Alex Cox
@hipattack.bsky.social
Writer, supposedly. Dad, more commonly. Streamer, once in a blue moon.
Ok fine world, let me know about @unchcrosswords.com right after issue 1 has sold out why don't you
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ok fine world, let me know about @unchcrosswords.com right after issue 1 has sold out why don't you
Today's soundtrack is Makthaversakan, the dreamy Swedish shoegaze soundtrack to a youth I didn't actually have but somehow remember fully and fondly? This is all @ycjygames.bsky.social fault.
open.spotify.com/album/3g0FM9...
open.spotify.com/album/3g0FM9...
Ill
open.spotify.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today's soundtrack is Makthaversakan, the dreamy Swedish shoegaze soundtrack to a youth I didn't actually have but somehow remember fully and fondly? This is all @ycjygames.bsky.social fault.
open.spotify.com/album/3g0FM9...
open.spotify.com/album/3g0FM9...
A lovely man. I was very lucky, as a junior hammering tech magazines into shape, to have Chris' excellent words to put in print - and his even more excellent personality on the other end of them.
Christopher H Bidmead : a warm, engaging and hugely intelligent man who enjoyed putting the cat among the pigeons on interviews. In real life though, he was approachable and kind: and made the nicest coffee I’ve ever had. Here is is at home in Dec 2013 when he kindly asked me round.
RIP Chris x
RIP Chris x
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A lovely man. I was very lucky, as a junior hammering tech magazines into shape, to have Chris' excellent words to put in print - and his even more excellent personality on the other end of them.
I am unreasonably upset that i used a clue on today's minute cryptic
July 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I am unreasonably upset that i used a clue on today's minute cryptic
Sumo is Flipping Awesome, And Here's Why, a thread in which I highlight some of the exciting dudes ripping up the Nagoya July Basho, which is ongoing at the moment. I'll use their official Street Fighter character portraits from sumo.or.jp to illustrate this.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sumo is Flipping Awesome, And Here's Why, a thread in which I highlight some of the exciting dudes ripping up the Nagoya July Basho, which is ongoing at the moment. I'll use their official Street Fighter character portraits from sumo.or.jp to illustrate this.
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New episode out now!
It's been a dark month for the beef industry, but we're here for you. We will not let Jacobinius Arse Syndrome beat us.
Featuring
@mikewozniak.bsky.social
@mikeshephard.bsky.social
@tomcrowley.bsky.social
@linneasage.bsky.social
maximumfun.org/episodes/bee...
It's been a dark month for the beef industry, but we're here for you. We will not let Jacobinius Arse Syndrome beat us.
Featuring
@mikewozniak.bsky.social
@mikeshephard.bsky.social
@tomcrowley.bsky.social
@linneasage.bsky.social
maximumfun.org/episodes/bee...
Episode 123 - Jacobinius Arse Syndrome | Maximum Fun
Mike Wozniak, Mike Shephard, Tom Crowley and Linnea Sage join in this month as we get to grips with the new outbreak of Jacobinius Arse Syndrome.
maximumfun.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New episode out now!
It's been a dark month for the beef industry, but we're here for you. We will not let Jacobinius Arse Syndrome beat us.
Featuring
@mikewozniak.bsky.social
@mikeshephard.bsky.social
@tomcrowley.bsky.social
@linneasage.bsky.social
maximumfun.org/episodes/bee...
It's been a dark month for the beef industry, but we're here for you. We will not let Jacobinius Arse Syndrome beat us.
Featuring
@mikewozniak.bsky.social
@mikeshephard.bsky.social
@tomcrowley.bsky.social
@linneasage.bsky.social
maximumfun.org/episodes/bee...
@chinnyvision.bsky.social Not sure if you've seen this but I feel it is relevant to your interests archive.is/202506181218...
archive.is
June 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@chinnyvision.bsky.social Not sure if you've seen this but I feel it is relevant to your interests archive.is/202506181218...
Removed my phone from my pocket to find I'd been calling a phone number I don't know for like 7 minutes. They heard:
- A child throw another child's scooter
- That child getting (rightly) shoved in return
- Said child hitting his sister with a stick
- Subsequent bollockings
- A child throw another child's scooter
- That child getting (rightly) shoved in return
- Said child hitting his sister with a stick
- Subsequent bollockings
June 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Removed my phone from my pocket to find I'd been calling a phone number I don't know for like 7 minutes. They heard:
- A child throw another child's scooter
- That child getting (rightly) shoved in return
- Said child hitting his sister with a stick
- Subsequent bollockings
- A child throw another child's scooter
- That child getting (rightly) shoved in return
- Said child hitting his sister with a stick
- Subsequent bollockings
You've seen this, I'm sure. But if you haven't, it's utterly perfect
My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo
June 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
You've seen this, I'm sure. But if you haven't, it's utterly perfect
Reposted by Alex Cox
Everyone else is out thus chippy tea in front of Columbo, as it should be
May 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Everyone else is out thus chippy tea in front of Columbo, as it should be
Dear Reddit. The fact that I am subscribed to r/bristol likely indicates that i am based in Bristol, not that i am interested in the specific goings on of Sheffield, Coventry and, hypernichely, Ely. Sort yourself out.
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Dear Reddit. The fact that I am subscribed to r/bristol likely indicates that i am based in Bristol, not that i am interested in the specific goings on of Sheffield, Coventry and, hypernichely, Ely. Sort yourself out.
Preach
the most concise way of how i've described my adhd and how i function with it to this day remains: "i need to be distracted so i can focus"
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Preach
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One of my favourite bits from this issue of @thefence.bsky.social - chef James Ramden on the mid-life crisis that recently led him to join lost British indie rockers, Hope Of The States.
