Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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February 2021

Presumably Parker and Queenie have carried this look all the way through from their 1978 Cortina. pic.twitter.com/Ap0YK1zkuP

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@stillawake Interesting, isn’t it? Clifton High School.

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@KWargamer I’m frankly surprised you don’t think it’s all been downhill since we first met…

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I presume this is called a “doormer” window. pic.twitter.com/ASut6C8Yco

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pompeii_sites The four-wheeled processional chariot. The last discovery of .ā¤µļø
pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/ā€¦

Ph. Luigi SpinašŸ“· pic.twitter.com/I1kkUZEMi3

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AnneHandfelt Post apocalyptic wasteland presenting its best side during mid day stroll @IMcMillan pic.twitter.com/IFJmN3pkA8

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@Bingo_Little I need a remote window-dog rating, stat! pic.twitter.com/DfrAyeb3Sj

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A bijou kitchen, in need of some updating. pic.twitter.com/CmfaRyZsBX

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I’d also like to thank my friend Lisa, who’s a lot more Urbex-brave than I am, without whom I’d never have gone into a TERRIFYING DISUSED RAILWAY TUNNEL OOOOOOooOOOOOooOOOOOOo

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First photo from today’s one-mile Matt walk that showed up in Lightroom is also exactly the kind of photo that they’re going to retrieve from the camera they find hanging around my skeleton’s neck in a hundred years’ time. pic.twitter.com/QInXoifOpX

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While I’m very glad that the latest Julien Baker album has arrived, this packaging is a tad OTT. (I tried Rough Trade first, if I remember correctly, but I don’t think it was available for pre-order there at the time…) pic.twitter.com/LpP3Q4t3vX

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@griffinkate Don’t tell anyone, bit it’s short for Rumpelstiltsquin.

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Avon_Stories This light!! pic.twitter.com/eJKSF8b3wP

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Memories of Time Team as I pass someone using ground-penetrating radar to survey around the sinkhole in Canynge Square. Shame I can’t tune in after the break to find out the results. pic.twitter.com/nXofmysQy0

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dramcgarry My partner made a wall of books for me. It was a labour of love. Everyday for last few months Ive been at this desk writing a book. Today, it’s finished. It was also a labour of love. pic.twitter.com/lRRHmRmGb1

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walletcheck this is just part of a long history of circular snacks doing trans substantiation twitter.com/oreo/status/13ā€¦

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@hayles YES YOU ARE (I’ve got tomorrow off, so I’m allowed.)

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Experimental Piazza Pot. (Well, it certainly looks like someone may have been experimenting with pot…) pic.twitter.com/6L0NQPSdod

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danlew42 One of the best changes I’ve made to my development practices in recent years: stopping nitpicking in code reviews.

blog.danlew.net/2021/02/23/stoā€¦

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Post an image of yourself as the final boss without downloading new pics. twitter.com/unfortunatalieā€¦ pic.twitter.com/ZqrD1Ja6He

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qikipedia Word of the Day: LUNDIMANCHE - A French neologism for the same repetitive lockdown day.

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@iamtheshunt1 They could at least have hat-tipped the original by swapping out The Design Book for a 1978 Argos catalogue.

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Huh. The hipsters have invented the teasmade. pic.twitter.com/pzMmbYZggo

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Just put some Wolf Alice on shuffle and then picked up an Angela Carter book to read, for the first time, knowing nothing about it other than that she used to live in Hotwells. Spooky! pic.twitter.com/NljqBL9epk

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RikerGoogling ed balls

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AndyGilder James Nesbitt is DCI Scowly McBrooding in new BBC One drama “Angry Irishman”, Sunday at 9pm.

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Pogue This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing..radio.gardenvpic.twitter.com/VJgyzVClJDJD

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susanamet cow has learned how to open an electric fence pic.twitter.com/tlzHNyoz7S

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azrael2393 Pamela Colman Smith, known as Pixie. Artist of the RWS Tarot. Colourised with the latest AI algorithms.

pic.twitter.com/VlnkkGUFcI

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When you pick your way across a floor that’s not quite dry from when you mopped it an hour ago and you feel like you’re in The Adventure Game.

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Do you remember the good old days when Lightroom was a reliable application?

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IanBoulton One of my favourite nuggets of local trivia is that Edinburgh is further west than Bristol is.

@WeirdBristol pic.twitter.com/TclaP0VsQM

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NASAPersevere Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X

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smolrobots So many robots on Mars. What a good planet.

