I found out yesterday the work laptop does fingerprint recognition. I confirmed today that itโs shit. #Microslop
10.02.2026 22:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@pubby79.bsky.social
45 year old gay guy in Essex. Works for the railway. Interests: theatre, radio and TV comedy, reading, railways, library music, minimalism, architecture. Previously Pubby on Xwitter. Also on Mastodon: @pubby@mastodonapp.uk ๐. Recently widowed.
I found out yesterday the work laptop does fingerprint recognition. I confirmed today that itโs shit. #Microslop
10.02.2026 22:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy birthday from Essex, UK.
10.02.2026 22:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0AI is democratizing the art process in the same way bolt cutters democratize bicycle ownership.
08.02.2026 21:34 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Special thanks to StudioCanal for some blu-rays to help me relax under a blanket on the sofa โ just what I needed. I enjoyed Two Way Stratch, one of my favourite films ever, and The Green Man, which apparently Iโd seen before but had completely forgotten.
07.02.2026 14:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, this week has been made possible by the generous support of Lemsip and Benylin. Symptoms started on Sunday then built through the week, necessitating taking Thursday and Friday as sick leave. But now my tempโs back to normal and starting to feel better.
07.02.2026 14:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Itโs about a ten minute up-hill walk from the station to those charity shops so pace yourselfโฆ
I said walk.
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but itโs also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted toโฆ
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
Parliament will debate this petition on 16 March 2026! Great news.
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
Astonishing that all the #Gogglebox commentators are all completely naive about sock fetishes when their programme has more sock and foot action than any other.
06.02.2026 23:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I saw that show too. It was great.
05.02.2026 22:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareโs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Oh cool. Is that the one that was featured in the โtime capsuleโ video a while back, or a different model?
04.02.2026 18:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0What actually is the machine on the left? Some kind of jukebox with a radio?
04.02.2026 15:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Ooh, lovely stuff! Presumably on the way to working again?
04.02.2026 08:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Might as well face it, youโre addicted to love.
02.02.2026 19:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๐๐
31.01.2026 19:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My coworkers laugh at my jokes in in-person meetings, but never in online meetings.
When I asked them why, they said that my jokes weren't remotely funny.
Didnโt Phil do the score for Melania?
29.01.2026 19:38 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Heat pump app shows current temp 13ยฐ target 19ยฐ.
Itโs the heat pump challenge. #HeatPump
29.01.2026 19:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@avavsystems.bsky.social a shout-out from Technoan in his latest Oddcast! Tip of the hat to you, sir.
29.01.2026 19:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0You never lose money with Melania.
29.01.2026 07:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0a photo of a woman saying, "People need to start appreciating all the effort I put into not being a serial killer."
Good morning
28.01.2026 13:28 โ ๐ 54 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Someone should do a podcast about lyrics written for pre-existing tunes. I donโt think Iโd ever heard So Deep Is The Night before, to the tune of Chopinโs Tristesse, as used in all those Robert Youngson films.
28.01.2026 11:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice to see one of Ollieโs clips used at the start of David Baddielโs Cat Programme. #Channel4
25.01.2026 20:24 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0At Highbury and Islington and still Iโve not been converted to Islam. #KhanโsLondon.
24.01.2026 19:39 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โAutism, or you just really like Harry Potter.โ #overheard
24.01.2026 18:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I have a new LNR train.
Too drunk to appreciate it.
Am massively drunk and I bet I make it home without being raped, murdered or mugged, despite what GB News tells my father.
24.01.2026 18:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Are Americans missing out on Trump upsetting all NATO military because of the anti-Trump strikes?
23.01.2026 22:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0