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It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
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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
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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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I'm no expert, but I don't think this would be very effective. (Budapest, HU 🇭🇺)
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm no expert, but I don't think this would be very effective. (Budapest, HU 🇭🇺)
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A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
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Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Greek writers writing about Egyptian gods are like "θωθ" 😊
September 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Greek writers writing about Egyptian gods are like "θωθ" 😊
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In traditional European heraldry, there are colors and metals (silver/white, gold/yellow). The rule is you never put a metal on a metal, or a color on a color.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In traditional European heraldry, there are colors and metals (silver/white, gold/yellow). The rule is you never put a metal on a metal, or a color on a color.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
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this must be the large language model everyone's talking about
I thought the worst thing about it was the ridiculous hyper-airbrushed texture we’ve come to expect from this nonsense technology and then I saw the actual full ad and apparently this fake woman made of environmental ruin and stolen art is about eight feet tall
July 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this must be the large language model everyone's talking about
🎵 Octopus
🎵 I'm fuelled by an octopus
🎵 He's sending his gas to me
🎵 Electricity
🎵 I'm fuelled by an octopus
🎵 He's sending his gas to me
🎵 Electricity
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎵 Octopus
🎵 I'm fuelled by an octopus
🎵 He's sending his gas to me
🎵 Electricity
🎵 I'm fuelled by an octopus
🎵 He's sending his gas to me
🎵 Electricity
Me: maybe I'll get a liquid cooled PC next time I upgrade. They can't be that much, right?
Narrator: they were, in fact, that much
Narrator: they were, in fact, that much
June 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Me: maybe I'll get a liquid cooled PC next time I upgrade. They can't be that much, right?
Narrator: they were, in fact, that much
Narrator: they were, in fact, that much
Well.
That was fun.
That was fun.
June 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Well.
That was fun.
That was fun.
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GIVEAWAY TIME!
Thanks to Intel, we're giving away 5 keys to a game of your choice! Will you choose #AssassinsCreedShows, #CivilizationVII or #DyingLightTheBeast?
To Enter:
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💬 Comment which of the 3 games you'd want
👥 Tag a friend who should also win!
Ends May 8th! #Giveaway
Thanks to Intel, we're giving away 5 keys to a game of your choice! Will you choose #AssassinsCreedShows, #CivilizationVII or #DyingLightTheBeast?
To Enter:
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Ends May 8th! #Giveaway
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
GIVEAWAY TIME!
Thanks to Intel, we're giving away 5 keys to a game of your choice! Will you choose #AssassinsCreedShows, #CivilizationVII or #DyingLightTheBeast?
To Enter:
❤️ Like
🔄 Repost
💬 Comment which of the 3 games you'd want
👥 Tag a friend who should also win!
Ends May 8th! #Giveaway
Thanks to Intel, we're giving away 5 keys to a game of your choice! Will you choose #AssassinsCreedShows, #CivilizationVII or #DyingLightTheBeast?
To Enter:
❤️ Like
🔄 Repost
💬 Comment which of the 3 games you'd want
👥 Tag a friend who should also win!
Ends May 8th! #Giveaway
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It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece
April 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece
Tabaxi masseuse.
That is all.
That is all.
April 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tabaxi masseuse.
That is all.
That is all.
It's been a long week.
April 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's been a long week.
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🌟 BREAKING NEWS!! 🌟 FreeAgent just made the world's first ever tax submission from space! 🚀
Now we will need to describe ourselves as “above-the-cloud accounting software”. 🤩
See how we did it ➡️ bit.ly/4jbBCHw
#FreeAgentinSpace
Now we will need to describe ourselves as “above-the-cloud accounting software”. 🤩
See how we did it ➡️ bit.ly/4jbBCHw
#FreeAgentinSpace
April 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
🌟 BREAKING NEWS!! 🌟 FreeAgent just made the world's first ever tax submission from space! 🚀
Now we will need to describe ourselves as “above-the-cloud accounting software”. 🤩
See how we did it ➡️ bit.ly/4jbBCHw
#FreeAgentinSpace
Now we will need to describe ourselves as “above-the-cloud accounting software”. 🤩
See how we did it ➡️ bit.ly/4jbBCHw
#FreeAgentinSpace
Oh, well, he's _bound_ to know.
March 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Oh, well, he's _bound_ to know.
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Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
March 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
Gladiators commentator - "Only 0.5% of the female population is 6ft or taller. We always knew Diamond [height 6ft] was one in more than a million."
Uh.
No.
Uh.
No.
February 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Gladiators commentator - "Only 0.5% of the female population is 6ft or taller. We always knew Diamond [height 6ft] was one in more than a million."
Uh.
No.
Uh.
No.
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
With permission from the actual author, my daughter:
"The shop is made of mismatched pieces of wood, some the faded white of distant, southern shores, some the dark blackish colour of the far north,
<cont.>
With permission from the actual author, my daughter:
"The shop is made of mismatched pieces of wood, some the faded white of distant, southern shores, some the dark blackish colour of the far north,
<cont.>
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
“I had just taken poison when the king arrived to inform me that he had killed his wife.”
- Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher, coming in…August? I think?
“I had just taken poison when the king arrived to inform me that he had killed his wife.”
- Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher, coming in…August? I think?
Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Dying is easy. Grieving is hard."
-Ghost Money
"Dying is easy. Grieving is hard."
-Ghost Money
February 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
With permission from the actual author, my daughter:
"The shop is made of mismatched pieces of wood, some the faded white of distant, southern shores, some the dark blackish colour of the far north,
<cont.>
With permission from the actual author, my daughter:
"The shop is made of mismatched pieces of wood, some the faded white of distant, southern shores, some the dark blackish colour of the far north,
<cont.>
Gutted that I won't be able to attend @brightonruby.com this year - very inconveniently scheduled when I'm moving house!
January 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gutted that I won't be able to attend @brightonruby.com this year - very inconveniently scheduled when I'm moving house!
I can't believe I've only just noticed that @terrypratchett.bsky.social 's Llamedos works the same way as Dylan Thomas's Llareggub
January 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I can't believe I've only just noticed that @terrypratchett.bsky.social 's Llamedos works the same way as Dylan Thomas's Llareggub
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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In The Bleak Midwinter: Darke > Holst.
This is not a hill I will die on; but it is a small mound I will be poked on.
This is not a hill I will die on; but it is a small mound I will be poked on.
December 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
In The Bleak Midwinter: Darke > Holst.
This is not a hill I will die on; but it is a small mound I will be poked on.
This is not a hill I will die on; but it is a small mound I will be poked on.