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2026 70 posts
  1. New Drawing Challenge dropped!
  2. The 80s was when I was first exposed to “political news”. Lefties like Tony Benn, who clearly spoke a lot of sense, were …
  3. It’s like a virus. In Southall, which is predominantly south Asian, I now frequently see and hear friends and neighbours …
  4. Little kid is armed with freshly printed and cut business cards to share with his friends today.
  5. New drawing challenge today
  6. Been there, done that. If there were a Fediverse meetup in your city or region, would you go? #EvanPoll #poll #fediverse #meetup …
  7. My little lad would absolutely love it if anyone takes him up on his drawing challenge. My six year old has been running family drawing …
  8. My six year old has been running family drawing competitions for months. He draws something and challenges family members to draw the …
  9. Vivaldi 8.2 has broken my browsing experience. Switching back to Chrome, again.
  10. Building a micro.blog shell to look like identi.ca 2009.
  11. Love the poem on the About page. 7 – 11 September 2026: walknotes.comReader: walknotes.com — Walknotes
  12. Toaster, oven, microwave, washing machine, TV remote control, printer. All have numerous different buttons and settings for doing …
  13. Haha! Police Scotland have thrown out a Reform MSP’s 'hate speech' allegations against a leading Scottish human rights lawyer Police …
  15. A useful bonus feature of handwritten-publish is that if I use the built-in transcription and send the text with or instead of the …
  16. What I'm Working On Now
  17. Danger! Keep Out!
  18. England. Bloody hell!
  19. You know, we might just win the World Cup
  20. I think it’s fair to say that Starmer led an authoritarian Labour Party and government that was morally bankrupt and utterly …
  21. Starmer anounces another plan for change.
  22. Little kid saw a sign advertising the purchase of National Lottery tickets outside the corner shop by his school this morning which …
  23. Eighteen months in and I finally figured out how to make perfect fried eggs.
  24. Just tried Kombucha lemonade for the first time. It’s really very nice.
  25. 29.5 living. 27 bed.
  26. Up half a degree inside, one whole degree outside. Pleased to discover that the boiling frogs analogy is false. But we have nowhere to …
  27. More bloody bonfires, ffs! Tbf, we our front windows closed and blinds down, but still getting cooling breeze at the back. Stable at …
  28. The Last Screw
  29. My neighbour: “It’s the hottest day of the year, a beautiful Friday evening after work, and the start of the Bank Holiday …
  30. Rather a confusing “economic migrants in small boats—good / extremists trying to stop them—bad” story, in the current …
  31. Live at the Counter Eurovision '79
  32. A proud dad moment yesterday. Little kid’s year group had their annual “Dancing with Don” day — learning and …
  33. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
  34. My @SouthallStories piece has been picked up by @thecanaryuk. Cactuses Never Die : southallstories.uk
  35. 🥕🌿 Spiced Honey-Carrot & Coriander Soup recipe.
  36. Apocalypse Now Then
  37. The Magic Faraway Tree
  38. Little kid came over to me, sat on my knee and gazed lovingly into my eyes. Smiling sweetly at me, he gently stroked my forehead and …
  39. Little kid has been finding, photographing and naming plants at school, so we did a little homework this afternoon. He knows what a …
  40. I got April Fooled by my 11 year old.
  41. Apologies for the break in transmission. Last month I went out for a couple of pints with @andyc@mastodon.me.uk and it took me this …
  42. Why am I suddenly seeing everyone using the word “revert”?
  43. The Art of the Deal
  44. The War for Greater Israel - Craig Murray Having sanctioned genocide, mass killings and deliberate destruction of medical facilities …
  45. It’s wild out there! Free speech warriors out in force on X. Simultaneously celebrating book-burning (the Qur’an) while …
  46. Custard Woman vs The Dark Lord
  47. Trigger warning.
  48. Please try again later.
  49. BREAKING! Claude AI: “…the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis in January 2026 - did not …
  50. Craig Murray discovers Venezuela! Being There - In Venezuela - Craig Murray craigmurray.org.uk Latest News - Craig Murray …
  51. Little kid is back into space big time again. He’s been playing Universe Sandbox and watching all the associated videos. He keeps …
  52. Trump bombs Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Venezuela, kidnaps Venezuela’s president and his wife, threatens Colombia, …
  53. What could possibly go wrong? The Home Secretary has said she wants to create a 'Panopticon' system of state surveillance Labour want …
  54. Fwiw, I think banning violent fans from attending a football match is the right decision. What’s more worrying (although entirely …
  55. TIL that there’s no such thing as complaints@ealing.gov.uk. Maybe there should be?
  56. Baby snail.
  57. A lot going on at the school gate to the footbridge.
  58. Little kid’s shadow.
  59. Follow the sun.
  60. Wife’s employer is introducing custom AI software and apparently now expects her to do twice as much work, which is, of course, …
  61. I know it’s been said before about Donald Trump, that he’s like a six year old child, but this morning I heard one of …
  62. A Fire We Were Warned About. Within hours of publishing an update on Southall’s Toxic Town scandal, the recycling site behind our home …
  63. Some amazing photos of last night’s fire. It’s literally around the corner from us, but all we knew about it was the sound …
  64. Local recycling plant went up in flames this evening.
  65. Chilli On The Rocks
  66. Big Kid and the Umbrella
  67. The streets of Southall and the road to hell… Jack Frost visited overnight and left some beautiful souvenirs on car windscreens …
  68. Stunning sunrise photos captured by the wife showcase vibrant clouds over a suburban neighborhood.
  69. Eighteen months wasted, to add to the previous ten years. Time for a manager with a proven track record in the PL?
  70. Last year I had a plan: fundraising for youth work fundraising for school local democracy activism health improvements a new hat I was …

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2025 641 posts
  1. I am bleeding
  2. The framing of this “story” is very interesting, to say the least, for all sorts of reasons. New archbishop urged to scrap …
  3. Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan: “Pluribus is my twist on a post-apocalyptic zombie tale.”
  4. Leftover cauliflower, broccoli and roast potatoes made a tasty bake in a Red Leicester cheese sauce.
  5. Saw a few people mentioning Pluribus so I gave it a try. Had to switch off about half way through episode one. As my wife pointed out, …
  6. A delicious soup made from leftover vegetables received high praise from the chef’s wife.
  7. Something no one mentioned, but I had thought about and normally do, is bread sauce. No one eats it but me, but I think I will make …
  8. Xmas lunch all prepared, cooked and eaten, washing up done as well, by 2:15 pm. Yes, I did forget the cranberry sauce until halfway …
  9. The antidote to Xmas singles you didn’t know you needed. Merry Xmas Everybody
  10. Certainly one of my favourite little kid masterpieces this year.
  11. Thanks to everyone who reminded me about gravy, sprouts and peas - Xmas dinner wouldn’t be the same without gravy and sprouts for …
  12. Carrots, parsnips, stuffing balls and mash (not pictured) all prepared and cooked today, ready for tomorrow.
  13. Tomorrow I’ll do chicken legs (instead of turkey), Lincolnshire sausages, roasties, Yorkies, cauliflower and broccoli. I have …
  14. Reassuring to know that moral heavyweight “BJ” Clinton was just along for the ride and knew nothing about Epstein’s …
  15. Our friendly local neighbourhood Evri delivery driver, who always delivered to our door, has been replaced by a new driver who throws …
  16. …these are great songs… Poetic, mystical, and marvellous… songs that should have been hits in any era of modern …
  17. A rare trip out to Southall Station this morning. View from Platform 3 eastbound.
  18. Big kid WhatsApped me this hilarious YT short. He was flabbergasted when I told him it was from the 1980s.
  19. It’s just a regular Saturday morning. Cook bacon, eat bacon, drink tea, catch up on what’s happening in the …
  20. Quite a contrast to yesterday morning.
  21. Wet and windy.
  22. Hovercraft release Black Friday anti-Christmas single double A-side Christmas single. Hot off the uploads. Get it while you still can.
  23. Unsafe discharge and death by licorice
  24. This and the dead cat on Portobello beach story make me nostalgic for @jroberstson@a0.jamesrobertson.me.uk’s regular updates on …
  25. This morning we received a new report (from an incident on Wednesday afternoon). A year 10 white boy attempted to spit chewing gum into …
  26. Big kid told us he got his first taste of direct in your face racism. Last Friday, one of his classmates came right up to him while he …
  27. The problem with having micro.blog Premium and more than one blog on the same account is that I always start a new post to the wrong …
  28. There was a huge warehouse fire in Southall yesterday. Fortunately no one was hurt. Three schools sent their kids home early. Little …
  29. Beautiful sunshine and frost on the school run. Little kid was super excited to see the school field frozen over. I almost walked on by …
  30. New album available for pre-orders.
  31. Another great review: “disco, rnb, folk, pop, indie, rock, blues, country, alternative dance…” Take your pick!
  32. Now That’s What I Call A Music Review!
  33. Starmer and Farage - two cheeks of the same backside.
  34. Some sensible thoughts on what’s needed from the Left.
  35. Who doesn’t love a bit of Autumn?
  36. “There’s a radiant darkness upon us”
  37. Seems like a long time since I felt able to enjoy a morning walk. Almost three months to the day since I had my last COPD exacerbation. …
  38. Well, we didn’t get a million, but £150,000 is still a very substantial grant! On the work front, which I haven’t forgotten …
  39. Shaken Not Stirred now available on Bandcamp, if you’re that way inclined.* *We promise not to spend any of the profits funding …
  40. This is not a ceasefire. Here’s Israel's strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill …
  41. A recent Halloween party featured tender lamb biryani, raising ethical concerns amid its sourcing.
  42. I’d never heard of this guy before, and wish I hadn’t. Apparently he was deputy leader of the Green Party ten years ago. …
  43. “Masked Israeli Settlers Torture Lambs in West Bank Livestock Raid”
  44. Time to eat humble pie and admit I was wrong about Amorim. After winning three games on the bounce it’s clear his system is …
  45. This a is a really impressive review of my resurrected old band’s debut album. “The way Shaken Not Stirred seamlessly …
  46. Ah, now it all starts to make sense.
  47. Cracking review!
  48. Reminds me of when Ofcom censured the BBC for not declaring the status of the interviewees on the “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” …
  49. “Shaken Not Stirred is more than an album—it’s resurrection art.”
  50. Shaken Not Stirred.
  51. Finished watching: 24 Hour Party People 📺 23 years after it was made, in two sittings (watching it all in one go would have meant …
  52. New single released, only thirty years after we first recorded it.
  53. New fact-based polemic on local matters to me.
  54. Autumn Fair today at little kid’s school. I was supposed to be there helping out, but not feeling well enough. Seven weeks since …
  55. Turns out I was blocking pedestrian and cycle access. Ffs.
  56. Help me find my old bandmate and songwriter.
  57. No justice like British justice. Terror case against Kneecap rapper thrown out: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  58. Brilliant start to the day. Little kid said he wanted to park close to school today (we usually park away from school and he scoots …
  59. Haven’t recovered fully from my recent copd exacerbation and now I have a new lurgy.
  60. Where You Been?
  61. The S-cream.
  62. I was drawn to this building yesterday as it appeared in my orbit 📷 while walking back from the garage after dropping my car off for …
  63. Also took the car in for its MOT and a major service. I could do with one of those.
  64. Back at work today after three weeks off sick. Finally started feeling like I had some energy yesterday. Thankfully not too much email …
  65. Coughing has receded and I finished a second course of antibiotics and oral steroids on Sunday. GP said my chest is clear, but I have …
  66. Neighbour’s little dog has been barking non-stop for three hours.
  67. Mental Colonisation
  68. From Antisemite to Anti-American
  69. Hi @Manton, not sure of you saw this, or if you can help? No hurry, but just wanted to make sure you’d actually seen it.
  70. Rigid, inflexible, and easily countered by even the weakest opposition. No Plan B. Why Amorim's system isn't working - tactical …
  71. Why complain?
  72. Two years into the genocide and this is now all perfectly normal and acceptable. Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, …
  73. “United have backed Amorim by spending £200m on attacking players this summer, while negotiations likely to end with Alejandro …
  74. Scenes at Blundell Park!
  75. Had several worrying coughing fits over the weekend, and yesterday evening especially. Chest felt very tight and like I needed to cough …
  76. British holiday souvenir cough turned into another COPD exacerbation. Finally managed to see my GP this evening who took half an hour …
  77. Mistake from Bruno playing out of position and out of harm’s way in central midfield, giving the ball away for a corner, which …
  78. Computer says, “No.”
  80. The Thought (For The Day) Police are here! BBC apologises after Jenrick accused of xenophobia: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  81. I have been putting off doing some really important work for what feels like weeks, until it became both important and urgent. That …
  82. I feel like I may be stuck in some kind of recursive loop! Help! @manton
  83. Back to work today with a cough and a cold I brought home from our wet and windy holiday by the North Sea. I did enjoy the one fine …
  84. Sky Park.
  85. Ha! Didn’t even realise at the time that big kid photobombed my obelisk pic!
  86. Bastard Service Tree.
  87. “We might live in a world where critics of AI are the loudest, but songs like this quietly and powerfully prove them …
  88. Big kid has expanded his cooking empire, and now has his own domain.
  89. Higher Ground now on Apple Music.
  90. It’s been wet and windy on our holiday so far, so we made use of the indoor swimming pools here in the mornings. Afternoons …
  91. Amazing what difference a year makes! Last time we were at Butlins, little kid was still barely verbal and was too small to climb up …
  92. Where is big @luke@social.sdfeu.org ?
  93. A shocking indictment of Ealing Labour Council from a young black woman. When I was in primary school the air pollution was so bad, it …
  94. Higher Ground. <img src=“https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/2588/2025/screenshot-20250801-000059.png" alt=“A music …
  95. The same legal scholars who would never question Israel’s right to exist as a state - despite its own contested borders, ongoing …
  96. Last week Starmer proscribed Palestine Action. Yesterday he advocated the ultimate Palestine action - recognising it as a state - while …
  97. Every time trying to file urgent documents online at Companies House. They say the will send a confirmation code by email, but it never …
  98. Big kid has video-documented my pizza making process by creating a “cooking website” while I made pizza on Saturday. (For …
  99. Google NotebookLM podcast “deep dive” on my AI music restoration project and the democratisation of creativity (which I …
  100. Digging the Lost Tapes Restoration of Grimsby's No. 1 Band in 1996
  101. Look away if you’re not interested in reality, right and wrong, or changing it. And yes, that’s politics. Israel admits no …
  102. Just five posts from three women in the last week? @manton It's been awhile but I poked my head in to have a look at Micro.blog's …
  103. Big kid’s last day at his primary school yesterday was emotional. And by emotional, I mean generally looking glum and disengaged …
  104. Such an odd question and poll options. Better options in the comments. How should art be funded? How should podcasts be funded? …
  105. Just when you think things can’t get any worse. Not content with failing to pay salaries, CAF Bank have now processed a payment …
  106. This is so messed up! ‘Yves Bonnet, the intelligence chief who tried to negotiate Abdallah’s exchange in 1985 and is now a …
  107. Speaking of going on…. One of my favourite songs by The Damned - “Life Goes On”. “We go on—not upward, not forward, …
  108. Save Ealing Children’s Centres campaign raised over £5,000 in just eight days to begin legal action against Ealing Council to …
  109. Leeds former head teacher faces no charges following terrorism arrest for holding up a graphic from a satirical magazine. …
  110. “…even modest step counts of around 4,000 steps a day are linked to better health compared to very low activity of just …
  111. This explains why our government is so keen to suppress dissent. The UK 'House of the People' parallel parliament - 50 people nominated …
  112. Successful and fulfilling work “Vision Day” yesterday. Everyone brought their own ideas about what lunch should look like. …
  113. Peak Absurdity on the Ski School Run
  114. A litany of systemic failures
  115. Hmm… now she’s left half of it. “Very salty.”
  116. Wife is tucking in and talking about “Masterchef”. Cheese and tomato sarnies it is, then.
  117. Speaking of lunch. I’m kind of hoping the wife doesn’t want this fried halloumi, tomato and basil plate I offered her …
  118. We have our work “Vision Day” tomorrow. Some last minute emails back and forth about what we might do for lunch. Agreement …
  119. “Self-defence.” Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says: bbc.com Home - …
  120. I would do the same if I’d been spotted at a Coldplay concert. US tech CEO resigns after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral: …
  121. I Got My Mojo Workin'
  122. Hovercraft’s most ambitious and psychologically complex composition, this two-part epic traces the complete arc from deification …
  123. Sick and evil. BBC radio 4 now. Prof Maynard, British surgeon describing injuries of teenage boys collecting food on Gaza. Israeli army …
  124. Big kid just created his first website using Google Sites.
  125. I lost interest in cooking, and lost interest in eating salad. Today I was hungry, so I made a simple tomato sauce with fried onions, …
  126. URGENT support to fund a legal challenge to Ealing Council’s decision to close 10 children’s centres. Perceval House W5: …
  127. Breaking News: Superman “anti-Semitic” for standing against genocide.
  128. The Pied Piper of Ealing
  129. Added a new chapter to my Ealing Council takedown: The Engagement Paradox - The Council Leader had perfected the art of simultaneous …
  130. “Do you condemn the IDF?” Genocide expert: “The argument that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is conducting a war in Gaza …
  131. Had two really poor nights’ sleep. The heat doesn’t help. But I’ve got four big projects on the go and bearing fruit, …
  132. Every song needs a pulse 📷. Every moment needs a heartbeat. Shimble’s rhythm keeping time with a generation’s hopes and …
  133. “Existential threat” Jeremy Corbyn is having British Jews arrested for opposing Israeli genocide of Palestinians. Oh, wait, …
  134. So It Goes: AI On The Absurd Logic of Ealing Council
  135. Time to slope 📷 off from the party.
  136. I haven’t been anywhere other than up and downstairs and in and out of the garden, but I’ve done over 5,400 steps.
  137. I need a cold shower…
  138. They’re now just pouring whole buckets of water over their heads. Big kid’s birthday party is in full swing. Water bombs already, …
  139. Big kid’s birthday party is in full swing. Water bombs already, pizza due to arrive in five. Just time for a quick cuppa.
  140. 📷 Dense foliage at the Gravel Pits.
  141. Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy In Ealing Goes To Die
  142. Big kid got his SATs results on Tuesday and he and we are all very happy. He put in a lot of hard work to get to such a high level, …
  143. Eleven distant 📷 years tomorrow since this rascal appeared and took over my life.
  144. Fixed the headline. Gaza truce talks reportedly stall despite second Netanyahu-Trump meeting after Netanyahu demands the elimination of …
  145. People ask me, why do you wear that cap? Well, I’ve worn 📷 a cap on and off since I was little. I didn’t wear a cap for a …
  146. I had the noise pollution team in my house yesterday. They heard all the forking noise, investigated the source and told me that …
  147. Looking forward to the day when I will legally be branded a terrorist for wearing my hat.
  148. A slap on the wrist. Housebuilders to pay £100m towards affordable homes to avoid legal decision: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  149. It’s all coming out now. Gregg Wallace sacked from MasterChef as 50 more people make claims to BBC News: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  150. Current 📷
  151. Confessions of a failed pop star.
  152. Happier here, yeah? No, not really. Vertical 📷
  153. The then London Mayor’s chief of staff shares his memories of twenty years ago today.
  154. Echo 📷 and the Funnymen?
  155. 📷 Fragments. I imagine this is what the inside of my knee looks like now.
  156. Oh ffs! I think I might have done my ACL.
  157. Big kid persuaded me, against my better judgement, to join in with the parents’ race at Sports Day this morning. As the younger, …
  158. With all the hot weather I’ve been eating nothing but salad, fresh fruit and ice pops for what seems like the last few weeks. …
  159. Layers 📷 (1990 roadtrip from Boston to LA.)
  160. The CAF Bank saga just gets worse every day. Their new website is horribly broken in almost every possible way - user experience, …
  161. Outside the school offices. Little kid runs through here excitedly every morning. It looked especially magical today.
  162. Kitchen garden at kids’ school.
  163. Q) When is a door not a door? A) When it’s floating in the canal.
  164. Almost autumnal here.
  165. Slightly less ill at ease here feeding a live deer safely behind a wire mesh 📷?
  166. Having completed thirty days of the micro.blog photo challenge for June, I’m going to try continuing with some random prompts …
  167. Kids have gone to sleep tonight clutching ice packs wrapped in a towel. 🥵
  168. Say what you like about AI, but it’s brought my old band back to life. Whether that’s a sweet thing is another matter.
  169. Magical scene at after school clubs pick-up time. Excellent drama teacher had the little kids outside under the shade of the trees in …
  170. Coot fight on the canal this morning.
  171. Yesterday I said something out loud that I thought might upset people. Instead they all laughed and cheered. “Finally, someone …
  172. Had a kickabout with one of the neighbourhood kids and my neighbour downstairs in our close this evening. Although we let the kid win …
  173. Solitude 📷
  174. Today’s salad bowl.
  175. Winding 📷 Latest update on this thread - mum is expecting to move into the flat downstairs in early September, all being well.
  176. Big kid lost another tooth the other night. We often have no cash in the house other than what he has in his various piggy banks, …
  177. Little kid went on his first all day school trip to Whipsnade Zoo yesterday. When he jumped off the bus at pick-up time he excitedly …
  178. Ephemeral 📷
  179. “If you have ever paid for hosting with us, and you haven’t violated our terms of service or community guidelines, we keep your …
  180. Big kid attended his high school transition day today along with kids from all the local primary schools. He was the only one to take a …
  181. Collective 📷
  182. Bridge 📷
  183. Oh, well the day just gets better! Our payroll service has been unable to collect funds from CAF Bank to pay salaries. What an absolute …
  184. I actually have work to do, and you have spent 45 minutes asking me if you have to do anything about an email I didn’t get, but …
  185. If it’s antisemitic to talk about Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, is it also anti-Japanese to compare the bombing of …
  186. Decay 📷
  187. I am “currently number 28 in the queue”. Which is better than the previous “we cannot answer your call” effort, …
  188. Bloom 📷
  189. Big kid singing at the Royal Albert Hall tonight!
  190. Fracture 📷
  191. Hometown
  192. Had to go into work first thing this morning and walked forty minutes home in this sticky heat. Felt a few drops of rain as I checked …
  193. Grand Canyon sunset silhouette 📷 35 years ago.
  194. Algae gather 📷
  195. Equal 📷
  196. No idea what this is or was eighteen years or so ago. But it’s texture 📷
  197. Council have confirmed the source of the noise pollution is a broken acoustic barrier and have written to the landlord requesting …
  198. It’s been a very noisy and smelly morning. Reversing forklifts, car alarms, barking dog, pneumatic drill. Now it’s the …
  199. Warmth 📷
  200. More bricks.
  201. Coot Jesus.
  202. These algae swarms remind me of nebulae.
  203. Eight days later and I’m logged into the shiny new work bank account, pension account and password account with all passwords …
  204. Israel launched an unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran, committed terrorist car bomb attacks, assassinated scientists, bombed …
  205. Melon blur 📷
  206. Today: “We are unable to answer your call. Please try again later.” 54 minutes on hold. David Marsden …
  207. I was frightened of this giant bear when my parents made me pose for this photo. I’ve been frightened of giant bears ever since. …
  208. Forking* Hell (Again)
  209. Twilight 📷
  210. Lots of new buildings going up. The movement in this is interesting.
  211. 📷 pathway
  212. Mother coot with her cootlings.
  213. Coot diving.
  214. These ducklings are growing up fast.
  215. Not exactly hidden with that big arrow pointing the way, but I’ve never seen anyone use this “cycle path”. Probably …
  216. I have a memory of a 80’s or 90’s British TV comedy sketch character visiting a Poundshop with his friend Alan. Alan would …
  217. I was no. 2 in the queue to get put on hold yesterday. Today I’m no. 60! 54 minutes on hold. David Marsden …
  218. Exploited child labour this evening to harvest two bags of potatoes. Big kid insisted that the “butt potato” take pride of …
  219. Peacock butterfly.
  220. 54 minutes on hold.
  221. Statement from CAF Bank. …the transition to the new service has not been an easy process for all of our customers. At least …
  222. Brick 📷
  223. Strawberry moon 20 years ago. Full Strawberry Moon will be lowest in UK skies since 2006: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  224. Almost forgot. 📷 Rail.
  225. Potato.
  226. It’s a sign.
  227. So far today I’m locked out of the new work bank account and the old work pensions account, and then I “upgraded” to …
  228. Whoever did the CAF Bank redesign and new login security protocol must be having a very bad day today. I know I am.
  229. Morning wood 📷
  230. The more time I spent using AI (Gemini) on this particular project, and actually scrutinising its responses for accuracy, the more …
  231. Incredible piece from Auntie’s most experienced war correspondent and Middle East journalist. Good explainer here, too. Bowen: …
  232. Déjà vu this week, as I spent time trying to help my mum reply to an email and send an attachment. I can’t do it. Please do it …
  233. It’s Sunday and I’ve barely moved off the sofa, so today’s micro.blog photo prompt “travel” is taking the …
  234. It’s right that we hold AI to account (if that’s even really possible) and expect better from it. In my recent experience, …
  235. Probably not going to see much more of big kid today. Switch 📷
  236. I recently spent far too much time creating a wholly unnecessary (but nice to have) app with Gemini. Everything worked perfectly in the …
  237. Not sure this really works for contrast, but I like the photo. 📷
  238. There’s a cherry pie in the fridge and it’s really quite distracting.
  239. Reflection 📷 nostalgia, Newport, Rhode Island, 1989-90.
  240. A bit of nostalgia and one for the Pacific Wave Appreciation folks.
  241. We did get a little sunshine in the end. The AI generated alt-text mistakes my shadow for the reflection of a chilled-out lamp post in …
  242. You can’t really make it out properly in the photo, but trust me, there’s a whole* avocado under there. *Whole as in …
  243. Spuds are flowering!
  244. 🌧️ No chance of a sun shadow 📷 today, so here’s a mummy duck 🦆 shadow instead.
  245. Three curve-y cootlings swimming in their own curve-y wakes. I noticed a lot of straight lines, and fewer curves on my my morning walk, …
  246. Made my first ever music sale today on Bandcamp. Woohoo! (Thanks, Dad!) 🤦‍♂️
  247. Not trees.
  248. These trees outside our home provide beautiful cover for the ugly industrial warehouse they built shortly after we bought our flat. …
  249. A must read. Israel so-called 'aid' programme for Gaza isn't about feeding the survivors.It's just another phase in its genocide. New …
  250. A frustrating journey home was made amusing by a faulty satnav that inaccurately estimated travel time and failed to suggest a quicker …
  251. Had a blowout on the A1 just before Grantham, so took the opportunity to visit Margaret Thatcher’s birthplace while waiting for …
  252. Bertie’s ice cream van shut up shop at six on the dot leaving my little lad, who was next in line, without an ice cream.
  253. I wasn’t sharp enough to capture the blue tits nesting in this wall-mounted ash tray.
  254. Humberston light railway station, no longer in use, sadly.
  255. My kids (and I) want to know why there’s a potato waffle in the beach information section of this noticeboard.
  256. Contemplating the global situation and the history of settler colonialism at the Meridian line.
  257. Some spectacular skies yesterday afternoon.
  258. Deep in the beating cold heart of Reform UK territory, the former Queen’s Head pub in Cleethorpes is now a rebranded and …
  259. Back in Spilsby ordering ludicrous fish and chips again. Expect all hell to break loose soon.
  260. My head is shot, my teeth are rot… Had a few jars with my old band’s bass player last night.
  261. Wife reckoned her pizza looked artistic.
  262. Earlier this week, I updated my crime report online to say that my son’s scooter had been returned. This morning, I received a …
  263. I didn’t notice these little ducks until I was right on top of them. If they noticed me, they didn’t seem bothered. Mother …
  264. Cootlings have lost their red fluff.
  265. A fittingly very disappointing end to a very disappointing season. Congratulations to Spurs and Ed Morgan.
  266. I thought United started well enough, but in the end the decision to start both Mount and Fernandes cost us. Bruno is surely more …
  267. I listened to your feedback. “TOO LOUD!!!” you shouted above the din. Or was it “TURN IT DOWN!!!”? Whatever it …
  268. My morning walks back from dropping my kids off at school are usually relaxing. Not this morning. I was on edge with the nearby …
  269. As Denny noted across the pond, lots of wildflowers, but no bees, or anything else? Where are all the bees and other pollinators? I'm …
  270. Only six little ducks left today. Started with twelve.
  271. The new HT reviewed the security camera video and found the scooter! Hoorah! John Reese has been dispatched to apprehend the suspect …
  272. From The Rehab To The Refurb
  273. My Eurovision entry for tonight’s final.
  274. “Palace manager looks decent”
  275. Brilliant penalty save from United reject.
  276. Brilliant sucker punch from Palace!
  277. I preferred God Save The Queen.
  278. My own tiny contribution to the “island of strangers” keeping us safe.
  279. Today’s birdwatching.
  280. Person of Interest 101
  281. A parent reported their child’s bike theft to both the school and police, but faced delays and reluctance in investigating the …
  282. Someone took big kid’s new scooter from the bike store at school yesterday. I was hoping it was some kind of mistake or even a …
  283. Little Simz crackin’ it.
  284. New, improved, “cover” of the original Here Now.
  285. A little tune I created, related. The sports presenter said: “I know where I stand on this… What’s going on there …
  286. Having bowed to public pressure to weed my potato patch, I now observe my wilting spuds and wonder if the weeds offered some protection …
  287. Starmer’s immigration speech “nonsense language worthy of a Trump style populist.” New post: Starmer’s Disgraceful …
  288. Big kid sat his first SATs test yesterday and has more this week. He started a journal recording the process. One of his entries from …
  289. This morning’s walk. Filling up the lock (not me, I just observed). Very noisy. So peaceful just a few yards further on. …
  290. The “original” Pump Dot IO song recreated, not reimagined. Pump your life in and out of your friends!
  291. My inbox is full of messages from Percy Thrower types demanding I weed my potato patch (ok, ok, it’s just my mum). So I have …
  292. Earthed up my potatoes this evening and watered them for the first time since I can’t remember when. Last year I was like an …
  293. Fund Britain’s Waterways. The Canal & River Trust (CRT), which manages over 2,000 miles of waterways, relies heavily on …
  294. Sitting ducks.
  295. Back to five again. Seem to be two new cootlings this morning. David Marsden …
  296. Seven little ducks? Only eleven this morning. Twelve little ducks. David Marsden …
  297. Now You’re God / Dying Comes So Easy recreated in full. Original here.
  298. True then, and true now.
  299. 29 years ago. Getting closer to the grave.
  300. Thirty-threenine years ago?
  301. Nearly forty year old demo tapes reimagined by AI.
  302. Veggie Chilli
  303. In my efforts to bring about the end of the world as we know it, I’m all out of credit.
  304. Potatoes doing well.
  305. We hired a recommended, highly experienced copywriter to rewrite everything on our six months late new website, to make it accessible …
  306. AI alt-text generator “thought” this was a crocodile. Lovely weather for ducks. Still eleven babies. David Marsden …
  307. Lovely weather for ducks. Still eleven babies.
  308. Seem to be two new cootlings this morning.
  309. Scum.
  310. Secret garden.
  311. Only eleven this morning. Twelve little ducks. David Marsden https://davidmarsden.info/2025/04/30/twelve-little-ducks.html
  312. Got caught talking to a goose this morning.
  313. Evening meetings always leave me feeling hungover the next day. Honeyglaze makes everything better.
  314. White-knobbed coots and their red-faced babies.
  315. Twelve little ducks.
  316. These meetings are usually as dry as a bone. This one was unexpectedly raw and bloody. Trustees meeting tonight. Must be a few years …
  317. Trustees meeting tonight. Must be a few years since we had an evening meeting. In person, too.
  318. Predictably, the internet is already rife with conspiracy theories. One popular theory is that Giuffre did not commit suicide and was, …
  319. En fin, la pièce de la résistance. Another “original”. Not for the fainthearted. DREAM JOB TRAJECTORY.
  320. One of my personal favourites, Here Now.
  321. Jimmy Carter latest.
  322. A very rare Marsden “original”
  323. An ode to microblogging and the King of ActivityPub.
  324. Who remembers the Arab Spring?
  325. Early doors, but surely a contender for Ingerland’s World Cup song next year.
  326. Ended up going down an AI music creation rabbit hole. Hovercraft Reimagined.
  327. Finally got around to uploading some of my old band Hovercraft’s music to Bandcamp.
  328. Cloudy ale, ffs.
  329. It’s come to something when we’re praising the Pope for cheering for peace not war, and welcoming refugees and the …
  330. ‘He admitted to putting a “sock over my private bits” and opening his dressing room door shouting …
  331. Getting ready for little kid’s birthday party this morning. Ordered pizza to be delivered for the lunch. Wife is popping out to …
  332. It’s crazy to think that Prince Andrew was great pals with Jeffrey Epstein while Prince Charles was great pals with Jimmy Savile. …
  333. Awful news. Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser, dies by suicide: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  334. Cake looks amazing!
  335. Just for clarity, while he no longer has enormous testicles, he’s still very definitely a boy. Little kid is five today. Job done …
  336. Little kid is five today. Job done according to his mum. At least I’m no longer getting peed on.
  337. Keir Starmer welcomed the Magic Circle’s decision saying it brought “clarity”. Woman who tricked her way into …
  338. “18,000 years ago” before anyone gets too excited. First evidence of city-sized icebergs found off UK coast: bbc.com Home - …
  339. Starmer nails his true colours to the mast. George Monbiot: “Across my long and largely futile career…”
  340. Apologies for typos. Not easy with my non-reading glasses on.
  341. Keir Starmer's identity crisis
  342. Flight of the Heron.
  343. Dire Straits. Ffs. I’ll never get any work done.
  344. Stairway To Heaven, barely audible, playing on the “jukebox”.
  345. Obviously I’m in a work meeting.
  346. Ffs, Savile’s “chauffeur” was at it as well. 📺 The Detectives (2015) - ★★★★☆
  347. Back to work after the Easter (Spring Break) holidays. Half an hour to login to the Office 365 account to add a new user. Had to update …
  348. Coaster.
  349. Lovely afternoon just to sit in the garden and feel the warm sun and breeze on your skin.
  350. What a terrific live performance by Porridge Radio on KEXP. And a really interesting and typically sensitive interview with Cheryl …
  351. “Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story” offers a compelling exploration of the infamous figure, leaving viewers questioning …
  352. Really enjoyed watching a little of Boreham Wood Academy’s training match this afternoon. Impressed with the quality of the young …
  353. Everything you ever wanted to know about the cost of fish and chips and more
  354. I have returned with the Famous Lincolnshire Plum Loaf!
  355. Surely a joke, but I just read that Bayindir is starting for United today after Onana failed to catch the team coach to Newcastle on …
  356. This has gone semi-viral on Threads. Weird. Mum gave me £40 to buy two haddock, one chips, and three peas from the chippy. I gave her …
  357. We saw a pair of egrets, and a lot of wind turbines.
  358. Five minute walk from our caravan.
  359. We’ll keep the Red Flag flying here. And the Pirate flag.
  360. Nice little seating area right by our caravan. Unfortunately it’s mostly used as a pigeon toilet.
  361. I was here yesterday evening.
  362. Mum gave me £40 to buy two haddock, one chips, and three peas from the chippy. I gave her £20 back and said, “don’t be …
  363. Full moon tomorrow night?
  364. After a five hour drive, a long walk to the shop and back, and a fiery Jalfrezi, I was ready for this.
  365. When in Cleethorpes…
  366. Nice view.
  367. Macc Lads.
  368. Southend syndrome? US tourist takes wrong boat, ends up Southend fan: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  369. Almost-five year old happily repeating his new favourite word: “TITS!” Soon-to-be-eleven year old, “Stop it! You …
  370. I should be watching United in the derby, of course. But I don’t have any of the pay-to-view sports channels, and the illegal …
  371. Potatoes planted out in bags!
  372. Bunged up, constantly sneezing, sore itchy eyes…
  373. Israel appears to commit war crimes with impunity. Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings: bbc.com …
  374. Every time I finger my spurtle with it’s decorative thistle head, I can’t help but think of Gordon and …
  375. Easter Bonnet Parade is now Spring Bonnet Parade.
  376. TIL what a nonce is.
  377. Missed this important news item the other day. Ealing and Hillingdon boroughs to combine. A draft crest unveiled this morning features …
  379. Every outdoor seating area in the public realm is littered with beer bottles and cans, laughing gas canisters and other drug …
  380. Morning walk. Sat on a tree stump for a few minutes enjoying the sunshine, breeze, and sights and sounds by the canal.
  381. Nothing to do with porridge as it turned out, but yesterday was definitely too hard and too lumpy.
  382. Hellish morning so far. Little kid’s porridge was “too hot” so I stirred in some cold milk. Then it was “too …
  383. Edit: nvm, seems to be resolved now. Not sure what has happened here @help? Mobile web browser.
  384. Went to the Naan Shop to get some naans and they’re all out of naans.
  385. Got called an anchor at work again. Probably taking it too nautically.
  386. Lovely light this morning on the canal.
  387. Hmmm…. maybe only really one cup. I can get three cups from one heaped spoon of the white tea, but only two from the black it …
  388. This smell and taste of this Assam tea evokes memories of bacon butties with my Grandpa Fred, endless pots of tea, talk and cigarettes …
  389. English Teacher and Richard Hawley cover Joy Division on the radio, live Transmission. Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! To the radio! …
  390. I can get three cups from one heaped spoon of the white tea, but only two from the black it seems.
  391. Made hash browns from scratch this morning and they turned out well.
  392. Ecclesiastical gobbledegook
  393. More tea, vicar?
  394. Little kid made the card at school and one of the parents handed out Happy Eid bags to the kids as they left for home.
  395. Big kid has been eating porridge every morning for a few weeks, which means ten minutes of stirring the pan for me every morning. I …
  396. Not sure where this came from, but it’s where we’re at.
  397. Interesting the way this story is framed as if award-winning BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen has committed a heinous crime, associating …
  398. Big houseboat.
  399. What a load of rubbish.
  400. Yesterday’s cormorant.
  401. “One night, I opened my front door to such a strong gas smell I actually thought someone was trying to gas me and I rang the police”. …
  402. Finished reading: The Son and Heir by Alexander Munninghoff 📚 Not a page turner by any means although it kept drawing me back in until …
  403. (From the quoted article) As US lawyer Dylan Williams notes: This Netanyahu quote reported by an Israeli outlet constitutes prima facie …
  404. Woken at 1 am by the sicky sweet smell of petrol wafting in through our open bedroom window.
  405. Hey @manton, any chance you can look at this when you have a moment, please? [@help](https://micro.blog/help) my blog doesn't seem to …
  406. 🍿 A Complete Unknown (2024) - ★★★★☆ I really enjoyed this take on Bob Dylan’s electrifying personal highway to rock …
  407. The invasion destroyed their hopes that Russia might become a normal, non-violent country. A normal, non-violent country like the USA, …
  408. This substation fire is nearer to where I live than Heathrow. Woke up around 1 am to discover we had a power cut. Helicopter overhead, …
  409. Seed potatoes out for chitting. A bit earlier than last year!
  410. A common moorhen, not to be confused with a red-knobbed coot.
  411. I still don’t know who shot JFK, but it’s clear it had nothing to do with Israel.
  412. Well, what do you know?
  413. I hope everyone is watching and listening.
  414. Morning walk. The canal was unusually clean and calm in the sun. I hadn’t noticed the little outhouse in the trees before. This …
  415. My new favourite band. Just wow! You watch the sky open But I feel it fall “Alela Diane meets MotorheadEsben and the …
  416. the UK will give £3 billion a year of military support until 2030/31 and “for as long as needed to support Ukraine”. Britain’s …
  417. Mum’s house has been on the market for just over a week, and photographs have been uploaded to the online estate agent listing …
  418. Fundraising for my sons’ school got off to a slow start, mainly because the school was slow in sharing the online fundraiser with …
  419. “Labour today is both a threat to peace and a force for poverty.” Editorial: ‘Schrodinger’s Russian threat’ fails to …
  420. Fundraising update
  421. Morning walk on the school run.
  422. Morning sun.
  423. Two little ducks.
  424. Israel broke the terms of the ceasefire agreement and have now resumed their genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Pure fucking evil, which …
  425. A few years ago I had to pick jalapenos off my takeaway pizza because they were so freakishly hot. Now I have over half a kilo of …
  426. 📺 Secret State (2012) - ★★★★☆ Inspired by the book, this is a very different take on A Very British Coup. I enjoyed the gritty reality …
  427. Ex Machina serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of artificial intelligence, showcasing a manipulative robot’s successful …
  428. You’d never know from this headline, of course, that it’s Israel who broke the ceasefire agreement. US rejects …
  429. Well, well, well. Ealing Council’s cost-cutting budget includes “improving” the borough’s children’s …
  430. A Very British Coup.
  431. My boy got his picture taken for the local council propaganda rag when they opened the school street this week.
  432. . @help any idea why my tweet archive seems to be missing ten years of tweets? I’ve tried re-uploading, but it seems to get stuck …
  433. Think of the children
  434. American values. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on the forced disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #MahmoudKhalil …
  435. Save Ealing's Children's Centres
  436. Spag bol was spot on. Butter beans instead of meat.
  437. “This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians. More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in …
  438. Trees at Osterley Park.
  439. Robin having a bath in the rainwater captured by the cover of the kids’ sandpit.
  440. Osterley Park this morning.
  441. I’ve been drinking tea and coffee without sugar since before the new year. Coffee now tastes better than it did before. Tea is …
  442. Ordered some seed potatoes today. Hopefully there’s enough good soil in our compost bin to get started and we can plant them out …
  443. Big kid can breathe again. Plan to ban smart phones in schools scrapped by MP: bbc.com Home - BBC News …
  444. Boris Johnson has a lot to answer for. Is he a communist spy, too? He knew before anyone else that it was Putin who poisoned the …
  445. Would now be a good time to invade Las Malvinas?
  446. Big kid brought home a June 1983 copy of National Geographic from the school library today (I said it needs an update!). Some things …
  447. Twice in the last two weeks my boss has called me the team’s anchor. At least that’s what I think he said.
  448. This morning’s walk. I don’t know why this area is fenced off, but it has the effect of creating a private space for local …
  449. If only there was a human rights lawyer / political leader of sound moral principles who could form a coalition of the willing to …
  450. It is worth noting that Starmer’s delusional “Hundred Year Alliance” agreement with Zelensky contained the UK’s attempt to grab the …
  451. Big kid has got a place at our first choice high school for September. His best friends are all going to different schools - some by …
  452. Having unilaterally pledged endless war against a nuclear enemy with “British boots on the ground” Starmer’s …
  453. Both Corbyn and Trump are communist spies, of course.
  454. Security is not the ability to destroy your neighbour. Security is the ability to get on with your neighbour. Think of the kind of …
  455. This morning’s walk.
  456. Starmer is now the de facto leader of the European Union.
  457. Oh, ffs. First it was Porridge Radio and now it’s my beloved Kiwi Browser that’s a dead duck.
  458. I saw the heavily edited Trump-Zelensky smackdown video and couldn’t help but think of Trump as Emperor Ming the Merciless to …
  459. Trump is an evil narcissist for publicly humiliating Zelensky because Zelensky refuses to negotiate a peace deal with Putin because …
  460. A new hope
  461. I smelled the spring On the smoky wind
  462. I’m raising money for my sons’ school’s Parent Teacher Association to give to the school to help cover the cost of a …
  463. Eurasian coot (not be confused with its Red-knobbed cousin).
  464. This morning’s tree.
  465. A bit late in the day, but a handy and relatively easy to use Python script that automates bulk downloading Kindle books before …
  466. First time I stopped and really noticed this at my kids’ school.
  467. How it was. How it’s going.
  468. Bit of a muddy walk around Osterley Park.
  469. Reading books for pleasure is so much fun, I wonder why I ever stopped? Back into it this month, and the first two I read (pretty much …
  470. Finished reading: The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis 📚 Five stars not enough. A murder mystery fairytale witch hunt romance, …
  471. Bloody hell! Porridge Radio are calling it a day.
  472. Chomping on pistachios, I became aware that I was doing all the chomping on one side of my mouth. Switched to the other side and was …
  473. Relaxing morning with the kids. I’m sucking on stray lumps of Red Leicester while stirring the rest of the grated cheese into …
  474. The funder who changed the closing date has rejected our grant application as it was submitted late. No great loss as it’s …
  475. After “fixing” my pyromaniac toaster I have now, somehow*, reconnected my anti-social music player with the internet. Time …
  476. Wife can’t believe it’s March already!
  477. The code of life
  478. On yer bike! (Your voice matters)
  479. You Winchester, you lose some
  480. Cleaning up
  481. Finished reading: Interference by Brad Parks 📚 Read this very quickly (for me), so it’s a page-turner and an enjoyable thriller. …
  482. So far so good
  483. Too good to be true
  484. ‘The UK currently has schemes for some Afghans, Ukrainians and people from Hong Kong to come to the UK but no route for …
  485. Much calmer sounds this afternoon when the lock was filled and the gate was closed.
  486. Sight and sound by the lock gate this morning. Transcript
  487. Sight and sound on the footbridge over the canal from this morning.
  488. Still setting up this bloody laptop.
  489. Kids are enjoying scooting into school in the mornings. I’m like some retired secret service security detail chasing after them …
  490. All in a day's housework
  491. Putting my feet up before the school run starts again. The ball of my right big toe is very sore.
  492. ‘Under UK law, it is now an offence to enter the country without permission, while international law states that refugees should …
  493. Setting up a new laptop for a colleague at work. A very sleek and lightweight Lenovo V15 G4.
  494. Helicopter crews exposed to benzene twenty years ago now dying from cancer. MoD investigates air crew cancers after helicopter claims …
  495. Little kid, arising from his potty: “Dad, take the wee in the potty and put it in the toilet.” Talk about taking the pee!
  496. This morning was gloriously lazy. Hoping I can match that lack of effort this afternoon.
  497. ‘Find someone your base already dislikes. Attack them. Make it personal. Make it cruel. Make it loud. Then monetize the outrage- …
  498. ‘The BBC contacted Biden’s talent agency, which recently signed him, but no response was immediately forthcoming.’ My …
  499. ‘“Cultural evidence”, also used in far-right and religious extremist cases… does not equal guilt.’ Youth culture …
  500. Pleased also that Maguire elected to head the ball this time to score the last minute winner. Even if he was clearly offside. …
  501. A better all round social work experience for everyone involved. They should be able to move to a four day week. Ealing Council slashes …
  502. Pleased for Zirkzee to get the equaliser. He and Garnacho made all the difference when they came on.
  503. We haven’t had a left back all season, so of course when we sign one we play him on the right wing.
  504. Ugarte gave the ball away like Casemiro for the goal.
  505. No wonder my eldest hates football. All he’s seen is United after Ferguson.
  506. Half-time report will be in the morning after we’ve all woken up.
  507. Some more trees for the collection. Never noticed this cabin before. I must have walked past it hundreds of times. Never noticed this …
  508. Beautiful swan!
  509. Goose stepped out of line.
  510. Wife beefed about the beef (“too salty”) and the horseradish (“tastes like jalapeno flavoured toothpaste”), but …
  511. Liked the colours of the weathered old narrowboats in these first two pics, and the sky in the third.
  512. Walked past big kid’s old “Wonderwall” he helped to create at his nursery school, must be seven years ago. He’s …
  513. I just used Voicenotes.com on my phone to record various training prices from historical invoices reading them off my laptop screen, …
  514. AI will drink all our water, use up all our electricity, take all our jobs, deliver to us online shopping and pizza and feed our …
  515. Pleased to see that Auntie has updated the headline on this story. Public invited to suggest names for next archbishop bbc.comHome - …
  516. Publish and REDACTED!
  517. Wife has had a sore throat on and off for a couple of weeks, so naturally she asked me to “get some beef” to cure it. This …
  518. Wife has just got back from Ealing Broadway on a work visit with a very nice pair of brand new trainers. While she’s …
  519. Thanks to Howard Webb for clearing this up so promptly.
  520. Of course, it’s the anti-genocidal voters who didn’t buy the genocidal Biden/Harris presidential ticket who are to blame …
  521. It was a rough night. Little kid was awake in wriggling around in our bed from 4 am, although, of course, fast asleep again by 7:30 …
  522. Enjoyed this morning’s PTA meeting. Lots of great energy and ideas for raising money for our kids’ school.
  523. It could be a long night. Wife has just settled little kid back into bed. Big kid is coughing and snorting away, wide awake two and a …
  524. Spent quite a bit of time this evening trying out @Mtt’s brilliant new Bayou theme for my site.
  525. Little kid fell asleep on my lap, as usual, watching videos of planets and being at one with the Universe. This morning he exclaimed: …
  526. Last night big kid fell asleep in his bed while wearing in-ear buds, ear defender “headphones” and an elasticated eye mask. …
  527. Love the light of the setting sun on this tree.
  528. That’s a clutter of cats.
  529. On the chicken, er, I mean school run earlier.
  530. Back home early from work after second meeting had been cancelled without anyone telling anyone else. So we were all sat there like …
  531. Oh, and printed a couple of things I’ll need later on our new home printer - only to discover the kids have used up all the …
  532. Spent the morning going over the AI’s homework that I assigned it last week, correcting it and filling in the gaps. Still quicker …
  533. Is Trump doing a Truss and will “the deep state” intervene? Trump’s nightmare 2025 is going as I predicted …
  534. Not on our side. So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes …
  535. More evidence, should you need it, that in the last 50 years capitalism has disproportionately advantaged the top 10% of earners (and …
  536. My Dad has been radicalised by the far right on YouTube, and now he’s started using emojis in messages.
  537. Last weekend I was discovering the joy of listening to Leeds-based band English Teacher, whose singer Lily Fontaine hails from Colne, …
  538. Big kid always leaves his pizza crusts and asked me to make a stuffed crust instead. I forgot all about, so just folded over the edge …
  539. Ten year old old just showed me how to do something on my phone.
  540. Talking of Chumbawamba has sent me down another memory hole today. I have some hazy memories of following another anti-fascist band, …
  541. In 1988, the great American novelist Kurt Vonnegut wrote a letter to the human race of 2088. Via @cubicgarden.com’s newsletter
  542. It’s been a Chumbawamba sort of a day. Anarchy, A Singsong and a Scrap, and A Night of Punk Nostalgia.
  543. I thought micro.blog was down all morning, but just realised it was something to do with my DNS service.
  544. The goat singer
  545. This morning’s walk. The view from the top of the new hills is a bunch of half-built skyscrapers and cranes. The entrance from …
  546. Roadblock
  547. What are you waiting for?
  548. Listening again to the unlistenable episode one, and it’s incredibly relevant right from the off. People getting angry on social …
  549. Probably time to officially call it a day on #tinap @andyc@mastodon.me.uk. Almost 16 years from conception, and a full 9 politically …
  550. Can’t remember ever seeing the equivalent Israel/Palestinian headline on the BBC. In a split second, Russia wipes out three …
  551. My local council in the news. Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  552. “Connect with others through social relationships… doing good things to other people, contributing through your work or through …
  553. BBC says IDF murdered children and lied about it
  554. Life lessons
  555. I had a really poor night’s sleep, worrying about little kid.
  556. Little kid slept in his own bed until 6 am. Hurrah!
  557. See no 🐵?
  558. What's out there?
  559. I have been replaced by Professor Brian Cox on bedtime storytelling duties.
  560. Shepherd’s Pie in the morning, my delight.
  561. Must be the same reason they struggled in Ten Hag’s system? Why are Man Utd struggling in Amorim's system? bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  562. Sign up to build Power for your Community. GET FUNDING AND TRAINING TO ORGANISE YOUR COMMUNITY.
  563. I know it’s bedtime for little kid when I have to pull him off his big brother. Somehow he was simultaneously pulling his …
  564. Can’t say I like the original, but this cover of The Stooges’ “Johanna” is electric.
  565. I’ve really been feeling the cold of winter in my bones this week. So it’s no suprise that I should find myself listening …
  566. Four and three quarter year old has spent most of the day creating this beauty. He’s not happy with it, though.
  567. Stumbled upon this great live recording of The Kills playing “Baby Says” last night.
  568. Kids are very happily playing together this morning, printing out pictures of planets, cutting them out and sticking them on to their …
  569. Thatcher’s daughter. Reeves is still peddling the household analogy …
  570. Lots of Discordian/Robert Anton Wilson fans on Bluesky.
  571. One of my favourite live performances, and in particular this song “The Swamps” by Widowspeak. Check out the guitar break …
  572. I got a seeded multigrain bloomer loaf from Tesco bakery, which smells and tastes amazing. Toasted and topped with half an avocado and …
  573. Not sure why this wasn’t prosecuted under anti-terrorism laws? White supremacist jailed for asylum seeker attack at hotel …
  574. Threat level: high.
  575. More than two years after I suggested this should be a priority, my sons’ school will have a school street during the school run …
  576. The new President of Israel. Israel has changed since Donald Trump's last term – has he? bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  577. AI, ethics and democracy
  578. This Lino government is fucking awful. Patients dying in corridors at overwhelmed hospitals, say nurses bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  579. Bye bye Biden. A genocidal war criminal with the blood of tens of thousands of women and children on his hands. Paved the way for …
  580. Some prick just overtook me as I was indicating and turning right.
  581. Highlights from this morning’s walk. New wetland wellbeing walk by the canal.
  582. Arsenal match report
  583. Another fantastic penalty save from Bayindir and Zirkzee sensibly chose to shoot to win the game with the final kick.
  584. Extra time proved to be a waste of time. Now it’s a penalty shootout.
  585. 1-1 at full-time*. The two managers presumably threw cups and plates around in their half-time team talks and both teams came out into …
  586. 0-0 at The Emirates at halftime in the FA Cup. For some reason Arsenal are dressed as Leeds in the 1970s. United are dressed as United …
  587. My pizza waiting to go in the oven. Kids’ and wife’s pizzas are in there at the moment.
  588. Little kid’s pizza slightly overheated.
  589. Been drinking this stuff the last two nights. It’s very light, tastes nice enough, but unsure about it’s claims for calming …
  590. Last night I had “ideal sleep” according to my sleep app. This is the first time I’ve managed this feat, and …
  591. This morning’s trees.
  592. Southall Recreation Ground.
  593. What a beautiful morning for a walk!
  594. ☕ Foetus?
  595. Rorschach test ☕🐇
  596. A tree would have been nice, and I still think it was more effective how it was.
  597. Finally some positive news: I managed to buy and replace the headlamp and brake lamp on my car all by myself without freezing to death …
  598. Harrow Council’s lawyers have sent me a cease and desist notice for driving in a bus lane on New Year’s Day.
  599. Liz Truss’s lawyers have sent me a cease and desist notice for writing: Liz “Pork Markets” Truss. Oh, fuck. She might not have …
  600. Trying out adding audio narration to a blog post, but not sure I’ve quite got it right. The audio button works, but I have <{{ …
  601. I didn’t fancy my chances against this gang of Canadian geese.
  602. This little coot was barking like a dog, I swear, right up until I pressed the record button.
  603. This little coot was barking like a dog, I swear, right up until I pressed the record button. UPDATE: So this appears to load the video …
  604. Eating leftover mince pies now that I’m drinking sugar-free tea.
  605. Instead, here are some photos of a spooky old abandoned narrowboat.
  606. It’s a shame I can’t upload videos here as I was about to share a couple videos from this morning of a coot barking like a …
  607. Not seen this “No more posts” before @help
  608. Back to work
  609. Exciting news - big kid found (what we think is) a faint Saturn not far from a bright Venus in the night sky with little kid’s …
  610. Right now: snacking on my wife’s cashews as she’s eaten all my pistachios.
  611. Less exciting: driver side headlamp and brake lamp need replacing. Two years ago, I felt confident and competent enough to replace a …
  612. Exciting first day back at school as the skies suddenly opened up and dropped huge, fat flakes of snow on the kids as they waited to go …
  613. Had some crispy taco shells with lettuce, some chopped avocado, cucumber, red pepper and onion, and sour cream with the chilli sans …
  614. Little kid ate a leftover sausage and reheated chips. Big kid had a bowl of rice and gravy followed by two taco shells with cheese and …
  615. Wife just rescued little kid who was hanging off the top bunk bed ladder.
  616. The peace and quiet is great, but not entirely relaxing. When the kids are quiet it usually means they are up to no good, or something …
  617. Making chilli sans carne this morning. Kids are back at school tomorrow, so they are hanging out in the bedroom away from the smell.
  618. 2-2 in the end after an exciting second half of end-to-end football. United played like a team transformed in confidence and belief. …
  619. 0-0 at halftime. United looking solid with a narrow four in midfield in front of a back five. Same eleven that won at City. Hojlund …
  620. New hat achievement unlocked. Despite it being xmas holidays and eating to excess I lost a pound in weight. If I can get to bed earlier …
  621. This tree, as big kid says, is sus. <img src=“https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/2588/2025/pxl-20250104-1219005422.jpg" …
  622. Today’s trees.
  623. This parking advice signpost is much more effective now.
  624. Half-time oranges at the cricket. 🏏
  625. BOOM! Figured out how to turn off automatic blog post thumbnails. (Wrap <!-- --> around the thumbnail stuff in index.html.) On a …
  626. Housing association sent someone round a couple of days ago to place this essential post-Grenfell fire safety sticker inside our …
  627. Finally figured out how to use the Lite Youtube embed plugin. In settings, replaced “post-content” with …
  628. Space-obsessed four year old last week: “My head is full of questions, Dad. There are eight planets in our solar system. Four …
  629. Spent half the day trying to force @robb@social.lol’s YouTube Lite plugin to work on my site, but have conceded failure. I …
  630. Main course for me. Comfort food from childhood. Boiled gammon, mashed potatoes, carrots and white sauce. My Gran and my Mum used the …
  631. We always used the have a special meal to mark New Year’s Day, like Christmas and Easter Sunday, but yesterday, as big kid was …
  632. I made a Snowman out of mashed potatoes, with sausage arms, carrot nose, onion mouth, cabbage scarf, roast potato hat and gravy eyes …
  633. Listen. 20lb Sounds by 20lb Sounds I posted on my blog about Jimmy Carter. Hoping to post more in 2025 but don't hold me to that - …
  634. A wet and wild white-knuckle ride home into driving wind and rain on the London Orbital.
  635. This compilation project of Bob Dylan footage is fantastic. Video overdubbed with audio from “The 1966 Live Recordings.”
  636. Big kid went home with his Auntie and cousins on Monday night, so later I will go and collect him. Hopefully traffic will be a lot less …
  637. This year
  638. Last year I feel like I tried out some new ways of doing things that make my life better. journaling reading more listening to music …
  639. This year I managed to put up bookshelves and bunk beds, fixed a cupboard door back on in the kitchen with new hinges, replaced the …
  640. The lovely Micky Taylor on guitar sounding like Jimi Hendrix. I used to have the album cover on my bedroom wall as a teenager.
  641. My kind of guitar breakdown.

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  1. How does it feel, how does it feel? I love Cat Power’s recreation of Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert. …
  2. It took me a long time To figure out I don’t know what I want Three brilliant and very different live versions of “Fill In …
  3. Little Simz “Mood Swings” is one of my top songs of 2024. I think I first heard her on Tiny Desk in 2021. A brilliant set …
  4. The Old Hag
  5. the unknown is the only true hope for a brighter future
  6. My song of the year by a country mile. Drowned and buried at the bottom of a lake is my biggest fear
  7. Porridge Radio are my band of the year. I relistened to their 2022 album “Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky” …
  8. 3421 isn’t working. Surely he has to try something else? Man Utd relegation 'a possibility' says Amorim bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  9. Listening to her sing. She is fully connected to her truth. It shows up in her words, and it shows up in her voice. The two are …
  10. Two duos. One an English female singer-guitarist and an American male singer-guitarist. The other and American female singer and an …
  11. I’m having trouble breathing in Feels like my anthem for the year. Great lyrics (including lines from “All Shook Up” and …
  12. Nothing he’s got he really needs Always one shinning up a lamp post!
  13. Today’s menu (illustrations by big kid).
  14. Some personal listening highlights of the year.
  15. The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe What is your Conceptual Continuity?
  16. How I listen to music
  17. Today we’re expecting our two nieces and their Mum. They’re at just the right ages to play with our boys, so it should be a …
  18. Half a leftover and browning avocado made my fried eggs something special this morning.
  19. RIP Jimmy Carter. Not that Jimmy Carter.
  20. Reminds me of Tiananmen Square. This is the last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, walking toward …
  21. The art of a good sandwich
  22. Tl;dr: we’re doomed!
  23. (Are you making this up?) Eh, some of it, yeah, why? (Well, what are you doing that for?) I just didn’t want to burden anyone …
  24. Developers: if you really want to help the community
  25. Was Joe Biden a good president? #EvanPoll #poll Evan Prodromou https://cosocial.ca/@evan/113728994484661444
  26. Wolves match report
  27. Best part of Xmas Day for me was late last night when my little kid got a book for me to read to him called “Dad”. After we …
  28. First Margarita.
  29. In between Yorkshire and xmas puddings…
  30. Oops! Forgot to buy Yorkshires and had to make my own (for the first time). Looks all right!
  31. Yorkshire pudding followed by xmas pudding.
  32. Today’s offerings.
  33. Santa wasn’t in his Grotto today (elf and safety reasons), so me and little kid had to improvise.
  34. As I mentioned last year, I regularly bookmark people’s posts who I might otherwise have “liked” or …
  35. A xmas miracle! Both kids are asleep before 9 pm!
  36. My year on micro.blog
  37. Getting ready for this evening. H/t to @jthingelstad for the Irish Cream suggestion.
  38. All set!
  39. Leftover slice of pizza and blackberry and apple crumble for brunch. Tomorrow’s veggies almost all done. ✅ Roasted carrots and …
  40. Plan for tomorrow: 🥕 Prepare and cook veggies for xmas lunch 🍿 Watch Sonic 3 with kids at cinema 🛏️ Get kids off to bed and sleep early …
  41. Quite the confession. Gabriel said the agency duped Hezbollah into buying the pagers, making advertising films and brochures, and …
  42. Little kid sleeps in his own bed for about three or four hours before waking up crying and climbing into ours. At least he now just …
  43. After numerous attempts at therapising my toaster (“WTF is wrong with you, you stupid machine!”) I realised that it was too …
  44. Big kid has been enjoying CrossFit exercises at school and at home. Big kid: “Hey Google! What’s an air squat?” …
  45. United losing 3-0 at home to Bournemouth with an hour gone. Bring back baldie!
  46. Anyone know why some of my blog posts have a “thumbnail” screenshot image of the post attached to them? Seems to be a …
  47. Ten months on and bath night is getting easier. Now all I have to do is say, “Who’s going to get in Eli’s bath first? …
  48. Xmas pizza.
  49. …what’s important (as everyone who writes always says), is simply to write (and publish). Nothing’s ever finished or perfect, …
  50. At the heart of neoliberalism is the fantasy of escape: escape from taxation and regulation, escape from the European Union and …
  51. Xmas Past. I listen to Jamendo so you don’t have to
  52. Nice tree, but it makes walking on the pavement almost impossible if you’re over five feet tall.
  53. Xmas in Little India.
  54. …streets were relatively clean, traffic lights and lamp-posts worked, and officers were present in the busiest areas. Simple …
  55. Perfect cheese omelette this morning. Two eggs whisked lightly for two minutes into a hot pan with melted butter. Added some leftover …
  56. Toast in the Machine
  57. They are reduced to playing a game of politics which lacks any substance, with their only reward (apart from those that might come …
  58. A shame we only get to choose one.
  59. The Last Supper
  60. This morning’s trees.
  61. My lucky day (NSFW). Transcript
  62. “…Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a “new front” had opened up on Israel’s border with …
  63. Road Rage
  64. Cricket match well underway in my local park at 9:30 this morning.
  65. Southall Odours
  66. What's going on in Syria?
  67. Don’t most start-ups fail? Maybe a pop-up government would work better? Government wants state to be more 'like a start-up' …
  68. The Queen had the IRA over for tea, so I can’t see what the problem is? UK will review Syrian group's terror ban, cabinet …
  69. No one could have foreseen this. Man Utd sporting director Ashworth leaves after five months bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  70. My friend Tim has been busy… Dull Men's Club - the 'mundane' Facebook group that became an unlikely hit bbc.comHome - BBC News …
  71. Apple crumble is one of my five a day, right?
  72. No room at the inn
  73. Luxury flats newly built by the canal. The absence of windows on the sides of the blocks is presumably so that the residents …
  74. Best naans in Southall Green!
  75. Like I was two years ago, when I last had a blood test, I’m “pre-diabetic”, so I’m going to see if I can cut …
  76. What you writing FOR?
  77. At the risk of coming off like a poor man’s Gregg Wallace, I enjoy a four nut granola every morning.
  78. Bad Santa
  79. As well as being addicted to Duolingo, my lad is addicted to crumpets, and I’m his crumpet dealer. …
  80. Getting all the wrapping done as things arrive this year. Leaving it all until xmas eve is too stressful. Easier to hide, too.
  81. No side effects from yesterday’s vaccine. GP called to discuss my imminent demise. She said I’m “a fat bastard and …
  82. Big kid reckons that the two boxes that arrived yesterday, and that I refused to open, contained xmas presents. His theory is that I …
  83. Blood test results suggest I’m in imminent danger of heart attack, kidney failure and cancer.
  84. I don’t understand how people think Joe Biden is a good guy. He’s probably done more than anyone to drag the political …
  85. Had my pneumonia vaccine and diabetes blood test this morning. Nurse was very kind and thoughtful. I didn’t pass out, although …
  86. Is this the end for Greggs sausage rolls?
  87. Years ago, I would grab a Greggs sausage roll every morning for breakfast on the way into work.
  88. Our little tree now has lights. Kids were excited but chilling out now to carols.
  89. I knew where this is before clicking through.
  90. Some more pizza prep and cooked pics. 🍕🍕🍕
  91. Boys are having so much fun on a Portal call with their “Papa” (my Dad, their Grandad).
  92. Making pizza. Dough has risen once, now going back under the cling film to rise again. Used wholemeal bread flour as I didn’t …
  93. Kids decorated our little xmas tree, but I left the batteries in the lights all year, so they’re ruined. I think I might have …
  94. “Volcano with exploding baked bean and cheese lava” for lunch. Big kid is getting one of his five a day. Little kid not …
  95. Breathing calmed down so went for a short walk to the corner shop with Kid A where he bought a can of baked beans with his own cash. …
  96. Retreated to the relative safety of the bedroom where I’m finding solace with Radiohead and OK Computer on a loop. An airbag …
  97. Wife wants to know what I think about the Assisted Dying Bill. She’s strongly in favour: “It can’t come soon enough …
  98. Breathless again. Ffs.
  99. On The Bales
  100. Bye Bye Biden
  101. I bought an acupressure mat (bed of “nails”) a couple of months ago to help with back pain, relaxation and hopefully to …
  102. I celebrated Thanksgiving only once in my life, and it was certainly memorable.
  103. Looking at The Royal Observatory in Greenwich for my space obsessed four year old. No under fives! (They do have a special …
  104. Notionally returned to wfh today. ✅ Made chilli sans carne ✅ Emailed work to say I will try to ease myself back into things, but still …
  105. Me: Dinner’s on the table! Little kid: I’m just painting Mars!
  106. Dua Lipa's Tiny Desk concerts
  107. Love this coffee. Took a couple of weeks to get used to it after the previous regular one they sent me (which was a Columbian " …
  108. On Journaling
  109. Overcome space and all we have left is here. Overcome time and all we have left is now. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 📚
  110. Jon Batiste's Tiny Desk concert
  111. Alicia Keys' Tiny Desk concert
  112. My first attempt at a very simple recipe my Mum used to make fifty years ago. Little kid: “I like onion and cheese …
  113. Living and breathing
  114. I recently read: How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy (of the band Wilco) 📚. It’s full of practical if fairly obvious tips on how …
  115. Three days of feeling relatively well. Today I’m coughing, wheezing, short of breath again. Feel shot.
  116. This went down well with the missus!
  117. This lovely tree by the bridge over the canal near my kids’ school at Toplocks is gone.
  118. The air outside is thick with the smell of tar and vehicle emissions. Not doing my cough any good.
  119. Yesterday’s Mac* ’n’ Cheese went down well with me and big kid. It’s one of his favourites. *Penne
  120. It’s so cold this morning, when I got back from dropping the kids at school I had to do the washing up just to warm my hands up.
  121. Starmer is proving to be every bit as reckless and depraved as Johnson.
  122. Wife reckons she has kidney failure due to her high blood pressure. She says her kidneys are due to expire in 2074.
  123. Sausages
  124. Wife is making plans for my imminent demise.
  125. Always look as far ahead as possible
  126. Now they want me to have a blood test (routine annual test for diabetes). I hate blood tests, though, and occasionally pass out. I …
  127. Damn. Felt much better yesterday since starting antibiotics on Monday evening, no coughing and a decent sleep last night. This morning …
  128. Machine of Interest
  129. Only time I saw Richard Branson in the flesh he was parading around in stockings and suspenders entertaining children. #Virgin
  130. Got Carter
  131. The more his curiosity took over, the less control he had
  132. I’m so tired I went for a nap, but these corticosteroids won’t let me.
  133. Add vegetables to tea. Get soup.
  134. People Don't Change
  135. Thought I was getting over my cough, but it seemed to be getting worse again over the weekend and last night. Got some antibiotics and …
  136. Every time someone mentions Croissant (for cross-posting) I hear big kid’s Mum telling him, “You can’t have …
  137. DPD FFS!
  138. After last week’s early mince pie tasting, I’m road-testing an approximation of xmas dinner. What’s missing?
  139. I wrote 300 pages of notes and reflections in my personal and work journals in 90 days.
  140. Four year old every few seconds: “WHAT. THE. HEEE-EEEELLLLLL???!!!”
  141. My Cheese-o-meter
  142. Not the most attractive presentation, but it’s all about the taste sensation. Cheddar on the left. Wensleydale on the right.
  143. Finally feel like I’m getting my breath back after four days of having trouble breathing in, wheezing and feeling like I’m …
  144. WFH Saved My Life
  145. Coughing like a bastard this morning. Probably shouldn’t have smoked those twenty Roosters my Dad brought back from Kenya thirty …
  146. I vote for David Coote to replace Gary Lineker.
  147. The politics of envy?
  148. Big kid has written a list of all the things that make him angry. Top of the list is bananas.
  149. I’m officially old. I now require eye drops, ear drops, nasal spray and an inhaler just to start the day.
  150. Finished a grant application with a colleague just in time to meet tomorrow’s deadline. A massive relief, and hopeful for …
  151. A genuine laugh out loud moment from Jonathan Pie, who is definitely not having a liberal meltdown.
  152. After my experience with pump.io (pump eye-oh not pump dot eye-oh), I’m delighted that micro.blog is micro dot blog.
  153. Distractedly scrolling through my Facebook feed, which is now entirely made up of various treatments for ADHD in adults. Now browsing …
  154. Not Fake News
  155. Wasn’t Harris ahead in the polls until the UK government started interfering in the election?
  156. Liz Kendall - Mad, Bad and Dangerous
  157. Factional right-wing neoliberal think tank “Labour Together”: The Budget is a Winner with Tories
  158. Now we can all agree that Biden was a total failure of a president.
  159. Hats Off!
  160. In other news, I got 25% off my Cornish pasty at Peterborough Services for wearing my Corbyn cap.
  161. Family Connection Restored
  162. My Mum’s cousin owns the local wool shop.
  163. COPD
  164. One positive outcome of my immune system going into overdrive in response to the covid vaccine is that my psoriasis has (temporarily?) …
  165. The Hangover
  166. The Southall Gasworks Story
  167. Chasing youths with carving knives
  168. Clear and obvious error
  169. I thought I’d done great with these pizzas, but big kid ate only three slices (he can usually eat all eight) and spat out his …
  170. Every word speaks the brutal truth. The Year After Al-Aqsa Flood | Black Agenda Report
  171. Dear President Biden…
  172. Following on from our expensive old and new door catastrophes, our washing machine has given up. Another £169.
  173. Another Door Closes
  174. Palace Match Report
  175. I can’t opt-out of LinkedIn’s new AI data gathering exercise, and neither can I delete my account, because I can’t …
  176. Digital Leader
  177. I don’t understand why they have seized (now mouldy) courgettes as evidence but then again I don’t understand how they can justify …
  178. Impossible demands
  179. Death cult
  180. Bunk beds built.
  181. This morning, and quite possibly this afternoon, I will mostly be assembling a flat pack ‘shorty’ bunk bed ensemble for the …
  182. Big kid is applying to be a Digital Leader at school. In his application he wrote, ‘I want to be a Digital Leader because …
  183. Scored this bag of Akash Gold at the local Tesco Express. Light and fluffy indeed. Chilli sans carne was amazing. Big kid gave the rice …
  184. Strong Irish backbone to this England team. Pickford (born Logan), Maguire, Rice, Grealish and Kane. Carsley should have said he …
  185. Funny old game
  186. Achievement unlocked.
  187. Handed my four year old a slice of ham for his lunch. “Yay! Pink chicken!” Now we know what he meant yesterday when he …
  188. I started reading the Kindle sample for this, but immediately felt anxious that I should spend the remaining weeks of my life doing …
  189. Noel plays his guitar as if he’s scared it will break, and Oasis’s funkless, sexless plod is always carefully pitched below the …
  190. Dead duck. An unpleasant walk in the midday sun by the canal yesterday. A few abandoned Lime Bikes (one with its front wheel missing). …
  191. Emptying my Feedbin and stumbled across this epic from Christmas Day 2022. The one where Matthew moves out of Sawtell because …
  192. TV Show of Interest
  193. Spuds Up!
  194. Well, the super secure new lock on our super expensive new front door failed catastrophically today. I couldn’t get my key out of …
  195. Big Kids’ Sports Day.
  196. England. Always different, always the same.
  197. Labour’s self-imposed, arbitrary and “binding” “fiscal rules” are the same as the Tories’ Austerity …
  198. My polling station was empty when I went to vote around 1:30 pm. My nearly ten year old looked at the TWELVE names on the ballot. …
  199. Election Fever
  200. New e-scooter and cycle hire infrastructure in Southall Green. [Edit] Not the ideal location.
  201. I used to be funny.
  202. Bushmen came to cut the communal grass and fill my compost bin with the cuttings. #Winning
  203. The Cuckoo's Nest
  204. “…when you look at it on a personal level, if Nelson was your friend or your neighbour, you would absolutely agree that …
  205. One of the reasons we never visit the place where I grew up. “I just have to share?”?
  206. Natalie Elphicke said Labour can’t be trusted and doesn’t listen. She said the victim of her husband’s sexual assault …
  207. I’m so glad I ate my salad before reading about the Eunuch Maker.
  208. Fear and Loathing
  209. “Zionism is rooted in trauma and fear. It’s about survival and love for the Jewish people. But like any other ethnic …
  210. OFFICE ABANDONED - SUN STOPPED WORK Today’s office. - davidmarsden, https://davidmarsden.info/2024/05/08/todays-office.html
  211. M.S. Panesar hit wicket b Panesar 0 Tbf, he lasted longer than I thought he would. <img …
  212. Today’s office.
  213. Two Little Ducks
  214. What Marxism teaches us
  215. Stop the Planes
  216. ☕🤦‍♂️
  217. A local shop owner asked why big kid wasn’t at school. When I told him it was closed because it was being used as a polling …
  218. Unusually productive morning. taught big kid how to convert fractions into decimals and percentages and vice versa voted for Mayor of …
  219. My local polling station was deserted when I went to vote around 11am.
  220. Never listened to Buffalo Tom’s eponymous first album before. Produced by one Joseph Donald Mascis (as was their second album …
  221. Yesterday morning I took my little kid to see his best friend Lorenzo. Yesterday afternoon I took my big kid to see his best friend …
  222. Nine year old said he wanted to grow some potatoes, so we planted chitted seed potatoes in bags tonight. He said he didn’t know …
  223. I think I was taking Tramadol for pain relief when I wrote this: Both sets of players would be awarded (honorary) knighthoods for their …
  224. A Trip Down Memory Lane
  225. 4 year old was born four years ago today, funnily enough.
  226. Zack, 35, says: “I got pretty disillusioned after I found myself consistently matching with anti-Zionists, even when I set it to …
  227. …blanket denial of Israeli war crimes has served to quiet the consciences of Israel’s most ardent supporters, ensuring their …
  228. This is the story of how I got there. A chronological curriculum vitae. (Need to get around to completing mine….) Writing a …
  229. The agenda now is all-Israeli: There is no one else but us. Only our disasters, our suffering, our sacrifices – and everything else …
  230. Front page of today’s Independent newspaper, headlines: Biden calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza. UK legal experts, lawmakers …
  231. Where's Daddy?
  232. Hamas wants a permanent end to the war and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Mr Netanyahu’s office said the proposals were …
  233. Can’t remember the last time I wore a watch. My nine year old wants it. Timpsons fitted a new battery free of charge.
  234. Journaling
  235. Currently reading: Yesterday’s Man by Branko Marcetic 📚 He would indeed spend his Senate career showering Israel with …
  236. Bath Night
  237. 6/12
  238. Back cover image of the dec 1975 issue of “issues in radical therapy” (via danielle carr on Twitter.)
  239. The Crisis in Gaza: Navigating Difficult Conversations A Q&A with Dr. Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté February 16, 2024 • 9:00 – …
  240. Pancake Day!
  241. the Biden administration does in fact have tons of leverage it can use to stop the genocidal massacre in Gaza, it just doesn’t want to …
  242. My kids were more interested in my egg timer app, which cock-a-doodle-doos when the eggs are ready, and bashing the egg’s head in …
  243. STUMPED!
  244. “We say these rules are the rules when Russia invades Ukraine or when the Rohingya are being massacred by Myanmar, but if …
  245. Scratch that. Improvised rain shield.
  246. Viking dress up day.
  247. Last Words
  248. …people like you and I continue to have a vital role, as everybody does, in using the power of the people to wrest control from …
  249. Germany has announced it will intervene in the substantial case to support Israel. They argue explicitly that, as the world’s greatest …
  250. Perhaps nothing I did would help prevent genocide, but we all have to do that which is within our power to try. Craig Murray Your Man …
  251. …genocide is never justified. It is absolute, a crime in itself. No matter how appalling the atrocities committed by Hamas …
  252. SSSSSNNNNAAAAKKKKEEEEE! Very old photo (May? 1990). Mesa Verde National Park. Always thought it was a Rattlesnake. Google Lens suggests …
  253. Irreplaceable! (I have a work commitment tomorrow morning.)
  254. Heart skipped a beat (or several) when I saw this in the canal this morning…
  255. Annual (eek!) morning walk.
  256. Curriculum Vitae (Memento Vivere)
  257. File under HamasIsrael don’t care about their own people?
  258. When I first went to university, one of my first mates was a very quiet and shy bass player, a Geordie skinhead called Tim. Tim was …
  259. Those were the days.

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2023 119 posts
  1. Thriving?
  2. Wife has returned home after being abducted by aliens (scroll down past the football).
  3. Curriculum Vitae (Hocus Pocus)
  4. Teachers
  5. Curriculum Vitae (Ad Absurdum)
  6. Curriculum Vitae (Ad Nauseam)
  7. 365
  8. ToryBoy
  9. Writing to my MP: ICJP - Complicity in War Crimes
  10. Curriculum Vitae (Repetitum)
  11. Curriculum Vitae
  12. Last night, I watched ToryBoy The Movie. This morning, I watched unelected former Tory Prime Minister and Jewish National Fund patron …
  13. Dishing It Out
  14. Bit of a damp squib today, but eleven years ago these were the scenes the morning after Diwali.
  15. Into our seventh hour of relentless fireworks. Happy Diwali in Little India. 🎆
  16. Beer Nights In
  17. The last three movies I watched all had the same ending: a daughter reunited with her father. 🍿 Blader Runner 2049. Blonde. 12 Years A …
  18. Where we’re at. “Humans are complex and flawed.” “Nazis were only human.” “Hamas are animals and …
  19. Beer o’clock.
  20. Hey David
  21. ERROR 55 - Internal Communication Problem
  22. Doctor's Orders
  23. Break in Transmission
  24. After more than three weeks of Israel’s “targeted” bombing of Hamas in Gaza, Starmer claims that a ceasefire now …
  25. Any Old Pots and Pans?
  26. Frank
  27. Propaganda
  28. Getting Dressed
  29. Haircut
  30. Catwoman
  31. ‘Dreamed a dream…’ 🎶
  32. Too Much Pressure
  33. Impossible Job
  34. Pay Rise
  35. Community Cats
  36. Free Palestine
  37. Play Street
  38. Class
  39. Distraction
  40. The Swimmer
  41. Human Shield
  42. Bolognese!
  43. The Door
  44. I nearly choked on my favourite muesli while reading 10 ethical brands owned by unethical companies, then threw up after eating my …
  45. Signs of the times…
  46. Responses to my open letter to Peter Mason
  47. I learnt a new word today. Big kid complained that little kid “yeeted” his Lego Pikachu. I had to look it up. Yeet: to …
  48. Open letter to Peter Mason
  49. I’m about to carry a bag of sand.
  50. Big announcement* planned for tomorrow for #tinap aficionados. *Not a podcast.
  51. Personalised alarm call at 6:30 this morning as my little kid puked on my back.
  52. Morning walk, ostensibly to source the kids’ favourite ice lollies. Mission unaccomplished. <img …
  53. Enjoyed plenty of sun and relatively fresh air in our communal garden today. Kids enjoyed the beach tent, but the paddling pool kept …
  54. Three year old playing Scrabble for the first time. First word he tries to spell is his brother Zion’s name.
  55. Little kid turned on his Amazon Fire “Kids” tablet. A game asks him to enter his date of birth to play. He types in …
  56. This is why I’m always frothing at the mouth.
  57. Based on [residents’] feedback, Ealing Council has drawn up a list of ideas to reduce congestion and to make walking, cycling and …
  58. Adam Curtis (1984), The Great British Housing Disaster, on how local councils dealt with unsafe new housing developments. …
  59. Local council elections today in many areas. Don’t forget you now need to take some form of id with you (passport, driving …
  60. Big kid: “Dad! Dad! I killed the Ender Dragon, and I wasn’t even looking!” Me: “What are you doing?” Big …
  61. Risks to health from remediating Southall Gasworks
  62. First salad of the Sum…, er, Spring.
  63. I am the leader of Ealing Council
  64. Under poisoned skies
  65. Southall residents to give blood samples
  66. Reading for pleasure
  67. Dark Star, Red Robin.
  68. Dark Star.
  69. It’s grim up north.
  70. Baked bread with my little kid using my pizza dough recipe (substituted wholemeal flour for white flour). Turned out nice enough that …
  71. Horseshit parade
  72. Finally got around to watching Our Friends In The North. ‘None of the issues the show mines so brilliantly – from inequality, …
  73. Big kid’s current favourite song.
  74. My little lad’s current favourite song.
  75. TIL that brain surgery is basically an off-shoot of hairdressing.
  76. Mmm… 🥦🥬🥕🇮🇪☘️
  77. Top o' the mornin'
  78. ‘…housebuilders appear to be making ever greater profits.’ ‘[they] …blame the planning system, the …
  79. Managed to source, buy, remove and replace broken car headlamp bulb all by myself this morning. Woot!
  80. ‘…according to research by the London Tenants Federation, we are demolishing more social housing than we are building. …
  81. Made pancakes, with assistance from kids. No one liked them except me. Win-Lose-Win.
  82. Currently reading: Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer 📚 An enjoyable bedtime read with my 8 year old. A race against time …
  83. Ducks in a row.
  84. Morning walk.
  85. You see, in Southall, car parks and re-wilding can go together!
  86. Foggy morning at holiday camp.
  87. Mini-Scalextric up and running.
  88. Sarnie. White rye bread with caraway seeds, salt beef, celeriac remoulade, pickled gherkins.
  89. Fronted adverbials excepted, gotta love my kid’s school!
  90. Our local incinerators were burning wooden pallets and melamine-coated wood particle fibreboard (MDF), and likely also any old plastic …
  91. Solidarity with all teachers today, especially those striking for better pay. Eight year old is at home, and refusing to practice for …
  92. The two wood-burning incinerators around the corner from our home appear to be no longer in use. One is is covered by corrugated sheets …
  93. ‘…financial liberalisation, mortgage reform and lack of investment in the existing building stock has transformed English …
  94. ‘All we see is broken homes here and poverty, ‘Corrupt government officials, lies and atrocities, ‘How they talking …
  95. No tipping or dumping.
  96. ‘…prioritises the maintenance of public housing, which is crucial in ensuring that people have a roof over their heads …
  97. Met these two on the school walk this morning.
  98. Response to Ealing's air quality strategy and action plan
  99. Big kid with the tree he planted at his school.
  100. 1,001 days since my little one made his debut.
  101. Little kid was vomiting every hour from 6pm until midnight last night. Slept until 6am, kept down a piece of toast and a cup of water, …
  102. I hadn’t realised until today that they are building a new park with “viewing mounds” (similar to those at Northala …
  103. Little lad at the park this morning. He’s had a good day and week, then just before bed tonight started vomiting. Poor little …
  104. Big kid’s school storage units.
  105. Other than writing a couple of open letters to government ministers, what has Ealing Council done to date to campaign for greater …
  106. If air pollution monitoring data cannot inform the efficacy of individual air pollution reduction actions, how can it be used in …
  107. Good enough to eat!
  108. Waiting for my 🍕 dough to rise…
  109. School caretaker this morning gritted the playground before we all arrived, and helpfully marked the still frozen large puddles with …
  110. Lovely early evening sky tonight.
  111. Big kid woke up with a sore throat and didn’t want to go to school. Gave him paracetamol and told him he should spend the day in …
  112. A few more pics of the long-derelict old sports centre at what is now Warren Farm Nature Reserve.
  113. Trip to Warren Farm this afternoon in the wind and the rain.
  114. New podcast, International Marxist Radio (IMR). The first episode features Ealing’s own Joe Attard speaking to In Defence of …
  115. HP sauce in the gravy adds a sweetness and edge to the pie. The carrots and leeks roasted together are sweet and sharp, too. Little kid …
  116. Grated cheese to top my Shepherd’s Pie*. Got into the habit of always using a mix of extra mature Cheddar and Double Gloucester. …
  117. Frying chips. First batch done.
  118. Waiting for account verification emails from Companies House is like the proverbial waiting for a bus. Nothing for ages, then four come …
  119. “Southall is a run-down crime-ridden area, populated in the main by ethnic minorities.”

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2022 98 posts
  1. Dreaming of: a future in which ordinary people would be valued and able to live happily, safely, cooperatively and with dignity. …
  2. Blended and warmed up leftover roasted carrots and parsnips with steamed sprouts, added instant onion gravy (in the absence otherwise …
  3. Because Warren Farm appears to be the only site suitable for Skylarks to breed…, any future development or changes of use must …
  4. Cracker joke.
  5. Roasting: ❌ Turkey ✅ Chicken legs ✅ Pigs in blankets ✅ Stuffing ✅ Parsnips ✅ Carrots ✅ Potatoes Chopped and ready to boil for mashing: …
  6. Drinking Baileys…
  7. Big kid is worried that the small glass of Baileys (use by date 10/2021) might kill Santa…
  8. I give up. Wife has just told me she knows her Apple ID password. Time for a mince pie and a cuppa.
  9. Wife’s old iPod has a smashed screen, so trying to copy her music collection so she can transfer it back to a new music player in …
  10. Cut my hair short with clippers today. Big kid said, “Why did you cut your hair? I can see your head!”
  11. Man carrying straw on a pitchfork?
  12. Unpacking grocery delivery without thinking, and big kid asks, “Is that wrapping paper?!”
  13. Little kid is totally captivated by this delightful story. youtu.be/DPfClnEK3…
  14. Dreamed I scored a hattrick in the World Cup Final and still ended up on the losing side.
  15. The Property Lobby: The Hidden Reality Behind the Housing Crisis in Ealing
  16. My kid’s teacher gave everyone a book for Xmas, which is an amazing thing to do. According to my lad, everyone’s book was …
  17. End of term, woohoo!
  18. First mince pie of the season!
  19. Bit parky today!
  20. Elusive Truth
  21. (De-)Ice Man Cometh!
  22. Bloody penalties!
  23. Free School Meals for every child in primary school.
  24. Friday night in with antibiotics.
  25. Do not eat.
  26. Moon always looks much bigger to the eye.
  27. Special Xmas Lunch Menu
  28. Love this tree.
  29. Arrived at just the right moment.
  30. Saturday night in with hot chocolate and paracetamol.
  31. Making porridge. I’ve eaten just three slices of toast in 24 hours.
  32. Yesterday was a ‘mare. Today will be better.
  33. We’re lucky that our modern little first floor flat has good insulation and retains heat. We started putting the heating on in the …
  34. I know someone in a big old house where the temperature indoors now is not much higher than outdoors. They put their heating on and …
  35. Little one is hot and refusing wear clothes. I’m cold and am bundled up in a jumper, and even a dressing gown, which I hardly ever wear …
  36. All the boys are poorly today. No more fevers, but bad coughs, and none of us has an appetite. Should be a fun day!
  37. Christmas tree and lights up. Boys did most of the tree decorating. Much quicker and less stressful than previous years.
  38. Kids' stuff: https://davidmarsden.info/2022/11/29/kids-stuff.html
  39. Kids' stuff
  40. Tempory fix for a broken arm.
  41. Tempory fix for a broken arm.
  42. Surprised I haven’t been asked to remove this review of FM Conway. Is 5,000 views a lot? I guess, at the end of the day, it makes …
  43. Both boys are staying at home today. Big kid bounced into school yesterday after recovering from two days of fever, cough and sore …
  44. Got soaked the skin collecting big kid from school (who, it turns out, ate and drank nothing all day…). Last time I got this wet …
  45. Big kid better, back at school. Little one sat on my lap chuntering away with a fever.
  46. Little one is a good few months behind with his talking. Putting the grocery shopping away this morning, he spotted something*, went …
  47. Tried my emergency coffees beans. They look and smell burnt. Taste like Costa coffee. Not great, but better than nothing, I guess.
  48. Strep throat and scarlet fever reported at my son’s school. That might explain Kid A’s sore throat, cough and …
  49. Postie has delivered! ☕☕☕☕☕
  50. I have drunk all the coffee. The end.
  51. Who gives their postie a Christmas box?
  52. Kids rearranged all the furniture last night to recreate the space rocket from Wallace and Gromit’s ‘A Grand Day …
  53. It’s started.
  54. Little one ate his usual two Weetabix for breakfast. Now he’s sat on my lap helping himself to my cornflakes.
  55. Regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may cause changes to the heart similar to those in the early stages of heart …
  56. An hour after both kids are usually asleep, they’re both still up and currently rearranging all the furniture in the living room. …
  57. TV dinner.
  58. CHRISTMAS MARKET SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER 1PM - 6PM Craft Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Live Music, Great Food and Beer, Carol Singers, …
  59. Religious leader phoned my lad’s school today to feedback on their visit yesterday. I have never met children who were so …
  60. Little one went for a blood test at the hospital this morning. Paediatric outpatient ward was lovely - calm and welcoming - and he was …
  61. Public concerns over remediating the toxicity of the land… have not been addressed in the revised plans…. “no details …
  62. “Once in a generation opportunity to look behind the scenes at the replacement of the lock gates at Lock 94, Grand Union Canal, …
  63. Lad has returned safe and sound from a school trip to a religious centre. Asked what he enjoyed most about the day he said: There was …
  64. Yesterday’s chilli today. 🌶️
  65. Finally figured out how to add @sod’s Search-Space and Surprise-Me plug-ins to my micro.blog. (It requires adding the full URL as …
  66. These boots were made for splashing.
  67. Canal looking lovely this evening.
  68. Washed up
  69. It’s obviously good that David Baddiel has finally apologised in person for his racist abuse of footballer Jason Lee twenty-five …
  70. Five hours sleep is enough for my two and a half year old, for now at least, so he’s sat on my lap chitter-chattering away while …
  71. A New Ingerland
  72. 🍕🍕
  73. Pizza is in the oven. Can finally sit down and relax for ten minutes.
  74. I got my 🍕 dough dough risin'. Forgot to say that I feed my yeast with malt extract rather than sugar…
  75. Proving my yeast, and mixing pasta flour with semolina flour, strong white bread flour, dark rye flour (first time I’ve tried …
  76. Making pizza today, so defrosting some fresh yeast. Meantime, it’s breakfast. Egg and home fries for me. Weetabix for the little …
  77. Wife is eating fish and chips while watching Korean soap on her tablet, while our little one sits on my knee eating chips and watching …
  78. Kids did these paintings with Mum this morning while I had a lie-in.
  79. Early lunch with my little one. Pie, chips and mushy peas!
  80. Strong smell of tar blowing in from the asphalt plant to the west of us.
  81. …trying to capture the essence of your life in a form that can be experienced by another, is one of the most interesting …
  82. Corporate Social Responsibility
  83. This tree is broken and falling into the water.
  84. Glad I don’t have to decorate this tree.
  85. Lock steps and towpath.
  86. Useful information and advice. Microblogging on the fediverse, leaving twitter to rot? cubicgarden.comIan Forrester …
  87. Some beautiful trees at my son’s school.
  88. I added a few finely chopped and fried onion pieces to my home fries for brunch. Must remember to try using smoked paprika next time.
  89. Morning from hell, sat in a car for four hours.
  90. Search the people you follow on Twitter for possible Mastodon/Fediverse accounts. I forgot the link! https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/ …
  91. My eight year old has watched so many US kids’ TV shows that he now self-identifies as American.
  92. The Prince of Aberystwyth
  93. Feels like a lot of effort just to make a cup of coffee.
  94. I’m about to eat a yum yum.
  95. Pump Dot IO
  96. Abandon all hope
  97. Is this thing on?
  98. An Ancient History Of Welfare

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2021 2 posts
  1. Strawberries for pigs?
  2. How I caught covid

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2020 4 posts
  1. Chaos and Confusion
  2. Nationalising Sausages
  3. High Traffic Neighbourhood
  4. A Successful Home Delivery and the Lockdown/Lock-in.

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2019 3 posts
  1. Return To Work
  2. Trigger Vote for Sharma
  3. Southall Under Siege: The Neighbours From Hell

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2018 2 posts
  1. Taking the Piss
  2. Inconsiderate Constructor

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2016 3 posts
  1. Something for the weekend
  2. Same old England
  3. How to be a Top Football Manager

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2015 1 post
  1. “Mum, passing me a small parcel wrapped in Xmas paper: ‘I didn’t get you anything for Xmas.’ Me: …

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2014 9 posts
  1. Louder than words
  2. Had hearing test on Friday. 20% hearing loss in left ear. Ear canal is wafer thin in places, meaning wax build up. That, or a brain …
  3. 12 week old son just laughed properly for the first time. Now he can’t stop.
  4. 3 days into my new job. Company policy says staff must remain upbeat. Loving every single minute of my return to wage slavery.
  5. Baby son is one month old. Feels like we’ve had him five minutes and forever.
  6. A New Ingerland
  7. Whatever happened to... Jimmy Carter?
  8. Wife: “I don’t like the words. I don’t like the music. You sound like a hooligan. I couldn’t care less about …
  9. Teaching REM’s The One I Love to 7 yr old. Had to change the words to ‘The One-Eyed Bug’.

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2013 3 posts
  1. Xmas 2.0
  2. Careers Advice
  3. Wife says we should have named our cat Bjork. Because she’s small, cute and makes funny noises.

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2012 12 posts
  1. Eating cold turkey, ham, pork pie, Lincolnshire sausage and haslet. Reminiscing about pig’s chap, chine and brawn.
  2. Why are toasters and smoke alarms still so stupid?
  3. My back is killing me and I’m practically crippled after being out in the rain all day training and coaching.
  4. Thanks to FA 1st Aid trainer Richard Barnes for relating the story of how he had his left wrist cut through to the bone and dangling …
  5. Doing homework for the FA coaching course I’m on. Last night I suffered the ignominy of fainting during the bloody bit of the 1st …
  6. Excellent! Trainer for FA coaching course I’m starting on Saturday is an ex-pro footballer, entrepreneur and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu …
  7. Are you listening to Joy Division?
  8. Current NaNoWriMo word count: 0.
  9. Any mention of ‘baboon’ always reminds me of Stephen K Amos’s hilarious skit.
  10. Mmmm… Redbush tea with black molasses sugar hits the spot.
  11. Why England don't have a hope in hell of winning Euro 2012
  12. Abducted by aliens

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2011 6 posts
  1. A Christmas Cracker
  2. No onions, but plenty of fireworks with bier
  3. Bonfire of the potatoes
  4. (There's Only One) Jimmy Carter (the footballer, not the peanut farmer)
  5. Twenty Ten (The Prequel): The Cheesemaker
  6. Twenty Ten (Part One): Hard Cheese

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2010 5 posts
  1. The World Cup on drugs: pure-grade heroin cut with shavings of Clive Tyldesley
  2. No future in England's dreaming? Inside the mind of Fabio Capello
  3. Waterboarding on the NHS
  4. Confessions of a thoracotomy patient
  5. Why England don't have a hope in hell of winning the football World Cup in 2010

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2009 2 posts
  1. United, born and bred: super glue Macari
  2. Forking* Hell!

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2007 1 post
  1. Why we're crap: the problem with English football

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2006 2 posts
  1. A new Scotland? Why England's football team will soon be as shit as Scotland's
  2. Red missed: how Stewart Houston and Gordon Hill made me angry and depressed

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2005 1 post
  1. Bangers 'n' Mash

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1989 3 posts
  1. The Colorado Trail
  2. Multi-Cultural Societies
  3. Big (in America)

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