Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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May 2017

Lubchansky who made this 😂😂😂😂😂
listen-tome.com/taste-the-fame/ pic.twitter.com/Gh8O0yk4Mq

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@FelicityMorse Cheese ain’t no stinkin’ human. Cheese is a big cuddly panda bear that just wants to love you. 🧀 🐼 ❤️

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kashanacauley If you’re going to pun, go hard or go home. pic.twitter.com/l3WXZrGevF

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scorpioattackb7 Time Squad introduces the final member of the ‘seven’ - Cally. Her name is derived from the word ‘telepathically’…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…0q

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@Kavey Mine lasts many many many hours on a charge (and has an integrated light.) I’m just paranoid.

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It’s a fear of this screen that makes me take a paperback when I fly somewhere. pic.twitter.com/WEAUTlzsON

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@stillawake THE OTHERS ARE WRONG AND WILL BE FIRST AGAINST THE WALL COME THE REVOLUTION.

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tef_ebooks it turns out the two hardest problems in computer science are paying women the same amount of money and showing posts in chronological order

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@EffBeeee You win my “hero of the day” award for reminding me I have sausages in the fridge for exactly this circumstance.

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northumbriana RIP John Noakes. This is still one of the most terrifying things ever broadcast on British TV. pic.twitter.com/m6xpsQ3ixg

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@tsunimee Heh. No, it’ll be a week or two; got some things in the queue ahead.

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Balls. Think I snapped a film off inside the Electro 35. Again. PITA.

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@tsunimee This sounds like a Good Thing. 😃xx

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@tsunimee Ace! Ta. (LoveFilm has a subtitled one, so that’ll do me.) pic.twitter.com/aSOVfseSUF

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@tsunimee This is no bad thing. Betty Blue—37° 2 le matin—is one of my all-time favourites. Any recommendations?

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HarbMasterBris Nice Busy lock this morning, 30+ Rib’s heading over to @penarthmarina pic.twitter.com/DxIcrL3sny

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BristolFerry I’ll be DEVESTATED if none of you come along to @theunderfall for my birthday party at 2pm today. Its FREE as well mind!

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dudleyplatypus Wembley way tonight as fans walked towards the tube station. That policeman was standing very still indeed!..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…ls

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@hayles I did consider it, but it buzzed off perfectly healthily once I gently jiggled the door, so I think it was just hanging out.

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Ten to one they find a pair of swords, a treasure map and a light-comic-relief sidekick buried nearby. twitter.com/ticiaverveer/s…

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I think this bee is trying to tailgate its way into our house. Nice try, bee, but I spotted you. And we have no flo..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…j4

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NitrateDiva Peter Cushing in smoking jackets appreciation tweet. pic.twitter.com/q1kyLxOWUO

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NinaStrohminger The Myers-Briggs test is astrology for people who think they’re too smart for astrology.

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Finally got my Hue lights set up just right. pic.twitter.com/j296uUKPpJ

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BillBailey Just walking down my street with an errant cockerel after retrieving it from the neighbours garden pic.twitter.com/QkVORtoU7K

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BBCBreaking @TimReidCE British Airways cancels all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick before 6pm today due to “major IT system f..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…n0

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TheSafestSpace Same study packaged for different audiences pic.twitter.com/3ZDJqsXkk2

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scorpioattackb7 From Terry Nation’s initial pitch meeting with Ronnie Marsh to the final day in studio for ‘Blake’ - we’ll be there..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…GW

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@RedQueenCoder I found Microsoft’s IDEs pretty damn good back when I was using them regularly. (Yes, this was a surprise to me, too.)

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@RedQueenCoder Oh! Well, I suppose in the long run he’ll reach saturation point :D

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@RedQueenCoder Give him some sticky labels with his phone number on. Got mine back twice!

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Indiegogo is basically what used to be The Innovations Catalogue, isn’t it?

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This has “beginning of a ‘Puppet Masters’-style Doctor Who story” written all over it. pic.twitter.com/REKkWVxVnv

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ABAesq In honor of , @TheLegalGeeks on the essential rightness of Han shooting first, in the eyes of the law:..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…gZ

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“Plex & pedal” is never going to be the new “Netflix & chill”. pic.twitter.com/8PtGxzTRqQ

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Am not leaving my beautiful cool basement. ift.tt/2r0Aj5s pic.twitter.com/B1CcVqUWd4

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@djbender I believe that depends on whether your backup procedure involves repeatedly slamming your own head in a p..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…45

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@Bufty_Grifter That’s fine as long as it’s COLD there.

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Home from a gentle walk. It is safe to stick your entire head through a Dyson fan, right?

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Roxy_Hart If we just go around the room and say a little bit about ourselves

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I only favourited that for the spelling.

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halvorson one time I stayed on the elliptical for almost 90 minutes twitter.com/Space_Station/…

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I can’t remember what this plant is, but it’s withstood a lot of neglect from me over the last couple of years…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Ie

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@Bufty_Grifter I went for a long walk without my phone today. It helped.

