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Twitter's down!!!, it seems that Cloudflare might be partly to blame. Whilst investigating this I discovered that they use a *Random Number generator* based on actual physical Lava Lamps 😮
#groovyBaby

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand
Lavarand - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
If you're feeling let down by The Salt Path debacle then you could download (or snap up the last few copies of) Pier Review.
A real tale of Coastal travel, friendship and swearing
(and the driver genuinely has gout)
amzn.eu/d/5cdbwvS
Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside: Amazon.co.uk: Bounds, Jon, Smith, Danny: 9781849538114: Books
Buy Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside by Bounds, Jon, Smith, Danny (ISBN: 9781849538114) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible order...
amzn.eu
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Faark, those little Yaris's holding up better than those Musk yuppie tank things
(Via Kings Heath busybody group)
Blown down tree being impressively held up by a small Yaris car
December 8, 2024 at 12:07 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
🎶 "oH lItTle sTaR ov BeFleehEm!!"🎵

#tintoys #upcycling #crafts #diy #christmasdecorations
Christmas tree star decoration made from a can of beer.
December 4, 2024 at 11:22 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
You know that late 80s Paul McCartney Christmas track "Keeping The Dream Alive"??......
Well sit down, ....because it was actually by some little known (in the UK) German band FreiHeit 😮

#Christmas
#thatschristmas
#christmasmusic
November 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Happy World Men's Day
(though it's also World Toilet Day, make of that what you will)

#worldmensday
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
WoHoo, it's nearly *pictures of very disappointed families* season, it seems to come round quicker every year 🎅🌲
Promotional poster for an "Indoor Winter Wonderland" experience.
November 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Noo tH1ng lurNt todai: these price labels in Aldi are actually electronic "Paper white" displays 😮

(One was flickering and I had a mild "omg, am I in a Holographic simulation!?" existential freakout)
Aldi price display shop fitting.
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Found some rotting, but uncooked, bread yesterday that appears to have been placed by a bird nesting in a musical instrument.

Think it's mouldy old dough by a lute tenant pigeon.

#Lunchpun
November 14, 2024 at 12:25 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Visitor cat is visiting (dang thing's fell asleep)
Birman Cat asleep on Carpet
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Cup a Soup in a dereict Bickenhill Barn...
Man sitting in a hammock in an old barn drinking a cuppa soup.
November 10, 2024 at 3:17 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
#UKSun B26 5/10
November 10, 2024 at 10:42 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
The Christmas Market at St Philip's will have you drinking up close n personal with your ancestors.
#birmingham
Gravestones in amongst the chairs of a temporary bar marquee
November 9, 2024 at 3:53 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Birmingham's rag market is featured in the BBC's (now fully available) sound effects library.

#birmingham
#InternationalDayOfBirmingham

sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=070...
BBC Sound Effects
BBC Sound Effects
sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk
September 25, 2024 at 11:07 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Joe Lycett officially arrives for the International Day of Birmingham

#internationaldayofbirmingham
Joe Lycett waving from the platform of a number 11 bus outside Birmingham Council House
September 24, 2024 at 2:23 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
RIP Kenneth Cope
(So he wasn't actually dead?)
Headshot of Kenneth Cope in character from Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
September 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
It's not cursed right? ....RIGHT??
Carved, Red wooden voodoo ornament.
September 3, 2024 at 10:28 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Those Rag Market guys hain't stoopid....
#oasis
Stacks of Bucket hats on a market stall
August 30, 2024 at 10:51 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
My "Black" Chilli plant has brought forth a flower. 🌶️🌶️

#chilliplants
Small Purple Chilli plant flower surrounded by dark Green/purple leaves.
August 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
The last dog days of Summer being reeled in at the Barston Fete, get the wooly jumpers and slow cooker out.

#solihull
#barston
Black and white picture of a man reeling in a tug of war rope.
August 26, 2024 at 5:10 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
I'll probably eventually be found dead buried under a pile of DIY meths stoves.
#camoing #wildcamping
Small spirit burning stove made from two Tuna cans inserted into each other, vapour holes drilled around side Burning DIY spirit/meths tuna can stove (surrounded by DIY beer can windshield)
August 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
midgeuk.bsky.social
Mike Leigh's 'Meantime' is a cheery piece of early 80s British kitchen sink cinema hain't it?
(Does anyone have a number for The Samaritans?)
August 24, 2024 at 8:32 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
We're not going to make it are we?
"please see the reverse for your letter" printed on the blank back page of an official letter.
August 21, 2024 at 4:38 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
I'm at a Monday afternoon Karaoke disco in a 'working mans boozer'. salúte
August 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
midgeuk.bsky.social
This tree ain't gonna conform to your bourgeois being alive standards.
Very dead tree in front of some very alive trees
August 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM