jameelajamil There is NOTHING more Tahani than me tweeting out a compilation of tahani name dropping. But here it is: Tahani bragging inception. Thanks for this @vulture ❤️ vulture.com/2018/01/the-go…
Only the essentials. #aeropress ift.tt/2E2xJEV pic.twitter.com/HSrhPfF6Ll
Comfortable isolation. ift.tt/2E0oEN0 pic.twitter.com/2r4wJYLwb2
mjpcuervo Is your kid texting about Gothic literature? Know the signs!
OMFG Ominous Mist, Feeling Gloomy
IRL I Reek of Laudanum
WTH? Were They Haunted?
BRB Being Rather Byronic
BAMF Brontës Are My Friends
FCOL Frankenstein’s CREATURE! Oh, Lord.
rupertg The Strava lather proves what I’ve long suspected: despite all the hype, it is impossible to overstate the risks, unexpected consequences and general inadvisability of physical exercise.
My first week off in months, and therefore, inevitably… ift.tt/2FvOnKy pic.twitter.com/O4rEOhJWJW
Me, in newsagent: *Takes packet of Lockets and exact money to till*
Single person ahead of me in queue: “Hello. I would like 37 different lottery scratchcards, which I will now slowly specify, to post this parcel containing lithium batteries and vodka to Timbuktu, and…”
stonecold2050 Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year. pic.twitter.com/XjK9L51x8D
There’s nothing like a healthy start to the day. ift.tt/2rGy9vQ pic.twitter.com/CcOMvrZrxh
Matinee for the ironing. ift.tt/2nhbEsM pic.twitter.com/xdTeVj405E
benfraserlee Me to Google Photos: just store my pictures and shut up
Google Photos: okay but I also made a bleak social realist film without your knowledge so here pic.twitter.com/MGqVWzAJ6r
House_Feminist I secretly hope that twitter keeps extending the character limit as a social experiment, slowly conditioning our attention spans until we’re able to read actual books again
Impulse buy. ift.tt/2Eh8Wus pic.twitter.com/Eo2QIHYCWq
Smoke & lights. pic.twitter.com/VqS1n77sj4
Underfall texture. #igersbristol ift.tt/2nemYG6 pic.twitter.com/Q5Z0jqQzga
Hardy tourist. pic.twitter.com/PvIMDeoM1T
The kind of day where even the fibreglass dogs are sheltering resentfully from the weather. #igersbristol #gromit ift.tt/2rF3bV6 pic.twitter.com/C0DZwaPySI
@dottyteakettle Perhaps they can exchange bollock-kicks with the asshat at Zanissi. “*BEEP!*” “Your door is still locked, wanker.” “*BEEP!*”
Racing the car service guys with crosswords. ift.tt/2GkkBcM pic.twitter.com/KjGitmJCZZ
@galg @siliconrepublic Nice umbo 😀
@bexxi Oh yeah. Caramelised parsnips turned out a treat ;)
My Burns Night regret: no whisky, because (a) I know what I’m like and (b) I stupidly booked my car in for a service at 8:30am tomorrow.
@MsJenAllison Give my regards to Alice.
Not exactly neeps and tatties, but hey. ift.tt/2FgtAKM pic.twitter.com/31xKHZCdvF
_pigeons_ Big thanks to @gothick for driving me through a car wash, because I really love them, far more than I should!
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@dottyteakettle @KermodeMovie I think the most terrifying result of me reading that was discovering that a YouTube channel called National Communism have stolen Billy Bragg’s version and monetised it so it only played after showing me an Office 365 ad.
dottyteakettle Kinda tempted to watch Sex in the City 2 because it made @KermodeMovie break into the Internationale during his review. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uHeQeH…
@MRCKASASIAN Aha! Thanks!
UrsulaWJ People Who Have Snow: damn you.
In other news, does anyone need any dirty rainwater? Literally giving it away. Yrs, Bristol.
