Adrian Bowyer
@adrianbowyer.bsky.social
No worthwhile human achievement has ever been instigated on the basis of demonstrable cost effectiveness.
https://adrianbowyer.com
📍Europe
https://adrianbowyer.com
📍Europe
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
(Here's what's really happening.)
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
(Here's what's really happening.)
Bit of a cultural collision...
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Bit of a cultural collision...
How much of this is down to cars simply lasting longer?
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
How much of this is down to cars simply lasting longer?
OK. So I have now got to the putting-things-in-my-shoes-to-remind-me-to-take-them-with-me-later stage of old age...
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
OK. So I have now got to the putting-things-in-my-shoes-to-remind-me-to-take-them-with-me-later stage of old age...
I have one of these. They're the nearest thing to magic that this universe allows.
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have one of these. They're the nearest thing to magic that this universe allows.
This is FUCKING INSANE.
You pay $100...
...Yes. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED OF YOUR EARTH DOLLARS...
...for a NOTEBOOK.
THEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR TEN FUCKING DOLLARS A FUCKING MONTH SO THEY SEND YOU EXTRA FUCKING PAGES.
And I'm glad you asked. No. It doesn't come with a pencil.
You pay $100...
...Yes. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED OF YOUR EARTH DOLLARS...
...for a NOTEBOOK.
THEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR TEN FUCKING DOLLARS A FUCKING MONTH SO THEY SEND YOU EXTRA FUCKING PAGES.
And I'm glad you asked. No. It doesn't come with a pencil.
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is FUCKING INSANE.
You pay $100...
...Yes. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED OF YOUR EARTH DOLLARS...
...for a NOTEBOOK.
THEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR TEN FUCKING DOLLARS A FUCKING MONTH SO THEY SEND YOU EXTRA FUCKING PAGES.
And I'm glad you asked. No. It doesn't come with a pencil.
You pay $100...
...Yes. ONE FUCKING HUNDRED OF YOUR EARTH DOLLARS...
...for a NOTEBOOK.
THEN YOU SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR TEN FUCKING DOLLARS A FUCKING MONTH SO THEY SEND YOU EXTRA FUCKING PAGES.
And I'm glad you asked. No. It doesn't come with a pencil.
Oval office bling on the left; Home Depot plastic on the right.
Trump is correct when he says that there is no spray paint that really looks like gold.
For that you just have to use gold leaf.
Trump is correct when he says that there is no spray paint that really looks like gold.
For that you just have to use gold leaf.
September 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Oval office bling on the left; Home Depot plastic on the right.
Trump is correct when he says that there is no spray paint that really looks like gold.
For that you just have to use gold leaf.
Trump is correct when he says that there is no spray paint that really looks like gold.
For that you just have to use gold leaf.
Drop some TELEPHONES.
September 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Drop some TELEPHONES.
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson
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September 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson
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A technology has arrived when it's used to make the tat in the gift shop at Naples Airport...
#3Dprinting
#3Dprinting
September 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A technology has arrived when it's used to make the tat in the gift shop at Naples Airport...
#3Dprinting
#3Dprinting
Hypothsis: when cats* groom themselves they are not just cleaning their fur, they are also neutralising any residual static charge.
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* And maybe other animals, but cat fur is particularly prone to static.
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* And maybe other animals, but cat fur is particularly prone to static.
September 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hypothsis: when cats* groom themselves they are not just cleaning their fur, they are also neutralising any residual static charge.
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* And maybe other animals, but cat fur is particularly prone to static.
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* And maybe other animals, but cat fur is particularly prone to static.
Brothel cat in Pompeii. Been there for 1,950 years. Now on its fourth life...
September 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Brothel cat in Pompeii. Been there for 1,950 years. Now on its fourth life...
Gulf of Naples. View from hotel room is definitely Not Shabby. Vesuvius on the left (slumbering...).
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Gulf of Naples. View from hotel room is definitely Not Shabby. Vesuvius on the left (slumbering...).
Hello Magazine and all Dan Brown novels MUST be stowed in the hold.
September 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hello Magazine and all Dan Brown novels MUST be stowed in the hold.
In our house it takes three adults with four university degrees between them and one of these to give a cat a pill.
September 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In our house it takes three adults with four university degrees between them and one of these to give a cat a pill.
At the Village Show. G______ D____ FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS...
September 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
At the Village Show. G______ D____ FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS...
But there ARE instances of successful wealth redistribution. In particular the rise in living standards from World War 2 to around 1980 was closely tied to production. Then a combination of technology (microprocessors) and bad politics (Chicago School neoclassical economics) broke that.
September 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
But there ARE instances of successful wealth redistribution. In particular the rise in living standards from World War 2 to around 1980 was closely tied to production. Then a combination of technology (microprocessors) and bad politics (Chicago School neoclassical economics) broke that.
Strong point from the Bad Place, here.
September 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Strong point from the Bad Place, here.
The first rule of criminal defence is that, when your client is asked, "Did you steal an apple?" you don't have your client reply, "I was in Paris at the time. And anyway I don't like apples." You have them reply, "No."
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The first rule of criminal defence is that, when your client is asked, "Did you steal an apple?" you don't have your client reply, "I was in Paris at the time. And anyway I don't like apples." You have them reply, "No."