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James Stapley
@discusfish.bsky.social
Ichthyologist doing IT.
You could say I moved from fish into chips.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Merlin says hurry home quick and fill the gap in the field (couch).
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
IT'S NOT LUPUS
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I feel like London needs a restaurant chain where you pick your food ingredients and they fry it in front of you.

The advert tag line?

See it
Say it
Sautéed.
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When Garlab goes boat shopping...
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our nearly nine month old "lab mix" rescue has like five nines of puptime (his DNA test had like 30% Belgian Malinois, 7% lab).

Somehow, we need to teach him to settle and chillax.

When he does sleep, he usually does this Zuri pose. I feel like it is a brief, scheduled outage window.
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Here's Merlin having a cheeky autumnal wild bath. 10 degrees is warm, apparently.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spider hackers!
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
They probably lost theirs in IKEA.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh, I forgot about the crowbarred door. Yikes.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Anyone who had spent much time in South Africa thinks "custard".
October 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
September 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
100% the vibe now.
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A london storefront in 2020, taken from a moving bus at night.
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here's Soda as made (and photographed) by Adrienne.

Here are the reference pictures she used. www.instagram.com/yourdailysod...
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My admittedly old WIO field guide agrees Synapta maculata.
August 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Owners of dogs and cats may expect the supplies to be... water.
The other kind of marking.

In other news, fabulous advent calendars arrived on Friday :D
August 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
These 3 look suspiciously not crab.

Bottom right looks shifty too
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here's Merlin.
July 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
July 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I feel like this product... will not do well in South Africa, other than as a novelty gag.
July 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I bet this guy was behind it.
July 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
More IXPs need mascots. Spotted at #NetUK2
July 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM