Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 23hCan I get a two-compartment coffee bean caddy that has a timer that locks the caffeinated beans at 5pm and unlocks the decaf? 000
Reposted by Barry RDanny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anyone fancy being the Head of IT at Warhammer/Games Workshop? (Genuinely the sort of role I would love to profile for an interview piece btw.😅) jobs.games-workshop.com/search-and-a...jobs.games-workshop.comHead of IT - Games Workshop JobsAbout the Job Games Workshop is looking for a Head of IT on a 2-year fixed-term contract to take overall responsibility for our global IT and customer 3913
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just seen a reddit post where people have been making songs using "Sumo". I bet that slaps, as the kids say. 110
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ooh a new Belbury Poly album and its not on Ghost Box? link.deezer.com/s/34ygsumcYQ...link.deezer.comSorceryBelbury Poly - album - 2026 - 12 songs 010
Reposted by Barry RSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62430891095
Reposted by Barry RTom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lovecraft & M. R. James could only dream of writing a sentence like this. 321952
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bike ride. Remembered to take cash for the cash-only tea and coffee snack bar. Snack bar closed. Went to a card-only coffee shop in town. Hadn't brought my card. But I did see a kingfisher so winning. 020
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kingfisher sitting on the weir at Halton. Makes up for me forgetting the tea and coffee hut isn't open Wednesdays. 010
Reposted by Barry RMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16568611882
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sees her mother fall off a mountain and goes "Well, I thought. My year is about to get a lot worse.". Yeah, not as bad as your mother's. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comA moment that changed me: My mother fell off a mountain – and my life began againA bad breakup had made me afraid I would be mired in anger for ever. But on that family hike, in our fear and horror as we awaited the air ambulance, my old hurts took on a different hue 000
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've just seen the word "Quietcation" and what's wrong with "Shhholiday"? 020
Reposted by Barry RNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.static.klipy.comVintage Pixel Game: LemmingsAlt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings 11276115
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Malcolm X is on BBC1 tonight, but I've not seen the first 9 Malcolm movies. 010
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Doing some gardening while listening to The Beatles and a beetle crawled across the drive in front of me. Also its very windy and a small stone rolled past. #ThisMeansSomething 110
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The two "magic questions" are "What's the worst that could happen?" and "And then what?". But if the answer to the first is "I could get killed" then I think I'd get a new therapist. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe one change that worked: Anxiety had me hiding from the world – then two magic questions set me freeI used to be terrified of socialising, certain I would embarrass myself the moment I opened my mouth. And as for dates … 000
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Was doing some weeding in the front garden with earphones in so as not to be disturbed by neighbours offering unsolicited weeding advice and one of my neighbours decides to come over and offer unsolicited weeding advice. 010
Reposted by Barry RRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Only in Switzerland. Workmen having a cheeky fondue by the side of the road over the weekend. Identities obscured to protect the peckish. 317019
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you have no friends to play the drums while you didgeridoo, why not get a didgeridrum! www. youtube.com/watch?v=YauSb4mWkwo (also, how stoned were they when they invented this?)youtube.comThe didgeridrum combines didgeridoo and frame drum in one instrumentYouTube video by Didge Project 010
Reposted by Barry RBrutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 27/09/2026Hotel Panorama, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia - Zdeněk Řihák, 1970 r/brutalism 715137
Reposted by Barry RHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 29469452743
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finger hovering over the "Resume Heating Schedule" button.... 100
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And I'm getting reports that all local supermarkets are busy... yes its University Intro Week! 120
Reposted by Barry RCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026<Director> GUYS WE GET ONE SHOT AT THIS. ANNNND ACTION 1632650
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Lancaster Jazz Jam tonight at The Storey Print Room Cafe, 7.30 till 10, come along for a listen or join in or just walk past and say "Welcome to Jazz Club... Great!" 000
Reposted by Barry RJohn Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky 40434238
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today in yeah that sounds like something Rick Wakeman would do news www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comRick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in VietnamFormer Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ 020
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Channel 4 news is using Chinese state television video for the meeting in Washington because the US press are refusing to cover it. 031
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026An ex-colleague tells me he's going to National Hamfest tomorrow, and knowing him I wasn't certain if it was meat-related or amateur radio-related. 120
Reposted by Barry RAdam N @blueswirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In other news, Scottish wild cats might be the greatest thing ever. 🏴 www.bbc.com/news/article... 011
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026People complaining about petrol prices should compare with train tickets once in a while. 031
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm so glad we read Macbeth at school when I was 14, otherwise I would not have got this glorious post. www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...reddit.comFrom the pics community on Reddit: Shakespeare predicted it: Burnham would meet Dunce InaneExplore this post and more from the pics community 020
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Am currently hanging round a gas station in the USA with a bunch of jerry cans waiting for $9.99/gal fuel to wrap round to $0.00. 020
Reposted by Barry RMatt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍mathew-owen.co.ukMathew Owen | Speech Writer | ManchesterBespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer. 258107
Reposted by Barry RBalderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 22/09/202669 today. Happy birthday Nick Cave. 627055
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Nice to see the BBC "inform, educate and entertain" with Stacey Dooley's Clickbait Clinic, in which she "questions if drinking toxic laundry powder can really cure joint pain"... 100
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026These tomatoes that I grew in the porch this summer have flavour and I can't eat another supermarket red water ball ever again. 140
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There's one of those public pianos at Oxford Services and I was tempted to see how many verses of Nick Cave's Stagger Lee I could get through before being hauled off. 000
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies". So what they are saying is "we hacked three other companies". We have computer misuse laws. How about we apply them. 020
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Do you like concrete? Here's the sea wall at Samphire Hoe. 210
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Keys were under the mat all the time... www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukGovernment unveils plans to unlock over 15,000 new homesFirst plan under new Nature Restoration Fund to help deliver up to 15,780 new homes in Norfolk 000
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Am practically speechless... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 111
Reposted by Barry RLuke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I wonder about some of the astroparticle physics papers. 1103
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you need a plasterer who can do a wall in double quick time... 010
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A colour wheel art piece where you spin the wheel to try and match the sea and sky colours through the little window. Pantone numbers for reference. 020
Barry R @geospacedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026[Jurassic Park gif here] www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comScientists create mice with part-human brainsResearchers hope to shed light on conditions such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and rare forms of dementia 000