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Tim Blacklock

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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 16h
Lily chillin'
Our white with black markings cat Lily sleepily laying atop of our sofa
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20h
Good afternoon from the seaside. Terrible isn't it?
Scarborough south bay
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
genAI discourse drives me nuts “putting aside that the tech needs to steal from every artist with an explicit goal of competing with and devaluing them, I think using it speeds up my programming!” back up, chucklefuck, what was that first bit again?
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've just switched this on and the first thing I see is Revie, and err...
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Nostalgic Things that go bump in the night @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey, you all like knowing the time, right? Well, why not know the time as though you’re waiting for a train in High Wycombe in 1991? aj-computing.co.uk/network-southeas…
aj-computing.co.uk
A Network SouthEast Clock.
HTML/CSS/Javascript implementation of the wonderful clocks once seen on Network SouthEast stations.
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Dale Smith @dalesmithonline.com · 01/10/2026
But ultimately it's just a very, very sweet 80 mins where you fall in love with a plastic head on a massive cardboard box and a man who learns that being different doesn't mean you have to protect yourself in isolation. It's currently on Channel 4 www.channel4.com/programmes/b... so give it a go.
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Brian and Charles
(2022) Heartwarming comedy. A lonely inventor creates an AI robot friend.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fabulous World of Freak Football was my favourite, it remains superbly funny.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Scarborough this afternoon
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Old boys network closing ranks?
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This might help to explain my confusion around transfer fees. It has always seemed weird to me how the fee for a top player seemed to go from say £5mill to £50mill in a relatively short time.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Scarborough this afternoon
Scarborough north bay sand and sea with the castle in the background
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YesBiscuit @yesbiscuit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Caturday
Flyer featuring a picture of a tabby and white cat sitting in the viewing gallery of an indoor pool
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grannyrose58.bsky.social @grannyrose58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The park of parks ⛩️ #peasholm #scarborough
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The vibrant train arriving at Coventry Station.
Colourful train and two workers at Coventry station
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Things to see in Coventry
Thrust 2 at Coventry transport museum Interior of Coventry station
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An outrage!
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's £1.90 for a standard Bounty or Twix or Snickers from the vending machine of the Premier Inn I'm staying at. £1.90
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't get me started, makes me fume when I think about how they used to be compared to what we have now.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's either that or Hickory House.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ooo Phoenix and the Carpet - my earliest childhood TV memory.
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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So tonight I went to an exhibition of the work of the late BBC Costume Designer, Joyce Hawkins, covering her 3 decade long career from 1958 to her retirement in 1988. She died in May this year, aged 95. Well done on all that, Joyce
Front page of the brochure
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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
-“Oh don’t worry, I’ll get my daughter to do it, she’ll be fine” was her response. So she did. Here’s young Caroline Hawkins in #PendasFen the play, and here she is with me tonight
Caroline Hawkins about to get her hands lopped off in 1974Caroline Hawkins with me tonight, in 2026. The hands grew back.
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Paul Frightlaw Meets the Wolf Man Uptown @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's something: Dennis Potter's rarely seen Play for Today from 1974, Schmoedipus, will be repeated on BBC Four on Wednesday 7th October at 10pm. It's their tribute to Tim Curry, who stars alongside Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
bbc.co.uk
BBC One - Play for Today, Series 4, Schmoedipus
A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Want to phone The Law Centre? Citizen's Advice? Channel 4?" One of my favourite Chisholm scenes in Minder. Pure telly gold.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Result.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's taken until I'm in my 50's to be assertive enough to plainly say "I'm not going" to parties I don't want to go to.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My grandparents had a Teletext TV so it was always a race with my two sisters for the remote whenever we visited on holiday.
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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The whole "small boats" issue is a problem created out of thin air by successive right wing governments and amplified by a racist media who don't want a single brown person in this country. It's so simple it fits in one post and I can add this sentence too.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don't think I have the coding brain for it but I've always been interested in how the physics are programmed for cue sports games - especially the 2D variety like this one - will have to search for articles hopefully explaining it!
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nice article of a great game. I got it for Christmas the year it came out (and when I found it in the parents wardrobe played it well before the day itself when they weren't at home...)
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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 21/09/2026
In 1980s Britain, snooker was enjoying a boom that began with colour TV. Several saw the Spectrum as a similar opportunity. CDS & Mike Lamb made a great game and brought in a world champion too, with lasting results. New post on Steve Davis Snooker: superchartisland.com/steve-davis-snooker
superchartisland.com
Steve Davis Snooker – “Colour wanted”
In 1969, the controller of BBC Two, one David Attenborough, had a bit of an issue. He had a few colour cameras, and a desire to put something unique on his channel that would maximise the use of th…
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm giving this 1 star because I can never get one of my anonymous opinions on here.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
-doo-doo, push pineapple, shake the tree.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christ on a bike it was just a bit of whimsy that our season is tanking and he's off on his holidays.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
.. and that he is now in the Bahamas until February
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm pretty sure he was often a very competent guest on Crosswits so that all makes sense now.
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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 20/09/2026
Hands up who wants some fun research into The Young Ones? Brand new on Dirty Feed: the truth about Colin Baker's appearance, or rather non-appearance, on the show. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/09/evil...
Rick with his hands in the air, from The Young Ones, "Bambi"
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 20/09/2026
This is such a powerful speech from Chris Hinchliff There are many reasons why we must bring our water into public ownership. NATIONAL SECURITY and DEMOCRACY are not mentioned enough
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My first game of the season, the Owls pretty average and happy with a point in the end. Counting down the days Louie Barry returns. #swfc
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Absolutely! I had to assume it was mainly Americans replying on there ignorant to the wonders of Percy.
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KosmicKris @kosmickris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RIP to the magnificent Stephanie Cole. A sublime and protean talent. The priceless ability to project an icy cold or a beautiful warmth but with infinite depth and nuance. Go well amazing lady x
Stephanie Cole
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This morning I was scrolling through that thread trying to find the first Blackadder reference and didn't see any - so I'm happy to see you've chipped in.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 18/09/2026
When you see unredacted files from "AI" vendors showing that they were at that point lying liars that lied, the lesson to be learned is that, now that there's even more money at stake, they are probably still lying liars that lie. Especially when they ship "AI" shit that looks too good to be true
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh no how sad, truly one of the best actors of her generation.
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Tracey Binnie @traceybinnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s about time wheelchair users have legal priority to the designated spaces on buses and coaches instead of having to fight with entitled pricks with prams and buggies who don’t want to move. People choose to have children; we don’t choose to be disabled.
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Review legal rights to wheelchair spaces on buses and coaches
Review legislation giving wheelchair users an enforceable right to designated spaces on buses and coaches, regardless of boarding order.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I haven't even got the energy to be disappointed these days.
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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And whenever I see alum mentioned I naturally think of ...
Sylvester cat from looney tunes being force fed alum to stop him from eating tweetie pie bird
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🧵The early history of Yorkshire’s alum industry is steeped in folklore. Legend says Sir Thomas Chaloner broke Rome’s monopoly in 1595 by spotting similar foliage in Italy and Guisborough, then smuggling Papal artisans to Britain prompting a furious curse from Pope Clement VIII. Colourful
This image shows an 1814 hand-colored aquatint titled "Alum Works" from George Walker’s book The Costume of Yorkshire, engraved by Robert Havell. Image: Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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