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Geek, Linux user, open-source contributor and developer. Former security researcher & consultant turned data engineer. Itinerant tinkerer and knowledge junkie. Mostly at https://hachyderm.io/@ibboard https://ibboard.co.uk

Padme and Anakin meme. Anakin: Starmer quit because people didn't like his policies Padme: So the new Labour leader is going to stop copying Reform policies in an attempt to appease unappeasable bigots, right? Anakin: *stares* Padme: They're going to be left-wing and prioritise human rights again, RIGHT?!
A photo of a brick wall that has been painted brick red to cover previous graffiti, with wooden boards above to prevent trespassers climbing over. There is new grey-blue graffiti saying "Everything is shit, nothing works". Next to it in dark green is "FAX!"
Guy Incognito from The Simpsons (who looks like Homer with a top hat and moustache) looking upset and saying "Keir Starmer? Who is Keir Starmer? I am Steir Karmer!"
The "goose chasing a man because he left out an important point" meme. The goose looks pointedly and says "Why are Trump's numbers bad?". It then starts chasing the man (who is running away) and honks "Why are Trump's inflation numbers so bad, CNN?" because they're not pointing out that this is entirely self-inflicted inflation.
The "worst day of my life" meme. Bart says "This is the absolute stupidest dystopia". Homer, trying to be comforting, says "It's the absolute stupidest dystopia so far!"
A photograph of the end of December 2025 from the official Discworld calendar. It shows Hogswatch Eve on the 30th, Hogswatch Night on the 31st and Hogswatch Day on the special day of Ick. Not on Christmas.
GIF of Lister from Red Dwarf ranting at Talkie Toaster, the chipper breakfast companion. Talkie won't take no for an answer and so Lister is telling it "We want no muffins, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot crossed buns". Not shown in GIF: Talkie replies "ah, so you're a waffle man"
A photo of the Costa Coffee sign in the side of a shop. The "ffee" at the end of "coffee" has fallen off and is only hanging on by the wiring.
The Chaos shield side of Grombrindal's base. The shield is brown and beaten with a gold star. The helmet is black.
Front of Grombrindal miniature - Warhammer's Where Dwarf - partially painted with silver armour, blue clothes, dark gold trim and a green axe shaft. His head is being painted separately.
A comparison of programming before and after OpenAI (or any GenAI). The left side is labelled "Days before OpenAI". The stickman is thinking at his computer. The label says "Developer coding: two hours". Below that, he has his head in his hands. The label says "Developer debugging: 6 hours x The right side is labelled "Days after OpenAI". There is a computer with no stickman. It is labelled "ChatGPT generates codes: 5 min". Below that, the stickman has his head in his hands. The label says "Developer debugging: 24 hours"
Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide film
Queen Elizabeth the Second in full regalia opening Parliament. The text says "There is no such thing as American English. There is the English language and there are mistakes".
The Green Knight - a large suit of armour (probably 12ft tall) made from green corrugated plastic, lying down as if sleeping on his side. His axe is a large plastic head with a length of tree trunk a few inches thick as a handle.
Close-up photo of 1st January on a calendar. It says "New Year's Day" and below it there are the country codes UK, DE, FR, IT and ES.
The front of Azrakh the Annihilator - a Chaos Space Marine in red Terminator armour with gold/yellow trim
Photograph of the Citadel Colour poster from White Dwarf 177. It is the era of bright colours and "we need some red as at least a spot colour on EVERY model"!
BlueSky "celebrating 10 million users" image, which numbers me as user 3,225,903