Happy festival of the unconquered sun

Sad to read that Mick Abrahams has died. Though I never followed his career, he played an important role in the early days of one of my favourite bands, Jethro Tull.

If you ever wondered what sort of health support is available in other countries, this is a gofundme for a musician I saw back in early 2000s (when he toured with the Steve Skaith band). www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Gil Gerard gone. I'm really sad as he was (as Buck Rogers) my favourite TV Hero. So long Spaceman 😕 "Far beyond the world I've known... What am I, who am I, what will I be? Where am I going, and what will I see?"

RIP Rob Reiner: Too much fucking perspective. Artist: christhebarker https://b3ta.com/board/11423766 From the 'Ob3tuaries' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/ob3tuaries/popular/ #Ob3tuaries

Good read

Popped up on my timeline, it's forgotten how great this show was. Must be time for a rewatch. youtu.be/Azdmq6ufLi0

Oooh, rather important news if you, like me, use SmartTube on your TV/Shield/Firestick/Chromecast to make YouTube bearable. In short, it's been compromised and you really need to uninstall and revoke its access to your account before reinstalling it again: github.com/yuliskov/Sma...

Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability lyra.horse/blog/2025/12... "CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

The rugby community was shocked and saddened to see the great Penarth Athletic Club destroyed by fire over the weekend. You can contribute to the rebuild here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fc7d003113...

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

Just started watching "down cemetery road". Excellent so far and brilliant cast and dialogue.

For some reason I've got back into the "breathless female singer" phase of music youtu.be/YzR8BCmV9Ew

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: Supertramp The Enid Lindisfarne Iron Maiden Dumpys Rusty Nuts

#FoodIngredientsInASongOrMovie Any tune with Herbie Hancock

Do do do do do de do do do do do do do do do Mahna Mahna Do doo be-do-do Mahna Mahna Do do-do do Mahna Mahna Do doo de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do!

To further prove my kids are now much better than me at 10 pin bowling, my youngest just hit his first 300 game. It was the second game he'd actually played with his new ball. My highest ever is about 260

Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary EQUALISE: 20/20 vision.

Currently waiting for an endoscopy and several other people here are having colonoscopies. Hope they clean the camera between patients...

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary GRANARY: retirement complex GRANARY BREAD: Gen Z slang for potential inheritance

Welsh rugby?

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary GIBLET: to loan your appearance/style to someone

Another "of its time" purchase. Somehow this is a 128 page book. Mind you from page 96 it's lined sheets to store your best times.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary DICTATOR: novelty shaped vegetable that you don't see much on TV these days

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MISSILES: homesick for the Shetlands.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MUON: To continue imitating a cow.

Man about the house on that's TV channel. They've just had a discussion on the football team r*ping the goal scorer and then hypothecating on whether the new boyfriend is "bent"... Of its time..

Started watching Talamasca: the secret order and have to say it gives me the same feeling as "The Magicians" did. Enjoying it so far.

Inspired by the brave frog protesters sandwich throwers and a nod to banksy www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1756...

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary Forlorn: grass seed

Bowling this weekend was a bit odd as the alley held a meeting for the local furry group. A load of people turned up with suitcases containing their outfits and donned then before bowling. Have to say it's an interesting handicapping method.

Just watching bewitched on rewind TV. Guest starring Adam West as Kermit!

Using an anti-dandruff shampoo is tricho-treating

And for people who think Zuckerberg is a w*nker... www.techspot.com/news/110070-...

#lunchpun While watching science fiction movies I like playing the Brandenburg concertos over the audio and having a drink. It's a bit Bach in alien

The latest demonstration of reach media targeted adverts being rubbish.

@quidco.bsky.social Looks like someone has hacked the online witches game Quidco are running

Today's "what was I thinking" purchase. It actually tastes quite nice.

See that Pizza Hut are promoting their new "Flatzz" pizzas. I'm presuming they are named after what they expect to build on their closing stores.

#lunchpun Went to Bonnie Tyler's Christmas party last year but she wouldn't eat anything from the tub of Quality Street I took. Turns out she was holding out for a hero.

#TurnHOWLintoAnAcronym Hurts Orifice Without Lubrication

Just watched "The Roses". I enjoyed it as the interactions between Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Coleman worked well. Ending was annoying but I can see why it was done. A very British feel to the film.

#uxbridgeenglishdictionary Robbery: to inter someone called Bob

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary Transformer: another word for "dead naming" in the LGBTQ+ community

Ai adverts really need some regulation. Got this on YT, reported it but don't expect anything to be done as usual. Martin Lewis eh?

Oh god, we're now in the "band featuring xxxxx" stage of the 80s. #TOTP