Colin Blackburn
@ximenesuk.bsky.social
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Bernicia.
Software: writing, no longer teaching. Running, cycling and winter sports. Shill for big tofu. Wokerati membership. From: over there.
Bernicia.
Software: writing, no longer teaching. Running, cycling and winter sports. Shill for big tofu. Wokerati membership. From: over there.
Reposted by Colin Blackburn
Hi folks, happy to say these are now with me. If you'd like to buy one they're £10 including UK second class postage. If you're not in the UK get in touch via my site to let me know where you are and I'll work it out for you. All details and how to pay:
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hi folks, happy to say these are now with me. If you'd like to buy one they're £10 including UK second class postage. If you're not in the UK get in touch via my site to let me know where you are and I'll work it out for you. All details and how to pay:
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
“Your password must be 4 digits long and contain only numbers.”
That’s not a password and do you really need to explain what a digit is?
That’s not a password and do you really need to explain what a digit is?
July 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Your password must be 4 digits long and contain only numbers.”
That’s not a password and do you really need to explain what a digit is?
That’s not a password and do you really need to explain what a digit is?
Reposted by Colin Blackburn
This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
July 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
I think @alexvont.bsky.social if the @bunkerpod.bsky.social might want to listen to @therestpolitics.bsky.social as they seem to have the answer!
June 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think @alexvont.bsky.social if the @bunkerpod.bsky.social might want to listen to @therestpolitics.bsky.social as they seem to have the answer!
The bus driver has just asked someone to either use their earphones or turn the sound down on their phone. What was she doing? She was having a video call on speakerphone with a screaming baby! The call seemed to involve waving at the baby!!
May 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The bus driver has just asked someone to either use their earphones or turn the sound down on their phone. What was she doing? She was having a video call on speakerphone with a screaming baby! The call seemed to involve waving at the baby!!
Three young people just pedaloed past singing “Knowing me, knowing you”. I shouted Aha! In my best Alan Partridge. They looked a bit confused.
April 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Three young people just pedaloed past singing “Knowing me, knowing you”. I shouted Aha! In my best Alan Partridge. They looked a bit confused.
The commemorative statue of Truus van Lier by the canal in Utrecht. She was a member of the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation.
April 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The commemorative statue of Truus van Lier by the canal in Utrecht. She was a member of the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation.
April 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hate today,… with blackbird.
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hate today,… with blackbird.
This is brilliant!
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is brilliant!
Reposted by Colin Blackburn
Announcing the monthly White House meat raffle results
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Announcing the monthly White House meat raffle results
The driver of the black Range Rover 200 MB just pulled out in front of our moving bus with his thumb up, as if thanking our driver, the bus had to brake and sound its horn. He’s still catching the same red lights as us several stops later!
March 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The driver of the black Range Rover 200 MB just pulled out in front of our moving bus with his thumb up, as if thanking our driver, the bus had to brake and sound its horn. He’s still catching the same red lights as us several stops later!
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Have you ever wondered how on Earth mountains are made?
Using our mountain building experiment, BGS' Teddy demonstrates how tectonic plates slowly move; folding, faulting & uplifting rock to create towering peaks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdu...
Using our mountain building experiment, BGS' Teddy demonstrates how tectonic plates slowly move; folding, faulting & uplifting rock to create towering peaks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdu...
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Have you ever wondered how on Earth mountains are made?
Using our mountain building experiment, BGS' Teddy demonstrates how tectonic plates slowly move; folding, faulting & uplifting rock to create towering peaks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdu...
Using our mountain building experiment, BGS' Teddy demonstrates how tectonic plates slowly move; folding, faulting & uplifting rock to create towering peaks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdu...
I heard that Google had renamed the Gulf of Mexico for US users, I wondered what us over here might see! Apple are holding out. Neither has renamed Denali yet.
February 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I heard that Google had renamed the Gulf of Mexico for US users, I wondered what us over here might see! Apple are holding out. Neither has renamed Denali yet.
Murphy’s instead of Guinness? How about trying a decent stout or porter from an independent brewery?
February 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Murphy’s instead of Guinness? How about trying a decent stout or porter from an independent brewery?
The Connections game at NYT today has a nice nod towards David Lynch. I guess they couldn’t find any way of connecting Mulholland! I assume the Jack Dee reference is accidental.
February 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Connections game at NYT today has a nice nod towards David Lynch. I guess they couldn’t find any way of connecting Mulholland! I assume the Jack Dee reference is accidental.
Two quotes from Badenoch’s speech:
“From now on, we are going to be telling the British people the truth even when it is difficult to hear.”
“Since July, there has been more discussion in Parliament on Oasis tickets than on our £2.7 trillion debt pile.”
The second is demonstrably false!
“From now on, we are going to be telling the British people the truth even when it is difficult to hear.”
“Since July, there has been more discussion in Parliament on Oasis tickets than on our £2.7 trillion debt pile.”
The second is demonstrably false!
January 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two quotes from Badenoch’s speech:
“From now on, we are going to be telling the British people the truth even when it is difficult to hear.”
“Since July, there has been more discussion in Parliament on Oasis tickets than on our £2.7 trillion debt pile.”
The second is demonstrably false!
“From now on, we are going to be telling the British people the truth even when it is difficult to hear.”
“Since July, there has been more discussion in Parliament on Oasis tickets than on our £2.7 trillion debt pile.”
The second is demonstrably false!
Damn @microsoft.com getting a text message made 2FA easy on an iPhone. Now I have to switch between to get my code!
January 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Damn @microsoft.com getting a text message made 2FA easy on an iPhone. Now I have to switch between to get my code!
The Red Guitars were a great political band with a lush guitar sound right from when they appeared in the 80s with their brilliant single Good Technology. They reformed a short while ago, toured, recorded a new album and then split again. youtu.be/9c7vhY2-PFE
Red Guitars "Good Technology 2023 (Extended Mix)"
YouTube video by sdr
youtu.be
January 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Red Guitars were a great political band with a lush guitar sound right from when they appeared in the 80s with their brilliant single Good Technology. They reformed a short while ago, toured, recorded a new album and then split again. youtu.be/9c7vhY2-PFE
2025 is a square. Barring something very unlikely happening, this will be the only square year I will experience (at least in part). My dad will have been alive in two square years, part of a relatively small group of people alive today.
January 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
2025 is a square. Barring something very unlikely happening, this will be the only square year I will experience (at least in part). My dad will have been alive in two square years, part of a relatively small group of people alive today.
“There are all kinds of music, and now we know there is this kind of music.” Said by a North Korean who had heard Laibach’s concert in Pyongyang in 2015.
January 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“There are all kinds of music, and now we know there is this kind of music.” Said by a North Korean who had heard Laibach’s concert in Pyongyang in 2015.
Reposted by Colin Blackburn
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
The political use of the hyphen over the ampersand!
(Yes, if he’s going to claim he was 46 he really should use an en-dash, but that’s another discussion.)
(Yes, if he’s going to claim he was 46 he really should use an en-dash, but that’s another discussion.)
January 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The political use of the hyphen over the ampersand!
(Yes, if he’s going to claim he was 46 he really should use an en-dash, but that’s another discussion.)
(Yes, if he’s going to claim he was 46 he really should use an en-dash, but that’s another discussion.)