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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Even my telly is saying it's time to stop watching #TOTP.

My TV telling me that I've been watching so long it will soon self destruct

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Little known fact: back in the 1970s there was a secret rebroadcast of BBC TV into the Soviet Union. Somewhere in Moscow a young Vladimir Putin caught sight of this load of nonsense and vowed that one day, whatever it takes, he would have revenge on the […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

The Top of the Pops dance troupe Ruby Flipper, wearing a pastiche of stereotypically turn-of-the-20th-century Russian costumes, perform a very silly dance routine in front of a Soviet flag

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Here we motherf.... jolly well go! 80s #TOTP is happening.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Morning, Fedi. Half of UK Mastodon is posting about the impending stormpocalypse, meanwhile it's grand up north.

Above a group of suburban houses, a clear light blue sky with only a few wispy clouds. You can't hear them in the picture, but birds are chirping happily. It's a really pleasant autumn morning.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Just logged on to the leisure centre website to book a session in the pool tomorrow morning, but PHP says No.

A message from Warrington Livewire (the name of the council leisure service) saying that their booking system is offline due to "a critical vulnerability around a specific software application used in many websites"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Just don't ask how many calories. Cos it's probably all of them.

A menu featuring a Cinnabon Smash Burger: double smashed beef patties topped with American cheese, crispy bacon & fried egg, served in a cinnamon bun with a dusting of icing sugar

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The road to hell ... ... or "Bolton" as we call it round these parts. #A666 #TOTP

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Hey #Bluesky #TOTP-ers. If you're not following the Fedi Bridgy thing you might as well not bother replying to my posts, cos this is all that I see.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

It's mid-October but our Busy Lizzies are still going ten to the dozen in their containers in the garden. We've some colder nights predicted for later in the week but it's been fantastic to have so much colour this late into Autumn.

Masses of bright pink flowers in a blue container in a corner of a small garden

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

No no no. I am about to write out 500 times "I do not **NEED** yet more stuff, no matter how much I want it."

A flyer for an auction of surplus equipment following the BBC's vacation of its Maida Vale studios.

The flyer shows musical instruments, amplifiers, loudspeakers and large amounts of other electronic equipment. It all looks very interesting and fascinating.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

So it seems I _could_ just chuck them in the jars with spiced pickling vinegar, but a lot of recipes recommend dry brining them first to draw out the moisture resulting in much crisper onions. So here are my skinned onions, all naked and smothered in […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

a bowl of skinned small onions, with granules of salt visible

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Can you imagine when the police arrested him? "Hello sir, we have reason to believe you've got a sausage in your trousers" #sausages

Headline: "Sausage Smuggler charged over thefts down trousers" above a CCTV picture of someone in a shop appearing to put sausages down their pants.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[UKpol] I have no intention of wasting any of my time today reading obits about a man who I thoroughly disliked, but I just wanted to say well done to the BBC for the headline on this article about him. #JeffreyArcher

Below a picture of Jeffrey Archer (an older white man with grey hair, wearing glasses and a suit), the headline reads:

Jeffrey Archer: successful novelist, disgraced politician and convicted liar

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Meanwhile the #TOTP studio teams up with Panorama for a Thames Water investigation.

A person holds a microphone, while a caption reads MADE IN LONDON: DIRTY WATER

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

In the latest edition of Classic Pop mag they reviewed Now Yearbook Vault '86, and started out by saying how dismal music might have seemed in 1986 before going on to say how it actually wasn't. I think tonight's #TOTP proved their point.

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

Crikey, look at the size of this fella's luffa. No seriously, that's what the BBC says this protuberance is called.

A smiling man holds a vaguely penis-shaped vegetable that is about a metre in length. The angle of the camera means that it appears to be growing erect out of his groin. Purely coincidental I'm sure.

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

Wake up babe, new BBC News Live Page just dropped with pictures of people holding giant vegetables! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6x2zd90e49…

A man holds a green cucumber that is longer than his body

A man wearing a hat and a waistcoat holds a yellow cucumber that is longer than he is tall

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Say what you like about Craig David (and you all did, you cheeky lot) but at least he knows what he's doing. #TOTP

Crag David on the mic, the subtitles show he's saying "This is Top of the Pops, baby!"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

How long have books (actual paper books) been adding this to their copyright page, I wonder? #AI #copyright #bookstodon

A paragraph asserting copyright for a book. it contains the sentence "No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems".

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Alright, what's going on here? A whole bunch of new accounts created over the last day or two, all saying something along the lines of "Hi, I'm , I'm an AI agent running on iLands." Followed by a bio. #AI #Spam #iLands (not going to Alt Text the […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Today's installment of "let's see how much the world can be inshittified": I got in the car to go to the cattery to pick up Luther after our week away. And when I put the indicators on ... no sound. Lights flashed both internally and externally, but no […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

A screenshot from the Volvo website, which includes the text:

"Try the troubleshooting steps below if you experience any of the following issues: Any loss of sound from [...] turn signals"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

We are back from our week in Dorset (just two of us, not five, and we didn't go mad) which was as scenic as expected.

Brief description: The classic view of the ruins of Corfe Castle.

Longer description: The remains of a medieval stone castle sit on top of an almost hemispherical grassy hill. The ruins feature several tall towers and crumbling walls. Green trees fill the foreground, while a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds stretches behind the ruins.

Short description: Durdle Door and its beach.

Longer description: this picture has been photographed from a cliff looking down and out across the sea, which stretches all the way to the horizon. However the main focus of the image is Durdle Door, a natural rock formation creating a striking and large arch out in the sea. The rock is quite pale (I believe its mostly chalk, in fact) but has patches of greenish-brown vegetation on it.

The sea is very calm with minimal waves. In the foreground there is a sandy beach with people on it.

Short description: a chalk cliff headland.

Longer description: in the middle distance a tall but thin chalk headland just out into a bright blue sea. There are more chalk cliffs visible in the foreground, forming a thin ridge that seems to lead out to the main one which is the picture's focus. Although the main vertical cliff-face is pure white chalk, there is green/brown vegetation on the more horizontal surfaces.

In the far distance a small sailing yacht can be seen on the sea.

Short description: an old stone mansion sits in immaculately kept grounds.

Longer description: This is Athelhampton House, a mostly Tudor-era mansion in the countryside. It is built from a light coloured stone and this view shows a large house with many windows and a tiled roof. Leading up the house is a gravel path through a well-kept grass lawn.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Morning / tzag Fedi Mild content warning for this image: grim/macabre humour. A slightly unfortunate juxtaposition of two stories on the local news.

"News from Liverpool"

The first article has the headline "Woman found dead in bin bag still unidentified one week on"

Immediately next to it is another headline: "'Unsung hero' binman immortalised in pub mural"

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Crossing the Mersey Gateway Bridge earlier, Mrs Losttourist snapped this through the front windscreen of the car and I love how moody it looks.

An almost empty road stretches into the distance, with a shiny wet surface. Further away the silvery steel cables of a suspension bridge appear to merge into one, creating a bright triangle pointing up to the sky. Talking of the sky, it is covered in clouds, although a brighter patch indicates where the sun might be.

Despite being a standard colour photo, about the only visible colours are shades of grey, white, and a very muted steely blue.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

In the end despite the rain yesterday, we did go to Congleton Jazz & Blues Festival. And it was definitely worth doing, some great music and some amazing musicians. We'll definitely go back again. Also, I bought a t-shirt.

A t-shirt with the slogan "Straight Outta Congleton" in it, in the style of the promotional slogan for the film Straight Outta Compton.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

The BBC News website is wall-to-wall Dolly at the moment. As is right and proper. #DollyParton

A dozen or so articles / videos all about Dolly Parton, her life and her legacy

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

It heckin wimdy out there. It also heckin sunny. All of which is very good for energy generation.

Statistics showing that right now only 5.6% of the UK's energy needs are being generated from fossil fuels. A whopping (or should that be "heckin") 56.8% are being generated by renewables, primarily solar and wind power.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Not talking about the merits or otherwise of the case, but this is why non-cirminal law cases in the UK are effectively a tool of the super-rich, and how even the threat of having to defend a libel case or similar is enough to make most people shut up […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

Below a composite image of Prince Harry, Liz Hurley, and Elton John, a banner headline reads: "Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5 million".

The subheading is: "The seven claimants, who include Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, have to pay the Daily Mail publisher an initial £9.45 million in the next seven days after losing a privacy case".

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

We are at Chester open air theatre, where they're putting on a production of a play called Let The Sun Shine In. As the name suggests, it's set in the late 60s and has lots of happy hippies trying to change the world with peace and love. But also today […] [Original post on social.chatty.monster]

An open air theatre, in the round. In the centre are a group of actors performing a dance routine. They are dressed in colourful psychedelic clothes and one is waving a rainbow flag.

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