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Eek! There’s a 153 hiding in the bushes at South Tottenham!

An image of the rear of a Class 153 DMU at South Tottenham Junction

Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 29/09/2026

This was Saturday at @unitydiner.bsky.social. The cocktail was called “Piers Morgan’s Tears” and honestly, it was delicious. The tofish was so filling I may have given myself a food coma

A purple gin based cocktail next to a shot of something greenish and bitter

A picture of a plate of vegan fish and chips

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 28/09/2026

I give it three weeks before I accidentally douse paprika on my morning porridge, or season vegetables accidentally with cinnamon

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Telibarb 🐾🐾 @telibarb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dislocated his knee during a basic bayonet drill. 😄 substack.com/@thegrumpyni...

cosplay, the reality is far more farcical. His time as a tank driver with the King's Royal Hussars was remarkably brief and entirely devoid of distinction; his military career came to an ignominious and clumsy halt not in the heat of combat, but when he managed to dislocate his own kneecap during a basic bayonet drill. He was medically discharged before he ever saw a shred of active service or set foot on a foreign battlefield. To use this short-lived training mishap to build a persona of military machismo is a supreme insult to those who have actually served. It takes an extraordinary amount of nerve to play the battle-hardened commander when your only operational casualty was your own leg during a practice run.

Sketch artist portrait of big baby Danny Tommo crying in court.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 24/09/2026

Things I have not missed: commuting Had to let two trains go so I could get a short terminated service to get the Camden in order to change and get a train home

A photo of a pair of legs, besuited, on a Northern Line train

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 21/09/2026

@blogmywiki.bsky.social Saw your post on about BASYS at www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2... - I'm looking to resurrect a pre-iNews system with serial terminals. Do you know of anyone who might have installation media, no matter how old?

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Local story takes quite a swerve just before the page turn.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 20/09/2026

When your bus is on diversion in London, the LED panel shows an asterisk rather than the next bus stop. I think it nicely represents the clenched feeling of one’s buttocks when you’re going through an unfamiliar route

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Nitro Nine Milkshake @adamclegg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So I think someone may have fiddled around with the TV in the Travelodge I stayed in last night.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 16/09/2026

Good morning *puts shades on*

A photo of the sun rising near Seven Sisters station in North London, England

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/09/2026

Having been to Pembrokeshire, "size of a bus" is not really a boast. And if it's as frequent as the buses, we need not worry about an invasion of jellyfish

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/09/2026

Is anyone in contact with people who worked on a newsroom system called BASYS, later iNews? I'm looking to build a replica of a mid-90s installation with serial terminals for display

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13/09/2026

My two favorite photos of Trump's trip to Ireland, where he seems not to have gotten his ass kissed like he expected.

Trump sitting with Irish President Catherine Connolly looking beaten down and haggard. She is smiling winsomely

Trump leaving his meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly, looking even more beaten down. He's wearing the face he wore after meeting privately with Putin in Helsinki. Putin smiled broadly after that meeting. Connolly is smiling too.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 07/09/2026

I expected Mercedes Ron to look more like Swiss Toni

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026

Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In light of these new allegations about illegal funding, it is my opinion that Nigel Farage should step down as MP for Clacton. He should then stand again in the by-election and let the people of Clacton decide if he’s guilty or not of breaking electoral law. 😉

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 03/09/2026

It sounds like @channel4news.bsky.social are off Reform UK's Christmas card list this year. I can't wait for the fallout - I'll need to buy extra popcorn for this!

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 01/09/2026

Kemi Badenoch falling back on the "I want simple answers to complex problems" line again. *sigh*

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 29/08/2026

"You selected you, meaning me. That is incorrect. The correct answer was me, meaning you."

