Dan Barrett

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Ieyasu-kun promotes Aichi Prefecture's historical spots. He wears golden armour, but he likes peace. He is slow and steady but occasionally gets excited when something good happens.

That game that flipped my switch was playing Elite on @dasbarrett.bsky.social's BBC Micro. Never has so much drama been read into so few pixels.

Do you ever think to yourself “how on earth did I become conversant in this subject to the extent you would ask *me* for advice on it?”? (Note I am not talking about bread, cake, sandwiches, houseplants, or creating a shrine to The Incredible Hulk I know how I became conversant in those subjects)

Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin

And sandwiches. Don't forget sandwich photos.

sorry I went absolutely crazy mode on the plums you had in the fridge, my bad fr, they were thick as hell

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

I have discovered cobbler YouTube it is very good 👞

This is definitely what happened because this weekend a fox came into my house in dead of night and ate my kid’s school shoes

Tell me what’s more awesome in terms of pretending to be a chef than whisking egg with a chopstick I’ll wait

Being a carpenter for 30 years has made me superb at sharpening things. All Airbnb knife drawers are an abomination, so I take a diamond stone on holiday. To the people after us who experience that thing where it's as though a tomato is weirdly made of nothing: you're welcome.

Homer Simpson disappearing into hedge (in Lego) Credit to Jason Allemann & Kristal / @jkbrickworks

Pretty sure a fox came into my house in dead of night and stole one of my Birkenstock sandals for a tasty* treat Why oh why could this fox not have stolen both sandals as uncertainty about whether the other sandal is actually still in the house somewhere prevents me from buying a new pair *YMMV

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Anish Kapoor at Hayward Gallery was excellent. Dim sum in Chinatown was excellent. Spider Man on the #1 screen Odeon Leicester Square was excellent. Great London(UK) day out treating ourselves

Hummingbird hawk-moth. Apparently warm weather and high winds means we have a lot of them this year

This is Fenrir. He has not yet been successful in cuddling with the cat. But thinks if he goes slow enough she might not notice. 13/10 (IG: fenrirfanclub)

Cornish seagulls are another level huh

Trent Reznor can’t spell ‘potato’ and is deemed unfit for public office Nine Inch Dan Quayles

Really hope System of a Down play ‘Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home)’ at Tottenham Stadium (London, UK) tonight

Of course, System of a Down in the main event tonight. I just popped out to Aldi and it was nice to see multigenerational metal fans walking up Tottenham High Road

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Man alive I just want to be able to wear something other than shorts and a t-shirt it is not a good look for me 🥵

Wrote about Cat Power's magnificent The Greatest on its 20th anniversary. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Whoa BTS up the road at Tottenham Stadium (London, UK) this evening is absolutely going off I have never heard a crowd screaming like this

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Saw this guy eating a grape in a tree round the corner

Lightning as seen from Brighton. This was taken on my mid-price phone camera. Magic is all around us.

The crowd for Bad Bunny in Tottenham (north east London, UK) today is the best vibes since Beyoncé IMO

You’ve doomed your last MF

I have some 🎶 Citronella candles! 🎶 on order I am so pumped #BornToBeWild

Reposting this because I seem to be particularly irresistible at the moment