Tom Canning
@tomcanning83.bsky.social
Ex Newsroom traveller & Youtube Ed at Reach PLC. Co-founder of Bracknell Ale Festival & Football in Berkshire. Football tourist.
Was it Captain Turbot?
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Was it Captain Turbot?
Bermuda or Kingstonian in late November? Seems an obvious choice!
Binfield games postponed due to World Cup Qualifiers call-ups
A trio of Moles will represent Bermuda in the next international break.
footballinberkshire.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Bermuda or Kingstonian in late November? Seems an obvious choice!
Reposted by Tom Canning
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
I freelance and someone at one of the businesses I work with revealed yesterday their uncle was a very culturally significant 90s musician and songwriter.
Nobody at the business knew this either.
So, in the interests of curiosity, are you related to anyone famous?
Nobody at the business knew this either.
So, in the interests of curiosity, are you related to anyone famous?
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I freelance and someone at one of the businesses I work with revealed yesterday their uncle was a very culturally significant 90s musician and songwriter.
Nobody at the business knew this either.
So, in the interests of curiosity, are you related to anyone famous?
Nobody at the business knew this either.
So, in the interests of curiosity, are you related to anyone famous?
Please Google Timmy Mallett Wide Awake Club immediately.
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Please Google Timmy Mallett Wide Awake Club immediately.
Reposted by Tom Canning
Imagine not being able to jump straight on Twitter after that goal 😬😬😬
This is the first time Slough Town have progressed further in the FA Cup than Reading since 82/83. They lost in the Second Round to Bishops Stortford.
Highlights on MotD, there’s a tackle in here that’d have TwitterRefs frothing! youtu.be/Ww03Aox0GK0?...
Highlights on MotD, there’s a tackle in here that’d have TwitterRefs frothing! youtu.be/Ww03Aox0GK0?...
Bishops Stortford vs. Slough Town - Lyndon Lynch's FA Cup Hat Trick
YouTube video by Trevor Lyman
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Imagine not being able to jump straight on Twitter after that goal 😬😬😬
Come to think of it, perhaps it was a metaphor.
So glad the stories of my childhood prepared me for the regularity with which I’d be stuck on a desert island.
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Come to think of it, perhaps it was a metaphor.
So glad the stories of my childhood prepared me for the regularity with which I’d be stuck on a desert island.
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So glad the stories of my childhood prepared me for the regularity with which I’d be stuck on a desert island.
I am genuinely really pleased by this news. I think he is treated poorly despite all the highs he gave England fans and would be on a hiding to nothing wherever he went.
He seems a decent, sensible bloke with a platform, and boy could we use a few of those.
He seems a decent, sensible bloke with a platform, and boy could we use a few of those.
Gareth Southgate reveals he is not looking for return to football management
Gareth Southgate reveals he is not looking for return to football management
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Hard to recreate ‘higher calling’ of England job, he says
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Southgate trying to ‘make a difference’ in other areas
Sir Gareth Southgate says he is not looking for a return to football management, saying it would be hard to recreate the “higher calling” he found as England’s manager.
Southgate indicated he intends to focus on working with young people and helping to counter the “negative narrative” he says is found in the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I am genuinely really pleased by this news. I think he is treated poorly despite all the highs he gave England fans and would be on a hiding to nothing wherever he went.
He seems a decent, sensible bloke with a platform, and boy could we use a few of those.
He seems a decent, sensible bloke with a platform, and boy could we use a few of those.
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a GIF
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a GIF
I'm doing some work for Reach at the moment which means I have access to Chartbeat again. For ego reasons, I have it set to my name and I always enjoy when an old piece surfaces.
The @apiln.bsky.social book was great! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The @apiln.bsky.social book was great! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
A book full of angry people in local newspapers is about to launch
The popular Angry People in Local Newspapers Facebook page is about to debut in book form
www.bristolpost.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm doing some work for Reach at the moment which means I have access to Chartbeat again. For ego reasons, I have it set to my name and I always enjoy when an old piece surfaces.
