Methodical Mark
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It may look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
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Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
What bunch of nerds came up with this?
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component... lmao this rules
Floppy disk pre-paid cash card launched in Taiwan — NFC payment method 'only has a card function' warns supplier, so keep it out of your FDD
The ultimate geeky payment option for Computex visitors - accepted by all public transport, convenience stores, and more.
www.tomshardware.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What bunch of nerds came up with this?
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
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This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
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I think I have unlocked a new level of Christmas Eve-ing
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I think I have unlocked a new level of Christmas Eve-ing
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
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Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.
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Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
There's no way that box is big enough to have SCSI/IDE/floppy drive ribbon cables in it. Or a parallel cable for a flatbed scanner.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There's no way that box is big enough to have SCSI/IDE/floppy drive ribbon cables in it. Or a parallel cable for a flatbed scanner.
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I speak as a commercial rival who stands to make lots of money if it disappears. But more importantly I speak as a patriot and believer in the BBC’s ethos, mission and impact.
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I speak as a commercial rival who stands to make lots of money if it disappears. But more importantly I speak as a patriot and believer in the BBC’s ethos, mission and impact.
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I quite like this one
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I quite like this one
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It's not retail, but I have never forgotten the woman who phoned me at the Food Standards Agency to complain 'there is too much white in an egg'
Felt like putting her through to some chickens
Felt like putting her through to some chickens
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's not retail, but I have never forgotten the woman who phoned me at the Food Standards Agency to complain 'there is too much white in an egg'
Felt like putting her through to some chickens
Felt like putting her through to some chickens
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Couldn't agree more.
December 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Couldn't agree more.
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For all the 'volcanoes produce more CO2 than humans' CFM's out there ...
In 1991 Mt Pinatubo spewed out 50 MILLION TONNES OF CO₂!!
That's a ridiculously MASSIVE amount!
That's a ridiculously MASSIVE amount!
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For all the 'volcanoes produce more CO2 than humans' CFM's out there ...
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
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What do we have for day 1️⃣2️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿🎄
LIKES, SHARES, & ADVERTISING REVENUE.
"Burnout isn't real! We're not candles! People can't burn out!"
Marv, and what are you basing this analysis on?
"Absolutely nothing at all, but that's not important, my dudes."
LIKES, SHARES, & ADVERTISING REVENUE.
"Burnout isn't real! We're not candles! People can't burn out!"
Marv, and what are you basing this analysis on?
"Absolutely nothing at all, but that's not important, my dudes."
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What do we have for day 1️⃣2️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿🎄
LIKES, SHARES, & ADVERTISING REVENUE.
"Burnout isn't real! We're not candles! People can't burn out!"
Marv, and what are you basing this analysis on?
"Absolutely nothing at all, but that's not important, my dudes."
LIKES, SHARES, & ADVERTISING REVENUE.
"Burnout isn't real! We're not candles! People can't burn out!"
Marv, and what are you basing this analysis on?
"Absolutely nothing at all, but that's not important, my dudes."
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Headlines definitely land differently if your brain is accustomed to reading AI as Artificial Insemination! e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
Airbnb turns to AI to help prevent house parties
The short-term rental giant is now using artificial intelligence to try to prevent troublemakers.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Headlines definitely land differently if your brain is accustomed to reading AI as Artificial Insemination! e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
I worked in Sainsbury's in the 1990's while doing A levels, the Christmas stock would start to arrive over the summer holidays. It would trickle out to the shop floor once the back-to-school aisle was cleared in September.
Probably goes out later in the 2020's because Halloween is much bigger now.
Probably goes out later in the 2020's because Halloween is much bigger now.
The main fact that stuck with me after writing a book about British Xmases is that The Times was complaining about decorations going up in October back in the *1930s*, Selfridges has had decorations up in Oct since at least the 1950s and the whole “earlier every year” thing is generally bollocks
Middle class people love to pretend to be appalled at Christmas decorations being either early or fun to look at, the ideal Christmas tree is put up at midnight on Christmas day and decorated only by a black cloak and an unlit matchstick
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I worked in Sainsbury's in the 1990's while doing A levels, the Christmas stock would start to arrive over the summer holidays. It would trickle out to the shop floor once the back-to-school aisle was cleared in September.
Probably goes out later in the 2020's because Halloween is much bigger now.
Probably goes out later in the 2020's because Halloween is much bigger now.
Well that's going on the Christmas list!
Data centres rarely look that tidy, no matter how many times you redo the cabling.
Data centres rarely look that tidy, no matter how many times you redo the cabling.
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Well that's going on the Christmas list!
Data centres rarely look that tidy, no matter how many times you redo the cabling.
Data centres rarely look that tidy, no matter how many times you redo the cabling.
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Holiday reminder that puppies are forever, not just for Christmas.
Dont get a puppy unless you want a dog. They're a living creature that bonds to its pack (your family). Please dont get a puppy if youre just going to bring it to the shelter in January...
Dont get a puppy unless you want a dog. They're a living creature that bonds to its pack (your family). Please dont get a puppy if youre just going to bring it to the shelter in January...
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Holiday reminder that puppies are forever, not just for Christmas.
Dont get a puppy unless you want a dog. They're a living creature that bonds to its pack (your family). Please dont get a puppy if youre just going to bring it to the shelter in January...
Dont get a puppy unless you want a dog. They're a living creature that bonds to its pack (your family). Please dont get a puppy if youre just going to bring it to the shelter in January...
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PS. Fun fact - one study found that if you covered just 6% of Lake Mead, Western US, in #FloatingSolar, it would produce more electricity than the Hoover Dam itself (built to form Lake Mead). ☀️⚡
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PS. Fun fact - one study found that if you covered just 6% of Lake Mead, Western US, in #FloatingSolar, it would produce more electricity than the Hoover Dam itself (built to form Lake Mead). ☀️⚡
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This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
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Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
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*crumbles into dust*
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
*crumbles into dust*