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Rochdale-born writer of words, based in Prague since 1996. Creator of the official Sam Beckwith flag. I also have a Czech rugby league account: @sbczechrugbyleague.bsky.social‬

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Fair point, but I thought it was amusing 🙂

13.03.2026 15:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@secondmentions.bsky.social "an empanada-like savory food"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

13.03.2026 12:56 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Do you know if that spelling of "vampire" was once common? I've never seen it before, and I'm a Fortean Times subscriber, so not entirely unfamiliar with this field.

13.03.2026 10:58 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

"Dishy"

12.03.2026 09:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Roland Rat

Roland Rat

11.03.2026 11:28 👍 36 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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I love that this headline is the most-read thing on FT.com

10.03.2026 13:29 👍 53 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

Welcome to the Garyneum, the 13 day period between the birthdays of Gary Numan and Gary Oldman.

08.03.2026 10:32 👍 597 🔁 167 💬 16 📌 5
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Well, that explains the erratic delivery times.

03.03.2026 11:47 👍 672 🔁 151 💬 9 📌 10

File under "Hip house"

03.03.2026 11:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?

03.03.2026 10:47 👍 870 🔁 294 💬 59 📌 39

Finally realized why I keep getting the same Czech sentences over and over again on Duolingo - I finished the course! Duolingo has no more Czech to teach me!

02.03.2026 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Freeway gold: scam at the service station | Gold&Co. "Highway gold" refers to a scam in which people pretend to give away gold "cheaply" because of an emergency situation.

A guy in a black BMW with British number plates just tried to scam me by the recycling bins
www.goldundco.at/en/lexikon/a...

28.02.2026 10:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather

27.02.2026 08:29 👍 3337 🔁 1004 💬 41 📌 50
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Tagged, trolled and trending: My accidental BAFTAs storm Words: John Davidson

Australian rugby league journalist John Davidson on the unpleasant experience of being confused with Scottish Tourette's sufferer John Davidson
rugbyleaguelongreads.substack.com/p/tagged-tro...

27.02.2026 15:36 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Allister Heath Headline Generator

In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator...
stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

26.02.2026 10:46 👍 1558 🔁 516 💬 528 📌 879
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The Czech Rugby League Association (CZRLA) have published this year’s (2026’s) fixtures on their official Instagram account: www.instagram.com/p/DVHZeJajYHY/

25.02.2026 12:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Ministr Klempíř měl ráno autonehodu - Novinky Ministr kultury Oto Klempíř (nestr. za Motoristy) měl v pondělí po osmé hodině ranní na pražském Vítězném náměstí nehodu. Došlo ke kolizi jeho vozu, který měl na střeše majáček, a dalšího auta.

Czech News: Motorists party minister injured in car crash
www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...

23.02.2026 09:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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21.08.2025 08:48 👍 156 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 2

It's a cracking compilation that 👍

21.02.2026 11:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ZDENĚK HAJNÝ - Galerie Cesty ke světlu

My next adventure: A trip to Zdeněk Hajný's far-out Galerie Cesty ke světlu ("Paths to Light Gallery") in Prague 4-Chodov, probably on Friday afternoon www.zdenekhajny.com/cz/fs14-uvod...

19.02.2026 13:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Britská policie zadržela exprince Andrewa Britská policie zadržela králova bratra Andrewa Mountbattena-Windsora kvůli podezření ze zneužití pravomocí ve veřejné funkci. Informovala o tom BBC s tím, že případ bratra krále Karla III. souvisí s ...

Czech Word of the Day: "exprinc"

ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/svet/...

19.02.2026 12:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Free Stadium Colouring-In Sheets

As it's half-term just a quick reminder that you can find a wide range of free stadium colouring-in sheets here: matthewjiwood.com/colouring-sh...

Please share!

18.02.2026 12:40 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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📘 Shall we talk about the Product Safety warning on Kenneth Williams Diaries on Amazon… ⚡️

01.02.2026 14:23 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I think I might have been mispronouncing "hegemony" my entire life.

17.02.2026 07:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My leek soup leaked from the box I was carrying it in. Alanis Morissette would have a field day.

16.02.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
freestyle skier named mac forehand

freestyle skier named mac forehand

skeleton athlete named dan barefoot. no really!

skeleton athlete named dan barefoot. no really!

the american olympics team is, slowly, assembling a body

13.02.2026 14:35 👍 128 🔁 29 💬 7 📌 5
A tartan covered Victorian dentist chair with an embroidered message saying, Turned out nice again

A tartan covered Victorian dentist chair with an embroidered message saying, Turned out nice again

You may have a George Foreman grill, but have you got a George Formby dentist chair?
(In our hotel room at The Bell, Ticehurst)

07.02.2026 18:16 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 7 📌 1
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BuyEuropean AI - Apps on Google Play Snap a Photo and Find European Alternatives to Any Product (no barcode required)

Testing out my new "Buy European" app in the supermarket. Pilsner Urquell is owned by a company from a "European Ally" (Asahi, Japan) but Blue Moon is owned by a "European Sceptic" (Molson Coors, USA)
play.google.com/store/apps/d...

15.02.2026 09:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I've just realized that you can ask Google Gemini to do a Tarot card reading for you, which feels somehow wrong.

13.02.2026 12:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The 11 Most Interesting Ideas I Read on Paternity Leave It's great to be a dad. But it's great to be back, too.

An interesting fact from Degsy Thompson's Substack:

"Alzheimer’s patients rarely have cancer ... Maybe it’s mere selection effect, where people who don’t get cancer survive long enough to get dementia. Or maybe something more interesting is happening."
www.derekthompson.org/p/the-11-mos...

13.02.2026 10:13 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0