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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Attached page from the Man City web site. The PL claimed that they had real sponsorship of 11M and reported 140M+. That commercial team must have done amazing work straight away to fill that 130M gap. Someone like Swiss Ramble will have better analysis than me…..

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ouch, heal fast Gary. Looks like folks will need to spoil you for a bit.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Exactly, and yet it happens every single time. It’s become a family joke.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ah, my absolute kryptonite. The bit on the beach when he meets Lennon, it makes me cry every single time. I can’t tell you why, other than it’s a what might have been…and that he’s happy. I’m wobbly just thinking about it.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This mornings chilli harvest. Lots of Cayenne red peppers and one ripe MA Warthog. The Cayenne are around 30,000 Scoville heat units - the Warthog 1,500,000 I.e. 50x hotter - wear gloves!

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Haywain 2026

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Fantastic yield from first Chinesischer Runzelhaut plant. Despite the look they are a low heat - I’ve a fun mix of chilli’s this year thanks to chillichump. #hydroponics

Around 30 4cmx3cm chilli’s. Red in colour and wrinkled.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sorry to announce that my AI model broke out of its sandbox whilst testing yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it appears to have broken through our defenses and has eaten the last custard slice in the fridge that had been previously promised to my son. We will learn from this and move forwards.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Talk to Irvine Welsh about using it as an intro for Trainspotting 3.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

More worried that it means he has no interest in Europe.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is a wonderful story. Given the general state of the news it’s worth remembering that people can still be fantastic.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is wonderful, thanks you for sharing.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We just finished the first series. They deserve all the prizes and flowers, it’s brilliant. His flashback in the last 10 seconds of the first episode floored me, it told us so much about his character. Sensational performance.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

My gut feeling is a good proportion of the country want a left leaning, progressive, non divisive party option. A good proportion of the LibDem/Green vote was available, but they chased a group that will never vote for them.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I just don’t understand the logic. The polling data must have shown this. This wasn’t something happening in secret. Lots of discourse in the media and online. I know folks who have previously been Labour activists that have not only left the party, but moved to Green and stood.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I dropped out of university at end of year two and lied to my parents. They still believe I'm there and are now asking when my graduation is. The moral of the confession is stay in uni.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

When taking a shit I like to look at the Rorschach pictures I produce on the wipe

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

BTW Great article, and a fantastic intro/exit.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Pretty sure I heard the stat on the weekend that we have only out run opponents 3 time in the league so far this season. Then I heard this morning that Chelsea have been outrun in every PL game this season (that explains one of our three). Is it just too much sterile possession for both side?

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

My nearly 18 year old has government child trust fund. Does the same apply i.e. Can we max out the trust fund this financial year and then still have a normal ISA after?

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hey, I’m a few hours late to this. I want you to know that you are not alone in that view, I was uncomfortable in the summer over the potential transfer and I still am. I read this morning that grok has been allowing “nudification” of any images. Public bodies should be nowhere near that platform.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

That’s funny, I was firmly and repeatedly told the real story growing up! The two cities share so much in common despite the rivalry (like brothers tbh) Happy New Year

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Great night watching Liverpool band Casino support The Lightning Seeds. Nice to hear one of the tunes he wrote with Terry Hall just before he passed away.

Ian Broudie on stage with a spangly guitar punching the air.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Last of the tomatoes, but the start of the peppers and chilli harvest from the garden.

Collection of yellow chilli’s, green and red peppers and a few small tomatoes.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A little niche, but if you need a 3D printed lace bobbin holder, I just released a free model. makerworld.com/en/models/17...

Pink 3D printed bobbin holder for lace with 8 lace bobbins attached.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Those of us of a certain vintage really need to help make this a thing. My better half is finally approving of my timeline as it’s full of Simon Le Bon images.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Managed to miss the Kasabian part so just bewildered by the little “goat” sting in and out of ad breaks. Made me cringe every single time. BTW - great ratings - thanks.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Oh no, I won’t be home near email for hours. No spoilers please, I might even save it as a little treat for half time in the match.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This new internet age check is brilliant. Using a VPN I can now 'research' top Pornhub videos from different countries. There is some weird shit out there. South Africa, I'm looking at you.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

It was an absolute joy to do Towersey festival last year - it has now metamorphosised into the Found festival - check the line up - I’m on the same day as the fabulous John Hegley www.foundfestival.uk

foundfestival.uk

Found Festival

Music, Dance, Participation & Community

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David Bisset @davidbisset.com · 24/07/2025

Why I 🧡 the web. drawafish.com Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Do it, I doubt you’ll regret it. When I’m away I now vpn back to my home so I can go through my pihole. (Plus you’ll be fascinated by how often sites/devices try to connect home/tracking/ad services)

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Nobody ever eats only half a cream scone. Antagonise both sides one half cream first, one jam first.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Support teams firefighting are often dealing with badly written applications and doing amazing jobs keeping the plates spinning at all.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Around 20? years ago when they where a new thing I was travelling back from the US through Detroit airport. As I was washing my hands an elderly Asian guy used an air blade as a urinal. He managed to set the air blade off and I’ll never forget the noise and look of surprise on his face.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Still adore “Rich and Strange”

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

As long as those things already have HA integrations you don’t need esp32 for them. You can potentially make “dumb” devices smart and available to HA by using esp32s to control relays to switch them on etc. But I’d always go down smart plugs/IR blasters before messing with the internals of things.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We also have small esp32 minis that have cheap temp sensors on them that measure stuff like the fish tanks water temperature, greenhouse temp/humidity and feed that data back to HA. I can then use that data to turn on fans/alerts etc. Fun to do some microelectronic stuff after years of coding 3/3

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This is data from home assistant sent to an esp32 I’ve connected to an e-ink display. It shows a lot of the HA stats on our energy production/usage alongside the weather. 2/3

Red frame with e-ink display showing solar and weather info.

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Hey Jono, I’ve been playing with esphome for a few years now and it’s awesome so shout if you want any help. I use the esp32s in a few ways, typically grabbing data from stuff or displaying info from home assistant. 1/3

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Paul Goulbourn @goul.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Our robot vacuum cleaner (Geoff) is either showing real ambition or the rise of the machines has started. I guess it’s a sunny day, so who can blame it for wanting to spend some time in the garden?

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