Luke Roberts
@raekul.bsky.social
Software engineer @ Microsoft / #webA11y / #punk 🤘 / Cycling 🚲 / cat dad 🐈 / Brit in Norway 🇳🇴
Nice that Duolingo's new "Charge" system, replacing the old hearts system, when you run out of charge, hits you with ads that are +2minutes to earn some charge back.
The 30s, sometimes 1m ad was bearable, but this is just a joke now surely 😂
The 30s, sometimes 1m ad was bearable, but this is just a joke now surely 😂
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nice that Duolingo's new "Charge" system, replacing the old hearts system, when you run out of charge, hits you with ads that are +2minutes to earn some charge back.
The 30s, sometimes 1m ad was bearable, but this is just a joke now surely 😂
The 30s, sometimes 1m ad was bearable, but this is just a joke now surely 😂
Heard something that Jack Black had been doing about finding an artist and listening to all their stuff in chronological order.
I have been on a Jimmy Eat World journey all day, it's excellent.
I have been on a Jimmy Eat World journey all day, it's excellent.
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Heard something that Jack Black had been doing about finding an artist and listening to all their stuff in chronological order.
I have been on a Jimmy Eat World journey all day, it's excellent.
I have been on a Jimmy Eat World journey all day, it's excellent.
New favourite unlocked 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New favourite unlocked 🤩
Got round to repairing my WH1000xm3's instead of buying a new pair, new battery, side brackets and earcups for a rough grand total of ~£25.
The satisfaction of turning the headphones back on, it working and sound coming out of both earcups 🤩
The satisfaction of turning the headphones back on, it working and sound coming out of both earcups 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Got round to repairing my WH1000xm3's instead of buying a new pair, new battery, side brackets and earcups for a rough grand total of ~£25.
The satisfaction of turning the headphones back on, it working and sound coming out of both earcups 🤩
The satisfaction of turning the headphones back on, it working and sound coming out of both earcups 🤩
I'm all for supporting local book stores, but when they take 2 months to order in a book, as they had forgotten to order it, I'm sort of out off 😅
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm all for supporting local book stores, but when they take 2 months to order in a book, as they had forgotten to order it, I'm sort of out off 😅
Reposted by Luke Roberts
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
Came back from vacation and managed to start & finish 2 books as well as get 1/4 way through another 😁
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Came back from vacation and managed to start & finish 2 books as well as get 1/4 way through another 😁
September 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again, StoryGraph needs a designer
August 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again, StoryGraph needs a designer
When you think you finally got through to the call centre because all the music stopped, only to realise they were taking their time to ready up another banger.
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When you think you finally got through to the call centre because all the music stopped, only to realise they were taking their time to ready up another banger.
Been reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and saw people say nothing interesting happens until much later.
I must be some exception or just easy to please because i'm 250 pages in and i've loved every part so far 😁.
I must be some exception or just easy to please because i'm 250 pages in and i've loved every part so far 😁.
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Been reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and saw people say nothing interesting happens until much later.
I must be some exception or just easy to please because i'm 250 pages in and i've loved every part so far 😁.
I must be some exception or just easy to please because i'm 250 pages in and i've loved every part so far 😁.
I have played about 40 hours of Elden Ring Night Reign and i have to say I've been loving it.
Sure it's frustrating at times but those games where your team comes together it's awesome.
Sure it's frustrating at times but those games where your team comes together it's awesome.
June 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have played about 40 hours of Elden Ring Night Reign and i have to say I've been loving it.
Sure it's frustrating at times but those games where your team comes together it's awesome.
Sure it's frustrating at times but those games where your team comes together it's awesome.
Read some chapters of #TheDevils by @joeabercrombie.com tonight and above all loving the humour. I howled at the magician 😂
May 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Read some chapters of #TheDevils by @joeabercrombie.com tonight and above all loving the humour. I howled at the magician 😂
Been looking forward to this, the cover and inside cover artwork look incredible! 😁 @lordgrimdark.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Been looking forward to this, the cover and inside cover artwork look incredible! 😁 @lordgrimdark.bsky.social
Finished reading Piranesi, not sure how I feel about it, it was good and I enjoyed it sure... but I feel like I was hoping for more?
