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Bill Dobie
@wfdobie.bsky.social
Determined optimist, entrepreneur, long lapsed programmer. Building web servers for email to digitise global trade.

Londoner 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈 by way of 🇨🇦. Just musing here.

https://the.fotoapp.co/wfdobie
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WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This version of Superman’s battle in Smallville may be one of the best scenes in all the franchise.
a man in a superman costume looks at another man
ALT: a man in a superman costume looks at another man
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Howe Sound—Yesterday, Today, and Forever
W.P. Weston
1927
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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what could be a more fundamentally American story:

immigrant son of a city earning its trust

learning its deepest needs

rising to the challenge of its defense

His message borne by every kind of person, a diverse community coming together with a shared voice, a shared purpose

You do not tear up?
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Victory is the best argument
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My favourite time of year. #london #autumn #chelsea
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The China Syndrome is on TV, forgot how scary this movie is. No wonder we didn’t build nuclear power plants for thirty years.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands on his chin .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands on his chin .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Good evening once again #Athens 🇬🇷
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Railway through the Fraser River Valley
John A. Hammond
1873
October 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We’ve been growing our business in Greece a lot lately (acquisition and organic). There’s so much I appreciate about the relationship based approach to business here and its long term nature. So many positive flows. Huge thanks to the British Ambassodor and his team in #Athens for hosting us. 🇬🇷 🇬🇧
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Something I’m seeing a lot of in news is the merging of product and technology: either CPOs who run technology or explicitly defined joint CTPO roles. These are two distinct (but adjacent) disciplines and there should be a productive tension between them. Hard to do if it’s one person. #npasummit
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Again: my perception of the Right at the moment - globally - is if a movement which simply declines to have obligations. Sign a contract, tear it up when payment is due. Sovereign power as the power to welch.
October 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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It's clear that there's a specific set of artifacts being held in France that are *required* to fix the time machine that will take us back to the prime timeline.

We can only hope they succeed before it's too late.
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Elegantly simple explanation from Richard Feynman about how fire works: it’s stored sunshine. [kottke.org]
Richard Feynman: Fire Is Stored Sunshine
In 1983, the BBC aired a six-part series called Fun to Imagine with a simple premise: put physicist Richard Feynman in front of a camera and have him explain everyday things. In this clip from one of the episodes, Feynma
kottke.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I get sucked into the big hotel chains just due to scale of travel but in Antwerp I always get a lovely respite from that by staying at the truly unique Hotel Julien. 🇧🇪
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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# Why did podcasting remain uncentralized?

My theory is that we had..

* An indisputable definition of audio. (MP3.)

* A simple format for programming. (RSS.)

* A popular mobile device for listening. (iPod.)

A million flowers bloomed. (Podcast clients.)

Impossible to siloize. (They tried.)
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Automne en Gaspésie
Claude Picher
1994
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
www.theverge.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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People ask where to start with my #books, so here's an introduction. Scroll to see them all. Continues in replies. - 1/3
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Annually a customer invites us to their customer party and it’s in northwestern Germany. It’s a lovely part of the world and I’m appreciative to be included. They throw the party in their own shipyard and they do it up right. #bbcchartering #maritime #shipping #shipyard
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I feel sort of sad the #Bluesky bots (and there seems to be a lot more these days) can’t figure out I’m gay, at least a handsome photo would be nice. Also I hope they figure out how to not be overrun with bots here @safety.bsky.app. Welcome random single ladies really into reposting and not crypto.
October 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t
Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be
[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth
on.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM