Steve B
@steveb.bsky.social
With all the "For Girls" pink toy gendered nonsense I grew up with, here's what "For Girls" looked like in 1963:
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
With all the "For Girls" pink toy gendered nonsense I grew up with, here's what "For Girls" looked like in 1963:
Went on a "food holiday" and spent travel money on restaurants I'd never been to instead. Ate Shakshuka and Macedonian burek and fancy steak and Czech goulash and Devon crab and allegedly the 5th best pizza in the world. Can recommend doing a food holiday.
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Went on a "food holiday" and spent travel money on restaurants I'd never been to instead. Ate Shakshuka and Macedonian burek and fancy steak and Czech goulash and Devon crab and allegedly the 5th best pizza in the world. Can recommend doing a food holiday.
Cook Forest! I have this poster on my bedroom wall right now (which you can't see half of because of the light from this angle)
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Cook Forest! I have this poster on my bedroom wall right now (which you can't see half of because of the light from this angle)
Yes to Pelham 123!
And much as I detest 75% of IW / Endgame, this is one of the most satisfying final shots to a movie and a series in a very long time.
And much as I detest 75% of IW / Endgame, this is one of the most satisfying final shots to a movie and a series in a very long time.
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yes to Pelham 123!
And much as I detest 75% of IW / Endgame, this is one of the most satisfying final shots to a movie and a series in a very long time.
And much as I detest 75% of IW / Endgame, this is one of the most satisfying final shots to a movie and a series in a very long time.
Happy 91st birthday to the irreplaceable Alan Garner
October 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy 91st birthday to the irreplaceable Alan Garner
Gonna be honest, I didn't expect to see "Cooking with Wolverine" in the cookbook section.
September 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Gonna be honest, I didn't expect to see "Cooking with Wolverine" in the cookbook section.
Went on a tour of London's disused Aldwych Tube station.
August 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Went on a tour of London's disused Aldwych Tube station.
My dude. Everyone in the world knows that Trump doesn't have ANY empathy, because he's a narcissist. Every broadcast since 2016, every article, interview and decision has shown he's *incapable of empathy*.
HOW do you get paid for claiming the one thing everyone knows cannot be the tiniest bit true?
HOW do you get paid for claiming the one thing everyone knows cannot be the tiniest bit true?
August 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My dude. Everyone in the world knows that Trump doesn't have ANY empathy, because he's a narcissist. Every broadcast since 2016, every article, interview and decision has shown he's *incapable of empathy*.
HOW do you get paid for claiming the one thing everyone knows cannot be the tiniest bit true?
HOW do you get paid for claiming the one thing everyone knows cannot be the tiniest bit true?
Seems legit. Ooh, Torchlight 1 is a good one.
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Seems legit. Ooh, Torchlight 1 is a good one.
Well now, aren't those some interesting numbers.
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Well now, aren't those some interesting numbers.
In other news, everyone go and read the excellent 80s Irish Fox book Run With The Wind.
July 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
In other news, everyone go and read the excellent 80s Irish Fox book Run With The Wind.
The single most cyberpunk post on the internet:
The guy at the top is Mike Pondsmith who wrote the Cyberpunk RPG (that the "Cyberpunk 2077" game comes from) quoting Burning Chrome by the peerless William Gibson, and the original post is by Richard Kadrey who wrote Metrophage...
The guy at the top is Mike Pondsmith who wrote the Cyberpunk RPG (that the "Cyberpunk 2077" game comes from) quoting Burning Chrome by the peerless William Gibson, and the original post is by Richard Kadrey who wrote Metrophage...
July 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The single most cyberpunk post on the internet:
The guy at the top is Mike Pondsmith who wrote the Cyberpunk RPG (that the "Cyberpunk 2077" game comes from) quoting Burning Chrome by the peerless William Gibson, and the original post is by Richard Kadrey who wrote Metrophage...
The guy at the top is Mike Pondsmith who wrote the Cyberpunk RPG (that the "Cyberpunk 2077" game comes from) quoting Burning Chrome by the peerless William Gibson, and the original post is by Richard Kadrey who wrote Metrophage...
Went to see the brilliant Tim Minchin in Brighton, awesome gig, some tickets still for London dates Fri Sat Sun.
July 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Went to see the brilliant Tim Minchin in Brighton, awesome gig, some tickets still for London dates Fri Sat Sun.
Ffs. "My stealing machine won't be profitable unless I can break copyright law" - get back in your bin.
May 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ffs. "My stealing machine won't be profitable unless I can break copyright law" - get back in your bin.
Had some amazing Georgian food at Aba-Da! in Brick Lane.
May 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Had some amazing Georgian food at Aba-Da! in Brick Lane.
Yeah, alright, I would buy that t-shirt.
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yeah, alright, I would buy that t-shirt.
Two! And some self published stuff. Here's the first one on fortune telling with dice:
April 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two! And some self published stuff. Here's the first one on fortune telling with dice:
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Playing cards have been loved by people all over the
world for centuries, and have been used in divination
for most of that time."
"Playing cards have been loved by people all over the
world for centuries, and have been used in divination
for most of that time."
April 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
"Playing cards have been loved by people all over the
world for centuries, and have been used in divination
for most of that time."
"Playing cards have been loved by people all over the
world for centuries, and have been used in divination
for most of that time."
Oh man, ace illustrator Robert McGinnis died at 99.
Not only all the Bond posters, but also a huge list of pulp crime noir paperbacks (to the point that when HARD CASE CRIME started reviving them in 2004-ish, they used his covers about 20 times).
Not only all the Bond posters, but also a huge list of pulp crime noir paperbacks (to the point that when HARD CASE CRIME started reviving them in 2004-ish, they used his covers about 20 times).
April 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Oh man, ace illustrator Robert McGinnis died at 99.
Not only all the Bond posters, but also a huge list of pulp crime noir paperbacks (to the point that when HARD CASE CRIME started reviving them in 2004-ish, they used his covers about 20 times).
Not only all the Bond posters, but also a huge list of pulp crime noir paperbacks (to the point that when HARD CASE CRIME started reviving them in 2004-ish, they used his covers about 20 times).
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
March 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
Starmer deployed his one skill - talking sensibly to make sure that nothing changes - and the outcome is that everyone said nice but empty things.
Meanwhile the memes are flowing fast with famous UK gameshow / advert slogans that no-one outside of 80-90s UK will ever understand.
Meanwhile the memes are flowing fast with famous UK gameshow / advert slogans that no-one outside of 80-90s UK will ever understand.
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Starmer deployed his one skill - talking sensibly to make sure that nothing changes - and the outcome is that everyone said nice but empty things.
Meanwhile the memes are flowing fast with famous UK gameshow / advert slogans that no-one outside of 80-90s UK will ever understand.
Meanwhile the memes are flowing fast with famous UK gameshow / advert slogans that no-one outside of 80-90s UK will ever understand.