Erm, Hanratty
LightNews LightNews
banner
mossygene.bsky.social
Erm, Hanratty
@mossygene.bsky.social
83 followers 610 following 390 posts
Economist-ish. ‘Civil’ ‘servant’. AVFC since Division 3. Occasional critical mass cyclist. Ageing 2 Tone kid.
Posts Replies Media Videos
mossygene.bsky.social
Gotta love cycle infrastructure that runs you towards not one but two poles and a kerb. Well done everyone.

#StKilda junction.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
Ireland beating Portugal is cake. C Ronaldo getting sent off is icing.
An excited Irish footballer, Troy Parrott, all dressed in green.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
Black and white photo of Max Wall as Professor Wallofski. His arms are folded. He has a quizzical look on his face. His hairline starts on the top of his head and black hair hangs to his collar. He’s wearing a dinner jacket, white shirt and black bow tie. He’s also wearing black leggings and lace up ankle boots with elongated flat toes. White socks peak above the top of the boots. Quite the look.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
This is ominous. It looks like a first step to choking off search unless you pay for it, under the guise of adding AI.
A snip of a message from my mobile phone provider offering 12 months free of charge of an AI search engine. Apparently the annual fee would be $300. No good can come of this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
There's so little car traffic along Flinders Street outside the station it might as well be pedestrianised now. #melbourne #naarm #citiesforpeople
Looking along the Flinders Street side of the redbrick and cream coloured rail station.
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
Meanwhile, Wordiply in the Guardian…
The Guardian’s Wordiply game taking the piss. The longest word is Kaffeeklatsches. Dutch I guess?
September 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
Things just look better in claret and blue.
The tragic Dalian Atkinson in happier days wearing a claret and blue Aston Villa shirt. He must have just scored a goal because Dean Saunders is trying to climb on Dalian’s shoulders.
September 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
To prove you are not a robot, check all the squares with dickheads
It’s nighttime. A bunch of strange people draped in red and white England flags stand around a ladder. The ladder is propped against a tall lamppost. Two of the confederacy of dunces are up the ladder. I’m not sure any of them are up to speed on occupational health and safety.
August 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
Well done everyone.
Screenshot of a Bluesky post about Ozzy Osbourne on the cover of People magazine. The post has been reposted 666 times.
August 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
I’m pretty sure I saw Rick Wakeman play one of these.
A man with long blond hair and a floor length sparkling gold cape stands with his back to us. He is surrounded by keyboards.
August 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
Good luck tuning that.
A guitar head with 6 machine heads but only 4 knobs. AI sucks.
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
The matter doesn’t go away…
Scottish Water can increase its price by inflation plus 12.6 percent between 2021 and 2027.
July 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
What have you got against Armagh?
A man in an orange football jersey lifts a large silver trophy over his head. Behind him the crowd celebrate. Their strong beautiful Ulster accents terrify the dignitaries.
July 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
#Melbourne - pedestrianise the hell out of the CBD. There is no need for traffic anywhere in this zone. Stop pissing around and just do it.
July 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
Murdoch's Herald Sun - never knowingly right about anything.
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
The Stan Who Knew Too Much
The Ogdens. A black and white photo of a middle aged couple from the 1960’s
June 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
The Guardian. Could be forgetting it's a British newspaper or could be a Grauniad moment. Either way, not cool Guardian, not cool.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
In the same league… i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5d...
Some of the greats of Jazz gather together on a stoop in Harlem. This is a version with the individuals identified. Sweetly, Count Basie is sitting on the kerb with a line of local kids.
May 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
Riding on a Shinkansen with plenty of room for my 1.86m frame.

The speed, frequency and reliability of the 🚅 makes me want to shake everyone responsible for every miserable Birmingham to Glasgow trip I've ever taken.

And don't get me started on Melbourne-Sydney.

#trains
A pair of legs in khaki trousers not being constricted by the ample legroom to the aquamarine seat in front.
April 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
The Takase river in Kyoto at night. #cherryblossom
A small weir on a narrow channel has collected fallen blossom from the cherry trees that line the river. The surface of the river is pink.
April 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
So brave, trying to snatch small children out of schools.
Clip from Guardian article with a quote from Benjamine Huffman, former acting homeland security secretary, calling Law enforcement brave. This is in the context of an article describing attempt to snatch young kids from school. So, so brave.
April 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
mossygene.bsky.social
Cherry blossom season in Tokyo is as spectacular as promised. At Shinjuku Gyoen Park. Hard to believe the chaos of Shinjuku is minutes walk away.
Cherry trees with blossom in shades from white through pink. People stand around taking in the beauty.
April 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
St Patrick's Day. No matter where you are in the world, the clichés will get you...
A stilt walking Saint Patrick and a pipe band with a background of palm trees and the Luna Park rollercoaster. People in a leprechaun and a pint of Guinness costumes, an Irish dancer, against a background of palm trees and the Luna Park rollercoaster.
March 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
‘Nothing for two in a bed’
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing in front of the flags of the U.K. and U.S.A. Captioned with the phrase ‘there’s a famous slogan in the United Kingdom’.
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
mossygene.bsky.social
Chris Isaak as Chris Isaak in the Chris Isaak Show.
Flyer for the Chris Isaak Show. Isaak is wearing a pinstripe charcoal suit, red shirt and dark tie. His hair is in a sharp Pompadour. He's holding an old-fashioned microphone. The background is a pastel pastiche of 1950's American suburbia.
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM