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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 23/09/2026

To quote a famous robo song from the distant future (the year 2000), they used poisonous gases to poison our asses

Guardian headline:
How would AI actually 'kill all humans'? Here are the top five most likely scenarios
Toby Walsh for the Conversation

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 01/09/2026

Should be simple enough to fix - it’s the Navy that have rudders, on the back of their boats

Excerpt from NYT: “…firings and feuds that have left the Army essentially rudderless…”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/08/2026

I didn’t know the Sounders were Welsh!

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/08/2026

I recently bought this because that’s what the store had - unfortunately it doesn’t smell of pure gasoline

Old Spice Coastal Curves Formula One limited edition deodorant

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 15/08/2026

Having tried to use WiFi on the Cascades train to Vancouver, not sure this is much of a difference!

National Geographic news notification:
This retro train may be the least stressful way to travel Canada-with '50s decor and no WiFi.

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 10/08/2026

I’m at the sneaker store. I’m at the Italian restaurant. I’m at the combination sneaker store Italian restaurant

Picture of a restaurant with sneakers for sale in the background

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 19/07/2026

Football … mmm … isn’t it though? Jumpers for goalposts, hmm? Mum can we stay out longer? What’s the score, 6-4?

Paul Whitehouse as Ron Manager from the 90’s British sketch show, the Fast Show

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 06/07/2026

Well this is awkward, do I wear this jersey again for England’s next game? It gave them luck tonight…

I’m wearing the Norway jersey, England’s next opponents

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 04/07/2026

Good news everybody, you can still read BlueSky in this shower!

Shower sign for a campground with the stick figure under a shower head presumably holding a bar of soap but it’s just a rectangle

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/06/2026

A live look at the England shot map on the Croatian goal

An image of the “survivorship bias” plane with lots of red dots

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/06/2026

Clearly I’m good luck for a team if I wear their jersey! Sorry Curaçao, I’m afraid I couldn’t get hold of your away kit, really hurt your chances there

Scotland, Cabo Verde, and Norway jerseys. The Cabo Verde one says “No stress”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 14/06/2026

Seems odd I made a dumb joke about the NBA instead of mentioning the first time Acotland won a World Cup match since I was 10… rest assured I was excited about that really

Your happy couple in front of the TV showing a Scotland win!

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 13/06/2026

Really need to work out how to also do work calls like this…

View from inside hot tub looking at the TV with the USMNT match on

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 12/06/2026

As a one-time Shetlander, it makes sense you’d be looking for Malakoff, where else would you get stuff for your fishing boat?

Front door of Malakoff Limited, Marine and DIY Supplies. It’s in Lerwick, Shetland Isles

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 12/06/2026

I found what appears to be the only World Cup wall chart available with the kick offs in Pacific time… I did not pay attention to the dimensions 😳

A six foot wide World Cup wall chart hanging on my wall

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 11/06/2026

This is good, but you’re going to have to know which of Redmond or Lynwood is your intended destination on the 2 line to see this first.

World Cup signage at the Bellevue light rail station. It says: “Exit at Int’l Dist / Chinatown station for Seattle Stadium”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 07/06/2026

Had immaculate timing on the ferry today - no only got to the terminal and drove straight on right before it left - but also we grabbed the last ferry nacho dish thing!

Picture of the WA State ferry appetizer dish that’s very popular on the internet

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 05/06/2026

This is the opposite of #HugOps, Max!

Radio snippet from F1 driver Max Verstappen:
"GUYS, PLEASE **** FIX THIS RELEASE.
IT'S JUST ****, IT DOESN'T WORK!"

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 04/06/2026

Oh, that’s what you meant by stool, I was about to post my furniture in the mail!

Instructions for a cologuard:
“Place the collection paper inside the toilet bowl and on top of the water.
Pass your stool (poop)
onto the collection paper.”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/05/2026

Phill Neville should let his players eat. The MLSPA should be all over this ✊

Apple TV notification: See Miami against a hungry Portland side

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 15/05/2026

Oh hey, I made the big screen!

Photo collage of the previous days at PyCon including one with your humble author

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 15/05/2026

Hello from Long Beach! Keynotes starting at #PyConUS

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 29/03/2026

Glad the Mercedes boys finished their painting side job before the race starts

Mercedes F1 drivers wearing their black with white speckles race suits

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 26/03/2026

Either there’s a weird printing error on this plumbing mailer I just received, or they happily accept alien customers. Who knows? Visibility is important after all!

