Jonty Wareing
@jonty.bsky.social
Accidentally responsible
Also http://chaos.social/@jonty
Previously http://twitter.com/jonty
Always http://jonty.co.uk
Also http://chaos.social/@jonty
Previously http://twitter.com/jonty
Always http://jonty.co.uk
Look, if you respond to an FOI saying information doesn't exist when I know for a fact it does, this is going to go badly for you
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Look, if you respond to an FOI saying information doesn't exist when I know for a fact it does, this is going to go badly for you
Discovered I accidentally booked today off work and the expression of joy on my face could power a city
January 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Discovered I accidentally booked today off work and the expression of joy on my face could power a city
I wish to be friends with whoever organised these drawers in the Ashmolean Museum
January 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I wish to be friends with whoever organised these drawers in the Ashmolean Museum
My browser inexplicably learned this autofill for every password field and I can't bring myself to fix it
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My browser inexplicably learned this autofill for every password field and I can't bring myself to fix it
Reorganising the office in preparation for Monday and my hatred of cables grows with every passing second
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Reorganising the office in preparation for Monday and my hatred of cables grows with every passing second
One last project before the year ends: An analysis of historical drone display NOTAMs in collaboration with the Financial Times.
Page two of today's FT UK print edition: www.ft.com/content/4479...
Page two of today's FT UK print edition: www.ft.com/content/4479...
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
One last project before the year ends: An analysis of historical drone display NOTAMs in collaboration with the Financial Times.
Page two of today's FT UK print edition: www.ft.com/content/4479...
Page two of today's FT UK print edition: www.ft.com/content/4479...
new fear just dropped
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
new fear just dropped
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London?
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Long shot, does anyone have an unwanted rabbit hutch in London?
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
Poor thing was found abandoned on Wanstead Flats today and we are considering giving it an emergency home
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I made this years ago at my sister's prompting and it deserves better than vanishing into nothing
December 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I made this years ago at my sister's prompting and it deserves better than vanishing into nothing
The company who makes children's ride-on suitcases are missing out on an entire market of adults who are me
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The company who makes children's ride-on suitcases are missing out on an entire market of adults who are me
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Every day a new tech challenge with my parents. Today’s was Dad’s mouse not working with his MacBook. I said that it was likely that the dongle & mouse were not a pair. Sure enough he found the correct 2.4G dongle in the other laptop. The reason he is not using that one? He’s forgotten the password.
Along with #duvetknowitschrismas, time for a new yearly tradition:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
Time between walking through my relatives door and fixing a tech issue that has been "driving them mad": 8 minutes.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Every day a new tech challenge with my parents. Today’s was Dad’s mouse not working with his MacBook. I said that it was likely that the dongle & mouse were not a pair. Sure enough he found the correct 2.4G dongle in the other laptop. The reason he is not using that one? He’s forgotten the password.
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8 years ago but parents' Macbook had fallen behind on major OSX updates, with the result that many (/all?) Firefox pages looked like this
(hashtag #ITschristmas though of course not case-sensitive :)
(hashtag #ITschristmas though of course not case-sensitive :)
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
8 years ago but parents' Macbook had fallen behind on major OSX updates, with the result that many (/all?) Firefox pages looked like this
(hashtag #ITschristmas though of course not case-sensitive :)
(hashtag #ITschristmas though of course not case-sensitive :)
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My dad (a former director of IT and Fortran programmer) has described and brought with him an Outlook problem he's already spent 3 hours on the phone with Microsoft about. He is not taking "Outlook will not fix this, use Thunderbird instead" well.
Along with #duvetknowitschrismas, time for a new yearly tradition:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
Time between walking through my relatives door and fixing a tech issue that has been "driving them mad": 8 minutes.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
December 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My dad (a former director of IT and Fortran programmer) has described and brought with him an Outlook problem he's already spent 3 hours on the phone with Microsoft about. He is not taking "Outlook will not fix this, use Thunderbird instead" well.
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Went over to friends yesterday to exchange gifts.
"Oh, while you are here we've lost Channel 5!"
I press the down button on the TV remote.
"Oh, you've found it!"
#ITChristmas
"Oh, while you are here we've lost Channel 5!"
I press the down button on the TV remote.
"Oh, you've found it!"
#ITChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Went over to friends yesterday to exchange gifts.
"Oh, while you are here we've lost Channel 5!"
I press the down button on the TV remote.
"Oh, you've found it!"
#ITChristmas
"Oh, while you are here we've lost Channel 5!"
I press the down button on the TV remote.
"Oh, you've found it!"
#ITChristmas
Along with #duvetknowitschrismas, time for a new yearly tradition:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
Time between walking through my relatives door and fixing a tech issue that has been "driving them mad": 8 minutes.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Along with #duvetknowitschrismas, time for a new yearly tradition:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
#ITschristmas, where we share IT support horror stories from helping family over Christmas.
Here's mine to start:
Time between walking through my relatives door and fixing a tech issue that has been "driving them mad": 8 minutes.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Time between walking through my relatives door and fixing a tech issue that has been "driving them mad": 8 minutes.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
The TV was in demo mode. It has been in demo mode for several months.
My pitch: Equip the train quiet carriage with a faraday cage
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My pitch: Equip the train quiet carriage with a faraday cage
"AI is a force multiplier!!!"
Yes but some engineers should not be having their force multiplied. It's like giving a tank to a gerbil.
Yes but some engineers should not be having their force multiplied. It's like giving a tank to a gerbil.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"AI is a force multiplier!!!"
Yes but some engineers should not be having their force multiplied. It's like giving a tank to a gerbil.
Yes but some engineers should not be having their force multiplied. It's like giving a tank to a gerbil.
Took delivery of an extremely 2000's VR glove in the pub.
Yes I am on the bus. I have no shame.
Yes I am on the bus. I have no shame.
December 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Took delivery of an extremely 2000's VR glove in the pub.
Yes I am on the bus. I have no shame.
Yes I am on the bus. I have no shame.
Just witnessed a neighbour walking around their house wearing an actual tinfoil hat
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Just witnessed a neighbour walking around their house wearing an actual tinfoil hat
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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If you’re in the UK and were born between 1970-1990 you can just go to your GP and get revaccinated for MMR because you may have had single vaccines, which are no longer considered valid. I went & did it this summer. Easy way to help protect yourself & your community.
If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you’re in the UK and were born between 1970-1990 you can just go to your GP and get revaccinated for MMR because you may have had single vaccines, which are no longer considered valid. I went & did it this summer. Easy way to help protect yourself & your community.
Devastating realization that the rapidly increasing retirement age means I may never have someone attempt to recruit me for one last job
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Devastating realization that the rapidly increasing retirement age means I may never have someone attempt to recruit me for one last job
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.