@AlasdairStuart @phil_lunt @audiojeremy @LegalValkyrie That was a weird ending, but what else do you expect in a David Lynch flick?
@chrismarquardt Just listening to ep. 807. I think by about halfway through your experience I’d have just resorted to gently rocking in a corner asking “Why? Why does it have to be this hard?” And then given up ;)
@MRCKASASIAN Afteroon. Quick Q: should the John Box in ch. 2 of Steep House actually be Anthony Lamb? I’m confused! Thanks ;)
@CharlieEsq_ Fickle bastard, Hollandaise.
@claireellent Thanks!
@gte 45!
InvertebratesDC Management Support Specialist Carol Youmans shows off a HUGE crocheted Nautilus she made! WOW! #MolluskMonday #fossilFriday Our department has all kinds of talent! pic.twitter.com/vsbLDRQ7Pm
zackbloom We live in a post-parody society where it’s impossible to invent anything more ridiculous than reality pic.twitter.com/HPGekRKENz
@atpfm @caseyliss (a) Congrats! (b) Did you know that Google still uses a minus sign at the beginning of a word to *exclude* it from search? Not good for Apple errors! Compare: google.co.uk/search?q=image… google.co.uk/search?q=image…
Mornings. ift.tt/2DqozCV pic.twitter.com/wuyzCztX0e
austin_bingham For starters, I think he’d have an open access point. pic.twitter.com/uNADwHikF4
On this day in 2013 #bristol #flashback pic.twitter.com/PjD052hucD
Okay, I caved. *Watches Friends on Netflix*
yomadic Today, we organised our tour group to visit the inside of a Soviet-era nuclear reactor, here at Chernobyl. We know a guy who knows a guy. Anyway, here’s @tao.one standing on the plutonium fuel rod array. We’re not experts, but we’re pretty sure they’ve removed the radioactiv..pic.twitter.com/YEE3Dcr82727
BBCPhilipSim Oh my. Gritters currently out on duty on Scotland’s trunk roads include:
Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
Sir Andy Flurry
Sir Salter Scott
Ready Spready Go
Ice Destroyer
Gritallica
Grittie McVittie
and Fred pic.twitter.com/xYlcm1XwXd
@GreatDismal You think he has two strands?
Evening. pic.twitter.com/ugguqsrD22
CivilBeat This is the screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Saturday. The operator clicked the PACOM (CDW) State Only link. The drill link is the one that was supposed to be clicked. #Hawaii pic.twitter.com/lDVnqUmyHa
stephenpaton134 Outrageous! People knew what they were voting for: the UK to break away and travel the seas as a floating pirate state, capturing smaller countries. pic.twitter.com/fLMQ3qvBHh
@drsheerlock @SpotifyCares Glad it’s not just me!
Inside One of America’s Last Pencil Factories nyti.ms/2Ft1igO
@BrainfmApp Hi! I’d like to upgrade but the button in the app doesn’t do anything. Any tips? Thanks. (iPhone SE, app v2.45.2) pic.twitter.com/ilLECtQmEW
If I’d been in the car I’m pretty sure I’d have self-extricated, too. twitter.com/OCFA_PIO/statu…
It couldn’t happen here. ift.tt/2r4R2sa pic.twitter.com/nIxte7rU4e
simongerman600 Amazing #map shows all lighthouses in #Europe and northern #Africa. I was first surprised by the inland ones but considering the size of many lakes having “inland” lighthouses makes perfect sense. Source:
buff.ly/2DES53r pic.twitter.com/kQu47R5mrE
@shemakeswar Quickly, and with a consequent twinge of regret.
Topical nostalgia. pic.twitter.com/TdHl4OMEQk
Eightiestastic. ift.tt/2mCfzAi pic.twitter.com/NVSpcSP0LP
@Bristolvor Did he thtub it on thumbthing?
