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Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please watch this essential AEW match. PAC was one of the most beautiful, fluid wrestlers I've ever seen.

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FULL MATCH: PAC vs Orange Cassidy | AEW Revolution 2020

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cat 🌱 @canavarisvhenan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

rest in peace pac. you were a bastard and we love you for it

The Bastard Pac on the ropes at AEW All Out Chicago 2026

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Freddie Young 🇵🇷 🐺 🎃 🎶 🎥 @fredthewolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of my favorites. Hard to find the words about this loss to pro wrestling. RIP Pac. 💔

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely devastating. Way too soon. Thanks for the memories, Pac.

Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's been a while gang, but I do have to say I'm kinda surprised to see people being critical of the Steam Frame or saying it's too little too late. I thought it was awesome - it's just expensive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Valve's Steam Frame is excellent - but at over £1,000 is VR still too expensive?

The BBC's Tom Gerken is hands-on with the latest virtual reality headset.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

@beefanddairy.bsky.social Literally subscribing in the hopes it’ll convince Ben to make more Kenny Baritone content asap This tweet is practically guaranteed to get no likes because it’s impossible to recommend this podcast, but if you’re reading this and wondering, my god is it worth the listen

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Replace the goals and drop the footballers: how to fix Football

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It’s that time of year again where I get a notification from my dead dad asking me to help out with something. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: whatever your problems are up there big man, I sincerely doubt I can assist

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

These headlines read like two @benpartridge.bsky.social Eli Roberts podcasts run back-to-back

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My partner sent me this updating me on how my rabbit Lola (not pictured) is getting on, along with a video of Brakes as he recovers from his surgery. Idk if I’ve just had pets for too long but my instinct was Brakes was updating me on Lola and calling me “squishy”, I assume his new pet name for me

A text message chain. Two messages read “squishy” and “Lola is having a drink”. Underneath them is a video of a black and white rabbit.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The best part about this is the topline I went with is truly something stuck in my past because I hadn’t yet realised I was glutenintolerant lol If any of the big pizza chains want to develop the tech to make an actually nice gluten free pizza I can guarantee I’ll be there with a film crew

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Somebody to Love is *objectively* a significantly better song and if you have any opinions about this I would be very grateful if you told my pal Rich them

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup I Want To Break Free, a standard, slightly hum-drum tune where they dressed up for the video. Or: BICYCLE RACE, one of the greatest songs ever. Vote #IamBoring for I Want To Break Free, or #YEAH for Bicycle Race. That simple. Appease your circus-master.

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a man in a top hat is blowing a trumpet with the words the greatest show on earth written below him

Alt: a woman in a top hat and fake moustache is blowing a trumpet with the words the greatest show on earth written below him

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

You’re my best friend is objectively a better song, and I would implore you to demand my friend Rich respects this fact

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Facebook coming at me with my dad asking me for help from beyond the grave lol Whatever your problems are up there big man, I seriously doubt I’m gonna be able to help

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I am absolutely devastated about danya. He was my favourite streamer. I don’t know how to feel. This is just an awful, awful day. US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies aged 29 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Daniel Naroditsky, US chess grandmaster, dies aged 29

The young prodigy's "unexpected passing" was announced by his family on Monday.

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Tracker_TD @tracker-td.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Big fan of @twgerken.bsky.social answering the actually important questions in the BBC’s article on the Xbox ROG Ally, like how it runs Sonic Adventure 2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup On the one hand, as @twgerken.bsky.social points out, the video for I'm Going Slightly Mad really goes for it, with Mercury, months left to live, gets a banana wig: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6h...

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Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad (Official Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Ironically, kick off is late for an all-early Queen encounter. Our first Freddie songs! Our first song off A Night At The Opera. Get pomped, it's... Love Of My Life vs Seven Seas Of Rhye Vote #LOML or #SSOR by 9pm!

