James Oswald
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James Oswald
@sirbenfro.bsky.social
I write stuff


He/Him
https://jamesoswald.co.uk
I used to get paid to build websites, but that was when you did it in HTML, not some bafflingly complicated drag and drop visual editor that never quite does exactly what you want it to.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I have two friends with PhDs whose texts are harder to understand than a cryptic crossword.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I logged out of Bluesky, used a VPN to pretend I was not in the UK, then logged back in and it let me see the DMs so I could delete/deal with them. The only other way is to do the stupid age verification thing.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by James Oswald
With alt text.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Is it too much to ask for some basic competence among our politicians?
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The only thing I know about Charli XCX is that she grew up in the same village as me. A few years after I'd left, obvs. Also that song is an absolute banger.
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thank you. And your library for having a copy!
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I get at least two or three a day now. Fortunately my spam filter has worked out what to do with them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Almost certainly broken. Given how their vans are loaded when they arrive here, I'm surprised anything gets delivered at all.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excellent idea. Thank you. That will save me a lot of time and hair.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you!
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thank you. That's very high praise indeed!
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
She's looking a bit more bedraggled this morning. It's very wet here!
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM