Well, maybe I should think about @hobbler.ie's BBQ in July ...

Lost count of how many times I've put polish on this boot, but finally you can start to see the reflection of my hand in it.

Shiny! Need to get the trousers properly hemmed to wear them out.

I may have been outwitted by the bastard sewing machine, but I have rigged up the Aircon exhaust with a packing tube and some chain from the toy box

Or how about this, but with title holders instead of the Bay City Rollers?

Honestly, doesn't the leather world need a version of this?

I had an interesting time in therapy today, recalling my first kink session with other people. On the bus home, it brought to mind quite a few other first solo experiments I'd more or less forgotten about. Honestly, it's a wonder I didn't electrocute myself with amateur electro at 15!

@hobbler.ie bsky.app/profile/even...

Tempted to wade into controversy with a post about leather contests. Full of Absolutely True Facts® Too soon?

OK, people. Here's your leather homework for the week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1...

Dublin 2015

Yeah, but no...

OK, kids, buckle up. And let me - a wise elder - tell you the not at all made up, honest, story of how a leather man earns his cap.

I've just had the mischievous thought of setting up a fake leather history account, and sharing completely made-up stuff about The Old Times. After all, if John Weal can do it ...

Related to the last post, I miss the days when to be accepted as a real leatherman, you had to know the arm movements to all the Bananarama songs 😄

Tidal's algorithm is feeding my loads of gay disco classics today. Just what I need after a particularly gruelling time with the therapist

Angry? Disappointed? Fed up with ”political” judges? Write to your elected representatives about the rollbacks of rights - for women, for trans people, for people of colour. For all of us. Don’t just vent online. Make sure the people in the room know how you feel.

From Robert Davolt's Painfully Obvious:

What is this "Instants" shit on Instagram? Appalling UX. I can't figure out how to get rid of one and see the next without it assuming I want to make one myself. Godawful mess.

Just occurred to me you can use the new "On BlueSky" option in the BLUF app, then apply a filter to find, for example, just the tops. I feel this could be quite useful...

There's probably a story behind how I ended up making this fake album cover with my neighbour. And it probably involves alcohol. I may have been channelling Anna Madrigal.

It's me! Only 3 weeks to got before I become just a humble shopkeeper

I see Wes was banging on about a social media ban for kids again today, as if it's not having a clear and obvious effect on adults too. BoomerSlop AI tempting people with images of an all-white Britain isn't aimed at teens, Wes!

Sometimes I can remember a fair bit of my dreams. Other times I just get left with weird impressions. Like an erect penis and a spirit duplicator. And I'm left with curious thoughts like "was that my dick?" or "you'd never get that resolution from a stencil"

Quarter past 11 and it's still 25 degrees (77 in American) outside.

I forgot to add this photo; imagine I had more dark blue food colouring and it would almost be half a leather flag. The 15 is @hobbler.ie's IML contestant number.

Probably the last update I'll do to the BLUF app. Just some testing to finish. The "On Twitter" menu option is replaced with "On BlueSky" to see members who have accounts here. Long press a member, or tap the links menu and select the id to open on the BlueSky app

Can I have a BLUF member who uses BlueSky and will give me permission to share a screenshot of their profile?

I made a cake inspired by the flag to celebrate @hobbler.ie's IML. Obviously, he's not here, so I shall proudly eat it on his behalf.

Have I got time to bake the IML winner a cake before the result is announced?

Yay! Congratulations to @hobbler.ie making the top 20 at IML. See if I can stay awake for the final result

Seeing the photos of the whole IMLBB class reminds me of the school photos when I was a kid. To get those really long pics, there was a special camera that panned across. So there'd always be one kid who would run from one end to the other, and appear in the same photo twice.

So, my apologies to the peoples of America and Japan. I present "Spanko Katsu" - Spam in panko breadcrumbs with Katsu sauce.

I am cooking something slightly bonkers for dinner. I will have to apologise to the people of two nations for the horrific fusion.

Does spam really go off? There's a tin in my cupboard, from when I stocked up before Brexit, with a use by date of Jan 2022.

Practising my cake decorating skills

Please take care everybody. Unless you are air conditioned, try not to spend too long in rubber/enclosure in this extraordinary uk heat. Don’t want any of you guys expiring from overheating/dehydration

Trying to make a blue sponge cake, but the eggs are so yellow, it may be a touch green. Unless I put in so much colouring it'll give people the jitters when they have a slice

It's a bank holiday weekend, so why not take a little while to write to your MP and explain why they should object to the new guidance on trans issues from the EHRC? I've written to mine, so perhaps you can find inspiration in my words. Download the PDF from nigelwhitfield.com/resources/

Nobody is free until everybody is free

Not even 10am, and I've got bread proving and a chicken sauce for pasta on the go. I fear @realclearfetish.bsky.social may be right, and I'm turning into whatever the gay equivalent of a trad-wife is. Full service kitchen sub?

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! Toyah Nik Kershaw The Kids from Fame Bruce Springsteen Prince Kylie Dolly Parton The John Wilson Orchestra José Carreras Elvis Costello

I wasn't planning on Darklands next year anyway, but aside from the AI, I can't say "sand in every crack" is tempting me

Not quite sure how we ended up with me explaining the IML scoring system to my therapist, but there we go.

Weather in London today: sweatier than a twink on his first visit to a leather bar

Today's inspirational T shirt

Sheds are cool. Everyone should have a shed.

Today the government is expected to unveil it's new guidelines on equality, widely expected to be a backwards step for trans people. And here's what they're presumably going to use as part of their deflection.

Guidance that suggests discrimination may be ok in some circumstances is bad enough; but to make rules that people MUST discriminate is vile. And it will enable the nastiest in our society to harass anyone who doesn't meet their standards of femininity. A Labour charter for bullies.

Fuck the Labour party; this is spiteful, nasty and pandering to wealthy bigots. I hope the Telegraph is trying to nudge by writing this, rather than reporting actual facts. But I very much fear the current government is awful enough to implement this policy.