Andy Mabbett

@pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Man of many talents—some of them useful. Multiple monomaniac. Author, 'Pink Floyd: The Music & The Mystery'. Also Wikipedia, Wikidata &c. OpenStreetMap. Birds. Birmingham. Open data. FoI. Art. Architecture. History. FRSA. Everything is interesting.

Bad gateway error on the Wikimania 2026 schedule page.
Conference pass: "Andy Mabbett - Attendee - Wikimania Paris"
First picture from original post, with arrow pointing to bird.
A pub called "The Jeremy Bentham". The sign is a relief sculpture of Bentham's face.
OpenStreetMap screenshot of the same area as discussed. All individual streets are shown.
Screenshot of BlueSky notification, saying "Shropshire (Salop) followed you".
A glass star, inscribed "Thank you from Wikimedia UK for your outstanding contribution to open knowledge", sat in a blue silk-lined box.
A pair of dark curtains, with sunlight streaming around every side. Objects on a nearby table are clearly lit by the sun.
Screenshot reading " Memoirs on diphtheria. From the writings of Bretonneau, Guersant, Trousseau, Bouchut, Empis and Daviot. Selected and translated by Robert Hunter Semple. With a bibliographical appendix, by John Chatto. by [Diptheria]."
Marks & Spencer Extra Mature Cheddar. 550g block for £4.25 (£7.73 per kilo). Shelf label says "This is remarkable value".
Version of the "Your closest match is..." meme, edited so that I am matched to myself.
Monochrome headshot of a balding man with a bushy white beard.
Screenshot of aircraft after crossing London - most heading WNW, the faster fighters breaking NW, and the Chinooks heading SE.
A line of aircraft approaching London. The Red Arrows are at the rear, having flown along the coast from the Wash to approximately Southwold, where they turned inland.
ADSB website screenshot - most of the aircraft are over the North Sea.
Screenshot of Wikidata item, showing that Goodreads, Open Library, Wellcome Collection, and Semantic Scholar (two different ways!) have conflated his identity with that of other people.
Austin A40.
Mr regular avatar.
Clocks on the Elizabeth Tower, aka 'Big Ben'.
Google thinks the German 'Mit ihr hatte er die Kinder' means 'They had three children'.
1970s vintage J-Tel Button Fastener tool, in original box
Cooked shallots, in a ladle.
Post by ‪Chris Addison‬ ‪@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social‬ "I think a major problem that nobody is talking about is that when Trump finally IS dead, there’s every chance he’ll just refuse to admit it."
Rick Parfitt on stage, guitar in hand
Screenshot of blog post with a picture of a Cockatoo and the headline "Clever Cockatoo Manufactures and Uses Tools". The sub-headline is "Not known to manufacture or use tools in the wild, a captive cockatoo demonstrates that parrots can make tools to suit their needs".
Screenshot of Birmingham City Council's election results page, showing a "502 Bad Gateway" error message.
Long feather with green hue fading to dark blue tip
Bluesky notification: "Charles Darwin followed you"
Bar chart whose labels are hidden by Teams' progress bar
Two packets, old and new, as described (rear view).
Screenshot of mobile app, showing grid of 7-letter words, four columns wide. The right-hand column is truncated after four letters.
Eight-paragraph letter decrying unnamed independent candidates in local election. See reply for link to transcription.
Screenshot from mobile, as described
Rendering of "TEAM" (all uppercase) with the middle of the "A" coloured to look like a lower-case "i".
Photo of a broken gold torc, with the text 'Well, Hello, big boy!"
Photo of a broken gold torc, with the text "Sale! 50p"
About 30 sticks of rhubarb, leaves removed. They look very plump and healthy!
Screenshot of the article from the previous post with very short lines highlighted. There are even apparent line-breaks between people's first and last names.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
T-shirt designed to look like a tuxedo.
Screenshot of Facebook notification: "You can't send messages for 2 days. Something you sent in a chat went against our Community Standards." Plus link button "See Community Standards".
Timex 'Indigo' wristwatch.
Mop, bucket and "caution wet floor" sign.
Screenshot of the video in the preceding post, with the incoming missile highlighted
A post by @bladeofthes.bsky.social‬ showing Elizabeth II in a Fuchsia -pink jacket and hat, above a post by @colors.bsky.social with a matching #FF3EAC colour swatch
Disney's Goofy
Microsoft Outlook log-in dialogue saying, in part, "We'll send a code to [obscured]@pigsonthewing.org.uk There is a link for the option to use a password instead. I have obscured the Hotmail address, and the left-hand part of the address at my main domain.
Trump, appearing to shout at a young boy who is mowing the White House lawn.
Number plaque "404" on hotel room door. Above the plaque is a spyhole.
Flower bed with daffodils, mostly in bud, but some fully open.
Text reading "Get involved: colmorebusinessdistrict.com/GeorgeShaw/", together with sponsor logos: Colmore Business District, West Midlands Metro, UKRI/ Arts and Humanities Research Council, Birmingham City University.
Part off a painting, with a dog-like paradolia
Ordinary saloon car, with a photo-overlap error making it look as though it has two rear axles
Composite of a woman in a bikini, with the Mona Lisa's head
Rishi Sunak interviewing Elon Musk, in front of an "X"-branded backdrop.
Cover of magazine, featuring colour painting, signed "Abbey", and captioned "Santa Claus Calling". It shows a happy family of six, some wearing Christmas hats, behind them a garland of holly. They are listening to an old fashioned radio, with a grapmohone0style horn for a speaker. A box of Christmas crackers is also seen. Banner lettering says "Christmas Number - The Radio Times". Above that is smaller letting, barely legible in this scan, with the date and issue details, and price, "6d."
Monochrome print of a castle
Surrealist painting depicting three bizarre figures, each with a dark shadow, on a plain sand-coloured background which recedes to a black horizon.
Watercolour painting. In the foreground, rugged terrain with many low-growing, red-flowered plants. In the background, silhouette of a seaside town with church tower and pier.
Ink and watercolour sketch of houses, seen through birch trees with golden-brown leaves.