Laurie Cook
@dclaurie.bsky.social
atom-bashing punk boy 🏳️🌈 currently post-doc'ing at Cardiff Uni
Doing the new year's eve deep clean and reached the point of clearing kitchen drawers where I struggle to remember what piece of kitchen equipment this plastic thing is for
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Doing the new year's eve deep clean and reached the point of clearing kitchen drawers where I struggle to remember what piece of kitchen equipment this plastic thing is for
Thought I'd share how my mum makes shopping lists
December 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Thought I'd share how my mum makes shopping lists
"Geoffrey I shall never allow myself to be held in such craven arms!"
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Geoffrey I shall never allow myself to be held in such craven arms!"
A movie that coincidentally stars Lydbury North, Leinthall Starkes, and Cleobury Mortimer
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A movie that coincidentally stars Lydbury North, Leinthall Starkes, and Cleobury Mortimer
Craven Arms is probably the only town in Shropshire that shares its name with an unreleased pre-Hayes code film noir
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Craven Arms is probably the only town in Shropshire that shares its name with an unreleased pre-Hayes code film noir
It's taking me twice as long to bike home because of how fucking picturesque Cardiff bay is.
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's taking me twice as long to bike home because of how fucking picturesque Cardiff bay is.
Not that I'm easily distracted, but I'm back up to 100 open tabs in Wikipedia.
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not that I'm easily distracted, but I'm back up to 100 open tabs in Wikipedia.
I think the subsequent editions were renamed Readers' Wives
August 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I think the subsequent editions were renamed Readers' Wives
I can finally become cool thanks to the March 1963 issue of Men Only magazine
August 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I can finally become cool thanks to the March 1963 issue of Men Only magazine
The broken piece of kitchen cupboard door that, whilst growing up, I maintained I could see the face of the grim reaper in. He's still there, waiting for the wood to be burnt to release him.
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The broken piece of kitchen cupboard door that, whilst growing up, I maintained I could see the face of the grim reaper in. He's still there, waiting for the wood to be burnt to release him.
Stickers for a fake election campaign I made when I was 16.
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Stickers for a fake election campaign I made when I was 16.
A record of the slowest news day the world has ever known.
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A record of the slowest news day the world has ever known.
Horrifically embarrassing teenage poetry, redacted.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Horrifically embarrassing teenage poetry, redacted.
My parents are selling their house, so I've returned to the village I grew up in for likely the final time to sort through the crap I left here. Including, but not limited to: a copyrighted design for a multi-person space hopper.
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My parents are selling their house, so I've returned to the village I grew up in for likely the final time to sort through the crap I left here. Including, but not limited to: a copyrighted design for a multi-person space hopper.
Cricket at the cricket 🦗🏏
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cricket at the cricket 🦗🏏
At the Glamorgan Gloucestershire T20 double header 🏏 and realised that I'm sat right by the crowd mic, so I've got the opportunity to perform the worst karaoke BBC radio Wales has ever heard.
July 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
At the Glamorgan Gloucestershire T20 double header 🏏 and realised that I'm sat right by the crowd mic, so I've got the opportunity to perform the worst karaoke BBC radio Wales has ever heard.
Summertime lunch in 'lexi park
April 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Summertime lunch in 'lexi park
I've never booked a ticket so quickly
January 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've never booked a ticket so quickly
Million dollar merchandise just sitting on the shelf:
January 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Million dollar merchandise just sitting on the shelf:
Friends, my mandolin has broken halfway through preparing a sweet potato dauphinoise.
Thoughts and prayers welcomed, but a moment of reflection too for the most middle class sentence of the year so far.
Thoughts and prayers welcomed, but a moment of reflection too for the most middle class sentence of the year so far.
January 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Friends, my mandolin has broken halfway through preparing a sweet potato dauphinoise.
Thoughts and prayers welcomed, but a moment of reflection too for the most middle class sentence of the year so far.
Thoughts and prayers welcomed, but a moment of reflection too for the most middle class sentence of the year so far.
Adding brolllys to every statue I pass on New Year's day walk.
January 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Adding brolllys to every statue I pass on New Year's day walk.
I finally figured out where to put the lobster.
December 31, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I finally figured out where to put the lobster.
I always forget about the final track, where you suddenly hear "hi this is Phil Spector", and I instinctively try to dive into a half empty box of Quality Street for cover.
December 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I always forget about the final track, where you suddenly hear "hi this is Phil Spector", and I instinctively try to dive into a half empty box of Quality Street for cover.
Little known bit of trivia for you: TFW actually stands for Try Fucking Walking.
December 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Little known bit of trivia for you: TFW actually stands for Try Fucking Walking.
Also definitely curious about playing cumbia music in Cumbria to an audience of disinterested sheep farmers.
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Also definitely curious about playing cumbia music in Cumbria to an audience of disinterested sheep farmers.