Hisham El-Far
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Hisham El-Far
@bookish.bsky.social
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Lover of cake and chocolate - but NOT chocolate cake. Geeky interests include (but not limited to) Pokemon, Star Trek, Sci Fi & Fantasy books, Anime and doom scrolling through the TikTok FYP feed.

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Was @HishamElfar on Twitter

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Hello BlueSky. Been a while.

Just got home from the latest Pokemon TCG pre-release for Mega Evolutions at my local TCG place 😎

Came 4th out of 26 with probably the best card pull of the night too 🥳🥰😎
Pictured is the deck i put together from my pre-release kit. A 2-2-1 Alakazam line. 2-2 Grunpig line. 2x Xerneas. 1-1 Mega Lucario Ex line. A bunch of random trainer cards and 11 basic Psychic Energy and 3 basic Fighting Energy cards - for a total 40 card deck. The Mega Lucario Ex is currently a £300+ card so played with the proxy pictured! Pictured is the Special Illustration Rare Mega Lucario Ex 179/132 worth £300+ at time of posting and the proxy used to play it.
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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😎 Finally received my Starbright Sci-Fi book subscription invite from Illumicrate 🤩

Just in time for the May book which is hopefully going to be Overgrowth by Mira Grant 👀
Screenshot of the publisher Daphne Press webpage for Overgrowth by Mira Grant. Text is as follows “DAPHNE PRESS Overgrowth Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has believed her. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child. What happens when you know what’s coming, and just refuse to listen?” A screenshot from the Starbright by Illumicrate invite email that teases their May 2025 book. Text read as “We're delighted to reveal our Starbright May 2025 box! Beware - sometimes foreign species will make their way into your garden. Our May Starbright book is a standalone adult science fiction! Since she was young, a woman has been telling everyone she's an alien. No one believed her until an alien signal comes from the stars. Her family is coming to collect her, but their arrival threatens humanity ...”
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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On the way back to York from Harrogate - we did a Pokemon Day shopping crawl.

#PokemonDay #PokemonTCG #Pokemon #PlayPokemon
An advert for Pokemon TCG promoting Pokemon Day - “Get a special Pokemon Day Card, when you spend £29.99 or more on Pokemon Trading Card Game products.” Pictured is the Eevee promo card with a Pokemon Day stamp.
February 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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I finally got around to opening my Pokemon Surging Sparks ETB’s.

Behold, the hits:
The hit cards from 2x Surging Sparks Elite Trainer Boxes. Killowatrell Ex, Latias Ex, Flygon Ex, Tatsuguri Ex Full Art, Cyclizar Ex, Latios Illustration Rare, Kekleon Illustration Rare, Stunfisk Illustration Rare, Milotic Ex Full Art, Brilliant Blender Ace Spec. All pictured on a pink background.
November 24, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Taught myself Basic using the long forgotten Atari 65XE 😎

Overshadowed by the Commodore 64, It began a long succession of me picking the wrong system in every format war for decades to come 😂
An image of the Atari 65XE home computer.
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Round 1 was against the top 8 player from the Dortmund Regional himself James de Boer 😎
Pictured are two facedown cards on pokemon playmats with a matchslip between them showing my name (Hisham El-Far) v James de Boer.
October 9, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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Hi there. I’m here to redeem my ticket to scream into the void. Is there a giftshop I can peruse when I’m done?

#ScreamIntoTheVoid
An otherwise blank UK train ticket marked with the text “VOID VOID VOID VOID” in large font.
October 8, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Managed to get myself to my Pokemon Locals today. Which meant finally splurging on a booster box of Stellar Crown.

Here are my pulls. (Not pictured are another Ace Spec, Sparkling Crystal - and a Terapagos EX from an ETB i also picked up 😎)
The pulls from my Pokemon Stellar Crown booster box. Ace Spec Great Tree, Ace Spec Deluxe Bomb, Greninja EX, Cinderace EX, 2x different Galvantula EX cards, Dachsbun EX Special Illustration Rare, Joltik SiR, Lileep SiR, Archaludon SiR, 2x different Medicham EX cards, Lucario EX, Orthworm EX and Hydrapple EX.
October 2, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Had a haircut whilst in Saltburn on turnaround at work. 💈
A selfie before my haircut. Hair is long and unmanageable. A picture of my hair clippings on the floor. A selfie after my haircut. Hair all short again.
September 26, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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I was born in 1980.

NINETEEN EIGHTY!!!!

OK!
(I got zero points)
A list of 20 things. Give yourself 1 point for each thing you have never done. 1. Used a rotary phone 2. Used a floppy disk 3. Used a typewriter 4. Taken pictures with a film camera 5. Listened to music on a CD 6. Listened to a cassette tape 7. Listened to a vynil record 8. Listened to music on a Walkman 9. Listened to music on a boombox 10. watched a video from a VHS tape 11. Sent or received a fax 12. Recorded music from radio to cassette tape 13. Rented a video from Blockbuster 14. Accessed the internet by dial-up 15. Used a phone book 16. Sent a postcard 17. Used a paper map to get somewhere 18. Owned a dictionary 19. Owned an encyclopedia 20. Paid with a paper check
September 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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Round 3, lost again 😔

My opponent got REALLY lucky with their pre-release pulls. Terapagos Ex!!! 😭
My opponents key pulls that led to my brutal defeat. Terapagos Ex, Briar, Bouffalants, stadiums, fan rotoms and a colress tenacity.
August 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Pokemon Stellar Crown Pre-release. For better or worse, this will be my deck today.

Absolutely rubbish pulls from the booster packs - loads of stage 1 or 2 cards, but no basics.
My steller crown pre-release kit deck. Drifblim/Bouffalant
August 31, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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*urges train to make up time*
YAH!
A screen shot showing the calling points of my train and how late we are. Currently 29 minutes late.
August 29, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Had a crappy shift, so of course I defaulted to the most effective form of self care there is - ripping open packs of shiny cardstock!

Look at my shiny cards!
Pictured: piles of pokemon cards i opened from the new Shrouded Fable mini set.
August 23, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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Back at work a week on Monday.

But before then, I am registered for Pokemon Tournaments in…

Saturday - Harrogate.
Sunday - York.
Monday - York.
Tuesday - Newcastle.

🙈

Better get my decklists ready I suppose. 😎
September 21, 2023 at 8:32 PM
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I have discovered the most cursed of all cursed Pokestops in Pokemon Go.
A screenshot from Pokemon Go showing a gift received from a Pokestop in Middlesbrough. The gift shows street art mashing up Pikachu and Ned Flanders to create Nedachu. Truly a cursed Pokemon Gift/Pokestop!
August 26, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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What a load of giant Bull!
(First time passing through Birmingham New St Station in a while for me)
A giant mechanical bull art piece on the concourse of Birmingham New St Station.
August 23, 2023 at 8:04 PM