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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 10/01/2026

We came across these lovely little characters while walking in the woods this morning… However, Coco dog decided they were wrong and should not be there! 😂🤷‍♂️ #dogs #spaniel #snowmen #walking

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 04/01/2026

#ForSale! #HomeAssistant Yellow #RaspberryPi 4, 8Gb RAM, 32 GB eMMC version. Selling as I've migrated my #HA setup to a Linux web server running other things too. HA is a great open source #HomeAutomation, with a massive community supporting it! £95 pick up UK GL17 or + £5 UK P&P DM Please share

Home Assistant Yellow original box kit + network cable

Home Assistant Yellow factory reset & update screen, ready to setup

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 07/12/2025

🔧 Compound Mitre Saw £95 Double Bevel Sliding Mitre Saw - Evolution R255 SMS-DB +9C3VRFX7+85W ridge.at #ForSale #Tools

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 01/12/2025

The image from the outside of the box that my new saw arrived in feels rather like a set of #StarWars #DesthStar plans. #WoodWorking

Diagram image from the outside of a Makita power Saw box

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 28/11/2025

Post something random, or you'll have an awful December.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 28/11/2025

Coco: "I found it in the woods. Why can't I take it home and put it in the toy box? I'm allowed to do that when I find a ball..." Oli: "No. Leave." #dog #spaniel #squirrel #toy

Cute spaniel dog carry found dead squirrel.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/10/2025

This is an interesting deep investigative journalist look at, primarily #OpenAI. There’s more broad coverage of the other main players as well. It’s got its own biases but does a good job of bringing some critical insight. Worth a listen or read. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 13/10/2025

When the #compost hits 73 deg c in 18 hours of adding fresh shreddings you know the system is working! Time to give it a stir, mix it all up and get the microbes to a fresh bit. How’s your #composting going? #gardening #recycling #GrowYourOwn #vegetables #food

Compost being stirred with drill and compost corkscrew

Close up of stirred compost decomposing in its first year bin

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 12/10/2025

It was #foraging time in the #forest this morning. We’re now well stocked with roasted #chestnuts , prepped and frozen ready for Christmas eating. There’s plenty to be had this year if you’re inclined to go gathering. #FoodForFree @davewildish.bsky.social

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 06/10/2025

Gorge #walking in southern #Spain today, I came across this chap keeping an eye on a little rocky shrine. I had to double take his #scarecrow nature as I walked towards him!

Spanish rock gorge with scarecrow sitting in recess

Scarecrow guarding little personal dog shrine

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/09/2025

I’m ingesting this currently. It’s well structured and accessible, illuminating the artificial through the evolution of the biological. “A Brief History of Intelligence” Max S Bennett

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/09/2025

Wow! I just had #Claude refuse to carry out /exit in #ClaudeCode! I restart sessions when conversations start to compact to clear the context window, to prevent hallucinations. This session Claude decided that its code securing task should not be interrupted! Your thoughts?... #AI #Code #Anthropic

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 06/09/2025

#TourOfBritain cycle race 2025 coming through #Monmouth (Stage 5). I slowed the video of the lead group to 1/4, as they were so fast! What a great vibe! #cycling

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 28/08/2025

A very pertinent reminder of the of the fiction of finger pointing “The Other”. Thanks @boogoid.bsky.social

Image demonstrating the con if Farage rhetoric

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 13/08/2025

While #AI alignment with #humans remains questionable, the #canine approach has it nailed!

Dog lying on back on tiles aligned with tile pattern

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 25/07/2025

I’d been using #ClaudeSonet in #Cursor for a while but after reading a few #TLDR articles decided to #ClaudeCode a go. I feel like #Claude #Code is a smoother process. I’m getting less loops of #AI #model inability to comprehend or address a problem. What’s your experience? #Anthropic #WebDev

Claude Code screen shot next to Cursor screen shot

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/07/2025

Lunchtime pickings from the garden… As we’ve dug more of our home #compost in, the harvest is getting better and better! #Homegrown #Veg #Vegetables #Tomatoes #Beans #Potatoes #Courgette #Food #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Homegrown brands, tomatoes, courgette and potatoes on walnut worktop

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 23/07/2025

“I think this is great but they’re all laughing. Silly people!”

Spaniel looking daft with half tennis ball pushing mouth into silly shape

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 23/07/2025

“I found half a tennis ball in the woods. If I close my eyes, you’re not there and can’t take it away from me…” #dog #spaniel

Cocker Spaniel dog with eyes closed and half a tennis ball in mouth

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 14/07/2025

As I took Coco dog across to the garden for her early morning wee, the free roaming sheep were in the road eating the ivy from the neighbour’s wall. Coco was eyed with weary suspicion but she contained her peaked interest and the bah, bleat, munch continued…

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 18/05/2025

Coco has been a very happy #beach dweller #dog, over the weekend. #Sun, surf, #sand and off course ball to chase into the sea!

