**Silas ’ Mackerel Paddle – Ep. 62** In which we use Silas’ Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won’t, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense. === If you might know which station to stop at […] [Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]

Well done Rose*. https://thebristolcable.org/2025/11/revealed-how-the-arms-industry-is-targeting-bristols-secondary-schools/

*tuts at a nounal anagrind*

Hangers-on.

A bit more here. www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

#countycricket https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwygly7w961o

Having the Twitter/X social media icon on your website these days does more harm then good It's like a digital: "I am fascist" label :twitter:

Just realised Sade was singing about Key Largo, and not somewhere called "Kilago". More stale #mondegreens as they come in.

UK residents, can you manage another petition? This one goes to the heart of our democracy, such as it is. We need a proper enquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy. #Reform #Conservatives #Labour #Russia #democracy #voting #uk#voting#democracy#russia#labour#conservatives#reforms://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215

New crosswords by Coot and Prak await us on today's #CrypticSunday stream, so we're likely to need some help! Join us at 12! twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Prak! https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2881

ChatGPT launched three years ago. Now the web is filling with slop. We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative... Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. https://thehumanmade.org/

I have a zombie account that I can’t delete. Please UNFOLLOW https://bsky.app/profile/thevoidtlmb.moth.social.ap.brid.gy and follow @TheVoidTLMB instead. Thx.

From complex German tongue, take a greeting (5,6) #cryptic #crossword

ISSUE 2 PRE-SALES NOW OPEN! £5 plus postage Coming out in JANUARY 2026 unchcrosswords.com

I blogged about the fediverse. A short (hopefully non-technical) overview to send to my non-fedi friends and colleagues: https://blog.sturmsucht.de/fediverse-a-new-open-and-social-web/

[The Ashes] Oh FFS England #theashes

#totp Seal fans, save this one for later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvuZceMmnk

#totp Shoe out to all the girls in the audience who *don’t* have the Lady Di haircut.

#totp AAEve! Plus, double necked guitar klaxon!

#totp *mutes* *sings California Uber Alles*

How far will it go this time? This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more. That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma… If you see it, please share it. #socialmedia [email protected]

5/9 on the #fridayquiz . Didn't feel lucky, punk. #quiz https://quizquizquiz.com/friday/

RE: https://kendama.co.uk/b/eko-2014-trick-lists/ I don't know why the #けん玉 hash tag is playing up at the moment.

Okay, we're in the back third of the month so I needed to pull my finger out and post my November #cryptic #crossword Sample clue: Person from Accra, in Maine far off? (7-8) crossword.info/skirwingle/p...

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The climate conference venue is on fire. A little too on the nose, yes? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most inconsiderate of famous people to die when they’re in one of my as-yet-unreleased crossword clues. Honestly, you’d think they’d check.

Waiting for the vaporetto #dailyvenice #venice #venezia #birds #birdsofmastodon

If all the people who work at airports told you, "don't fly that airline," I hope you would listen. When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.

Happy International Put Another Jumper On Day.

Wondered about the date of fact #4 in today’s #pastpuzzle en-398 (got it in 3 😉), but on checking wiki… yeah, ok. https://www.pastpuzzle.de

More Jo Caulfield! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002mbn7

Stop posting the answer, #page42 people! That’s not in the rules.

Stoddart was a fine natural sportsman, and remains the only person to have captained England at both Test cricket and rugby union. #page42

New #offgridpod #inthefield, in which there’s a panic at the station, and confusion in the air. #podcast #trivia https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/16/in-the-field-ep-63/

Ruby Wax has appeared in every episode of Taskmaster

Hey fedi #comedy / #infinitemonkeycage / #cosmicshambles fans, @robinince is here! Give him a follow.

🆕 blog! “OpenBenches 💖 OpenStreetMap” When Liz and I created the OpenBenches website, it was just designed to be a fun way for people to record memorial benches. Since then things have got out of hand and we now have over thirty-nine thousand benches recorded! Our plan was never to compete […]

Was back in the Browser over the weekend (for the last time). Thank you @danfeyer.bsky.social for the last few years!

All of this nonsense about seizing personal possessions to pay for accommodation for asylum seekers - process the claims quicker. Establish safe routes. Allow people to apply for asylum before arrival. All of these things would reduce the cost of housing, feeding and providing what is less than […]

New #offgridpod #inthefield, in which there’s a panic at the station, and confusion in the air. #podcast #trivia https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/16/in-the-field-ep-63/

**In The Field – Ep. 63** Off-Grid, In The Field is a series of mini OGP episodes with just one host and The General. We’ve whistled up another little episode for you good folk. […] https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/16/in-the-field-ep-63/

I've put together this list of crossword abbreviations including explanations. I'd love to correct any errors/gaps (it'd be nice if the first explanation on the list wasn't "no idea"). 2- and 3-letter abbreviations coming at some point charliemethven.com/abbreviations

Umpire in the Independent today! Highly recommended! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

The next #offgridpod #inthefield episode contains a spoiler for this #cryptic #crossword puzzle: https://crosswordclub.org/accolade/puzzles/myshowpuz.php?param=September_2024_Slot_7_The_Void&prog=