For those that struggle when I go full Mancunian

Oh, for goodness sake, World Athletics now calling indoor athletics as "short track" - what will they call *indoor* field events - "under a roof long jump"! Hodgkinson smashes British short track 800m record with 1:56.33 | REPORT | World Athletics share.google/m6BkKC4HGMwP...

The 2026 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

A Facebook memory: A quote from me (someone just reminded me I said this once): "A degree in classics teaches you how to live without the job it keeps you from getting."

Let the half-time show begin 🪑

THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE!

Watching #superbowlLX

The lads watching #ManCity last night #dogsofcrete #creteblues #Tyki #Loumi

84,569 packed into Maine Road, Manchester in 1934, the highest attendance in English football for a team playing at their home ground. Manchester City v Stoke City #History #HistoryMatters

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

#457

...and, of course, an FA Cup winner with Manchester City

Turnberry Golf Course to be officially renamed Shit Holes, until all American tariffs on the UK are removed. #voteBinface

#Tyki and #Loumi enjoying the fire being lit in the morning

The quotes and replies to this are an absolute joy.

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

The dogs in grass #dogsofcrete #cretelife #Loumi #Tyki

Chania 10k Night Race 2025 - right hamstring playing up again

I tell you what, that Santa Claus has got real presence about him

The FIFA peace prize isn't awarded on my behalf - #Infantino is a joke, a brown-nosing creep

I think they may have forgotten something... #cretelife

“David Bowie’s The Jean Genie, a one-page advert in Melody Maker, November 25, 1972.” - via Glam Slam

It does!

Different ways to attract attention...

Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You have got to be joking - this, I'm afraid, is typical of Liverpool, the entitlement. It really isn't that controversial - just watch Robertson's reaction to the goal, sheepishly walking away, tells you everything

As only the Mediterranean can - just strolling home from watching #mancity in the kafeneio

"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim." A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.

Only people who have only ever known peace and safety; who have zero sense of the chasm that yawns beneath us, would pull stunts like this. Like the generals who plunged us into WW1 because they wanted baubles like their granddads.

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he...

Sleeping is what they do best #dogsofcrete #Loumi #Tyki

Meet Tahoma the bobcat for National Cat Day! 🐾 He came to Northwest Trek in 2020 after being kept illegally as a pet. He’s now living his best wild life. Tahoma loves to nap in the ferns and snack on chicken. It took him a little while to learn to climb trees, but he’s a natural now! 🌲🐱

The pups having a drink on their walk #dogsofcrete #Tyki #Loumi

Convince people you are a Timelord by saying “Ah! Gallifrey!!” in a booming voice as you emerge from a portaloo. #TopTips

Orogenesis Fish Fossil Found in Samaria Gorge—A Relic of Crete's Ancient Sea - GreekReporter.com share.google/SQy6KVNuI5U4...

Huge crowd at Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester, early 20th century. Not sure what the occasion was.

Sunrise above Maleme Airfield, Friday 17 October #cretelife

"Can one mourn both Jewish and Palestinian victims? I wonder what is happening that we think this is even a question? To mourn the dead on both sides is surely not incompatible with political commitment – but an intelligent commitment, not a stupid one."

In Prestwich Library other day, 5 days after the Crumpsall synagogue attack, & I saw some books about local people, 1 of whom was Chaim Ferster. In it was a picture of him receiving the MEB in 2016. My dad received his MEB at the same ceremony. I spoke to Chaim, who showed me his Auschwitz tattoos

Back in the day, when I had 'staff' to design my motivational posters

The lads get along so well #dogsofcrete #Tyki #Loumi

Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story ‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’ (This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing) via @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Devastation after the Christmas Blitz, Manchester, 24 December 1940 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).

This post and the responses are exactly what the Internet and social media should be all about

Run & a dip, followed by omelette and coffee

Tyki in proper guard dog mode has to be calmed down

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger My column for tomorrow’s (Manchester) Guardian - on the city’s economic revival, and why it should inspire the chancellor’s autumn budget productivity plan www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nteres, Crete (Chania prefecture)