@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com and @rmcunliffe.bsky.social have both noted a surge in new followers over the past few days. I've been following them both for some time now so can't offer an explanation but I do want to add that the other day I went from 110 to 111 followers.

Stayed in, at a takeaway, finished off the treats, and watched When Harry met Sally with Andrea and Solomon. A appropriately fitting end to 2025. All the best for 2026, whoever reads this.

Owen Jones taking the time to lecture me why factionalism is a waste of time by blaming Zarah Sultana for all of Your Party's problems. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They're not that bad.

Is Rachel Reeves right to think smell from woods is bear shit?

After following a link that took me back to Xitter, I took a moment to have a look around. It's been just over a year since I left and I was appalled at just how much of a cesspit it's become.

The Gamefound Crowdfunder for the latest #Keyforge set is almost done just a few dollars short of the final stretch goal - a deck clone of my son's nationals winning deck that we could mount up and proudly display. Come on, you Keyforgers, one final push, please, to get this campaign over the line.

Please support me. You could chuck me some cash or simply share this post far and wide. Thank you. bravetheshave.macmillan.org.uk/shavers/9ac6...

Increase a band: Electric Heavy Orchestra

"Jump, you fucker, jump. Jump into this blanket what I am holding And you will be alright."

Hello. I am a male action hero. When I get kicked in the testicles, I immediately jump up and rejoin the fight.

Some people are going to be upset by this. Imagine how they are going to feel when they find out about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Half way there to #Christmas. I get excited on the 25th of every month, each month a little more excited than the one before. And, on 25th June, I have a little extra flurry of excitement as the year stops turning away from the last big day and starts looking forward to the next. 183 days to go!

Thomas Frank would be mad to go to Spurs. If he does I'll put money on him being sacked within a year. A

"One day when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this." Omar El Akkad.

#Norway - Game of Thrones vibe here. As electropop goes, I've heard worse. They'll go through. #Eurovision

#Portugal - I never get Portugal's songs and yet they so often do well. This sounds like praisac at my local evangelical church. #Eurovision

#Sweden - bookie's favourite. Only they could get away with such catchy Europap. It's a helluva earworm. #Eurovision

#Ukraine - looks like a camp James Bond baddie. The song can't decide if it's power ballad, rock anthem or Europop. #Eurovision

#spain - I have to say what a load of tripe. Not feeling it at all. #Eurovision

#estonia utter bonkers. His performance needs a shot a caffeine though. Enough bonkers to get enough votes. Probably. #Eurovision

How much time do we have together? Fortunately only 3 minutes. #slovenia very touching but not even a sympathy vote can't save this sequined cardigan wearing dross. #Eurovision

#poland oh my. A blind person would never vote for them but a deaf person most certainly would. Those dancers are hot. #eurovision

Who had boat on their #Eurovision bingo card? #Iceland

@lamornaash.bsky.social just listened to your interview on @lbc.co.uk just now. Really interesting. Looking forward to hearing more at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social

In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise. From Another Time by W. H. Auden

This afternoon's family #boardgame at d20cafe.co.uk is... Flip 7, a canny little push your luck card game by theop.games. Twist up to 7 cards without repetition to score big points or stick to bank the points you've got. Excellent fun. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7

This afternoon's family #boardgame at d20cafe.co.uk is... Deep Sea Adventure, a roll and move game published by @oinkgames.bsky.social and designed by @44gi.bsky.social and Goro Sasaki. Players dive deep for treasure but the weight of it hinders their return to safety. Simple but not simplistic.

This evening's family #boardgame is... Ticket to Ride, Nordic Countries, a more aggressive and cutthroat expansion to the original. Excellent fun where you cannot hang about before starting to claim routes to complete your tickets. Excellent fun. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31...

This afternoon's family and friends #boardgame is... Daybreak, a cooperative engine building game by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace As brilliant as it is brutal, the game crushed us but I cannot wait to get back to it and try again. www.daybreakgame.org

Why this is the church I identify with. 🏳️‍⚧️

That @greateranglia.bsky.social thank me for travelling with them and calculate how many carbon emissions I've saved makes me feel smug. That the cost of the tickets was 3 times the price of driving tells you all you need to know about the state of our transport system and our attitude to net zero.

Happiness is... a park by a tennis club with a low fence. #GermanShepherdDog #GSD

Suburban German Shepherd Dog finds a bit of shade. #GSD #GermanShepherdDog #photography

Tonight's family and friends boardgame is... Heat (pedal to the metal). This looks like a vintage motor racing game but plays like a modern hand management game. Such good fun nursing one's car around the track. #boardgames d20cafe.co.uk boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36...

Tonight's family and friends boardgame is... 6 nimmt! Players simultaneously reveal and play numbered cards. Playing the sixth card in a column forces that player to take the five above, scoring against them. Hilarious fun as the best laid plans crumble like dust in your hands. d20cafe.co.uk

This evening's boardgame is... BANG! The Dice Game, where players roll dice to shoot and heal other players in a bid to expose their identity and win the game. Really good fun using dice to replace the cards of the orginal game whilst retaining the central mechanics. #boardgames d20cafe.co.uk

This is what I'm doing tonight. Wish me luck. The #Scarlatti and #Monteverdi are brilliant but are just a prelude to the #Palmeri which is as much fun as it is technically demanding. Who thought you could sing a Mass in tango time? #AmiciChamberChoir #Pinner

Good behaviour on the tube. Very proud of my boy. #GSD #GermamShepherdDog

Good boy on the tube. #GSD #GermanShephardDog

At The Station theatre in Bristol eagerly awaiting their production of 'The Watsons', sound design by Solomon Goddard no less.

The season finale of #severance did not disappoint me at all. This is a TV show not scared of making its audience think.

Whoops #severance

#severance is renewed for Season 3. #PraiseKier and Tim Cook. film still #67 Choreography & Merriment

This week's @bandcamp purchase has lit up my life in a way that only the best musicians can. Mateo Mancuso exerts a mastery of the guitar that I can only dream of. Superbly backed and covering a huge range of voices, this album is a triumph. matteomancuso.bandcamp.com/album/the-jo...

I won at #Keyforge. Feeling well chuffed. My flgs, d20cafe.co.uk, hosted their weekly tournament and my heavily enhanced æmber skies deck worked its magic for me. #boardgame #cardgame

100 followers, people. (And none of them porn bots, at least I think not. Please let me know if you are.) Seriously, that's 100 people who've made me feel very welcome and happy here.

Had a fantastic weekend playing #Keyforge in a store championships at d20cafe.co.uk. Huge fun mingling with so many wonderful people, many of whom travelled many miles to be there. #boardgame #cardgame

Listening to #DesertIslandDiscs. Brilliant as usual but a little ironic. Carl Jones spent 20 years of his life in Mauritius!

Quakers know stuff. I identify with Quakers.