Pete Tonkin
@petetonkin.bsky.social
I watch a LOT of telly, and the occasional film. Will often post links to music, and complain about things.
Work stuff: https://sqlpete.wordpress.com/
Work stuff: https://sqlpete.wordpress.com/
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Finding out Richard Kind is only 68 made me very happy. We could easily get 20-30 more years of Kind. More if scientists allocate the proper resources to making him stronger (as I've been assured they will)
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Finding out Richard Kind is only 68 made me very happy. We could easily get 20-30 more years of Kind. More if scientists allocate the proper resources to making him stronger (as I've been assured they will)
Article itself is fine, but 'slop comedy'?? Tim Robinson is a comedy genius. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/its-...
It's time to give in to the slop comedy of Tim Robinson
HBO's The Chair Company is a gateway drug to an alternative comedy scene that's ruining people's brains
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Article itself is fine, but 'slop comedy'?? Tim Robinson is a comedy genius. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/its-...
Hey #Connections setter, we pronounce three of those four words in the blue group differently.
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Hey #Connections setter, we pronounce three of those four words in the blue group differently.
Lorcan Cranitch in #BlueLights, class.
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Lorcan Cranitch in #BlueLights, class.
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Sadako crawling out of your tv, turning motion smoothing off, then crawling back in
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sadako crawling out of your tv, turning motion smoothing off, then crawling back in
It’s not hyperbole to say that this is the pinnacle of human creation. Never been anything finer.
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s not hyperbole to say that this is the pinnacle of human creation. Never been anything finer.
Ah yeah, that'll be because Copilot straight up lied to me. ChatGPT told me what was going on straight away. I never learn.
Trying to set up a new NAS box using Copilot to help me. Absolute bag of bollocks so far, just wasted the last 20 hours.
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ah yeah, that'll be because Copilot straight up lied to me. ChatGPT told me what was going on straight away. I never learn.
Trying to set up a new NAS box using Copilot to help me. Absolute bag of bollocks so far, just wasted the last 20 hours.
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Trying to set up a new NAS box using Copilot to help me. Absolute bag of bollocks so far, just wasted the last 20 hours.
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Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
Tom Pelphrey, playing the not-quite-bad-guy in Task, is amazing. Why haven’t I come across this guy before.
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tom Pelphrey, playing the not-quite-bad-guy in Task, is amazing. Why haven’t I come across this guy before.
Is there a version of #Connections for people who weren’t a teenager in 1920s America?
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Is there a version of #Connections for people who weren’t a teenager in 1920s America?
Love browsing reddit and seeing photos of “my late grandma” and they’re my age. Tick tock.
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Love browsing reddit and seeing photos of “my late grandma” and they’re my age. Tick tock.
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The AI generated overview of reviews for a V for Vendetta costume says it's "ideal for both Halloween and rioting scenarios" in case you were looking for that sort of thing.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The AI generated overview of reviews for a V for Vendetta costume says it's "ideal for both Halloween and rioting scenarios" in case you were looking for that sort of thing.
This new series of Alan Partridge is very funny. Love it.
October 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This new series of Alan Partridge is very funny. Love it.
JW the first ep of ‘Task’, same writer/creator as ‘Mare Of Easttown’. Very good, excellent antagonist.
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
JW the first ep of ‘Task’, same writer/creator as ‘Mare Of Easttown’. Very good, excellent antagonist.
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
This idiot will kill people.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This idiot will kill people.
Spent the best part of 2 days on a damn python script that works perfectly locally, but on the server, falls over at a random point. Finally found a fix: turn debug logging on, works *fine*. Grr.
#ihatecomputers
#ihatecomputers
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Spent the best part of 2 days on a damn python script that works perfectly locally, but on the server, falls over at a random point. Finally found a fix: turn debug logging on, works *fine*. Grr.
#ihatecomputers
#ihatecomputers
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Harry Wingfield, of the Ladybird books and others, is among the most underestimated illustrators of C20.
One of the best exhibitions I have been (I have been to 100s) was a retrospective of his original work in Walsall.
Follow @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social for regular servings of Ladybird goodness.
One of the best exhibitions I have been (I have been to 100s) was a retrospective of his original work in Walsall.
Follow @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social for regular servings of Ladybird goodness.
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Harry Wingfield, of the Ladybird books and others, is among the most underestimated illustrators of C20.
One of the best exhibitions I have been (I have been to 100s) was a retrospective of his original work in Walsall.
Follow @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social for regular servings of Ladybird goodness.
One of the best exhibitions I have been (I have been to 100s) was a retrospective of his original work in Walsall.
Follow @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social for regular servings of Ladybird goodness.
On my 4th listen of 'The Life of a Showgirl'. Love the songs, but for me, the real weakness is the production - it's quite limp. This coulda all rocked a bit more.
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On my 4th listen of 'The Life of a Showgirl'. Love the songs, but for me, the real weakness is the production - it's quite limp. This coulda all rocked a bit more.
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GM AND TY @stephen5150.bsky.social 🦋
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
GM AND TY @stephen5150.bsky.social 🦋
Huh. One of the groups in today’s #Connections might be a bit familiar to watchers of last night’s #OnlyConnect. Coincidence, or…?
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Huh. One of the groups in today’s #Connections might be a bit familiar to watchers of last night’s #OnlyConnect. Coincidence, or…?