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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 16h

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And as sure as night follows day, The Guardian coughs up:

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Re: Tucker Carlson It's interesting how the Far Right have now got them themselves into a place where morality is completely superfluous. Good / Evil - it's all the same, you don't even need an ideology to justify it.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I find it endlessly amusing that supposedly cynical and hard-nosed journalists continually attempt to 'decode' what Trump is saying - when the obvious answer is he's just saying whatever comes into his head.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dear oh dear. I used to have some time for Tom Watson but he's proved the trough is too tempting.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I know I'm officially an old codger now as I look with dismay upon the need for every sporting event to have thumping DJ music to 'make it relevant to the young people' (+ 'how much money they are winning, front and centre'). www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...

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Keely Hodgkinson shows off Catwoman style to steal Athlos London event

Keely Hodgkinson destroyed a women’s 800m field dressed in a hooded black bodysuit, as Athlos London provided a radically different spin on track and field

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I don't think I'll ever fail to be astonished that the Americans elected this man. You have a president who doesn't understand the basics of trade.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On the positive side, I had a spectacularly nice and helpful engineer visit today from Virgin Media. Sorted out the problem and upgraded the hub, as well as being a lovely person to chat to.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Google search is so comically bad on its own drive platform. I've just created a file and uploaded it to Google Drive. I search 'files modified today' - no results. I search 'files created in the last 7 days' - and there it is....

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I know it's pedantic but are they building doctors?

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lisa has said an awful lot of soundbites in the last 2 years - but evidence of change, not so much.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Strong smell of enshittification from the Ultimate Athletics Championship.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Banshees Quicksand Spontaneous combustion Rolf Harris's feet in that 'learn to swim' public information film

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Enjoyed Merchants Cove last night (though it was a blowout for the Chronomancer). Felt there was 'enough' interaction with boat movement + everyone eager to try out a different faction next time. 50:50 on whether to try & get hold of the blighted Master Craft KS expansion (expensive!). #boardgames

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BBC News constantly picking, picking, picking at the migrant boat scab - every day they push a story on it.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Having a crack at Merchants Cove tonight (why no apostrophe?). Will the asymmetric gameplay help or hinder interactivity? #boardgames

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Peston's eccentricity now rather playing against him - 'affable politics club' is not the approach we need against these grifters.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BBC Radio 5 Live 'both siding' the Reform scandal. Will they be doing the same for Andrew Tate later?

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Surely it's time for another by election? To check his integrity, like.....

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So much of Radio 5 Live's content between sporting events now is simply playing podcast episodes. Feels like a station in serious decline.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Excellent game night last night. Played Crokinole, Deep Regrets, Foundations of Metropolis and Soda Jerk. Enjoyed them all but Deep Regrets was probably the favourite. Foundations was surprisingly 'thinky' for such a light game - love small rule set / high interaction games. #boardgames

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've had a parcel sent to a Post Office via Royal Mail. They have now managed for two consecutive days to have "attempted delivery but no one was there". How can there be no one there at a Post Office?

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Google Shopping has undergone full 'enshittification'. Just searched for something and at the top is an entry with a big 'Best Price' banner. Scroll down a bit and there are several entries significantly cheaper.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Theresa May famously calling an election at exactly the right moment to lose her majority....

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There are even cameras in pints these days!

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My wife is watching Who Do You Think You Are? episodes. I see they're doing the "wow, I was 25th cousin to a king" thing again. Everyone is 25th cousin to a king if you go back far enough.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Badenoch looks more and more like a candidate on The Apprentice. Industrial-strength confidence, fed by chronic lack of self-awareness, with laughable gravitas / skills / knowledge behind it.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I should also mention I spent almost the entire game with a larva attached to the Scout - desperately trying to get to Surgery but being thwarted at every step.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Always love a game of Nemesis. My Scout was killed when the Captain moved her into The Nest - just as the Queen spawned (thanks Cap). Two crew got away in the escape pods but both lost as they needed to be the only survivor. Great game for stories. #boardgames

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I still find it hard to take any government seriously in their pronouncements about the economy whilst their higher education policy is effectively destroying one of the most productive - and regionally diversified - parts of the economy, just to placate racists.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cancer research must stop. Scrap doctors and embrace dying before 50.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

All setup for a 4P game of Nemesis tonight. #boardgames

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Almost every aspect of internet search and shopping is worse than it was several years ago.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The problem with the Matt Chorley afternoon show on Radio 5 Live is that it is OK when there is some politics - but when there isn't, it's a dire mix of poor dad jokes and weak content (and yes, he's STILL doing the 'let's find a person from every constituency in Britain' thing ....)

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Madonna producing the best album I've heard this year was not on my 2026 bingo card.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Dear BBC, Asking every successful competitor whether they think the Commonwealth Games is worthwhile is a somewhat skewed data capture process.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Turn on Radio 5 Live Drive. "Text us in your favourite word." Consider texting in "inane drivel" but realise that is two words. Turn off Radio 5 Live Drive.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Went to see The Odyssey. A thoroughly entertaining 3 hours. Narratively Nolan plays it pretty straight - and in parts answers the question "what would a Tarantino movie directed by Nolan" look like.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Listening to the new Madonna album. It's ...... pretty darned good.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Had to buy a new washing machine. It has an app, wi fi etc (which has to be connected to set it up). It can tell me my laundry statistics, how long is left in the cycle on my phone and how much detergent is in the tray. All of it utterly pointless. Data for data's sake.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's always interesting how words like "pugnacious", "forthright" and "challenging" are used as 'qualities' when someone dies.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

All set up for a first play of Galileo Galilei tonight #boardgames

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm sure there is someone interested in the tennis.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

WTAF is this Poundland 'investigative' piece leading the BBC News at 6 o clock. Is it just to stir up the immigration pot a bit more?

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Why do BBC reporters ALWAYS go to Reform voters for 'alternative views' on "what Andy Burnham might do"? Never anyone who might be more of a Green / left wing persuasion. They just seem determined to cement the idea that Reform are 'the opposition'.

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