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Paul Bowsher

@boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
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Dad. Payments Engineer @ Monzo, running a 🏦. Proud GDS and GOV.UK alumnus. All opinions mine. Part of the ragwort conspiracy. [bridged from mastodon.me.uk/@boffbowsh on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Surely Danni from #gbbo is on Fedi somewhere. She’d fit right in
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
I’ve just realised the mosque in my home town has taken over what was the old Mecca Bingo hall when I was growing up. I can’t work out if that’s coincidence or not.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
It's #StrictlyComeDancing time again. I've got a small predictions competition at fantasy-strictly.co.uk, and there's a Fedi private league as well. Join with the code W2Y0Q3TW. Predictions need to be in by the start of Saturday's live show, you get points for the top 3 only in week 1 […]
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Why why why is it so difficult to get tradespeople to respond to a request for a quote, or actually come out to visit when they say they will? I'm gaining quite the catalogue of excuses – today's was that they got flooded by their upstairs neighbour.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Vibe check: how are #iOS27 and #macOS27 looking? Do we wait til point release or are they alright?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
Fun day out at #TheArchers Live at 75 today. Saw a Q&A panel with David, Ben, Susan and Kirsty and a live performance. We lowered the average age significantly.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
I do love Fedi but the dogmatic anti AI rhetoric on here is starting to get really toxic. Barely any nuance allowed, no appreciation of “right tool for the job”. It’s quite sad.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
The dodgy af electoral register update apps now seem to be hosted on a <authority>.gov.uk address! That took how many years?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Spending some tokens this evening getting a hobby Rails + Turbo app entirely ported to Go + htmx. Scarily quick, using existing Rails system specs as a grounding for the port.
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Paul Barnfather @clanger9.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
Do you drive an #ev in the UK? EVA England would like to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete their survey on your experience (good or bad!) www.surveymonkey.com/r/FPSR9CH
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STEER THE CONVERSATION
Drive an EV? Thinking about it? We want to hear from you
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
It’s actually a bit chilly this morning? idgi
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
I must admit I thought the alert was about Farage resigning again
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
Any good modern #IRC v3 networks the Fediverse likes to hang out on? I’m getting nostalgic for the pre-Slack days
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
Unexpected usefulness of Claude Code: “check these YouTube videos to see if they’re suitable for a 6 year old”. It grabs the subtitles and categorises instances of bleeped profanity and non-bleeped mild curses (damn, hell etc). I’ve already seen them so know the theming is ok, just needed a […]
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Watching the latest Silo season and was very surprised to spot Ozone Coffee in Shoreditch masquerading as a cafe in Washington, DC
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Any #Amsterdam folk have any tips on what Halloween is like over there? It’s my birthday weekend and considering going with the family. My son is easily frightened by Halloween things (and tbh I do not much care for it either) so trying to work out if it’s plastered everywhere America-style or […]
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
The end of 5 excellent days in Copenhagen and Billund. The thing we’ve learnt most is that Mr. 6 loves wandering around foreign cities looking at cool buildings so there will be much more of this in our future. All the Lego everything was great as well, especially the Lego House.
Father and son about to cross the road towards the Lego House in Billund, Denmark
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Time is approaching for annual maintenance on Fantasy Strictly, which is a Rails app. Given that DHH has gone full fascist, I guess I’ll be porting it to the Hanakai stack?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
Seeing Americans post “soccer” analysis on here is so fucking cringe. The language they use to describe any kind of sport is just so weird and unnatural. I’ve yet to see anyone post anything other than surface level insight that they then dont try to pass off as the deepest takes like they’ve […]
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
I’m at the point in this run of very hot weather where I’m wondering if I’ll ever get to wear trousers again
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026
@Thayer which type of Command hook did you end up using for your aluminet?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026
It is a great honour to be able to host this year’s #FlyingAnt day inside our conservatory. fml.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026
Just saw the Polish translation of “banana”. I know it’s not pronounced like this but can’t help it, my head now has “uwu this tastes vewy bananowy” on repeat
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
@MattHatton are you perchance the former Twitter user known as Flashman or similar?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
We reached the stage of heatwave earlier where the shower overheats and forgets how to control its valves. Quick scramble into the loft to turn the manual valves off. Will try again in the morning 🫠
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Tomorrow I have to drive Andover to Milton Keynes to return our lease car, then get the train to London for the work summer party. Every second of this plan fills me with anxiety because of the heat/trains combo. Unfortunately the car return is non negotiable. Even skipping the party still means […]
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
Not gonna lie I’d be completely fine with AI eliminating this job www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
Investigation finds AI content that purports to show genuine customers, prompting calls for greater transparency
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026
Interesting that the US government waited til after the markets closed on a Friday with the largest IPO ever to ban Fable 5.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.
