Owen

@problemsdog.bsky.social

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A person [citation needed]. He/him. COYS

Lookit! A hydra (the mythological kind)
A Guardian website ad that is just a mass of JavaScript
A box saying “PLANT BASED NOODLES”
An entry from the Guardian liveblog for Croatia-Ghana that just consists of the timestamp and nothing else
Guardian liveblog screenshot: “Keir Starmer is coming out. There is loud applause from his staff and supporters. He looks miserable.”
Screenshot of National Rail app showing that the station abbreviation for Poole is POO
A little calico cat momentarily distracted from wriggling by something, possibly a Thought
A little calico cat half-asleep on the bridge over our pond
That painting of Paddington Bear leading the Queen to the underworld
A boxed garden light on a DIY shop shelf consisting of a glowing blue orb on top of a cartoonish highland cow. It is entitled HIGHLAND ORB
Bsky post from DM Tales denying a transphobia and homophobic email was from them
A calico cat being a big long
Tidal’s independent artists recommendation feature
A basket of watches in a charity shop saying “Watche’s ££1 each”. Apostrophes are a social construct
Stuart Pearce looking like he is contemplating the End Times and the death of everything that is good in the world but, like, even more so than he usually does
Dune poster with text EVEN BIGGER ORANGE: KNIFE NOT BIG ENOUGH because the sun in the background is big and orange
Scoreline from The Football between Tottenham and Atletico Madrid reading TOT ATM. Like... to t'Atm, you see? Right? Look it's been a long season ok
Stuart Pearce looking as happy as he ever does, viz. not in the slightest.
Map of bsky in which I am closest to NASCAR, F1, and automotive journalism, for no apparent reason
Text on a bottle of paint stripper: “methylene chloride free!”
Snowdrops at the foot of a tree
A spiky teasel head against a winter background: a tree-lined pond and grey skies
The bottom of the current Europa League table. Nice are last with -9 goal difference from 6 games, so, like, 6-9, or... you get the idea
Somewhere in Madeira. Possibly Ribeiro Frio
A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge. There are many copies like it but this one is MINE
A Milton Keynes branch of Be At One where a strategically-placed lamppost leaves the visible portion of the sign reading “BE A COCK”
A little demon in a 16th century Dutch painting. He is doing his best
Screenshot of a drop-down menu on a leisure centre website. Under “Swimming in Banbury”, there are three options, all of which are “Swim”
Office Space stapler guy
A gmail screenshot from my phone showing an email from Cuckoo Fibre, where the font size is so big the title cuts off at “Your Cuck”
OED entry for “literally”
Three pill jars saying, left to right: ENERGY, BONES, ENERGY
A building with the sign Pollock and McLean Solicitors and Estate Agents
Passport photo of me aged 19ish with bleached blonde hair
Me age 19ish, in a red Chinese-style sleeveless dress and bleached blonde hair
A crate of red cabbages in which a small iridescent purple football is unconvincingly trying to hide
A sheep with a very protruding lower jaw
Bsky screenshot: two adjacent posts, the (chronologically) first reading “RIP Tom Lehrer” and the second “How is that not a yellow?”
Google AI summary for "Mount Sinai columbine", the plant name made up moments ago by, erm, a Google AI summary, claiming that the term is a mixup between Mount Sinai and the Columbine high school massacre
Google AI summary for "Aquilegia montsicciana" wrongly asserting that its common name is "Mount Sinai columbine"
Map of UK counties I’ve visited, lived in, etc
A young calico cat standing on her hind legs and attempting to bite a stick of great interest, with an expression best described as “gnnnaggrggahgh”
6 fellowship of the ring miniatures
A 1990s packet of Space Raiders
A bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine
Spam text claiming that my EVRI courier can’t deliver my courier
Lower corner of Billy bookcases painted yellow with skirting board on the bottom and beading on the uprights to hide the joins
A warning sign on a patch of leaf litter in in a botanic garden, in Dutch and English with a picture of a bee: “Pas op, bijen” “Careful, bees”
A screenshot of an ad hoarding at Old Trafford showing an infeasibly long legal disclaimer about some ghastly Man U-themed cr*pto product
A copy of The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway being used as a bookmark in a copy of The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova
Two adjacent stories on the Guardian website, one about haggis and the other about a meteorite in Canada. The two pictures look suspiciously similar, round masses of brownish-grey granular stuff. I can only conclude that meteorites must be delicious
Screenshot of text: "If you did not ask for anything, you should not worry. Perhaps someone sent a request by mistake, deciding that this account belongs to him, or simply making a typo in the name or email address. But even if it was an intruder who was trying to find out your password, laugh at his failure: this letter came to your address, not at his."
Mr Blobby
Sign on a shop door saying “Please be respectful to the staff. This situation is completely out of our control” with no further context
Aughra from The Dark Crystal. A very grumpy-looking troll-like creature with a third eye in her forehead.
A grizzled old tabby cat sitting on a path outside. He has an intimidating snarling expression but I assure you he is very sweet really
A venerable tabby cat sitting on a rug receiving head scritches, eyes part closed