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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Huge congrats dude! An incredible effort. I vow to... get my teeth into it... as soon as the next invoice comes in

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fantastic words. I feel very Hob sometimes

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So great I spelled her name wrong

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Slipknot Ash Super Furry Animals Dadi Freyr Iggy Pop Sunn 0))) Vader Joanna Newsome Deftones Basement Jaxx

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tedious potential explanation: it is possible, if there's a wireless microwave link somewhere in the chain on the way to your connection, that weather could affect it?

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The best and funniest bit of Coyote vs. Acme was when they played 'Nobody Speak' by DJ Shadow and Run the Jewels and bleeped out the many swears with Road Runner's meep. Tremendous work.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@unchcrosswords.com please send my regards to 'Eck and tell him never to do that again because just looking at those (brilliant) clues is making my brain want to escape my skull and settle down into retirement because really what's the point any more

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Pant (gasp) surrounds end (last)

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

9 minutes 29 seconds. Poor form

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Anyway I usually try to race myself to see how quickly i can fire the blood out of my arm. Today is disappointingly slow, nowhere near my sub-7 minute record.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Doing a blood donation. O neg, without that certain antibody which means it can go to the neo natal ward in case any baby vampires are reading this and fancy a snack

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A deliciously alliterative cover there. Top marks

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Made some blood bowl dudes, did a really quite shit job of it, realised something about my fine motor skills at age 45, still, Blooooood Boooowl. I got some skeletons and zombies and mummies and that

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Forced myself to mow the lawn for the first time this year. Had to rewire the mower plug, its earth pin eaten by some copper chemical. Ran over at least one random turd, and a fallen bird feeder. Mower conked out two thirds of the way through. I'm sure the neighbours are preparing a wellness check.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 20/04/2026

Hello cryptic crossword fans and Unch solvers. A favour please: if you are in touch with other solvers and cryptic people outside of Bluesky please consider spreading the word. Thank you x

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I'm hoping she'll let me do some solving soon.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Done and done. As in done twice, one for my dad because The Big Man's Gotta Unch.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 28/01/2026

Issue 2 is selling fast! Secure a copy at unchcrosswords.com

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Me too! Thank you, it's a lovely thing

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

(alt text because i was neglectful: a hand holds a copy of issue 2 of unch magazine in front of a faux-vintage map of Australia for some reason. Fingers apparently supplied by the Michelin Man)

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Ooh ooh it's @unchcrosswords.com - a little bit of tangible joy

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Announcing? I won't say anything about the issue 2 pre order I've definitely not already put in then

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Ok fine world, let me know about @unchcrosswords.com right after issue 1 has sold out why don't you

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Today's soundtrack is Makthaversakan, the dreamy Swedish shoegaze soundtrack to a youth I didn't actually have but somehow remember fully and fondly? This is all @ycjygames.bsky.social fault. open.spotify.com/album/3g0FM9...

open.spotify.com

Ill

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Were you also there for that second one? Fond memories of that weird show, but it can't possibly be 12 years ago

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Man, typewriters trigger a really distinct smell memory for me. Dunno if it's the oil or the ink or what, but I see a typewriter and I can smell a typewriter. I hope your typewriter smells good, I guess?

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

A lovely man. I was very lucky, as a junior hammering tech magazines into shape, to have Chris' excellent words to put in print - and his even more excellent personality on the other end of them.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

It has taken me until now to get it on the wall.

A big ol' aerial picture of Bristol Zoo Gardens, taken some time in the 1980s we think. It's on a wall next to a smaller picture of a frog, an even smaller picture of a shrimp, and a canvas covered in colourful splats

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Oh boy there's some recent Milkshake Duck to report on this one Maff www.sportskeeda.com/us/streamers...

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I'm more a 13,000 unread and absolutely no capacity for personal memory thus a complete reliance on the inbox kinda guy

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

At the Bristol Downs fireworks one year, he quite spitefully did a cover of American Pie before he'd play One and Only. He did all the verses, including the deleted seventh one.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Frequently. Particularly when on holiday. Oh, did we bring Smokey? No, that is a fat jumper.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I am unreasonably upset that i used a clue on today's minute cryptic

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I would be remiss not to mention @sumosoul.bsky.social, an account on which you can watch the stuff that matters; Aonishiki's recent clashe with Hoshoryu, for instance, is a banger

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Anyway, that's it. Try watching sumo, you'll like it, and highlights mean you can be up to speed in like 20 minutes a day.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Other channels pop up now and then with better highlights, more information, and livestreams which are reasonably convenient to watch in the UK, but these tend to get shut down pretty fast. I'm currently keeping up via Don Don Sumo, which has good technique breakdowns: www.youtube.com/@dondonsumo2

youtube.com

Don Don Sumo

Hakkeyoi!

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Also can't ignore Kotozakura, currently the only second rank (Ozeki) rikishi. One, because of his magnificent double boob configuration, and two because I don't like Kotozakura and it's fun to watch him struggling at the moment.

Kotozakura, multiple boobs partially covered by his big apron

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I have to mention Takayasu, mainly because he's an old hairy fella that really looks like he's had enough of your shit

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

...Abi. Cheeky in a different way, Abi absolutely loves a henka. That's when you sidestep your opponent at the initial charge leaving them flailing to the clay. Quite why nobody has worked out that he's absolutely going to do this is beyond me; it's disrespectful, sure, but it wins bouts (sometimes)

Abi, pictured in a rare moment of not sidestepping

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Ura. Who doesn't love cheeky chappy Ura, with his hot pink mawashi and plucky spirit? He's basically the Rey Mysterio of Sumo, coming up with creative ways to use his opponents' size against them and generally doing his best for the kids. A babyface through and through. Unlike:

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Aonishiki is Ukranian, with a freestyle wrestling background that's been completely bamboozling his opponents. He's 21, which is just unfair, and smaller than many opponents, but he's beginning to tear up the top Makuuchi division. The sky's the limit - Mystic Meg predicts Ozeki rank soon.

Aonishiki, in dress apron, looking as if he really doesn't want his picture taken thank you

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The polar opposite of Asakoryu is Kayo. If you've ever wondered what it would look like if an egg decided to take up Sumo, this guy - short, round, immovable - has you covered.

Kayo, in dress apron, looking very pleased with himself

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Of course, Asakoryu is the real highlight in terms of spark plug dudes: this guy, almost gut-free, is an absolute powerhouse despite being small and relatively light in the sumo world. Great to watch.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Wakatakakage has the best name and appears to be one large muscle with some equally large muscles glued on top. Shoulders like boulders. Certainly has potential for a run up the ranks, at least he'd better, because he's one of my favourites. Look at the lad. What a whopper.

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Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hoshoryu, the other Yokozuna, has been in post for a few months. Full of fun outside the Dohyo and able to kill a man with his glare inside it, he's more technical than Onosato - and, judging by the gold stars he keeps handing out to lesser opponents that beat him, still finding his feet at top rank

Yokozuna Hoshoryu, wearing his rope and carrying a sword

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