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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mutuals! Does anyone have an old, broken 5.25 floppy drive knocking around? I need at least one for a prop (hence why broken) The dream is a full height Shugart, but anything would work. Cheers!

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Always fun when 200 million dollars flys over your house

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cams has a small lump at the root of her tail. We had it checked and the vet said it’s just “a weird fat lump” which also describes Cams.

Cams is a short haired tabby cat. She is full figured, Rubenesque even

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youtube algo is blessed for me this night www.youtube.com/watch?v=DntQ...

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Cat Nips

YouTube video by Frugit

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Honestly, you think you live in a good area, but then you notice that the boulders at your local park are bolted down.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s still weird for me when I’m around magpies. My brain goes BIRD! I kiss him head! Come back! I speak magpie! Listen, I’m cool, I have peanuts and probably something shiny in my pocket. And yer actual magpies don’t want any of that nonsense.

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Jimbo @jimbo-mcgibbits.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

40 years ago… OUT RUN was released and changed arcade gaming forever!🚗💨 1986, big hair, dodgy perms, and the unmistakable sound of that Ferrari engine! What a bloody classic. ❤️ #OutRun #SEGA #RetroGaming #arcade #1980s #80s #nostalgia #classic

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am amazed that I can’t just put a Blu-ray disc into the Blu-ray drive in my Windows 11 computer and have it just play the disc.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That Piddington thing is juvenile and stupid

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urbanbirdfeeder.bsky.social @urbanbirdfeeder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Esta patatita os desea feliz semana 🤎 #Gorriones #Sparrows #Spatzen 🪶

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Y’know what, I suck at wood work, but I ended up successfully sinking the joystick into the control panel for my arcade machine, and with some trim around the edges, you can’t spot the inept warcrimes that lurk underneath.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just a Magpie hanging out

An Eurasian Magpie sitting on a television aerial. The sky is a light pink

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Thomas Guycott @thomasguycott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy birthday to a real champ.

A cartoon Sega Dreamcast with googly eyes sits on a table and is talking with its lid as a mouth:

“OH NO! MY CMOS BATTERY DIED! I CAN'T PLAY VIDEO GAMES ANYMORE!”

“HA HA! JUST KIDDING! YO, WHAT TIME IS IT?”

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

this says NRO has asked for the 2nd back, and NASA complied but hopes to use it? idk what that means but it's a real "someday i hope NASA has all the telescopes they need and the National Reconnaissance Office has to hold a bake sale to afford cameras" situation. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/s...

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How a Canceled Spy Satellite Became NASA’s New Window Into the Universe

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m being a daft little guy and none of you can stop me.

A wide angle camera lens taped to the output of an LED flashlight

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yesterday, out of nowhere, UVB-76 aka the Russian military's mysterious "Doomsday Buzzer" shortwave transmitter stopped buzzing and delivered a cryptic message. Anyways, have a great weekend.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is a 1996 video of a couple of blokes starting up an IBM 3090 mainframe, but it hits very different now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y2O...

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Re-booting the Main Frame Computer. Bld 313 South (1996).

YouTube video by miramax911

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That’s at least two decimal places more detail than I really need, but thanks.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry as well as Dolly Parton? Fucksake

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yeah, I know what an altimeter is cheers.

Packaging for a small digital altimeter. There's a quote on the box that reads "The scientific way to measure how high things fly" which seems daft to me

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This morning I am obliged to attend a “middle aged job workshop” by the DWP. This runs counter to what I would normally expect to be doing on a Tuesday morning.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Now the balls have arrived, my gacha machine is complete!

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I cannot wait until I can forget about LinkedIn. The people on it need to stop performatively talking about learning Azure DevOps, or realising what their nephew's 8th birthday party taught them about B2B and go to the park, feed the ducks and buy themselves an ice cream on the way home.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Anything with a stealth system

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sixty quid for replacement Workmate jaws? Not with my reputation (or stash of scrap wood)

The wooden jaws of a 30 year old Black and Decker workmate. They are broken, rotten in places Ns covered in red spray paint.

Homemade replacement jaws made from decking board and oiled

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Strat shaped object had to come apart again. I stripped off all the old gross lacquer and did it with Tung oil. New tuners, and I dropped a treble bleed cap in there.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

At the risk of reigniting the controversy, I’ve just had a new recipe Feast, and I prefer the new ones.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sometimes I really miss eduroam

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

You’re fucking well right I’m blocking out the music of humanity. I mean, have you heard those pricks?

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

International Cat Day you say? On a #caturday too?

Cams is a short haired tabby. You see her sitting on a green tweedy sofa

T is a ginger Norwegian Forest Cat that has never had a single complete thought in his head

Silvie is Cams’ sister and an uwu machine

Neeps is a Norwegian Forest Cat and the Queen of the household. She is also sick of T’s bullshit

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Seriously, if your geodesic dome doesn’t have a gacha machine, what are you even doing with your life.

A red duo Bandi gacha station sitting inside a geodesic dome

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This just in, I have finished the gacha machine restoration. It’s now available to loan if any Cheltenham mutuals would like it for their stand at a convention. Takes new £1 coins and can be set to 1 - 4 quid vending.

The red gacha machine before restoration

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This robin has big naturals.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

No, you made a small pontoon for a phone, glued a mirror at 45 degrees to it and floated it over the surface of your pond while streaming. You’re an idiot, not me. You.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I wonder how many bottles of Chandelier Cleaning spray they sell a year.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I edited my Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox playlist with some choice 0898 videos and made it slightly more late night thirsty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNM...

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Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox

YouTube video by Martin Payne

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wasn’t expecting this aliexpress ice cube thing to so closely resemble a Dalek butt toy.

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bowdie @bowdie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A couple of days ago, I found out what happens if you hit your hand with the water coming out of a pressure washer. You end up with a fuckin’ raggedy arse deep cut and it really hurts.

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