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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 1d

Mive things on Monday. It has a ring to it.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 10d

I think toast is unfairly relegated to breakfast times. It’s a fine snack any time of day.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 13d

@clivethompson.bsky.social Have you seen this yet?

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 14d

If you see this, quote post a concert picture you took.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 18d

Imagine the face of a food writer when someone earnestly tells them they loved the recent lamb dish after substituting peanut butter for the roast leg.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · 27d

Is it just me, or is Alien: Earth actually (whisper it, gently, for this is fragile) … actually quite good?

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Sep 6

Not sure on the targeting though. Won’t Edge subscribers all already have a Switch 2?

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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · Sep 4

Outstanding news that should be shared.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 28

CONGRATULATIONS

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 28

“Look at who else is doing this. Do you want to be on their side? Do you?”

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 28

The capitalisation as well! Argh.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 28

Our junior designers keep deliberately doing this kind of awkward spacing too. I hate it and will continue to rail against it like an old man shouting at clouds.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 27

Now I want to know about the dead people posting on Instagram.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 24

The important thing is syntax. Word order. It’s a roll and sausage, never a sausage roll.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 24

Except not, because ‘roll’ is the accepted term north of the wall.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 21

Hey, @greatdismal.bsky.social - I think Hubertus Bigend has a new car.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 9

And in the middle of the Fringe, too. What fresh hell, indeed.

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 8

I firmly believe the best thing to make with blackcurrants is cassis. (I use the odd leftovers to make cheesecake.)

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 8

I’m terrified to contemplate what a bra going very Event Horizon might be like.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 6

Ha! I meant so the company ‘you’ could do better, not you personally. (Best of luck.)

Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 6

Can you turn up with lots of questions about the numbers instead? Or suggestions on where to start measuring the numbers so you can do this better next time?

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 6

Business idea: Mattress flipping as a service.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 6

Some can’t (or at least shouldn’t) be flipped. They have a right way up. Things I learned last time I shopped for new ones!

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 3

Okay, that certainly sounds more interesting than just popping slices of cucumber into G&Ts.

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Tony Blow @tonyblow.com · Aug 3

That looks marvellous! Good choice.

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