Paul
@paul08.bsky.social
Football, Cotswolds, History, MotoGP, travel
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When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
September 20, 2026 at 10:46 PM
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Forgive the self-promo on a day like this (RIP Dolly). I've shared this on the other places*, but here's where I have the most followers, who share my sense of humour, so... anyone want to chip in for my comedy-thriller short film? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/how-to-do-...
*Not X. I'm not a monster.
*Not X. I'm not a monster.
August 26, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Forgive the self-promo on a day like this (RIP Dolly). I've shared this on the other places*, but here's where I have the most followers, who share my sense of humour, so... anyone want to chip in for my comedy-thriller short film? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/how-to-do-...
*Not X. I'm not a monster.
*Not X. I'm not a monster.
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Brilliant
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
August 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Brilliant
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'It is, in 2026, quite clear that only certain people are allowed to treat the internet as their own playground.'
Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity
https://bit.ly/4w38TuK
Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity
https://bit.ly/4w38TuK
For women, the internet was freedom. Then the tech bros b...
From nude deepfakes to gagging orders, a handful of high-profile legal battles are challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity
bit.ly
August 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
'It is, in 2026, quite clear that only certain people are allowed to treat the internet as their own playground.'
Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity
https://bit.ly/4w38TuK
Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity
https://bit.ly/4w38TuK
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This feels more relevant than ever.
New in @josimarfootball.bsky.social.
"It's only the West which goes after Infantino. The rest of the world doesn't care".
Adjib Koulamallah, a magistrate and former Deputy GenSec of the Chadian Football Federation, disagrees.
"Africa is silent because its silence has been budgeted for", he says.
"It's only the West which goes after Infantino. The rest of the world doesn't care".
Adjib Koulamallah, a magistrate and former Deputy GenSec of the Chadian Football Federation, disagrees.
"Africa is silent because its silence has been budgeted for", he says.
An Open Letter to the President of Fifa - josimarfootball.com
Op-ed by Adjib Koulamallah, magistrate, former president of Gazelle FC and Deputy Secretary General of the Chadian Football Federation. “Mr. President, I speak at the very moment when my entire contin...
josimarfootball.com
July 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This feels more relevant than ever.
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Have you seen a #hedgehog in need of help?
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!
July 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Have you seen a #hedgehog in need of help?
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!
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There's a great apocryphal story about Geoffrey Tandy, a cryptogamist (algae specialist) recruited by Bletchley Park during WW2 due to a typo: they thought they were getting a cryptogramist (code breaker) 1/3
June 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
There's a great apocryphal story about Geoffrey Tandy, a cryptogamist (algae specialist) recruited by Bletchley Park during WW2 due to a typo: they thought they were getting a cryptogramist (code breaker) 1/3
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Story of the day, via Guardian Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney
Sterling Nasa had tickets to see Justin Hurwitz’s La La Land in Concert. When the keyboardist suddenly fell ill, he found himself on stage performing
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Story of the day, via Guardian Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
My main exercise nowadays is running between my laptop and printer to see if it printed #damnyouHP
April 20, 2026 at 10:55 AM
My main exercise nowadays is running between my laptop and printer to see if it printed #damnyouHP
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Wonderful views, spring bulbs and early perennials, there's plenty to see at Trench Hill in Sheepscombe.
This three-acre country garden is open from 11-6pm on Sun and Mon April 5 and 6 - the ideal Easter outing. Entry £5. Homemade teas. Details: buff.ly/D0dawFn
#cotswolds #UKGardening #OpenGarden
This three-acre country garden is open from 11-6pm on Sun and Mon April 5 and 6 - the ideal Easter outing. Entry £5. Homemade teas. Details: buff.ly/D0dawFn
#cotswolds #UKGardening #OpenGarden
March 31, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Wonderful views, spring bulbs and early perennials, there's plenty to see at Trench Hill in Sheepscombe.
This three-acre country garden is open from 11-6pm on Sun and Mon April 5 and 6 - the ideal Easter outing. Entry £5. Homemade teas. Details: buff.ly/D0dawFn
#cotswolds #UKGardening #OpenGarden
This three-acre country garden is open from 11-6pm on Sun and Mon April 5 and 6 - the ideal Easter outing. Entry £5. Homemade teas. Details: buff.ly/D0dawFn
#cotswolds #UKGardening #OpenGarden
Excellent search help
This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results.
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
(One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Excellent search help
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If you know anyone who’s dreading putting together their wedding speech - send them my way! www.mathew-owen.co.uk
If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍
If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍
Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester
Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
March 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM
If you know anyone who’s dreading putting together their wedding speech - send them my way! www.mathew-owen.co.uk
If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍
If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍
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Bonne journée à vous ! 🙏
Car ce n'est que mardi, on s'accroche ....
Car ce n'est que mardi, on s'accroche ....
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Bonne journée à vous ! 🙏
Car ce n'est que mardi, on s'accroche ....
Car ce n'est que mardi, on s'accroche ....
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I convinced a lot of people to invest their life savings with me except I used all their money to buy myself a leather jacket and a jukebox that only works when I hit it.
I’m now being investigated for running a Fonzi scheme.
I’m now being investigated for running a Fonzi scheme.
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I convinced a lot of people to invest their life savings with me except I used all their money to buy myself a leather jacket and a jukebox that only works when I hit it.
I’m now being investigated for running a Fonzi scheme.
I’m now being investigated for running a Fonzi scheme.
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Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂
There is joy in this thread!
Having a good Father’s Day. Freed a pigeon from our living room earlier. Now there’s a cat in our bedroom. We don’t own a cat.
January 16, 2026 at 11:28 AM
There is joy in this thread!
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I like to imagine range of responses to things like this:
Data scientist: my alternative map is neutral
Design/digital: give users options to control algo
Open/competition: open up data & allow more providers
Pro-big tech: it works fine
Free market: daily bidding for top spot, no, hourly bidding!
Data scientist: my alternative map is neutral
Design/digital: give users options to control algo
Open/competition: open up data & allow more providers
Pro-big tech: it works fine
Free market: daily bidding for top spot, no, hourly bidding!
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I like to imagine range of responses to things like this:
Data scientist: my alternative map is neutral
Design/digital: give users options to control algo
Open/competition: open up data & allow more providers
Pro-big tech: it works fine
Free market: daily bidding for top spot, no, hourly bidding!
Data scientist: my alternative map is neutral
Design/digital: give users options to control algo
Open/competition: open up data & allow more providers
Pro-big tech: it works fine
Free market: daily bidding for top spot, no, hourly bidding!
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
