Chris
@chrsphr.uk
Mostly Scottish. Map lover, lithophile, tech person and discoverer of many lichens. Vitreous lustre, poor cleavage. he/him 🏳️🌈
📍Edinburgh
📍Edinburgh
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
it's not labelled, but this bit is the twitter gays
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
it's not labelled, but this bit is the twitter gays
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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Stopping my watch of Heated Rivalry at episode 3 for historical anachronism (Scott uses the 🫠 emoji which wasn’t introduced until 2021)
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Stopping my watch of Heated Rivalry at episode 3 for historical anachronism (Scott uses the 🫠 emoji which wasn’t introduced until 2021)
Remember when netflix was good
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Remember when netflix was good
Remember when using your phone whilst driving was illegal?
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Remember when using your phone whilst driving was illegal?
It's funny that we call this greenbelt when right now it's literally a brownfield.
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It's funny that we call this greenbelt when right now it's literally a brownfield.
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"my son can't be gay, he's obsessed with women"
The women:
The women:
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"my son can't be gay, he's obsessed with women"
The women:
The women:
Might go about telling everyone who says you shouldn't use ChatGPT that they're actually being homophobic
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Might go about telling everyone who says you shouldn't use ChatGPT that they're actually being homophobic
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
You'll never catch me doing a Parkrun
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
You'll never catch me doing a Parkrun
creating via claude code
a cartoon of a man holding a guitar standing next to a computer
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a guitar standing next to a computer
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
creating via claude code
btw no one is going to put a data centre in fucking space in the next 20 years
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
btw no one is going to put a data centre in fucking space in the next 20 years
pov you're on bajor the night then clocks go back
Tired to add a meeting into my calendar for 26:00-26:30
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
pov you're on bajor the night then clocks go back
tbh most corporates would consider an excel spreadsheet to be a sophisticated database
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
tbh most corporates would consider an excel spreadsheet to be a sophisticated database
The one thing that we need to remember is that as bad as AI is, crypto is worse
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The one thing that we need to remember is that as bad as AI is, crypto is worse
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If you genuinely care about the water usage in AI slop, you’ll save a lot more switching to a plant-based diet than you will cutting out AI. Or better yet… do both
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
If you genuinely care about the water usage in AI slop, you’ll save a lot more switching to a plant-based diet than you will cutting out AI. Or better yet… do both
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Entertaining to see New Brunswick explained for non Canadians
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Entertaining to see New Brunswick explained for non Canadians