It's actually happening! I'm streaming! No really, I am! Come hang out for a cuppa tea and a catchup while we drive some trains 😁 www.twitch.tv/heyitsajomega

So I'm going to do something called a 'stream' today...ever heard of them? It's about time I came back, & in the most appropriate way possible - with a Tea 'n' Trains stream, on the brand new Train Sim World 6 Birmingham-Crewe route! www.twitch.tv/heyitsajomega - 2pm UK time, see you there <3

Went to a lovely little model railway show in Forest Hill yesterday, and I'm now spending this morning snuggled up with a cuppa tea and one of the books I got at the show. Happy Sunday 💖☕️

So, I've been awake since 3am, I've walked nearly 8 miles today, and now I'm knackered and my feet are killing me. And my leg hurts where I tripped on an escalator and grazed it on the way home. Worth it for a day full of trains big *and* small? Yeah, I'd say so. 🥰 #GETS #GreatElectricTrainShow

So to celebrate the release of Train Sim World 6 *and* the #Railway200 weekend, I've been kindly invited to take part in the @dovetailgamesdtg.bsky.social official event for it all - my segment is coming up very shortly! www.twitch.tv/trainsimworl...

Signed, and officially part of that ever-growing number. Get on this. Immediately.

In the past hour or two signatures on this have nearly doubled. It’s almost as if nobody wants a compulsory for all form of ID which will erode civil liberty and solve nothing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I'm currently on the sofa, with a cup of tea, reading an old railway book, with snooker on the telly in the background. I'm such an old man at heart. And I absolutely couldn't care less if I tried. This is bliss. 💖

Ah, this is how I realise @williamsracingf1.bsky.social are on Bluesky!! CARLOS YA BEAUT 💙

Trans rights are human rights. Folks in the US, please contact your representatives to fight for the people who are being unfairly and DANGEROUSLY targeted. They need your support now more than ever. Protect our trans siblings.

How many of the top 20 best selling PS1 games have you played? In my case, less than I expected. But given I'm not into horror or Final Fantasy, & those are about half the list? Less of a surprise. Gran Turismo & Crash Bandicoot though? My besties. 💖 Original in comments if you want to do yours!

So, having been on the waiting list since last July, I had my ADHD assessment on Friday. It was 2.5 hours long, it was intense, but my god, it felt like a lifetime of weight was lifted off my shoulders. And after a follow-up phone call today, it's official. I'm combined-type ADHD. 💖

Lads, the EU want to one-up the UK with removing privacy from our internet. If you're in the EU, Couple of clicks goes a long way to making a difference. Fight Chat Control: fightchatcontrol.eu Pls Repost 💚

Yep, that's the best thing to do honestly. Don't give it any credibility or attention. Don't treat it as actual art. Treat it for what it is - a tech demo and marketing exercise. Just ignore it and let it die. Like a fart in the wind.

So let me get this straight; this AI-generated movie is going to cost the same as a movie made by real people, be written by real people, and use art presumably made by real people to feed the AI-slop generator? Genuine, serious question - why does this need to exist?

So in July 2024, I got myself on the lengthy waiting list for an ADHD assessment, via NHS Right to Choose. After a gentle nudge on Monday to check the status of my referral, today I got my assessment formally booked in. I can't quite believe it. It's actually happening. Heck!! 💖

Hot tea, a comfy sofa, and an entire day of Women's Rugby World Cup on the telly. Bliss. I've never been very good at giving myself permission to rest & recover from burnout, but it feels like I've got a bit better at it recently. And not a shred of guilt at all. 💖🏉 #WRWC

How much are gaming CEOs making compared to the people they've been firing? Ellen went rooting around in some financial statements to find out... youtu.be/V-dYttts94o

Ruin any book by adding 'Tom Clancy's' to the title. Tom Clancy's Canterbury Tales.

I am absolutely here for Alan Smith's suggestion that managers should take the 12th penalties if it's a draw after every player has taken one.

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...god, this new Terminator movie sounds atrocious.

Yesterday, for one day only, I became...a bus nerd. 🚌 Swanley Bus Garage hosted an open day to celebrate their 100 year anniversary, & ran vintage shuttle buses to a classic bus & car show in nearby West Kingsdown. What a lovely, peaceful way to spend a Saturday afternoon 🥰

After a super intense few weeks, on Sunday burnout hit - & I crashed out *hard*. Normally when I burn out, I try & keep crawling on, & just make myself feel 10x worse. Today though, I've been on the sofa all day with my blankie, snoozing & playing my original comfort game. Properly resting. 💜

My favourite Doctor and companion. I'll leave it up to you who is which. 😅

Slightly diminish a band: Slight Stumble Out Boy.

"See you on the other side" - godspeed to Jim Lovell: www.nasa.gov/news-release...

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

I'm exhausted. Everything hurts. My feet are in agony. I've walked over 30 miles over the last four days. I've spent way more money than I was expecting to. Was it all worth it? Oh you bet it was. The Greatest Gathering has definitely been one of my greatest adventures. 🥰

If you're at Derby LL today, give these units some love! 💖⚡️ Shoutout to @class507.org.uk as well for a great setup - detailed info panels for individual parts of the train, inspection pit tours, cab visits, & my favourite - the working onboard announcements machine! 📢

Update...yeah, we're back out here. 🥰

I feel like its a good endorsement of how much I enjoyed myself today, that I'm asking this question: Would anyone happen to have a spare Greatest Gathering ticket going for tomorrow? 😊

Happy Greatest Gathering day! Not pictured - the queue I've joined to get in, which legit might be about eleventy billion miles long. I don't think Taylor Swift got queues like this. ...I'm exaggerating slightly. But only slightly. 😅 Then again, the more I grumble, the faster it moves! Chop chop!

Merry Greatest Gathering (TM) eve! Why take the conventional route to such a huge event, when you can arrive in style on a Branch Line Society railtour, aboard the Progress Train Pendolino, hauled by a Thunderbird? And yes, I have been humming the theme song over and over this entire trip. 😅

I'm Weetos_BX.

'At the end of the day, we all bleed the same. We live on a floating rock, so just get on with it.' Realest of real talk right here. 💖

Don't you just hate it when you pop up the shops in the evening for some random bits, find a Hot Wheels car you've been after for a while, and then another one just so happens to fall into your bag, *entirely* by accident? Hate it when that happens...

Friendo stream is happening right now!! ^_^ www.twitch.tv/msjenniferdr...

Of course it was only ever going to end like this, wasn't it? In the most stressful & dramatic way possible. This team took the most winding & gruelling road possible back to the top of the mountain. They never faltered. They never flinched. & they never, ever, gave up. Legends. So proud 💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I say this as somebody who's day job is to understand and use AI. Do not. I repeat this again Do. Not. EVER. Give these agents the ability to behave and act as you on any site. I mean ANY site. ChatGPT etc can be safe, but these agents are NOT secure in my view.

New keeb day is an exciting one. 😁

Give me more shartboxes in endurance racing. Give me all of them. Never mind Hypercar. Shartycar is where its at.

...maybe pigeon post wasn't so bad after all. At least the pigeon wasn't an AI droid stealing your post and claiming it as their own to train their fellow droid minions on. 🤮🤮🤮

Oooh, my favourite - disturbingly invasive 1984-level surveillance and data harvesting laws, pushed through because 'THINK OF THE CHILDREN', by lawmakers who mostly still think colour TV is cutting-edge new-fangled technology. Related link: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

'So that's it, after 20 years, so long, good luck?' 'I don't recall saying good luck.' www.skysports.com/f1/news/1243...

Terry & Dune.

Now this is the kind of American investment in football I can get behind. 💙💛

I'm not usually a superhero movie person, but I've seen numerous posts along these lines recently - & I couldn't agree more. Incidentally, this is also why I have ended up becoming such a fan of Doctor Who. Because when the world feels too dark & overwhelming, there's always the Doctor. 💙

Do we still need stories about an aspirational immigrant who's so devoted to his adopted country that he regularly puts himself in danger to help even those who fear and distrust him, and who's primary antagonist is an egotistical tech billionaire? Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.

Pro tip; when you're out of spoons, deep in decision paralysis & executive disfunction, & your anxiety is spiking, don't stumble into a Reddit politics thread & doomscroll through intense discussions about just how much we're all screwed. Existential terror is the last thing I needed this morning.