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@elderpegasus.bsky.social

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Games coder, input in particular. Have opinions on UX and hype bubbles. (Also politics, planes, parenting, accessibility, musical theatre from all aspects. Several of those overlap!)

Blurry photo of the eclipse, with just a sliver of the top of sun showing past the moon
Lidl advertising board saying "perfecting the picnic is More to Value"
Hedgehog exploring our lawn. Photo is long exposure, I didn't use a flash!
Screenshot of a Reddit AMA where Andy Burnham blames the failings of HS2 on it... Starting at the south end?
Screenshot from "your AI compass" website putting me as mildly "it's overhyped" and "it's bad"
George the third from Hamilton
Back of coffee bag with brewing and storage instructions, and a roasted on date
Back of coffee bag. "TASTE NOTES JUICY BLACKCURRANT SWEETNESS, SMOOTH MILK CHOCOLATE BODY, AND A BRIGHT LIFT OF LIME ZEST. Origin: Uganda Variety: Arabica Roast: medium
Purple bag of "kickstart" branded coffee
Photo of a giant Moka pot, over twice the height of a normal sized one.
Delicious medium roast coffee beans in a green teardrop shaped dosing cup, sat on a set of coffee scales
Aldi stovetop coffee maker labelled as an espresso maker despite the fact it does not make espresso.
Screenshot of notification that English green party leader Zack Polanski's official bluesky account has liked a tweet of mine about employers' NI contributions.
Screen shot of BBC news app with headline about formerly Prince Andrew possibly facing questions in the US, with a photo of him looking nervous
Cruelly imprisoned Henry Hoover slaved to power a science exhibit. How does this not traumatise kids?
Video clip of a kids' science exhibit launching a metal hoop with a magnetic coil.
Old wood framed electronic darts scoreboard with lots of seven segment LED displays and two numeric keypads built like 1980s keyboards.
Character of Slick from Starlight Express
Robin perched on a fence
Still from 2001: A Space Odyssey of Dave unplugging Hal
Still from the Simpsons of Homer pointing as his crude car design.
Line of retro style screw top milk bottles containing sauces on a restaurant table
RNLI Shannon class lifeboat being transported on a lorry
Great Scott, it's a Lego delorean!
Sign by a lake pointing two ways, saying this way one way, and that way the other
Blurry phone photo of a vintage royal navy Westland Wasp helicopter
Screenshot of bluesky accessibility settings with a toggle option "require alt text before posting"
Photo of Neville Chamberlain "waving a piece of paper"
"All aboard the failboat" meme of the ship "MV Cougar Ace" tipped on its side
"Clan Acorn" logo off my membership t-shirt from, er, last century.
Loading screen for Jetpac, in all its vibrant blocky coloured glory
Screenshot of BBC headline "labour might be down, but it's not necessarily out - voters reflect on a year in power"
Weather station screen showing a temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius and 32% humidity. The temperature is marked as "climbing".
Boxes of marks and Spencer breakfast cereal with ingredients lists on the front of the box promoting how few ingredients they have.
Still from 2001: a space odyssey of Dave Bowman about to unplug HAL.
Screenshot of email from premier inn saying "Summer staycations sorted"
Jar of gooseberry jam next to a plate of sultana scones with gooseberry jam and clotted cream. In that order, naturally.
Jar of bangs branded gooseberry jam
Two player pistol arcade machine on the results screen for clay pigeon shooting
Picture of Maria singing to the children in The Sound of Music
Photo of King George the 3rd from the musical Hamilton
Outline drawing of a Dire Wolf from the battletech franchise
"Missing man" flypast from the funeral of Kilmer's character Iceman in Top Gun Maverick
Alfred saying "but I did bloody tell you" to Bruce Wayne
Cans of marks and Spencer vanilla latte with lions mane mushrooms, for some unknown reason.
Group photo of European leaders as Ukraine summit
Ukrainian flag
Gif of Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger, responding "How dare you, sir!" to the film's president.
Lego Optimus Prime still in his box.
Lego model of the back to the future delorean time machine
Photo of Donald Trump looking upwards with his head tilted and mouth ajar.
Still from "the day today" of a satirical presenter looking at a newspaper in confusion
Screenshot of notification from BBC news app inviting me to watch trump's inauguration live.
Front of a Lego back to the future delorean with a Lego Doc stood in front.
Display stand for dinosaur finger puppets with speech bubbles saying "get over yourself" and "I'll win you"
Delicious chicken and gravy puff pasty pie just out of the oven. Nom.
Barrington "Horse" Mitchell from the full Monty grinning at the camera.