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Yet again GOV.UK shows how to be web service that does the job in a simple way that just works. Hoorah!

Had to verify my ID on a private sector job portal this morning. Taking what it deemed an acceptable photo of passport was a pain, with multiple redos…
September 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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I key reason I’m on here is all the “Beautiful Nerds” as Roman Mars would put it… and above all the brilliant Queen of Fonts, @ellecordova.bsky.social

Brava!
ellecordova.bsky.social Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 15d
I am the very model of a modern day typographer

A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan

#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
September 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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It is raining here, the first time in many weeks. I’m sat happily listening to it and hadn’t realised how much heat anxiety I’d been carrying until I noticed how much my shoulders had dropped 😀
August 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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One of your ancestors @abbeythelab.bsky.social ?
fakehistoryhunter.net The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · Aug 19
I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.

Dog and Ball, by William Wegman, 1973.
1973
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
© William Wegman
August 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Dropped Catch 22
runswindows95.bsky.social James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · Jul 24
Ruin a book by adding a word:

The Tell-Tale Heart Arrhythmia
henrylacaville.bsky.social Henry LaCaville 🇨🇦 @henrylacaville.bsky.social · Jul 24
Ruin a book by adding a word:

Dog Catcher in the Rye
July 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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@moorejh.bsky.social My nomination for control panel of the day! Wouldn’t look out of place in Apollo era Mission Control 😀
July 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Haldane had it right…
There is a story, possibly apocryphal, of the distinguished British biologist, J.B.S. Hal-dane, who found himself in the company of a group of theologians. On being asked what one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation, Haldane is said to have answered, "An inordinate fondness for beetles."
July 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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“Verify your age”

I know what this is and how to use it!
A blank TDK cassette tape still in its cellophane wrapper. C90 means 45 mins recording time on each side, long enough to record both sides of an LP.
July 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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I’m the 9% but it would be for Brain Salad Surgery rather than Tarkus! 😀
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 10
Why Is Dad Pulling The Car Over?
Why Is Dad Pulling The Car Over? For families looking to explore the nation's most iconic destinations, road trips are a classic summer tradition, but they aren't always without incident. Here's why American dads are pulling the car over. 9% 16% 13% To safely rifle through cassettes for Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Tarkus 20% Reapplying SPF to window-leanin' arm 8% Needs to exchange insurance info with deer 5% Seasickness To get some rest by letting the dog drive for a while Testing out car's "pulling over" capabilities 12% 11% 6% Kids won't stop shooting each other GPS voice male Throwing self into Grand Canyon
July 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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A sky blue Tupperware bowl I’ve used for cereal for 57 years! Mundane I know but a constant in an ever changing world 😃
pookleblinky.bsky.social Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Jun 27
I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life
June 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
tonyplant.bsky.social
That fact the cover photo is an unplanned candid of her cuddling her dogs makes it even better!
Cover of the Kate Bush Album “Hounds of Love”. Kate is lying down with her long hair splayed out around her head. You can see the heads and floppy ears of her two Weimaraner dogs she is cuddling
June 6, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Well at least I was a child prodigy in one respect! 😀. Been listening to Steely Dan LPs since I was 15…
ryanboyd.bsky.social Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · May 14
When you turn 40 they hand you the two-LP Best of Steely Dan and if your body rejects it you die
May 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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I can thoroughly recommend a trip to the Atomium in Brussels. Brilliant optimism for the 1958 World’s Fair and you get to walk around inside the spheres with great exhibitions and dynamic light shows.
Looking up at the Atomium, a massive structure built as part of the 1958 Brussels World Fair. Takes the form of an Iron crystal magnified 165 billion times - 20 meter stainless steel spheres connected by tubes. You can walk inside it to see exhibitions and laser light shows
May 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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The Peckish Games
phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · May 3
Slightly diminish a book

Maybe Dick
annakornbluh.bsky.social Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · May 3
Slightly diminish a book

The Mid Gatsby
May 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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As it is International Haiku Day and in celebration of #AbbeyHaiku..

Jethro in for surprise
After my Afternoon nap
His crimes revealed

thehaikufoundation.org/internationa...
April 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Avery Trufelman covered this brilliantly in her podcast Articles of Interest… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
April 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Put Arkwright in charge (obvs) 😀
Ronnie Barker as the character “Arkwright”, the owner of a small corner shop in Yorkshire from the TV sitcom “Open All Hours”.
March 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Dear Utility Warehouse broadband. Just waited 30 min phone queue to be told “oh you need to be in specific queue for customers who have transferred from Origin, you’ll be waiting in that for another 20-30 min”. Well, why not give me the “if you’re a transfer customer press 3” option to begin with…
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM