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James Berriman
@jamesberriman.bsky.social
1.8K followers 6.8K following 270 posts
Musician and Network Engineer

Fan of Hull City AFC #hcafc #theTigers

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It’s time to replace my old Ulefone Armor 6. I started checking out the Armor 34 Pro and was astonished that it weighs 825 g.

That’s a hefty brick (the old phone weighs 270 g).
A Ulefone Armor 6 phone, a nearly full jam jar, a dessert spoon and a slice of grape. Weighing in at 825 g on the kitchen scale. That’s the hefty advertised weight of a Ulefone Armor 34 Pro. A Ulefone Armor 6 phone. Weighing in at 270 g on the kitchen scale.
August 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#CVAwarenessDay
Clinically Vulnerable man wearing an FFP3 respirator for #CVAwarenessDay.
July 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Ruby, don’t take your ball to town.
June 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Thanks Kate. I went out to touch some grass.
My hand, touching grass in my back garden. With buttercups and a Blackberry bush for company.
June 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Way to crack down on waste and inefficiency!

No Doomscrolling on X this afternoon…
X App message: “Posts aren’t loading right now”
May 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I know exactly where he’s coming from.

A photo of Recording logs from an analogue recording session that I did in 1993.

Showing track assignment and EQ settings on a Tascam 388 Studio 8.

Two tracks from the album Sage’s Ring by Greensward.
on.soundcloud.com/4EUzncQqQ58g...
A photo of Recording logs from an analogue recording session that I did in 1993. Showing track assignment and EQ settings on a Tascam 388 Studio 8. Sage’s Ring and All Things Are Quite Silent, from the album Sage’s Ring by Greensward. Briefly released on mp3.com and preserved for posterity on SoundCloud.
January 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Happy New Year from me and the chickens.
A hand holding three fresh eggs. Two white, one brown. Three white hens. Henna, Layonardo and Egguardo. And one barred hen, Bartholomew. Foraging among the grass and raspberry canes. Fresh wood shavings in the chicken shed.
January 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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It’s important to get your priorities right. #music #piano #guitar
My living room. Where the upright piano and electric guitar case take centre stage.
December 28, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Now look what you did.
A bald man poses with grapefruit peel all over his face.
December 28, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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We’re all doomed!

PNE 1-0 HUL

Drowning my sorrows in the Amber ale…

#hcafc | #theTigers
In the foreground: A bottle of Doom Bar Amber Ale. A portent of doom? In the background: Amber-clad Hull City being beaten 1-0 by Preston North End.
December 26, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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As I was saying in another place. Bakelite Guy? Must be a man after my own heart.

@bakeliteguy.bsky.social
A QUAD II valve amplifier.
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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Actually, I’m smitten.

I had no idea that the village of Swine had a Dancing Lane. ❤️🎶
Map of Swine, East Yorkshire. Which has a Dancing Lane.
December 8, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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Power Cut?

I have PowerCD.

Now listening by torchlight to the Allman Brothers B.B. King medley through my Laney Mini STB Lion amplifier, as the wind cries Mary outside my window.
Picture of an Apple PowerCD and a Laney Mini STB Lion amplifier illuminated by torchlight.
December 7, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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The song remains the same.

‘Sometimes it’s hard to be a Hull fan,
Giving all your love to just one team.’

EFL Half time statistics for Hull City vs Blackburn Rovers:
9 shots, 5 on target and no goals.

#HULBLA
#hcafc | #theTigers
Half time stats. Hull City vs Blackburn Rovers. The Tigers have 9 shots, 5 on target and no goals to show for it.
December 7, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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I offered my feedback to ChatGPT:

"I have no quarrel with your depiction of James and Molly, but I am dismayed by your portrayal of Phil Vincent's iconic V-Twin motorcycle design.

Please make this a more accurate representation of a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning."

