Oli Newsham
@scarylooking.dev
Sweary #dotnet & #azure dev. Co-organiser of Dot Net North. Obsessed with rocks. Perpetual Lord of Misrule. 🏳️🌈
⚠️ All opinions are absolutely and irrevocably those of my employer. Especially the spicy ones.
⚠️ All opinions are absolutely and irrevocably those of my employer. Especially the spicy ones.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
Alright, chill out air filter, I'll s-... jesuschrist how did you get a knife?!
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Alright, chill out air filter, I'll s-... jesuschrist how did you get a knife?!
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🎨 Meditations on Code As Art
This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.
🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00
This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.
🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎨 Meditations on Code As Art
This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.
🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00
This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.
🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00
If you're terrified by all the news about acetaminophen, don't panic! Just take the exact same dose of paracetamol for the exact same effect.
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
If you're terrified by all the news about acetaminophen, don't panic! Just take the exact same dose of paracetamol for the exact same effect.
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So I'm gonna be doing a new and ultra weird talk next year - and I'm doing a bit of a test run at DotNetNorth next month.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
Meditations on Code As Art, Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Code can be beautiful, elegant and performant, but can it deliberately be artistic? Despite how important and prolific software and programming have become over the last 5
www.meetup.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So I'm gonna be doing a new and ultra weird talk next year - and I'm doing a bit of a test run at DotNetNorth next month.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
It's gonna be weird, come out.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
September 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
🎶 A contact lens trial!
🎶And the contact lens fits into the eye like a battery
🙀🙀
🎶And the contact lens fits into the eye like a battery
🙀🙀
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎶 A contact lens trial!
🎶And the contact lens fits into the eye like a battery
🙀🙀
🎶And the contact lens fits into the eye like a battery
🙀🙀
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This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
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From the replies (bsky.app/profile/dasb...) here's Sam Altman doing what the quoted post described. He seems serious about it.
July 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
From the replies (bsky.app/profile/dasb...) here's Sam Altman doing what the quoted post described. He seems serious about it.
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I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
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Live footage of British people using the internet in August 2025
August 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Live footage of British people using the internet in August 2025
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Just make it exist first, you can make it good later
August 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just make it exist first, you can make it good later
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Overcast skies? Find a hummingbird… male Costa’s 🪶☀️🌵
August 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Overcast skies? Find a hummingbird… male Costa’s 🪶☀️🌵
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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I also never knew, until I was poking around there a moment ago, that Lehrer also composed an "Aristotle Variation" of his famous song "The Elements". The complete sheet music is below.
What an absolute legend.
What an absolute legend.
July 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I also never knew, until I was poking around there a moment ago, that Lehrer also composed an "Aristotle Variation" of his famous song "The Elements". The complete sheet music is below.
What an absolute legend.
What an absolute legend.
I have perfected breakfast
July 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have perfected breakfast
Wow so weird that loads of indie games launched with photo mode on or after 25th July 2025 00:00:00 BST. Why? Guess we will never know. So weird.
July 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Wow so weird that loads of indie games launched with photo mode on or after 25th July 2025 00:00:00 BST. Why? Guess we will never know. So weird.
A resident doctor at the MRI probably saved my life last year. It is unconscionable to me that their pay should have decreased by ~21% in real terms since 2008 while bosses who wilfully preside over the wholesale unravelling of the fabric of our society rake it in.
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A resident doctor at the MRI probably saved my life last year. It is unconscionable to me that their pay should have decreased by ~21% in real terms since 2008 while bosses who wilfully preside over the wholesale unravelling of the fabric of our society rake it in.
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed