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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 · 22/09/2026

It could be argued that the planning process would work more smoothly and planning law would be applied more consistently if councillors were removed from it completely. Fewer appeals, too.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 21/09/2026

"What did you have for lunch at school?" "Brown stuff"

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 28/08/2026

There's nothing I enjoy more than a controversial Wordle...got it on the last try. I agree, highly controversial....

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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 · 10/07/2026

Data protection. You also probably have to register separately for parking permits or garden waste collections. The Council holds only enough data in any business area to deliver the service you sign up for and can't share it with another.

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

They voted for Wagner on the X Factor and Ann Widdecombe on Strictly. Binface is definitely in with a shout.

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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 · 04/07/2026

I was thinking of marking it 'Big Yellow Day'. And I won't be paying the bill.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 03/07/2026

This weekend has already been dubbed 'put stuff in the loft' weekend. 2 students back from uni with boxes full of stuff they probably won't ever need again but you never know.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 30/06/2026

I was only today asking myself why anyone would have it as their default PDF viewer any more when browsers do a perfectly good job.

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

Does anyone have Ernest Marples' number?

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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

It used to sound daft when quiz hosts asked 'who, at the time of recording, is the current prime minister'. Now it's essential context-setting for the catch-up audience.

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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 · 15/06/2026

Oh, and Netflix: "I know full well what movie you're looking for, here are some that are not it"

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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 · 09/06/2026

Bonfire Square in Oxford doesn't exist

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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 · 27/05/2026

I doubt Gates has time to dedicate to the planning of the Oxford congestion charge. It limits free passage of traffic across the city, but via the ring road you can still get anywhere without hindrance. Income from it is paying for park & ride and key-worker bus travel. How very communist!

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 22/05/2026

It really is nonsense. They produce a big heavy book of guidance which admits that when it comes down to it, the attribute they've chosen to hang the whole thing on is unprovable and service providers have to wing it.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 19/05/2026

I felt a bit meh the next day. Second part next week.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 19/05/2026

However, Horse Housing Weekly's figures are stable.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 08/05/2026

Your coverage is great, keep drinking the coffee :-)

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 08/05/2026

I thought they meant Orwell.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 08/05/2026

When it's good, Labour's ground game is great. I was part of it in Reading for several years, including running a team of GOTVers on the day in GE2019 where we put on 6k votes. They've just lost 2 key council seats to Green, though, which suggests a good ground game isn't enough.

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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 · 30/04/2026

I can remember when the Belmont transmitter (which serves Spalding) switched over from Anglia to Yorkshire TV. My grandparents were seriously unimpressed at getting their news from Leeds rather than Norwich.

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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 · 20/04/2026

If nobody wrote badly drafted memos we'd all have been out of a job.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 20/04/2026

It depends on what 'final outcome' means. It's arguable that not only are the findings private to the subject and the sponsoring department, so are any risk mitigations that are required to address any adverse findings. So FCDO carries the can.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 17/04/2026

Evans has it somewhere, I'd bet. Bowie is hilarious btw.

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Peter Bowyer @peter.bowyer.org · 12/04/2026

Looks like someone trying on different pairs of glasses in Specsavers.

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