Paul Hunt
@pahunt.bsky.social
Athletics fan, technology geek, married to
@pippitydooda.bsky.social
@pippitydooda.bsky.social
Stages of work meetings.
1. You want me to attend to a meeting? How exciting!
2. I think my time can be better used, but I guess I’ll be there.
3. I will use every piece of influence and power I can amass to wipe the entire concept of “meetings” from the face of the earth.
1. You want me to attend to a meeting? How exciting!
2. I think my time can be better used, but I guess I’ll be there.
3. I will use every piece of influence and power I can amass to wipe the entire concept of “meetings” from the face of the earth.
February 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Stages of work meetings.
1. You want me to attend to a meeting? How exciting!
2. I think my time can be better used, but I guess I’ll be there.
3. I will use every piece of influence and power I can amass to wipe the entire concept of “meetings” from the face of the earth.
1. You want me to attend to a meeting? How exciting!
2. I think my time can be better used, but I guess I’ll be there.
3. I will use every piece of influence and power I can amass to wipe the entire concept of “meetings” from the face of the earth.
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Blogged: Creating standard and "observable" instruments
andrewlock.net/creating-sta...
In this post I discuss the various Instrument types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core
#dotnet #observability
andrewlock.net/creating-sta...
In this post I discuss the various Instrument
#dotnet #observability
Creating standard and "observable" instruments: System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs - Part 3
In this post I discuss the various Instrument<T> types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core
andrewlock.net
February 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Blogged: Creating standard and "observable" instruments
andrewlock.net/creating-sta...
In this post I discuss the various Instrument types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core
#dotnet #observability
andrewlock.net/creating-sta...
In this post I discuss the various Instrument
#dotnet #observability
“Why have you been out all day? Give me attention to make up for your treachery”
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
“Why have you been out all day? Give me attention to make up for your treachery”
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Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
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Will I still understand sql if I haven't seen the first one?
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Will I still understand sql if I haven't seen the first one?
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In my experience, good people take responsibility for mistakes made in their name and bad people throw subordinates under the bus.
January 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
In my experience, good people take responsibility for mistakes made in their name and bad people throw subordinates under the bus.
This isn’t quite the Um Bongo advert I remember.
Trump: "These are some of the most vicious people anywhere in the world. They came from the Congo. The prisons-- I know the Congo because I ended the war with the Congo and Rwanda. Tough group. Very tough group. They came from prisons in the Congo."
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
This isn’t quite the Um Bongo advert I remember.
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JD Vance sounds like the sponsor of a football trophy competed for by League 1 and League 2 clubs.
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
JD Vance sounds like the sponsor of a football trophy competed for by League 1 and League 2 clubs.
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“All the lonely people. Where do they all come from, Miss Jones?”
- Eleanor Rigsby
- Eleanor Rigsby
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
“All the lonely people. Where do they all come from, Miss Jones?”
- Eleanor Rigsby
- Eleanor Rigsby
This
Most of the London-crime chat is just code for racism. They don't really mean that an area is dangerous. They mean that it contains black people/Muslims and want to insinuate that this entails danger.
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
This
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“Go Downtown, see if I care”
- Petulant Clark
- Petulant Clark
December 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“Go Downtown, see if I care”
- Petulant Clark
- Petulant Clark
I am currently in a family Zoom meeting.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of flames .
Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of flames .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am currently in a family Zoom meeting.
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Tis the season.
two men standing in front of an american video store
Alt: Happy Festivus!
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Tis the season.
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the broad inability to leave a social media platform owned by a white supremacist and prolific manipulator of public perception really is one of the most discouraging data points right now
December 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the broad inability to leave a social media platform owned by a white supremacist and prolific manipulator of public perception really is one of the most discouraging data points right now
“Will my debit card still work if it’s been through the wash?”
The Uni student is home…
The Uni student is home…
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Will my debit card still work if it’s been through the wash?”
The Uni student is home…
The Uni student is home…
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I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
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I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
*Bond has been captured by Kravitz*
Kravitz: Would you like me to kill you with a gun or by throwing you to the sharks in the swimming pool, which is my personal preference by the way.
Bond: I'm not sure I understand the question.
Kravtiz: What I really want to know is, are you gonna go my way?
Kravitz: Would you like me to kill you with a gun or by throwing you to the sharks in the swimming pool, which is my personal preference by the way.
Bond: I'm not sure I understand the question.
Kravtiz: What I really want to know is, are you gonna go my way?
Lenny Kravitz will play a Bond villain in the ‘007 - FIRST LIGHT’ game.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
*Bond has been captured by Kravitz*
Kravitz: Would you like me to kill you with a gun or by throwing you to the sharks in the swimming pool, which is my personal preference by the way.
Bond: I'm not sure I understand the question.
Kravtiz: What I really want to know is, are you gonna go my way?
Kravitz: Would you like me to kill you with a gun or by throwing you to the sharks in the swimming pool, which is my personal preference by the way.
Bond: I'm not sure I understand the question.
Kravtiz: What I really want to know is, are you gonna go my way?
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In M&S buying jeans and wondering when they stopped selling old people clothes and started selling clothes for young hip people like myself
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In M&S buying jeans and wondering when they stopped selling old people clothes and started selling clothes for young hip people like myself
FIFA giving out an award for peace is crazy. Imagine if a tyre company started giving out awards for fine dining.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
FIFA giving out an award for peace is crazy. Imagine if a tyre company started giving out awards for fine dining.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
I shall not watch any of the World Cup purely because of this brown-nosing insanity.
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I shall not watch any of the World Cup purely because of this brown-nosing insanity.
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step into christmas makes my mum happy but i still miss my real into christmas
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
step into christmas makes my mum happy but i still miss my real into christmas
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"We're going to have a traditional English Christmas this year, even though we live in Venezuela."
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"We're going to have a traditional English Christmas this year, even though we live in Venezuela."
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".