John Appleton
@oddbodd13.bsky.social
A heathen, conceivably - but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
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“Norman Stanley Mountbatten-Windsor”
February 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
“Norman Stanley Mountbatten-Windsor”
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Oh, the grand old duke of york
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February 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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As a Boro fan, being torn between wanting Rob Edwards to go down with the fewest points ever, or wanting that record to stay with a team who got their only win against Newcastle #UTB
February 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
As a Boro fan, being torn between wanting Rob Edwards to go down with the fewest points ever, or wanting that record to stay with a team who got their only win against Newcastle #UTB
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Prisoner cell block HRH.
February 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Prisoner cell block HRH.
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You can make the new He-Man movie look more vintage by the power of greyscale.
February 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
You can make the new He-Man movie look more vintage by the power of greyscale.
Sweet, sweet music.
Them Aussies are in all sorts of bother
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Sweet, sweet music.
This is like when Hammer studios made two films back to back with the exact same sets and cast but released them months apart because back then nobody would notice.
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This is like when Hammer studios made two films back to back with the exact same sets and cast but released them months apart because back then nobody would notice.
But like the village pub in Lilliput, it's not a high bar.
Could make a good argument about Honey to the B being Billies best song #totp
February 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
But like the village pub in Lilliput, it's not a high bar.
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Sentences I never ever thought I would write:
ITALY WIN BY TEN WICKETS
ITALY WIN BY TEN WICKETS
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Sentences I never ever thought I would write:
ITALY WIN BY TEN WICKETS
ITALY WIN BY TEN WICKETS
Since the Italian football team won the world cup in 2006, their cricket team has now won exactly the same number of world cup games: One.
Italy are officially better at cricket than at football.
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Since the Italian football team won the world cup in 2006, their cricket team has now won exactly the same number of world cup games: One.
Half tempted to put a fiver on Italy beating England.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but Italy look like they’re about to win a match of cricket at the Wankhede—and against a team who could and should have beaten England a few days ago
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Half tempted to put a fiver on Italy beating England.
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I know that when it comes to the wedding speeches which I now rely on to put food on the table, it’s AI that has pretty much pulled the rug from under my feet. I offer an ‘AI fix” for under a hundred quid for people who go down that route and come unstuck. You adapt, get your head down and hope.
I always tell @gailmyerscough.co.uk (who’s doing brilliantly at the moment) that when you’re self-employed, the main thing is not to panic during lean times. The lack of work had been going on for 6 months and it’s becoming difficult to maintain calm.
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
I know that when it comes to the wedding speeches which I now rely on to put food on the table, it’s AI that has pretty much pulled the rug from under my feet. I offer an ‘AI fix” for under a hundred quid for people who go down that route and come unstuck. You adapt, get your head down and hope.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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If anyone had any doubt that the referees think that the game is theirs, well, now you know. Just nonsense.
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If anyone had any doubt that the referees think that the game is theirs, well, now you know. Just nonsense.
After sacking off this afternoon's snooker because of back pain, this is humbling.
Milano Cortina 2026
American skier Lindsey Vonn has been airlifted off the slopes after a horror crash in the women’s downhill skiing, nine days after rupturing her ACL
via The Sydney Morning Herald
American skier Lindsey Vonn has been airlifted off the slopes after a horror crash in the women’s downhill skiing, nine days after rupturing her ACL
via The Sydney Morning Herald
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
After sacking off this afternoon's snooker because of back pain, this is humbling.
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Lindsey Vonn is out here skiing in the Olympics without an ACL meanwhile I’ve been putting off assembling the standing desk I bought 7 months ago because my Phillips head screwdriver wasn’t in the very first drawer I checked
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Lindsey Vonn is out here skiing in the Olympics without an ACL meanwhile I’ve been putting off assembling the standing desk I bought 7 months ago because my Phillips head screwdriver wasn’t in the very first drawer I checked
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winter olympics the superior olympics imo
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
winter olympics the superior olympics imo
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trending checks out
February 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
trending checks out
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Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Copilot you humourless swine.
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Copilot you humourless swine.
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THIS is the Lambton illustration to end them all:
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
THIS is the Lambton illustration to end them all:
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Dressing as a stork would be a clear indicator of a midwife crisis.
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Dressing as a stork would be a clear indicator of a midwife crisis.
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That one lucky but decisive punch to Biff Tannen seems a long way away.
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
That one lucky but decisive punch to Biff Tannen seems a long way away.