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a man in a leather jacket singing into a microphone with the letter s on his shirt

Alt: Freddie Mercury in the 1970s in a leather jacket singing into a microphone

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Me: finally parks and rec is on a streaming service in the UK!!! The streaming service:

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Lola and Brakes exploring/scent marking their new house… they’ve already decided who gets the upstairs bunk lol

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

With apologies to my neighbours

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Not being able to turn on the TV for screen time reasons has led to the need for alternative arrangements

A man reads a book to a baby. The book is a collection of scripts from the television programme Frasier. The baby is mostly obstructed by the book so you are unable to make out any features other than the top of her head.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Thing is I’m a Steve McManaman purist, I liked him before his Digimon phase

A calendar featuring Liverpool FC players. This month is a picture of Steve McManaman, however his name is misspelled as McManamon.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Are you fed up with AI-generated action-figure starter packs? Plenty of illustrators are, and have taken up their pens. @twgerken.bsky.social asked me to drop in and work with the Tech desk by verifying some details. Then I got chatting to some creative types… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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AI dolls are taking over - but real artists are sick of them

Artists hit back on social media to warn artificial intelligence may be endangering their livelihoods.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I just found the Nintendo magazine from 2005 that inspired me to go into journalism. 20 years later I’m on the BBC previewing Nintendo’s latest console the Switch 2. I literally had the cliche school teacher telling me it was a pipe dream back then because I’m disabled. Pipe dream this, Miss.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Will they repeal the ban if he gives it back?

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So, I got hands-on with the Switch 2 two months before it comes out. And if I'm being honest... I really like it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I played the £75 Mario Kart World on Switch 2 - was it worth it?

The BBC gets hands-on with the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, launching in June.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

You know that thing where you mention something in the first line and then you have to say it again but can't use the real word because it reads weird? We can all agree Pokémon are collectable creatures, right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Saudi Investment Fund pays $3.5bn to capture Pokémon Go

It is amongst the highest-grossing mobile games in the world, with 30 million monthly players.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Me and my wife got each other identical cards for our 15 year anniversary. And somehow we both completely failed to notice they’re actually leaving cards not love cards lol! (Waddle I do without you —-> What’ll I do without you) What are the chances lol

Two greetings cards. They are identical. The cards feature penguins holding flowers, along with text reading: Waddle I Do Without You?

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Lola’s hugging Mr Brakes with her ear, what else do you even need in life

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yes, if you follow me you get to see a lot of bunny photos. But I will also from time to time point at the journalism I'm doing. It may seem a silly story about yet more Reddit Drama - but today's story has got big ramifications even for you posting here on BlueSky. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reddit community banned as user spat with Musk intensifies

The tech billionaire had complained that some Reddit users were advocating violence against his staff.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Fun fact, I’m pretty sure that this is the first ever BBC article about Dynasty Warriors! My gratitude to Tomohiko Sho for the interview, and to Koei Tecmo for both arranging it and a translator :) Why Dynasty Warriors makers scrapped sequel to reinvent series www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Dynasty Warriors maker reveals unmade sequel and Star Wars dreams

Tomohiko Sho says the unreleased game was something fans were 'starting to get a bit bored of'.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Just two days until phase 1 of the bonding is complete and their run doubles in size! Should I film it when they explore the new space? 🐇 🐇うさぎ<3

Two bunny rabbits. On the left, a bunny with lop ears and chocolate coloured fur. On the right, a bunny with sticky-uppy ears and white fur with black patches. They are sitting beside each other, expectantly.

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Me, this morning: I’m just gonna have a chill day I’ve got so many emails to go through Me, this afternoon: je m’appelle le BBC

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

If you don’t know, rabbits aren’t like other pets when it comes to making friends. You can’t just add one into another’s space. You have to “bond” them slowly over time, gradually introducing them to each other in a small space until they can be left alone safely. But the results are so worth it

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This photo is one of the better gags I got past editors… My interview with Sega president Shuji Utsumi: Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service www.bbc.com/news/article... And once you’ve read that, here’s a thread with my thoughts and a few things that didn’t make the article

The film star Jim Carrey stands beside a person wearing a giant anthropomorphic Sonic the Hedgehog mascot costume.

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Leon Xiao @leonxiao.com · 29/11/2024

You know it’s a cool research method when the BBC asks to replicate it. I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl.... @twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

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Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

You know those ads on Facebook most people ignore? I spent hours watching them so you don’t have to. And I discovered that more than 90% of the top 45 highest grossing games that include loot boxes aren’t mentioning them in their ads - breaking the advertising regulator’s rules.

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