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@spannersready.bsky.social Hope you didn’t have plans for the rest of the day!

Well, that makes up for some of the recent snoozefests. #F1

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Am torn between being aghast at the mess that the FIA is making of all this and the desire to metaphorically munch popcorn while it happens… #F1

Am impressed you're still here after that. I almost abandoned the whole thing after decades of watching around then!

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Either the medical car has backed off this lap or the track conditions are improving. #F1

Never enjoyed a medical car lap as much as that one. Squirmy. #F1

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If that rain had started an hour later we could have been in for some serious fun. As it is, should be entertaining once they get underway. #F1

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It can only mean one thing… #loveparkrun

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Andy Stout @stouters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So, that's a whole day avoiding Celebrity Traitors spoilers ahead of getting to watch it later. Fun. The BelTel spoiled the winner of the last regular one for me by slapping Rachel's pic on the front page. Went to Centra to get some snacks to watch it with and Boom! Thanks, guys...

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 · 28/09/2026

Excellent. Any excuse to don the parkrun tutu again!

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

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England vs Canada - what a brilliant game of rugby.

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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.

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

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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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.

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.

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.

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

So busy, in fact, that I mistype 'once'. Given the amount of writing said work entails, this does not bode well...

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Catherine Connolly. Cometh the hour...

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

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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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

Couple of weekends a year I can't volunteer because of work. This weekend is one. And yes, I am annoyed.

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.

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...