A confusing test question on adult malnutrition, where the user is asked to select the incorrect statement

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton, 80 Tim Curry, 80 Donald Trump is also 80 🫣

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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That dude looks someone sprayed Mitch McConnell with wrinkle release

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 14/08/2026

I wondered why the fire alarm was going off at an open air station in Yorkshire. BRB, allowing my heart rate to come down to double digits

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 14/08/2026

Worst wine list ever

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 14/08/2026

By Farage not turning up, he’s just given the floor to Count Binface and opened himself to even more humiliation #swingbin

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 13/08/2026

cannot get over The Guardian frontpage right now

Headline says: Polls close in Clacton byelection where Nigel Farage faces slew of fringe candidates

Features a close-up shot of a garbage bin, and also Count Binface

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 13/08/2026

Why is this site announcing that the joke candidate has won the Clacton By-Election rather than Count Binface? Smells like some kind of AI jumping to conclusions...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 12/08/2026

Our ancestors would have freaked out if we had such a hot summer and then suddenly the sun disappeared in the evening

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm back in the 1970s. #RupertLowe's uninterruptible saloon bar ramble on R4 Today. "And another thing..."

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

INCORRECT IT FACTS : the DNS lookup record for IPv6 addresses was developed in Liverpool, alongside some of the smaller cylindrical consumer battery formats, and the highest-ranked credit ratings.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 29/07/2026

Open Data klaxon! Network Rail have released 2G, 4G and 5G mobile network measurements from test trains on the network. This looks really interesting! raildata.org.uk/dashboard/da...

raildata.org.uk

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 28/07/2026

I am pleased to report that the tomato plants gifted by one of our GP Partners are alive and well in my possession three months later, and one is even bearing fruit. That said, I bet posting about my green fingered success is now a curse!

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 25/07/2026

Front-end design is like this: *lifts up cup of coffee* *takes a sip* COFFEE DISAPPEARS *puts coffee down again* COFFEE REAPPEARS *lifts cup of coffee with the handle on the other side* COFFEE STAYS !??!?!?!?!

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 20/07/2026

Nearly 200 calls over the entire event - that's not bad. But to save resources, it now just pretends it's broken rule zero

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 19/07/2026

@jonty.bsky.social Can I get a copy of the NullSec audio announcements, especially the See It one?

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 19/07/2026

@cpf.sh Loved your talk - I gave a presentation to my NHS primary care colleagues a few months ago about the similarities between IT and medicine

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 18/07/2026

@thisisjofrank.bsky.social Thank you for your uncomfortable (to listen to) talk yesterday evening and the necessary butt-kicking to make people call that crap out. Possibly the best talk of the entire weekend.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/07/2026

Kemi Badenoch called for a live, televised debate between @countbinface.bsky.social and Nigel Farage. I rarely agree with her, but on this occasion, I agree vehemently

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/07/2026

For those going to @emfcamp.bsky.social: @davwheat.dev and I set up (no AI whatsoever) a digital helppoint on extension 2466 which will tell you the next departures from Ledbury - accessible on 0114 501 2466 if you're off-site

phones.emfcamp.org

Departures from Ledbury (2466) - Electromagnetic Telecom

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 12/07/2026

Tired: Butt Dial Wired: Butt Teams Invite

A screenshot of a Teams meeting invite from somebody I don't know, presumably sent as a result of having a mobile phone in their pocket and accidentally sending a meeting invite

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 08/07/2026

Imagine being @countbinface.bsky.social and having your summer plans disrupted by your intergalactic duty to stand in a by-election in Clacton

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It will be difficult for Farage to play the anti-establishment card against a bin.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 07/07/2026

Farage is going to do his thing with his own video clips. Do not fall for this. He wants to avoid the opportunity for scrutiny. He wants to say things that go unchallenged, even though they're ridiculous.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 30/06/2026

It's becoming increasingly difficult to know when the 6 O'Clock and 10 O'Clock News is on. I've missed the Six by an hour, but the Ten is actually at 2200

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 26/06/2026

Day three of a red heat alert. I'm assessing which trains have the best aircon and planning to take a very necessary trip to work remotely

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