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2E44 was described on the TD as 2E45 and fixed when it got to Kings Heath. I'm guessing a signaller error

Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 01/10/2026

Due to the state of the prison service, this inmate has been released before they've even unpacked him from the shrink-wrap packaging

A picture of a (former) inmate being released from prison early. The man is wearing a semi-transparent plastic bag over his torso

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 30/09/2026

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

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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 · 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 · 22/09/2026

It sounds like the sort of thing you'd get in this hotel in Manchester called... The Alan. All I can think of is this character from Modern Toss

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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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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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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 · 25/06/2026

Backward compatibility is an important consideration in tech, but apart from dabbling with it in 1996, I haven't ever *used* uucp!

The 'man' (manual) page for the UUCP command on a macOS system

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 23/06/2026

I am in no position to comment, other than please don't get sunstroke and are you hydrating sufficiently?

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 22/06/2026

The increasingly inaccurately named 'BBC News at Six' :D

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 22/06/2026

A particularly warm railhead today. Here's our future Prime Mi... I'm sorry, here's Mr Burnham's train at Colwich

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 19/06/2026

Some context on the events at Elstow/Bedford this evening. There is a lot you can tell from train describer data on @opentraintimes.com, however there is a lot of information that you cannot determine. The purple trace is the Class 360's movements, the green is the 810's.

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 12/06/2026

David Hockney hasn't died, he's just resigned according to BBC News

A picture of the late artist David Hockney painting, with a caption reading "David Hockney resigns"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 31/05/2026

Why buy your own weather station when there are several in the local area broadcasting their data? :-)

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 11/05/2026

The General Registry Office's website makes you realise how very good most of the other GOV.UK websites are. Now if you'll excuse me, I need a magnifying glass to read this text.

An image of the General Registry Office (GRO) website, looking like it's 2004 all over again

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 07/05/2026

Really great to meet up with @rmoff.net at @devoxx.uk and discuss the state of the world and the exciting possibi… oh wait, this isn’t LinkedIn. Met up with Robin for lunch, had a chat :)

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 07/05/2026

To Do list: 1. Vote 2. Go to these talks at @devoxx.uk 3. Come home, knowing I've done my civic duty already and can start implementing the exciting things I've learned over the last two days

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 06/05/2026

Post lunch coffee and a talk on Docker Hardened Images. This is @devoxx.uk and I’m delighted to be here - if you’re here too, come find me and say hello

A picture of my coffee cup and an auditorium full of people watching a presentation

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 24/04/2026

If you see something that doesn't look right...

An image of a medieval person on a horse, slaying a dragon who lies on the floor. A bystander is saying "See it, Slay it, Sorted"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 22/04/2026

One of the (many) things I like about @intellijidea.com is that it keeps pace with change. The shortcut 'psvm' inserts 'public static void main() {}' in Java 21, but recognises this is a Java 25 so drops the 'public'.

A screen clip of IntelliJ IDEA showing the shortcut text 'psvm' autocompleting to the keyword 'static void main'

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 21/04/2026

Almost, subtitles. Almost.

A picture of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee meeting, where the chair has said "Just f*cking approve it" as a direct quote. The subtitles show the word "locking"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 11/04/2026

Microsoft 365 is recommending I install Skype for Business, like it's 2021 all over again

A message on the Microsoft 365 portal encouraging installation of Skype for Business

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 25/03/2026

New IntelliJ IDEA release - 2026.1. Given how much I use it, and that I've not looked at the EAP, I'm excited to see what it's got to offer!

A screenshot of Jetbrains Toolbox showing an update available for IntelliJ IDEA

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 10/03/2026

In pavimentis, veritas

A paving slab which reads "Become the love you never received as a child"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 03/03/2026

Good wordplay for a bad deed

A headline from the BBC News website reading "Rapper Ghetts jailed over fatal hit-and-run"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 20/02/2026

We're adults and we can have pancakes whenever we like - not just Shrove Tuesday

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 23/01/2026

A very appropriate courier

A notification of an email received, saying that a "Who Gives A Crap" package (containing toilet paper) is being delivered by Evri

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 21/01/2026

Well, we've got plenty of scope for... things

A screenshot of the TfL Rainbow Board showing a good service on all lines

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 21/01/2026

I disagree - I'd go for *excellent* service

A screenshot of the TfL Rainbow Board showins a good service on all lines

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 20/01/2026

Ecce homo qui est faba

Output of Maven showing it's downloading a file from a path including 'jackson-module-mrbean'

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/01/2026

BBC News cut to the snooker just before going to the Reform UK press conference. When the director says "Cue the balls", I imagine they didn't mean the snooker. Easy mistake to make.

A screenshot of BBC iPlayer showing snooker

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 15/01/2026

I'm sure there's an anagram in there

A clip from the Parliament website, saying "The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick is the independent MP for Newark"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 10/01/2026

I bought a pair of these Eaton 3S Mini UPSes for my fibre ONTs. I’m just waiting the first power outage for them to prove their worth and keep everything running

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 08/01/2026

This is Bank. I’m so glad I work from home

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 27/12/2025

Happy Festive Perineum!

Scrooge, at the window, asking "You boy, what day do the bins go out?"

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 24/12/2025

Oh, hang on, 1h30m and I'm knee-deep in troubleshooting why a Virgin Media set-top box isn't working - apparently there's a wishy-washy "intermittent signal in your area" problem. So glad I'm with AAISP at home!

An unhelpful message from Virgin Media reporting "intermittent signal in your area", but with absolutely no details

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 19/12/2025

I mean, I wouldn’t mind…!

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 19/12/2025

That’s not my train to work - it’s too engineeringy(!)

An image of a diesel locomotive in the siding at Upper Holloway

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Peter Hicks @poggs.com · 11/12/2025

BBC: Hundreds of items taken in 'high-value' museum raid www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A picture of a chicken looking at itself in the mirror. Definitely not a picture of Feathers McGraw.

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