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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pigeons are getting more skills.

A pigeon hangs upside down on a feeder to get at the seeds.

Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If the cyborg in The Terminator had succeeded in eliminating Sarah Connor, presumably it would have disappeared, its task completed. There would be no pieces of it for Cyberdyne Corporation to examine and develop their products (in T2). Thus no Skynet.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Since the start of our hosepipe ban on Tuesday it's rained twice. I remember in 1976 it rained when the government appointed a Drought Minister. Surely no coincidence?

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@goodlawproject.org Just watched Jolyon on BBC News talking about Jason Arday. Hats off to his calling out blatant untruths and racism.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are living in the future. 2015 Back To The Future. 2019 Blade Runner. 2022 Soylent Green. 2029 Terminator 1 origin. 2035 I Robot, Moon. 2049 Blade Runner 2. 2054 Minority Report. 2063 Star Trek: First Contact. 2067 Interstellar. 2084 Total Recall.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

@britishboxers.bsky.social Just read your newsletter about kindness of strangers. And lo, Portmerion is the answer on tonight's Millionaire. Plus you have all the Prisoner stuff.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Yay, even with a lower rate, we've earned over 50 quid this month from our solar panels exporting to the grid.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Tonight's dinner. Brisket of beef à la bourginonne. One bottle of wine didn't seem enough so I added another half. Served with parsnips, carrots, brocolli, dwarf beans and boiled potatoes. A German pinot nor to accompany it.

A push of beef bourginonne with vegetables.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

We were re-watching some episodes of Beauty and the Beast with Linda Hamilton last night. Was surprised to see it was written by George R R Martin. One episode has Miyam Biyalik as a gangster moll. From 1988.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Oh William, you were so prescient. Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I think I'm going to call her Drill Baby now.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

@veluxglobal.bsky.social to the agent who answered my query about pairing my solar roof windows. Thank you, you solved my problem. Sorry for hanging up the phone accidentally.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I've just watched the final trailer for Project Hail Mary. I've been waiting for this since I read the book.

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Graham 🏳️‍🌈 - UKTM @uk-tank-markings.co.uk · 26/11/2024

WW2 British Vehicle Markings Deciphered - a thread 🧵 Using the Tank Museum's Comet as an example, we can see the following: 1 - Arm of Service Flash 2 - Bridge Classification 3 - Formation Insignia 4 - Serial Number 5 - Tactical Sign 6 - Vehicle Name All explained in turn below... [1/10]

A photograph of a Comet tank, from a front-quarter angle, showing off its various markings.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Restore from your last backup. What do you mean, you don't have a backup?"

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #1117 🌟 Length Score: 100% 💫 Rare long word found! 🚀 Letter Score: 26 🔗 Play Wordiply: www.wordiply.com 🎬 Today's starter: 🅄🄼🄼🄰

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Daily Octordle #1447 8️⃣7️⃣ 9️⃣3️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ 🕚🔟 Score: 59

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#Worldle #1451 (11.01.2026) 1/6 (100%) 🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 worldle.teuteuf.fr/share

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🙂 Daily Quordle 1448 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Wordle 1,666 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Is it me or are the recent episodes of Pointless wildly out of sequence?

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

We saw The Penguin Lessons tonight. I must say the more I see if Steve Coogan's work, the more impressed I am. Except Alan Partridge.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The speed of this is insane. 15mm scale, 3H25M expected.

A Bambu Labs A1 3D printing a house from @sabotag3d

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Backup? Why do that? (IT department.)

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Down means on, surely? (Circuit breakers.)

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Nominations closed on 31st January 2025.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Is that really so? Current estimates put it more on a par with a Google search. Google hasn't published their energy stats since 2009. They now use AI in their searches too. Water usage may be more nuanced. www.zmescience.com/science/news...

zmescience.com

Everyone Thought ChatGPT Used 10 Times More Energy Than Google. Turns Out That’s Not True

Sam Altman revealed GPT-4o uses around 0.3 watthours of energy per query.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

@octopus.energy thank you to Rachael in my Support Team who managed to hit the virtual TV in the right spot and got my export tariff working. I hope I spelled your name correctly.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Seen on the promenade at Burnham on Sea today. These two plaques commemorate the 50 old destroyers gifted to Britain by President Roosevelt in 1940. They materially helped us defend the ships bringing essential supplies across the Atlantic. Each one was renamed, including one as HMS Burnham.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

There's so much I'd not appreciated from my first watching of The Expanse. Like the Razorback ship was Julie Mao's.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Still watching The Expanse a second time. A quote from Naomi stuck me in series two. "Every shitty thing we do makes the next one a bit easier. "

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Karawansay's latest email has this pithy comment about the TV series King and Conqueror. "The series is fun... if you are willing to completely turn your brain off."

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The washing didn't dry yesterday as I'm too tight to use the tumble dryer. Hence today's socks feature a cartoon mouse on skis.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I just realised it's only 500 years until the start of the Zager and Evans song.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

For no immediate reason I've started watching The Expanse again. I was immediately reminded what a great series this is. The details are myriad. Like the way bodies behave in zero G and under artificial gravity. I'm also struck by how much I'd either forgotten or failed to notice the first time.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#Human on BBC2 is a really good watch. Now we find that homo sapiens are the Borg of humans. We have assimilated both Neanderthals and Denisovans.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I asked an AI called the Lyric Machine on Poe to compose a poem. The subject is the assault of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 by DD swimming tanks from 13th/18th Royal Hussars. Here is the end product after 1 iterations which gradually polished the composition.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Where is Neil Young's Glastonbury set on iPlayer? I can't see it.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Just in time for D-Day, this arrived yesterday. My game mat for Eisenhower covering the entire Normandy invasion area up to about 20 miles inland. Its enormous at almost 15 feet wide by 5 deep.

A game mat of the Normandy invasion area, measuring 15 by 5 feet.

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Andrew Holmes @evenpickier.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

What a brilliant drama is #CodeOfSilence . Rose shines.

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