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Rufous

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Writing rongs. "Dave" at work. Gillingham lad, lives Madrid/Mallorca, works London. Posts mostly whimsy and delight in the small things. Interested in everything. Love is all you need. Love and money for rent. And music. The three things...

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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Alright already. Don't ever say I don't join in... This is about my seventh effort - distilled down to the things that lead me to seek out other things whose consequent omission I am finding physically painful. Ludicrous exercise. #my9albums
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Loved this. Investing in the time you're given on this meaningless spinning rock. Unrepentant but self-aware. Favourite quote: "Everyone seems to think we're facing the end of humanity. Not me. I look at the species rather than a nation state" www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A snapshot of an interview with Karl Busby who's about to complete a 28 year trek from Chile to Hull
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I miss this version of America. Optimistic. Idealistic. Expanding boundaries rather than breaking them. RIP, ya badass.
President Obama presenting Margaret Hamilton with the Presidential Medal of Honor (sic)
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Well this is delightful. More please. And a "real life" version.
Guz and Kiell Will Not Survive podcast flyer
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Given all the fuss I assumed this was going to be a polemic. But it's far more effective and devastating than that. I gave myself a pass on Instagram way back when I left FB. Think it may be time for that account to go as well.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No idea whether Sarah Wyn-Williams is a fan of South Park/America, but I'm half way through her (excellent) book and struggling to shake MLP comparisons.
Miss Lady Penis rushes to help the billionaires of Weenietown
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oooooooh
David Ornstein in The Athletic reports that City have been found guilty of all but one of the 115 charges against them
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've finally worked out who Sydney Sweeney reminds me of.
Droopy Dog
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This FREAK. And the bit in Close Encounters when the mum grabs the kid's feet as he goes out the cat-flap. Also Moomins.
The Boy From Outer Space - absolute freak.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
God I love them.
A flyer for the new season of "South America" - formerly known as "South Park"
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Remember all those Public Safety films in the 70s about not returning to, or throwing lit fireworks? The one that showed people with fingers missing? They didn't have those in Spain
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Not gonna lie - Benevolent Sky Daemon leaving it late with the appearance....
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Cloud timing: perfection
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seems to be a "thing"...
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No idea how I caught the actual eclipse here....
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Two and a half hour hike in 35°. This eclipse better be a feckin WORLD BEATER
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Off later to watch the eclipse and hopefully welcome the Benevolent Sky Daemon whose arrival it surely heralds, in the expectation it comes to put us all out of our misery. #AllHail
Donald Trump looking directly at the Sun during a solar eclipse against all scientific advice and common sense.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I am "saw this on the floor and assumed someone didn't want to accidentally record over their cassette mix-tape" years old
Small piece of plastic the same size and shape as the tabs you'd break off the top edge of cassettes to prevent recording over them
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Unfortunate timing
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Robson, Coppell, Keegan and Brooking: My football heroes growing up. Following his England round was fun, too. RIP, fella
Kevin Keegan in an England strip
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Was on a plane for most of the match. I landed half way though extra time to nearly 100 stressed messages from the wife and kids, and THE most Spanish set of match stats you could imagine. Confidently predicted they would win 2 mins into added time from a scruffy rebound goal. As usual.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Half hope France batter us so Tuchel's sent marching.
Kobbie Mainoo's brother wearing a "Free Kobbie Mainoo" t-shirt
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Trans for everybody!"
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I think we broke Fabrizio! Lads? Lads!
Fabrizio Romano's video thumbnail that helpfully advises us that "Things Are Happening!"
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Dunt enjoying himself is one of journalism's great spectacles. Up there with Marina Hyde. If they were found in the wild, Attenborough and National Geographic cameramen would be tripping over each other.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This film appears to have a score of 3.5/10 and I now NEED to see it.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Absolutely no shade - saw Def Leppard back before TS started school - but I do think the comparison captures something at the heart of why I find TS so bland and OR so interesting.
Taylor Swift appearing on stage with Def LeppardRobert Smith appearing on stage with Olivia Rodrigo
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I have *finally* found a consistent 5k pace for 30°+ C conditions.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
GOOD MORNING TO YOU TOO, BLUESKY
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Five year anniversary of going to get the COVID vaccine.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
RIP Woy.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If you're not aware of Jalen Brunson, I'm not surprised. He's been consistently under-estimated and under-valued to the point it's a kind of super-power. And in a sport that lionises super-humans, that makes him doubly special. www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Them : you can't build a Playoff winning franchise round a 6 foot point guard. Him :
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Asked how he feels about scoring the winning points in an NBA Finals match, OG Anunoby deadpans that "Everyone's excited. I'm excited too." with a face that suggests someone's put a wasp in his undercrackers
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
When they say AI is going to put us all out of work, this is never the way they describe it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Buffy cast is not having a good year. Raising a glass to Anthony Head: a meme before memes were a meme.
The Gold Blend Couple from a 1980s UK advert
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
👍
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
S1 done. It's better than everyone says. Only one fault. I have owned this jacket for 15 years. No-one uses the belt. If this is meant to indicate his poshness then it should be a Barbour rather than a Belstaff. And there is no way you either get out of a car or run a mile with it done up.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
That's the most balanced scorecard I think I've ever seen Thought the Knicks were nuts to get rid of Thibs last year. Twelve months on, 9th win on the bounce in the play-offs, conference finals...the team's no longer built round Brunson but rather orchestrated by him. .
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Congrats to any Gooners. Deserve to enjoy yourselves after suffering ten months of that ;) See you next season.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Artemis fired four people out of Earth's atmosphere in a tin can sat on massive firework. Tin can then continued to the moon unpowered, solely to slingshot round it and return, slam into the ocean and have to be recovered by the US Navy. I am pleased to learn there are higher ambitions for HS2.
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Rufous @rufous.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They should have been forced to apologise for this alone
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