Going to have to keep one foot in the air until I gain (or lose) another follower. #DoubleNelson

Blimey Lancs are marmalising Somerset. #cricket #OneDayCup https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-233658

Somerset v Lancashire - Cricket - BBC Sport

Find out the in depth batting and bowling figures for Somerset v Lancashire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Men on BBC Sport.

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Today's arrivals from Intrada Records, @unchcrosswords.com and @countbinface.bsky.social ... what more could a fella want?

Today I learned the French word for a crossword setter and it pleases me enormously

Oh, it’s about the Mitford sisters. How very. #BBC6Music #RileySndCoe. https://mastodonapp.uk/@BBC6MusicBot/117073134049495097

So all fedi neutrals are supporting Warwick on #UniversityChallenge tonight, right? https://social.coop/@CommonMugwort/117049181268580518

JKA Mugen #kendama for sale over on ebay. (Not mine). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/358874005678

Great, even the BBC is adding midrolls to its #podcasts now. Having Danny Robins shouting at me just as I’m nodding off must be #progress.

I set the latest Featured crossword on MyCrossword. www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/17

Featured crossword No 17 · MyCrossword

Solve Featured crossword No 17 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 34 clues by Liari. Published Mon 10 Aug 2026. Free to solve online.

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I have an Unch. You’ll like it. #cryptic #crosswords https://unchcrosswords.com/#shop

This Radiophonic Workshop stuff is like The Residents meets Dead Can Dance. #BBC6Music

We did the last Carpathian in today’s group solve. Good stuff.

This is a track called “Bernard Levin”. - No, not @johnpeelbandnames , but Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone. Hard to tell apart, sometimes.

🏏Report and reactions for BBC Sport as Glamorgan nick a thriller against Worcestershire to end a difficult campaign on a high #cricket #MetroBankFever Please share www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

One Day Cup: Glamorgan snatch win over Worcestershire after Libby ton

Glamorgan beat Worcestershire from the last ball in the One Day Cup despite a fourth successive ton from Rapids captain Jake Libby.

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#Middlesex through to the knock-out stages of a white-ball #cricket comp? Good grief, Penfold. 💥🏏 #ProperCricket

A couple of months ago I posted this as a reply to something else, but guess it deserves a spot of its own.

Do good things and talk about them. And if good things are done to you, for you, around you, also talk about then. Because knowing may inspire others. Because folks feel lonely and caught in endless doom. Because we sometimes need a push to do something: it's easier if we know there is someone […]

Ok, will attempt to go live at 12 with a half-strength, half-length #CrypticSunday stream solving a new crossword by Shorty. See you then! twitch.tv/crypticsunday

CrypticSunday - Twitch

Hello we are Matt and Rachel.We stream cryptic crosswords almost every Sunday at 12pm UK time.

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Rachel Playforth@archelina.bsky.social · 3d ago

I might do a short solo stream today, while Matt is off meeting friend of the stream @fimjishwick.bsky.social in actual real life! Will have to see how the morning pans out though.

If you enjoy trivia, quizzes and that sort of thing, you'll love the Off-Grid Podcast. This episode has Oedipus, Lynsey de Paul, very long song titles, impressive impressions and much, much more. offgrid.tlmb.net/2026/03/29/k...

King's Cousin's Cooking – Ep. 71 - Off-Grid

In which the King's Cousin's Cooking, we appreciate a joke from a terrible source, get a grip on some names, and try not to say too much.

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Hot gates gate.

#Poker night. Got to heads up, had a good long battle with Ron. And lost. Oh well...

Balloon!

Happy #BandcampFriday, y'all! What albums are you excited about right now? Drop some Bandcamp links in the replies so folks can check them out.

But will it screw up screen-readers too? https://sfba.social/@markmetz/117054888870168051

I had a wild guess at this… and got it exactly right. https://mastodon.social/@badastro/117054802488649232

Used page anchors in one of my pages for the first time. Only took me 20-odd years to get a round tuit.

6/9 in the #FridayQuiz. Any port in a storm, cats. #quiz https://quizquizquiz.com/friday/

Relocated to the footbridge over the Portway which is sunny (if noisy) #BristolBalloonFiesta