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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hook, line, and sinker.

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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Postman came.
"Be Emergency Ready" government publication.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What am I missing? This is all very small beer...
Stock indices down 0.4 to 0.6%
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That time of year again. Next year we might have to try wine making.
A shit tonne of grapes.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sharing is caring
Cat on lap
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The problem with standing desks when you no longer want to stand.
A cat fast asleep on an office chair
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Bog dog
Our dog, covered in black mud
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Mr Clippy
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Too hot for dogs" can apply equally to the weather, and sausages.
Panting dog
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Socks with sandals/sliders is a generational thing.
Young people with socks, older people without.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What dismal reading about behind the scenes manouevring over Russia sanctions, agreement held up, amongst other things, by concerns about the price of... fish fingers. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Portugal and Germany force reversal on ban of cod imports because of fears over the price of fish fingers.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
No prizes for guessing which countries and leaders Noah Smith omits when considering 21st century baddies.
Email header: Who was the worst monster of the 20th century?
And who is the worst monster of the 21st?
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There is a lovely interview with Philippe Albert about his time under Kevin Keegan at #NUFC in the Guardian from 2019, a fitting tribute to a football hero. A different era. www.theguardian.com/football/201...
When we travelled back to Newcastle from London, we often had five or six hours to kill on the coach. On the way Steve Watson used to bring videos and Viz comics. Even if we didn’t understand everything, Kevin and the whole team were always laughing. On the way back, before we got on the motorway, Kevin used to stop the coach at a petrol station, go and buy some drinks out of his own pocket and bring them back for the team: red wine, white wine, lager, water, soft drinks. Then, when we passed a certain place on the M1, he would buy us all fish and chips.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No hard feelings from the England camp, with the FA sending all-you-can-eat vouchers for Taco Bell to the entire Argentine team and entourage.
All-you-can-eat Taco Bell voucher
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
grubb, you are only cheating yourself.
Leaderboard for the Ribbit puzzle showing unfeasibly fast complete times, led by user grubb
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
They are writing about you in the Irish Times Tony...
Article titled "England haters will have to switch sombreros for Viking helmets"
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Oooh. A new Dave Eggers book just popped up in my Spotify feed. I'm in. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was such an important book to me when it came out, at a time when it was so easy to fall in love with America. I haven't read anything of his since, so 🤞
Contrapposto audiobook by Dave Eggers in Spotify
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Abba Voyage is fucking nuts! What a cash cow. No performers, just one person to press a button.
Venue seat plan, with many tiers of seats going for over £200, up to £282.50 per person.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Today's message...
from Keir Starmer: "Appease the far right, be consumed by the far right"
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Shocking images emerge of teenager reading a book. For pleasure.
Teenager in a chair reading.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Excitement building in the Anderson household.
Red T-shirt with Anderson #8 on the reverse.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Your best bet might be a Google reverse image search...
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Google Search trends showing the correlation between "milquetoast" and "Keir Starmer"
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Google Search trends showing the correlation between "milquetoast" and "Keir Starmer"
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Keir Starmer and the quote "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ouch. While you're at it, mind your donkey.
Japanese subway sign showing a donkey getting trapped in the doors
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Blink and you'll miss it. Pretty rare for conditions to be just right to see #Wales from #Wicklow
View from Wicklow looking west, with Wales just visible on the horizon
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Maybe as tech-sector job losses accumulate the Irish Data Protection Commissioner will finally grow a pair...
Irish Times headline reporting 20% job cuts at Meta
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Dependably good from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Or it can be circumscribed by the Brexit cult of sovereignty that sees regulatory harmonisation with Europe as colonisation but welcomes subordination to US tech giants and industrial lobbies, which it calls free trade.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
As everyone's talking about books, here's 3 terrific books I've read in the past year I would heartily recommend: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbah Dusk by Robbie Arnott We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwin Brown
Martyr! by Kaveh AkbahWe Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwin BrownDusk by Robbie Arnott
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Here's Bose sending out a reminder as to why you should think twice about buying an electric car. A perfectly-functioning speaker being knee-capped as a business decision. (With an invitation to buy one of their new range. Yeah, right.)
Email from Bose announcing support for their SoundTouch speakers ends today.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It feels like the past decade or so has seen this tested in practice with the US and UK taking polar opposite approaches. (I know. That's an oversimplification.)
No question in macroeconomics is more important than whether running a relatively ‘fast’ economy encourages higher sustainable growth. And yet there is no question that macroeconomics has been so hopeless at answering.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Same! Thanks for the tip.
Screenshot showing score 927
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Feeling spoiled now that HBO is available in Ireland. DTF St. Louis is terrific, dead-pan humour played straight, very funny. And, something I never imagined myself saying, but, gosh, David Harbour is really great in it.
Scene from DTF St. Louis with David Harbour
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Been off socials while traveling in Japan for a couple of weeks, just popping up to thank @eliasisquith.blog for the holiday reading tip, what a book. Hard to think of someone reading it and not imagining what they'd say to Orkideh.
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What are the handles for on the front of Yorkshire's new buses? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
New buses that have large grab handles on the top front exterior
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Crikey, no wonder Forest are in relegation trouble... #NFFC
Live commentary describing Forest blasting a free kick past a team who they aren't playing against towards their own goalkeeper
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Hong Kong Phooey
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Now we're getting somewhere...
Central bank of Iran site cannot be reached.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
crisis, what crisis? etc.
Screenshot of the home page of the Bank of England.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I think she was driven out of Britain by plastic bottle tops.
Daily Telegraph article by Oakeshott complaining about plastic bottle lids
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is pretty much how I've been spending my free time these past few weeks...
Screenshot of a Japanese ticket-reselling website, in this case for baseball tickets.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Noticed how bright it was early this morning. We are approaching the fastest pace of days getting longer. At my latitude here in Ireland we are currently adding 4.2 minutes of daylight every day. From joe-antognini.github.io/astronomy/da...
Chart of the curve across the year showing how quickly daylight hours change.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I remember it like yesterday...
Text summarising the drought of 1976
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Koleev, from the Netflix show Unfamiliar.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Terrific David Byrne impersonation by Bad Bunny in the #NFL half-time show...
Bad Bunny wearing an exaggeratedly over-sized suit.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I'm all-in Bitcoin October 5th.
A post reporting the gap between all-time-highs and -lows in Bitcoin that successfully predicted Oct 6, 2025 as all-time-high.
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Fabulous display tonight, featuring the Plough, Orion, and Gemini with Jupiter. #AururaBorealis #NorthernLights
OrionThe Plough, or Big DipperGemini with Jupiter
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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Feels like we need a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social for the Irish Times. ** Ireland basks in Hamnet’s success and celebrates Jessie Buckley, but what if Hamlet were a refugee? ** archive.ph/N5Lzg
Irish times article headlined "Ireland basks in Hamnet’s success and celebrates Jessie Buckley. It should feel shame"
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