Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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November 2016

@BabsBat I used a loyalty card on mine. I’m hoping the tenth time it’ll do it for me for free.

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PeteLordAardman And today’s weather report? That’ll be “brrrrrr” @AmazingMorph @aardman @BBCSWWeather V pic.twitter.com/aXLv0IlCk0

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@rem Or it could be a remarkable coincidence. I don’t want to know how far you can actually get through the integer..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…is

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@Bristol52 Heck yes. I paused a new book recently to read an old familiar favourite in the middle because I was too knackered for novelty!

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mekosoff hmmm, i lied, twitter is actually good pic.twitter.com/KW4MV0DnSJ

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melissagira Harvey Milk wanted free municipal transit in San Francisco. Today is the 38th anniversary of his assassination. Gho..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…su

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@ememess “Actually, take us away from your leader.”

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BarristerSecret Likewise, my clients should be assured that Anubis and Osiris will be taking care of my cross-examination this week. twitter.com/thesun/status/…

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(When’s _Idiocracy_ on?)

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unklerupert “In 2017, after a worldwide economic collapse, American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring a..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…ln

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I didn’t realise they’d legalised marijuana in the White House.

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wildwinter Want cheering up? Bill Bailey, Dan Gillespie Sells, Elio Pace, jamming together on Liberace’s piano. Outstanding: m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFCUa…

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Been meaning to watch _A Touch of Cloth_ for quite some time. pic.twitter.com/Y6xVQfyp9r

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@dangusset Well, they’re a BA pub… think the pasty will be pretty good, toopic.twitter.com/LeLY5HL5p9p9

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@dangusset Palmers Best, and excellently kept. I’m not a Bath Ales fan.

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@Bristolvor Merchants Arms. I have, sadly, had to move further from the fire owing to the blaring telly. Otherwise it would be perfect. 🔥 🍻

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The Merchants Arms has excellent facilities. pic.twitter.com/rLK8fGJ92U

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Doctor_Hutch Maybe it’s time to create a government department to deal with fake news. We could call it the Ministry of Truth.

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The Pump House gin collection is nearly up to 700, apparently. pic.twitter.com/qmgJxQhIWj

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PaulAnnett He pretends to be cute but the bastard is only on the mantlepiece because he pushed everything else off it. pic.twitter.com/SV3PtY8RXH

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I’m not sure if this is good marketing or basically a warning label. pic.twitter.com/qeOvo36X7r

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@porthjess I had the candles out ready and everything.

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Some people turn down their DNS TTL to less than an hour for server moves. I prefer the tea-break approach. pic.twitter.com/k8gcgiB57X

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Current status: juggling servers. This could all go horribly wrong.

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@rivalee They had to put the hidden cameras *somewhere*.

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@AlasdairStuart This might actually be the first time it’s true.

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@_pigeons_ Guess so. No problems here, but I might just make sure I know the whereabouts of my candles and my book. twitter.com/wpduk/status/8…

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*Commits chef repo changes* *Sticks River on NetFlix*

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I haven’t been hit by a power cut yet, but given the warnings, this may not be the right night for a server upgrade, UPS notwithstanding…

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Sorry. Turned my new electric radiator up to “high”. twitter.com/wpduk/status/8…

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Wait until he finds out about Southern Railroad Tycoon, where you mostly just write press releases about strikes…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…OQ

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@nigellegg *Looks worriedly at his UPS, that hasn’t been properly tested in years*

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It’s important to have a theme for one’s server names. Today I terminated Servalan several times. More than Blake m..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…E7

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Aww. Bless you, Scorpio, you old rattletrap. twitter.com/scorpioattackb…

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@CharlieEsq_ I’ve been doing cryptic crosswords all day long. It’s like I was warming up for that pun.

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@CharlieEsq_ It’s 9 in Roman numerals. And nine is the number… After…

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@charwarz Just that they only work on one end of the string, rather than both?

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@talkie_tim Timpson’s, Clifton Down. But bear in mind the key type might restrict the patterns available :D

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If you thought *your* day was going badly… twitter.com/AHStAmant/stat…

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@Harkaway The beginning of the sentence eventually write, you will.

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SPOILER: They do not actually sell well-being, it turns out. pic.twitter.com/TFRZQtY5OR

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The force is strong with my new door key. pic.twitter.com/0G3qu49Ihd

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These look nice. An they’re low-calorie, because 90% of them will be stuck in my teeth for the rest of my life. pic.twitter.com/FOpmU8aSLZ

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It’s a better page recommendation than Facebook normally give me, but I’m not convinced I’d file him under “Scienti..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Z4

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@ahnlak The lock’s only died once. The last time, I lost my keys, and after that hassle, thought it might be a good idea to prepare…

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On the plus side, the last time anything like this happened, I put the number of a good locksmith in my phone, and now it’s all sorted.

