Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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

March 2020

roundonefight FINALLY I’ve received word from the company that gave me the finance for my sofa purchase 3 years ago about what they are doing to tackle coronavirus.

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briscoepark Photos taken at 5am pic.twitter.com/0hmeN0j32g

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:52 PM, Mar 31st, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

@nicalpi Oh yeah. And certain Peugeot brake lights, among other things. I was very pleased to find I wasn’t alone.

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floozyesq i’ve doubted my own depression for years but after a couple weeks of seeing people churn out quirky quarantine content and having themed facetime parties, im shaken at how much serotonin some of you fuckers have

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 9:36 PM, Mar 31st, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

@hayles @talkie_tim It’s 99p per month for the first three months, or it was back in February, anyway.

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@WeirdBristol I even spotted a Hotwells reference during my re-watch a couple of years back: twitter.com/gothick/status…

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@talkie_tim Far more famous in this house for being Mathesar from Galaxy Quest.

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Oh, her dad’s Elias from Person of Interest! This is going to be one of those series where I spend more time on IMDB than actually watching, isn’t it?

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@hayles @VMIpod I have already subscribed! You’ll be shocked to know that Jenny has been cross-advertising on the @bufferingcast 😀

via Twitter for iPad in reply to hayles

@hayles I got the starz thing so I could watch season 1. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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Current status: watching the first episode of Veronica Mars. @hayles

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@dangusset Because it’s chenille and you need to plant your face in it to feel the softness.

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@sql_williamd <Gregory House voice>It’s never DNS.</Gregory House voice>

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danriversitv This town ….ahah… is looking like a goat town 👻 twitter.com/andrewstuart/s…

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:45 AM, Mar 31st, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

This may not be the cleverest time for a rewatch of Twelve Monkeys, but it came up on and it’s on iPlayer right now… ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2020…

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sian_cosgrove In other news… the cat over the road is called Walter pic.twitter.com/loIHA2J4mH

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 6:28 PM, Mar 29th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

Pleased to find a Wikipedia article about all the places in the world called Bristol 😀
List of places called Bristol - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p…

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Kavey Also, it’s easy to make homemade crumpets too, if you have the ingredients in (obviously). Here is Pete’s recipe:
kaveyeats.com/2011/08/pete-b… pic.twitter.com/mBubR6DIit

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@Kavey This thing was sixteen quid and it’s brilliant. Been using my phone for years, but I’m thinking of doing another big book declutter so—hang on a minute, I just need to scan some more things BEEP BEEP BEEEP

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Pay day treat. I’ve been wanting one of these for years. Now to scan ALL OF THE THINGS BEEP BEEP BEEP pic.twitter.com/NgqSuMfqe5

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Slightly spooky on this windy day to hear more recycling boxes wandering past one’s house than actual people.

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So far today I have accomplished with ease two high-importance items on my “to-do” list:
✅ Have a nice lie-in
✅ Enjoy the peace and quiet.
Now onwards, to chore number three. pic.twitter.com/Wsb8rWLBo6

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RachelSmethers So pissed last night I can’t remember getting home from the living room

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:01 AM, Mar 29th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

Damn, but I do love Don’t Delete the Kisses. open.spotify.com/track/1LomCMl5…

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@ahnlak All I know is that it didn’t like plain .org, either (I, of course, own both…) but it was fine with Gmail. Sigh.

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When you raid the freezer and find out that past-impulse-buying you is a GENIUS. pic.twitter.com/xCxqW30YXW

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Following an idle thought, I just found that the latest series of John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme is currently available on BBC Sounds. If you haven’t tried it, give it a go; it’s ace. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01…

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The astounding complexity and vast amounts of work necessary for capitalism to approximate sticking its fingers in its ears, shouting “la la la” and pretending six months of economics simply didn’t happen are quite breathtaking to behold.

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SofieHagen I just put 30 more care packages on sale. Go to sofiehagen.com/care to get one!* twitter.com/sofiehagen/sta…

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System32Comics Asshole Printer pic.twitter.com/5AHBzrAvpz

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petshopboys We all need to practise “social distancing” these days. Link below.

