A relentless desire to keep dreaming

I don't know what is up with the YouTube algorithm today, but my ads are full of calls to join the Church of the Latter Day Saints and a clip from some podcast on Rumble. I think I preferred when my ads were full of mobile games I wasn't interested in.

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AGF Strongest 2026 is open for people to sign up now! I'll be there, competing for the second time. Last time, I was happy with how I did. This time, let's see if I can do even better! #gymsky #strongman

The men's team beat Portugal, ranked 5th in the world, 2-0. The U17s beat Canada to advance to the round of 16 at the World Cup. The U21s are currently 0-0 against England. It's a grand time to be an Irish football fan.

I've seen the usual nonsense popping up already. So, here's the yearly reminder.

Leon campaign done on Resident Evil 6. Despite some flaws (mainly the over reliance on QTEs), that felt more like an RE game than 5 did for me. Given how many people died or suffered by getting involved with him, though, I'm going to refer to that campaign as "Leon makes everything worse" #gamingsky

Made it home from deadlift / legs / hips day, and I am shaking all over. That's a good sign. I definitely feel on course to hit the 200kg deadlift before 2026 now, too. Oh, and I'm keeping my eyes open for the sign ups to go live for a local train pull event. That should be a fun test. #gymsky

Got my pre-order for Resident Evil Requiem in, and now trying to finish the last of the mainline games that I haven't as yet. Resident Evil 5 took 5 days with a little play each evening. Now I've played it I can say that it didn't really feel like an RE game. I would say it felt like a playable 1/3

A Spider Megacity exists, weaved cooperatively by two different species of spider that are normally solitary. Just goes to show, multiculturalism works perfectly well in nature. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Troy Poppler appears to be one to avoid. Extreme Horror isn't really my thing, but if it were, allegedly using AI-generated CSAM to promote your book would stop me from ever reading his work. Details in the Reddit link below. #booksky www.reddit.com/r/ExtremeHor...

Do you know what's really nice? When your Head of Service at work takes the time to call you to thank you for your work Today, mine called to praise the new layout I put together for our quarterly report to the commissioners, and to feedback the praise we get for being the only service that, without

Hey, #booksky, it's #Noirvember! If you're looking for a tech-noir series with a snarky PI, futuristic tech, and a robo-gargoyle called Bert, then check out The Cassie Tam Files! This complete series was described by readers as Blade Runner meets The Maltese Falcon! www.amazon.com/dp/B07KJRBMLQ

Just got home from a horror quiz in Gravesend. We named our team "I Spit On Your Gravesend" and we finished 4th. Good fun was had by all.

APPEARANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Medway River Lit 29 Nov 2025, 11:30 – 14:30 The Meeting Point, Nucleus Arts Centre, 272 High St, Chatham ME4 4BP Stop by and buy some books. I'll happily sign them. www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors...

Surge the Tenrec is done and ready for @sonicconuk.com this weekend!

A reminder from three weeks ago: it's all about protecting women and girls... until the perpetrator is a white British male. Then, women are silenced by the Tommy Robinson pillocks. youtube.com/shorts/TB2ll...

What Sarah Pochin said was not a slip of the tongue, as Danny Kruger declared it. Her words were not just ugly and unpleasant, as Nigel Farage described them. They were racist. Plain and simple. Dawn Butler was right to call them out, and she was right to point to youtu.be/16TFlemyRoU?... 1/4

Home is, for me, one of the best songs The Cruxshadows have released. Right up there with Winterborn (This Sacrifice) and Carnival for me. Such a beautiful track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZb...

One from Man Behaving Dadly on Facebook. This infographic has apparently been shared by Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development & Coastal Regeneration. As you can see: - By cutting Cllr allowances by 5%, they have managed to save £206,000… twice.

From my local area. UKIP attempted a hate march. Counter-protesters massively outnumbered them and caused them to have to change route. A similar thing happened in 2014 when Britain First attempted a march, and they too were hijacking the national flag. www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/...

