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Mike
@ldnmike.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈🐻 northerner living in London | dog dad | data nerd | existential dread | Bees 🐝

👨‍❤️‍👨 Husband to @ealingsam.bsky.social
🐶 Hugo the Jug
🎶 House, D&B, Electro, Indie
🏋️ Swimming, Weight Lifting, Running
Pinned
This is Hugo! He’s our dog baby, even though he’s middle aged.

3/4 Pug / Jack Russel. All the grace & finesse of a pug, all the attitude of a Jack Russel.
Off to see White Lies in a bit

youtu.be/YW0i6reYe8s
White Lies - Is My Love Enough? (Official Unofficial Video)
YouTube video by White Lies
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Man up, sit down
Chin up, pipe down
Socks up, don't cry
Drink up, don't whine
"Grow some balls, " he said
"Grow some balls"

youtu.be/si2pZRifgIo
IDLES - SAMARITANS (Official Video)
YouTube video by IDLES
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Well, I got all ready to go to D&D and remembered it’s tomorrow as I was leaving the house. Wut do now?
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
He’s made of bones, he’s made of blood, he’s made of flesh, he’s made of love, he’s made of you, he’s made of me. Unity.

Fear leads to panic, panic leads to pain.

Pain leads to anger, anger leads to hate.

Danny Nedelko

youtu.be/QkF_G-RF66M
IDLES - DANNY NEDELKO (Official Video)
YouTube video by IDLES
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Apropos of nothing, Dropkick Murphys are playing Crystal Palace Park on 28th June.
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
God damn it brain why you so hyperactive whenever its time to sleep?
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Fresh fade for the weekend & beard progress.
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We played a Daggerheart one-shot today with some pre-mades and I really enjoyed it.

I particularly like how the hope / fear mechanic makes combat scenarios unpredictable; its just not possible to plan out an encounter in advance so every action feels like a meaningful decision.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈

Info & preorder:
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I really really hope Brentford sign Mateo Cancellieri because ….

…… just, wow 👀
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Dinner diaries: garlic, basil, rosemary and harissa king prawn linguine arrabbiata with asparagus.
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.

1995.
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Knitted a stripey scarf for my brother in-law yesterday 🧶
January 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Some music I saw in 2025:

Sam Fender
CMAT
Artful Dodger
Goldie
Faithless
A little sound
Royel Otis
Prodigy
Lola Young
Kae Tempest
Skunk Anansie
Hybrid Minds
Smashing Pumpkins
Alanis Morisette
White Lies
Radiohead
Bunt
NOTION
Overmono
Pulp
Four Tet
Soft Play
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Happy new year you beauts! Thanks for being a part of my 2025. Heres to 2026 🥰
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
First ever knit complete!
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What happened when the two gay knitters met?

They put the woollies up each-other.
December 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s so long. It’s so thick.
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’ve solved my flabby sides by weaving in the tails.

Realised my mistake was pulling the wool upwards back over the needle on the last stitch (an attempt to stop it sliding off while i adjusted stitch spacing) was stretching out the last stitch from the previous now.

Error spotted & corrected.
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Mum says I have flabby sides. Brutal review of both my knitting and my physical presence.
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Don’t want to jinx it but I just finished row 8. I think it’s starting to click(ish).
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Learning to knit with mum is really fun.

I’ve got the first knit row down (9th attempt) but the return pearl row is just breaking my head.
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Merry pugmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
✅ home town 🎄holiday gym sesh with an old mate
December 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I dislike the apple glass ui. It feels horribly dated.

I don’t need lengthy transition effects on every action. Why is everything competing for attention so hard? Effects, reflections, 3d, transparency.

It’s very early 2000s. It’s way too much “design”.

Ugly, unhelpful, uncool and amateurish.
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM