Angus, not the county

@aliasangus.bsky.social

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A reader, mostly. On the lookout for nuggets. Ingots, even.

Care home residents clustered around a chunky monitor. Caption is: "2030: The last remaining COBOL programmers doing updates to the US nuclear weapon systems."
Cover pic of The White Lioness by Henning Mankell. A pistol against a black backdrop.
Pencil sketch of a cossack warrior
A Facebook forum reply that Google's AI came up with in answer to my question, Is burning coal on an open fire hazardous to health? Answer was: "Nope. I have asthma and had fires all my life..."
An advert from booking.com showing hotels <quotes> "in Contin" <end quotes> located in North Kessock, Dingwall, Alness and the back of beyond.
The Google search result for "threadbare as a newt meaning"
The "Down Jones" is down today.
Cookies page with choices in Dutch
Local newspaper article about buses replacing trains on the Far North Line. Picture of a train at a snowy platform.
A tweet in which Bob accidentally misdirects a request for an image of Kirsty Wark "dressed as a nun and looking furious" to the whole of Twitter instead of to a private website.
Tarragon the tabby cat on the back of a blue velvet sofa.
Larry the cat, looks like he has pounced on, and is trying to control, a leaf with his front right paw.
The Skye Cuillin mountains in snow with golden moorland in the foreground.
Screengrab of a boldvoice.com accent detector result. Detected in the voice test was 84% English, 7% Nigerian, 3% Russian.
Chicken supreme basted & roasted, with roasted tomatoes, garlic mash & chunky basil oil.
Golf club, golf ball and practice bag on sandy beach, tide going out, mountains beyond
Bloomberg asking: Are you a robot?
An article about the regressive changes in Twitter
Blue sky except for long trails of geese flying south, in formation.