smtfhw
@smtfhw.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, swimmer, parkrunner, foodie, ex-motorsport journalist/photographer. Had enough of toxic social media platforms and their idiot owners. Brexit, Tory, Reform supporters and Trump fans not welcome. NO DMS (INSTANT BLOCK) #FBPE
Right...... Trump is an idiot and Putin is a liar.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Right...... Trump is an idiot and Putin is a liar.
My other half gets called Linda instead of Lynne all the time. She's far more tolerant than I am about it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My other half gets called Linda instead of Lynne all the time. She's far more tolerant than I am about it.
Thanks for the link. It's well worth five or ten minutes of anyone's day to read this.
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thanks for the link. It's well worth five or ten minutes of anyone's day to read this.
I still don't buy the "at death's door" claim. If he had been, he'd have taken the whole damn thing a lot more seriously. I think he had a couple of days of " man flu".
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I still don't buy the "at death's door" claim. If he had been, he'd have taken the whole damn thing a lot more seriously. I think he had a couple of days of " man flu".
And after that Johnson.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
And after that Johnson.
Ah, but loyal to exactly whom?
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ah, but loyal to exactly whom?
With you there entirely. I quit the party earlier this year and will never go back. They've brought it on themselves.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
With you there entirely. I quit the party earlier this year and will never go back. They've brought it on themselves.
Oh he did his best alright. Sadly given what am inept, idiotic chancer he was and always will be his best was never going to be even close to adequate.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Oh he did his best alright. Sadly given what am inept, idiotic chancer he was and always will be his best was never going to be even close to adequate.
I think you’ve just hit the nail squarely on the head. And that’s why they’ve seen the last of my vote. And no, I’ll not be voting for those scumbags in reform either. I didn’t vote for labour to watch them lurch down far right that I can’t see them from here.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I think you’ve just hit the nail squarely on the head. And that’s why they’ve seen the last of my vote. And no, I’ll not be voting for those scumbags in reform either. I didn’t vote for labour to watch them lurch down far right that I can’t see them from here.
You are not alone. I'm so disgusted by this that I really don't know where to start enumerating everything that is wrong with what they are doing.
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You are not alone. I'm so disgusted by this that I really don't know where to start enumerating everything that is wrong with what they are doing.
Cats too. With litter trays that need lining.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Cats too. With litter trays that need lining.
A company I used to work for used to translate all our user manuals into both versions.
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A company I used to work for used to translate all our user manuals into both versions.
Wrong. Emmental is tasteless and full. It's Comte, Baron Bigod, and Reblochon.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wrong. Emmental is tasteless and full. It's Comte, Baron Bigod, and Reblochon.
Yep. And we're very sorry. But you can't blame the Americans for that.
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Yep. And we're very sorry. But you can't blame the Americans for that.
I can feel a rewatch of Shirley Valentine coming on.
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I can feel a rewatch of Shirley Valentine coming on.
I've been sceptical about AI since day one. And exposure to it at work as a technical writer has only deepened that scepticism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've been sceptical about AI since day one. And exposure to it at work as a technical writer has only deepened that scepticism.
It's really not just you. I think most of us are doing whatever we can but watching in disbelief as those who could have the most impact just shrug and stand by.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's really not just you. I think most of us are doing whatever we can but watching in disbelief as those who could have the most impact just shrug and stand by.