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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
With the big hype around the Bricks and Minifigs scandal, it's important that we set one point completely clear. The name is LEGO. There's no S. The individual pieces are either Lego pieces, or Lego bricks. *NOT* Legos. Take the S of the end of Lego, and put it back in the end of maths where […]
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🧵A Covid thread - but a good news one! I’m barely writing about Covid anymore because there is barely any Covid to write about. I thought it was worth celebrating this in this thread. 1/7
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
Last night of on call shift so of course I’d get paged twice*. Worst thing is the first time made me miss Taskmaster. * so far
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
Oh no I really want that £650 #lego Segrada Familia set
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Artist: Alec Smith (Alec's Silly Drawings)
[A four-panel, minimalist black, white, and grey comic. In the first panel, a round-headed man wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie waves his hand. In the second panel, a sniper aims a rifle out of a window, casting a red laser sight. In the third panel, the red laser dot lands directly on the waving man's forehead. In the final panel, a chaotic swarm of cats aggressively tackles the man to the ground to chase the red dot.]
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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
And don’t forget - you do not need to work 12 hours straight. It is pride months, you can work 12 hours gay.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
RE: mas.to/@zekjur/116684759615780829 Good to know the Tridge is still Good, Actually. A very well articulated post.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
Anyone got tips for getting a 6 year old up and running with a #RaspberryPi, maybe a good book? When I was his age I was just reading the Amiga manual and fiddling about with it, learning that way. That doesn’t seem to be a thing so much?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
House is so warm the bathroom mirror isn’t even steaming up after a shower
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@JakeOrlowitz/11664… Just cancelled my recurring donation and told them exactly why, and that I won’t be restarting it unless workers are demonstrably free to unionise. Cancelling is easy: reply to your last email from donate@wikimedia.org, or follow […]
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Jez Higgins @jezhiggins.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
There's a lot of talk about the addictive qualities of social media apps, but why is nobody talking about the effect solar panel monitoring apps have on middle-aged men?
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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
standardising a `.quite-obscure-actually` to go alongside `.well-known`
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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
"Eurovision organisers are doing everything they can to get those boycotting broadcasters back for next year" there's one very obvious step you could take lads
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
I want a Palestinian charity to donate to while I’m not watching the Israeli act in #Eurovision tonight. Anyone have any recommendations?
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
[ukpol] Jesus tapdancing Christ that’s a lot of light blue. Greens aren’t surging as much as we all thought either. Starmer will be forever a prick for allowing this to happen.
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Gee there sure are a lot of adverts for cruises around at the moment I wonder why
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Pusher of Pixels @pixelpusher220.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
randomly came across this old meme that always makes me smile
meme titled "Tool Expectation".   In top to bottom order are 5 tools with captions:
1.  A small ratchet wrench  "Please Come Loose"
2. A medium ratchet wrench "I hope it comes loose"
3.  A 2 foot ratchet wrench "I wasn't asking"
4. An angle grinder "You should have listened"
5.  A welding torch  "Can't be tight if it's a liquid!"
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Remember everyone: vote early, vote often
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Andrej Korzhenevskij @larkey.mastodon.ml.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026
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Paul Bowsher @boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
My god LinkedIn is awful. A well-meaning colleague tagged me yesterday with some praise, and now every grifter, chancer, recruiter and vendor wants to connect. Like what do you actually expect me to think is the value in letting you into my “network”?
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