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“This moment hangs like your ragged hair”

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edbott Have we reached Peak Florida Man?   twitter.com/NYDailyNews/st…

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@Gary_Bainbridge “I was just cleaning the vicar and he went off.”

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@iamdanw I believe it was retro from the day after launch.

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ShahakShapira I PHOTOSHOPPED SARUMAN INTO TRUMP’S ORB PICTURE AND IT’S NOT EVEN WEIRD pic.twitter.com/cVJFGP5NPG

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@labfoo Ah! I’m not sure I’d dignify it with “flow”. I just used whatever thing was already there that posts Instagram stuff to Twitter.

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I have raided the cellar for CDs and dusted off the multiplayer. pic.twitter.com/FV10jAiwfO

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@jukesie Hotel rooms are a never-ending source of examples of things that have been designed by people who never have to use them!

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dandouglas Tory Manifesto.docx
Tory Manifesto 2nd Draft.docx
Tory Manifesto FINAL.docx
Tory Manifesto FINAL FINAL.docx
Tory Manifesto FINAL FINAL2.docx

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@BristolFerry “Lord Nelson’s got a vote.”
“He’s got a *boat*, Baldrick.”

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@shwood Wow. There goes punk. *Learns a chord on stage* *Raises middle finger*

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Bad science misled millions with chronic fatigue syndrome. Here’s how we fought back statnews.com/2016/09/21/chr… via @statnews

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Now I think The Black Album followed by Phantasmagoria.

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My Twitter interests apparently include HaHa and Amazing. (Bafflingly also poker and olympics; I suspect their algo..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Rf

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@librarythingtim No religion for me, though apparently I’m into HaHa and Amazing! Great algorithm at work there, clearly.

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@ahnlak I’m going to call up a Professor of Lie-ocology and check.

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Is it just me, or does “The Gemological Institute of America” sound like something Bart Simpson made up for a giggl..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…f1

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@talkie_tim @hayles HOW TO GET MILLENNIALS TO VOTE: Postal ballots sent on the back of cute pooch postcards.

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@daycoder I have a Mini. And I’m not waiting in all sodding day on a weekend!

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@daycoder Nah, it was only a day or two the last time. I guess we’ll see this time!

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@daycoder Yeah, but if you buy a new one you still have to wait in for the bugger.

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Just remembered that it’s apparently . This morning’s work will be accompanied by The Cure and Siouxsie.

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@daycoder (It possibly helps that this is through John Lewis, whom I find trustworthy, rather than the manufacturer.)

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@daycoder They were good the last time, and it didn’t cost me anything. Working from home is a definite advantage, though.

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@RedQueenCoder Huh. I never thought of putting rice in it.

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Interesting branding, but I sadly found it better than the beer itself. pic.twitter.com/gQd1UUZj2H

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@shezza_t Yur. Definitely going to be doing a few things that can’t be seen first!

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@shezza_t Oooh! But you’ve just made me think I might be able to fix the wobbly table in the bathroom.

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@shezza_t I don’t really have a job in mind but I’ve been meaning to play with some for years.

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@deacongusset I have my suspicions about Gyles Brandreth, but I can’t prove anything at the moment.

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@OpinionatedGeek Could you trace yours to Stack Overflow? I have got an answer up on SO for that specific error.

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I’ve used a many approaches to debugging code over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever mailed a complete strange..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…u0

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Ah. Have we broken our run of good eps?

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@OvercastFM Oh! I wondered what was doing that. How on earth did you manage to crash Springboard!?

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@emmachampion6 …as it is now I just phone John Lewis up and they send a man round.

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@emmachampion6 No. If this had happened in my twenties I’d have been forced to go to a launderette and of course me..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…P5

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@jukesie Can’t see that view without expecting Airwolf to emerge from her secret lair.

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That thing where your washing machine packs in and you find you *did* renew the warranty!

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@ahnlak @Kavey I have a feeling it’ll end up being THE DECADE WHOSE NAME SHALL NEVER BE SPOKEN.

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@waiyeehong Maybe I’ll just have a salt and pepper salad.

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@waiyeehong Same here. If all this person’s friends probably have Medjool dates lying around, we move in very different circles.

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@BabsBat Oh. Well, that’s scuppered *my* plans.

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@Kavey I’d wait and see if there’s a society to look back on it before we give it a nostalgic name.

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mathowie I didn’t feel old until I learned I’m older than the concept of ethernet cables twitter.com/bobmetcalfe/st…

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@Seej500 I’m from 2017 and I have virtually no clue what’s going on there.

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poljkennedi If you say ‘nnaar nnaff’ you’ve just said ‘an hour and a half’ in northern irish.

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Managed to get on the exercise bike despite a mild hangover (yes, I did also pedal.)

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister But, frankly, even if we only have a half in each of those I’d probably be dead by halfway round!

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Also, might need to pop into the Rose of Denmark to see if they’re still doing the..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…tb

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@chubbybannister I was thinking that, too. I have a Perle d’Azur out back.

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch The first one I brought back sat outside the school opposite for 3 days before anyo..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Nw

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(Tip for Hotwells, and presumably Clifton, political canvassers: the people who live in basements vote, too.)

