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Andy Stout
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Broadcast, film, and tech industry writer; lefty geek; weather nerd; Parkrun volunteer; Bath and Ireland rugby supporter; cricket, cycling and F1 watcher; passable drummer. Content may contain cats.
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In case of emergency, can be summoned with spells that feature:
📚 Science-Fiction
🏉 Bath Rugby and IRFU
🏏 Cricket
🏎️ F1 (Forza Ferrari!)
🚴‍♂️ Pro cycling
🌩️ Weather
🎲 Boardgames
🥁 Drums & music
📺 Firefly, BSG, Expanse, GoT, Arcane etc
📽️✍️ TV and film industry stuff
Will only ever be able to #parkwalk rather than #parkrun, but good to get my first event logged finally — and very nice to be able to say thanks to all the volunteers as I went past :-)
January 31, 2026 at 11:32 AM
As of Thursday pm according to The Race. #F1
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Actually, am quite enjoying this #F1 closed door shakedown thing. Certainly paying more attention to what is dripping out of Barcelona than I will to the godawful Drive to Survive when it eventually slithers onto Netflix.
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Minneapolis protest songs from Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg? 10/10. No notes, fellas. Solidarity. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Andy Stout
Truly, the social media ban we need is for the over 60s.
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
@spannersready.bsky.social I put a quid each way on Sainz for the WC at 100/1, thinking that is a daft price for a car with a Merc engine. Plus I reckon Williams took a bung not to turn up as Merc didn’t have enough engines ;-)
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 AM
If I'd known one of my posts here yesterday was going to be my most read and shared ever, I'd have written it better...
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Man, whatever is in those Epstein Files has got to be weapons-grade shit...
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is an interesting table from the team over at The Race: Engine mileage as of Tuesday pm (in km - kilometreage has never really caught on, and writing it out you can see why). #F1 #BarcelonaTest
Mercedes: 973.31
Ferrari: 922.09
RBPT: 908.12
Audi: 125.74
Honda: 0
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Would have thought a complete rules change would be a great time to get rid of that ghastly custom F1 Font. #F1
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Harsh but fair. #F1
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Yes, I know the rest of the world has waves, and most of them are bigger than this, but in Belfast Lough terms #StormChandra is rather turning it on.
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
🤢
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Have to say, the new #F1 cars look so much better than recent iterations.
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Amber warning now out for the eastern part of Northern Ireland tomorrow.
#StormChandra has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK on Tuesday ⚠️

Flooding and travel disruption is likely in places and there will also be some significant snow across higher ground in some northern areas ❄️
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM
As well as an ongoing tragedy and almighty clusterfuck, Minnesota is also a warning. Solidarity with its citizens and fuck ICE and everyone involved with it.
January 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
A whole day of avoiding Traitors finale spoilers on Saturday, then popped into Centra. Thanks BelTel...
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Have just won my first game of Spirit Island after owning it for more than a year. Achievement Unlocked!
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Happy to be marshalling at my usual spot in the woods rather than on the coastal sections today. Blowing an absolute hoolie down there! #ParkRun.
January 24, 2026 at 10:05 AM
So, all planned and not a disaster. But still not the 200km that Mercedes racked up yesterday... www.the-race.com/formula-1/fe...
What really happened with Ferrari's shakedown stoppage
The sight of Ferrari’s new 2026 Formula 1 car stopped on track during its shakedown at Fiorano on Friday inevitably sparked a huge reaction - but what really happened?
www.the-race.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:08 PM
You can slap as many ugly HP logos and white patches over it as you want as long as it's jockeying for podium positions every weekend. #ferrari #f1
January 23, 2026 at 11:01 AM
So, @zackpolanski.bsky.social just liked one of my posts and I just had *such* an embarrassing fanboi moment. Sure, policies have to underpin populism, but I aligned on Green policies decades ago and this is the first time I've actually felt political hope since the 1990s. This will end better too.
January 23, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Having an effective communicator on our side of the fence is *such* a joy...
Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The board of peace swaps this [the UN's] inequity for another that is even more unjust – a permanence of a sort that can only be afforded by rich countries with a billion dollars to spare. And in this new forum, Trump alone would have an absolute veto. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
The US president’s global club was endorsed by the security council on a false prospectus and seems aimed at displacing the United Nations
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM