Officially welcomed to our new offices in the Sloane Robinson Building with breakfast and a gift. ☕️ 🎁 #UniversityOfBristol

Today is my last day working by myself for the advance team in the University's new Sloane Robinson Building. Tomorrow the movers deliver everyone's crates, and on Wednesday my department moves in. I'll enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts! 🫢

This morning’s #earworm is “It’s a small world after all”. It’s been 36 years since I visited #DisneyLand, and that bloody song is stuck in my brain to periodically resurface every few months. 😠 Curse you Walt!

Nice thing about moving office is that there are a lot of desk pedestals and cupboards I get to pick the locks of. Keep your keys in a safe place folks! #lockpicking

I keep seeing the "cars replaced horses" thing related to "AI." People keep comparing "AI" to cars (positively) without thinking about the fact that cars were forced on people (AAA bought up and destroyed tram lines, there were massive protests, etc), and are the primary driver of climate […]

The trouble with being in the advance team for an office move is that the air con is designed for a room with 60 people in it, but I'm the only one here and I'm bloody freezing! 🥶

The real question is, will the British Museum give it back? 🏴‍☠️😏 #BayeuxTapestry https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9r54e5r4o

Good luck to #CountBinface in the upcoming #Clacton by-election. 😆🗳️ #Politics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o

Nigel Farage's political rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election

The Reform UK leader says he wants an "establishment versus the people by-election" but Labour calls it a "circus".

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Our cat Charlie brought in his first live mouse of the year. Not bad for a 14-year-old with arthritis. Fortunately, it was unharmed and we returned it to the wild. 🐭🐈‍⬛

Our cat Charlie has been parked in front of the fan for the last three hours, and shows no sign of moving any time soon. 😎🐈‍⬛ #Heatwave #CatsOfMastodon

While we bake here in #Bath and #Bristol 🥵, my parents on the Norfolk coast are relaxing in max temperatures of 22°C. 😎 It’s so unfair! #Heatwave

That’s quite a #storm heading our way! #Heatwave #Lightning #Bristol #Bath

Last night we went for a walk in the countryside near our house. This was the scene at 10pm, showing just how light it’s been around #solstice.

Just lost a freezer full of food due to the door being open less than 5mm. Everything thawed! 🧊🔥 Now on Amazon looking for Bluetooth thermometer alarms. Any recommendations?

A red kite is hunting over our estate this morning. So lovely to see them back. #BirdWatching #Raptor

Sometimes I open the #FlightRadar app out of curiosity when a jet goes overhead. Last night I noticed loads of activity over my parent’s home near Great Yarmouth. #RAF Typhoon aircraft out of Coningsby were zipping over Norfolk pulling all kinds of high-speed […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Our latest #DIY project… red becomes green. It took two coats of primer and two more of #FarrowAndBall green-blue No.84 modern emulsion to cover the original dark red paint. Very pleased with the new look. Just a bit of glossing the woodwork to finish it off.

Two buses to #Bristol at the bus station. The one with a driver onboard that opened its doors to let us on was the one leaving second. Now I have to wait an extra 15 minutes. Very irritating! 😠 #FirstBus

Well, that was an interesting journey home from #Bristol to #Bath this evening. #GWR trains pulled a switcheroo on us and sent us via #Swindon after an apparent #heatwave-triggered signal failure blocked the mainline. Fortunately both trains had air-con.

A glimmer of hope against the dark corporate money flooding America #politics, using states power to define what a corporation can do. It also has broad bi-partisan support. Could we do this in the UK? https://youtube.com/watch?v=oBGpEcPrbso

Bought as a supermarket rescue two-years ago, this #wisteria had a couple of small sickly-looking flowers and was just 50cm tall. Today it’s three meters tall with over 30 blooms… and still growing. We’re hoping it’ll completely cover the back of our home. #Gardening

Trying to get #Proxmox Datacenter Manager running inside PVE as a VM, but can’t add any clusters or backup servers to it. Keep getting error 400 when the handshake occurs. Has anyone got any ideas why?

A Catastrophe has occurred in the office today. The #coffee machine has broken!!! 😱

You can tell, just from this trailer, that #LAIKA, the studio behind #Coraline, has another hit film on its hands. I can't wait 'til October! #Wildwood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POneS8h1jyU

When did #Snickers bars become so damn sweet? Like, sickeningly so?

Now that’s something you don’t see everyday at #BristolTempleMeads railway station. 🚂 #SteamTrain #Mayfower #BritishRail #Bristol

I'm really looking forward to be moving into this new #UniversitOfBristol building in July. My commute will half, and we'll get so much cool new technology to work with. #TempleQuarterCampus #Bristol https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c893elxjq8ko

Construction of Bristol's new £500m university campus complete

The final phase of construction of the campus is complete ahead of it opening to students in September.

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I'm going to be quite sad when the #GWR branding goes away in favour of #GreatBritish Railways. It'll be the end of an era! #RailNationalisation #GBR https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c392x83rgweo

What does GWR nationalisation mean for passengers?

The Swindon-based train operator is to be brought under public ownership in December.

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I might be a bit late in today. #Swan

My walk to the supermarket in the spring is always a lovely one.