Picture of a smiling family except the dad has a blue wrinkled forehead and nose

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 22/03/2026

Laura Meng on how code is like babies: “Deploying on Friday is like trying something different at bedtime” 😂

Laura with a slide: “Running a system you don’t control”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 22/03/2026

#PyCascades day two, the captions starting with a morning affirmation of sorts 😅

Captioning screen that says:
Welcome to day two of PyCascades Vancouver 2026
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You probably can…

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 22/03/2026

Last talk of the day, with a nice turtles all the way down Easter egg from @trey.io

Slide that says “It’s pointers all the way down” followed by a turtle emoji

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 21/03/2026

Don’t forget to look out the window, getting a classic sunny PNW day today!

View of a ferry boat arriving with North Vancouver and the mountains in the background

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 21/03/2026

Brett Slatkin with a beautiful opening slide

Medieval tapestry style slide for the future of Python: evolution or succession

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 21/03/2026

Mariatta @mariatta.ca with an all-time great slide!

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 21/03/2026

The yin and yang of Łukasz’s keynote 😅 👏 @lukasz.langa.pl #PyCascades

Slide saying:
What if you died now?
What if there was a war?
What if you had to flee home?
What if you herp derp?

Slide that says:
Python is a PUBLIC GOOD

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 21/03/2026

In Vancouver 🇨🇦 for PyCascades 2026! #PyCascades #PyCascades2026 Where’s the grey clouds and rain I was expecting gone?!

Some high-rise buildings with blue skies behind them.

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 08/02/2026

BlueSky appears to have reached its final form: shouting two words repeatedly. TWO! WORDS! TWO! WORDS!

Two posts in my BlueSky feed. One says “ED! STONE! ED! STONE!”, the other says “SEA! TURTLE! SEA TURTLE!”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/12/2025

“May be” doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I do also love the tag line that “Your comfort just became a qualified expense”. Yes, I have a doctor’s note that says I must be comfortable at all times!

Advert for running shoes. “Adapt Runners may be HSA/FSA eligible through Truemed”. Text at bottom says “PSA for anyone with an HSA or FSA card: you can use it on Flux. Your comfort just became a qualified expense.”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/12/2025

Ah yes, now I’m getting adverts for a medically necessary comforter?!

Advert for Rest Evercool Comforter: now FSA + HSA Eligible

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/12/2025

Umm… no way a cat litter robot is “FSA/HSA eligible”. Might as well say everything you spend money on should be tax deductible. Not that that’s necessarily a bad idea! www.litter-robot.com/hsa-fsa-elig...

Screenshot of the Litter Robot website. It says “The first and only HSA/FSA eligible litter box.”

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 18/11/2025

OMG! Scotland have qualified for the World Cup! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Incredible

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 12/11/2025

One for the massive crossover audience of Sounders podcast fans and followers of British politics in the 90s:

UK Newspaper The Sun headline, slightly altered from original to say "IT'S Lobbing Scorchers WOT WON IT"

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 25/10/2025

Not quite got it yet…

Cryptic crossword guess with “titoaaing” which is definitely not a word or the correct answer

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 12/10/2025

As I’m always saying, “Lat okkum fara Føroyar!” 🇫🇴🇫🇴🇫🇴

Full time score: Faroe Islands 2, Czechia 1

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 31/08/2025

Got my GOAT jersey ready for today

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 24/07/2025

The SeaTac bridge connecting the S terminal with the main terminal is insane. Planes fit underneath this. There’s an escalator in that diagonal strut that’s sooo long.

A pic of the SeaTac South terminal passenger bridge

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 17/07/2025

I guess he should stick to football then 🤺

Messi player fact: Lionel Messi lost the most duels (6) in the match.

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 04/07/2025

Met this Douglas Squirrel in Hamlin Park in Shoreline today 🐿️

A Douglas Squirrel clinging onto a tree. Brownish body with orange-y underside

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 30/06/2025

My high-brow stats analysis of the Gold Cup game between Costa Rica and the US is that Costa Rica would have had a better chance if their jersey didn’t look like a Chicago Fire one

Costa Rica 2025 away jersey. Mostly white with perhaps a cloud pattern and a red and blue highlights

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 18/05/2025

Turns out 318 is a bit of a trek! #pyconus

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Nick Denny @nick-denny.com · 15/05/2025

Excited to be heading to #PyConUS today! But unfortunately first I have to disturb this sleeping cat… 😿

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