Sign in

Patrick A

@sparkypatrick.bsky.social
430 followers 568 following 1.8K posts

Professional IT geek and music lover. Occasional footballer of no particular talent (until GPA got me). Blue is the colour.

PostsRepliesMedia
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Two at once - from a bargain box, 2 for 50p. The first was Thin Lizzy: Cold Sweat. Not their greatest, but I stand by it and still have it. The second was Whitesnake, probably Here I Go Again. Don't recall what happened to that.
020 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I have reposted it on the off chance.
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I really love that someone was just very quick-witted in an unpleasant moment almost 30 years ago and it's now a classic viral tweet that thousands of people have seen enough times to remember it fondly.
In 1997, outside a McDonald's on Queen Street, an older woman told two young Korean men to "speak English," and one of them fired back with a sarcastic impression: "Ooooo I want a nice cup of tea look at me I'm English I want to eat [dry/plain] toast."
523243 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Echobelly and the Bunnymen
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Nine Nine Nine Inch Nails
100 0
Reposted by Patrick A
🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 14/10/2026
Simply Red Hot Chilli Peppers
162 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Flock of Eagulls
231 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Psychedelic Alien Sex Fiend Teleman or Astro-Man Marianne Faithful No More
151 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Here he is, the Pink Panther!
The one and only Pink Panther (a pink, cartoon panther), looking around a corner.
171 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ford Capri.
A young Harrison Ford in blue T-shirt and shorts, at the coast. It could be in Capri, who knows? The shorts are way too short to be called Capri. Still.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Makes you wonder if maybe the security services might not be entirely forthcoming with someone who gave the appearance of being a Russian asset.
040 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.
1821878563 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I recently spoke on a fringe panel at TUC Congress about what comes next in the fight for trans rights. I was pleased that the congress passed a motion to oppose the EHRC Code of Practice, demonstrating that trade unionists understand that trans rights are a workers’ rights issue too.
A photograph showing Nadia Whittome MP speaking on a panel with four other activists in a packed out TUC Congress fringe event room.
1821437 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
So definitely a Russian bot account?
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 11/10/2026
lol
5698124 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My 7" single of Brilliant Mind is pressed off centre, so if you try to play it from the start, the needle will fall off the record. I remain hopeful that this makes it a rare collectable.
030 0
Reposted by Patrick A
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I wonder if Americans in general understand the damage being done. There is a ground war in Europe. Russia has invaded its neighbour, without any justification. And the United States is now siding with Russia. What do you think we Europeans think of that?
910924 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Deep fried pizza seems wrong, though I did once have deep fried calzone from the Central back in the day (in place of the usual white puddin' supper, salt and sauce). Acceptable. Saw lots of deep fried insects in Cambodia. Didn't catch any of their names
020 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Tunes for the day: put the phone on shuffle and skip anything slow. Had more than enough of that shit for one day.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Never actually seen a deep dried Mars bar. Sounds like the real thing might not be too appetising to look at either.
110 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.
A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.
6699061837 0
Reposted by Patrick A
MoragaBlue💙 @osgood9.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@topperuk.bsky.social
131 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Fast & Furious: Tokyo Grift" 😂😂
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ice, ice cold, baby.
010 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bella's dead! Undead, undead.
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In support of World Mental Health Day, Cambridge United's Syd Barrett-inspired special edition kit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOn...
youtube.com
Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett-inspired Fourth Shirt revealed! 🎸
YouTube video by Cambridge United Football Club
001 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Marquis d’Russell @ashmarquisdrussell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As @ericidle.bsky.social so eloquently put it…” this is not a wine for drinking , it is a wine for laying down and avoiding “
2345 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also Third Uncle and Telegram Sam.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like picking a favourite child, but @kristinhersh.bsky.social 's cover of Penny Royal Tea is definitely not the wrong answer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPeO...
m.youtube.com
Pennyroyal Tea
YouTube video by Kristin Hersh - Topic
111 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
quoteinvestigator.com/2025/05/14/l... - can't guarantee accuracy.
quoteinvestigator.com
Quote Origin: The Sweetness of Low Price Never Equals the Bitterness of Poor Quality – Quote Investigator®
(1) The sweetness of low price never equals the bitterness of poor quality
020 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing about offshoring is that everyone finds the quality is not the same. That increases eventually, but as it does, the price goes up. The cost savings are never what is imagined and eventually they disappear.
1170 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just by deploying a gang of diesel thieves.
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
282140903546 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Please don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia. Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.
11945196 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How badly do I want that Win 10 device to keep getting updates? Have you seen the price of new laptops?
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 05/10/2026
Need a senior engineer in #Aotearoa New Zealand - but not enough to justify sending someone over? I’m available for short engineering assignments. I’m good at practical eng., unusual environs, prototypes, mfg & troubleshooting. Need a trusted pair of technical eyes & ears? Contact me!
Woman in a gold jacket and a drill in her hand.
04228 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
5428491092 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😆
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My own flat is a B. It's definitely real, even if I rarely get to see the inside of it these days.
110 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
6148391433 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks. Not a browser issue, though. Don't use any Google stuff. Just Office apps giving me bad grammar advice. Consistently.
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026
If you told me in 1991 that, in 2026, Jesus Jones would be releasing their first new material in a long while on an album I produced, and that their song is a retrospective look at the early 90s, loosely based on a book I wrote, which is a biography of Beck, I woulda said, "Can I go now? I'm 5..."
2335 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm sure you could vibe law it.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So good I bought it twice.
Two 7" singles, side by side on a desk. The first is Love Missile F-111 by the Incredible PWEI, the second is the Sigue Sigue Sputnik original.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Remarkable how they remained so calm with the US bombs cruising overhead.
110 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From the right-wing playbook. Take a word you don't like for unpalatable reasons, redefine it in a way that makes it seem more reasonable to not like it and then you're not a racist after all. Electoral suicide and deservedly so.
000 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What is this? Given to me last year. I mean, just...no.
A box containing what is billed as an electronic games advenu calendar, containing 24 games to build and play. Unused.
000 0
Reposted by Patrick A
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
169188914735 0
Patrick A @sparkypatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nice.
020 0