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Gah. Only just back in my house after I took a quick shopping trip and returned to find my key no longer worked in my front door.

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@porthjess Someone has surely already invented the gin cookie.

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There’s nothing like kicking off an Ubuntu major version upgrade on the wrong server for testing your recovery. *mops brow*

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@skeddy I thought that, but given it’s Win XP I assumed if it were on the internet the Russian hackers would’ve cleaned up the log files :D

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I’m sorry, but you can’t leave this car park because Windows can’t write a log file. pic.twitter.com/FY11C21XqW

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@_pigeons_ Maybe when my shoes have dried out. 2019 good for you?

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@mcelhearn I knew there was a reason they’d been making friends with Cuba.

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@mattwritescode Yeah, but it’s just a section in the manual that says, “Have you checked down the back of the sofa, dear?”

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Of course, if I’d *remembered* they needed my glasses off I’d have popped in my contacts before I nipped along to the Post Office. Sigh.

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Dearie me. But I couldn’t be arsed at yet another attempt. Hard to work a photo booth with your glasses off. Bloody..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…aJ

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Nipped into Robert Dyas in the Galleries but it turned out I didn’t need any JML advertising TVs or despair.

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@waiyeehong *mmmmf* *swallows* *looks guilty*. Erm, no. Not at all. *chewing noises*

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mattround Hey @jeremycorbyn I made your pic look even more tech-savvy pic.twitter.com/xHxpLle25g

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@mildbunch Looks lush. (Where did you get the coffee table?)

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Now playing: MSTU’s _Sheffield Shanty_. Might not be appropriate to my location, but definitely to the weather. youtube.com/watch?v=G7JAlP…

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I’m not saying it’s wet in Bristol, but I just saw Roy Scheider go past chasing a rubber shark.

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PeteLordAardman Over to @AmazingMorph for today’s weather forecast @aardman @bbcweather pic.twitter.com/1LahSmC9dH

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@GreatDismal I was thinking that it’s all going a bit Brunner, myself.

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@slicknic Well, it worked. And nothing’s died yet.

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So, have Apple released two versions of 10.1.1, or or can iTunes just not count? pic.twitter.com/alSJgXDQJF

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Ah yes, the lingering aftertaste of wood alcohol.

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@UrsulaWJ Good to know. Thinking of popping along myself.

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@C_J_Fox @hayles Sorry; don’t know much about free editors. (For free crop/resize I’d just use Preview!)

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@psidnell Have you read the books? I think the series is good, but not sure how it would be going in cold.

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Right. Back to The Expanse.

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@OpinionatedGeek We’ll tell Trump the “B” in “Ark Ship B” stands for “best”, okay?

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Paul_Hawkins83 There’s a fucking choir in Morrisons if you’re wonderding how my day is going.

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@dangusset @saltwateritch *Quiet voice* Could you please bring that here? I and my hangover desperately need it.

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@boagworld (Or in fact the *first* page of any PDF.)

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@boagworld Just tried it in Permute and it seems to work fine on *one page* PDFs. software.charliemonroe.net/permute.php

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That’s quite a lot of watts. *Puts extra money aside for leccy bill* pic.twitter.com/2eytGVLscw

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@rem I think that might increase my worry in the same way that an internet camera decreases it.

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@talkie_tim Am thinking of just taking it along to that strange militaria place by BRI, after a suggestion by @mhoulden.

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@talkie_tim Which if I were still regularly in places that had those lying around…

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@talkie_tim The battery compartment may be big enough for one or two standard batteries and a voltage converter, but I have ENOUGH to do.

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@talkie_tim …including, IIRC, a 60 volt batter.

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@talkie_tim It *looks* it. The only reason I say defunct is that I have no way of testing it: it takes truly *bizarre* military batteries…

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@mhoulden You know, that’s a thought. There’s one of those strange militaria shops near the BRI…

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@FioraAeterna @invalidname They should dump the badge and just gradually morph the soaring eagle into an ostrich with its head in the sand.

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@iamdanw @cr3 It’s okay; they don’t work very quickly, as they can only travel at a furlong per fortnight.

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Wow, The Libertines have really aged. twitter.com/PTdavelewis/st…

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@litmus_pie @bexxi I imagine posting it might be a bit of a nightmare, not least because it’s VERY heavy.

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I’m imagining that just throwing it away would lead to Questions Being Asked at the tip.

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@OpinionatedGeek It’s so hard to judge the thing when you’ve already read the books. But I’m glad I have!

