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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Has it really been three years?!?

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

However, thanks for letting me know I was subscribed to Amazon music, I’ve now cancelled it.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What’s the message here? You usually charge to upgrade on top of the monthly cost? “Congratulations! You're eligible for a free upgrade Upgrade to the Amazon Music Unlimited Family Plan at no additional cost for 2 months when you switch from your current subscription.”

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Thalamus Physical @thalamusdigital.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We've just dropped four banging albums on our brand-new bandcamp page. Go get 'em! thalamus.link/bandcamp #cecconoid #sidlifecrisis #deathraymanta #retrurntoblacktooth #h0ffman #virgill #weebl #ohstevie

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Also consider Revelation and the hats they wear. I’m not religious but this is on the nose… “It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads”

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Test engrave and shrink wrapped to see how it would hold up in a shop.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Getting ready to engrave the box.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m signed into YouTube and for some bizarre reason it’s ’promoting’ my own videos to me, published in the channel I’m currently signed into… 🤷🏼

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It was probably a stunt by Reform to deflect from Nigel Mirage “look here! SPARKLY THING” etc..

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That was my one and only time experiencing it. I’m paranoid about earthing now.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thing is, he paused for a heartbeat and a silent “crap” when it happened but then carried on as if it hadn’t.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Best one was watching a really arrogant person who insisted he was an expert in PC repairs. He took off the case, leaned over with a screw driver ready to start loosening screws when a loud “click” reverberated in the room. He and I realised he hadn’t earthed himself. One fried PC.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

To be fair I think it was aiming to join team GB in the Olympics for the long jump, it was a long room and I had to walk quite far to fetch it.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I once tried upgrading a PC. I was being really careful to take out the CPU (pre ZIF) and ended up catapulting it across the room. I cried.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tidied up the office over the weekend and put all my unopened sketchbooks and empty pads into one place. Now realising I’ll probably be in the grave long before most of these will even have the shrink wrap removed!

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How long before we all declare that it’s not working and those in charge go “we agree” and the dismantling of the NHS starts?

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That’s not something you instigate in the name of efficiency and sustainability, quite the opposite since it introduces delays and chaos as you get a different person each time that’s starting from scratch with you, relying on you to give a detailed medical history - including test results.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Becoming increasingly convinced that whoever is currently directing NHS policy has an agenda aimed at facilitating collapse. Local GPs are now outsourced but to hubs that don’t have access to our records. This means follow through on treatment has a lot of roadblocks and is pointless.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I have very little to no memory of the tests so it’s all good in that respect :)

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’d never be that far gone 🤪

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Got quite far with it - fantastic music by Gavin, great art by Steve but it lost the magic and simplicity of Space Harrier and I ended up never finishing it. One day I may go back to it, maybe on PS5. youtu.be/QLmu8KdYWAc?...

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Cyberstream Fugitive

YouTube video by Byron Atkinson-Jones

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I tried a few times but it was hard to match the magic of the original. It’s my all time favourite game.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

So I had a weekend of missing time. Blocks that I have no memory of and a brain fog that was horrible. It’s not great when you suddenly realise that you did or said something that day and have no memory of it. Even watching TV was disorienting. Being outside was marginally better.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s been a weird weekend. Had a medical test on Thursday that required sedation. Turns out the sedation causes amnesia, which is fine as I don’t remember the procedure. What I didn’t know is it stays in your body for up to 48 hours and gets released in waves.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The most beautiful bread in the world: the Uzbek bread [📹 foodporn] Original post

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Taking out the rubbish out tonight and there’s an enormous spider right at face height dangling from a web in front of the door. Only saw it last moment because the light glinted off it. Had I walked into it I would have needed decades of therapy. 😱

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Good to know, thanks - you’re all good?

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve requested it without sedation - was that a bad choice?

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

At least it’s over and done with.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

And of course we’ve been banned from lighting bbq’s which would have guaranteed rain.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Looking like rain clouds in the sky 😍

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Two days after my birthday this year I have two endoscopic examinations on the same day. Not exactly the birthday present I imagined. I really hope it’s two different cameras and they get the order correct🤪

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

When I commented on Slack that I was looking forward to non deep fried vegetables back home, one of my colleagues said “the only green you’re getting will be on your CV” 😂

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ahh, that’s what my Directors really want ;)

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Anyone says “It’s a small world after all” gets blocked - looking at you @mdf200.bsky.social ;)

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

He asks me where I work and I say “PlayStation” and he replies “no way, I work for Xbox!” Turns out he’s the CTO of XBox, he works directly with Asha. What are the odds that in this restaurant full of tables with spaces that they seat me next to the CTO of XBox? My mind is still blown.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

While on holiday in DisneyWorld Florida we book a last minute lunch in Japan pavilion of Epcot. It’s one where the food is cooked in front of you and you’re seated next to random people on a table that fits about 12. They seat me next to this person and we start chatting.

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Byron Atkinson-Jones @xiotex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Probably the mandatory one month notice…

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