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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/09/2026

Used as an example of perfect timing, the James Burke Space shuttle launch video. Turns out nobody in the room had heard of a space shuttle, let alone of James Burke :-( #ifeelold

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 14/08/2026

No emergency alerts in our house :-(

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 19/07/2026

There's a TV ad for TikTok that shows a 'science influencer' making a video about wiring a 13A plug. That's science?

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 08/07/2026

These next few weeks are going to be hilarious. TV outlets will have to give Farage and Binface equal coverage, Binface can say pretty much what he likes and Farage will have to counter it.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Game on, Nige.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 06/07/2026

This Trump red card business is going to end up in court, isn't it?

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 29/06/2026

It's a bit chilly today, might have to put a jumper on.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/06/2026

Not surprised to note that the speculation that the man who threw the boy into the crocodile enclosure was Somali has, now police have confirmed he is white British, immediately pivoted to speculation that the carers must be immigrants. Desperate to find a non-white to blame. Zoo keepers next?

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 15/06/2026

Unexpectedly invested in Spain Vs Cape Verde as I drew Uruguay in the office sweepstake.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 13/06/2026

The shingles vax is sneaky. First dose 6 months ago - sailed through it. Second dose yesterday, and I feel like I've been hit with a wrecking ball. Gah.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 04/06/2026

Olly Olly Olly Olly Robinson!

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 05/05/2026

Is Farage allowed to threaten to house asylum seekers in areas that don't vote for him?

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 26/04/2026

Facebook has decided I want to read content from chemtrail conspiracy theory groups. I am seriously worried that there are real people out there who believe this nonsense.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 11/04/2026

Boom Wordle 1,757 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 05/04/2026

Yea, I am spending Easter Sunday researching the MHCLG Planning Data API.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 04/04/2026

Does YouTube have AI that knows the most annoying points in a video to interrupt it with inane adverts for mis-sold car finance?

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 04/04/2026

Down a YouTube rabbit hole - came here for Hannah Fry explaining Bayesian theory, now half way through a Mark Knopfler concert from 2007.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 01/04/2026

No, password expiry reminder bot, I'm not going to change my password just before a bank holiday weekend. Chance of me remembering the new one next Tuesday: Zero.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 02/02/2026

Time for the annual flip between breakdown insurance providers, I see.

Your next payment will be £326.99 for 12 months. Your last total price for 12 months was £154.08.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/01/2026

CoPilot is like the most stubborn pedantic teenager you ever met. Asked it to generate an SVG file of the thing, it went away and told me it had. No download link. Asked it why, it says 'oh, you didn't say you wanted to download it ...'. Pah.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Trump’s obsession with Canada and Greenland is probably just because of the Mercator projection

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 02/01/2026

This morning has been spent hiding from my new PIR detector and then creeping up on it so I can test the Google Home automations that make it turn stuff on and off.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 04/12/2025

Xmas tradition: tracking Santa in his helicopter on ADSBExchange as he overflies the local primary schools. He's upgraded to a Chinook this year, you can get a lot of presents in one of those.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 27/11/2025

Got sucked into a wormhole of 'Freemen on the land' people on Facebook. Blimey, they're total nut-jobs.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 17/10/2025

The Royal Family just announced that in order to distance himself from the monarchy, Andrew Windsor will now be known as Andrew Slough.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 04/10/2025

I love birthdays - dozens of companies you forgot existed send you a discount code to 'celebrate'. Pizza, coffee and travel insurance so far.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 27/09/2025

I don't really watch #strictly but ... La Voix is just brilliant. Just missed seeing her on a Carribbean cruise a couple of years ago.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 24/09/2025

"I said an educated guess. That guess left school at 15 to work in an abattoir"

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 07/09/2025

Number of phones in household: 4. Number that received an emergency alert: 0. Oh.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/08/2025

Interesting line for Amazon to take - promoting pickup from lockers, which obviously saves them money, with the implicit admission that otherwise they'll leave your parcel out in the rain.

As promoting Amazon pickup lockers showing person with umbrella using a locker in the rain.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 13/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: Fleetwood Shower Proof Poncho Like You Get At Alton Towers When Your Mum Doesn't Want You To Get Your Clothes Wet.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 11/08/2025

On a Teams call just now... ,"Where's John?" .. John immediately joined. I remarked he was like the shopkeeper on Mr Benn. Tumbleweed. Ok, that particular piece of popular culture is a bit too old for a work call, then

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 05/08/2025

I know we don't do this any more, but... Wordle 1,508 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/07/2025

Stop trying to create enjoyable delivery experiences, just deliver the parcels.

Screenshot of DPD email saying "We hope you enjoyed your recent delivery experience"

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 07/07/2025

"Ok Google, will it rain today?" "Probably not" she answers, whilst displaying a probability of 65%. I'll just look out of the window, then.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 03/07/2025

Just had an invite for a webinar that's at "July 8, 2025, at 5:00 UTC / 12:00 p.m. ET" Could they have made this any more confusing? They quote UTC which nobody uses in our summer, miss off the am/pm indicator on the 05:00 (default am? Unlikely) and then use '12pm' which is non-deterministic.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 13/06/2025

Ok #connections - that was a bit like 'Things I don't have in my kitchen'.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 07/06/2025

Facebook has decided I need to see every one of the local council posts about pride month, and every one of the gammon 'when's straight month' replies.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 21/04/2025

Just caught The Diamond Heist on Netflix - excellent genre-busting part documentary, part classic Guy Ritchie gangster flick. Recommend. www.netflix.com/gb/title/817...

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This stranger-than-fiction crime caper follows the attempted robbery of a precious gem, told by the gangsters who did it and the police on their tail.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 01/04/2025

I presume the arrival of a load of spam attempts in my Teams account is related to the demise of Skype and the migration of what was there into Teams - great, I really needed all that Blocking practice :-(

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 30/03/2025

If you see this, post a bridge. Berwick-upon-Tweed

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