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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What's a ghost's favourite cheese?

Plastic packaging with a logotype reading "BOOBRIE".

James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Anyone else have a weird way to mark the passing of seasons? It's summer when seasoning oil is liquid. Not summer when it is solid!

Packet of Indomie Mi Goreng 3 minute noodles

Packet contents of Indomie noodles in not-sunmer noodle brick, silver foil sachet of sauce and chilli powder, and crucially, the seasoning oil and kecap manis sachet is hard and the contents solid and off white in the oil side.

In the summer, the same noodle package contents are different. The seasoning oil is liquid and no longer off white.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Here's Merlin as a puppy in June last year.

Tan dog doing an impression of a giraffe

Puppy with adorable bent ears and a funny facial expression with smol teeth visible, with a pink pig toy between his feet. The dog is a light tan colour.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

And when they talk about shedding, they are not kidding.

German shepherd dog on a terracotta tile floor next to an enormous pile of it's own shed fur.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We thought we were getting a lab mix rescue puppy last year. DNA says rather different...

Wisdom panel dog DNA test result showing breed percentages

Above the text, a blonde coloured puppy with medium length fur on a colourful rug.

Text reads
32% German Shepherd Dog
100% good dog.

32% GSD
30% Belgian Malinois
9% Siberian Husky
7% Labrador Retriever
5% Llewellin Setter
And 6 more.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Public Service Announcement: slow motion puppaccino videos are the new cats on the Internet.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Saw this, realised this was your job title.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Merlin says hurry home quick and fill the gap in the field (couch).

Tan dog in a black harness poorly framed on the far left running towards the camera.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I feel like London needs a restaurant chain where you pick your food ingredients and they fry it in front of you. The advert tag line? See it Say it Sautéed.

Selection of 3 Britiish Transport Police posters for their "see it say it sorted" safety campaign aimed at reporting suspicious packages and behaviour. Image from https://aml-group.com/our-work/see-it-say-it/

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

When Garlab goes boat shopping...

Drake image macro with the "nope" next to a Lowrance fish-dinder and the "yep" next to a GAR-min model

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Our nearly nine month old "lab mix" rescue has like five nines of puptime (his DNA test had like 30% Belgian Malinois, 7% lab). Somehow, we need to teach him to settle and chillax. When he does sleep, he usually does this Zuri pose. I feel like it is a brief, scheduled outage window.

Dog with a lure coursing bait in his mouth looking sideways at the camera, mid-run, not one single f£&k is given.
Video still, so the image is not crisp. 3 legs in the air, back right in contact with the ground. The dog is a tan coloured with mid to short length hair, and erect german shepherd like ears. It is wearing a pink harness with a grey fleece backing.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Here's Merlin having a cheeky autumnal wild bath. 10 degrees is warm, apparently.

Tan coloured dog lying in a shallow stream bed having a drink. He is wearing a black fleece harness.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

They probably lost theirs in IKEA.

Screenshot from Google maps showing the place name "Tyttenhanger" (near St. Albans in the UK), which to me feels like what Ikea would call a bra if they did lingerie.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Oh, I forgot about the crowbarred door. Yikes.

1988 suzuki Samurai left front door, damaged by crowbar. Edges are rusty as this happened several years before. The door handle is also missing.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Anyone who had spent much time in South Africa thinks "custard".

Picture of a 500ml carton of Ultra Mel custard, a south african pantry staple. The box features a white bowl full of custard with plenty more still being poured in. Danone is the manufacturer. A small badge proclaims "South Africa's most loved custard".

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

A london storefront in 2020, taken from a moving bus at night.

Storefront saying "F. COOKE LIVE EEL IMPORTER"

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's Soda as made (and photographed) by Adrienne. Here are the reference pictures she used. www.instagram.com/yourdailysod...

Hand modelled sculpture of a tan dog with dark highlights.

Hand modelled sculpture of a dog with dark highlights on nose and ears and dark eyeshadow abd beauty spots. Its chest is white and has a floofy tail.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

My admittedly old WIO field guide agrees Synapta maculata.

Text from guidebook page, with entry for species of interest.

Cover of "a guide to the seashore of eastern africa" book

Plate showing various echinoderm species

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Owners of dogs and cats may expect the supplies to be... water. The other kind of marking. In other news, fabulous advent calendars arrived on Friday :D

Scratch off advent calendars, featuring Frog facts and Eel facts, with colourful artwork.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

These 3 look suspiciously not crab. Bottom right looks shifty too

Captcha type image featuring various crabs and crab like arthropods.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I feel like this product... will not do well in South Africa, other than as a novelty gag.

Aquarium Test kit called
"ICP-OES".

A south african might say it as

"I see poes", which is not exactly polite.

NASA's POES satellite caused titters in every 13 year old boy.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

More IXPs need mascots. Spotted at #NetUK2

Red Welsh dragon stuffed animal peeking out of pocket on a tactical kilt. Has an attached conference name badge reading "Dilys CymruIX"

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If you're feeling short of spoons, I may have the culprit.

Mixed breed tan coloured puppy with purloined wooden spoon under his left leg on a lawn.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I haven't even finished Shroud and this arrived today. @aptshadow.bsky.social you are SPECTACULARLY productive.

Front cover of "Bee Speaker", a new Adrian Tchaikovsky book. The front cover shows a Threatening mechanical looking ichneomonoid insect form skewering a bee with an appendage like an ovipositor.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I thought Floki had extra tongue. Zuri is next level.

White husky cross dog with long tongue hanging out.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Beaker people you say? *looks around train* Yep, genetics checks out.

"Beaker" Character from the Muppets (Jim Henson Company).

Beamer has a messy sticky up mop of orange fuzz as hair, big round eyes, large round orange ball nose and a very strongly downturned mouth. He is wearing a tie, small checked shirt and a lab coat.

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James Stapley @discusfish.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We brought you home on 11 Jan 2023. You left our home on the 13th of May 2025, but never our hearts. If the adoption papers were right, you would have been 5 in August.