Dominic Sayers
@bsky.dominicsayers.com
I mainly post on Mastodon. Those posts are visible here at @dominicsayers.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
If you're a fediverse user, you can find me @dominicsayers@mastodon.social
If you're a fediverse user, you can find me @dominicsayers@mastodon.social
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DHL have given me 3 different dates for delivery of my delayed package. They just delivered it. Today was not one of the dates they gave me.
Unbelievable bunch of nobs.
Unbelievable bunch of nobs.
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
DHL have given me 3 different dates for delivery of my delayed package. They just delivered it. Today was not one of the dates they gave me.
Unbelievable bunch of nobs.
Unbelievable bunch of nobs.
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My first "make it so" of the new job
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My first "make it so" of the new job
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Tulip, queen of Christmas #proofofcat #tortie
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tulip, queen of Christmas #proofofcat #tortie
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School have once more sent me an email with a PDF attachment containing an image of a QR code they want me to scan to visit a URL.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
School have once more sent me an email with a PDF attachment containing an image of a QR code they want me to scan to visit a URL.
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TIL: there is a station in London called Turkey Street https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/vintage-shop/full-collection/platform-1-trains-to-liverpool-street-turkey-street-line-diagram-3512025
Platform 1 Trains to Liverpool Street - Turkey Street - Line Diagram (3512025)
About this product: Vitreous enamel sign Grade A: Good condition. Sticker next to Liverpool street is damaged and worn. 70 x 105 cm 12 kg About our Overground signs: To make travel on the London Overground easier, Transport for London have individually named each of the six lines. The changes occurred on the Overground network in 2024 and London Transport Museum are acquiring signs from TfL that have been replaced. This is your chance to own a piece of London’s transport history! 100% of profits from these signs go straight to supporting the Museum’s work as an education and heritage charity. Every purchase helps us make a difference. *Important: please read* Decommissioned Goods should not be used for any commercial purpose. For commercial enquiries please visit Using TfL brand IP for more information. Any unauthorised use of Transport for London's copyright and trademarks is an infringement of Transport for London's intellectual property and may lead to legal action and other remedies permitted under the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. Please check our terms and conditions for more information. Please note, we are currently unable to ship this item to the EU and Northern Ireland.
www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
TIL: there is a station in London called Turkey Street https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/vintage-shop/full-collection/platform-1-trains-to-liverpool-street-turkey-street-line-diagram-3512025
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What £925,000 gets you in Camden
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
What £925,000 gets you in Camden
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Pure joy
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pure joy
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Me reflected in an Anish Kapoor sculpture at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Me reflected in an Anish Kapoor sculpture at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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Why have I only just found this setting?
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Why have I only just found this setting?
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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While Andrew was boffing teenagers (dirty boy), The Sun was still printing topless pictures of young women the same age as Andrew's victims. And continued to do so until 2015. The Daily Star only stopped in 2019. But let's focus on one nonce instead of the mass cultural institutions that […]
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mastodon.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
While Andrew was boffing teenagers (dirty boy), The Sun was still printing topless pictures of young women the same age as Andrew's victims. And continued to do so until 2015. The Daily Star only stopped in 2019. But let's focus on one nonce instead of the mass cultural institutions that […]
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Does this mean they're down to one MP now?
⚡ British counterterrorism police have arrested three men in London on suspicion of assisting a Russian intelligence service.
British Police Foil Alleged Russian Spy Ring in London, Three Arrested
British counterterrorism police have detained three men in London suspected of aiding Russian intelligence under the National Security Act.
united24media.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Does this mean they're down to one MP now?
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I’m #hiring. Are you a full stack Ruby on Rails person? Happy to do 3 days in the office (in Hoxton, with gym and free coffee)?
You need the right to work in the UK, but otherwise we're an inclusive company and I'm trying to build a diverse team at https://tussell.com […]
You need the right to work in the UK, but otherwise we're an inclusive company and I'm trying to build a diverse team at https://tussell.com […]
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mastodon.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’m #hiring. Are you a full stack Ruby on Rails person? Happy to do 3 days in the office (in Hoxton, with gym and free coffee)?
You need the right to work in the UK, but otherwise we're an inclusive company and I'm trying to build a diverse team at https://tussell.com […]
You need the right to work in the UK, but otherwise we're an inclusive company and I'm trying to build a diverse team at https://tussell.com […]
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DNS.
It's always DNS.
It's always DNS.
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
DNS.
It's always DNS.
It's always DNS.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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Dear Scottish Government, you might want to renew the cert on your procurement API server: https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Dear Scottish Government, you might want to renew the cert on your procurement API server: https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
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Poor Nan.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Poor Nan.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not an Amazon stan. But 53s to get my lunch is a good use of my time.
Took about 10 mins the first time I went in an Amazon Fresh while I worked out what the hell I was supposed to do. Now it's about the most efficient form of retail […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Took about 10 mins the first time I went in an Amazon Fresh while I worked out what the hell I was supposed to do. Now it's about the most efficient form of retail […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Don't get me wrong, I'm not an Amazon stan. But 53s to get my lunch is a good use of my time.
Took about 10 mins the first time I went in an Amazon Fresh while I worked out what the hell I was supposed to do. Now it's about the most efficient form of retail […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Took about 10 mins the first time I went in an Amazon Fresh while I worked out what the hell I was supposed to do. Now it's about the most efficient form of retail […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.
October 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.
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Going to my first London Ruby User Group (@lrug) on 13th Oct. My Ruby is a tiny bit rusty after 3 years Python & Typescript so I'll keep my ears open and mouth shut on this occasion.
I am, however, hiring for a small team. So if you're looking for a senior […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I am, however, hiring for a small team. So if you're looking for a senior […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Going to my first London Ruby User Group (@lrug) on 13th Oct. My Ruby is a tiny bit rusty after 3 years Python & Typescript so I'll keep my ears open and mouth shut on this occasion.
I am, however, hiring for a small team. So if you're looking for a senior […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I am, however, hiring for a small team. So if you're looking for a senior […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment