Gary Marsh
@grumblesocks.bsky.social
Grumpy nerd. Works in IT, drinks beer, and is usually disappointed. I've taken a vow of science.
Do you know it's been weeks since I've posted this picture, that's very remiss of me.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Do you know it's been weeks since I've posted this picture, that's very remiss of me.
I think I've reached the retrospective stage of maturity where I analyse all of the mistakes I've made in my life and can no longer blame them on the boogie.
June 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I think I've reached the retrospective stage of maturity where I analyse all of the mistakes I've made in my life and can no longer blame them on the boogie.
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I think I have to stop playing with ChatGPT now!
April 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I think I have to stop playing with ChatGPT now!
Spotted this today. It's for house plants. I'm tempted to buy a dozen and replace all of the coffee mugs in the office kitchen.
April 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Spotted this today. It's for house plants. I'm tempted to buy a dozen and replace all of the coffee mugs in the office kitchen.
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Every mind-bending TV show:
March 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every mind-bending TV show:
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How about a Reform UK candidate for the May elections calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister?
February 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
How about a Reform UK candidate for the May elections calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister?
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If you think, as I do, that GB News' open hostility to the LGBT+ community and Black and Brown people tacitly encourages violence we've made it very easy for you to tell Sky, one of its biggest advertisers, to stop funding hate.
Please use and share. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
Please use and share. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
Sky must stop funding hate speech
CW: Homophobia, hate speech Sky launched its programme for Pride 2024 with a ringing declaration the company was “proud to celebrate LGBTQ+ stories”. But while it was posting shiny videos claiming to ...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you think, as I do, that GB News' open hostility to the LGBT+ community and Black and Brown people tacitly encourages violence we've made it very easy for you to tell Sky, one of its biggest advertisers, to stop funding hate.
Please use and share. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
Please use and share. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
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Imagining a parallel universe where Apprentice presenter Alan Sugar runs Britain with the shadow of tech bro Clive Sinclair looming over him.
February 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Imagining a parallel universe where Apprentice presenter Alan Sugar runs Britain with the shadow of tech bro Clive Sinclair looming over him.
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this new Tesla speedometer looks awful
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
this new Tesla speedometer looks awful
Every user I've emailed today asking is it A or B has replied it's definitely F or maybe Tuesday.
January 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Every user I've emailed today asking is it A or B has replied it's definitely F or maybe Tuesday.
Met friend today & had a moan about I'm tired & everything hurts.He said u need a young lady in your life to reinvigorate u.I replied No,I need a girlfriend who can spot the signs of a potential stroke & early onset dementia & I fear it's too late for the second option.
Did I tell you this already?
Did I tell you this already?
January 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Met friend today & had a moan about I'm tired & everything hurts.He said u need a young lady in your life to reinvigorate u.I replied No,I need a girlfriend who can spot the signs of a potential stroke & early onset dementia & I fear it's too late for the second option.
Did I tell you this already?
Did I tell you this already?
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This is a BIG ONE!
By manipulating the bioelectric fields, Prof. Michael Levin has shown how eyes and other organs can grow in unconventional locations, and perhaps most importantly: how cancer cells can be ‘told’ to stop growing.
www.essentiafoundation.org/they-told-ca...
By manipulating the bioelectric fields, Prof. Michael Levin has shown how eyes and other organs can grow in unconventional locations, and perhaps most importantly: how cancer cells can be ‘told’ to stop growing.
www.essentiafoundation.org/they-told-ca...
They 'told' cancer to stop, and it did: The science and philosophical implications of bioelectric fields
'Talking' to cells without influencing genes or molecules: it can be done by influencing bioelectric fields. By manipulating the bioelectric fields in organisms like planaria and tadpoles, Prof. Micha...
www.essentiafoundation.org
December 27, 2024 at 11:47 PM
This is a BIG ONE!
By manipulating the bioelectric fields, Prof. Michael Levin has shown how eyes and other organs can grow in unconventional locations, and perhaps most importantly: how cancer cells can be ‘told’ to stop growing.
www.essentiafoundation.org/they-told-ca...
By manipulating the bioelectric fields, Prof. Michael Levin has shown how eyes and other organs can grow in unconventional locations, and perhaps most importantly: how cancer cells can be ‘told’ to stop growing.
www.essentiafoundation.org/they-told-ca...
I'm concerned I might be going a little Docker crazy. The Pi 5 is coping admirably, though.
November 27, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I'm concerned I might be going a little Docker crazy. The Pi 5 is coping admirably, though.
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Boris Johnson performs Comfortably Numb
YouTube video by alicatterall
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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A joke book from 1940
November 23, 2024 at 8:57 PM
A joke book from 1940
Clarkson, Dyson and Lloyd Webber have come in for a bit of hate for being exploitative landowners avoiding tax. Surely we're better than that? We can make it a lot of hate?
November 23, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Clarkson, Dyson and Lloyd Webber have come in for a bit of hate for being exploitative landowners avoiding tax. Surely we're better than that? We can make it a lot of hate?
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🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
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Looking for interesting people to follow?
Here’s a starter pack we made earlier
Who would you nominate to be on this list?
Bluesky really benefits from sharing. Please spread the word go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Here’s a starter pack we made earlier
Who would you nominate to be on this list?
Bluesky really benefits from sharing. Please spread the word go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
November 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Looking for interesting people to follow?
Here’s a starter pack we made earlier
Who would you nominate to be on this list?
Bluesky really benefits from sharing. Please spread the word go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Here’s a starter pack we made earlier
Who would you nominate to be on this list?
Bluesky really benefits from sharing. Please spread the word go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
I had a stunning new idea for a game show in a dream the other night. I excitedly wrote down my idea before falling back into a stupor again. I looked in the morning, and it read, "The woman wears a shoe on her hand."
My genius knows no bounds, it seems!
My genius knows no bounds, it seems!
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
I had a stunning new idea for a game show in a dream the other night. I excitedly wrote down my idea before falling back into a stupor again. I looked in the morning, and it read, "The woman wears a shoe on her hand."
My genius knows no bounds, it seems!
My genius knows no bounds, it seems!
How long will it take me to answer the phone correctly when my firm is rebranded? I'm wagering months.
November 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
How long will it take me to answer the phone correctly when my firm is rebranded? I'm wagering months.
I'm fairly certain I didn't sign up for this weather!
November 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM
I'm fairly certain I didn't sign up for this weather!
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