"We have completely forgotten that wine is about sharing, not about pride... It should be something that opens you up to others, not some kind of thing you lock yourself into, feeling proud of on your own.” Incredible piece @pelliclemag.com on the politicisation of wine, food and patriotism 👇

Our taproom is open as usual on Saturdays, plus the last Sunday before Xmas (21st Dec) for our end of year party and pub quiz. Help us drink the bar dry and get your last minute Xmas gift packs, minikegs & merch. After 21st Dec we'll be closed for a few weeks for our winter break.

Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!

Everything is terrible, so here's the donkey toast morning rush hour

Tonight we're off to @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social for a brill comedy night. See you there? #ItsPubOClock

Get a load of this. 😆

The FIFA Peace Prize looks like the poster for 28 Centuries Later when the zombies develop space travel and invade another planet.

From what I can figure out, *everyone* thinks markets are going up next year. Luckily, overwhelming consensus is always a very healthy thing and... *taps earpiece*

You don't have to have visited The Swan in SE7 to know how important pubs are. Read this @deserterblog.bsky.social and maybe share and / or donate to what @pauleecse7.bsky.social is working on to bring The Swan back to the community deserter.co.uk/2025/12/save...

IIIIIIItttttts #Crispmas! #ItsPubOClock

Thanks Lisa! Great Deserter piece, almost worth trying to save the pub just to get to read it!

You don't have to have visited The Swan in SE7 to know how important pubs are. Read this @deserterblog.bsky.social and maybe share and / or donate to what @pauleecse7.bsky.social is working on to bring The Swan back to the community deserter.co.uk/2025/12/save...

I remember what a revelation it was to see GUMMI BEARS when it debuted on NBC’s Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It may look dated now, but compared to its contemporaries, it was like feature animation had landed on the landscape of janky limited-animation TV toons. And that theme! 👨‍🍳😘

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

My nephew is really into K-Pop Demon Hunters right now & I’d like to support fellow artists this Xmas so if you or anyone you know is selling f KPDH merch that a 6 yr old would like (I.e stickers etc as opposed to to prints) please do share!!

It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.

Digging out my Spotify library for the Christmas playlist I made last year that's basically Geoff Castellucci, Annie Lennox and friends. I tend to let the algorithms shuffle it up it doesn't necessarily flow on its own: open.spotify.com/playlist/4h5...

Might be too late to rush it out as the ultimate weird Christmas gift, but you should definitely consider turning your game into a printed book gordianbook.art

This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad

It's decoration-retrieval-injury weekend

The last day of November.

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

On the predictability of results, and how that drives so many creatives round the bend when it comes to pricing: paulclarke.com/photography/...

We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

shecancode.io/why-plain-la... At work we often use internal lingo and in jokes. But what if it alienates others and leads to misunderstandings? Plain English and more straightforward comms could make tech teams more inclusive says @lisariemers.bsky.social

Can't shake the feeling that this has something to do with @ewacat.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why pubs matter. Soon to be subject of a campaign for the community to buy it and stop it becoming shit flats.

Next up for us is a visit to Eltham’s brilliant Rusty Bucket. Join us this Weds, 26th Nov for a bucketful of beers, books and bants. 7pm. Free entry. No tickets, just rock up and find a perch.

"There’s no limit, Alt text should be as long or short as it needs to be, just succinct and correct. Just not super long." Happy that this gets debunked by Chris Yoong because I've seen it again in yet another "white paper" (maybe written by AI, who knows?) chrisyoong.com/blog/the-100...

Worth reading if you fancy a break from doomscrolling

Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend? I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill. #GoodGifts

Does AI help or hinder accessibility in communications? That's the question @matissenelis.com and I answer in this piece in Business Reporter 👇 www.business-reporter.co.uk/management/d...

The hall-of-mirrors economy: don't trade where you tweet! on.ft.com/48mNofD

Pssst..... want to know 5 Essential Techniques for Becoming an Effective Communicator? Course you do. @matissenelis.com and I were interviewed by Athalia Monae for Authority Mag: medium.com/authority-ma...

Have you ever felt intentionally or accidentally excluded from a conversation? If you work with people who are new to your team or industry or you’re a recent hire yourself, misunderstandings are common, and it can be easy to feel left out. Check out this piece @matissenelis.com and I wrote:

It's bin day tomorrow and the council web page that tells us what bin it is is cloudfared to fuck and I am the only person on the street who has it screengrabbed and this is the closest I'll ever get to being a Robert Harris hero with the secret knowledge that could save us all

Have you ever felt intentionally or accidentally excluded from a conversation? If you work with people who are new to your team or industry or you’re a recent hire yourself, misunderstandings are common, and it can be easy to feel left out. Check out this piece @matissenelis.com and I wrote:

Also if anyone has need of someone to do comms, write stuff, edit, proofread, all that content-y stuff that humans still do better than AI, hit me up. I have a disturbingly open diary.

On the grounds that my vet gives my cats my surname, I will argue that the monster’s name is also Frankenstein

Back to the fuschia…

8th November 2025 07.03

Hello Fedifriends in #japan 🙂 Would you like to meet for a beer? My wife and I are going to be visiting #tokyo, #kyoto, and #osaka in a few weeks time. It would be lovely to meet you, have dinner / drinks somewhere local, and see your beautiful cities. DM me for dates. We did this on our […]

It's about ethics in entomology etymology

Waiting for a bus, heard a parakeet yelling, watched how it was flying behind [maybe chasing] an entire flock of pigeons. While at my desk earlier I saw some leaves flying vertically up past my window earlier. Fell up the stairs at the station. Friday is a ~vibe~

👏👏👏 Eltham Library Spotter: @itspuboclock.bsky.social #deserterism 🙏🏻

I have the memory of an elephant. It was grey, I think.

"It’s the intangible vibe that makes a pub, not the building itself". @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social and The Rusty Bucket(s) are my fave spaces. One a converted bank, one a much smaller version of the former pub, one a railway arch. Immaculate vibes, like this read @pelliclemag.com #ItsPubOClock

If you're on your commute you might spot @paularmstrongtbd.bsky.social's brill column in @cityam.bsky.social on #AI #accessibility and #inclusion feat. a comment from me after quite the conversation last week news.uk.cityam.com/story/237528...

i've been saying it for years: it is a moral imperative to post your lunch

I regret to inform you that Knomo have a sale on mere weeks after I upgraded to my new one knomo.com/collections/...