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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Another good legacy gig tonight. I try to avoid them as a rule, but sometimes you have to make an exception. The #Bluetonee, on tour to mark the 30th anniversary of Expecting To Fly, in #Newport #Casnewydd. #gigs #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethByw #ShoutyBlokesWithGuitars

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

After being up at 5.30am to fly home from Belfast, I’m now settling down with this one to listen to the County game on the wireless. 📻 #ncafc 🧡🖤 #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CathodOFastodon

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Time for a jar in my second-favourite #Belfast pub after a day of travelling and ahead of a long day of work tomorrow. If any of my Belfast people are around tomorrow night, HMU.

A pint of Belfast Black, atop a high wooden table with the bar of the Morning Star pub in the background.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

On the way back from #Newport #Casnewydd after pretty much a perfect afternoon. A few jars with good friends before and after the game. County shithousing their way to another good league point against decent opposition. And hopefully home in time for mozarella […] [Original post on toot.wales]

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@zefrog.eu Yeah, forgot that bit. “Please won’t someone feel sorry for Nigel Farage?”

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Robert Jenrick’s approach to this #r4today interview seems to be “#Reform might be racist, but the most important thing to understand here is that there are racists in my old party as well, and there are paedophiles in the BBC”, which is… a tactic… of sorts. #UKpolitics #UKpol

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Saw this posted elsewhere. The graph shows the number of arrests under terrorism legislation since 2002. Note the huge spike (a 1,500% increase) which is basically all down to peaceful #PalestineAction protestors. What a grotesque waste of police time and public resources.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Back again on the #ShoutyBlokesWithGuitars train, tonight watching the improbably-named #AdultDVD who so far have been an excellent dance/punk blend, delighting the good people of #Cardiff #Caerdydd. #gigs #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethByw #Wales

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Mesmerisingly good evening in #Bristol yesterday watching #Devotchka live for the first time in ~20yrs. Such a talented bunch and such a powerful live performance. #gigs #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethByw #ShoutyBlokesWithGuitars

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Excellent night out with all the family watching the #Caerdydd #Cardiff institution that is #JohnMOuse at #TheGate. Brilliantly bonkers as always. #gigs #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethByw #ShoutyBlokesWithGuitars

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

An exceptionally busy day, and yet I've got through the to-do list and currently have achieved #ZeroInbox. Bosh! 💪🏻

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Me after taking a call from the vet in which she outlines the cost of my cat’s proposed medical treatment. 🐈‍⬛

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Lovely gig last night, seeing one of my heroes, #RobynHitchcock, with a full band at the iconic #AcapelaStudio. Lots of old #SoftBoys material in the set too, utterly spellbinding. #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethByw #gigs #ShoutyBlokesWithGuitars

Robyn Hitchcock live, with full band including the peerless Morris Windsor on drums.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

All this #ManCity stuff should be the prompt to disband the entire #PremierLeague and the financial doping it has bred. Scrap it all, go back to four divisions overseen by one organisation, with television revenues split equally between 92 clubs, and genuine […] [Original post on toot.wales]

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@boomstronk.bsky.social Diolch! Alas, plans didn't work out so I'm following from afar...

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Lovely birthday run, soundtracked by the wonderful #Goo.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

My wife, who I love dearly, has come back from holiday having bought a small dish which looks like a side of gammon, and I think it might be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

In the late 90s, when I worked in a newsagent, a Mars bar was 65g and cost 32p. You now get just 40g, despite it costing more than twice as much! 🤯

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Amidst my usual podcast diet of sport, comedy and politics, it was nice to find a new series of #Quakers in Britain’s pod, A Quaker Take, now commencing a series called The Other Side Of Silence. A welcome deep breath amongst the chaos.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Anyone else have a cat who will see a corn on the cob and steal it off your plate‽ He played a blinder here - I was so busy protecting the sausages I didn’t realise what was his main target… 🐈‍⬛ 🌽 🌭 #CatsOfMastodon #CathodOFastodon

A cat eating a corn on the cob, as the post text indicates.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

A pretty bloody good weekend in #Dorset, all told, combining some #birdwatching with the #SwanageFolkFestival and even seeing a few good steam trains along the way. I can take or leave all of the above, if truth be known, but collectively it played to all our interests. 🚂 🪕 🦅

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I call this one “Trying to take a photo of my youngest on a night out”

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Nothing to see here, just yer da having a totally normal one over on Threads…

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

The excellent #Shale, live tonight at Clwb in #Caerdydd #Cardiff. There’s a swagger about them now which I’ve not seen previously, and the new stuff sounds 👌🏻. Very excited to see where they go next. #gigs #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethFyw

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

I’m struggling to think of many examples of where I see a group of people in balaclavas and think “Ooh, I bet they’re nice”.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Saw this today and it resonated a lot with a conversation I had recently about the British public sector’s embracing of #outsourcing and the many dreadful things which have arisen from it (eg, venture capital running care homes for vulnerable children). #UKpolitics #UKpol

A sign reading: “THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THAT SOME MAN CANNOT MAKE A LITTLE WORSE AND SELL A LITTLE CHEAPER, AND THE PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER PRICE ONLY ARE THIS MAN'S LAWFUL PREY” - a quote by John Ruskin (1819-1900), social theorist and art critic.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Pleasant bit of #groundhopping, even if County’s audacious goal from well within our own half counted for naught as we went down 2-1 to a #SalfordCity team with much deeper pockets and much greater quality. A good away day though at a friendly club. #ncafc 🧡🖤

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

A lovely pre-match walk around a nature reserve and now in a community-owned pub playing cards. Not a bad start to matchday. #SalfordCity #ncafc 🧡🖤

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Disappointed that I’ve been in #Manchester for over and hour and I’ve not been made at least Under-Secretary of State in DEFRA or something. #UKpol #UKpolitics

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Right, enough of all this airy-fairy “watching football in shorts” nonsense, today feels proper. ☔️⛈️

Self, at Caerdydd Canolog, awaiting the train to Newport in the rain.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

@treigladschmeiglad.bsky.social Oh god, 100%. It’s a non-football fan’s idea of what fandom should look like. Sanitised football for the benefit of the bros in the corporate boxes, then go and celebrate politely with a mineral water.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

The cat is clearly missing @sreb23.bsky.social and the boys. He never comes into my study usually. What a rare treat. #CatsOfMastodon #CathodOFastodon

A cat on a workstation, being petted by an ugly bloke with crow’s feet and yellow teeth.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Just taught the older one how to shave, which felt like a wholesome father-son moment. 🪒 (it does seem cruel of nature to make it that the point at which you start shaving is also the point where you’re most likely to have bad skin / acne, meaning the difficulty setting is at its highest)

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

The sun is out again in force, so Ronnie is sitting under the garden table in the shade, and stopping me from stretching my legs out. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CathodOFastodon

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Oof, that was good tonight. The excellent and talented #Maeve smashing their first #Cardiff #Caerdydd headline gig at #TinyRebel, with fabulous support from #TheMeritones and the loopy #FateOfTheSun. #LiveMusic #CerddoriaethFyw #gigs

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Blows my mind that a d*ckhead can drive a car at 140mph because he was in a bad mood, leave a man with life-altering injuries, all whilst uninsured, and be told he can drive again a few years into the future if he passes a harder test. Driving is a privilege, and […] [Original post on toot.wales]

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Got a spare ticket for the excellent Maeve, upstairs at Tiny Rebel in #Cardiff #Caerdydd tomorrow. A very talented emo-adjacent / shoegazey young band from Newport, playing their first headline show in the capital. Ticket is free to a good home, DM if interested. #LiveMusic #gigs #CerddoriaethFyw

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Catching up on the gymnastics coverage from the other night, and @sreb23.bsky.social gleefully recite some #HalfManHalfBiscuit lyrics to each other when they hand back to the studio pundits… @hmhbLyrics #HMHB

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Let’s normalise having these signs everywhere across democratic society, please. (spotted outside Le Pub in #Casnewydd / #Newport) #PervertGlasses #NonceSpecs

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Right, all aboard the misery train for another season then… #ncafc 🧡🖤

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Cheers Portugal, it’s been a blast. 🇵🇹

A family photo on a beach at sunset. A happy lady in a starry dress, two silly boys, and an ugly bloke with a big nose, crows feet and teeth like a burnt fence.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

“Did you buy this washbag from Temu, love?” “Yes, how did you know?” “Umm… just a guess.”

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Gearing up for the final sangria nap of the holidays… 🍷 😴

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Tins of fizzy pop in Portugal getting involved in the #devolution row between the UK Gov and Welsh Gov over recycling policy all like #UKpolitics #UKpol #WelshPolitics #WelshPol

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Still got two more sleeps of holiday to go. This has been a real tonic.

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Ed Bridges @dredbridges.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

A stunning dusk walk last night in the local nature reserve.

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