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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

When my daughter was a child, a baby really, I used to sing bath time songs that I just made up. You know, that point where your first child is in a baby bath and you're sweating thinking 'How do I not drown/boil this thing?' Mostly based on Ivor Cutler really. She seemed to like them. Simple […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A very fine place to be is the bath. You can have a good wash. And a bit of a splash. A very fine place to be is the bath It's a very fine place indeed The bath is a very fine place to be. You can have a fart. But not a pee. The bath is a very fine place to be It's a very fine place indeed A […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Goodnight and good weekend everyone. Especially @Geri who has been super lovey tonight.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

You're kind of like the drunk guy at the party who doesn't know when to shut up. Or just fuck off.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Your occasional reminder that only a tiny percentage of the world's population lives in the USA. And mostly the rest of us just think you're mental.And best avoided.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Fuck it. My downstairs neighbour is deaf, his TV is always on max anyway. One notch.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I want to turn this up. But it's already very loud. So I probably shouldn't.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Almost Killing Joke at times. (That is a huge compliment.)

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I bought this record earlier the year. Then my dad died. This is my first listen. It's not easy. But, fuck me, it sounds amazing.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I am on my own, in the dark. I have a glass of wine. The fire is lit, and purring. And I am listening to The Twilight Sad. Quite loud. What could possibly go wrong? thetwilightsad.bandcamp.com/album/i… #music

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IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE, by The Twilight Sad

10 track album

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Dinner tonight was courgette (zucchini) with peach, stracciatella and a roast almonds and rosemary dressing. It was, if I say so myself, rather lovely. #food #recipe

A white plate with grilled courgettes, slices of peach and melting white cheese.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

OK.All the backfill is done, we can cook. Take 2 courgettes (which, I hope I have now established, are called zucchini in North America) and slice them thinly lengthways. I used a veg peeler for this, but in retrospect that's a little too thin. You probably want to use a very sharp knife and […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I actually have this record. And about 27 others of this. But don't listen to this. Listen to Seaglass.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

If anyone has a 5 metre USB-A extension cable lying around, I'd dearly love to take it out of your big-box-of-emergency-cables and give it a loving new home. Happy to pay postage (UK only). Hoping it'll solve some of my Zigbee woes 😆

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

When I look in the mirror these days – usually only when I'm shaving, it's not a pastime I enjoy – I see a flabby old man I barely recognise. This from the last King Creosote I recognise, now he's gone down the red-pilled rabbit hole. But he was a genius while he was sane. What a lyricist […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Um .... that's at least 5 jobs. Who the hell are you hoping to recruit?

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

On the sixth day of Hate Week it is announced that Oceania is, and has always been, at war with Eastasia, and that Eurasia is an ally. Winston has to work long hours to rectify all of the now obsolete references to Oceania's war with Eurasia. At one rally, the orator actually had to change his […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Well, guess that's the Christmas cards sorted out.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

That sounds very much like a single edged sword to me. All cost and no benefit. @hosford42

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

“ For now, though, letting AI write your code looks like a double-edged sword, with increases in coding speed counteracted by similar increases in human code review time and effort. It’s the kind of result that makes us wonder if the considerable time and expense to get AI coding agents working […]

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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

"An #LLM absolutely cannot produce work to the highest human standards, or even a good human standard at the moment, and it's unlikely that it ever will. Most human work, however, is not done at a good standard. At best it's mediocre, and at worst it's downright horrible" — @iris_meredith […]

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Gram @gram.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Gram.social does not serve any ads, we do not sell user data and we do not accept investors. Instead we rely on your donations to keep the lights on! Please think about helping us out❤️ paypal.me/stuxOS patreon.com/mstdn ko-fi.com/mstdn […] [Original post on gram.social]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

We had heavy rain last night. The Kelvin responded, so swollen its waters reached the lower branches of the riparian woods along its banks. Still, a nice lunchtime #bike ride.

A river, its waters stained brown by sediment washed in by overnight rain, flows through a valley lined by trees just beginning to turn.

The riverbanks are densely wooded, and the swollen stream is as high as the lowest branches of the overhanging trees.

The sky is mostly blue, with fluffy white clouds, though it's not a sunny scene.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

We had heavy rain last night. The Kelvin responded, so swollen its waters reached the lower branches of the riparian woods along its banks. Still, a nice lunchtime #bike ride.

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Tim J @timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

This is just how #Fascism works.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Just fuckin' look at this. This painting is *colossal*. It's the size of your apartment wall. When you stand in front of it, you feel those waves crashing towards you. You hear the sounds they make. You feel the vibrations in your chest.

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David O'Brien @iamdavidobrien.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Eardley was born in England, but I think she qualifies under some rule so we can call her Scottish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Eardley

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Joan Eardley - Wikipedia

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