Simon
@winklesbloke.bsky.social
Woke lefty, cyclist and runner. Still doing Veganuary 2020. Almost certainly not as clever as he'd like to think. he/him
My stupid brain has decided to treat me to a U2 and Take That mashup earworm. Horrible.
Weather apps on my phone are threatening rain. We probably need it, but if it can wait until I've cycled home after work then that would be ideal.
I don't know whether to be jealous or to feel sorry for it.
‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality
Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
theguardian.com
I turned off BBC Breaking News alerts a while back for the sake of my mental health, so now I get all my celebrity death news from Bluesky. Keep up the good work.
Managed to get the cat off the bed before she threw up so now I only have to scrub carpet. Take the wins where you can find them I say.
Stop putting AI in things that work perfectly well without AI.
New AI coffee shop approved - despite concerns
AI assisted voice technology would be used to take orders and could be used to provide drink recommendations
lincolnshirelive.co.uk
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli
Just made a reference to thrips, and nobody in the office knew what I was talking about. Who hasn't heard of a thrip?
Romesh Ranganathan asking "what has the BBC ever done for me?" They've put you on about a quarter of their output in the last couple of years mate.
Nearly got knocked off my bike by a deer on the way into the office. 😬
Half of the books on the charity table in Tesco were published by the Krishna consciousness people? What's even the point if nobody's going to tell you gouranga when you buy them?
Cycled past a queue outside a shop on my way into work, about a hundred people deep. Apparently it was for Pokémon cards. I'm in the wrong game.
Random question - anyone have experience of painting rawhide drums? What sort of paints are good?
Andy Burnham's reaction to first time hearing Angine de Poitrine. Andy Burnham doing the new viral dance trend. Andy Burnham eats a wash liquid pod. Put your phone down Andy.
Burnham's plan to collaborate with social media creators
The new prime minister plans to work with influencers and social media creators to get his message out.
bbc.co.uk
Had a Pot Noodle for lunch instead of my usual massive salad and my blood sugar went all peculiar on tonight's run. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
When the papers interview neighbours of murder suspects nobody every comes back and says "he's a fucking mentalist, and exactly the sort of person I'd expect to hit someone with a hammer", do they?
Don't forget to start a cardio activity on your watch if you're having a shag.
My fitness tracker knew I was pregnant before I did
Ravika is one of hundreds of women who are noticing early pregnancy signs through the data on their fitness trackers.
bbc.co.uk
My pal is up from the big smoke so I'm going to the pub for the second night on the bounce like a 1970s sitcom dad.
A herring gull once managed to crap through my car window as I was travelling at about twenty five miles per hour, absolutely lathering me in shit. I was too impressed to be annoyed.
When I rhapsodise about gulls there's always someone who says, "You just wait until one swoops down and steals your sandwich." But that already happened. I thought it was very technically impressive and tinged with comic genius and it made me like gulls even more. What do I have to wait for next?
Resisting the urge to ask colleagues if losing a football match on St Swithin's Day equates to forty more years of hurt.