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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 04/10/2026

But Who could resist such a cute and fluffy thing?

Beep the Meep from Doctor Who. Cute, fluffy, and a genocidal maniac.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 03/10/2026

As Josef Stalin might have said today: “Oho, the Pope! Tell me, how many local nodes does /he/ run?”

Post by Pope Leo XIV on X:
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce.
There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack…

Reply from Spectromachina: Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand?
You're not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you're being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 01/10/2026

O hai. May I offer you the opportunity to deliver pets while your laptop updates?

A ginger cat is lying on a table in front of a laptop undergoing Windows updates.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 27/09/2026

There’s only one serious contender.

Paste-pot Pete faces off Spider-Man who’s trying to stop Pete going after the Human Torch.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 25/09/2026

“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.” - Jo Walton

Sunset over Leeds, Yorkshire. 25 September 2026.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 21/09/2026

Go for the stuffing, Boo! GO FOR THE STUFFING!!! AAAARGH!!!

A far too early banner proudly proclaiming “Legendary Christmas Hamster available to order now.”
Boneless half turkey crown
Boneless pork with crackling
Boneless beef joint
1lb Poxons sausages
1lb best back bacon
Pigs in blankets
1lb large pork pie

#oftencopiedneverequaled

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 20/09/2026

The Lords of Midnight (1984). Turn-based strategy with multiple armies, a pseudo-3D view, 4,000 locations. Took 48 kilobytes of RAM and a 256 by 192 pixel display with (barely) 16 colours. Still remarkably playable today.

The Sinclair Spectrum for The Lords of Midnight.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 16/09/2026

We used to get such good blurbs. This is from one of the Redfox collections. (We asked Anne McCaffrey to provide a blurb on the lines of “I absolutely hated it”, but she politely declined. She got the joke, though.)

Blurbs from the back of a Redfox collection.

“This dot dot dot dot dot dot book” - Peter Morwood

“What can I say about Redfox? I loved it!!! That isn’t enough is it? I… er… loved it. All of it. Really. Guess that’s it…” - Mary Gentle

“Sow in April under glass, and plant out in May for a riot of colour all year round, frost resistant.” - Terry Pratchett

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 06/09/2026

I'm also rather fond of The Shadow, with the late great Tim Curry as mad scientist Farley Claymore.

A GIF from the Russell Mulcahy film The Shadow, showing Tim Curry as villainous scientist Farley Claymore, spinning madly while firing a tommy gun.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 29/08/2026

Jeanne Kirkpatrick’s shade right now:

The Sickos meme from the Onion. A short-haired stubbled man is looking through a window with his hands on the glass, saying “Yes… ha ha ha… YES!”

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 22/08/2026

Started a long overdue audit of the filing cabinet. Found something from a while back that I knew wasn't lost, just had no idea where it had gone. Anyway, here it is.

Sample poster for the Valkyrie Press comic Redfox. The eponymous protagonist is the shorter, lighter haired one on the left, sporting a basque, a studded belt, pants held up by a thong studded with fangs, and knee high boots. To her right, Lyssa the Axe slayer of men, vanquisher of cities, and expert curry maker. Lyssa is dark haired and wearing a bandanna, a waistcoat over a short-sleeved shirt, a pair of thick trousers held up by a sturdy belt, and cavalry boots folded down at the knee.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 18/08/2026

I might get a bit bored, but think I’d manage. (And feel free to pop in to see how it’s going)

Screenshot of the island map of Hytopia from Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Dream Address: DA-5711-5161-3593

Y’all drop in now, ya hear?

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 18/08/2026

I’ll just leave this here.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 14/08/2026

A boi rehearsing for The Day.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 14/08/2026

You’re not the only one. Rather relieved it was only the UK version of “Only you can prevent forest fires”.

Jessica Rabbit as a Park Ranger in the animated short ‘Trail Mix-up’.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Possible Sundog just before the eclipse (the sun is visible through the tree on the left of the picture).

$A possible Sundog, at least a very bright cloud. I think it’s more refraction than reflection.$

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Charging the car while the sun shines. Not much, but it’s free at the point of delivery* and it all adds up. *Solar panels and car chargers are a one-off cost for the long term. As to how much they pay off, who knows? But the car’s not running on dead dinosaur juice either way.

