, when it is not
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Moon through clouds, this evening
#thePhotoHour
#StormHour
The moon through the clouds The cloudscape is backlit and the moon's disk visible, though veiled Shades of grey, silver and some haloed colour effects (blues and yellows)
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM