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Michael Williams

@ptoboley.bsky.social
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Microprocessors and stuff. RAS, debug, and profiling architect at Arm. Does not like peanut butter.

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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Try "Burnham to pass law before next election scrapping pension triple lock". Ambiguity is a thing journalism ought to try to avoid.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MACDUFF Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripped. MACBETH Fuckity fuck.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MESSENGER As I did stand my watch upon the hill, I looked toward Birnam, and anon methought The Wood began to move. MACBETH Fuck.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Revelations is basically have you tried switching it off and on again.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ely is a 20mph city.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
:jeremyclarksonanywaymeme:
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Used to work in a basement on Bateman Street. We called it the Bat Cave, obviously.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
road to nowhere
Road to Talkin Head, Brampton, Carlisle
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Echoes of the Golgafrinchans tackling hyperinflation.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stuff of nightmares.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Went to see Face/off with my then girlfriend, and she found the entire premise so ludicrous she was in tears from laughing through the serious bits, much to the annoyance of the intended audience. Might be one of the reasons I married her, tbh.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
My local council also reports that pot holes on the A10 are due to vandals with spoons.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When later recovered, the man said being stolen was the second worst thing ever to happen to him.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Was sent for avocados, returned with bagels because of some association with roundness and smoked salmon.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
60% longer than the reflecting pool, and this is in Peterborough.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A childhood favourite, now "a difficult watch"
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The only reason it wasn't a diesel emissions claim call was because the Rudolph Diesel wouldn't invent it for another 16 years. Though that wouldn't have stopped some of these callers.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"The surname is often linked to the Norman name Troussebot or Troussbot, recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book, with early records in Yorkshire and Cheshire."
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"packed with more sugar"
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Col @bigshirtlesscol.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Going to tell the grandchildren this was The Mandalorian and Grogu.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I have a colleague who uses the phrase "[it] is for life, not just for Christmas," regularly and I just enjoy the completely blank look on the faces of any American and/or under-30 in his audience.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Got to make sure we hold the guy who didn't ask the other guy a question about a third guy who was friends with another guy who committed serious crimes to account. That's where this should all be focussed. Definitely.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hence the famous Tory slogan "U TUTU IF U WANT TO TUTU".
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
stable, n., full of horse shit.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Learning German with Donald.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"I refuse to get into hypotheticals," says person being interviewed to assess fitness for hypothetical situations. Imagine if you tried that line at an actual job interview.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I don't agree with what these people did, or why they did it, but having sat in a deposition, every question feels like a trap, setting you up for a contradiction. He'll have been thoroughly prepped by his attorney beforehand.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What's wrong with just cupping up the water in your hands and licking it up like a cat?
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
You mean this golf course? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tur...
en.wikipedia.org
RAF Turnberry - Wikipedia
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Or "Have you read Article 1?"
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Article 6 limits the scope to cover only "Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties" that are "in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer," which appears to be the reason why Article 5 couldn't be invoked. www.nato.int/en/about-us/...
nato.int
The North Atlantic Treaty
The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. They are det...
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.nato.int/en/about-us/...
nato.int
The North Atlantic Treaty
The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. They are det...
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Article 6 says it covers attacks "on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in ... the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer."
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Oh, I hate it when that happens.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Personally, I'm holding out for the Lawn Tennis Association Award for Chemistry.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
1978: A dog is for life, not just for Christmas 2026: Buy a Guinea Pig to colour match your new sofa
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Fixed it
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Wow, and I thought sons usually end up taller than their mums.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
RNLI Know What You Did Last Summer #turnacharityintoahorrormovie
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
It's the ...
The Eiger mountain wearing a bow tie.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Paddington is in the 007 universe, due to shared connection with EiiR. He's actually an animatronic AI, which explains why he sounds just like Q.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Watched this with my son -- who finds maths baffling and frustrating -- and he was transfixed throughout. youtu.be/z30YWqAJAm4?...
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1977: Johnny Ball and the Fun of Mathematics | Think of a Number | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Popular nationalism really starting to kick off in Waffleland
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
See also this.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
It's not just it doesn't know the facts; it didn't "understand" the question. aiui, the tokenisation turns the words into something more like concepts, so it is being asked "How many <letter of the alphabet> are there in <small red fruit with seeds on the outside>". It didn't stand a chance
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
And minus one holes.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Sure this wasn't a stunt to promote a certain new movie?
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Sorry Matt, you're a verb now and I don't see that changing. Just like William H. Hoover and Richard P. Yoyo.
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Michael Williams @ptoboley.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
And just look how these wind turbines are ruining the English countryside
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