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Gosh. Green party canvassing on my actual doorstep. Think they’re the second political people in 18 years who’ve found my front door.

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch As an aside, as a geek I would *so* love to play with their database. You could pla..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…Hb

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Yeah, there’s a “contact us” button in the app and it says to let them know if you..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…k4

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch …to offer free rides on bikes that were in the “wrong place”, which might encouragetwitter.com/i/web/status/8…pdXO

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Well, they’re all on GPS, so presumably if some are “stuck” then Yo know. I have a..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…AE

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Oh, do naff off, you etiolated embassy-ensconced egotist.

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@tyronem Gotta pick. Being stuck between those two is the worst of all wastes of energy. :(

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SunApology Hey @TheSun. Seems to be a fine line between journalism and being perverts doesn’t it? pic.twitter.com/vnK5yWALmF

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@njj4 …see also: Blake’s 7, The Equalizer, much of Robert Heinlein’s output, etc. :D

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@njj4 I long ago developed the ability to still enjoy old things that I would now think terribly problematic if I encountered them afresh.

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Reading unfiltered Twitter. Getting through it by adding the context of “…said an anonymous man on the internet” to the end of many tweets.

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*Puts “listen to the whole of _Elizium_ in a darkened room” in his diary* twitter.com/observer/statu…

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astroengine The ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Is Doing Weird Things Again astroengine.com/2017/05/20/the… pic.twitter.com/k4GZ7BctQr

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tryingbrevity I’m just saying, how do we know that ALL the sheep aren’t clones?

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@chubbybannister Stewart Copeland. Magnificent theme and incidental music.

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@chubbybannister This one’s got Jim Dale playing a straight role. It’s disconcerting.

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Given they’ve only got three gears, I hope for their knees’ sake they drove it there.

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I’m in Crete the first week of June. Probably a bit more bookable in July.

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@C_J_Fox @chubbybannister I’m about 500 away from 50k. Pretty sure I’ll forget and breeze right past it.

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@johnfbraun It’s generally excellent these days, especially in the big cities, luckily for me :)

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I can do exactly neither of those, but please do go ahead without me. Calendar’s a..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…5F

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Ah, no! Like an introductory offer. First hour free when you sign up

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Sorry, may be overcompensating for not getting the GTA reference.

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@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Yeah, it’s a pound an hour. I suppose as long as you bring it *back* from John O’Groats…

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I’m not sure. Seen a few quite a long way out on the map, but I don’t know the official borders.

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Apparently there are going to be 500 of the things. I’m seeing them everywhere I normally go already.

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister …and they just lock the back wheel. Lock it by sliding a lever manually, then go..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…rn

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@saltwateritch @chubbybannister It’s done through an app. There’s a certain amount of chance involved, but a lot of bikes. Here’s right now.

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No, *you’re* drinking a beer and watching The Equalizer* on a Friday night.

*No, the 1985 series.

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@chubbybannister I shall be as optimistic as possible about Yo. It’d be lovely if it succeeded and I got to just ri..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…qG

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@chubbybannister Well, I certainly didn’t see a docking station in Hotwells. London probably had more than three.

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@chubbybannister @hayles I think all we can do is hope. And ride ‘em. First time was like a magical teleport back from t’pub );

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@johnfbraun Ah! I’ve heard “Darth Wotsit”. (I think our Wotsits are the closest equivalent of your Cheetos…)

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@chubbybannister @hayles Were they Boris-style have-to-be-left-at-docking-station ones?

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@hayles @chubbybannister *Butts in* They’re FAB. Great being able to ride pretty much as far as you can cope with, then just walk away.

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Ah, Trump. Or “Dick à l’Orange”, as I believe the French call him.

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@teacherdude @nytimes Amazon’s _Bosch_ is beautiful to watch. And to listen to. Great music.

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Oh God, what’s he done *this* time?

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joncstone These increasingly look like those fake local newspapers that parties mock up and put through your letterbox pic.twitter.com/YI3Na0RoKQ

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@liveindetail (If your guess was “absolutely fuck all, and it spent all its time powered off”, you’d be correct.)

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@liveindetail Two fucking days I spent getting updates working again on mine. Guess what I’d been doing Sen e the last update?

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@Nose_in_a_book @talkie_tim It’s interesting. And good-interesting rather than bad-interesting.

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@talkie_tim @Nose_in_a_book Our work here is done. Sounds like it’s time for a beer, in fact…

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@hayles I was thinking “perfect shiny-new-exercise-bike fodder” 😀🚴

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@hayles I haven’t seen it. It’s 30-min episodes, yeah?

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(Though as I’ve only been in Bristol about twenty years, I can show my doctor’s note at the bar and drink beer instead of cider.)

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jakepjohnson Sun is out in Bristol. The law states everyone go to harbour, dangle their legs over the edge and drink cider. pic.twitter.com/dMJfiGdK5v

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@jakepjohnson We don’t necessarily need to narrow this down to an either/or choice, I feel.

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