6feetcovers.wixsite.com/6feetcovers

pic.twitter.com/pPDJSyu7ZR

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@jukesie Those are very well-made and I love typing on them, at least. And I have, touch wood, never worn an Apple keyboard out.

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@CharlieVivante Ta! Sure toasts well. Now all I have to do is not eat it all at once.

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Bit squooshy, but I only have a silicone loaf tin. As alternatives to going out to buy bread go, I’ll take it. pic.twitter.com/80i86MbRtC

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VDOOZER This is the guy I based SCRUBS on and my best pal from college. He’s out here in Los Angeles running a hospital (like JD would), and I’m proud he’s a pal. He changes clothes in his garage at night to try to keep his kids from getting sick and IS married to “real Elliot”. twitter.com/realjaydee2/st…

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:37 PM, Mar 27th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

@AthanSpod This might actually be the perfect time to murder someone and get away with it, now I think about it…

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My annoying neighbours appear to be having a street party.

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NYTObits Albert Uderzo, who created the Asterix comic book series with René Goscinny, has died at the age of 92.  nyti.ms/2JgT5PW

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Wow! Thanks, @orionbooks and whichever lovely person nominated me :) pic.twitter.com/MQ4BEJdxwq

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Dave_Horwitz My friend is going on a 1st date tonight with a girl he’s been talking to on Tinder. They’re going to park next to each other at McDonald’s and talk with the windows cracked while eating their own individual orders of fries. How’s that for romance and longing, JANE AUSTEN?

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topherflorence incredibly depressed that the showrunner of Picard came up with the best possible concept for the show and then they didn’t make it pic.twitter.com/Q5GPn82jUd

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olgakhazan Please, God, someone do a sport so my boyfriend will stop talking about his sourdough starter

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The sudden working from home has made me press some quite old kit into service. pic.twitter.com/7pUlezhqCs

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oscarewilde uk government: you can only go for one walk per day
the proclaimers: fuck yes

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The extra sunshine this week is definitely improving the mood at my desk. pic.twitter.com/vT2IVviQzF

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MakingBlakes7 “You realize going outside is a Category Four crime?”

pic.twitter.com/QLPrkpAtnK

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One workout, one episode of Once Upon a Time, that’s the deal. pic.twitter.com/vhafikBDP2

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EugeneinOregon My wife, who’s a copy editor, tells me that to encourage distancing, the MLA has gone back to two spaces after a period.

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AstroAnnimal 1/ One thing astronauts have to be good at: living in confined
spaces for long periods of time. Find yourself in a similar scenario? Here are
some pro tips…a thread.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 10:37 PM, Mar 22nd, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

BradyHaran Also stay tuned for my five-hour livestream of me trying to figure out how livestreams work.

twitter.com/bradyharan/sta…

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:35 PM, Mar 22nd, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

BradyHaran Hey everyone,

Because you’re all stuck at home, I wrote this tweet for you all to read.

Hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned for more thoughts as I think of them.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:18 PM, Mar 22nd, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

@Dru_Marland (For me, the album that epitomises that effect is (What’s the Story) Morning Glory…)

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@Dru_Marland I *think* I still love that album, but I’ll admit, it’s been a while…

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GoshDarnMyLife Y’all need to put that shit right the fuck back. twitter.com/CNN/status/108…

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@chubbybannister I have rewound to the week before to catch up with the explosion. V. excited.

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@chubbybannister I’ve not listened for a few months. Today might be a good catch-up day. Maybe I’ll clean the kitchen…

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Just done the ironing. Mostly, I think, out of habit.

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@PaulGreaves Current status: down the bottom of a Wikipedia rabbit-hole caused by looking up Pelmanism :D

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christapeterso Hobie has OPPOSABLE THUMBS and a passion for CRIMES so I’m gonna compile them here for ur isolation viewing pic.twitter.com/1xpYxmkOrL

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PennyRed Quarantine day 6, and we’re all: -quietly reading improving books
-doing crafts with the three people we’re allowed to see till summer
-wondering if a single cough means imminent death
-thinking almost constantly about sex.
I suddenly understand Jane Austen novels much better.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:32 PM, Mar 21st, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

drinksmcgee I just found out there’s something called a Dracula Parrot and now I won’t rest until I become best friends with one. pic.twitter.com/Q6wT8rokXR

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BristolFerry During this global public health crisis we recognise the great need and responsibility to limit social gatherings and all unnecessary travel.

It is therefore with sadness that we have decided to temporarily dock up and turn off our engines for the next few weeks. (1/3)

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 1:05 PM, Mar 19th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone)

word_geek Reminded by @gothick
What books are you using to adjust the height of your laptop/monitor? I have The Jennifer Morgue by @cstross

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@ahnlak I’d like to think that was at least as far out as Day 17.

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Day one: I will rigorously maintain my standards. Day three: If I can rig up a chroma-key backdrop I won’t have to tidy my living room for three months.

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Those of you among my followers who are fans of British cult science fiction and *also* into cryptic crosswords may want to try yesterday’s Guardian 15x15 by Qaos. (I didn’t say too much yesterday because, you know: spoilers.) twitter.com/qaos_xword/sta…

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thefishareloose I love my wife with all my heart. She is my soulmate and my best friend. There is not a day where I am not grateful for everything which brought us together. We are mere hours into the weekend and I am convinced if we get quarantined together we are going to kill each other.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 8:38 AM, Mar 19th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

@holly My guy’s just tried Skype sessions for the first time and had such a poor experience it’s put him right off 😕

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Crocodile Dundee II just started on Film4+1. That the kind of content we need in these troubled times.

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PrivateEyeNews Bum deal: the new edition of Private Eye is out now! pic.twitter.com/exFswsV5nm

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Today’s Guardian cryptic has a theme very dear to my heart :D

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tip: Miss the quiet bustle of people in the background? Try a site like coffitivity.com for a range of ambient café sounds.

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It’s so gloomy today I’ve had to point my desk lamp at my solar-powered keyboard to make sure it keeps charging.

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LauraOShea91 People asking what to watch while on lockdown etc - BUFFY. If you haven’t seen it before, now’s your chance. The first season is a little silly and dated in parts but so worth the journey. You’re welcome. @bufferingcast

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@nedwards I’ve found Day One pretty good. But nothing’s perfect. (If I could easily search piles of paper written in fountain pen I’d still be using that!)

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GeekMelange Did you know the Georgia Aquarium has an underwater cam in one of their giant displays & it’s constantly streaming? It’s rather calming to watch. ozolio.com/explore/HQKO00…

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I did make some adjustments later on in the day, most especially the deployment of my ultra-high-tech monitor height adjustment device. Keep an eye on your posture, folks. pic.twitter.com/2ehUv3IO8o

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Clocking off from my temporary desk. pic.twitter.com/iR1hFyASWa

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@ahnlak I’m not sure how accurate this trebuchet is.

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@UrsulaWJ At least in the office there’d be people to help me eat it. Wonder if it freezes?

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Taking advantage of being home at lunchtime to do a bit of baking. (Charles Campion Recipe via @Kavey :D kaveyeats.com/2012/01/gooey-…) pic.twitter.com/53sXV2WaVb

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And we’re done. 26 1/2 minutes, in fact. And now to work.

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The lack of a commute means I might be able to squeeze the crossword in before work. 25 minutes. Wish me luck. pic.twitter.com/gKJ6scSUz5

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I only have a one-bedroom flat, but luckily I do at least have the gear to keep up my exercise regime. Plus the lack of commute means that rather than doing it after work, I can do it in the morning, which I always find easier. pic.twitter.com/djCO0D9QKf

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TakeControl Our small contribution to the crisis: a FREE new book by Glenn Fleishman called “Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily.” Share and enjoy. takecontrolbooks.com/working-from-h…

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Dru_Marland Fresh from the printers: Canal Map, Kennet and Avon Summit and West End A4 etsy.me/2UiIGsq pic.twitter.com/e0Bl3vgUEe

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@thrivahealth Morning! Was going to do my latest test this morning, but it occurs to me that the UK path labs may be on lockdown like the rest of us. Any advice? Happy to hold off for as long as necessary; I just don’t want to waste a test kit!

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Thanks for the writing prompt, Day One. Wouldn’t have crossed my mind otherwise 😅 pic.twitter.com/ECR6KRB596

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VDOOZER HERE’s another link if you can’t see the first one. Hope everyone is doing great.

‘Scrubs’ Clip Goes Viral Amidst Coronavirus Social Distancing womenshealthmag.com/health/a316659…

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Well, this’ll be interesting. I’ve never actually worked from home for a proper normally-in-the-office job.

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Dru_Marland Nearly there, but time for a boatwork break pic.twitter.com/5Zmg8cdsYD

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briscoepark Photos I’ve recently taken at 3am pic.twitter.com/Oim2UE5z1J

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@benjohnbarnes Although, thinking about it, I may go for something smaller, as it would seem a little odd to have a monitor the same size as my actual TV…

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@benjohnbarnes Makes sense. My own laptop and the work laptop are both USB-C so it could come in handy either way.

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@benjohnbarnes Yup. And I’m not an admin. Also, there are likely Rules as well as software/hardware issues. Daresay having a spare 4K monitor lying around wouldn’t be a terrible thing.

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@benjohnbarnes My problem is that I probably can’t use the nice iMac as a display for the work laptop. But I’m going to defer that decision until someone actually tells me I’m working from home…

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@AthanSpod See, I remember The Gaffer as a lunchtime show. Maybe I caught a repeat, or something.

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@AthanSpod Clearly The Gaffer was more popular than I expected.

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TripIt As this global situation develops, we’re seeing increased flight schedule changes and cancellations. We want to do our part to help you stay as informed as possible.

That’s why we’re extending our premium Pro service to travelers for 6 mos. Learn more: sap.to/60121SjLi pic.twitter.com/8JIxKIYO8R

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@OpinionatedGeek @davidbeginagain Aw yeah. Whiz Kids, or “we need to cash in on WarGames but can’t afford to pay for the intellectual property rights or actual scriptwriters…”

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@davidbeginagain @OpinionatedGeek No, no, I’m definitely with you on Airwolf (I wonder if Robert Lansing auditioned for the Archangel part; it was clearly his kind of thing!) But now we’re straying into complete non-obscurity 😅 If we had to bundle something with Automan and Street Hawk it’d be Blue Thunder!

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@djelibeybi_meg Sadly my narrow hall doesn’t make for easy snaps. That may be just as well as my clinging to nostalgic favourites makes mine an odd mix of last-ten-years and teenage me. pic.twitter.com/FOdxL6Lp8Q

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@davidbeginagain @OpinionatedGeek Holy crap! Only just remembered that Robert Lansing (Control from _The Equalizer_) was in Automan too :)

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@OpinionatedGeek @davidbeginagain @shezza_t I don’t recognise the name but the plot definitely rings a bell.

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@davidbeginagain @OpinionatedGeek Oh, yes indeed. Very much enjoyed those as a kid. Though if I had to choose among that time and genre, it’d probably be Street Hawk for me. youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnK…

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@OpinionatedGeek @davidbeginagain Neither of them ring a bell. But in an obscure US-TV-related note I have just found out that _Have Girls, Will Travel_ was actually called _The American Girls_ and had its named changed for the UK market for some reason… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ameri…

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@OpinionatedGeek I honestly only tracked down _Luna_’s name by being able to remember the lyrics to a fragment of “We’re Porting along on a Tidal Displacement” and much desperate googling.

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My top three TV shows that nobody else remembers: Luna; The Lady Is a Tramp; The Gaffer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(TV_… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gaffe…

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sfsooz If you haven’t tried a Group FaceTime, here’s a really helpful article: support.apple.com/en-us/HT209022

Stay safe, my friends. ✌️

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Current status: listening to Hoyt Axton’s _Della and the Dealer_ on repeat in an attempt to smother an earworm @_pigeons_ inflicted on me earlier. youtube.com/watch?v=pN0OBH…

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I, @_pigeons_ and @Bingo_Little did the Everyman crossword together via Skype today in an effort to be sociable while social distancing 😀 pic.twitter.com/HqfDhLX3wy

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@lilydoughball Now feeling guilty because I have accidentally stockpiled Yorkshire tea (I only realised when I brought the new box home and tried to put it exactly where the new box I’d bought the day before already was! D’oh.)

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ChuckWendig Just a reminder that when infinite monkeys were quarantined because of the plague, they wrote Shakespeare.

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DrAlakbarov Photo thread:

Dozens of bizarre futuristic monuments appear out of place jutting from the varied landscape of the former Yugoslavia—ghostlike echoes of a country that no longer exists.pic.twitter.com/moGbK8uZi44

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@CharlieVivante You live in Bristol. Walking would be faster anyway, right? 😀

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Some bits of my life are more prepared than others for home working. pic.twitter.com/6PwvNx4Jra

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@robsmallshire @svenpet I got an office job last month, but for the couple of years before I was working from a corner of my lounge, so at least my nest is already set up :) pic.twitter.com/wvYWk5F00q

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beardedjourno Bristol City are currently playing Connect 4 via Twitter with Willem II, a football club based in Tilburg in the Netherlands. twitter.com/bristolcity/st…

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_aijaz_ Hello. My name is Aijaz. I have been a professional “devloper” for 25 years. I have been writing iOS apps for 10 years. I have given several talks on “Advanced Debugging.”

Tonight I just fixed a curious bug with print statements.

Whatever works. No shame. pic.twitter.com/Jy4T47cIwz

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@unamccormack I think it may finally be time to declutter my overstuffed bookshelves. Which is odd, seeing as I was effectively working from home in social isolation for about two years solid until last month anyway. Maybe it’s some kind of spring cleaning solidarity.

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CuriousUkTelly Camberwick Green is more hip and edgy with the theme from Starsky and Hutch pic.twitter.com/Az8902K0cT

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meemalee Hey @ExpediaUK my parents have been asking you to cancel flights to China they booked before this began.

They’ve sent SEVEN emails but get told to call instead, but each time they call, they get cut off!

They’re in their 70s and my mum has asthma - please just refund them!

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 7:57 PM, Mar 14th, 2020 via Twitter Web App)

NatashaHodgson PSA: fcking brilliant and beautiful point&click games available to download from Steam (please to reply with more?):

Machinarium
80 Days
Thimbleweed Park
Avairy Attorney
The Stanley Parable
Day Of The Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Kentucky Route Zero
Curse Of Monkey Island

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lottelydia take it from someone who’s had 21 days of strike action this year: when you’re in quarantine you’re not going to get all those jobs done around the house that you’ve been putting off. you’re going to invent a new breakfast cereal by combining 3 existing types of breakfast cereal.

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@jamesclay I was thinking of re-watching The Andromeda Strain. Can’t imagine why a film about an unfortunate combination of human cock-ups in reaction to a new microorganism nearly ends the world sprang to mind…

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Spotting that weird Post article about how you can’t get a delivery shopping slot in Bristol at the moment reminded to do my Ocado order. They’re coming tomorrow at 10am. 🤷‍♂️👀

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Ryallin I’m beginning a collection of signs that give off an ominous horror energy pic.twitter.com/6N9zB4RKWw

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@daycoder I’m going to have to see what I can Heath Robinson together to make things more survivable when the time comes. I imagine big monitors are selling like medical thermometers on Amazon right now.

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Rumaan have fun writing king lear everyone, i’m going to play mario kart

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julesforrest Can we do a WFH workspace setup thread, unglamorous edition?

My partner and I are both working from our studio apartment. My setup is a chair in front of the front door and my desk is our clothes hamper. pic.twitter.com/5rVaqgkjjw

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@paulahillier Yeah, I think we’re going to see a lot of very cobbled-together work-from-home setups over the next few weeks. I wonder if this could be the new , @rhodri :)

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My back is aching in sympathy for the poor not-complete-geeks in IT who are going to spend a fortnight at home bent over a shite tiny laptop screen trying to do a day job that normally takes up a dual-24”-widescreen setup. Not everyone has luxurious IT at home.

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@quantick You know, I hadn’t considered Yakety Sax as my coffin-rolls-behind-the-curtain music until you said that, but now it’s a strong contender.

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JamesBSumner Been trying to explain to a reporter that if you can’t find an epidemiologist to interview it’s really not acceptable to give the airtime to an epistemologist. He said “How do you know?” I said “Don’t you bloody start.”

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“No, it’s not fever and shortness of breath. Dave just looks like that when he thinks people are misusing the word ‘epicentre’.”

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Sarklor “Self-isolation”:
- Boring, clinical
- Following the orders of a government
- Nobody will notice your effort

“Exiled for the good of the realm”
- Mysterious
- Sexy
- Everyone will wonder what you did

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@jukesie One of the reasons I’m back at an office job is because it turns out that being in a room with other people is actually kinda pleasant, possibly even *healthy*… Who’d’ve thunk it?

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jukesie [blogpost] WFH WTF SOS - just because you are excited that the world is moving to remote working doesn’t mean we all are.. digitalbydefault.com/2020/03/12/wfh…

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Every now and again I remember this quote, and shudder a bit: “I did stand to one side, sort of hopefully,” he went on to say, “but if you’re staring straight at the core of a shut down reactor you’re going to get quite a bit of radiation.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale…

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joeagerlach Spring tide Bristol. Wheels on fire racing the rush tide @BristolLive pic.twitter.com/MZwOq5wUDi

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figgled “LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE.” commands the small cushion. You whisper “I’m trying” but that only makes it angrier

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I wonder what county my blue recycling bag ended up in.

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Emojipedia 📊 Emojis most commonly included in tweets containing “Coronavirus”, “COVID-19” or “COVID19” – adjusted relative to usual popularity on Twitter (adjustments shown as +/-blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-…mpic.twitter.com/gyatwwMaTgTg

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This really was a very fun and informative potted (sorry) history of Spam. overcast.fm/+N6hSSYblc

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It’s nice to see the British being traditional in their stockpiling. pic.twitter.com/eIENL1Mkgt

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TravisinaB7 And of course - pic.twitter.com/mzbtKIECVX

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jacobrossi Today in unexpected mass work from home problems:

Facebook’s VPN IP got banned from DoorDash because so many people were trying to order food from home while connected to the corporate network.

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Kavey Gooey Delicious Banana Cake
Photos and guest post by @gothick kaveyeats.com/2012/01/gooey-… pic.twitter.com/fNMSaYBfUA

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The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/…

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Bob_Fischer Your Feelgood Fact for the Day: Gudrun Ure, who played Supergran, is still with us. She’s 94 next week. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Ure pic.twitter.com/yTFEVNfcsc

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DTL Just what you want to see at the cashpoint. pic.twitter.com/hXqQ8Wh5QW

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Daily__Owls No such thing as a never ending scritch,unfortunately.
pic.twitter.com/YB1omPPfaR

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I wonder how often the director of Supernatural said, “Well, that was *okay*, guys, but is there any chance you could be a little more… SHOUTY?”

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joshshepperd Flying under the radar today: Trump’s people just bought Twitter.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

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@claytoncubitt Every now and again someone mentions this is still A Thing over there and the rest of the planet gets a rush of nostalgia for something they last did in 1993…

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FrancineElena Following the Guardian piece I thought it might be helpful to write a thread on how I ended up writing a novel with a full time job. Then other authors who also did this can let us know how they managed.

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Gosh, this Who is teejus.

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Fascinating: The Trouble With Tumbleweed youtu.be/hsWr_JWTZss via @YouTube

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Oatmeal IDEA: browser plugin that screams “I AM TOTALLY COOL WITH COOKIES. HAVE BEEN SINCE THE 90s, ALWAYS WILL BE” at every website I visit

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cbwallop New Episode out now! It’s all about this photograph which was taken in Bristol in 1607 (or 1606) audioboom.com/posts/7511064-… pic.twitter.com/2NqJPLw562

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