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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 25/09/2026

You know those short indie films WeTransfer advertises to you when you're too cheap to pay a subscription? Are they real, do we reckon? Has anyone ever clicked through to watch one and find out?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Well, there we go. Except now I'm old I can't play any of them without needing to factor in nap breaks. my9games.net/en

Box artwork for video games: Day of the Tentacle; Sonic the Hedgehog; Red Dead Redemption II; Sim City 3000; Grand Theft Auto V; Theme Hospital; Wipeout 3; Forza Horizon 4; Transport Tycoon.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Hoarding obsolete Apple products is totally normal, yes?

A collection of Apple products on a wooden surface includes an iPhone in a dock displaying app icons, a white iPod with wired earbuds, and a dark translucent mouse, and Apple G4 Cube computer. Boxes show text such as ‘iPhone’, ‘iSight’, ‘Mac OS X’, and a partial ‘iPod’, with Apple logos visible.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Anyway I had a couple of weeks away from Bluesky, I didn't think I could see much point in being here but the more I thought about it the more I realised I just can't see the point in being alive a lot of the time and since I'm stuck with that for the time being I might as well hang about here too 🥰

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Gobowen railway station - once a key interchange for Oswestry and mid Wales on the GWR Shrewsbury to Chester branch - looking absolutely splendid, fully restored to its period paint scheme thanks to @railwayheritage.bsky.social. Bonus Rail Alphabet (I think 🤞) for @doublearrow64.bsky.social

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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 19/08/2026

Retro food packaging – Frosties, Spaghetti Hoops – hand-stitched and rewritten as reminders to be kinder to yourself 👀 Meet embroidery artist Emma Giacalone: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...

Embroidered retro food packaging by Emma Giacalone, hand-stitched in free-motion machine embroidery.

A reworked retro food-packaging piece stitched by Emma Giacalone.

Embroidered Heinz Spaghetti Hoops packaging with a reworked, kinder message.

Another free-motion embroidered food-packaging artwork by Emma Giacalone.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 18/08/2026

Interstellar. I feel bad even saying so because I know that there's people on here who I've a lot of time for and who love it. I've tried more than once and it gets worse with every attempt. I'm sorry.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

The skies over Manchester look delightfully threatening 🌧️🥰

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

We'll be out on doorsteps clapping people who have the common sense to not use disposable BBQs during a heatwave before the month is out.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

I'm starting to think that by watching a generation of disaster movies we've all been unwittingly deceived into believing that world leaders will actually try to do something to save the planet when things start rapidly going to shit.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 09/08/2026

10 years living in Yorkshire, finally made it to Leeds' Corn Exchange yesterday. It was worth the wait.

A multi-story shopping mall with a glass ceiling and wooden floors. The mall has a variety of shops, including a sculpture gallery. There are people walking around and sitting at tables. The mall has a balcony with a railing.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/08/2026

10 years working in rail tomorrow. Yikes.

A selfie. I'm wearing a dark blue suit with shirt and tie, stood in from of a building with a signpost "Virgin Trains The Talent Academy York".

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/08/2026

I'm destined to never have any money.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 05/08/2026

OMG London it rained 🥰

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 04/08/2026

I can't work out whether or not at this point Waitrose have gone into full-on self parody mode.

A billboard with a picture of a bowl of food. The bowl contains a white creamy substance and a red sauce. The text on the billboard reads "Biblical downpour. Heavenly caponata burrata." and "WAITROSE The home of food lovers.".

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 01/08/2026

Oh man, Parasite is still such a good film.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 01/08/2026

Arguably Richard Osman's greatest felony against literature isn't spawning the cosy crime genre - everyone has their own thing and that's fine - but it's that the window displays of bookshops are now about 80% full of them and their offshoots and they all have near-identical looking cover artwork 🤨

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 01/08/2026

Cheeky win on the Euromillions last night. Celebrated by ordering the Lego X-Files set. I wasn't going to let that £2.80 change me.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Flamingo shirt this morning. I'm going to need it.

