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If it does turn out, as I suspect, that the ‘terrorists’ were actually out nicking red diesel then I’ll laugh.

DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Moving house sucks. There's a reason why we haven't done it for nearly 20 years and I am now remembering it's because it sucks. Also moving transcontinental also sucks - it sucked 20 years, still sucks. This message is brought to you by the frustrations of the day.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finds of the move. 2 maps made by my grandfather at school of WW1 battle fields. He had some skills. I’ll frame them when we move.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Look, me and the EU people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're EU ... I'm US. They got the Arc de Triomphe, mine is the Great Big Arch. We both got two all-white parties, special laws, lettuce, cheese, fascists and Nazis, but their Nazis have swastikas. My Nazis have no swastikas."

Trump is superimposed over the John Amos character in Coming to America where he explains to a perplexed Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall the differences between McDonald's and MacDowell's.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gosh I had forgotten how slow an actual disk format is. But as they say. It is the only way to be sure.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well the second desk is clear. The QNAP will ship probably in a suitcase. I’ll be taking my docking station, mouse and keyboard with me. Then get new monitors there. Which is overdue. Then setup the QNAP later.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hello peeps - I am going to need to simplify my office setup which means losing a desk with my spare PC setup - I still want/need to use it but wondered if people know what the current KVM switches are like. Last time I tried one it was shit but I suspect they're better now.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Listening to Behind the Bastards - sorry but 5th cousin is not incest - you've just described the populations of most island nations :) For fun, my ex was the product of 1st cousins - that is definitely something different...

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Completing a supplier portal profile and I note that some organizations have VERY specific supplier needs.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The number of people in the US who do not grasp that the amount of money they put towards their work healthcare is NOT the premium the company is paying is beyond me.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have given up on the Fire Tablet I got on a whim as a Kindle. It’s just too slow and limited. I have replaced it with a suspiciously cheap Samsung tablet which only took a few hours to remove the amazingly annoying Samsung crud from.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have been the next delivery on Amazon for about 4 hours. I’m starting to think they’re lying.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

F me Apple do make it hard to reset old devices and use them again don’t they?

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

watched the Seahawks win and could not explain, yet again, to my mate that of all the things I might miss from Seattle (including hanging with him) watching American Football is not one of them.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tonight I am going to be trying a Fallow process for cooking a steak. I am interested in the results.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The office is slowly being moved into boxes. 20 years of crud to get through.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We need more fiction about how fucking good liberal modernity is, because for all the bellyaching about it, it's a hell of a lot better than what came before, and compared to all the (horrific) actually existing alternatives. Come to the lib side! We have fun, excellence, and basic human decency.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah that’s quite enough of that.

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Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

the enemy of my enemy might be a shitty person who is also my enemy!

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the great cable thinning out - I think we have reached the point in time where the probability I am EVER going to need a VGA cable is approaching zero - and the uses I will be able to put a PS connector to are probably negative. Also the micro-HDMI adapter is surplus to ANY conceivable reqs.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am taking Spanish lessons. I fear 7am might be a tad too early for them.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I get the Taylor Sheridan is MAGAy but the plot of this season of Lioness is daft. The idea that a plan this batshit loony would be needed to pull the US into a war in Iran….

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I would laugh like a drain.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For those that know me and like a low Hitler number. The guy in white worked for Werner Von Braun at Piedermunde. The class of 2008 at adult space camp. Seriously. How can that possibly be that long ago.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For the love of god people don’t use speaker phones in airport bars. Especially if you’re discussing your partner’s medical issues with them.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stranglely I booked a cross country flight today without realizing the date… About this time 25 years ago I had poured a bowl of cereal in our flat in Redwood City and turned on the TV. I shouted for M to come and see what had happened. We sat there for a while…

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

After two days of work conferencing I am pretty peopled out.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am quite impressed that despite hanging around with a number of people who brought COVID back from the worldcon I managed to dodge it.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Off to Canadialand for a few days of conferencing. At airport at 6am and realizing that I am having a glass of water instead of a pint of Stella. Will I have to return my British passport I wonder?

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When something genuinely weird happens when watching TV. Silo episode 9.

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Anthony Camber @anthonycamber.com · 01/09/2026

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - out now A queer coming-of-age dystopian sci-fi adventure with light, shade, and a touch of romance. Set on the generation ship Capricorn, journeying across the stars, it's a story of secrets, lies, found family, and things you don't know you don't know. 📚👀🌈📚💙📚🌈🚀💫 🚫 NO AI

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Journey from hell back from #lacon but I am wheels down at SEA. Been a long day. It was a long convention too. A lot of fun but that’s probably my last worldcon for a couple of years.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Greetings from the last night of the LA Worldcon. Lots of fun. Exhausted.

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David Smith @avaragado.org · 31/08/2026

My next @anthonycamber.com book releases TOMORROW, and currently on Amazon UK it's: #1 in hot new releases in YA gay fiction ebooks #5 bestseller in YA gay fiction ebooks I started writing this book in June 2023. It's so good to finally get it over the line.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I suspect the answer might be that people who were not economically active 20 years ago didn’t experience 2008 in the same way as people who were. If you are 29 now and struggling you might not care if it was worse when you were 11.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Reading something that bears literally no relation to the actual thing I have been told was said but has been reported as fact is where we are now I guess. #vagueposting

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Another Pub Quiz is in the can. Thanks to all at #lacon who attended. Quite a range of scores but there was everything to play for at the end. I do like hearing the groan that means somebody knew the answer and still got it wrong. Not sure I’ll be at Edmonton but I’ll do this again.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

By ‘eck that’s strong int it?

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Of the things I will not miss about the USA 🇺🇸 one of them is toilet stalls that are basically open to inspection. Seriously. What the hell!

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I realize when I text my spouse ‘down safe’ I sound like Avon in Blake’s Seven.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For f’s sake guys. YOU CANNOT PEE STANDING ON A FUCKING PLANE. DONT EVEN FUCKING LIFE THE SEAT. JUST SIT THE FUCK DOWN. Ahem. Sorry. But still. Guys?

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For reasons this show came to mind. If you haven’t watched it. It is genuinely brilliant. As is this rant from the titular character. youtu.be/bnoVlTsXYNw

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BRUTAL BROCKMIRE - MELTDOWN - 4K

YouTube video by Adam Cass

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The best gag in the last season of Brookmyre was ‘and now we have a minute of silence for the lost of Arizona’

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This weirdly gives me some hope in the future. This is old school shot. Send a spook to send the message not a politician.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Feeling weirdly emotional about this flight. When I leave Seattle for good in November it’ll be by road. This is almost certainly the last flight I’ll take from here with a departure like this one.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My grandad was a sweet old guy. I loved him more than I can express. My much older brother knew him when he was still a working man. He went from east end truck driver to depot manager for what was one of the largest breweries on the planet at the time. He once took my brother aside..:

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I just said ‘holy shit’ quite loudly. I’ve Flown out of here dozens of times. Possibly triple digits but this is the best ever.

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There is a reason we generally put up with this place. But new adventures beckon.

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