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I read the news today, oh boy.

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06.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 5886 πŸ” 2035 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 100

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06.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a very good boy! πŸ˜πŸ€—

01.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed

28.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Golden Retriever smiling over his stuffed (and repaired) Winnie the Pooh.

Golden Retriever smiling over his stuffed (and repaired) Winnie the Pooh.

27.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A pale golden retriever (Charlie) asleep and cuddling his soft toy (Sully from Monsters Inc).

A pale golden retriever (Charlie) asleep and cuddling his soft toy (Sully from Monsters Inc).

I see a pattern here ...

22.02.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

25 reviews on StoryGraph so far and a stonking 4.67/5 average. I still want to write mine, which will be equally favourable - amazing book.

22.02.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Horror style image of Sooty costumed as Frankenstein. AI obviously, and I hate myself for doing this.

Horror style image of Sooty costumed as Frankenstein. AI obviously, and I hate myself for doing this.

Sootystein

20.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

About 3 eps in and thoroughly enjoying it. As well as some terrific writing, the production qualities and photography are way above what you'd expect.

20.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good call

20.02.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My father-in-law's family were poor, but the shaving brush his father gave him at sixteen was still in use up to the week he died in his eighties.

19.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh! 😒

17.02.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The job of engineers is not to deploy some technology but to build robust, reliable and sustainable (in all meanings of that word) solutions for real world problems based on requirements directly derived from people's needs. Even for an engineer technology comes second at best.

16.02.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 1297 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 11

The only "dun" I was aware of until now is from the Cattle Raid of Cooley where it certainly does refer to a brown cow (e.g. The Book of the Dun Cow).
Every day's a school day ...

16.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"One of the biggest barriers drivers still raise about EVs is charging time" - really should read as "...barriers non-EV drivers raise about ...".
It's something you rarely hear from drivers who own or routinely use an EV.

10.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't do party politics on here and you can have your own opinion of Starmer - good or bad - but what is undeniably the case is that Westminster journalists became massively invested in a hyped-up narrative of their own devising and debased political commentary in so doing.

09.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 605 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 7

Clearly a very good boy.

09.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Thatβ€˜s the spirit.

05.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 10909 πŸ” 3179 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh ....!

03.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sheer luck - masquerading as skill.

03.02.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's more like it!

Wordle 1,690 3/6

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03.02.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
January wrap up from StoryGraph. 
3 books, 894 pages
Tom Cox - Everything Will Swallow You
Hilary Mantel -The Giant O'Brien
Alastair Reynolds - Blue Remembered Earth
Average length 366, Average time to finish 15 days.

January wrap up from StoryGraph. 3 books, 894 pages Tom Cox - Everything Will Swallow You Hilary Mantel -The Giant O'Brien Alastair Reynolds - Blue Remembered Earth Average length 366, Average time to finish 15 days.

Didn't seem to give myself much reading time this month.

01.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was lucky enough to avoid the trap and sail through this one. Not brilliant, but quite satisfactory.

Wordle 1,688 4/6

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01.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shakin' Huxley - such class.😍

01.02.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aren't we all? 's why I'm here .. ❀️

31.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Stringer, with a base rail on top. ❀️

31.01.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think this was luck rather than skill, but I'll take it.

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30.01.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97505 πŸ” 40875 πŸ’¬ 4303 πŸ“Œ 5361

I've just read The Giant, O'Brien and it's quite an astonishing little book. Chapter 5 is notable for containing detailed instructions for grave-robbing. Full of muck, disease and the conflict between science and belief.

26.01.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0