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Posts by Mike Wallis

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Whatever happened to Peter the Armenian cook? The search for the mysterious man behind a cult Edinburgh restaurant who disappeared a decade ago.

Quick primer on Aghtamar Lake Van Monastery in Exile for those of you who don't know what it is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

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Going past on the train I saw workmen on the roof of Aghtamar Lake Van Monastery in Exile, so I guess the expectation is the change of use plans will go through. #edinburgh

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Today - in mid-Scotland - the sun came up at 04:54:17, will set at 19:29:09 and daylight lasts for 14:31:23 #daylightbot

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A photograph of two fields, one golden yellow, the other deep green, are separated by a winding hedge. There is a wind turbine in the gold field. The sky is very blue behind the fields and there is a grey cloud on the top left.

A photograph of two fields, one golden yellow, the other deep green, are separated by a winding hedge. There is a wind turbine in the gold field. The sky is very blue behind the fields and there is a grey cloud on the top left.

Morning. #commuterphotography

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Who is asking a llm what to have for dinner? the answer will be soylent green. it will always be soylent green, especially when it isn't.

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A footpath sign, with angle brackets serving as arrows on each side of the words "foot path", so the end result looks like an XML or HTML tag.

A footpath sign, with angle brackets serving as arrows on each side of the words "foot path", so the end result looks like an XML or HTML tag.

Hoping there's another sign at the end labelled </FOOT PATH>

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I think it's hilarious that they needed to qualify which Freddy they were discussing, like *more than one* set of parents in that year thought that was the best name for their offspring.

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Not so niche, in fact. Last week, as you may have read, more than 200 authors quit Grasset, one of France's finest publishing houses, following its takeover by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Bolloré also owns the railway bookshop chain Relay, whose windows are now full of titles by far-right figures.

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aye, tis.

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I have driven up to a car park, seen that you have to download an app to use it, and then driven on to the next village to get a cup of tea. I refuse to eat or drink at menu-on-a-QR places. I open a laptop and web browser to buy stuff online. I do not care about your app.

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yep, up here it's bright and sunny and the significant wind is cold enough for me to be wearing a thick woollen hoodie. coastal living.

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oh, that's probably enough to get your account flagged.

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I think it includes anybody who was vaguely snarky about the recent outage or has reposted examples of AI being neither artificial nor intelligent. The only example I've reposted recently was @finger-post.blog's experience with Tunnocks being flagged at Glasgow Airport.

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the fact that this was picked up by a merch bot is just the icing on the cake, quite honestly.

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At Edinburgh/Glasgow latitudes today, daylight should last for 14:26:52 which is 4m32s more than yesterday! #daylightbot

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I don't sub to any antiai blocklists so can only assume I am "poorly disposed to productive conversations" which is definitely going on a tshirt one day.

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Hahahaha! Genuinely made my morning.

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If New Zealand Spy is being distributed by BBC Worldwide we might actually get it over here on BBC3. That's an interesting thought.

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Today - in mid-Scotland - the sun came up at 04:59:04, will set at 19:25:07 and daylight lasts for 14:22:20 #daylightbot

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the number of times I mutter "shit" under my breath while driving, that seat will be shuffling under me like an exmoor pony.

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Stay well, feel as positive as you can. Today we get 14:17:47 of daylight. Tomorrow we get 4m33s more than today. If you can, take a stroll, breathe some air, get some light on your face. #daylightbot

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I've not watched The Avengers film in years and I'm amazed that it was TLOEG which made Sean Connery quit the industry.

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Ah, the person who gave Paddington a job as as a psychopomp is on Antiques Roadshow.

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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage.
A woman answers the door.
We have come for the child, says the hooded figure
So soon? she asks
It is time, says the hooded figure.
The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card!
What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure
We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! 
For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness
Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman,
the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them.
Do not cry mother. 
I am a writer now.

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

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Today - in mid-Scotland - the sun came up at 05:03:55, will set at 19:21:06 and daylight lasts for 14:13:13 #daylightbot

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A series of unwrapped chocolate bars vanishing into the distance. These are milk chocolate with coffee in.

A series of unwrapped chocolate bars vanishing into the distance. These are milk chocolate with coffee in.

A series of unwrapped chocolate bars vanishing into the distance. These are dark chocolate with yellow flecks. The surface is very shiny.

A series of unwrapped chocolate bars vanishing into the distance. These are dark chocolate with yellow flecks. The surface is very shiny.

Been making some bars, gang. Getting back into the chocolatier's saddle again. #chocolate

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one of my favourite cry-laugh-if-read-aloud pieces.

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Stay well, feel as positive as you can. Today we get 14:08:38 of daylight. Tomorrow we get 4m35s more than today. If you can, take a stroll, breathe some air, get some light on your face. #daylightbot

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A screengrab reading "Dr Neil Buttery, a chef and food historian, says these 'hyper-regional' dishes are among those most at risk of disappearing."

A screengrab reading "Dr Neil Buttery, a chef and food historian, says these 'hyper-regional' dishes are among those most at risk of disappearing."

oh come on

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The Lothians; today had 4m37s more daylight than yesterday and tomorrow will have more (4m36s). #daylightbot

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