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Andrew Pickles
@andrewjpickles.bsky.social
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Business Analyst, nerd and centrist dad.
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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davidbisset.com
Why I 🧡 the web.

drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟
A group of handdrawn fish.
July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
@garius.bsky.social was right about K Pop Demon Hunters!
July 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
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A grid showing prep to goth on the x axis and nerd to jock on the y axis. There is a result plotted in the half way point of the x axis and one sixth on the y axis. There is text that states "you are tied between goth and prep, 73.6% nerd, placing you in the True Nerd category."
July 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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littlemacha.bsky.social
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.

I’ll add more as I find them.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
Late Christmas present to go see @oxventure.bsky.social live. Was a fantastic show and recognised @naturalsix.bsky.social sitting behind us!
Stage set for the Oxventure live show
April 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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ofalafel.bsky.social
I don’t wish to alarm anyone but if you draw glasses on Masaccio’s Virgin and Child it’s Michael Caine holding a tiny Chris Evans being serenaded by the Proclaimers
Masaccio’s Virgin and Child Masaccio’s Virgin and Child except I’ve drawn glasses on everyone
March 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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theguardian.com
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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rickburin.bsky.social
Are there awards for alt text?
alexvont.bsky.social Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Jan 18
Oh, these are the *real* Trump and Vance official portraits? Crikey
Trump’s official portrait. He is lit from beneath, as if in a 1930s horror movie. He is squinting at the camera. Possibly this is supposed to be a commanding look. His skin appears to have been sprayed on like pebbledash. The image looks heavily retouched. JD Vance’s official portrait. His arms are crossed defensively. He is sort of smiling in a way that makes him look like he’s about to yell at you. He is overlit from the front so that his eyes are reduced to their whites with only a hint of iris and pupil, as if he is possessed by a demon. The image appears heavily retouched.
January 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
Cats battling over who gets the new cardboard boxes #ProofOfCat
A cat in an open remote control digger box. Another cat stands behind the box pretending she is not interested in it.
December 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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@outsidexbox.bsky.social Any chance of a 3 ways to play?
eurogamer.bsky.social Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hitman's next Elusive Target is Jean-Claude 'The Splitter' Van Damme www.eurogamer.net/hitmans-next...
The Splitter's Jean Claude Van Damme does the splits in Hitman
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot
Petition: Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... via @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Petition: Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR)
We are petitioning for a National Referendum to decide whether the current electoral system should be RETAINED or REPLACED by a system where the number of MPs each party gets reflects the proportion o...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
Got to the end of it. Some glimmers of hope at the end but overall a pretty damning view of our entire system of government. Need to read something a bit lighter next!
andrewjpickles.bsky.social Andrew Pickles @andrewjpickles.bsky.social · Nov 25
Half way through @iandunt.bsky.social's "How Westminster Works" and it is a depressing indictment of our political system. Hoping for some reasons for optimism in the second half!
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Half way through @iandunt.bsky.social's "How Westminster Works" and it is a depressing indictment of our political system. Hoping for some reasons for optimism in the second half!
November 25, 2024 at 11:18 PM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
Thanks to the random direction my players have taken I am now having to come up with the logistics of fantasy lizard farming #dnd
November 23, 2024 at 12:40 PM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
Eveytime I call the vets:
Receptionist: What is your last name?

Me: Pickles

Receptionist: Sorry, not your pet's name, your last name.

Me: That is my last name...

Curse of having an uncommon surname!
November 22, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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outonthemoors.bsky.social
Preserve the Friday traditions
Drawing of the formaldehyde molecular structure, with the O at the top, resembling a person with no arms. Alongside it is a similar figure labelled casual-dehyde, which is wearing a purple-ish hawaiian shirt and yellow cargo shorts
November 10, 2023 at 5:13 AM
andrewjpickles.bsky.social
I seem to be stuck in a version of Groundhog Day this week:

Me: It's cold, you should put your jumper on.

Daughter: I don't need a jumper.

Daughter leaves to walk to school. 3 minutes pass.

Daughter (coming back into the house): Where's my jumper and can I have a lift?
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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ofalafel.bsky.social
Ok, here’s the content you need. Fitness influencers with added fart noises.
November 15, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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happytoast.co.uk
Let's keep the joy going, I've got another 6x8 print sat here, just Follow, Like and Repost to be in with a chance of winning Pat Butcher from Ghosts. The lucky so-and-so will be chosen Monday morning.
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
November 8, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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happytoast.co.uk
I've got a small (6x8) Star Wars print to give away. Follow me, like and repost this and I'll pick a name at random in 24 hours.

If you want a bigger version they are available from happytoast.co.uk
Star Wars A New Hope poster by HappyToast
November 6, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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garius.bsky.social
This is HMS Fidelity. Built in Liverpool in 1920. Served as a Royal Navy commando and covert action ship during WW2.

I think Fidelity might be unique among WW2 Royal Navy combat vessels.

Her First Officer was a woman: the absolutely fascinating Lt Cdr (effective) Madeleine Barclay. /1
black and white photo of a single stack, run down naval vessel.
October 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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lawtontri.bsky.social
By far the most sensible suggestion I've seen on the NHS Ideas For Change site from the 1250 contributions to date...

change.nhs.uk/en-GB/ideas/...
1221/1250 From "Your ideas for change" Go to the projecta Stop wasting time on getting ideas from the general public rather than experts Look, most people haven't got a clue about how to run an incredibly complex organization like the NHS. Even less of them have any expertise in healthcare provision. Why are you wasting time, money and effort on an exercise like this? Speak to experts. Speak to people on the front line. Speak to academics who have actually put years of work into researching this. Heck, speak to other health services around the world who have good approaches. But what you don't need to do is sort through a million responses from people who think that "wokery" is ruining the NHS, or believe that if only everyone ate dandelions you could do away with ambulance sirens. Stop it. Just stop it.
October 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM