UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Still laughing my tits off at de Zerbi saying "we need more blood and fight, not just to play better"... ...having deliberately deprived himself of Richy until January. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I am binge listening The Cure right now, for Reasons*... ...but for those unaware, oh my goodness, their album Faith is *still* utterly magnificent, 45 years after I bought it. *Reasons: I saw them at Rock en Seine last Sunday. 110
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026@irisvanrooij.bsky.social It's too late here for me to investigate your TL now, but since my MSc is Comp/Data Sci, and my wife's is Psychology, I will definitely have a look later 😀 110
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I don't know Micah, and he may well have his own reasons... ...but nevertheless, this strikes me as a weird thing to post with replies disabled. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@funsoph.bsky.social Your snack is looking closer to its sell by date... though aren't we all, of course. 110
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A perennial though whenever I see him, but... Nick Cave. Fucking hell. 010
Reposted by UBF riccardoDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026You shouldn't say "y'all" unless you're from the area covered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. That's because it's an Appalachian Controlée 53731121
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026So, fifty odd years after ai first heard the song, I finally got to see Sparks play This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us. They didn't let me down. 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Well, I thought *I* was overly prone to taking things literally, and missing the joke... but reading the replies to this makes me reconsider my position on the bell curve 🤣 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky on your camera roll. Rain falling from the clouds but not reaching the ground... a few days ago, towards the end of the heatwave. 020
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026@columnist.bsky.social Apparently you don't take DMs any more (no criticism intended)... So are you likely to be at Rock en Seine this year? I will be with eldest (who you met) and youngest (who you did not). 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Actual rain. OK, so it doesn't get all the way to the ground... but it's a start. 120
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@showerabsolute.bsky.social I think your next carriage just landed. 310
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026So my run of "walk onto a platform and there's the train" this evening has ended... ...but I think I can cope with a 7 minute wait 😎 Hello, and nice to meet you/see you again to all at Tony's meet tonight. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026At Alexandra Palace yesterday, two little girls - presumably daughters of band members - were handing out hand written notes to everyone in the front couple of rows. Incredibly sweet. 2124
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026No, it only *looks like* we are all gonna burn... 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I took the quiz. Turns out I'm not very right wing at all! Check yours: moryscarter.com/vespr/starpl... I'm surprised by this. I would say I'm left wing, but not so much so that I'd be a zero on all these axes.moryscarter.comYour Right Wing Archetype Political Profile ResultsLooks like you're not very right wing at all! 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Add a word, ruin a musician (a band, in my case): The Fall Catalogue 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Windows Ready Print. Thanks, Microsoft, I can no longer print anything from a Windows machine... If anyone has a link to an accurate explainer page, I'd be very grateful. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Saw this and thought of you @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026c.org/NGNMbYcngc I don't usually post this kind of thing, but I am disgusted that the rapists in the highlighted case have barely been punished at all. Please read, and then sign and share if you feel as I do.c.orgSign the PetitionInvestigate Judge Nicholas Rowland and Introduce a Judicial Accountability Framework Now 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Well, I've gone half a dozen QTs down the trail, and have only found 3 or 4 bands I have *not* seen... ...so, here are mine that I've not seen others list yet: Neil Young Chappell Roan The Fall Anna Calvi The Ruts The Wedding Present John Cale Camion Bip Bip Radiohead Miles Davis 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... I'm really not sure how the BBC managed an entire article about football World Cup tourism underperforming expectations, without ONCE mentioning the fact that ICE will be providing the security. I'm a white English speaker, and I would certainly not go.bbc.co.uk2026 World Cup: Empty rooms & Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear washoutThe 2026 Fifa World Cup was supposed to provide a tourism boom for the United States, but now the fear is that may never materialise. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Change a letter, change a move name: 9 1/2 Leeks 020
Reposted by UBF riccardoRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 14/05/2026Andy Burnham will force Keir Starmer to quit as PM by standing in by-election after by-election until Labour loses its majority. 27878175
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Yeah, offer £1.4m, and start the process. I'm sure something will turn up." 020
Reposted by UBF riccardoiucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Stupid prick tweets ‘resign!’, ludicrously (3, 9) 33414
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Slightly increase a band: Super Duper Furry Animals. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I don't have my own pet (my wife is allergic to anything with fur), but please enjoy Waffle looking silly. 1282
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026@quarkquent.bsky.social Link please? I have to go fetch my own son now, so can't promise immediate response. 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Happy Everton Cannot Be Relegated Day to all who celebrate #UTFT 020
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026My eldest son, who is too young to have ever seen The Fall... ...has just pointed out to me that the support act at the gig he's at... ...are covering Blindness. I don't think I have ever been so proud.to.me 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Slept in my Fall T-shirt last night and woke up totally wired. 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026@danfriedkinscp.bsky.social Yer boyf had a great match. 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I just got a popup from a route finder site, which I was using to estimate the drive time to Norwich. "Interested in Norwich? Try Dubai!" 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Lads and lasses, I think I might have sussed out why my dishwasher wasn't draining properly... 120
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Happy 2026 everyone. Hope it's better than 2025... which ought to be a low bar to clear. 010
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025How I'm walking out of 2025media.tenor.comZylis GIFAlt: GIF of an old man walking with the aid of a wheeled Zimmer frame. 000
UBF riccardo @ubfriccardo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a fucking elf.media.tenor.coma bearded man wearing a helmet and armorALT: a bearded man wearing a helmet and armor 050