Gawd. Checked eBay and this LP is going for between £30 and £50. I don’t think it can be the musical quality that’s doing it. ift.tt/2DfGdIE pic.twitter.com/hF8s1ITox9
yogthos 2 unit tests
0 integration tests pic.twitter.com/95RoYKy96b
Revolution. ift.tt/2r38LQE pic.twitter.com/HYXptCORLC
Manon des Sources. ift.tt/2AXKlaQ pic.twitter.com/d0nBsfIMwo
Les_East Trump would have been concerned about the false alarm in Hawaii if he knew Hawaii was part of the U.S.
drlangtry_girl Looking at Bernini sculptures because why not - a veil rendered in *marble* should be impossible, and yet… pic.twitter.com/nOIRML8i1f
Heh. This LP comes with an advert for those new-fangled “cassette” things. It’ll never catch on. ift.tt/2r1fydP pic.twitter.com/vxJkKn0Doy
_pigeons_ I have ad(z)uki beans soaking overnight - if anyone has (vegetarian) recipes you’ve used & liked for them, please do send them my way (ditto whole moong beans)
ThatIsArguable One thing that millennials don’t understand is that if they gave up all of the things that make life worth living for just two years they could have a savings account with $600 in it.
_pigeons_ I really like going in a car wash! Thanks @gothick! pic.twitter.com/Qgacb0iJl4
Live Rust. ift.tt/2DbWiyU pic.twitter.com/iS4Ci3SlbL
A soupçon of coffee. ift.tt/2Ds3W69 pic.twitter.com/uggbo0HduP
direlog ‘constantine’ is the only movie where they didn’t have to use CGI to remove tilda swinton’s beautiful wings pic.twitter.com/zMt2SRSqVV
Having a bad back this week has at least reinforced my resolve to shun Bristol’s useless public transport once I’m better.
On a bus. And only an hour after I arrived at the bus stop. Still, I have learned that in Hungary Friday can be known as “small Saturday” 🇭🇺 #makingfriends #bristol
(…and yah boo sucks t@BristolCouncilil for cutting back the 505 service.)
Bus half an hour late. Very grateful for Christmas pressie of hand-knitted scarf from m’stepmum. Thanks Maggie! ift.tt/2EzaY8h pic.twitter.com/JiUkzVjbRZ
@EffBeeee *Buffs fingernails*
@EffBeeee Hrm. First thing I’d try is flipping up that RCD in the middle. But that’s just a straw-clutch.
@captainsafia Every now and again I step back into the past—normally Java—and shoot myself in the foot comparing strings with == at least once.
MacRumors macOS High Sierra’s App Store System Preferences Can Be Unlocked With Any Password macrumors.com/2018/01/10/mac… by @rsgnl pic.twitter.com/6DdDMFEIFy
Quaaaargh (n) The sound you make when you hit the “quit” keyboard shortcut and realise a different app had the input focus.
Something very pleasing about the juxtaposition there.
estwebber Baroness Jenkin has just said the word “cunt” in the House of Lords
Such a shame that the council are dragging their heels on repairs to the Iron Bridge at Kings Weston. kwag.org.uk/2018/01/11/urg… #bristol
scalzi This continues to be something I’m looking forward to.
youtu.be/dhFM8akm9a4
MakingBlakes7 It was 40 years ago today that the Liberator first appeared in Blake’s 7.
#Blakes7 pic.twitter.com/uRNR09CypG
Shout out to the persimmon posse. #fruitmassive ift.tt/2CM9uY5 pic.twitter.com/RwZUyBry9b
@danbarker Twitter and Snapchat combined would be excellent. I mean, it’d be full of nazis, but at least it would disappear once you’d looked at it.
danluu Computer latency: 1977-2017
danluu.com/input-lag/ pic.twitter.com/r6ba173NNp
WoodlandTrust Together with The Community Forest Trusts we plan to create a new #NorthernForest comprising of over 50 million #trees. Read all about it on our website woodlandtru.st/BRaee pic.twitter.com/XE8VtWqMv6
PM4EastRen Must resist the urge to spend Tuesday ringing colleagues from a withheld number and hanging up as soon as they answer twitter.com/ShippersUnboun…
BBCRadio4 The joy of ‘sleeping with books’.
Spend some time in the only residential library in the UK.
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Red white and blue. ift.tt/2CCv3dj pic.twitter.com/hX7hNvdhtJ
Gully. pic.twitter.com/bmp3cd3kjJ
Colourful calories. #igersbristol ift.tt/2D2YPch pic.twitter.com/PEM4kxtz0Y
Cracking day out. ift.tt/2CKnFA3 pic.twitter.com/AuG6akHBXy
huntthesnark I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius.
I have a mighty button and no problems with my penius.
I have no time for television, golf, or social media
Since my brain is way way better than the best encyclopedia.
GreatDismal Someone capable of publicly describing himself as a “very stable genius” is president of the United States. And you expect me to work with this material?
@SpikyZebra @talkie_tim Not possible, I’m afraid. The activation words are down to Amazon and they’ve not opened them up to Skills.
It’s all going a bit eighties. #petshopboys ift.tt/2CA9j1B pic.twitter.com/sEZTPGWe40
shackas Some champion in #Melbourne has gifted us with Trap Door graffiti. pic.twitter.com/DQMSQ9M6iP
atlasobscura About 10 percent of all internet traffic is kept secure by a wall of lava lamps. They’re hooked up to a computer that converts their patterns into code pic.twitter.com/51iPXzZ8mi
LaurynIpsum Lauren is a monster. pic.twitter.com/m0mvVeHCJu
sbisson Now this is pro-trolling by the BBC News on their story about the Cambridge News headline gaffe: pic.twitter.com/xpwRnA09qL
bristol247 This Hotwells pub has been reopened by the team behind the Gryphon on Colston Street: bristol247.com/food-and-drink…
“So, how bad are Spectre and Meltdown?” “Well, I hear they pulled JJ Abrams off Star Wars to write the screenplay…”
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@5357311 @RevRichardColes Amen (ahem.) My Bose QCs have prevented at least one workplace murder.
@guriben “What, you have to escape angle brackets?” *writes own function*
@guriben I have seen so much XML written by people doing text processing with (a) no real idea what XML is and (b) no scooby at all that their platform has perfectly decent and thorough XML APIs built right in.
Well, you’ve got to try it at least once, right? ift.tt/2EZd1DR pic.twitter.com/ut10xgD7zE
@headfirstonly I’ve had Kindles around since 2010, and you’re quite right: it’s just that my over-optimistic “to read” pile now has a just-as-bad virtual counterpart!
@headfirstonly This is its very first boot. Well, in my possession, anyway…
doodlewhale So today I learned that when hummingbirds are confused they sit down and have a good old think like the rest of us. pic.twitter.com/sC3QFob2M0
Coming into town on the A4? Coach has broken down on roundabout with Jacob’s Wells Road. Avoid if you can! #bristol #traffic pic.twitter.com/lkwXUfkDQQ
@saltwateritch Work in the morning, sadly… Will have to wait until at least tomorrow.
Damn it. Complete beginner’s luck with that Caol Ila Old Fashioned. Will I ever manage to produce one that good again?
Downtime. ift.tt/2A8Kfgi pic.twitter.com/i0xWJQywdT
quantick Young people watching Threads should be aware that the horrifying first part of the programme is just set in the old days, not after a nuclear war.
Rubywax Breathe. Breathe. Breathe…… fb.me/DDC5JX6X
Unsettled. pic.twitter.com/hHxLgbFAnu
MrPaulDuane It is never, ever a bad idea to re-read this astonishing Tom Baker piece (as told to Jeffrey Bernard). pic.twitter.com/rQvdpmZeI4