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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 11h

tbf I said much the same about philosophers after I first tried to read Kant.

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 12h

Horrified to see the sarnie claims to be OK through to Monday. WTF has it been through - gamma ray sterilisation? Or is it just a pragmatic response to erratic Hebridean delivery schedules?

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yay, my first trip through the new Oxford Station/Botley Road bridge. On the S1 bus. Oh, the luxury, the glamour.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Foxes playing silly buggers on our concrete path, newly poured at 3pm today. Same patch of path at 6pm and 9pm. Luckily the path will soon be paved over with tiles, but this does not endear our vulpine friends to me.

Part of a concrete path, 3 hours after it was laid, showing three or four fox pawprints.

The same patch of path three hours later, with numerous additional pawprints - rather shallower because the concrete had begun to set.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Try it again near the end of your journey and let us know the result. Bet you won't feel as smug then. Will we see this popping up in your "Nth anniversary" posts?

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hello, is that the police? I'd like to report a crime against typography. [Inset in green box shows the panel flipped vertically]

Front door of a circa 1900 terraced house. In a glass panel above the door there is a house number 38, but it has been installed back to front and looks utterly horrible. In a green inset box the glass panel is shown flipped vertically, making the number 38 look inoffensive as it should be.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have been struggling to understand what drives my visceral disgust at Badenoch, and this certainly comes close to explaining it.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

PS: thrilled to see our mate Mark surfacing again in your dispatches. MnFP was the finest comic political creation I ever encountered.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sorry Henry, love your reportage, but before you get a big head of steam up under the West Midlanders, please be aware that it's Selly Oak rather than Selly Oaks.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cheap NICE booze. The perfect principles-busting combo.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is this not prima facie treachery?

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That thread has some, ummmm, odd opinions. Are they talking about sub-style sandwiches with a shed load of mayo or the like? That's the only reason I can imagine for *not* buttering both pieces. Except for pan bagnat. But that's different.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm not sure how Daphne has such insight into my (lack of) achievement today, but she has most definitely assessed the situation correctly. I shall strive for significant improvement tomorrow in the hope of receiving a note of mitigation on my file.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Many layers of chaos. Archeologists usually dig down, but you get the joy and novelty of digging sideways.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've known for ages that Nextdoor is full of the very worst people, but bloody hell, how can anyone repeatedly post an ad for a half-time job doing truly shitty work for 5% LESS than the Oxford Living Wage?

Job ad in a Nextdoor email:
HMO House Cleaner - Permanent Employed Role. Pay £13.50/hour

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It dawned on Mrs B and me that we were *old* when we found ourselves going to bed around the same time teenage daughters were going out. That was thirty years ago.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

See also Meccano, but that marks me out as a Very Old Person.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Enough humblebragging about your extraordinary self-restraint. Consumption of crystallized ginger (especially when chocolate-covered) is limited only by pack becoming empty or gut becoming dangerously full.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oooh, I dunno, this National Care Service sounds super scary to me. It's the slippery slope to all property being owned by the People's Collective, bourgeoisie sent to the gulags, and regular Five Year Plans for tractor production.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thought it was about my grandma.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think it probably can. Perhaps you underestimate the potentially fatal synergy between mid-teenage nerdy carelessness and the exposed wiring inside a 1950s military radio transmitter.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"axes ... triple lock" but of course they got that wrong, as it's not going to be axed so much as gently sandpapered.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

istr you have mentioned before that the Chaos House has a history of use for, ahem, unauthorised agriculture.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do not ask me how I know this to be true.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Live-skeet with pictures. Pretty please. I love me a good electrical adventure.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love it when the Daily Mail threatens me with a good time. "Most Left-wing speech by a PM since 1970s" "National Care Service" "Closer ties with EU" "voting reform that could lock Right out of power"

Front page of Daily Mail (UK) 30-Sept 2016. Headline "BURNHAM'S TRIPLE SHOCK". Subheads as described in post.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Faustian pacts are involved. There is no other plausible explanation.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And underwear. Must wear smart clean undies when out and about slaying fallen angels.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Marks and Spencer Day to all who celebrate. (Image from M&S archive)

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have to say that you look a lot more comfortable in the original than in the scifi wetsuit material, which has pinchy-looking creases.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Abbey, you really do have the most endearing face imaginable. Please warn your humans that you are at serious risk of Abbey-duction. I strongly suggest that you should regularly post images of your less appealing side (if there is one) to discourage potential dog-nappers.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can't get rid of the little buggers here, if that's any consolation. Never having so much as a single banana in the house may be a useful tactic. I've noticed a strong correlation between banana ownership and, one or two days later, fruit fly annoyance.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A blast from the past for Oxford folk. Found in the back of a cupboard, presumably from their closing-down sale. Betcha we still have that crêpe de Chine somewhere.

1995 receipt for £20 for a piece of fabric, from long-defunct dress shop Annabelinda in Oxford

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gosh, there are some lovely people around, aren't there?

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wanted the police to locate the criminal who was scraping the shiny surface off a character from In the Night Garden, but they said they lack a Makka Pakka lacquer hacker tracker. It's not my fault. Lev made me do it.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

my evening is now ruined as my horrified brain desperately tries to mimic this

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Exemplary fridaying, a fine model for us all.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not really sure why you're being so dismissive of someone who obviously finds your animal magnetism* irresistible. * high follower count

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Obviously I understand that apps make certain things much easier and less fragile for devs - push notifications, local persistent storage, authentication - but it is, as you say, EXCEEDINGLY ANNOYING.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bloody hell Royal Mail, why must I install your app to change delivery options? I already have a browser. THAT'S WHAT WEB PAGES ARE FOR. Enough of this everything-needs-a-different-app bullshit.

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