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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Very long shot. Do I know anyone in or near Phuket who can do me a favour? I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it. Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.

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Old man yells at clouds @grovester.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When my youngest was about 8 or 9 I heard him saying ‘Brexit tackle’ in FIFA with his mates, referring to a ridiculously violent and pointless foul that would lead to a straight red resulting in losing the match

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think that's called a bellend.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Does she write a detailed list of directions like my dad used to do? I'm sure he would have had no truck with satnav nonsense.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@dracos.co.uk Hi, I have another query about the split.traintimes result I got! Off peak, BHM->CDF via AGV, £78.20 reduces to £53.60 by splitting at CWM; COV->CDF via AGV, £82.70 but only reduces to £72.20 with the same split, and doesn't split at BHM (which is what I will do). Why no BHM split?

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My partner had a tech interview on a Friday afternoon and got offered a beer.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From muscle memory I think you can get the correct typographer's apostrophe by holding shift-option as you type it (on a Mac).

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Totally. Sounds grim, but if that was all you knew you just had to get on with it. Just having an inside lav would have felt like luxury. Kids these days, don't know they're born... 8-)

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 19/09/2026

Don't listen to the Doomers. The UK's investment in green energy is making a huge difference. grid.iamkate.com

Fossil fuels
3.28
13.7
Gas
3.28
13.7
Renewables
20.91
87.2
Solar
0.18
0.8
Wind
20.36
84.9
Hydro
0.37
1.5
Other sources
4.18
17.4
Nuclear
3.33
13.9
Biomass
0.85
3.5
Interconnectors
−4.09
−17.1

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How did all the pipes in those days cope with newspaper I wonder? (When I was young it was the thing to flush sanitary pads but my dad wouldn't allow it as he had once had to fix a drain blocked by them.)

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My dad used that. We had soft stuff for mum and me, and a special ceramic holder on the wall by the loo for his. I guess it was what he was used to - I never asked!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm currently having a discussion with my friend about this - i used your skeet as an example, hope that's ok. I can't bring myself to use gen AI at all: she uses it quite a lot (but responsibly). In an ideal world it could be a marvellous thing, but giving it to stupid flawed humans, not so much.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm guessing it's the fourth on the "Other" list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC_%28...

en.wikipedia.org

CNC (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I cannot stand the usage of the word "pooped": a horrible, infantalising Americanism. And yes, I know it's a book for children, but let's stick with good old British "poo" shall we?

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've just designed a device which would solve the problem for you! You are welcome to patent it.

Diagram of an imaginary device intended to tilt the user to an angle.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I heard an interview with Peter Capaldi where he said he asked Bill Forsyth why he had to run a lot in the film, and BH said it was because PC had a funny run.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You're welcome! I don't usually listen but caught the start and couldn't switch off.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did you hear The Reunion on R4 last Sunday? About this film and Gregory's Girl, with some of the cast.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's another example in the article: Not me, but a museum colleague who cared for the live animals. Her husband would have to stop her when chopping veggies for salads – she’d be autopilot cutting everything small enough for a little turtle to eat.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think my mum was in an amateur production of it when she was young (so 1940s): she certainly used to say the line. I've got a copy of the book somewhere: sentimental Victorian fiction is my guilty pleasure!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

More like human(ity's) centipede. Quite literally consuming, digesting and regurgitating someone else's produce over and over again.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It was probably exactly like Daniel Craig cuts hair - no cause for complaint.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That's why I'd love micropayments: just read/listen to what I want and check what I've paid at the end of the month. If I pay a sub I've "got to" listen/read all of it and that's another mental load for me that I don't need.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I loved eating them as a kid: beef ones, the only ones my mum bought. She sometimes used to give me one to take to school as a snack

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There's been a suggestion for news sites to instigate micropayments, ie I would like to read this article, I will pay 10p rather than taking out a year's sub. A similar idea could be for podcasts, but unfortunately I think it's unworkable in reality.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

People who do this and similar, after being prosecuted for vandalism, should be forced to attend a basic science course, akin to the speed awareness course for drivers.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

£24? That's jaw-dropping! I've no idea how it all works: was that from advertising? Presumably Apple got a chunk of it?

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Conversely, I was always sure I didn't want them, never had them, and am 100% happy with that decision. Some people genuinely do not want them and don't change their minds.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Also, just actually washing your nether regions. We can't dangle it in front of us.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I saw one recently where the entire interior was like multiple conflicting magic eye pictures. Was that the sort of thing?

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh wait! I'm getting confused with The Invite! (I don't enjoy horror so I've not seen The Invitation.)

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Mine was second year juniors - no idea what that is in new money, that's how long ago it was.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Apparently it's meep-meep when spoken and beep-beep when written. I now have to find out where I read that earlier today!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You should post an anonymous letter through his door castigating him for it. Maybe purport to be from the British Flag Society or something. Don't do this if he has a Ring doorbell though.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I first saw the 1960 film when I was about 8 and thought it was brilliant, then I borrowed the book from a teacher a couple of years later and realised it was much better. Became a big HG Wells fan as a teenager.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Given that the Morlocks moved the machine a few yards which was equivalent to moving it across the room (e.g. not intersecting with a wall) this has also bugged me. But it's still one of my favourite books.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dolly/Tim Curry Gala: something for everyone!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There was a hardware shop called C&A in the town where I grew up and I was very confused when they apparently started advertising clothing on the telly.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've said "picture-skew" (for picturesque) as a joke so often that now I have to do a mental double take when I see it.

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The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Cinema Museum still needs help to secure their premises; there's a donor who, all this bank holiday weekend, is going to match donations, so if you haven't given yet, throw in a bit now, and claim gift aid so it can do the most good!

crowdfunder.co.uk

The Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOME

After 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Camping in France. If we drove the car to the top of the hill we could just about pick up radio 4. For the entire week every news bulletin started "Buckingham Palace has said...". Are they STILL going on about it?!

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

120g plain flour 30g soft light brown sugar 28g water 24g veg oil 8g malt extract 1/8 tsp salt 1/8 tsp b powder Mix dry ings, stir in wet ings Knead dough for few mins, chill Roll v thin, 1-2mm Cut 6-7cm, prick with fork, chill again c.10 mins @ 190C, turn tray halfway thru, remove before they brown

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

During lockdown I reverse-engineered a fairly successful recipe for homemade rich tea biscuits, just in case they became unavailable.

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juudes@bsky.social @juudes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The first record I ever bought myself: I was disappointed it was in a plain cover as they'd run out of picture bags. Only now appreciating the campness of the "urgh", after the guitar solo iirc.

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