May 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Finished reading Piranesi, not sure how I feel about it, it was good and I enjoyed it sure... but I feel like I was hoping for more?
I love @thestorygraph.com, but i wish the UI got some polish, it could be so nice!.
Feels massively unfinished or broken in places 😔
Feels massively unfinished or broken in places 😔
May 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I love @thestorygraph.com, but i wish the UI got some polish, it could be so nice!.
Feels massively unfinished or broken in places 😔
Feels massively unfinished or broken in places 😔
Love being added to a chat where people are berating something you were part of building without zero context as to why it was built a certain way. 🙃
May 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Love being added to a chat where people are berating something you were part of building without zero context as to why it was built a certain way. 🙃
Found a gold mine of books at a local book, boardgame, Lego store we have here in Tromsø, picked up these I've had on my TBR for a while ☺️
May 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Found a gold mine of books at a local book, boardgame, Lego store we have here in Tromsø, picked up these I've had on my TBR for a while ☺️
One thing that has been bugging me for a long time about Spotify.
I use "Liked Songs" as my library and the list continuously gets smaller over time as and when music is updated, pulled, re-added to Spotify.
Kind of makes me CD's, my own digita/physical media and how it stays in my library.
I use "Liked Songs" as my library and the list continuously gets smaller over time as and when music is updated, pulled, re-added to Spotify.
Kind of makes me CD's, my own digita/physical media and how it stays in my library.
April 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
One thing that has been bugging me for a long time about Spotify.
I use "Liked Songs" as my library and the list continuously gets smaller over time as and when music is updated, pulled, re-added to Spotify.
Kind of makes me CD's, my own digita/physical media and how it stays in my library.
I use "Liked Songs" as my library and the list continuously gets smaller over time as and when music is updated, pulled, re-added to Spotify.
Kind of makes me CD's, my own digita/physical media and how it stays in my library.
Won another book give away on @thestorygraph.com, a physical book this time as well! ☺️
April 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Won another book give away on @thestorygraph.com, a physical book this time as well! ☺️
Engineer telling me that using a work around feels hacky.
The workaround
DO_NOT_USE_THIS_PLEASE...
The workaround
DO_NOT_USE_THIS_PLEASE...
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Engineer telling me that using a work around feels hacky.
The workaround
DO_NOT_USE_THIS_PLEASE...
The workaround
DO_NOT_USE_THIS_PLEASE...
Love the new image generation with ChatGPT, this was quite fun
March 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Love the new image generation with ChatGPT, this was quite fun
"I just want to sell out my funeral" by the wonder years, has got to be one of the best tracks ever, so good how it combined pieces of the entire album into one.
March 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"I just want to sell out my funeral" by the wonder years, has got to be one of the best tracks ever, so good how it combined pieces of the entire album into one.
And I won a free eBook on @thestorygraph.com!
Great way to start a Friday 🤩
app.thestorygraph.com/books/412a48...
Great way to start a Friday 🤩
app.thestorygraph.com/books/412a48...
Stormflower by Tristen Kozinski, Keegan Kozinski
Jade's always had secrets, but ever since she crossed to the other side of reality, she's changed...
app.thestorygraph.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
And I won a free eBook on @thestorygraph.com!
Great way to start a Friday 🤩
app.thestorygraph.com/books/412a48...
Great way to start a Friday 🤩
app.thestorygraph.com/books/412a48...
Finally got around to reading @andyweirauthor1.bsky.social's Project Hail Mary, wow, incredibly good and enjoyed it from start to finish.
It was great to picture the characters in your mind, I just wish there were illustrations, perhaps ChatGPT can help 😀
app.thestorygraph.com/books/ac3ea9...
It was great to picture the characters in your mind, I just wish there were illustrations, perhaps ChatGPT can help 😀
app.thestorygraph.com/books/ac3ea9...
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity a...
app.thestorygraph.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Finally got around to reading @andyweirauthor1.bsky.social's Project Hail Mary, wow, incredibly good and enjoyed it from start to finish.
It was great to picture the characters in your mind, I just wish there were illustrations, perhaps ChatGPT can help 😀
app.thestorygraph.com/books/ac3ea9...
It was great to picture the characters in your mind, I just wish there were illustrations, perhaps ChatGPT can help 😀
app.thestorygraph.com/books/ac3ea9...