Gary Parkinson
@garyparkinson.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer etc; 14yrs FourFourTwo Global Digital Editor. Boltonian diaspora. Dad of two, hubby of one, opinions of my own, LGBT+ ally 🏳️🌈
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Extract from 'An Infinite Number of Monkeys: the Early Years'
Extract from 'An Infinite Number of Monkeys: the Early Years'
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Extract from 'An Infinite Number of Monkeys: the Early Years'
Extract from 'An Infinite Number of Monkeys: the Early Years'
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When I was a kid, dad told me this,
"You are not learning to draw because you might become the greatest artist ever. But, during those minutes of solitude between work shifts, when you can sit down with a cup of coffee, you can draw on the napkin with a ballpoint pen. You can keep your soul alive."
"You are not learning to draw because you might become the greatest artist ever. But, during those minutes of solitude between work shifts, when you can sit down with a cup of coffee, you can draw on the napkin with a ballpoint pen. You can keep your soul alive."
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When I was a kid, dad told me this,
"You are not learning to draw because you might become the greatest artist ever. But, during those minutes of solitude between work shifts, when you can sit down with a cup of coffee, you can draw on the napkin with a ballpoint pen. You can keep your soul alive."
"You are not learning to draw because you might become the greatest artist ever. But, during those minutes of solitude between work shifts, when you can sit down with a cup of coffee, you can draw on the napkin with a ballpoint pen. You can keep your soul alive."
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Adds something to my bookmarks knowing full well that I will never see it again
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Adds something to my bookmarks knowing full well that I will never see it again
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Been in hospital with the boy for a few days (he is okay). I know this preaching to the choir but good god, the NHS; what a thing. When I see the frayed worn edges of the hospital, it absolutely boils my blood to think what thin skinned billionaires could do to help others if they wanted to.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Been in hospital with the boy for a few days (he is okay). I know this preaching to the choir but good god, the NHS; what a thing. When I see the frayed worn edges of the hospital, it absolutely boils my blood to think what thin skinned billionaires could do to help others if they wanted to.
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It’s a consequence of my dedicated use of digital calendars that every Tuesday at 7.30pm I get an email saying “You have been invited by Rhodri Marsden to an event entitled Put Bins Out”
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s a consequence of my dedicated use of digital calendars that every Tuesday at 7.30pm I get an email saying “You have been invited by Rhodri Marsden to an event entitled Put Bins Out”
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I got round to watching that Charli XCX video but didn't have a clue as to what was going on because I hadn't seen the previous XCIX videos.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I got round to watching that Charli XCX video but didn't have a clue as to what was going on because I hadn't seen the previous XCIX videos.
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Vvv vvvv’s Vvvv. Vvvv Vvvv.
- Sweep as James Bond.
- Sweep as James Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Vvv vvvv’s Vvvv. Vvvv Vvvv.
- Sweep as James Bond.
- Sweep as James Bond.
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Just thinking about Celebrity Traitors last night and the fact that if they’d been on that train just 10 seconds longer the scenes would have been horrific. Massive relief all round I imagine, it would have put a serious crimp on what has otherwise been a very successful series.
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just thinking about Celebrity Traitors last night and the fact that if they’d been on that train just 10 seconds longer the scenes would have been horrific. Massive relief all round I imagine, it would have put a serious crimp on what has otherwise been a very successful series.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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I, for one, believe him.
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I, for one, believe him.
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I don't want to "drill down," or "circle back" I want to go to sleep on the floor
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't want to "drill down," or "circle back" I want to go to sleep on the floor
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A thin, ghostly snippet of 'Stop the Cavalry' just drifted past my open window and then abruptly faded.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A thin, ghostly snippet of 'Stop the Cavalry' just drifted past my open window and then abruptly faded.
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New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
Always worth reading James.
STADIA: OLYMPIASTADION AND ALLIANZ ARENA, MUNICH.
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STADIA: OLYMPIASTADION AND ALLIANZ ARENA, MUNICH
The Olympiastadion and Allianz Arena, Munich
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October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Always worth reading James.
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Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
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I think “driveway” and “parkway” are named the wrong way round.
October 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I think “driveway” and “parkway” are named the wrong way round.
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“If Rose and Jack reunited in the afterlife, then what happened to Rose’s husband, the man she married and raised a family with? Did he have to spend eternity watching his wife getting it on with the big boat fling bloke?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“If Rose and Jack reunited in the afterlife, then what happened to Rose’s husband, the man she married and raised a family with? Did he have to spend eternity watching his wife getting it on with the big boat fling bloke?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
Praying for Sophie on the world’s most exposed platform (and I don’t mean BlueSky)
The worst place to be in this weather? It is, of course, Manchester Piccadilly, Platform 14
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Praying for Sophie on the world’s most exposed platform (and I don’t mean BlueSky)
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The worst place to be in this weather? It is, of course, Manchester Piccadilly, Platform 14
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The worst place to be in this weather? It is, of course, Manchester Piccadilly, Platform 14
Horse and sparrow! Excellent stuff from Huw.
Tom Wagner said something yesterday that I don’t agree with.
www.ntt20.com/p/trickle-down-economics-wont-help-eft
www.ntt20.com/p/trickle-down-economics-wont-help-eft
Trickle-down economics won’t help the EFL
Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner says big clubs “have to be protected at all costs”, in order to help the pyramid. I’ll believe that when I see it.
www.ntt20.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Horse and sparrow! Excellent stuff from Huw.
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Don't forget to send in your meter readings tomorrow
if you are on a standard tariff without a smart meter. If you don't your bill will be based on next week’s price cap increase. The difference for a week’s energy at October rates compared with September is +£17
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
if you are on a standard tariff without a smart meter. If you don't your bill will be based on next week’s price cap increase. The difference for a week’s energy at October rates compared with September is +£17
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Energy bills: millions of Britons ‘at risk of overpaying if they fail to read meter’
Those on standard tariffs who do not have a smart meter should submit meter readings on or around 1 October, says Uswitch
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Don't forget to send in your meter readings tomorrow
if you are on a standard tariff without a smart meter. If you don't your bill will be based on next week’s price cap increase. The difference for a week’s energy at October rates compared with September is +£17
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
if you are on a standard tariff without a smart meter. If you don't your bill will be based on next week’s price cap increase. The difference for a week’s energy at October rates compared with September is +£17
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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I know what you're thinking and no, that's not how they rescued him.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Child rescued after getting trapped in Co Clare claw machine
The young child is believed to have climbed into the ‘Cosmic Crane’ machine through a large slot from which the footballs are dispensed
www.irishexaminer.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I know what you're thinking and no, that's not how they rescued him.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...