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Leon Crosby

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Data analyst in UK higher education.

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On the off-chance you have a .ac.uk email account you can log into BoB, looks to be already on there (you don't need a TV license to use it)!

26.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Small Prophets - Wikipedia

Mackenzie Crook has made a couple of great shows that kind of fit this mould - Detectorists which is very gentle, his version of Worzel Gummidge was great too imo and his new show is also really interesting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_P...

26.02.2026 11:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I think they've just bought land behind the house. The others still have long gardens and you can see the end terrace still has an equivalent garden... And then the field behind.

26.02.2026 09:15 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

All the outside shots are AI. If you look on street view they actually look very marginally better irl.

23.02.2026 11:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I also have this anxiety every day with Power BI which prompts you to save EVEN WHEN NOTHING HAS CHANGED. The absolute worst.

06.02.2026 20:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Tbf my 'these yank tech companies can sod off' was more a general vibe than just re this article.

03.02.2026 07:52 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I tend to avoid bombastic national pride but the British right to walk randomly into the road at any juncture is genuinely one of our greatest traditions and these yank tech companies can sod off.

03.02.2026 07:35 — 👍 185    🔁 20    💬 5    📌 2

As someone who grew up just a few miles from the YSP, these people do realise that West Yorkshire is IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY! it is literally one of the easiest places to get to unless you think 'easy' means 'in London'.

24.01.2026 09:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My god these takes make me think I'm losing my mind. It is a game. A take I saw yesterday said 'it's two dishonest people beating 20 honest people 😔' but this is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the show is imo. It's a murder mystery, like a glamorous version of Cluedo...

24.01.2026 09:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My least favourite part of the whole series is the dinner party where you hear all their back stories. I don't think it should matter, it's a murder mystery game, not the X-factor.

24.01.2026 09:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My grandmother's house that was a council owned property didn't have central heating well into the 2000s. My brother also had a council property that had central heating but was coal fired, again into the mid 00s.

24.01.2026 09:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh don't get me wrong, the tech is nowhere near there when it comes to true augmented reality glasses that don't make you look like a total dweeb. The meta Ray Bans just seem to be tailor made for perverts, though.

24.01.2026 08:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I get that, but I can do it with my phone with almost no inconvenience/delay. On a basic security/privacy level, the idea that it would be constantly recording isn't the best either.

24.01.2026 08:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't even have an issue with augmented reality tech per se (though your point about it being potentially very distracting is a good one) but the ability to record interpersonal video secretly is just fundamentally wrong on a social/societal level. It just engenders distrust and suspicion.

24.01.2026 08:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Well quite. There are many many other options and 'hidden spy camera in Ray Bans' isn't it.

24.01.2026 08:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I cannot see any reason to have a semi hidden camera in glasses like this unless you're a spy or a creep. Why do they even exist beyond that?

24.01.2026 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Yeah don't get me wrong, the fact we don't have an independent delivery system with the state of the USA right now is a worry... The guidance system isn't fully integrated into the US system (ours still uses stellar navigation rather than GPS) but I still reckon it's dodgy to be so reliant on the US

20.01.2026 14:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To be clear, the warheads are absolutely not leased from the USA. They're British designed and produced. The delivery system (the missile) is the thing we buy in from the Americans.

20.01.2026 12:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not again!

19.01.2026 11:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also, Musk hasn't done any 'science' in his life... He's a hype-man, not a scientist.

10.01.2026 20:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm about to turn 40 and confirm it doesn't get better.

08.01.2026 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh no! I also went for a trip on the ice this morning but fortunately styled it out with a loud exclamation of 'bastard!' and had no injuries other than my ego and a slightly sore wrist.

07.01.2026 20:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mine does the same... It currently needs washer fluid putting in it and it has the 'your engine is about to fall out' light on. Such a drama llama.

07.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

His Nephew and his wife are total dickheads imo.

25.12.2025 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Socks and a book about maps and I'm not even 40. Wonderful.

25.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

About to have my traditional Christmas Eve viewing.

24.12.2025 17:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Aye I think it is the extremely musical theatre vibes. Bless her she's really good but even tonight she kept saying how much she loved everyone and my repressed British sensibilities recoiled.

20.12.2025 21:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I honestly can't place it and I feel very bad for even talking about it on social media because this used to be the kind of chat people had in the pub only but... yes, she just doesn't play well on TV. I'm sure she's lovely in real life and an excellent dancer!

20.12.2025 21:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hope Karen, but won't be too disappointed if George, and I genuinely feel bad for Amber (she's a good dancer, just doesn't come across well on TV I think).

20.12.2025 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He tried to distance himself at the time but my goodness, what a grifter.

20.12.2025 20:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0