It only gets worse...
I offered my feedback: "I have no quarrel with your depiction of James and Molly, but I am dismayed by your portrayal of Phil Vincent's iconic V-Twin motorcycle design. Please make this a more accurate representation of a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning." ChatGPT did its best: "Here is an updated depiction with a more accurate representation of the iconic 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, emphasizing Phil Vincent's distinctive V-Twin motorcycle design. Let me know if there are further refinements you'd like!" For those of you who can't see the end result, I can only describe it as a crime against humanity. You are truly fortunate to be spared the sight of this atrocity in its full and unexpurgated detail.
November 27, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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My prompt for ChatGPT:

"Create an image of James Adie and Red Molly on a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning."

The clanger drops...
My prompt for ChatGPT: "Create an image of James Adie and Red Molly on a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning." ChatGPT's response: 'Since James Adie and Red Molly are fictional characters from the song 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson, I’ll create an imaginative depiction. Here's the detailed prompt I would use: "A dramatic scene featuring a man, James Adie, with rugged charm and windswept hair, and Red Molly, a striking woman with fiery red hair, both sitting on a classic 1952 Vincent Black Lightning motorcycle. The bike is sleek and polished, with its distinctive vintage design. They are positioned on a winding countryside road under a golden sunset, with a hint of rebellion and romance in their expressions. James is wearing a leather jacket, while Molly dons a bold red scarf that flutters in the wind. The background showcases rolling green hills and a horizon lit by warm, vivid colors." Let me generate this for you.' The portrayal of James and Molly is fair enough, but I am horrified by the depiction of Phil Vincent's iconic V-Twin motorcycle design.
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
My Guild Bluesbird guitar, pictured after a Blues and Bourbon gig with the Gillespie Blues band where I did the sound and sat in for a couple of numbers. At Granvilles in Stone, Staffordshire, UK.
November 26, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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That Muck Guinness has been a busy lad today.
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#hcafc | #theTigers #LUTHUL
@HullCity on X Goal, Luton. Mark McGuinness from a corner. Hatters 1-0 Tigers [33'] #hcafc
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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I am astonished to discover that Bluesky has never heard of #theTigers.

Let’s fix that.

Hull City AFC

COME ON YOU ‘ULL!

UP THE TIGERS!

#hcafc | #theTigers
A screenshot of Bluesky search, which reports “No results found” for #theTigers.
November 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Oh. Snow!
A night time view of snow, illuminated by the flood of light from my patio doors. A night time view of snow, illuminated by the flood of light from my patio doors. Snow cover in my garden by night. In the distance an ash tree shrouded in ivy stands behind the chicken run and the garden shed. My home by night. Brightly lit, and pictured from the far end of the garden which is covered by a light dusting of snow.
November 19, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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A very similar question in the other place about the origins of ‘tig’ and ‘tag’ prompted me to buy this wonderful book.

“Children’s Games in Street and Playground” by Iona and Peter Opie. From which I gather that there are endless versions of ‘Block’ or ‘Blocky 123’.
The cover of “Children’s Games in Street and Playground” by Iona and Peter Opie. Featuring a blue monochrome photograph of children playing in the street. A description of the children’s seeking game ‘Block’ or Blocky 123’ and its many variants on page 160 of “Children’s Games in Street and Playground” by Iona and Peter Opie.
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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It’s the last lap of the Moto2 race and the chickens are on tenterhooks.
My chickens lining up outside the the patio doors.
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was number 243-9811.

Just imagine what The Exciting Wilson Pickett would have made of that!

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A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,439,811, James Berriman ‪@jamesberriman.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 9, 2023"
October 7, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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A flying visit to Hull for my Mum’s birthday last weekend. Proudly sporting my Headscarf Revolutionaries T-Shirt by the Humber Bridge.
A selfie taken on Hessle Foreshore with the Humber Bridge in the background. Wearing a black T-Shirt titled ‘Headscarf Pride’ and featuring an image of Lil Bilocca wearing a red headscarf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Bilocca
August 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM