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Tim Blacklock

@yootha

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Sheffield Wednesday are likely to be deducted 33 points in under a year because English football is dangerously unsustainable and dreadfully regulated.

When this is over and the club is hopefully saved, that should be the main takeaway here. It is far from a one-club problem

11.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just want a functioning club back again. Hopefully we will still stay up with some additions - assuming we can sign players!? Get Yates for a start.

11.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coronation Street - written by Leslie Duxbury (10th March 1980). Mrs Walker decides to extend the Rovers' culinary offerings.

10.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just brilliant. I could watch these all day, in fact I'm off to YouTube...

10.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in the spring sunshine.  Blue sky and yellow flowers.

Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in the spring sunshine. Blue sky and yellow flowers.

Scarborough, this morning @thesjt.bsky.social

10.03.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cautiously optimistic about BlueSky's new interim CEO. I know people who've worked with him and they say good things. I'm hoping the key focuses moving forward will be sustained but rational growth, monetization in a way that doesn't err toward enshittification, and improved moderation policies.

10.03.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Lily pointedly doing exactly what I want to be doing today.

08.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's charity shop purchase. Bona.

07.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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A superb and spirited Scarborough performance sees the Boro run out deserved winners in Oxfordshire this afternoon.

Safe travels up the M1 to all the travelling Seadogs. πŸ‘Š

07.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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In the cafe, Scarborough

07.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have enjoyed his docs but do have reservations about him, he's too much about the "Theroux" brand for my liking.

07.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I ❀️ the BBC, but... - Illuminations John Wyver writes: Yesterday saw the publication of two important responses to the current (that is, until 11.59pm next Tuesday) public consultation on the DCMS green paper about the BBC Royal Charter...

Brilliant piece from @illuminations.bsky.social. The Ibsen section on the iPlayer is all well and good but if a similar collection were to made in twenty years, it wouldn't feature anything broadcast right now. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/i-%E2%9D%A4%...

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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At 10:15, the Northern departure for Sheffield on platform 1 at Filey Railway Station - 1846 by GT Andrews, grade II*.
Ingenious artwork in window panels by students at Calderdale College, Halifax, installed 2024.

06.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see you're all doing Eurovision again even though they allow a country at war with half the world to take part

06.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite disappointed to see people on here engaging with it.

06.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

GB News has never made a profit because it doesn’t exist to make a profit. It exists to exert pressure to push broadcast news channels further rightwards. It is about further poisoning the information environment. That’s why it exists.

05.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 453 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 6
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Kenith Trodd obituary: firebrand TV producer and Dennis Potter’s right-hand man Trodd, who has died aged 90, was the bold and influential producer behind Dennis Potter’s greatest works, championing radical drama and shaping British television with a lifelong commitment to creativ...

We lost Kenith Trodd last weekend, a brilliant producer and forward-thinking man who believed deeply in television and the British screen. He was ahead of his time in many ways. "A film is a film is a film."

My tribute is now up on the BFI website: www.bfi.org.uk/news/kenith-...

04.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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To the cafe, Scarborough.

04.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, trying hard here not to react to it.

03.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So 100k+ people potentially seeking asylum from Dubai. These sound like people with very demanding lifestyles who may not be able to assimilate into our simple make do and mend culture. Plus they’re not used to paying tax.

03.03.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

That's the best I've seen him play under pressure, poetry. How he kept that final break going I've no idea.

28.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 19196 πŸ” 8206 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 121

Aping Trump with those shitty lapel badges.

27.02.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m 63, I’ve been Labour all my life, & I hope this byelection humiliation will persuade whoever takes over from Keir Starmer to arrest Labour’s grubby effort to outReform Reform, not only because it’s a betrayal of Labour values but also because it clearly isn’t working. (2/3)

27.02.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree with everything you say here, Starmer has to go and Labour desperately need to change their disastrous course. Very happy to wake up to this news and here's to more days like this for the Green Party.

27.02.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Harry Hill's podscarf brightens my week. Licky in particular, which tells you what type of viewer I am. Can't be lowbrow enough for me.

26.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Harry Hill on Monday, Waldy & Bendy on Thursday are my weekly treats.

26.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Priceless. Both Bendy, and no doubt that horse.

26.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My "best of" Cribbins CD is full of belters, Gossip Calypso a particular favourite.

26.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
'Hole in the Ground' by Bernard Cribbins
'Hole in the Ground' by Bernard Cribbins YouTube video by gerdenshed

Thanks to @wtfrench76.bsky.social I've been listening to this great song again, which in less than 2 minutes perfectly distills one theory of the appeal of populism: ordinary working people fed up of being bossed around by know-it-all elites.

It's the ultimate 'we've had enough of experts' song.

26.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3