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NASAPersevere I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

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NASAPersevere Boom! Just fired my parachute and felt the jolt as it opened. Slowing down even more.

Speed: ~950 mph (~1500 kph)
Altitude: ~7 miles (~11 km)

pic.twitter.com/Hvp5oTla2Y

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sarahcruddas Want to watch the Perseverance landing in the UK?

Landing will be at 8.55pm GMT.

So make sure to tune in before that.

NASA TV is the best place to watch coverage.



nasa.gov/multimedia/nasā€¦

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A3HD is a droid like C3PO, but with a shorter attention span. pic.twitter.com/81jOl2fMQY

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@jukesie You deffo need to troll one of those Minimalist Desk Setup groups with this.

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@iamtheshunt1 I particularly enjoyed the way the entire world would seem to go wibbly if I moved my head from side to side. It did get better!

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I see they’re doing Strange Wiccan Rituals up at the Polygon again. pic.twitter.com/MaJfeN4jfy

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FinalBullet I hate it when you accidentally use the Zoom link after the meeting has ended in physical space, and you walk in on the Zoomland spectres of the people in the meeting, all wanging on about liminal hinterland stuff in Zoomlish

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RSmythFreelance Middle-class people think lockdown is all about sitting at home doing crosswords. They never think about the other middle-class people who are also sitting at home, writing those crosswords.

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@porthjess He lives on Clifton Hill so he’s probably after a Cuban cigar.

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Clifton Village Corvid. (Young crow? He was about the size of a jackdaw, but looks juvenile to me. But I ain’t no expert.) pic.twitter.com/itxgPTczoH

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@WeirdBristol It’s very cool. @Avon_Stories and I borrowed the key from Blaise Museum back in 2017 and had a look around. pic.twitter.com/G7DnHVbt9z

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WeirdBristol Discovered near Lawrence Weston in 1947 during the construction of a housing estate, Kings Weston Roman Villa was excavated partly by a small gang of teenaged history enthusiasts at weekends and over their summer holidays. It’s thought to date back to the 3rd century. pic.twitter.com/9UAAyfORk3

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PhilipLynchGW Roses are red,
roses are blue
depending on their velocity
relative to you

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This mini caryatid strongly reminds me of Stephen Fry. pic.twitter.com/3I7T5DoCYg

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WeirdBristol Unbeknownst to all but a few residents at the time, during WWII the then disused Clifton Rocks Railway was transformed into a radio broadcasting studio by the BBC, so that it could carry on transmitting unhindered during the blitz. It was also used as an air raid shelter pic.twitter.com/QAwzXUcY0y

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tomgauld ‘Bedtime reading routine’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s @guardianreview) pic.twitter.com/FOarz8g9f2

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allisonkilkenny I just need a quick word with whoever invented the vid that skips down the article as you scroll

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Rare example of a wild Dythinkhesaurus. pic.twitter.com/ddHypL78pB

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“Each of the exhibition halls was built of a timber frame cladded with plasterboard and mouldings made from fibre and gypsum given them a white appearance and it became known locally and in some press reports as the White City.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Iā€¦ pic.twitter.com/KTZhPniVC6

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abenanav When asked about fears of automation in 1969, Arthur C. Clarke famously said that we shouldn’t worry about automation: “the goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play.” I have never seen his answer quoted in full. pic.twitter.com/36Wk0MhAkA

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simonindelicate Honestly, the things I’ll do to avoid working.
indelicates.com/pylons/
Short Folk/Hauntology/Electronica album that you are only allowed to listen to while sitting under a Pylon coming Feb 20th.

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jephjacques RT if u can solve this. I’m trying to prove something pic.twitter.com/0LSfqRkOH9

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@AaronBertrand When you have 2^128 nails, everything looks like it needs something nailed to it.

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michaelglasper Had to look twice at the name of the journalist there. pic.twitter.com/nmlzbPZGZl

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@iamtheshunt1 @DPGriffiths As long as it’s four syllables (the film’s set in Schenectady and my penny only just dropped when you let me know I’d been pronouncing it wrong in my head too!)

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@iamtheshunt1 @DPGriffiths All of a sudden the name of the film Synecdoche, New York makes a lot more sense.

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nlyonne Guessing lockdown isn’t doing great things for everyone’s posture.

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The listing claims that the bloke preaching in the tympanum here at St Paul’s Church, under the words “HEAR WHAT ST PAUL SAITH” is, er, St Peter. Not being too up on Christianity, I suppose I may be missing something…
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-liā€¦ pic.twitter.com/4TNuhvZUnw

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@chubbybannister These are exactly the people who would also complain if we introduced legislation to confine crime to sociable hours.

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šŸ“· Rosemarino, Clifton Village, Bristol. I think someone *was* having a lovely walk. tmblr.co/ZD7hNxZhClobueā€¦

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AlbertoNardelli good example of why border checks are necessary despite promises to not lower food standards twitter.com/weetabix/statuā€¦

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Sustainable2050 Seen in a Dutch street today: twitter.com/mjschuurman/stā€¦

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Well, team-solving Paul’s prize puzzle from yesterday nearly killed us, but we did get to the finish line in the end… šŸ˜ @Avon_Stories @Bingo_Little

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philwithadrill The top ring has been resin’ed into place (and weighted down while setting) … which gives me the opportunity for a few cheeky “work in progress” shots! šŸ˜spic.twitter.com/kYEpsoRxg8g8

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Hrm. Did the vi-style left-and-right keys disappear in @reederapp?

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Dru_Marland The goldcrest is a tiny thing
It’s like a wren with added bling
And, even smaller though it be
It hunts much higher in the trees,
Or scrutinises boats with care
For bugs, while hovering in the air pic.twitter.com/vQaUCcC3p6

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@wood5y I have chained to the shelf in the fridge.

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Half price because it’s a day over its best before date. What’s it going to do? Go mouldy? pic.twitter.com/o5KS7hJy1b

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Well, I suppose you’d expect grand masonry at this particular hall on Park Street… pic.twitter.com/9DAONwfL72

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@jukesie I do love an iMac, but I can only afford one every now and again. This is my second, and I’ve had it since 2015…

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@jukesie Noice. Already saving up for the iMac ;)

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peterrojas I love how quantum computers look like they asked someone from a hundred years ago what they thought a computer would look like. pic.twitter.com/v0oftdzI3S

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Total One Mile Matt distance: 299.91km. Would’ve walked an extra hundred metres today if I’d realised :)

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jukesie On this day in 2014 I had my crowning moment on social media. After the ONS website crashed & struggled to get back up I took over the ONS Twitter account for the evening shift. Mainly because I was feeling useless truth be told.

To this day I’m not sure how I got away with it. pic.twitter.com/Kj3070uE7F

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shanselman My Teams meetings always end SO awkwardly and it’s not clear when to leave.

So I made live end credits.

(no post credits scene) pic.twitter.com/2pBThNBi2x

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ctrlshifti you’re not a real developer unless you have THREE monitors. one for twitter, one for slack messages and one for reading marx’s theory of alienation

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@WTF4Law …but I don’t want a number pad because I find they push my trackpad further away more than I benefit from being able to type numbers. This thing is *loud* but that’s because I went deliberately clicky; they also do one with Cherry MX Silent Red keys.

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@WTF4Law It is this crazy thing. I don’t know if I’ll get on with it, but I’ve been intrigued with mechanicals for a while. I’m swapping from the short Apple one… keyboardco.com/keyboard/uk-vaā€¦

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Late birthday treat. Also entirely a necessity and not frivolous at all, as the return key was getting mushy on the old one. pic.twitter.com/BH49ZrQg9z

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mollypriddy how my pandemic how my pandemic
walks started walks are going pic.twitter.com/ncH8uJlN1H

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everycolorbot 0x511c8a pic.twitter.com/YTyM1w1oEw

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@doeeyedlettuce Wait. You can get personalised biscuit sets?

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The Rose of Denmark bringing strong A-board game today. pic.twitter.com/HUsmoZbARV

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Engrossed in their different hobbies. pic.twitter.com/0bfGod0VCW

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FOUL LANGUAGE/SEXUALITY/VIOLENCE screams the warning at the start of Criminal Minds. Yes, I think, and that’s just Garcia…

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Si_Hart Anyone got any frotting pencils?
youtu.be/xuEef3NGw30

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Is that the job description? Christ, I really should start writing, shouldn’t I? twitter.com/kirstofcomms/sā€¦

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MrEdGibson @gothick @paulclammer I spoke to the seller at the time with a view to buying it - I mentioned an old friend who grew up nearby remembers it flooding regularly. He swore blind my friend was wrong.

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Went to take a look at the new Jacob’s Wells Road sign board, outside the old well house, and found that the place was flooding out the door and onto the street! Wonder if it’s actual well water… pic.twitter.com/OlJk2bj4QD

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thatssohaute lucy liu in her studio pic.twitter.com/uaPzIo9mnF

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