The @apiln.bsky.social book was great! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
The @apiln.bsky.social book was great! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
I'm running the Mirror's shopping live blog today, and I've decided it's tech hour (or two).
Gadgets, gizmos and sleep aids to make you feel good. Check it out - and let me know your favourite bit of tech. www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppi...
Gadgets, gizmos and sleep aids to make you feel good. Check it out - and let me know your favourite bit of tech. www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppi...
Decathlon's bike trade-in, Amazon and cosy Dunelm bargains
Our shopping experts are scouring the stores for brilliant bargains and great deals to treat yourself
www.mirror.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'm running the Mirror's shopping live blog today, and I've decided it's tech hour (or two).
Gadgets, gizmos and sleep aids to make you feel good. Check it out - and let me know your favourite bit of tech. www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppi...
Gadgets, gizmos and sleep aids to make you feel good. Check it out - and let me know your favourite bit of tech. www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppi...
Bon Jovi ticket day lads. Apologies if I don’t reply quickly, I’m busy 😂
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Bon Jovi ticket day lads. Apologies if I don’t reply quickly, I’m busy 😂
Not a funny story but..
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Not a funny story but..
Reposted by Tom Canning
Thoughts and prayers with homeowners in one part of Maidenhead.
Nobody needs that.
Wonder if they'll change it.
Nobody needs that.
Wonder if they'll change it.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thoughts and prayers with homeowners in one part of Maidenhead.
Nobody needs that.
Wonder if they'll change it.
Nobody needs that.
Wonder if they'll change it.
Nominations appreciated.
Football in Berkshire is 10 in March. We'd love to celebrate with a nomination for the FSA awards. It would mean an awful lot to us.
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Nominations appreciated.
Reposted by Tom Canning
Football in Berkshire is 10 in March. We'd love to celebrate with a nomination for the FSA awards. It would mean an awful lot to us.
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Football in Berkshire is 10 in March. We'd love to celebrate with a nomination for the FSA awards. It would mean an awful lot to us.
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
There's a specific non-league award (#12) we're aiming for.
The nomination form is here: https://bit.ly/4nWIjAd
Reposted by Tom Canning
Whenever I put cutlery back into the drawer after the dishwasher, I always move the spoons around and bring the old ones to the top. It's nothing to do with hygiene, I just don't want the spoons to get upset about not making tea.
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Whenever I put cutlery back into the drawer after the dishwasher, I always move the spoons around and bring the old ones to the top. It's nothing to do with hygiene, I just don't want the spoons to get upset about not making tea.
My dad helped to build this one.
I recall it being my idea to paint it red and white.
I recall it being my idea to paint it red and white.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My dad helped to build this one.
I recall it being my idea to paint it red and white.
I recall it being my idea to paint it red and white.
That'll be the Sean Bean tax at work.
Don't @ me, I stand by my Tetley Tea comments: www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
Don't @ me, I stand by my Tetley Tea comments: www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
That'll be the Sean Bean tax at work.
Don't @ me, I stand by my Tetley Tea comments: www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
Don't @ me, I stand by my Tetley Tea comments: www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
There needs to be an agency for people who know the system inside out, can present the companies priorities and will pop out to organise the Christmas party in mid-December.
Where are the recruiters for people who can ‘do a bit of everything’.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
October 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There needs to be an agency for people who know the system inside out, can present the companies priorities and will pop out to organise the Christmas party in mid-December.
Where are the recruiters for people who can ‘do a bit of everything’.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Where are the recruiters for people who can ‘do a bit of everything’.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
‘Looking for the kind of person who can take that thing and run with it? Call JackOfAll Recruiters’.
Way too much specificity in job ads these days.
Great to see @itvx.com hub is still the shittest way to watch an England game. Jarring, stuttering and crashing altogether.
It's like watching on a 56k modem.
It's like watching on a 56k modem.
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Great to see @itvx.com hub is still the shittest way to watch an England game. Jarring, stuttering and crashing altogether.
It's like watching on a 56k modem.
It's like watching on a 56k modem.
Reposted by Tom Canning
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September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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