Peter Hewitt
@petehewitt.bsky.social
Opinionated medicinal chemist. Prize-winning photographer. Extremely moderate.
Corny phone snap from everybody's favourite bit of the Lagan Meadows towpath, early afternoon today (yes, this is about as high as the sun gets this time of year, welcome to Belfast).
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Corny phone snap from everybody's favourite bit of the Lagan Meadows towpath, early afternoon today (yes, this is about as high as the sun gets this time of year, welcome to Belfast).
I particularly enjoyed his bit about how, actually, you can't just blame everything on Brexit - the UK's problems have also been caused by a bunch of other factors, such as the Truss mini-budget!
Which... he also supported.
Which... he also supported.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I particularly enjoyed his bit about how, actually, you can't just blame everything on Brexit - the UK's problems have also been caused by a bunch of other factors, such as the Truss mini-budget!
Which... he also supported.
Which... he also supported.
Counterpoint: no it didn't, you credulous muppets.
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Counterpoint: no it didn't, you credulous muppets.
I'm not even sorry.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm not even sorry.
I just went ahead and put the clothes out on the line regardless. I've never felt so alive.
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I just went ahead and put the clothes out on the line regardless. I've never felt so alive.
On the one hand publishing a bad review of Silksong might not be the most significant of the NYT's sins, but on the other hand maybe it is.
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On the one hand publishing a bad review of Silksong might not be the most significant of the NYT's sins, but on the other hand maybe it is.
We've owned this tape measure for the best part of twenty years, and I only noticed today that it's got a cat face.
September 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We've owned this tape measure for the best part of twenty years, and I only noticed today that it's got a cat face.
Forgive me for coming over all Telegraph, but I literally did not know what the headline or the beginning of this BBC Sport story meant. "Bettor" is not a word in British English. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...
September 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Forgive me for coming over all Telegraph, but I literally did not know what the headline or the beginning of this BBC Sport story meant. "Bettor" is not a word in British English. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...
Upsetting number of replies citing games from mid-2000 sort of era.
Get off my lawn, kids. You want primitive scares? Look up Dragon 32 classics like Phantom Slayer, or *shudders* Transylvanian Tower.
Get off my lawn, kids. You want primitive scares? Look up Dragon 32 classics like Phantom Slayer, or *shudders* Transylvanian Tower.
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Upsetting number of replies citing games from mid-2000 sort of era.
Get off my lawn, kids. You want primitive scares? Look up Dragon 32 classics like Phantom Slayer, or *shudders* Transylvanian Tower.
Get off my lawn, kids. You want primitive scares? Look up Dragon 32 classics like Phantom Slayer, or *shudders* Transylvanian Tower.
I normally keep lemons and limes for making drinks (daiquiri, gimlet, bramble etc), but currently the fruit bowl also features Chekhov's grapefruit.
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I normally keep lemons and limes for making drinks (daiquiri, gimlet, bramble etc), but currently the fruit bowl also features Chekhov's grapefruit.
He's just chilling on the Ormeau Embankment right now, pictured here considering eating a dog.
May 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
He's just chilling on the Ormeau Embankment right now, pictured here considering eating a dog.
I love how on Google Discover extremely niche topics are still served up in clickbait format.
May 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I love how on Google Discover extremely niche topics are still served up in clickbait format.
I haven't mowed the lawn and I like it the way it is. Today's daisies and dandelions.
April 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I haven't mowed the lawn and I like it the way it is. Today's daisies and dandelions.
Spotted this sign at a church. I can confirm the logic is watertight.
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Spotted this sign at a church. I can confirm the logic is watertight.
Hmmm. Starting to suspect this red I'm drinking might be a forgery.
December 31, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Hmmm. Starting to suspect this red I'm drinking might be a forgery.
Something very funny about the inverted commas around 'Radiohead' in the headline that compelled me to click through, whereupon I was rewarded with the glorious description "80s rock band".
December 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Something very funny about the inverted commas around 'Radiohead' in the headline that compelled me to click through, whereupon I was rewarded with the glorious description "80s rock band".
In the sequel to Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, the cartoons and the actions are a bit more abstract.
December 15, 2024 at 11:33 AM
In the sequel to Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, the cartoons and the actions are a bit more abstract.
I actually really like this weird concoction, but I also find it hilarious.
September 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I actually really like this weird concoction, but I also find it hilarious.
Just for you, Janan.
September 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Just for you, Janan.
This lovely little exchange - involving one of my recent Twitter followers - sums up the current experience over there perfectly.
September 7, 2024 at 9:22 AM
This lovely little exchange - involving one of my recent Twitter followers - sums up the current experience over there perfectly.
Quote post with a beach from your gallery. A very old favourite of mine, on Chesil Beach.
September 2, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Quote post with a beach from your gallery. A very old favourite of mine, on Chesil Beach.
Having watched videos of people cutting into white dragonfruit, we got a bit of a surprise when ours looked like this.
September 1, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Having watched videos of people cutting into white dragonfruit, we got a bit of a surprise when ours looked like this.
Looking through some back-to-school materials, it's good to see our kids learning vigilance against the mind virus.
August 24, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Looking through some back-to-school materials, it's good to see our kids learning vigilance against the mind virus.