martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 30/09/2026How there was two the other day. Are they breeding? 000
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgmoogal @moogal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I don’t know who decided that if I’m listening to music on my phone and switch to some other app that thinks it wants audio, it should pause my music and take over, even if not actively playing anything. If I want to pause my music, I’ll be the one to do it, thank you. 031
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#RecipeOfTheDay is Apple and Blackberry Kuchen! It’s a yeasted slab of a cake, which you could think of as an autumnally fruited focaccia – sweet, but not too sweet, and perfect for a late breakfast over the weekend so long as you don’t have plans for a big lunch! www.nigella.com/recipes/appl...nigella.comApple and Blackberry KuchenKuchen, in this context, may be simply "cake" in German, but what it means in America, taken there by German refugees, is a sweet, but not too sweet, yeasted dough, baked in a slab and topped as desir... 1136341
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 17/09/2026Curtains confuse me. I didn't think you halved them but thankfully they aren't something any of us have to buy very often. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 15/09/2026It's not eight eight two nine one. It's eighty eighty two nighty one. Hill I'll die on. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 06/09/2026Also the government needs to resolve the Sunday working issue. Too much of the network relies upon volunteers. 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 06/09/2026CrossCountry are an operator I try to avoid though I think you had no choice. They need a new fleet but that's not been something under their control for some years now. 210
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 30/08/2026I do enjoy a classic Just a Minute especially when they feature Sheila Hancock www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukJust a Minute - Series 58 - Episode 4 - BBC SoundsNicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Ian MacMillan and Gyles Brandreth 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 28/08/2026Argh. So anyone who uses a provider that re-writes URL's has an even harder job 000
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgEd Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/08/2026✍️ Want to understand the bonkers nature of the modern economy? Take a ride with me on the 30,000 mile journey the cod in a fish finger takes between being caught off the coast of Scotland and consumed in a British home 🤯 Promise I'm not making this up👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-30000-...edconway.substack.comThe 30,000-mile fish fingerThere’s a good chance the cod on your child’s plate has been around the world and back. Not that you’d learn any of that from the label... 45652297
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 28/08/2026Success managed to get my self assessment refund through far quicker than last year - but only because they told me last year that I should call to chase it. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 27/08/2026Presumably this system is only available to the nations not the regions? 000
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgTom [PositiveLad] 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 @positivelad.me · 26/08/2026I can highly recommend opening a fresh Google search page in your browser and googling 'Dolly Parton'. 1181
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 21/08/2026I assume you just purchase the extra pages by default 🤣 000
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgQueen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o 13370167
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 20/08/2026Every day is a school day and you've just proved that for me. Thanks. 110
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 19/08/2026ianvisits.co.ukScientists find unexpected recovery in children’s lungs after ULEZ cuts pollutionResearchers expected cleaner air to prevent further damage to children’s lungs, but a major five-year study found London children instead experienced accelerated lung growth and caught up with their peers outside the capital. 1418
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 19/08/2026I agree the Greater Anglia regional fleet is unrecognisable compared to the past. The commuter fleet is perhaps a bit more mixed but that is in part due to capacity. 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 15/08/2026I've just seen that Ann Droid can drive. That alone would be a reason for me wanting a robot. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026Looking forward to hearing this later as I was in the audience for the recording of this last night. Full of laughs and given it was about 90 minutes interested to see what makes the cut. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe People Have Spoken - Andy Cool'em Down'em - BBC SoundsIan Smith enlists Maisie Adam, Alasdair Beckett-King and the audience to take on the news. 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026One thing that is obvious from the One Show 20th anniversary is that there are far fewer full episode outside broadcasts now. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026Eat them. They are chocolate. Best before is still safe. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026Personally I wish they'd get rid of having a government minister doing the daily rounds - in the same way as I detest the Chancellor being interviewed in advance of the budget. Leave that till after the budget and actually challenge them afterwards rather than deal in hypotheticals. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026I don't know if the 0810 slot carries the same weight it used to so it is possible other parties don't prioritise it so much against other outlets. 100
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 14/08/2026At what point do they vacate the Steward of the Manor position? 100
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 12/08/2026As always the nations putting network to shame. Bravo Northern Ireland. 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 12/08/2026Your plant can't survive without you would be my thinking 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 05/08/2026I had so little confidence that it would last any significant amount of time I didn’t bother closing the doors 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 04/08/2026I am never this constrained on a hotel breakfast and always have to start with chocolate cereal 🤣 110
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 01/08/2026So yesterday after twenty years with the same organisation having done at least six different jobs I finally called it a day. Now time to enjoy a month off before starting my next job in September. 010
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 30/07/2026Snap though I suspect mine goes back a couple of years earlier. Now had the same work mobile number for 18 years as well - and keeping it as I change jobs. 000
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 29/07/2026How many do you have? Do you really have too many? 010
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Ein Angriff auf dich ist ein Angriff auf uns alle. 221246213
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 23/07/2026It's surely also a programme that can only do you good. 010
Reposted by @martinchapman.orgAdamShawBiz @adamshawbiz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Rise in the ‘fake meeting’ - office workers so filled with meetings that they don’t have time to do any actual work, are creating fake meetings in their dairies to stop bosses calling them in for pointless meetings & to enable them to get real work done. www.ft.com/content/0291...ft.comEmployees are scheduling fake meetings to make time for real workWhen back-to-back calls leave little time for actual tasks, some turn to underhand solutions 021
martinchapman.org @martinchapman.org · 16/07/2026Is there a map of the new councils available anywhere? A quick Google just serves up a lot of text. 000
