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James Stapley

@discusfish.bsky.social

Ichthyologist doing IT. You could say I moved from fish into chips.

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Cats are liquid anyway. Any apparent physical discomfort is a scam, meant to elicit treatos, or a blood sacrifice.

11.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is how hackers are born :D

I was an IT manager at a school for 4 years, and then at a university for a while.

The kids are alright. :D

11.02.2026 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ought to be "criminal" in its own right.

10.02.2026 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Electric ray

10.02.2026 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New on the market: Petrichor(tm). Ask your pharmacist. Always read the label.

09.02.2026 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was healthy.
Ate some fish pie.
Felt a little eel afterwards.

05.02.2026 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Presenting his bone-a-fides.

05.02.2026 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...it was BGP

04.02.2026 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Load bearing gentleperson's agreements. It's LBGA all the way down. At least until someone calls in legal.

03.02.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've met people that (inadvertently) caused best practices to change at IXPs. The early internet was wild AF.

03.02.2026 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mighty-clawn-dria.

29.01.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cellular biochemistry: The Crabs Cycle.

29.01.2026 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Phylogenetics: you ain't gonna be no crab.

29.01.2026 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this stage, I start writing extra labels on things so my brain can process them as the-thing-I-know-them-as.

Of course, first you have to find the Rosetta Stone that turns CLI name into electrical interface name....

22.01.2026 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ent disposing of an unwelcome caterpillar. Bet they itch something awful gnawing on your leaves.

22.01.2026 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I seem to recall at least one group of cannibals had a name for the resulting prion disease, and it was "Kuru". From Papua New Guinea, IIRC.

22.01.2026 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Clearly another forgotten member of the Beatles.

22.01.2026 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hor.net now internet enabled.

20.01.2026 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somewhere there is a reconstruction of a hippo from its skeleton done like most dinosaur reconstructions used to be done. Nightmare fuel.

I think it may originally be from the "All Yesterdays" book.

19.01.2026 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My luggage is somehow always like the last off the plane. No point rushing :D

19.01.2026 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Makes your carp hairy, or it should with that name. Keep away from pet goldfish.

14.01.2026 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Makes a change from beans :D

13.01.2026 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why call it vivipary when Womb Service was right there?

11.01.2026 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or maybe it's Spineless LLC, as it's not just spiders...

08.01.2026 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arachnocorp Inc.

08.01.2026 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Swole jar-jar binks.

05.01.2026 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Double-union ball valves are a thing.

01.01.2026 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I survived until Xmas morning, when my mother in law put it on as her first pick of the day.

28.12.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"She glowed dimly in the corner, like the old halogen bulb from the follow-spot the lighting director just couldn't bring themselves to throw away. It might do in a pinch, when all other lights went dark."

28.12.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lot of Ark and Arks.

28.12.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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