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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Which just about sums up the way everything is going right now...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've made some bad decisions in my life, but never Parades Commission bad. WTF were they playing at? #drumcree

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What's your "origin" video game? Populous on the Commodore Amiga I think...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The return of Bakeoff doesn't mean that all is well with the world (I mean, look at the state of it), but it does mean it matters a bit less for an hour or so while worshipping at the gingham altar. #GBBO

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One out, all out. Shame on those not downing tools in protest.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

England vs Canada - what a brilliant game of rugby.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Absolutely loved 'When There Are Wolves Again'. A wonderful, hopeful book that was a deserved Arthur C Clarke Award winner and dropped into my life with perfect timing.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Am afraid I've lost all confidence in Jim Ratcliffe.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

After a busy and at times fraught fortnight, delighted to be heading out for my usual Saturday morning parkrun volunteering role standing in a forest by the sea. Nothing like it. #loveparkrun

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My iPhone 15 has a cracked screen and the camera module is malfunctioning. But not buying a new phone at the moment feels like an act of resistance.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Satire was pronounced dead approximately 14:00 UTC on Monday 14 September. No flowers please. Donations to your local food bank.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've been watching #F1 for a *long* time and really should know by now that the thought of watching a race is often better than the actual experience of it.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In-between the climate catastrophe and the AI apocalypse, my lack of a private pension fund is looking less and less like an issue.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Much cheered to see that all that DUP cosying up to Trump has had such a benefit for them.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Catherine Connolly. Cometh the hour...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One a year, supporting clients at a big trade show means I can't go and volunteer at #parkrun. This annoys me. Today is that day.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

F3 practice underway and the first look at the Madring. Oh my word. You'd need run off areas the size of a city park to avoid red flags at that. I'm going to predict half the #f1 field won't finish and the race will time out.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"A recent Formula 3 test at the Madring proved chaotic, with 19 red flags and a casualty list of three damaged chassis." Madring by name, Madring by nature. #F1

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

By the way, if you need a unicorn chaser, I just spoke to a mate that works at the RNLI and they raised enough money yesterday that they're probably about to issue a PR about it.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Popped down the road to get some milk, and the Clearway Disposals scrapyard blaze at Titanic is very much still ongoing judging by the smell drifting down the Lough...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Newcomer to the Storm Radar app and quite impressed. That's four I regularly consult now: Apple Weather, Carrot, Storm Radar, and Windy. Still get caught by showers though :-) #weathergeek

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Deep joy. Landlord has decided problems with house have become so extensive that a full renovation is needed and we need to find somewhere else to live by November. <sigh>

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mapquest has a new page up so you can cosplay Donald J Trump and rename Lake Ontario to whatever you want. Try it here: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...

gulfof.mapquest.com

Lake Epstein Files - MapQuest

Check out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Epstein Files!

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The weather gods are obviously not impressed by the quality of the ECB's sacrifices so far this year. Looks like they are demanding a Rob Key level of offering. Either that or they're trying to extend the test against a poor Pakistan team into 5 days by raining off the first few... #cricket

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"The company also agreed to give teens the option to turn off personalized feeds, meaning that they won’t be shown content based on Meta’s recommendation algorithm." Want. www.theverge.com/policy/98503...

theverge.com

Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement

It agreed to pay $17.1 billion, but some of that is contingent on getting YouTube and TikTok on board.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Holy crap. Pictures from Nepal have that same horrible sense of unreality that the Boxing Day Tsunami had. But all those moving figures are real people. This is going to be bad...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

'What would Dolly do' seems to be a decent mantra to live by.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Early morning bike ride to test whether I need a new front light for the winter. I do, but getting out in the warm dark this time of year always feels special and well worth the 5:30 am start.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just dropped Katy off for the start of the Antrim coast Half marathon. Parked car and walking down to see the race go through the town. 6 1/2 thousand people! It’s a big one for over here…

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Run Director for today’s Totally Unofficial International Parkrun Tutu Day, but disappointed at the number of tutus on display. If I’m in charge in May, it’ll be no tutu, no time! #loveparkrun

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Finally finished this muther just before the second half of the season. Love LEGO, but the big Technics builds definitely have their challenging moments. As for all the stickers... #LEGO #F1

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

1927 Paramount Studio #map of potential filming locations in #California that best depict regions across the globe. Source: buff.ly/2NtolfB

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ah, two months of no rain and drought conditions and then a test match starts... #cricket

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Top work from @thenewsagents.co.uk today, with the lines about Louis 14th thinking the Oval Office might need toning down a bit and Trump as 'The Sunbed King" making me genuinely laugh while cycling up a hill. Which isn't easy...

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Unexpectedly being tapped as Run Director for Saturday's Crawfordsburn Parkrun has led to an unexpected morning of online tutu shopping. #loveparkrun

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God @thegodshow.com · 18/08/2026

People are talking about Woke 1 and Woke 2, but how come fascism never gets talked about this way? Because we’re deep into Fascism 2 and it’s going horribly.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Am several years late to the party, but am still managing to be embarrassed at how much I’m enjoying Ted Lasso.

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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Reminds me of that great tweet which went something like “Americans check themselves into rehab for what the average Brit drinks on a two-hour train journey.”

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The lack of words such ss ‘claims’ or ‘potentially’ in the headline is a shocker even for the BBC.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A good friend of mine who was a fellow journalist documenting the rise of the internet once said that he thought humanity might be making a dreadful mistake. Aware of the irony of posting about it here, but in the wake of the Arday homicide I can't help feeling for the 1000th time he was right.

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

RD at Crawfordsburn’s 250th #parkrun today. One group turned up early and ran it in reverse. Now there’s an idea…

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Painting Count Binface as "the establishment candidate" will never not be funny.

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