Alex Pearson
@what-ho.bsky.social
UK based techie. Over-thinker. Occasional runner. Dad to 2. Loves science.
No thank you to Trolls, MAGA republicans and bots
(I am what_.ho on Threads)
No thank you to Trolls, MAGA republicans and bots
(I am what_.ho on Threads)
Impressive how the Dungeon & Dragons TV intro introduced all characters and series plot premise within 40 seconds
When I watched as a kid I hadn’t spotted the Health and Safety violations of the amusement park - a portal into another realm halfway round your rollercoaster is just not acceptable!
When I watched as a kid I hadn’t spotted the Health and Safety violations of the amusement park - a portal into another realm halfway round your rollercoaster is just not acceptable!
Dungeons and Dragons Opening Credits and Theme Song
YouTube video by Steven
youtu.be
July 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Impressive how the Dungeon & Dragons TV intro introduced all characters and series plot premise within 40 seconds
When I watched as a kid I hadn’t spotted the Health and Safety violations of the amusement park - a portal into another realm halfway round your rollercoaster is just not acceptable!
When I watched as a kid I hadn’t spotted the Health and Safety violations of the amusement park - a portal into another realm halfway round your rollercoaster is just not acceptable!
Ran during the hottest part of the day but it couldn’t be helped! It’s all good. Some beautiful skies today
A few more things to-do and then I’m about ready to konk out myself.
Have a good evening all 👋
#Running
A few more things to-do and then I’m about ready to konk out myself.
Have a good evening all 👋
#Running
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ran during the hottest part of the day but it couldn’t be helped! It’s all good. Some beautiful skies today
A few more things to-do and then I’m about ready to konk out myself.
Have a good evening all 👋
#Running
A few more things to-do and then I’m about ready to konk out myself.
Have a good evening all 👋
#Running
In every cheesy good-vs-evil movie (a format the USA have been chief purveyors of forever), after the Bad Guy delivers a withering put-down calibrated to unite the righteous fury of every fair-minded onlooker in pantomime unison, now is the point where the Good Guys deliver a knockout blow -
Donald Trump lashes out at Congressman Jamie Raskin, calling him a “dope,” a “total loser,” and mocking his “ugly face.”
Totally unhinged
Totally unhinged
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In every cheesy good-vs-evil movie (a format the USA have been chief purveyors of forever), after the Bad Guy delivers a withering put-down calibrated to unite the righteous fury of every fair-minded onlooker in pantomime unison, now is the point where the Good Guys deliver a knockout blow -
My YouTube hot take:
For comments on videos, I would love to have a filter by tone, specifically a ‘witty rejoinders: off’ setting. Do you know what I mean?
I’m referring to those zingy one-liners crafted to a high polish for maximum likes, the pervasive jokey banter…
I’m probably coming across -
For comments on videos, I would love to have a filter by tone, specifically a ‘witty rejoinders: off’ setting. Do you know what I mean?
I’m referring to those zingy one-liners crafted to a high polish for maximum likes, the pervasive jokey banter…
I’m probably coming across -
a cartoon of homer simpson is holding a newspaper that says old man yells at cloud
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson is holding a newspaper that says old man yells at cloud
media.tenor.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My YouTube hot take:
For comments on videos, I would love to have a filter by tone, specifically a ‘witty rejoinders: off’ setting. Do you know what I mean?
I’m referring to those zingy one-liners crafted to a high polish for maximum likes, the pervasive jokey banter…
I’m probably coming across -
For comments on videos, I would love to have a filter by tone, specifically a ‘witty rejoinders: off’ setting. Do you know what I mean?
I’m referring to those zingy one-liners crafted to a high polish for maximum likes, the pervasive jokey banter…
I’m probably coming across -
To my #MAGACult evangelical Christian relatives who voted for Tr*mp, saying God told them to through prayer, I want you to know I will never forgive you
He was not an 'imperfect vessel' as you claimed, that your deity would work through to do good, and you just had to have faith. You've been played
He was not an 'imperfect vessel' as you claimed, that your deity would work through to do good, and you just had to have faith. You've been played
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
To my #MAGACult evangelical Christian relatives who voted for Tr*mp, saying God told them to through prayer, I want you to know I will never forgive you
He was not an 'imperfect vessel' as you claimed, that your deity would work through to do good, and you just had to have faith. You've been played
He was not an 'imperfect vessel' as you claimed, that your deity would work through to do good, and you just had to have faith. You've been played
Waaarm 😅
Happy to have got round for a jog, walked loads of this and I don’t mind for a second, as slow as I thought I needed to go, there was always slower!
Hope everyone is having a good Monday 👋
#Running
Happy to have got round for a jog, walked loads of this and I don’t mind for a second, as slow as I thought I needed to go, there was always slower!
Hope everyone is having a good Monday 👋
#Running
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Waaarm 😅
Happy to have got round for a jog, walked loads of this and I don’t mind for a second, as slow as I thought I needed to go, there was always slower!
Hope everyone is having a good Monday 👋
#Running
Happy to have got round for a jog, walked loads of this and I don’t mind for a second, as slow as I thought I needed to go, there was always slower!
Hope everyone is having a good Monday 👋
#Running
A plea to the future United States: Restore accountability
Bad people in power doing the worst things and getting away with it will end the American Experiment. Whatever society you have left will be screwed up for all future generations
Sort it out
Yours Sincerely, The rest of the free world
Bad people in power doing the worst things and getting away with it will end the American Experiment. Whatever society you have left will be screwed up for all future generations
Sort it out
Yours Sincerely, The rest of the free world
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A plea to the future United States: Restore accountability
Bad people in power doing the worst things and getting away with it will end the American Experiment. Whatever society you have left will be screwed up for all future generations
Sort it out
Yours Sincerely, The rest of the free world
Bad people in power doing the worst things and getting away with it will end the American Experiment. Whatever society you have left will be screwed up for all future generations
Sort it out
Yours Sincerely, The rest of the free world
Timeline cleanse - Sesame Street’s take on the Old Spice ad
Sesame Street: Grover Stars in "Smell Like A Monster."
YouTube video by Sesame Street
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Timeline cleanse - Sesame Street’s take on the Old Spice ad
#zxspectrum In the early 2000s I remember queuing up at an M&S shop in London Charing Cross station, where I spotted Sir Clive Sinclair, also getting some lunchtime sandwiches like a regular person(!)
April 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#zxspectrum In the early 2000s I remember queuing up at an M&S shop in London Charing Cross station, where I spotted Sir Clive Sinclair, also getting some lunchtime sandwiches like a regular person(!)
Amazing that when you search for 'shitshow' on Threads/Bluesky, results going back months are almost exclusively* all about the same person or events connected to them
'Believe me', 'people are saying' that someone personifies this word more than anybody else, perhaps the most that has ever been...
'Believe me', 'people are saying' that someone personifies this word more than anybody else, perhaps the most that has ever been...
April 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Amazing that when you search for 'shitshow' on Threads/Bluesky, results going back months are almost exclusively* all about the same person or events connected to them
'Believe me', 'people are saying' that someone personifies this word more than anybody else, perhaps the most that has ever been...
'Believe me', 'people are saying' that someone personifies this word more than anybody else, perhaps the most that has ever been...
Reposted by Alex Pearson
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
Word of the Day: _Hubris_ - dangerous overconfidence that invites misfortune
"a form of exaggerated self-belief that disregards limitations, warnings, or the perspectives of others, often stemming from an inflated sense of one's own abilities, status, or power" 🎯
"a form of exaggerated self-belief that disregards limitations, warnings, or the perspectives of others, often stemming from an inflated sense of one's own abilities, status, or power" 🎯
April 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Word of the Day: _Hubris_ - dangerous overconfidence that invites misfortune
"a form of exaggerated self-belief that disregards limitations, warnings, or the perspectives of others, often stemming from an inflated sense of one's own abilities, status, or power" 🎯
"a form of exaggerated self-belief that disregards limitations, warnings, or the perspectives of others, often stemming from an inflated sense of one's own abilities, status, or power" 🎯
With all the AI-writing assistance and overly polished prose, this actually makes me appreciate 'real' emails and messages so much more
Terse language, formatting maybe a bit broken, a typo or two. This is all good
It cannot just be me who feels a pushback towards PR-speak?
1/3
Terse language, formatting maybe a bit broken, a typo or two. This is all good
It cannot just be me who feels a pushback towards PR-speak?
1/3
April 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
With all the AI-writing assistance and overly polished prose, this actually makes me appreciate 'real' emails and messages so much more
Terse language, formatting maybe a bit broken, a typo or two. This is all good
It cannot just be me who feels a pushback towards PR-speak?
1/3
Terse language, formatting maybe a bit broken, a typo or two. This is all good
It cannot just be me who feels a pushback towards PR-speak?
1/3
Americans: When you block Fox News on your parents’ TV, switch off motion smoothing while you’re at it
April 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Americans: When you block Fox News on your parents’ TV, switch off motion smoothing while you’re at it
My daughter asked me earlier - what was a classic music track I remember when I was growing up. So hard to choose just one, but I settled on It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back). Superlative stuff from Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
Just look at that iconic album cover. Takes me right back to the 1980s
Just look at that iconic album cover. Takes me right back to the 1980s
March 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My daughter asked me earlier - what was a classic music track I remember when I was growing up. So hard to choose just one, but I settled on It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back). Superlative stuff from Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
Just look at that iconic album cover. Takes me right back to the 1980s
Just look at that iconic album cover. Takes me right back to the 1980s
PSA: The Facebook you want (if you use it at all) has moved in the app to Menu (☰) → Feeds → Friends
The regular feed is borderline unusable now, all this content I don't follow and don't want
That's not what I use FB for, for me it is an occasional quick check to catch up on the people I know IRL
The regular feed is borderline unusable now, all this content I don't follow and don't want
That's not what I use FB for, for me it is an occasional quick check to catch up on the people I know IRL
February 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
PSA: The Facebook you want (if you use it at all) has moved in the app to Menu (☰) → Feeds → Friends
The regular feed is borderline unusable now, all this content I don't follow and don't want
That's not what I use FB for, for me it is an occasional quick check to catch up on the people I know IRL
The regular feed is borderline unusable now, all this content I don't follow and don't want
That's not what I use FB for, for me it is an occasional quick check to catch up on the people I know IRL
Reposted by Alex Pearson
Turns out the real DOGE administrator was the enemies we made along the way
February 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Turns out the real DOGE administrator was the enemies we made along the way
An "I am Spartacus" moment for all federal workers
NOBODY responding to the email is the most powerful collective response they can give. Hold the line
NOBODY responding to the email is the most powerful collective response they can give. Hold the line
New on MSNBC:
Elon Musk has sent out an email giving federal employees just over 48 hours to explain their job. The actual subject line: "What did you do last week?"
