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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a genuinely hilarious photo choice after the preceding paragraph. 👀

But Asma's case appears to be unique. No other British citizen in the modern era has been such a central figure in a government widely accused of mass atrocities.

Bashar al-Assad and Asma pose with Cherie and Tony Blair inside No 10 in December 2002.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Live footage of me waiting for that bookshop.org link…

A man in a yellow suit jacket is leaning around a tree, narrowing his eyes and licking his lips whilst rubbing his hands together.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Also A Life Less Ordinary was a fairly disappointing follow-up to Trainspotting but the soundtrack still fucks!

The cd soundtrack of A Life Less Ordinary. It had a blurry photo of Ewan McGregor kissing Cameron Diaz while she holds a gun behind her back. Next to that is the following text:

"A LIFE LESS ORDINARY"
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
BECK
LUSCIOUS JACKSON
ASH
SNEAKER PIMPS
FOLK IMPLOSION
REM
FAITHLESS
UNDERWORLD
THE CARDIGANS
ELVIS PRESLEY
ALABAMA 3
BOBBY DARIN
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS
DUSTED
THE PRODIGY

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This has reminded me of an appallingly niche meme I once made…

The ‘Predator Handshake Meme’. On Carl Weathers’ arm it says Dark Fantasy by Kanye West. On Arnold Schwarzenegger’s arm it says Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake. Over the handshake it says Mentions a Chrysler LeBaron.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ve been low-key obsessed with this Jazzcaster that Squier made a couple of years ago and I think that’s bled over into standard lookin’ teles…

A Squier Paranormal FSR Offset Telecaster. It has the body shape of a Jazzmaster but is set up like a telecaster. It has a dark, natural wood finish and a black scratch plate. It does nice things to my brain.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

*if I won the lottery there would be signs etc…*

A 1994 Toyota Celica made to look exactly like the Castrol branded model that was used in the original Sega Rally arcade game. It looks cool as fuuuuuuuck.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@maryepworth.bsky.social took this photo of some cool clouds in Wales for you and as I was taking it a red kite the size of a small car swooped into shot. X

A shot of the sky in Caersws. There are a number of cool wispy clouds against the blue sky which look kind of like jellyfish. There are hills on the horizon trees in the middle distance and a hedgerow in front of a road in the foreground. In the sky is the silhouette of a large red kite in front of one of the clouds.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I dragged up as Chappell Roan for Folkestone Pride weekend. It was glorious!

It’s me, a tall, thicc non-binary person standing in front of a bar pointing in the air whilst lip-syncing to Chappell Roan. I have a long beard, I’m wearing blue eyeshadow, red lipstick and a long burgundy wig. I have on a deep pink leotard with diamanté tassels, denim hot-pants and red fishnet tights. There are pride flags along the top of the bar and peeping in at the top of the frame.

It’s me again, I’m now on top of the bar on all fours, staring down the camera. My wig is hanging down in front of half my face, you can see down my top and one of my cowboy boots is visible between my legs. Behind me is a projector screen which reads “THE QUEER SHOP FUNDRAISER FI[nale]”

It’s me again in front of the bar, now joined by Aimée as George Michael and Ayden as Hung Up era Madonna. Aimée is centre frame wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. She has on a George Michael wig and painted on beard. The print on her t-shirt reads ‘CHOOSE LIFE FOR TRANS KIDS!’ Ayden is on the left wearing a pink leotard with black briefs, pink fishnet gloves and purple fishnet stockings with a pearl necklace. He has short brown hair and a brown moustache. We are all loudly singing along with Freedom by George Michael.

Ayden, myself and Aimée posing in front of The Queer Shop sign. Ayden now has on a blonde wig and a translucent purple sheet to recreate Madonna’s most recent album cover.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As a money saving measure we’ve recently stopped getting Sainsbury’s deliveries and I’ve started doing a weekly shop at Lidl. Purely to entertain myself I’ve given each shopping list a pun name…

A list of notes on my phone. They are titled as follows:
Too Lidl Too Late
Lidlest Hobo
Give me a Lidl more time
My Lidl Empire
Lidl Wing
Every Lidl bit hurts
Ooh aah just a Lidl bit
Lidl by Lidl

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I mean, this would absolutely work on me, but I am clearly the target audience for such things…

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“But Thom, it’s ten (10) hour til kick-off…” *shrug emoji, the intro to World in Motion starts playing*

A manically grinning non-binary person with a bald head and large beard is standing in front of the taps featured in the previous video. They are wearing a replica Euro 96 England shirt. Express yourself. It’s one on one.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Friends fear he’s overhyping himself again…

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I’m at the Garbage Show. I’m at the Skunk Anansie Show. I’m at the combination Garbage and Skunk Anansie Show.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Fun* fact, when my wife and I moved in together and consolidated our music collections I discovered that she had the US cope of Odelay and I had the UK one. She has no idea why this is, she has never lived in the US and only visited a couple of times. Obviously we’ve kept both copies. *YMMV

Two CD copies of Odelay. The bottom one has a hype sticker that reads “CONTAINS INTERNATIONAL ONLY BONUS TRACK”

The reverse of the two CDs. Whilst similar the back contains a number of differences, most notably the bottom one features a 14th track entitled Diskobox which the top one does not.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Everyone seems to know the score They’ve see it all before They just know, they’re so sure That England’s gonna throw it away gonna blow it away But I know they can play, cos I remember…

THREE LIONS ON THE SHIRT
JULES RIMET STILL GLEAMING
THIRTY YEARS OF HURT (It’s actually 60 now)
NEVER STOPPED ME DREAMING

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I mean, that’s what my old work ID says so… checks out. 👍

A lanyard featuring a Royal Mail ID card with the name Hans Moleman written on it.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Greetings from The Netherlands! 🇳🇱

A table with an old paperback copy of Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett, a glass of beer, a bottle of La Chouffe (from whence the beer came) and a chalet key with a red Capfun keyring. Cheers!

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

You’ll appreciate this; I did Bad Things by Cailin Russo at The Beer Shop open mic last week.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Extremely strong 'John Belushi: America's Guest' vibes.

Blues Brothers co-star Aykroyd dubbed his friend 'America's Guest', often telling the story of how Belushi went missing one night during filming, only to be found asleep on the couch of a house nearby.

The actor had walked in, raided the fridge, and crashed out, with the home owner seemingly delighted that the comedian had come to visit.

“He could go anywhere” he revealed in an interview with American radio station Sirius XM. “Everybody loved John, because he was a classic Illinois Alpha Male”.

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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Had kind of a shitty morning. Luckily it was Free Comic Book Day at @lighthousecomics.co.uk! Nothing like a bunch of funny books to lighten the mood. (Also Justice League Intergalactic Special by @planetx.bsky.social which was NOT free but was tricking awesome!)