Screenshot of house electrical setup showing the car topping up off the solar panels. No mains power needed right now.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 11/08/2026

August 11, 1999. I’d dreamed of travelling to Cornwall to see the total eclipse there since I was a child. In the end, I didn’t go, though not for want of trying. The eclipse in Leeds wasn’t total, but at least it was visible.

Solar eclipse as seen from Leeds, 11 August 1999.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 09/08/2026

The cat crept in (nom) The cat crept out again #FuzzyRebelAlliance

A dark brown tabby cat stuffing her face on kibble. As is her wont.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 29/07/2026

Getting this imported from Japan and then touting it around UK cons to show. Japanese dub, no subtitles, nearly everybody lapped it up.

The Japanese release of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind on VHS tape.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

Relish by Joan Osborne. I will not be taking questions at this time.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 26/07/2026

I’ve just seen this as an end note to a story on AO3. Well played.

Notes:

Licenses for using this work in AI training are available at USD $1,000 per word. Why? In some jurisdictions it is more of a crime to steal work when a valid licensing option is available, so it amuses me to provide an explicit price. Yes, I realize my asking price is very high. If you wish to negotiate a bulk rate you may start a conversation in the comments, or you can exclude this work from any training set. The AI industry seems to prefer unethical crimes to legitimately buying licenses for training data, but it’s fun to imagine running a free fanfic writers retreat for my online friends with the proceeds if anyone did actually pay my licensing fees for this story.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 21/07/2026

I understand the Army is already taking precautions against a Streeting inquiry.

Royal Artillery Coastal Defence Battery at Shornemead Fort in Kent, 1940. Servicemen rehearsing for a drag show had to pause and man the guns because of a Luftwaffe raid.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 19/07/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Fan art of Link and Zelda by Malin Falch, a homage to “God Speed” by Edmund Blair Leighton (1881).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leighton-God_Speed!.jpg

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 13/07/2026

There was a news item on #BBC #Radio4 #Today that the entertainment industry is meeting with the Met Office today because they are concerned that customers are being misled by weather forecasts only using a single icon per day. Perhaps a lesson on How To Use The App is in order?

The Met Office weather app showing hourly forecasts for Monday 13 July 2026 for Birmingham.

The BBC weather app showing hourly forecasts for Monday 13 July 2026 for Birmingham.

The Apple weather app showing hourly forecasts for Monday 13 July 2026 for Birmingham.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 11/07/2026

Have a virtual bouquet. Our border has been active.

A border next to a low stone wall. Poppies.

A border next to a low stone wall. Valerians?

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 09/07/2026

These. Serve them up over potato waffles. Don’t forget to nuke some frozen peas as well. Easy, cheapish, and minimal effort to cook.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 07/07/2026

I miss Turnpike. Badly. I still have all the printed manuals, and a code to set up a server separately from the reader. Alas, it no longer works on “modern” Windows.

Really, really old software manuals. Psion Series 3. Demon Internet. HTML and CSS. And an iPod guide which I keep because I still have an iPod of that vintage.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 07/07/2026

We sowed a wild seed mix on a strip in the front garden that had been taken over by couch grass, and got some amazing results.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 02/07/2026

“Google’s New reCAPTCHA Wants Your Camera Access and 21 Points of Your Hand.” reclaimthenet.org/googles-new-... You want 21 points? I got your 21 points right here.

The two-fingered salute given by Brits to someone they disapprove of. No proof that it goes back to the Anglo-French wars where the French threatened to cut off the working fingers of any captured archers, but it’s a nice myth.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 17/06/2026

That is an awful lot of tits.

Eight tits on the bird feeders. Working brunch?

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 16/06/2026

The Metrollops is looking good today.

London skyline around the Buck House area, looking North-ish to the Telecom Tower. Satellite dishes on a building in between, and a lovely mostly blue sky.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 13/06/2026

Also to show off their prowess on the keyboard.

Rick Wakeman and his modest keyboard collection for ‘The six wives of Henry VIII’.

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Murphy's Lawyer @menageri.org.uk · 10/06/2026

This fella. The film is a misfire, and an everlasting source of torment to fans of the comic, but Peter Stormare’s Lucifer is as far as I’m concerned the best thing in Constantine.

Peter Stormare as Lucifer in Constantine (2095)

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