Jim Groome
@jimgroo.me
Dad, software dev, parish councillor, cryptic crossword fan, guitar owner
New Thursday record for the NYT crossword today
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
New Thursday record for the NYT crossword today
Spoilers for Private Eye's Cyclops crossword 817, assuming I've done it right
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Spoilers for Private Eye's Cyclops crossword 817, assuming I've done it right
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
Spoilers for the latest Viz Craptic Crossword 351
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Spoilers for the latest Viz Craptic Crossword 351
God damn this is brutal
Today we consumed 10.4kWh and generated 2kWh.
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
God damn this is brutal
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Musk is a deeply fragile character who wants more than anything to be admired and respected, even loved. His tragedy is that he has literally no idea how to achieve that. His curse is that everything he says or does fuels precisely the opposite outcome.
I think this one has got to him because he's posted at least three separate responses to this over the last 10 hours:
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Musk is a deeply fragile character who wants more than anything to be admired and respected, even loved. His tragedy is that he has literally no idea how to achieve that. His curse is that everything he says or does fuels precisely the opposite outcome.
Some back-of-the-envelope maths at 3p per mile means we'd have to pay just over £555 in tax based on our mileage since we got ours, absolutely fuck that
Rachel Reeves ‘planning pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles in budget’
Rachel Reeves ‘planning pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles in budget’
EV drivers would face 3p-a-mile charge on top of other road taxes to offset falling revenue from petrol and diesel cars
Rachel Reeves is drawing up plans for a new pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles to announce in this month’s budget worth an extra £250 a year on average, according to reports.
Under the plans expected to be announced on 26 November, EV drivers would face a new charge of 3p a mile on top of other road taxes to offset falling revenue from petrol and diesel cars as drivers switch to greener options. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some back-of-the-envelope maths at 3p per mile means we'd have to pay just over £555 in tax based on our mileage since we got ours, absolutely fuck that
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
Nah surely this is a word
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Nah surely this is a word
Spoilers for Private Eye's Cyclops crossword 816. Close enough?
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Spoilers for Private Eye's Cyclops crossword 816. Close enough?
Favourite thing about going to the barber is that I get to hear some AI music
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Favourite thing about going to the barber is that I get to hear some AI music
Oh man this is the opposite of what I want
Today we imported 29kWh and exported 0.1kWh.
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Oh man this is the opposite of what I want
Not to rant about ticket prices but £75 for a standing ticket for A Perfect Circle is what you could call "a bit much"
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Not to rant about ticket prices but £75 for a standing ticket for A Perfect Circle is what you could call "a bit much"
Made a Bluesky bot that posts our solar panel stats every day at around 8pm @solar.jimgroo.me
Pointless? Yes.
Pointless? Yes.
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Made a Bluesky bot that posts our solar panel stats every day at around 8pm @solar.jimgroo.me
Pointless? Yes.
Pointless? Yes.
Loving my copy of @unchcrosswords.com, best £5 I've spent in a while. One day I'll have the guts to not fill it in using a pencil...
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Loving my copy of @unchcrosswords.com, best £5 I've spent in a while. One day I'll have the guts to not fill it in using a pencil...
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Good afternoon. Here is everyone ever.
November 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Good afternoon. Here is everyone ever.
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only using x for my banking moving forward
November 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM
only using x for my banking moving forward
My first follower on this account, what a start
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
My first follower on this account, what a start