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@jukesie Didn’t seem to be a problem for me. Or the dogged disarray made up for it.

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I don’t suppose any of my Bristol followers have a need for a defunct military-surplus geiger counter with a dent i..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…sq

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Enjoying the TV adaptation of The Expanse so far. In particular, Miller is… very much Miller ;)

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I’m not saying my upstairs neighbours smoke a lot of skunk, but I just got high walking through my bedroom

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@word_geek @2grummpy I may go back to saying please. Feels weird not to. Also, might get brownie points come the Singularity.

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@meemalee I understand you get an email and a cooling-off period. Not sure if you get the same when hooked up to the local takeaway, mind.

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@meemalee That could be dangerous. I’ve not tried “order a hundred packs of chocolate biscuits” yet…

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The honeymoon period is over. I have stopped saying “please” to Alexa.

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@lilydoughball @CharlieEsq_ No. I’d say what it does rhyme with, but then you’d have a notion.

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@CharlieEsq_ One would think a senior manager at a major local estate agent might be able to find a private room somewhere.

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Hey, big boss dressing down his assistant manager loudly at a table in Coffee #1, maybe *you’re* not exactly being very pro, either.

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@UrsulaWJ We really lucked out on Saturday. Went in on a whim and it turned out to be free that day for some reason.

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Or, you know, get Ashton Avenue Bridge open again..twitter.com/SaharaNutter/s…Ke

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@WTF4Photography It’s like a little microcosm of Windows in general.

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(I have never bought beer from Amazon. But I was drinking one of the pictured beers last night. *Gives algorithm suspicious side-eye*)

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In some ways, Amazon knows me astoundingly well. In other ways, I have to wonder..pic.twitter.com/BYQUfHU13b3b

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@caldersidecook Oh! Having looked it up, someone has definitely recommended Y Gwyll to me before. I’ll pop it on the rental list.

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cf. “alt-right” vs. “neo-nazi”. twitter.com/DonalkCoffey/s…

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The Echo has some of the best Q&As I’ve seen on Amazon. pic.twitter.com/gNMX8Mrqxe

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I think I have update fatigue. Considering making a presentation about how I’ve never ever used PowerPoint and neve..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…X0

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@CharlieEsq_ Sometimes it’s okay to quietly disrespect someone’s views 😚

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@caldersidecook Well it’s certainly got some gorgeous scenery. Never heard of Y Gwyll; will look it up, ta.

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Who was it recommended Happy Valley to me? Ploughing through it at quite a rate. But I’m not sure it’s making me “happy”, exactly!

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@aallan Hah! It seems we have a new product category: physical sarcasm.

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@AlasdairStuart But I thought they said that couldn’t be done?

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(Yes, of *course* there is an Etsy category for the terrifying water caltrop. etsy.com/market/caltrop)

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@ccMick Sadly not. Though if I could scrape five of them together I’d have enough for an Echo Dot 😀

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@ccMick Also: holy moley; these things are going on eBay for a tenner each.

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@YodelOnline Done. Note: I *received* the parcel. But the parcel and contents were both dented, the same as *last week’s* parcel.

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Waited in all day today because @YodelOnline managed to bend a steel radiator last week. At least they’re consisten..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…SY

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JolyonMaugham A Boris Fact (independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…) compared with an Actual Fact (from the Treaty establishing the EEC, 1957..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…4Z

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Have reached that stage where I’m not even pretending to do anything useful, but am simply actively waiting in for a parcel.

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siracusa Sometimes I find myself remembering that Harrison Ford isn’t actually dead.

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@dave_ja I would assume it’s achieved sentience and was trying to communicate, but I fell that’s unlikely for Adobe software.

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dave_ja Illustrator just locked up and started creating duplicating new shapes like that ol’ draggy windows error on ’95. S..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…Mn

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Criminals are easily recognisable due to their low resolution and obvious JPEG artefacting.

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@ovationchris Either way you’ll end up with a slippery arse.

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aallan Someone just sent an email to the entire , all 1.2 million staff, and people are hitting “Reply All.” That’s not going to go well.

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SFbookclub Posted without comment pic.twitter.com/SrVoCpTvtv

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dowiejohn Poem: “Woebegone.” This really happened. Not to me, but it did happen… pic.twitter.com/d4fYPvxTrJ

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@rem Only time it had a wobbly was that massive DDOS attack we had.

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@rem Working fine here with Amazon music. Been playing for hours daily, for many weeks.

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@mcelhearn Yeah. When I heard that type of popover called a “doorslam” I immediately knew why.

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Gah! Hadn’t realised that was on early. Will have to listen to the first half out of order.

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It’s all right, Soosan, there’s always Photoshop.

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