Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 23hGranddaughter (11) has just started secondary school. One of the lessons is Engineering. They are split into teams and have a project to build an extraterrestrial rover vehicle. First task was to give theirs a name. G/d proposed 'Arcturus' but the others objected because they couldn't pronounce it. 240
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So, a question. If I want to use Google to identify a building of which I have a picture on my phone, Google Lens comes up with "Allow access to your photo library". If I agree does that mean Google will immediately scrape *every* photo on my phone? 011
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@adamroberts.bsky.social Random question. Do you have any info you can share about Dave H? He's disappeared from here and I know he sometimes needs a break. I just hope he's OK. 100
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A fingerpost with fingers, you ask? Happy to oblige! #FingerpostFriday 0211
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Back home after a day trip to London and my first visit to the Donmar Warehouse - Brian Friel's adaptation of Turgenev's "A Month in the Country". Excellent. 021
Reposted by Only the TonyPharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Gravel bike for sale! Bombtrack Beyond 1 (2022) small (rider height 1.60m to 1.72m) As per original manufacturer spec, plus: Stamp pedals and SKS mudguards added. Tyres swapped to Terravail Washburns: can swap back to the original unused WTB Ranger TCS Light Fast tyres if you prefer. 1/n 31828
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'll ask you again, Daphne. What did young master Jerome do that made you hit him with your hairbrush? 340
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Trump didn't get Greenland but he was allowed to take a victory lap on social media." - US Correspondent for Danish newspaper Politiken. 000
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm finding headlines like "Palace hunting for new manager" and "Palace in row over Spencer claims" very confusing. 030
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@robonabike.eurosky.social Couldn't join your recent conversation wondering about the whereabouts of F Porpentine but it prompted me to look, and I found they blocked me in March this year. I've no idea why. Deliberate, accident or error? 110
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Your regular reminder that if your 12-inch pizza has a crust 1 inch wide you're only getting 70% pizza topping plus 30% dry, overcooked bread. 021
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026To confound the doubters, here's yet more proof that Leicestershire exists. Probably. #WaymarkWednesday 000
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Piddington FC apply to UEFA for recognition and so to earn automatic qualification for Euro competitions. 010
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am resolutely not reading any articles, watching any videos or listening to any podcasts about the Sussex family. 020
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026OK, bluesky, you'll know the answer. Are those annoying little plastic labels supermarkets stick on individual pieces of fruit and veg compostable? Because if not they should be declared the spawn of the devil and banned immediately. 451
Reposted by Only the Tony🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This made me hoot 😂😂😂 #SundayFunday #Funny 2594
Reposted by Only the Tonymerman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 13/09/2026extremely niche but important question: does anyone know of any charity or service that can help get supplies to someone in hospital in bury st edmund’s i’ve got a friend who was brought in by ambulance yesterday and they need to stay at least another night, and they don’t have anything 91835
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I've heard it said that Leicestershire doesn't exist, but I took this picture at Foxton Locks, which claims to be in that county. #FingerpostFriday. 030
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I've seen a better line-up of bare knees at Pontin's knobbly knee contest. 020
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Can we all start getting messages to Donny T that he's so incredibly marvellous that he must have genuine superpowers. Then suggest he show the doubters how wrong they are by flying from a twelfth floor window. 010
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't usually express my views on the royal family, or indeed have any interest in them, but what a smarmy little git he looks in that photo. I suspect most kids' reaction would be a desire to kick him down the street. 200
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think I'll wait until it stops raining before I start not doing the things I need to be doing this morning. 020
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What exactly does it mean that Orr and Jukes have "stepped down"? How does that stop them talking to Nigel or anyone else in the so-called 'party', basically carrying on just as before? 000
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My granddaughter has just started secondary school and has gone through the inevitable rite of passage and has her own new smartphone. So of course she's messaging everyone in the family, singly and in the group. I'm having to remember *not* to reply in the same style as I normally do online 🫢 020
Reposted by Only the TonyPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Medieval parents trying to make their kid get up and go to school on the first day back after the summer holidays. 0397
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Browsing the terrestrial broadcast TV channels for this evening, and caught my breath as I saw the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is on BBC1. What a throwback to a long distant past. I wonder if they still do that Field Gun obstacle course thing (but I won't be watching to find out). 000
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 31/08/20263 days in the Lakes next Easter for a three-generation mountain trip. G/daughter, who has a Wainwright log book with only one tick in it, decided she'd like to "climb some more mountains in the Lake District" so Son has booked us a place only fifty yards up the road from @braithwaiteshop.bsky.social 130
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Do you remember, ooh, just 4 weeks ago when it was still light at 9 o'clock? Fuck you, August. 140
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Apart from a few people here on #bluesky I doubt if anyone knows what a Barnsley chop is any more. In related news, I am eating a Barnsley chop. 110
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We knew this back in the 1970s. My tutor and Head of Department at the LSE is one of the authors. 030
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Showcasing the Autumn collection from IncelApparel ™️ 010
Reposted by Only the TonyTim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#ElbowsUp @theshovel.bsky.social theshovel.com.au/2026/08/27/c...theshovel.com.auCanada Renames Lake Ontario “Lake of Hormuz”, Just To Fuck With Trump — The ShovelCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as a “completely unnecessary but extremely satisfying” response to US President Donald Trump’s trade tantrum. 051
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026More sad news, though living a troubled life explored through art and ultimately, though far later than deserved, achieving superstar status and surviving to the age of 97 is quite a remarkable story. To infinity and beyond, Yayoi Kusama! 020
Reposted by Only the Tony👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026The world will mourn her because she made the world better in so many ways. 145329
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026OK, let's do novels now. Make a novel smaller. The Raisin of Wrath. 010
Reposted by Only the TonyWalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 24/08/2026Someone lost his wedding ring on Saturday, probably between the top of Great Calva and down to the river Caldew. If anyone finds a gold wedding ring with an inscription in side Please let us know and we can put you in touch with them. 002
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A strong and balanced statement from Carney, but for maximum trolling points he should have finished with "Thank you for your attention to this matter." 010
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I see you're opening the riding helmet/stetson equivalent of the jam first/cream first controversy. #HelmetFirst 010
Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026FYI there's currently an exhibition of the work of Enid Marx, including but extending well beyond her London Transport moquette designs, at Compton Verney in Warwickshire. www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/eni...share.googleEnid Marx – Modern British Textile Design at Compton VerneyExplore the bold patterns of Enid Marx and her creative community in this major exhibition of modern British design at Compton Verney. 010