Musk said online that not responding will be considered a resignation.
Elon Musk has sent out an email giving federal employees just over 48 hours to explain their job. The actual subject line: "What did you do last week?"
Musk said online that not responding will be considered a resignation.
February 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
An "I am Spartacus" moment for all federal workers
NOBODY responding to the email is the most powerful collective response they can give. Hold the line
NOBODY responding to the email is the most powerful collective response they can give. Hold the line
My reading at present
I know my current running style is not optimal, lots of room for improvement
The thing is when I’ve had time for a run, I’ve just wanted to get out there. Clearing my head mentally has been the thing. -
I know my current running style is not optimal, lots of room for improvement
The thing is when I’ve had time for a run, I’ve just wanted to get out there. Clearing my head mentally has been the thing. -
February 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My reading at present
I know my current running style is not optimal, lots of room for improvement
The thing is when I’ve had time for a run, I’ve just wanted to get out there. Clearing my head mentally has been the thing. -
I know my current running style is not optimal, lots of room for improvement
The thing is when I’ve had time for a run, I’ve just wanted to get out there. Clearing my head mentally has been the thing. -
* heat death of the universe
* MAGA voters figuring out they’ve been played like a fiddle
Which one will happen first? 🤷
* MAGA voters figuring out they’ve been played like a fiddle
Which one will happen first? 🤷
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
* heat death of the universe
* MAGA voters figuring out they’ve been played like a fiddle
Which one will happen first? 🤷
* MAGA voters figuring out they’ve been played like a fiddle
Which one will happen first? 🤷
I would trust Dennis Nedry over DOGE to audit government departments any day of the week
February 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I would trust Dennis Nedry over DOGE to audit government departments any day of the week
Two long runs at the weekend, more than usual. This morning - I went for a short run and felt faster and more nimble. Unexpected but I'll take it!
I'm always amazed at the ability for the human body to raise its game when pushed.
🧵
I'm always amazed at the ability for the human body to raise its game when pushed.
🧵
February 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Two long runs at the weekend, more than usual. This morning - I went for a short run and felt faster and more nimble. Unexpected but I'll take it!
I'm always amazed at the ability for the human body to raise its game when pushed.
🧵
I'm always amazed at the ability for the human body to raise its game when pushed.
🧵
Wow - the MIDI data format (defining events for musical instruments to play back) is over 40 years old, still going strong
My votes for the most long-lived computer data formats still in use:
1st place: ASCII* -1963
2nd place: MIDI - 1983
3rd: BMP - 1985
4th: GIF - 1987
(*ASCII lives on as UTF-8)
My votes for the most long-lived computer data formats still in use:
1st place: ASCII* -1963
2nd place: MIDI - 1983
3rd: BMP - 1985
4th: GIF - 1987
(*ASCII lives on as UTF-8)
Microsoft is bringing major MIDI improvements to Windows 11
Microsoft is bringing major MIDI improvements to Windows 11
MIDI 2.0 support is ready for testing.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wow - the MIDI data format (defining events for musical instruments to play back) is over 40 years old, still going strong
My votes for the most long-lived computer data formats still in use:
1st place: ASCII* -1963
2nd place: MIDI - 1983
3rd: BMP - 1985
4th: GIF - 1987
(*ASCII lives on as UTF-8)
My votes for the most long-lived computer data formats still in use:
1st place: ASCII* -1963
2nd place: MIDI - 1983
3rd: BMP - 1985
4th: GIF - 1987
(*ASCII lives on as UTF-8)
A core memory: As a teenager I was doing a weights workout in the garage. I was a novice and exhausted, wobbly arms and legs, barbell resting on shoulders after a squats set
I had one press to finish- to clean the bar over my head and re-rack
I just couldn't do it -
🧵
I had one press to finish- to clean the bar over my head and re-rack
I just couldn't do it -
🧵
February 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A core memory: As a teenager I was doing a weights workout in the garage. I was a novice and exhausted, wobbly arms and legs, barbell resting on shoulders after a squats set
I had one press to finish- to clean the bar over my head and re-rack
I just couldn't do it -
🧵
I had one press to finish- to clean the bar over my head and re-rack
I just couldn't do it -
🧵