A man with spiky hair and glasses smiling and posing for a photo on a paved path. He is wearing a white shirt with pink flamingos on it and a black backpack. There are trees and bushes on either side of the path. The sky is blue with some clouds.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 24/07/2026

Still longing for a movie version of War of the Worlds that's entirely faithful to the soundtrack and artwork of the Jeff Wayne album. IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

Cover artwork of the 1978 album "War of the Worlds". A painting of a large metal robot with green eyes and orange beams shooting from its legs attacking a ship in the ocean. The sky is dark with clouds and orange light. Another ship is in the background.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 23/07/2026

I'm sorry, but I'm still struggling to comprehend just how good the 8x zoom on the iPhone 17 Pro is. Judging by previous models zooming in this far should render shots like they're being displayed on Teletext. HOW is it doing this?

An aerial photograph of a marina with several boats docked. The marina is surrounded by a rocky breakwater and there are buildings and roads nearby. The water is a deep blue colour. There is a parking lot with several cars parked in it.

An airplane wingtip with a yellow, grey and white design. The yellow section has the word "vueling" written on it in grey letters. The background is a clear blue sky.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 22/07/2026

I'll be honest, I wouldn't have placed this that highly when it comes to claims you need to make at an airport.

Close-up of a sign in an airport departure lounge restaurant, which reads "BEST HAM in the airport".

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 20/07/2026

Only Connect unlocking a long lost 40-year-old memory with reference to BraveStarr there and, well, yikes.

An illustration of a man in a white cowboy hat and a blue horse with a red bridle. The man is smiling and looking to the right. The horse is smiling and looking to the left. The background is a gradient of pink and purple.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 20/07/2026

Farnborough Air Show this week. Spotted at Waterloo this morning. Totally fine.

A large digital screen displays an image of a futuristic fighter jet with a sleek, angular design, set against a twilight sky with water in the foreground. To the left of the screen, text reads "The World's First AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet" followed by "Farnborough Airshow Hall 3 | Booth 3750" and "Shield AI." Below the screen, there are ticket gates with people passing through. The space appears to be a railway station.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Now, I'm not pretending to be a huge football fan, but I am INTRIGUED by the BBC's weird PlayStation 2 rendering of some of the World Cup matches. Like, it's no doubt technically impressive to do this stuff in near-real time, but... why? 🧐 www.3d-bbc.co.uk

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Reworked painting, Dungeness level crossing. It took me a year to get this one right! Oil on paper, approx 76cmx56cm, £400 (comment for details- I can't see messages on here)

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Some photos from another week working in London, around Liverpool Street and The City. Instagram didn't love them so you can have the heavily filtered edits on here instead.

One skyscraper reflected in the glass of another.

Ornate stone towers reflected in the glass of a modern building.

Ornate stone buildings viewed through modern curved and glass structures.

Looking upwards towards a large ornate glass roof, filtered black and white.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 18/07/2026

I'm sure that someone posted similar yesterday, but before I can see The Odyssey I need to go back in on the Coen brothers' 'sort of based on' version. Released to mixed reviews maybe, but to me at least it's an absolute delight of a film.

Actors George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson in character as escaped convicts in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/07/2026

Aw, it's five years already since I went to Glasgow to see them filming Indy 5 and ended up finding a horse's arse in some pretend-1950s New York street, not realising at the time that it would arguably be one of the best bits of that utter mess of a film.

A selfie against an ornate Glasgow street, decorated with props to appear as a New York street from the 1950s. I'm wearing a face mask covering my nose and mouth. A white horse is stood in the street.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/07/2026

I'm sorry but I can't accept the way that BBC News report Andy Burnham as becoming Prime Minister "next Monday". It's just Monday. Next Monday would be the week after. Happy to have cleared that up x

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 13/07/2026

Found my first MP3 player at the weekend - the Sony NW-MS7 from 1999 - up to 12 songs on a Memory Stick, encoded in Sony's proprietary format. Ditched it for the iPod in 2002, but seeing them together made me realise just how fun tech used to look before everything became a rounded rectangle 🙃

Two portable music players - a Sony Network Walkman and Apple iPod.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/07/2026

Railway icons meet at York this afternoon, as London-bound @LNER.co.uk Azuma "Gresley 150" - celebrating 150 years since the birth of LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Nigel Gresley - passes east coast mainline stalwart British Rail Class 91 91107 "Skyfall" on its way north to Newcastle.

Two trains at a station platform under a curved glass roof. The train on the left is white with a red stripe and the text "LNER" on its side. The train on the right is silver with red and yellow accents and the text "AZUMA" on its front. The platform has a yellow tactile strip along the edge. Overhead, there are electrical wires and structural beams supporting the roof. Trees and a clear blue sky are visible in the background.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/07/2026

Turned on the PlayStation to play a game from a disc like an absolute rebel. Controller battery is flat from lack of use. Put the controller to charge and turned off the PlayStation. Will likely repeat in another 3-6 months.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Time for a film, and one I have no problems returning to for repeat viewings while my watchlist continues to grow. Exquisite in every way, and the best in the franchise by a mile.

Movie poster for Mission: Impossible Fallout.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 11/07/2026

I think we can take a moment to admire the United States Postal Service's commemorative stamps celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, by illustrator Juan Carlos Pagan. The '1776' in both designs is smart, though where the feathers are elegant that stylised flag is 👌

Two postage stamps with illustrations of the American flag and a quill pen. The left stamp features a stylized flag with red and white stripes and a blue circle with white stars. The right stamp shows a red, white, and blue quill pen on a dark blue background. Both stamps have the text "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" printed vertically on the side. In the background, there is a painting of historical figures in a formal setting.

Two postage stamps with red, white, and blue feathers on a white and dark blue background. The text "Declaration of Independence" is written vertically on the dark blue stamp, and "1776 forever USA" is written vertically on the white stamp. The stamps have a serrated edge.

A close-up photo of a white envelope with a red, white, and blue airmail border. A navy blue stamp with a stylised United States flag forming the numbers '1776' is applied. The stamp reads "1776 forever USA" and "celebration of Independence." The envelope is placed on a red, white, and blue striped surface.

Two large banners hang on a stone building with classical columns. The left banner features a stylized eagle in red, white, and blue, with the text "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" vertically on the side. The right banner displays abstract red and white stripes forming a ribbon-like shape, with a blue circle containing white stars, also accompanied by "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" vertically. The building's facade is ornate, with detailed stonework above the columns.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Gone full Yoda with its advertising, @railwaymuseum.bsky.social has 🙃

Two green construction site barriers with white text and red and white graphics stand in a field of wildflowers. The text on the barriers reads "INGENIOUS" and "OUR COLLECTION IS."

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 08/07/2026

Not sure I can deal with M&S judging my choice of sandwich 😭

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 01/07/2026

Gleefully using my MasterCard to tap in and out of the obnoxiously Visa-branded London Underground gatelines like an absolute vandal 🤘

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 29/06/2026

Roland-Garros poster by Gilles Aillaud, 1984

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 28/06/2026

Absolute belter. I still dislike the indulgent piano bit at the end of the album version though. Nobody asked for that.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 26/06/2026

So it rained for all of about an hour and now instead of it being really warm it's really warm AND humid oh well done, that's great well done everybody x

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 26/06/2026

It's 10 years this week since I was offered a design job with Virgin Trains. You'd never guess but it was the dream job, and still brings incredible challenges and experiences. Most of all, it taught me that when people don't want you to succeed it’s all the motivation you need to prove them wrong 👌

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 22/06/2026

Returning to Bristol is always difficult now after having made so many happy memories here. I did at least manage to wipe away the tears for long enough this morning to admire Temple Meads' fancy restored roof however, which I'm glad about because it's spectacular. Worth what felt like a long wait.

A large metal structure with a glass roof and hanging lights. The structure has a grid-like pattern and is supported by beams. The sky is visible through the glass roof. There are red decorative elements hanging from the structure.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 19/06/2026

This one should be pretty special! Wishing all the best to my friends at LNER for later today when they'll unveil something big, bold and blue! 🙌

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 18/06/2026

Yes it's Paul McCartney's birthday and yes We All Stand Together is delightful and you can all stop getting sneery about it, but if you're not watching the full 14-minute version (featuring the voices of June Whitfield and Windsor Davies no less) then quite honestly you're doing it wrong.

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Rupert and the Frog Song (Featuring Paul McCartney's 'We All Stand Together')

YouTube video by Daniel Duret

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