Wet spaniel dog sitting with her blue ball at the edge of dunes on the beach.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 09/05/2025

The #Forest was beautifully lush this #morning. #Birdsong echoed through the canopy as we wound our way through the #pathways. #dog #dogwalk #walking #meditaton

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 05/05/2025

This #morning is an at ease morning, a one with the sofa morning, a #dog #bank-holiday morning!… #dogs #relaxing

Fluffy ginger spaniel dog relaxing on a sheepskin on a blue sofa

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 23/03/2025

I thoroughly enjoyed running the local Trail Half Marathon with some mates this morning. A great vibe and a really well organised event. Feeling good 😊

Map and times for Forest of Dean Trail Half Marathon run

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 20/03/2025

Morning #woodswalk in the glowing #sunlight. #Spring is warming. As I became aware of this group of #deer they became aware of me. I slowed to gentle steps and they watched me as I watched them. The Sock Eater was with me, watching and being watched too. #respect #dog #dogwalk #woodland #nature

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 02/03/2025

This morning’s #woodland walk with the Sock Eater heralded the arrival #Spring. Warm rays casting through the #trees and green foliage reaching forth. The #season has turned. #dog #dogwalk

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 01/03/2025

Walking in still air and warm sun, striding up to the top The #Blorange with the Sock Eater. Beautiful to take in the rolling #Welsh mountain tops of #Monmouthshire. #DogWalk

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 28/02/2025

A strange occurrence this morning… Both the UK feed and the Astronomy feeds are showing as offline. However everything else seems, well, Normal. Does anyone know what’s occurring?…

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 02/02/2025

The first inklings of #spring felt like they were stretching out into the #Forest this morning as we walked and the Sock Eater ate stick. #dog #dogwalk

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 27/01/2025

I thought I give this a go LSA brand set of glass Prosecco flutes and Champagne bucket for sale £25 (original bought for £75) #ForestOfDean #UK collection only. Please DM if you would like them. #forsale #marketplace #buyandsell #buyselltrade #Gloucestershire #Gloucester #Monmouthshire #Monmouth

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 18/01/2025

A coffee on a cold afternoon and some new old #vinyl from #GrinningSoulRecords #Monmouth. Happy for my impending #techno! #AphexTwin

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 03/01/2025

The Lumberjack thicknesser makes a comparable level of noise to this when passing things through on about 1mm planing. The comparison is with using them plugged into the Makita vac on max.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 03/01/2025

I’ve got it connected to this, which creates quite a lot of extraction power for not too much noise.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 03/01/2025

#Woodworking kit recommendation: I recently bought a LumberJack PT330H #thicknesser. It’s a great addition to my workshop. Super quiet, very smooth finish, extracts chippings well, helical blade. It’s happily dealing with this 1.6mx280mmx80mm aged #oak. £600 in the UK. That would be a yes from me!

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 03/01/2025

Crisp still air, crunching footsteps and rays of sunlight rising through the Forest. This mornings accompaniment to the sock eaters walk. An opportunity to let thoughts drift past without them connecting to mind. #walkingmeditation #meditation #dogwalk #nature #walking #mindfulness #non-duality

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/12/2024

Orange Christmas Eve skyline from the Forest of Dean, UK. Happy Christmas BlueSky people! 😁

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 21/12/2024

You can now exchange #WhatsApp messages with #ChatGPT and if you’re in the USA make voice calls to it. I tried asking about usage metrics and got a structured parameters type reply. So yep, it’s working. This is the number: +1 (800) 242-8478 #AI

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 27/11/2024

It’s grey and soggy outside so I’m enjoying the #WorkingFromHome day building a little #WebServer to run a couple of sites and host a #BlyeSkyPDS instance. The Sock Eater is happily drying by the #LogBurner while I refresh my affinity with #Linux commands. Cosy, rewarding, enthused…

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 19/11/2024

The first snow fall fluttered around us on the Sock Eater’s woods walk this morning. Hush as the light snow dampened forest sounds to oh so quiet. A wondering Meditation. #woodland #snow #dog #dogwalk #nature #meditation

Spaniel dog running on path between trees in forest with light snow

Moss covered woodland floor with tall pines and light snow

Autumn leaf covered pathway in forest with light snow covering

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 11/11/2024

Misty sunlight photos from the #forest on the sock eater’s walk. #ForestOfDean #UK

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 27/10/2024

Stump Pool It’s not just rocks that can form mini ecosphere pools, tree stumps can too. This little pool has been in existence near us in the #ForestOfDean in the #UK for several years. It retains water year round.

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 24/09/2024

Look at this amazing little dude that I found having a wander along the edge of our garden table! #caterpillar #wildlife

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 21/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,141,996!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,141,996, Eats Socks ‪@eatssocks.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 13, 2024"

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 12/09/2024

Bright autumnal crispness filled the senses on this morning’s woodland wander with the Sock Eater. Deep breaths of seasonal change drawn in to begin the day. Have a good day people 😊 #woodland #dogwalk #nature

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 06/09/2024

Misty Morning Meditation Cloud hung still through The Forest for this morning’s walking. A blanket of muted sounds and changed views. Space to walk with just senses. Moments of non-dual being, fleeting joys as thoughts are let to slip away unconnected to. #meditation #dogwalk #forest #walking

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 04/09/2024

We came across a group of young #boar on the Sock Eater’s morning walk. I actually managed to get a photo! They usually scarper into the forest too quickly. Little bit grainy on the phone. This morning there were about eight of them, just a bit older than humbug stage 😁 #forestofdean #wildboar

Mossy tree stump with spaniel dog in background

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 03/09/2024

Random act of kindness! I’m moving workshop, I’ve just about got this staging piece (workbench) out of my van, a challenge on my own! When a delivery driver stops his lorry, says “come on, I’ll give you a hand”. Lifts it down the road into the barn with me. Smiles and drives off! Heart warming! 😊🙏

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 01/09/2024

Happy weekend stuff! Afternoon out at Tintern Abbey ruins with the Sock Eater 😁

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 29/08/2024

A lovely sunny walk with the Sock Eater in the woods this morning. Happy start to the day! 😁

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Eats Socks @oli.nichol.live · 28/08/2024

Today was Twitter/X account deletion day! I’ve not used it for a while but the thought that my allowing it to still sit there was contributing to the theoretical user base was niggling at me. No more. Morning coffee, toast and deletion done! 😊👍

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