'In my fortieth year I was going to be in a band. And I was going to be unfuckable.'
www.the-fence.com/getting-the-...
www.the-fence.com/getting-the-...
Getting the Band Back Together
It’s cheaper than getting a sports car.
www.the-fence.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One of my favourite bits from this issue of @thefence.bsky.social - chef James Ramden on the mid-life crisis that recently led him to join lost British indie rockers, Hope Of The States.
Played through this last night. It's lovely!
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My 64x64 tiny #metroidvania game is now out FOR FREE!
🗺️ Explore a lost world
💪 Upgrade powers
🔮 Fulfil your destiny
Get it while it's hot and don't forget to tell a friend! ❤️
👉 s.team/a/3384890
#indiegame #pixelart
March 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Played through this last night. It's lovely!
Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?
March 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?
At some point I'll have done enough work that I'm happy to just spend the money and buy KCD2 and get stuck into it. At least that's what I keep telling myself!
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
At some point I'll have done enough work that I'm happy to just spend the money and buy KCD2 and get stuck into it. At least that's what I keep telling myself!
Feels somehow antithetical to head to Bluesky, it being ADHD Zone A, to moan about my stupid noggin fighting my attempts to write at every turn but here we are, here I am, having a moan because nothing's right and I can't settle and what little I produce is awful and everyone's going to know
March 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Feels somehow antithetical to head to Bluesky, it being ADHD Zone A, to moan about my stupid noggin fighting my attempts to write at every turn but here we are, here I am, having a moan because nothing's right and I can't settle and what little I produce is awful and everyone's going to know
Reposted by Alex Cox
The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...
@franticplanet.bsky.social I'm quite sure everyone has sent you this already but Popbitch informs me that the entirety of Noel's House Party is here archive.org/details/noel... and it would be a dereliction of my civil duty not to inform you
Noel's House Party (Complete Series + Extras) (1991 - 1999) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
All 169 full episodes of Noel's House Party including some best of episodes. All episodes courtesy of Andy Pearman who originally uploaded them all to YouTube...
archive.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@franticplanet.bsky.social I'm quite sure everyone has sent you this already but Popbitch informs me that the entirety of Noel's House Party is here archive.org/details/noel... and it would be a dereliction of my civil duty not to inform you
The best bit about this is that I doubt ol HK even had any bullet points to work off. Proper "don't worry lads, d'you know, I think I can manage this one for ye." A pro.
Henry Kelly has left us. Remember him this way. youtu.be/5JvEj5Ryg4M?...
Henry Kelly introduces Woodstock Motors - North London's best-loved car garage
YouTube video by Mark Dressekie
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The best bit about this is that I doubt ol HK even had any bullet points to work off. Proper "don't worry lads, d'you know, I think I can manage this one for ye." A pro.
Something about skyspace.me makes me want to do cryptic posts about my feelings and put up pictures of my awful really-trying-to-be-cool but actually clueless neurodiverse reverse mullet. Instead I've gone all swirly and obnoxious which I think is true to the spirit of the thing
SkySpace: A Place For Friends (Who Miss 2005)
Check out your profile on SkySpace, a nostalgic way to explore Bluesky. Who will you put in your Top 8?
skyspace.me
February 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Something about skyspace.me makes me want to do cryptic posts about my feelings and put up pictures of my awful really-trying-to-be-cool but actually clueless neurodiverse reverse mullet. Instead I've gone all swirly and obnoxious which I think is true to the spirit of the thing
Working remote - haunting Frome's most luxurious supermarket car parks - again today. Weirdly lonely, after the last year of generally having someone home at the same time as me. Went mad and bought a MacBook. That's SURE to fill the void eh
February 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Working remote - haunting Frome's most luxurious supermarket car parks - again today. Weirdly lonely, after the last year of generally having someone home at the same time as me. Went mad and bought a MacBook. That's SURE to fill the void eh
Bertha, lovely Bertha
Someuhma muma machine!
Wubba mah mah do do bah bah bah
We'll have a do time
A yabba do time
We'll have a gay old time
My grainy childhood memories are dissolving and intermingling and fading by the day. Everything is. Existential Bertha comes for us all
Someuhma muma machine!
Wubba mah mah do do bah bah bah
We'll have a do time
A yabba do time
We'll have a gay old time
My grainy childhood memories are dissolving and intermingling and fading by the day. Everything is. Existential Bertha comes for us all
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bertha, lovely Bertha
Someuhma muma machine!
Wubba mah mah do do bah bah bah
We'll have a do time
A yabba do time
We'll have a gay old time
My grainy childhood memories are dissolving and intermingling and fading by the day. Everything is. Existential Bertha comes for us all
Someuhma muma machine!
Wubba mah mah do do bah bah bah
We'll have a do time
A yabba do time
We'll have a gay old time
My grainy childhood memories are dissolving and intermingling and fading by the day. Everything is. Existential Bertha comes for us all
As if proving the promotional power of BlueSky, I've just spent a very pleasant lunch break playing the demo for this - what a glorious thing. I'm back in my three-door maroon Ford Escort with its blown head gasket, thrashed gearbox and questionable brakes. Can't be 18 again but I can pretend eh
we've been working on this road trip management rpg where you "battle" against mundane things on the road for the past 5ish years and as we're new to Blusky we'd really appreciate some help reaching out here too. If you see this please RT and share the summer road trip. 🫶 #keepdriving
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As if proving the promotional power of BlueSky, I've just spent a very pleasant lunch break playing the demo for this - what a glorious thing. I'm back in my three-door maroon Ford Escort with its blown head gasket, thrashed gearbox and questionable brakes. Can't be 18 again but I can pretend eh