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John Pollard
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Software developer and world-class armchair sports fan. Developer of some iOS apps you've never heard of. Also make music as Black Country Music | He/him
Why I’m selling my Meta Raybans …

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Why I'm selling My Meta Raybans
Not a bad product, but really not for me
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September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Turbulence on The Tyne (TikTok)

Turbulence on The Tyne after all yesterday's rain #hexham #northumberland

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Turbulence on The Tyne (TikTok)
Turbulence on The Tyne after all yesterday's rain #hexham #northumberland
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September 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
TikTok's OpenGraph support really is terrible, so made my own redirect

Here's another go at posting a link to my staycation post

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Staycation in the North East (TikTok)
Couldn’t get away this year, so had a week at home #Newcastle #Alnmouth #NorthEast #Northumberland
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August 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is a fun game!

N: Siglufjörður, Iceland
E: Stockholm, Sweden
S: St Croix, Virgin Islands
W: Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada

Need to work on my East and South ones, but North and West are pretty decent distances from the UK
Furthest I've been:

N: Helsinki, FI
E: St. Petersburg, RU
S: Mossburn, South Island NZ
W: Hanalei, Kauai, HI

New south champ since I last played this game!
Furthest I've been:

N: Carlisle, UK
E: Venice, Italy
S: Aruba
W: Mendocino, CA.

Though I'm gonna expand my west to Ohio in late September and, probably, my north to Fort William, Scotland next year.

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August 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Before kickoff in the East Stand yesterday on a glorious sunny day

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TikTok - Make Your Day
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May 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Day Trip to Lindisfarne on (not) the warmest day of the year so far
Day Trip to Lindisfarne on (not) the warmest day of the year so far #lindesfarne #holyisland
TikTok video by John Pollard
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April 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Been watching too many of these over the last few weeks, but this is by far the best of the Carabao Cup Final videos. Gets me every time 😂

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Pulp - Sunrise (7 Decade Dawn NUFC Carabao Cup Remix)
YouTube video by Fresh Slice Films
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April 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Tremendous crowd (38000+) for the Tyne Wear women’s derby today and a great result as well ⚫️⚪️

Brilliantly to see so many young kids there too, so hard for them to get to see the games at St James’s Park normally
March 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by John Pollard
People often ask me how I can support Newcastle Utd and work for Amnesty.

After Wembley, here’s an attempt at an answer.

Maybe it’s hypocrisy. Maybe it’s sportswashing. Maybe it’s honesty.

You can decide. 🧵

#NUFC
March 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A glorious, glorious day

Hugged so many strangers in black and white, so much shared joy and happiness
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Good start to what could be an epic weekend 🤞

Feels like a million Geordies have traveled down to that London, can’t wait until Wembley tomorrow
March 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Took longer that I thought, but finally got my hands on this beauty

Going to be an epic weekend in that London 🤞
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I made a video for the socials about our walk up Steel Rigg (on Hadrian's Wall)

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Old bloke clambering up Steel Rigg (Hadrian’s Wall) #hadrianswall #northumberland
TikTok video by John Pollard
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March 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
First post here is kinda meta (not Meta!) - how I'm planning on using social media going forward

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Using The Socials
Thinking through how I should best use social media
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March 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM