Peter Scandrett
@proogs.bsky.social
Stage lighting guy. Likes puns, technical jiggerypokery, sciencey stuff, good friendship and conversations that engage the brain. Cycles a bit. (he/him)
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Them: what do you call a crocodile that’s good at bowling?
Me: ᶦᶠ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵉⁿᵈˢ ᶦⁿ ᵃ ᵖᵘⁿ
Them: an alley gator
Me: ⁿᵒ ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ᶜʳᵒᶜᵒᵈᶦˡᵉ
ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵈᶦᶠᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᵗ ʳᵉᵖᵗᶦˡᵉ
ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉᵐᶦˢᵉ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ
Me: ᶦᶠ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵉⁿᵈˢ ᶦⁿ ᵃ ᵖᵘⁿ
Them: an alley gator
Me: ⁿᵒ ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ᶜʳᵒᶜᵒᵈᶦˡᵉ
ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵈᶦᶠᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᵗ ʳᵉᵖᵗᶦˡᵉ
ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉᵐᶦˢᵉ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Them: what do you call a crocodile that’s good at bowling?
Me: ᶦᶠ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵉⁿᵈˢ ᶦⁿ ᵃ ᵖᵘⁿ
Them: an alley gator
Me: ⁿᵒ ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ᶜʳᵒᶜᵒᵈᶦˡᵉ
ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵈᶦᶠᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᵗ ʳᵉᵖᵗᶦˡᵉ
ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉᵐᶦˢᵉ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ
Me: ᶦᶠ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵉⁿᵈˢ ᶦⁿ ᵃ ᵖᵘⁿ
Them: an alley gator
Me: ⁿᵒ ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ᶜʳᵒᶜᵒᵈᶦˡᵉ
ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵈᶦᶠᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᵗ ʳᵉᵖᵗᶦˡᵉ
ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᵉᵐᶦˢᵉ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ᶜᵒˡˡᵃᵖˢᵉˢ
I hate it when people don't test their software properly. This is a screenshot from EE's app; my next 'bill' will be 'higher than usual' because I've got a negative balance. Argh. Come on people, this is basic stuff.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I hate it when people don't test their software properly. This is a screenshot from EE's app; my next 'bill' will be 'higher than usual' because I've got a negative balance. Argh. Come on people, this is basic stuff.
Wait, some people just 'guess' when reading if they don't know a word? They essentially make up their own narrative? And this is taught in some American schools?! Wow. This explains so much - not just low literacy, but poor reasoning, logic, deduction, debate and thought. What an article and thread.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Wait, some people just 'guess' when reading if they don't know a word? They essentially make up their own narrative? And this is taught in some American schools?! Wow. This explains so much - not just low literacy, but poor reasoning, logic, deduction, debate and thought. What an article and thread.
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Honestly, this 🧵. I may be shouty and critical about a lot, but in my life, every day, I'm reminded and reassured by the kindness and warmth of most British people. Even in my benighted county.
I shout because I will fight those who want to make this not the place that welcomed me 20 yrs ago. 💖
I shout because I will fight those who want to make this not the place that welcomed me 20 yrs ago. 💖
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Honestly, this 🧵. I may be shouty and critical about a lot, but in my life, every day, I'm reminded and reassured by the kindness and warmth of most British people. Even in my benighted county.
I shout because I will fight those who want to make this not the place that welcomed me 20 yrs ago. 💖
I shout because I will fight those who want to make this not the place that welcomed me 20 yrs ago. 💖
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this is the greatest sci-fi sitcom pitch I've ever read
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
this is the greatest sci-fi sitcom pitch I've ever read
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Yes, I know, o.
But that's not the joke here.
But that's not the joke here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Yes, I know, o.
But that's not the joke here.
But that's not the joke here.
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This is just insane. VPN use is legal and not just used by ppl circumventing the crap and pointless online safety act.
This is nothing more than an attempted authoritarian power grab that North Korea would be proud of.
This is nothing more than an attempted authoritarian power grab that North Korea would be proud of.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is just insane. VPN use is legal and not just used by ppl circumventing the crap and pointless online safety act.
This is nothing more than an attempted authoritarian power grab that North Korea would be proud of.
This is nothing more than an attempted authoritarian power grab that North Korea would be proud of.
This is one of the first pre-viral videos I remember seeing/being shared in the 90s at university. It's astonishing and funny and crazy and quirky.
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is one of the first pre-viral videos I remember seeing/being shared in the 90s at university. It's astonishing and funny and crazy and quirky.
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At a wider level 90% of the BBC's "stuff" is not the shit domestic newscasting, and it'll be that stuff - the Proms, coverage of regional music and events, BBC Africa, the World Service, choirs and orchestras - that will go first
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At a wider level 90% of the BBC's "stuff" is not the shit domestic newscasting, and it'll be that stuff - the Proms, coverage of regional music and events, BBC Africa, the World Service, choirs and orchestras - that will go first
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My mum's fess… At a wake after a funeral at a crematorium, everyone was reminiscing with so many favourite, fun and fond tales of the recently deceased. My mum decided to chip in and said, 'Wow, so many stories about him! I bet his ears are burning!'
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My mum's fess… At a wake after a funeral at a crematorium, everyone was reminiscing with so many favourite, fun and fond tales of the recently deceased. My mum decided to chip in and said, 'Wow, so many stories about him! I bet his ears are burning!'
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Some incredible stuff up for sale to insanely rich people propstoreauction.com/auctions/cat...
propstoreauction.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some incredible stuff up for sale to insanely rich people propstoreauction.com/auctions/cat...
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The sun will rise in #Manchester #England tomorrow at 7:25, 114 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 16:20, 101 seconds earlier than the day before.
It will set at 16:20, 101 seconds earlier than the day before.
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The sun will rise in #Manchester #England tomorrow at 7:25, 114 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 16:20, 101 seconds earlier than the day before.
It will set at 16:20, 101 seconds earlier than the day before.
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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If we can't decarbonise trains, what *can* we decarbonise?
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If we can't decarbonise trains, what *can* we decarbonise?
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The dire situation of TfL workers expecting to transition from graduate visas to skilled worker visas but facing deportation due to cruel and abrupt government visa changes is picked up in the Sunday Times.
I raised this with the Mayor last month so am glad to see he has ⏱️ now written to Mike Tapp.
I raised this with the Mayor last month so am glad to see he has ⏱️ now written to Mike Tapp.
60 London Underground staff some who have worked on tube for years could face deportation under tightened visa rules bit.ly/3XpfRuZ
Dozens of TfL staff to lose right to remain in visa rule change
‘Rail travel assistants’ were removed from a list of ‘shortage occupation’ exceptions in July, but the London mayor’s office condemns the move
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The dire situation of TfL workers expecting to transition from graduate visas to skilled worker visas but facing deportation due to cruel and abrupt government visa changes is picked up in the Sunday Times.
I raised this with the Mayor last month so am glad to see he has ⏱️ now written to Mike Tapp.
I raised this with the Mayor last month so am glad to see he has ⏱️ now written to Mike Tapp.
Worth looking at the threads to see how bad this all is. Even the trucks' wheel arrangements aren't the same!
The studio that made the shitty coca-cola AI ad getting their teeth kicked in on socials bc of how icky bad it is, then the studio CEO coming out insulting and dismissing folks kicking their teeth in, and THEN releasing the worst ever cover up “hey we actually made this by hand” scam vid
🧍♀️
🧍♀️
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Worth looking at the threads to see how bad this all is. Even the trucks' wheel arrangements aren't the same!
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Terry Griffiths vs Cliff Thorburn. The Crucible, 1983.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Terry Griffiths vs Cliff Thorburn. The Crucible, 1983.
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In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.
NEW - D-Day Veteran Removed From Remembrance Parade After Forgetting His Poppy
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.
Watson was an awful man, it turns out. It's a sad reminder that those who have moments of genius - even of world changing significance - can still be terrible people. To a lesser extent, I also put Patrick Moore in that category...
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Watson was an awful man, it turns out. It's a sad reminder that those who have moments of genius - even of world changing significance - can still be terrible people. To a lesser extent, I also put Patrick Moore in that category...
People! What on earth is this?
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35530678...
"Temporary Parking Number Plate Small Hidden Moving Auto Phone Number Plate"
A small numpad with random digit order in my car? For parking!? Googling's not helped, though some of them seem to have the digits in ascending order... Baffled.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35530678...
"Temporary Parking Number Plate Small Hidden Moving Auto Phone Number Plate"
A small numpad with random digit order in my car? For parking!? Googling's not helped, though some of them seem to have the digits in ascending order... Baffled.
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1 Car Temporary Parking Card (Button Color is Random). 【Hidden Phone Number Function】: The car parking phone number card is designed with a rotating number hiding function to protect your privacy. 【Ea...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
People! What on earth is this?
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35530678...
"Temporary Parking Number Plate Small Hidden Moving Auto Phone Number Plate"
A small numpad with random digit order in my car? For parking!? Googling's not helped, though some of them seem to have the digits in ascending order... Baffled.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35530678...
"Temporary Parking Number Plate Small Hidden Moving Auto Phone Number Plate"
A small numpad with random digit order in my car? For parking!? Googling's not helped, though some of them seem to have the digits in ascending order... Baffled.
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Incredibly naive.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Incredibly naive.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Q: What did Crick and Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died at 97
u.afp.com/SnZy
u.afp.com/SnZy
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Q: What did Crick and Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.