Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @gothick ever

December 2017

@monsterlemon @mattmay @meyerweb @scalzi Well, if he’s true to type, we’ll find out in a minute.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to monsterlemon

PatrickRothfuss I haven’t had any coffee since Christmas.

In unrelated news, love isn’t real, colors don’t exist, and god is dead.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 9:44 PM, Dec 31st, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@mattmay @meyerweb @scalzi “I was standing shoulder to shoulder with Kibo himself when the create message for alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork was issued…”

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mattmay

@scalzi Amen. If you can survive accidentally stepping into talk.bizarre…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to scalzi

Can’t quite believe this survived intact through the Christmas period. ift.tt/2EozOZm pic.twitter.com/ZrHNRIpiQu

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Gosh! Thanks to @igersBristol for their continual and tireless work bringing cool new pics to us all, too :D twitter.com/igersBristol/s…

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davideastUK you ever zoom in on a patch of England in Google Maps and think “none of these are real places” pic.twitter.com/kBDwmqlhwu

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 6:23 PM, Dec 31st, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

matthewrcover Unfortunately the Lestodon’s penchant for the expensive green fruit resulted in a decline in personal savings and home ownership, eventually leading to their extinction in the late Pleistocene. twitter.com/AMNH/status/94…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:10 PM, Dec 31st, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

@tyronem Sorry; I wrote my own date library for this Twitter client, and it won’t let me reply to you until the 32st of Nullvember.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to tyronem

@tyronem I think I may have worked on his code, too.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to tyronem

Getting my new year cliché in early. ift.tt/2BZLQ9V pic.twitter.com/71XSxR8yGp

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CI5BDC 40 years ago today at 9:00pn the first ever Professionals episode was TX’d pic.twitter.com/H9NH8oBGkE

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 2:27 PM, Dec 30th, 2017 via Tweetbot for Mac)

@Seej500 Yet more evidence for my theory that people who criticise millennials generally can’t spell “millennial”.

via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to Seej500

It doesn’t get much better than that. pic.twitter.com/m7iKi7K5Zw

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paddy_magee yeah but how is it pronounced? pic.twitter.com/vHYfAceHe1

via Twitter Lite (retweeted on 7:37 PM, Dec 28th, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

businessinsider This incredible animation shows how deep humans have dug pic.twitter.com/0lz1feuifT

via Media Studio (retweeted on 7:05 PM, Dec 28th, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@VeraR2010 @benjohnbarnes Seconded. Start in the middle of the sheet section and work your way to the right until you can’t afford to go any further. Then buy. (Perhaps look for the words “percale” or “Egyptian cotton”. Higher thread counts are better.)

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to VeraR2010

@reckless Surely you got them one of those notebooks they could write all their passwords in as a present last year? 😁

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to reckless

briandotjp In Japan, broken objects are almost never repaired with gold.
Instead, it’s thrown away and replaced with a 100 yen equivalent from Daiso.
Consider this when you think you can’t be replaced. twitter.com/marcsteves/sta…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 10:27 AM, Dec 26th, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

This inspiration juice tastes nice but appears to be faulty. ift.tt/2zt5l8R pic.twitter.com/WmJxsJ1E1f

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@christianrt I exaggerate, but I wrote the chords, the chorus and one and a half verses in 2014 and haven’t quite finished yet…

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to christianrt

Trying to write a song. It’s emerging at an average of one word per year.

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@slicknic I would probably be playing on loop if I weren’t trying to write a song of my own right now.

via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to slicknic

@Bristolvor That name sounds like the punchline to a cracker joke.

via Twitter Web Client in reply to Bristolvor

@chubbybannister I bought the triple-box of different varieties for someone and surprisingly had the willpower to post it rather than keeping it all for myself :D

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thepurplecleric Merry Christmas everyone! pic.twitter.com/YBd0MHCCrT

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 10:22 PM, Dec 24th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

Bloggity: Favourite Photo of the Month 2017. gothick.org.uk/2017/12/24/fav…

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YupThatExist Remember that during winter animals are attracted to the warmth of cars so check wheel arches or other hiding places pic.twitter.com/6H4ZIKMP5V

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 11:18 AM, Dec 24th, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

@psidnell You’ve lost me, but I think I only know him from watching the new Star Trek…

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Off to see Last Jedi tonight ;)

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The computers aren’t taking over any time soon, are they? pic.twitter.com/so0DzGbFAt

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@lizpscully Does this mean it’s a decade since we met? :D twitter.com/gothick/status…

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Avon_Stories I’m just so incredibly sad that the Chocolate Path (the Avon Walkway), after years of neglect, is now closed indefinitely. It’s a safe path to walk, cycle & run, that has been part of my commuting/exercise/leisure life for about 16 years.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 11:52 AM, Dec 23rd, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

@benjohnbarnes Bristol very much suffers from this. It’s rubbish.

via Twitter Web Client in reply to benjohnbarnes

@UrsulaWJ Looking at my pics from last year, many of them aren’t exactly prominent :D pic.twitter.com/7v1suayUKV

via Twitter Web Client in reply to UrsulaWJ

5imian “AWS is down”
I looked to my coworker who was now tracing tribal glyphs on his face with a sharpie.
“The machine is broken’. he mused. “We must begin anew”.
Now fashioning a crude spear with tape and a plastic butter knife,
“We will live off the land. We will find a better life.”

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:54 AM, Dec 23rd, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

Black Canary. The best Jonathan Creek Christmas Special. ift.tt/2petobz pic.twitter.com/t8URleDKsm

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They’ll have to do a teensy bit of work on the queueing system at Gatwick to make that a possibility..twitter.com/ProfBrianCox/s…Vt

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If they’re going to be this weirdly petty, could they at least use the *right* blue? pic.twitter.com/ca0fOGGa5y

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drewm It was @SouthvilleRC’s last club night of the year, so we ran a Christmas robin 🎄 pic.twitter.com/XPNupRrDk0

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:08 PM, Dec 21st, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

martin_fff “Blatantly unlawful”: companies use Facebook targeting to ensure older workers don’t see help-wanted ads via @BoingBoing boingboing.net/2017/12/21/log…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:07 PM, Dec 21st, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

@meyerweb I think I may be too scared to read the replies to this.

via Twitter Web Client in reply to meyerweb

@UrsulaWJ @MarkTaylorFood I’ve never actually eaten there; I’m just addicted to the fantastic bread from the market :D

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Oh bloody hell. Another of my favourite walking routes in the city closed. We only just got Ashton Avenue Bridge back. twitter.com/BethanJV/statu…

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@bakerbungle @MarkTaylorFood @mrAlbarino @BarnyHaughton Nooooooooo. Bread from the TF market stall was one of my weekly treats.

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MarkTaylorFood Sad news for the independent Bristol restaurant scene - major harbourside restaurant and bar is the city’s latest casualty bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 4:51 PM, Dec 21st, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

Might re-watch _Blake_. It’s 36 years to the day that the last episode of Blake’s 7 aired…

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chrisalbon Software engineering pro-tip:

Do not, I repeat, do not deploy this week. That is how you end up debugging a critical issue from your parent’s wifi in your old bedroom while your spouse hates you for abandoning them with your racist uncle.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 1:28 PM, Dec 21st, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

darylginn Dear every website,

No we do not want to enable push notifications. Ever.

Sincerely,
Everyone

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 12:44 PM, Dec 21st, 2017 via Twitter Web Client)

This guy’s clearly going to make the ultimate Christmas cocktail. ift.tt/2CQqTy9 pic.twitter.com/UFbomI84HC

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It’s probably about time I saw this. ift.tt/2yNtEOx pic.twitter.com/xcHY1tW9cU

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@thomasvenables That’s actually a pretty good description of how I feel today.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to thomasvenables

_pigeons_ I love my bronica (thanks @gothick for the photo!) pic.twitter.com/2x49VrEh9U

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 2:02 PM, Dec 16th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

_pigeons_ I asked @gothick to take a picture with my phone and I think he managed to take one of his hangover pic.twitter.com/XCQlC9HyZP

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 2:02 PM, Dec 16th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

That’s quite a lot of steps for one day. . ift.tt/2nYdnGo pic.twitter.com/ELNm2E25XO

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Unsurprisingly, that bridge features a few times… ift.tt/2C3IaUd pic.twitter.com/1MXSFdfHoB

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If you’ll excuse me, I just remembered that Natalie Merchant’s _Ophelia_ exists, so now I must play it on repeat for a half-hour.

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fourfoot Hello and welcome to Highway.

pic.twitter.com/mzsmIn4b83

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:57 PM, Dec 10th, 2017 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Amazon are pushing the new Grand Tour so hard I’m scared to order anything in case Clarkson comes free in the box.

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@C_J_Fox Yeah. I really shouldn’t have sat in the damn thing.

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@C_J_Fox Appropriately and ironically, I really should have been sitting down when I read the price label.

via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to C_J_Fox

MakingBlakes7 Monday 5 December 1977: The radio-controlled prop was prone to failure so the robot was operated by an actor (Kevin Sullivan) hidden inside.

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via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:07 PM, Dec 5th, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@salisbury_matt Presumably by the same logic we should be able to call them “piano’s” 😁

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PJHarveyUK Watch the trailer for @DarkRiverFilm, written and directed by Clio Barnard, starring Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley, and featuring new music by PJ Harvey. youtu.be/6-9rTDmTeDI

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 7:49 PM, Dec 5th, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)

@talkie_tim No, but then I haven’t been using it! Definitely been using more as a dumb device than a smart one ;)

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@talkie_tim Good, though I’ve barely been more adventurous than ham, steak or poached eggs yet.

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It must be a Christmas movie. It’s got angels in it and everything. ift.tt/2iH3SJI pic.twitter.com/6D3JDOvvEh

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Avon_Stories Podcast! I talked to Ben Barker about his 25 years work in community development in Southville & Bedminster, including @BemmyPartners & much more
avonstories.com/2017/12/01/avo…

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:56 PM, Dec 1st, 2017 via Tweetbot for iΟS)