That we have a member of one of the UK's biggest political parties saying something like this is just so shocking. I swear we used to live in a time when even the right wing in the UK would have been decrying her comments as ludicrous. James O'Brien is spot on in calling it out.

Drop something WITCHY

Sunday saw me compete at AGF Strongest 2025. I finished 13th of 20, but only 5 points behind 10th place. If I can eliminate a few rookie mistakes next time around, I reckon I can finish higher. And yes, the moustache survived the entire competition. :) #gymsky #fitover40 #strongman

Tomorrow, I finally get to compete in my first #strongman competition. There will be five events: * Overhead Medley (Axle / Dual Dumbbells / Log) * Hummer Tyre Deadlift * Sandbag Toss * Sandbag Steeplechase / Power Stairs * Conan's Wheel Let's do this! #gymsky

Using only images, explain how you became a furry. It was the foxes, apparently. Even the wolf was a Fox.

For me, Wacky Workbench Act 1 in Sonic CD is by far the worst Sonic level. I really, really, really, really hate it 😆

This is great fun. youtu.be/Jj8CPxOToSM?... #ResidentEvil

Looks like Your Party is moving forward and working through the recent teething issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i13O... #politics #ukpolitics #yourparty

Oh dear. Blue the husky has deleted her front legs again.

Some more progress on my Surge the Tenrec partial #fursuit for #SonicConUK. Yes, that is music from Sonic 06. That game has a killer OST, and honestly, I didn't hate the game as much as so many others did.

The gym photographer got a nice shot of me on one of the logs. ##gymsky #fitover40

Work continues on my Surge the Tenrec #cosplay for #SonicConUK. #fursuit #sonic

Ordered an Uber and spotted that someone had renamed one of the nearby residential buildings...

Current projects: Book: Aunt Maggie (1st draft about 75% done) Cosplay: Surge the Tenrec for Sonic Con UK 2025 (Mask is progressing) Cosplay: Waluigi for Halloween (Almost done, just need to add the patch to the hat) Video: VBV Network video (Loose script in progress) 1/2

Yet more utter bile from Reform. Couldn't have seen that coming, eh?

PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE VA AUDITIONS FOR ASHES TO ASHES IS NOW PUBLIC!!! Please audition for as many characters as you like (even if it doesn't fit the range of the voice inspo we put, your take on the character might be even better) www.castingcall.club/projects/ash...

All this week, I'm doing all myo reps on slightly lighter than normal weights. That way, I can work hard without overdoing it this close to competition, and also build endurance. The last rep of my last exercise today saw me hit total failure. It feels good to hit my absolute limit. #gymsky

Elon Musk called for violence in London. Any politician that does not condemn Musk's words is not fit to govern in the UK. @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social you are my local MP. Will you be condemning this, and will the Government act upon it?

To celebrate the imminent release of the last book in my Resonance Tetralogy series, I gave a brief introduction to the series as a whole, and each of them individually. It's been a heck of a journey <3 #furrywriting #furlit

Don't forget, if you're part of the pro-Tommy Robinson rally in London today, you're a prick of the highest order. It really is as simple as that.

Looks like Nigel Farage's photo with Trump may have been photoshopped. Always very truthful, isn't he Reform voters?

My beard is now pointy. Next step: I grow the Jigen, at least at the bottom.

And that's the last heavy week at the gym done. Next, two weeks of just below competition weight stuff, then a deload week, then the #strongman competition. Almost go time! #gymsky

The bullshit has reached the area where I work. I've reported it to the local council, so we'll see how long it takes them to remove it.

Ireland will be dropping out of next year's Eurovision due to the war in Gaza. I suspect it will take a few more of the bigger nations dropping out for Israel to be given the Russia treatment and get a full ban, but we'll see. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I was stopped by a homeless gentleman who, after speaking with me, asked what part of New Zealand I'm from. Normally, I get asked if I'm Australian, so I guess my accent has moved?

When speaking about the police investigating online posts, the new Home Secretary said, “We should be clear that you know, social media is not a sort of a free hit when it comes to breaking the laws of our land, but we have to be absolutely sure that... 1/3