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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does this mean there's a new Tim book due out? ;-)

Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We fairly randomly ended up stopping there last year, without even knowing it existed. I mean we knew the services existed, obviously... It's a glorious bit of dilapidated genius, and I'm delighted how many others see that!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Where does one go to join this cult? Because it definitely feels like my kind of cult.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Actually the kitchen is quite cool in the evening, sun is only on it in the morning

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That particular system is really only for pots - I think it would struggle to shift the volume for a whole garden.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Looming can be a wonderful defuser. I think idiots having to tilt their heads back to see me causes blood to follow back into their rational thought centres!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don't normally abuse my "ridiculously tall bearded bloke" powers, but it's nice to see that they still seem to convey "this is a bad idea" when exerted in someone's personal space.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Much celebration as we finally enter the 21st century and have fibre all the way to the house. I have to say, the installation was *way* smoother than the FTTC which involved a man from OpenReach glaring at his various testing tools and muttering a lot.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It seemed best to try and encourage him out. I don't think the fly-zapper tennis racket would have quite worked...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And just about the first thing gamers did once MUDs were invented, was to invent sexting.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I do hope you hum Clannad as you read it...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

That does took a touch more ... moist than is ideal.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I can't quite decide if it's better or worse that it was my own damn fault - I mean at least the freezer is fine (and sparklingly clean!) now

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Says something that the #satire tag is necessary :)

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have these people never read *any* SciFi?!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Those are the best Sundays

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Is it cheaper to get one that spontaneously combusts, plus a really good fire extinguisher? :-)

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's at times like this that I reflect on the moment 6 years ago when we looked at the quote for proper A/C and decided it was an excessive luxury and that "Wales is cooler than London anyway". Past me really can be an idiot sometimes.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

There is something deliciously relaxing and Sunday-evening about Canal Boat Diaries.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Science tells us that swearing is a sign of intelligence, apparently.

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 08/06/2026

Scanning tech would turn every phone into a surveillance device ⚠️ Ministers may claim this is to stop children sharing intimate images. But it means forcing every adult through a digital ID checkpoint and scanning all private images by default. Once the infrastructure exists, it will be expanded.

theguardian.com

Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I mean he had seconds, and he is not a man to politely have seconds of something he doesn't like...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Far too many petals :-)

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Welcome to the Brave New World!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

For hair, the Sebo is better than even our old Pet Miele - had a powered head that really picks stuff up. Not cheap, but from memory not silly money.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

He also sold his own house to fund the Homeless World Cup in 2019. Just in case you didn't love him enough already :-)

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

David Attenborough and one of his creations.

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rankamateur @rankamateur.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

So exactly how much peaceful protest against genocide is too much protest against genocide? Jewish people *must* feel safe and free to be themselves. This is not the way.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Another Bandcamp Friday; the last few months I've rounded out my @cosmograf.bsky.social collection, and gone a little shopping-crazy with the magnificent Comedy of Errors (comedyoferrors.bandcamp.com/music); any other prog-adjacent folk deserving of any money I have left after buying more IQ stuff?!

comedyoferrors.bandcamp.com

Comedy Of Errors

Fate Decides....Only The Mighty, Disobey. From Glasgow Scotland, Comedy Of Errors are a 5 piece progressive rock band playing in their own distinctive style ..featuring.. Jim Johnston - songwriter, ...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I mean I wouldn't ride on them or give them any money, but I'm still happy to admire them going by. Luckily we have some lovely local lines I can ride on, and they don't have any money from anyone ;-)

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Doesn't stop it being a beautiful engine, but yeah it's a regrettable circumstance. I'll save you from a picture of 60532 "Blue Peter" that's due past tomorrow though /sigh

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Wow, shrinkflation had even started to impact public transport...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Remember Day Of The Triffids, and pack a flamethrower too.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I can *only* assume that the new owners took one look at the code and/or data and were so terrified by the vulnerabilities / legal liabilities of leaving it online they pulled it down on the spot. Which is, of course, only made worse by the radio silence and outright lies...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

But for that you get to keep the surgeons on staff for life, right?

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My dad told us all that ice cream vans play music when they've run out of ice cream.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

ISTR Sting wrote a song about that :-)

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In any other time, yes. These days, you could just shrug and gesture helplessly at the world...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Did you at least pack your geiger counter?

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Popped into a new (to me) garden centre, and it took me longer than it should have to realise how perfect the name of their coffee shop was...

A sign for Sunnydale Garden Centre, which contains Willows Coffee Shop

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

You can import it from Japan, but it does come out a bit more expensive...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In summer you use your waste DC heat to drive steam turbines, to generate power for your DC.

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Looking at the map, I can't help thinking... how?!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Weirdly, I heard some blokes talking about this in a coffee shop in Abergavenny this morning...

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I mean... that's still a rather nice bill. It'd barely cover our standing charge!

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It's so they can more easily assimilate cats

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Pete @ahnlak.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do you, too, have something hanging at home with bills and invoices dating back to some time in the 80s? :-)

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