This autumn I'm going to have my Two Face tattoo removed. The artist wasn't particularly talented and it's not up to the quality of my others. I think I'll commission a professional artist to draw me a Punch/Counterpunch one - same meaning, different execution

I spent a good 5 minutes explaining Gold Plastic Syndrome to my colleagues, who innocently asked "did anyone do anything fun this weekend?" Then, unable to stop myself, I talked about the use of ball-joints for articulation instead of swivel hinges. How's your week going?

LOVE getting up at 5am to get a train to London only for it to be delayed

If you look closely at the finer details of these figures, work out a timeline of releases, interpret the semiotics of the packaging, cultural significance and the overarching thematic structure, I think you'll agree this is a perfect collection of me spending too much money at #tfnation this year.

The Festival of Quilts #FOQ2026 is on the same weekend as #TFNation but they're not on Bluesky so I can't congratulate them on having the NICEST attendees. They even asked us about our lil robots and how it was going. They also even have a catwalk competition like us!

G2 is a helluva drug @tfnationltd.bsky.social

There’s nothing quite like a room full of Transformers fans singing live to Dare. With the legendary Vince DiCola!! #TFNation ##TFNat10n

One day, I will work up the nerve to do drag Circuit Breaker for the @tfnationltd.bsky.social cosplay competition

I was very brave and took this one photo. Now it is never seeing the light of day again.

I may have already hit my budget for @tfnationltd.bsky.social, including 1 figure that must not be opened/touched/observed lest it crumble to dust. I shone a light inside to make sure the knees were intact, and even that felt sketchy.

Oh man are we about to get a second Elastica album?? thequietus.com/news/elastic...

Elastica to Return? | The Quietus

Elastica have suggested that there is to be some future activity in a cryptic post on their Instagram today, 31 July. Underneath an old photograph of the band they wrote “Missed us? We’ve been busy be...

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One more day of work then I'm off to Birmingham to talk about and buy plastic (and occasionally metal) robots that turn into other things with other like-minded folk.

I wish there was a Pride after party where they'd play Babymetal and Getdown Services

Also, it took 18 months and about £6k, but I've finally had my teeth fixed. (Graphic media because gross "before" photos)

Roughly 10 years later, after numerous times dyeing it to cover the grey, my beard has decided it is ginger again, and like PROPER GINGE. (ooft I've caught the sun)

Matty Medlyn@mattymedlyn.bsky.social · last yr.

A picture from a different era. When my beard was ginger and not white.

Happy pride from me, @drewbear84.bsky.social and my dayglow teeth.

Real Talk

An entire thread on how a presumably bewildered world is translating Count Binface

Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have checked what the Japanese media are saying and there seem to be competing names for the man. Some are going with ゴミ箱伯爵 (Gomibako Hakushaku - Count Trashcan) whilst others are using the katakana that you have for foreign loan-words and opting for ビンフェイス伯爵 (Binfeisu Hakushaku).

I'm doing my @edfringe.bsky.social planning and once again I BEG comedians not to put all their shows on in the 20:00 - 21:00 slot. A third of our shortlisted shows are in that slot and we're only there for a week. Whyyyyyyyyyy

Today's Trans People in Sports will be tomorrows "Do we need Pride?" and "Should gay teachers be allowed in schools?" the day after that. We got the rights we have by being stronger together as a community, those rights will be taken away just as quickly the moment they figure out how to divide us.

Joe@jcmuscuk.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm not American or in the US, but this Supreme Court news is a great opportunity to repeat - If you're 'LGB without the T', I actually consider you beneath the more obvious bigots of the world. You're a traitor and a poison to our community, and I want you as far away from me as possible.

I left LinkedIn about 15(?) years ago, as at the time everyone in my industry knew who I was and what I can do. Since then I've changed my surname, purposefully ducked out of the e-commerce limelight, the industry has moved on, and gosh golly, lots of people don't know who I am Do...do I rejoin?

I do love my China colleagues but sometimes, they...well I admire how much faith they have in my abilities

I'm gonna dress as Hasbro's Head of North America Retail Sales, lipsync to "Instruments of Destruction" and smash up figures of Prowl, Ratchet, Brawn, Ironhide, Wheeljack, Windcharger and finally Optimus, live on stage.

TFNation@tfnationltd.bsky.social · last mo.

Introducing: SLAMDANCE Prepare yourselves for TFNation's first epic lip sync battle! Read on for full details! tfnation.com/blog/20... #Transformers #TFNat10n #Cosplay

Our thoughts are with Laura Kuenssberg and Chris Mason as they join Farage in six weeks of mourning. #Makerfield

Christopher Nolan should do a silly one next.

I am missing our dog as we've been away for a week. She'll be back with us tomorrow but I went through some photos of her and found these from the day we picked her up. Look at her, she's ridiculous. @drewbear84.bsky.social

I watched Cloud Atlas on the plane home, and I forgot how much I deeply love this film. It's ambitious as fuck, complex, weird as all hell. You can't fault anyone involved for their commitment to the bit, it's like they all agreed "let's fucking do this no matter how it turns out"

Does anyone know if there's going to be some kind of live feed of the White House Desecration event tonight? I don't want to see the entertainment, but I would like a nice wide shot of any storm, bugs, rain of frogs and fire, etc.

For the Glory of the Sontaran Empire!

I always saw these lift mechanisms in Planet Coaster and thought it was just space-efficient, not something that actually existed in real life.