Andy Ledger
@lowfeller.bsky.social
Not drowning, but waving
7 years sober #hatnonce (retired)
7 years sober #hatnonce (retired)
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Taxi Driver, released 50 years ago today. It could have been a whole different film...
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Taxi Driver, released 50 years ago today. It could have been a whole different film...
Recipes always say: "Ask your butcher to do this for you".
They clearly don't go to the same butcher as me, who is so surly, I don't even dare ask for a carrier bag.
They clearly don't go to the same butcher as me, who is so surly, I don't even dare ask for a carrier bag.
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Recipes always say: "Ask your butcher to do this for you".
They clearly don't go to the same butcher as me, who is so surly, I don't even dare ask for a carrier bag.
They clearly don't go to the same butcher as me, who is so surly, I don't even dare ask for a carrier bag.
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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The average cost to mine a single Bitcoin is now over $90,000. The price of Bitcoin has collapsed to $67,000. Everyone mining Bitcoin at the moment is losing a fortune.
February 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The average cost to mine a single Bitcoin is now over $90,000. The price of Bitcoin has collapsed to $67,000. Everyone mining Bitcoin at the moment is losing a fortune.
This just feels like the day-after-the-day-after a 90s stag do
"Cambridge students help unearth possible Viking-era ‘execution pit’ on training dig"
Especially interesting is the trepanned skull.
www.bajr.org/cambridge-st...
Especially interesting is the trepanned skull.
www.bajr.org/cambridge-st...
Cambridge students help unearth possible Viking-era ‘execution pit’ on training dig - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
The aftermath of a battle or execution from around the 9th century AD has been discovered by Cambridge University archaeologists and students conducting a training dig as part of the University’s unde...
www.bajr.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This just feels like the day-after-the-day-after a 90s stag do
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Well, I read the blog by the ex-Canary "journalist" that protests Gaiman's innocence. It's woeful throughout, but the highlight of the lows must be the point he tells J K Rowling off for not being in bed by the appointed time.
February 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Well, I read the blog by the ex-Canary "journalist" that protests Gaiman's innocence. It's woeful throughout, but the highlight of the lows must be the point he tells J K Rowling off for not being in bed by the appointed time.
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Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life.
📸 Luis Tato
📸 Luis Tato
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life.
📸 Luis Tato
📸 Luis Tato
Predictably, lots of posts ridiculing this. Not sure why - if it was City of London / Square Mile it wouldn't even be news?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push
Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Predictably, lots of posts ridiculing this. Not sure why - if it was City of London / Square Mile it wouldn't even be news?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Recent unscheduled visit to local hospital was enlivened by leaving me in a wheelchair outside the Chapel of Rest for 15 mins
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Recent unscheduled visit to local hospital was enlivened by leaving me in a wheelchair outside the Chapel of Rest for 15 mins
"... and the shell hit me right in the umm..."
"Rectum?"
"Well it didn't do them
much good"
"Rectum?"
"Well it didn't do them
much good"
“Hospital evacuated as man found to have WW1 artillery shell in rectum”
A difficult day for le squad de bombe…
A difficult day for le squad de bombe…
Hospital evacuated as 'man found to have WW1 artillery shell in rectum'
The discovery of the century-old shell prompted a hospital evacuation amid fears it could explode
www.standard.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"... and the shell hit me right in the umm..."
"Rectum?"
"Well it didn't do them
much good"
"Rectum?"
"Well it didn't do them
much good"
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...they told her no, didn't they
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
...they told her no, didn't they
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The GLP cannot help being untruthful it seems. In reality the judge refused permission to bring judicial review proceedings on two counts.
1. Prematurity
2. Standing
1. Prematurity
2. Standing
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...
goodlawproject.org/hampstead-he...
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The GLP cannot help being untruthful it seems. In reality the judge refused permission to bring judicial review proceedings on two counts.
1. Prematurity
2. Standing
1. Prematurity
2. Standing
"A pot noodle & a wank" is really just the 2026 version of "a jug of wine a loaf of bread and thou", isn't it?
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"A pot noodle & a wank" is really just the 2026 version of "a jug of wine a loaf of bread and thou", isn't it?
This is incredible
youtu.be/dxXJAqOU00g?...
youtu.be/dxXJAqOU00g?...
MELANIA | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 AM
This is incredible
youtu.be/dxXJAqOU00g?...
youtu.be/dxXJAqOU00g?...
Shelled fresh prawns, sliced red chilli, sliced garlic,quickly fried in a big, big gloop of extra virgin & scooped / wiped up with fresh, crunchy baguette. 5 ingredients. 2 minutes. Heaven.
it's time to play, "the big sandwich". you are allowed to nominate six ingredients and one bread type, and must specify whether or not it is toasted. Good Luck
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Shelled fresh prawns, sliced red chilli, sliced garlic,quickly fried in a big, big gloop of extra virgin & scooped / wiped up with fresh, crunchy baguette. 5 ingredients. 2 minutes. Heaven.
Someone at CCHQ clearly doesn't understand the difference between "defected" & "defective"
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Someone at CCHQ clearly doesn't understand the difference between "defected" & "defective"
Has Kemi defected yet?
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Has Kemi defected yet?
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How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks grey?
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks grey?
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discussed Heated Rivalry with some friends over lunch while their three-year-old was in the room and reckon I managed to use the word "lovemaking" more in twenty minutes than I had in my whole life up until today
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
discussed Heated Rivalry with some friends over lunch while their three-year-old was in the room and reckon I managed to use the word "lovemaking" more in twenty minutes than I had in my whole life up until today
Things are not likely to end well for a man who dresses like this
January 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Things are not likely to end well for a man who dresses like this
Horrific. Unbelievable
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Horrific. Unbelievable