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Shannon "I love you guys." 😆 #gbbo

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First ad break tonight, and I haven't succumbed to the call of the crumpets from the bread bin. #gbbo

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Moyin golfs like me! 🏌️#gbbo

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Clara how do I get an 👰 invitation? Tiramisu, eh? #gbbo

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Very much looking forward to finding out that - the five men were doing something embarrassing or petty-illegal, - the fuzz followed up according to procedure and escalated appropriately, - politicians and journalists over-reacted in all directions, - because the politicians and journalists now […]

Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12h

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In the incomparable words of Chris Rea, I'm cycling home for Bake Off. #BikeCommute #gbbo

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12h

All the contestants made a pact that one of them would be taken ill on the Sunday every filming weekend so that they all make it to the final. Shannon was just the first. #gbbo

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21h

NOTICE TO MARINERS Small craft should avoid the Ally-Ally-O from 0000-2359 tomorrow.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Free good fings oggi 1. Nice dinner with <relative> 2. Recently painted back gate doesn't look completely awful as I first thought. 3. Canteen over-nigh toats for breakfast, recipe changed from last week's peanut butter & banana, to almonds and berries. #3GoodThings

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Countdown starting: 39750 bike commute kilometers until retirement. 🚴😆 #BikeCommute

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Free good fings oggi 1. I printed a rounded corner protector for a bookcase that's right behind my head when I'm on the sofa, and it's saved me from a nasty bump three times in the last few weeks. 2. Moved Roach Minor into their 2nd-year student house. Nice street. Slightly better house than […]

Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

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Fascinating trip to Tesco in Cowley. An entire aisle of South Asian stuff. Opened my eyes to what could be available, no chance of New Milton in Whiteshire doing this in the next 15 years. 🙄🙁

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Trixter of the Moon Council @trixter.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I need a feature where I can mark myself Aware of The Horrors and it’ll filter all The Horrors posts out of my feed for the day.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I really enjoyed Dani's dance but I think the judges should account for her having had a year to practise. #strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I was so distracted by the music and the 70s lighting, I didn't really pay much attention to Jaime's tango. Awesome version of I Feel Love. #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Motsi fills the studio with chanting owls for a moment #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Week 1 novelty peaked with Michael Vaughan doing a cover drive.in the middle of the group number, and I am now immune to cheesy references to whatever the celebrity does in their day job. 🦴 #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

At least there's no Barbara Woodhouse content for Graeme and Lauren. #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Chris has had some special attention from the spray tan team! #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Lacey was interesting... like Shaun you could see the disbelief in her eyes but as soon as the music started the actress took over. And Vito was doing a great job keeping the joy going for her. #Strictly

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

To whom it may concern, Dad is a bit of a connoisseur of Kate Atkinson novels, and says the new one "[has] a bit of a slow start, but then it really romps home." No spoilers, if you please, as I have reserved it at the library. #KateAtkinson #bookstodon

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

#SilentSunday ; also this is what you get when someone listens to your demands for a shrubbery.

Is statue of early English warrior (intended to be King Arthur) with sword & shield surrounded by shrubbery and with a contemplative expression as if wondering where next to do some weeding.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

It was strange being in Winchester Guildhall last night. Last time was for a Hants County Council works do, awards night? Christmas party? with the first Mrs Roach in about 1998, only the vaguest memories.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

[cat eye contact] Oscar, 29 Sep 2007. Gorgeous, but never a lap cat. I can count on one hand the number of times he was happy to sit physically touching me. #caturday

Is brown tabby cat with green eyes looking directly at viewer.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Free good fings oggi 1. Restraint. For example, I sensibly muted the toots of kitten.exe rather than publicly replying "oh, fuck off, Kitten" which would have been much, much funnier, but would have garnered unnecessary opprobrium. 2. Last night's Brian Bilston poetry reading in Winchester. It […]

Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

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Someone once wrote, if you get the chance to experience a Brian Bilston poetry reading, you should take it. That person was ... me. And with this toot, I have achieved a basic level of competence in recommending poetry readings to people on social media. Tickets […]

Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

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No #strictly for us until tomorrow, as we're going to our first poetry reading instead. #priorities

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kralcttam ☕️ @kralcttam.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov day! Today marks 43 years since Petrov decided to wait for confirmation before escalating a missile alert up the chain of command in the Soviet Air Defense, preventing nuclear war. A hero for not trusting automated systems fully […]

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Can anyone find a more inane headline today that the second one down? Actual LOL.

Is cropped screenshot of Guardian newspaper website.

Top headline: football club broke financial rules.

Headline below: person says players are "not to blame"

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Free.good fings du jour 1. I don't have to get up early tomorrow! 🥳 2. The warmth in the garden office today. Because I know I will miss it in February. ☺️ 3. The last guests of the year have gone, so we can have a last shouty Mario Kart before Roach Minor goes up. 📢📣 #3GoodThings

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Jon Hancock @bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Madness! Leave them be: THEY EVOLVED BEAKS FOR A REASON.

Screenshot of a typical garbage YouTube advert, this one showing a smiling woman and offering "LIFETIME GUARANTEED DENTAL IMPLANTS IN TURKEY –
• All-on-4, All-on-6
• Zygomatic Implants
• Hollywood Smile
• Dental Veneers
• Dental Crowns
• Full-Mouth Solutions
• Multi-Unit Abutments

and so on, including Google and Trustpilot ratings and other claims that should have your Spider-Sense tingling.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Saw this on work Slack. Maybe it's already floating around Fedi but hey, you can never have too much of a good thing. Sound up. I'm in hysterics. #AI #AIslop www.youtube.com/shorts/aa0v-24EFy0

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Jon Hancock @bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Well… they’re not exactly rocket scientists, are they?

Screenshot of The Guardian website. Headline: Experience: a brain surgeon dropped part of my skull on the floor.

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Free good fings heute 1. Nice weather today..Again. 2. I found and printed a SPD-SL cleat cover to replace the one that escaped me, somewhere on the South Island. This might be a bit cryptic but is definitely a Good Thing and I'm grateful. 3. Future plans are crystallising with baffled but […]

Simon :donor: @staustellsimon.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

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Not sure how I've never stumbled upon this site before, but the Cornwall Railway Society has an amazing collection of photos! Of particular interest to me were the pages detailing St Austell and Par but all of it is a delight. Stumbled upon it when finding out some information about the steam […]

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Banks! If you want stealthily to avoid paying postage to send me statements, when you stealthily change the settings in the portable telephone application to "receive statements online", don't _tell_ me you've done it. (Why should I pay to print something I can get you to print?) Thank you […]

Jon Hancock @bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

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This spectacular shot of a magpie demonstrates perfectly why my hobby is playing the ukulele and not photographing birds.

Photograph of a leafy green tree with red berries. The rear end of a magpie can just be made out through the foliage.

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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Have I Complained About How Much I Hate Title Case Lately?

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Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Hypothetically, were I employed, I might be on here moaning something about "another day, another turgid and maddeningly vague technical document to review", and I might wonder aloud whether a document review process that requires the person commenting to agree that every comment has been closed […]

Jon Roach @fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

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What on earth is going on in New Milton? Half past five on a Sunday afternoon. Crash between 3 cars and a motorbike. ALL 3 CAR DRIVERS arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs (and for causing serious injury by dangerous driving) […]