Rippers
@ripley123.bsky.social
Lead software engineer, veteran game developer, boulderer, music maker, to the left of politics, remoaner.
In the UK.
In the UK.
Went out to play on a school night - going to regret that in the morning 😀
The Levellers were as great as always though.
The Levellers were as great as always though.
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Went out to play on a school night - going to regret that in the morning 😀
The Levellers were as great as always though.
The Levellers were as great as always though.
Starmer is already trying to appease them.
September 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Starmer is already trying to appease them.
Initially I had a sense of dread about taking my son to a water park, but I came away with minimal bruising from the tube rides, and the building it was in was spectacular!
It’s a converted airship hangar - 4th largest building by volume in the world apparently.
It had it’s own clouds at one point.
It’s a converted airship hangar - 4th largest building by volume in the world apparently.
It had it’s own clouds at one point.
August 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Initially I had a sense of dread about taking my son to a water park, but I came away with minimal bruising from the tube rides, and the building it was in was spectacular!
It’s a converted airship hangar - 4th largest building by volume in the world apparently.
It had it’s own clouds at one point.
It’s a converted airship hangar - 4th largest building by volume in the world apparently.
It had it’s own clouds at one point.
Yet again the fascists got their arses handed to them in Liverpool by the larger counter protest.
Don’t know why they bother coming here as they always fail.
Don’t know why they bother coming here as they always fail.
August 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yet again the fascists got their arses handed to them in Liverpool by the larger counter protest.
Don’t know why they bother coming here as they always fail.
Don’t know why they bother coming here as they always fail.
My son had some questions about gears and pistons, so I thought Lego would be a good way to explain - we ended up building this Heath Robinson contraption 😀
July 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My son had some questions about gears and pistons, so I thought Lego would be a good way to explain - we ended up building this Heath Robinson contraption 😀
Done some sea kayaking this week for the first time in many years.
It’s exhausting in a weird way - not tiring whilst doing it, but hardcore full-body fatigue afterwards!
It’s exhausting in a weird way - not tiring whilst doing it, but hardcore full-body fatigue afterwards!
July 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Done some sea kayaking this week for the first time in many years.
It’s exhausting in a weird way - not tiring whilst doing it, but hardcore full-body fatigue afterwards!
It’s exhausting in a weird way - not tiring whilst doing it, but hardcore full-body fatigue afterwards!
Came here to post my copy of that 😀
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Came here to post my copy of that 😀
July 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Had a fantastic day meandering around Cheshire paths.
Got annoyingly blocked a couple of times by no entry signs, but mostly found nice paths.
Got annoyingly blocked a couple of times by no entry signs, but mostly found nice paths.
June 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Had a fantastic day meandering around Cheshire paths.
Got annoyingly blocked a couple of times by no entry signs, but mostly found nice paths.
Got annoyingly blocked a couple of times by no entry signs, but mostly found nice paths.
I’m currently sat in the gloaming watching the frogs emerge from the pond and slowly surround me…
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlife
June 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m currently sat in the gloaming watching the frogs emerge from the pond and slowly surround me…
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlife
Interestingly, this is what happens when a spider has too much coffee.
June 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Interestingly, this is what happens when a spider has too much coffee.
The Red Arrows taking off from Liverpool airport this afternoon - on their way to do aerobatics above the Cosford Airshow I believe.
June 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Red Arrows taking off from Liverpool airport this afternoon - on their way to do aerobatics above the Cosford Airshow I believe.
I bet they are talking about Alan Sugar 😂
He moved from Labour to Conservative, so maybe he’s continuing in that direction.
He moved from Labour to Conservative, so maybe he’s continuing in that direction.
June 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I bet they are talking about Alan Sugar 😂
He moved from Labour to Conservative, so maybe he’s continuing in that direction.
He moved from Labour to Conservative, so maybe he’s continuing in that direction.
I’m confused - I thought Nigel wanted us to buy gold?
What a grifter.
What a grifter.
May 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I’m confused - I thought Nigel wanted us to buy gold?
What a grifter.
What a grifter.
I despair - it’s 2025, and the local newspaper is still “reporting” astrology.
May 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I despair - it’s 2025, and the local newspaper is still “reporting” astrology.
Very early first crop of mini cucumbers this year!
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Very early first crop of mini cucumbers this year!
That police plane is actually more annoying than the distant music was from the BBC Big Weekender earlier!
May 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That police plane is actually more annoying than the distant music was from the BBC Big Weekender earlier!
The very messy pond is buzzing with hoverflies and damselflies (which the frogs are very happy about).
May 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The very messy pond is buzzing with hoverflies and damselflies (which the frogs are very happy about).
He’s apparently set up a merch outlet in the area.
May 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
He’s apparently set up a merch outlet in the area.
The sky above my my house must be particularly still today!
Good job I’m not into conspiracy theories 😀
Good job I’m not into conspiracy theories 😀
May 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The sky above my my house must be particularly still today!
Good job I’m not into conspiracy theories 😀
Good job I’m not into conspiracy theories 😀
Eastenders has properly jumped the shark now - whose wild idea was it to make Phil Mitchell pivot to being a professional snooker player?
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Eastenders has properly jumped the shark now - whose wild idea was it to make Phil Mitchell pivot to being a professional snooker player?
This is amazing to watch - the frogs in my wildlife pond are queuing on this log to catch flies. The one at the front will pounce on a fly further up the log, splash back into the water, and then go to the back of the queue.
Then the queue shuffles forward a bit and another from gets on at the back.
Then the queue shuffles forward a bit and another from gets on at the back.
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is amazing to watch - the frogs in my wildlife pond are queuing on this log to catch flies. The one at the front will pounce on a fly further up the log, splash back into the water, and then go to the back of the queue.
Then the queue shuffles forward a bit and another from gets on at the back.
Then the queue shuffles forward a bit and another from gets on at the back.