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Michael williamson

@michaelwilliamson.bsky.social
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cycling, less of the sea swimming and running these days., Tall and can become grumpy if not fed regularly. Like to cook, love to eat more. He/him. Opinions my own and not representative of my employer etc etc. Particular interest in post brexit impacts NI

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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Maturing is when you stop referring to a party in your pants and instead invite people to come visit your
Sign for Bushey Grove leisure centre
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Here you go
Pic of a sign showing different flavours of Nuii ice cream available at my campsite
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Takes relatively little to keep me happy but French food and wine certainly helps
White plate with some long radishes, sliced baguette topped with goats cheese and a glass of white wine
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Apologies for the poor picture but I've got a new bike coming in a few months and I'm excited. #bikesky #oohtitanium
Picture of a matt grey titanium bike leaning against a counter
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I was changing our sheets and found this beast lurking behind the mattress. I rehomed it outside
A big ass spider that was lurking on my headboard,  with my thumb beside it for scale
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Just make sure they know your safe word, or you'll end up being found looking like one of these toys
Pic of an 80s glow worm toy
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Was planning on tidying up the kitchen before work but this eejit has different ideas
Picture of a tabby cat stretched out on my knee at my desk. She's letting me rub her tummy as she rests her chin on my arm
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The first was like a time capsule from the 80s and deep pile carpet on the walls, along with a bottle opener in the toilet. This trips hotel was much nicer but also had a room full of teddy bears that seemed to be moved around each night.
A pic of a darkened room with teddy bears on seats. The room is locked and no one can use itPic of a large teddy bear holding a heart that says i love you on an armchair.Picture of the bathroom from my hotel which has a phone above the toilet roll holders Picture from another hotel bathroom with a bottle opener on the wall beside the toilet roll
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I saw these ones at a cat cafe i passed in Penang today. Was on my way to an appointment so didn't have a chance to call in
Picture taken of a cat cafe from the street. There are 3 really large cats in the window looking fairly chilled
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is a scandal!
A packet of tayto cheese and onion crisps on sale for £2 69. It's in an airport but still
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The cat who normally prefers my wife's knee has come to visit me today. Looks like im not going anywhere for a while.
Picture of a tabby cat lying on her back on my legs as she grooms herself
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My Dub wife also laughs when she hears Ghee mentioned on cookery programmes or when she sees products like this tub of ghee, so couldn't resist sending her the bag of marge too
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Meme of Steve buscemi saying " do you think God stays in heaven, because he, too, lives in fear of what he created?"
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I'm currently clearing out my Uncle's flat in Penang after he died recently. Amongst the things I found was this ad from a police magazine from 1983. Surely being in the RUC was tough enough at the time without having to go on holiday to Bangor as well! Fair play to the Council for trying though
Advertisement posted by North Down council trying to tempt police officers to come on a weekend break to Bangor or Conling for only £15
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
You know you're staying in a proper classy joint when there's a bottle opener on the wall beside the toilet!
Tiled bathroom wall with a chrome toilet roll holder and beside that there's a wall mounted bottle opener
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My 2 seem to actively enjoy having their tummy's rubbed, but I'm thinking they might just be playing a long con on us
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Spotted these pastries in Istanbul airport, but want sure if I could get away with eating one in public!
A tray of  pastries with a vaguely vulva shaped hole in them. I didn't look too closely at the filling!
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I think it's fair to say that flora feels at home with us now
Tabby kitten lying on her back , purring and letting me pat her tummy
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Im getting my dose of cuddles before I head to work
Sleepy looking tabby kitten looking at the camera
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Had been wracking my mind yesterday about a track from a group i remembered seeing at Shine on one of the few nights I was there to dance rather than working the bar. After spending lunch doing random Googling for 90s electronic groups i finally remembered. Even better it still sounds awesome
Screenshot of Spotify app showing it playing Dirge by Death in Vegas
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I cannot imagine how desperate, for either fame or to fix a broken relationship, you would have to be to sign up for this. I wonder does it end up with him and Russell brand baptising people in some river?
Screenshot of BBC one website advertising Bear Grylls wild reckoning - shows bear grills standing in wheat field before he drags couples into the Welsh wilderness to fix them
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Never mind all the toys and scratching posts we've bought for them. The cats are transfixed by a coke can being blown about in the wind outside
Two tabby kittens looking out my window into the street
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
On a good day you can see Scotland from here, but not today!
Picture of Michael in front of the sea, with some rocks in the foreground and the sky is grey
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Looks like im going to have a busy September and October. If they're as mucky as last year I'll need to buy more bike wash and possibly new socks
Screenshot of cycling ulster website showing 4 gravel cycling events from the 20th September through to 25th October.Calf length sock, the top half is turned brown with mud, the lower part which was in my shoe is still blackPicture of my legs and cycle shoes against a background of tarmac. My legs are covered in dried on mud up to my knees after completing a gravel cycle event
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Had fresh turmeric root, so thought I'd use for making last nights dinner. Didn't realise grating it would leave me looking like I'd done unspeakable things to Pacman
Thumb and two fingers stained yellow with turmeric
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New year, new recipes- made a rice bowl with edamame beans, red cabbage in lime and tempeh in a barbecue sauce. Was tasty and makes me feel healthy before I go looking for beer and crisps
White bowl with rice, green edamame beans,  red cabbage and tempeh in a sort of barbecue sauce
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Picture of 2 tabby kittens sitting in fron of a fireplace
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Kids are away to their mum's tonight and planning on forcing her to stay up but we're just having a quiet one and hoping the kittens we adopted yesterday might want to come out from behind the sofa for some food
2 small tabby kittens in the space between my sofa and the wall
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Currently on the phone with customer service people about a £300 Dyson hair dryer that's been charged to my account despite me not buying it. Feel like sending them this pic to prove that I've no need for any kind of hairdryer never mind a fancy one!
Picture of middle aged irish man with short hair and a hairline that is receding far faster than I'd like
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Schoolhouse Glass - it was great fun, I presume she does other classes too. These are the ones we did though
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I have a jar of cornichons in a Lion King themed glass which came from France too
Small glass tumbler filled with cornichon and pickled onions, with a picture of Simba on it.
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Seems like more of a personal attack than a description!
Beer can with a pink band on it and black text. It says "hazy" and "thick"
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
White text on black background saying " I say i am cleaning the house but really I'm wandering through the house picking up random shit while muttering to myself about "those fuckers".
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Apparently missed this today
Screenshot of a google search for todays date saying "national slap your coworker day"
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Behold the majesty of the empty ironing basket! (Soon to be refilled!)
Empty blue ironing basket sitting on ironing board with iron beside it.
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Appreciate that this is gonna be a particularly niche grumble, but reading through devolution guidance notes on a Friday afternoon sucks. But at least I remembered how to spell Sewel today!
Screenshot of a devolution guidance note that sets out how the UK government is meant to legislate on matters that are devolved in NI
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I can only assume someone has painted this as a pisstake, but still it's awesome in it's terribleness.
Picture of a commerative plate with portraits of ozzy Osborne,  hulk hogan, princess Di, the Queen, Paddington bear and a random young man I can't identify.
There's also the C &A logo, a bat, the sycamore gap tree and a house mashed up with a head.

It's for sale for £500
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I tried to get a pair of cord dungarees from lucy and yak but couldn't get the sizing right and I ended up looking like one of Hale and Pace
80s comedy duo Hale and Pace in pink and blue dungarees
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Being on holiday just means more chances to buy comedy shaped veg!
Light green courgette that's curved in a loop rather than straight
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Tell me it's payday without telling me it's payday. Sometimes wearing size 13 means you find a wee bargain
Picture of shoebox with fancy new green trainers in it
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
These were on offer in the coop earlier so it'd have been rude not to
Picture of a still wrapped nuii peanut butter and maple syrup chocolate ice cream, sitting on a file block
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Obviously not the highlight of my honeymoon, but while we were watching the romantic sunset, we saw a submarine too
Black silhouette of a submarine on the surface of the English Channel
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Have to say I'm enjoying married life so far! We're currently somewhere off the coast of Spain and arrive into Lisbon for the day tomorrow morning
Picture of glass wall and handrail on a cruise ship with some shadows coming through and the sun on my legs Selfie of me on a sunlounger with a beer
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Lads, I'm married!
Picture of 4 fingers, with a silver wedding ring on one finger
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Past Michael obviously had no faith in my ability to remember important dates!
Screenshot of a calendar notification saying " whoop whoop wedding day" because I'm getting married today
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I had the option of a normal carrot or the comedy shaped one. Only one choice really!
Carrot with a protruding knob halfway along its length
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
All signed up for this in June and starting to get organised for which leg(s) I'll be taking on. Really looking forward to the challenge and to raising awareness for @nipanc.bsky.social
Ni pancreatic cancer charity logo beside a picture of Northern Ireland, showing a route around the periphery  and a group of cyclists in purple jerseys.
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Michael williamson @michaelwilliamson.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Had to run out to the shopping centre to get a prescription for my fiancée and while I was waiting for it to be ready I spotted these awesome jammies in M and S
Pyjamas hanging on a wooden door. They're navy blue with zebras and leopards in various poses on them.
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