TheMaestroCat
@h5ringer.bsky.social
Retired IT project mgr | 19th C music historian | Oxford Comma supporter | Opinions not necessarily mine
Dateline 3 Jan 2026: WWIII started in Venezuela, when the rogue USA country bombed its capital, Caracas. The inevitable World response followed soon after…
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Dateline 3 Jan 2026: WWIII started in Venezuela, when the rogue USA country bombed its capital, Caracas. The inevitable World response followed soon after…
If you find the term ‘clanker’ offensive to AI then… “Dear wanker…”
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
If you find the term ‘clanker’ offensive to AI then… “Dear wanker…”
USA: the Utter Shite of America
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
USA: the Utter Shite of America
Watch your back Reeves. Starmer has 'every faith in my chancellor'
July 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Watch your back Reeves. Starmer has 'every faith in my chancellor'
‘PM repeats support for Rachel Reeves’. Well that’s the kiss of death then
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
‘PM repeats support for Rachel Reeves’. Well that’s the kiss of death then
RIP “NORM!!!” A corner bar stool is empty 😩
May 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
RIP “NORM!!!” A corner bar stool is empty 😩
Barbra Streisand sang “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world” No they’re not; they are needy,me me me people.
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Barbra Streisand sang “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world” No they’re not; they are needy,me me me people.
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Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
March 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
It’s the spring equinox today in my neck of the woods. Sunrise 🌖at 06:10; sunset 🌘at 18:11
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s the spring equinox today in my neck of the woods. Sunrise 🌖at 06:10; sunset 🌘at 18:11
@parcelforce.bsky.social has just dumped a large parcel outside my front door. When I challenged the driver as he drove away he claimed because no signature was required he was allowed to just ‘dump and run’. Disgusted
March 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@parcelforce.bsky.social has just dumped a large parcel outside my front door. When I challenged the driver as he drove away he claimed because no signature was required he was allowed to just ‘dump and run’. Disgusted
BBC News - University to close chemistry department
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very sad to see this closure of the chemistry dept at which I was an undergrad student in the late 1960s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very sad to see this closure of the chemistry dept at which I was an undergrad student in the late 1960s
University of Hull to close its chemistry department
The university is also merging some of its schools following a drop in student numbers.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:35 AM
BBC News - University to close chemistry department
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very sad to see this closure of the chemistry dept at which I was an undergrad student in the late 1960s
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Very sad to see this closure of the chemistry dept at which I was an undergrad student in the late 1960s
Fun (only) challenge: write a compiler for a new language you are developing using only that new language
Note: you won’t be the first
Note: you won’t be the first
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Fun (only) challenge: write a compiler for a new language you are developing using only that new language
Note: you won’t be the first
Note: you won’t be the first