Tilskatoff 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@tilskatoff.bsky.social
Head of a neurodivergent household. Ex-archaeologist. Now and again I paint things. Most of all, it's just nice to be nice.
Lovely that Judy Finnegan could make it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Lovely that Judy Finnegan could make it.
Nothing more Christmassy than opening your presents around the creepy old lady in 'The Others'.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nothing more Christmassy than opening your presents around the creepy old lady in 'The Others'.
As a VERY last resort, I used our school software's AI help today
Not only does it respond like a heavily abused Dobby from Harry Potter but when it finally tried to do what I asked, it just made shit up.
Told me the only member of Latin Club was a student suspiciously called 'Marcus Aurelius'.
Not only does it respond like a heavily abused Dobby from Harry Potter but when it finally tried to do what I asked, it just made shit up.
Told me the only member of Latin Club was a student suspiciously called 'Marcus Aurelius'.
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
As a VERY last resort, I used our school software's AI help today
Not only does it respond like a heavily abused Dobby from Harry Potter but when it finally tried to do what I asked, it just made shit up.
Told me the only member of Latin Club was a student suspiciously called 'Marcus Aurelius'.
Not only does it respond like a heavily abused Dobby from Harry Potter but when it finally tried to do what I asked, it just made shit up.
Told me the only member of Latin Club was a student suspiciously called 'Marcus Aurelius'.
A while ago, I saw a post asking for songs that people automatically mash together without thinking.
At the time, I knew there was one I always did but couldn't remember what it was. Just remembered....
At the time, I knew there was one I always did but couldn't remember what it was. Just remembered....
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A while ago, I saw a post asking for songs that people automatically mash together without thinking.
At the time, I knew there was one I always did but couldn't remember what it was. Just remembered....
At the time, I knew there was one I always did but couldn't remember what it was. Just remembered....
Counterpoint: 11 things we women couldn't give less of a shit about.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Counterpoint: 11 things we women couldn't give less of a shit about.
Misread this headline for a second and nearly cracked open my stand-by bottle of champagne.
Well played, substack thingy. You got me.
Well played, substack thingy. You got me.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Misread this headline for a second and nearly cracked open my stand-by bottle of champagne.
Well played, substack thingy. You got me.
Well played, substack thingy. You got me.
Researching my family tree, I've stumbled upon so many sad stories. But, of all the heartbreaking things I've discovered, this small letter touched me the most and always sticks in my head. My 2xGt Grandma, desperate to know about her son, Harry and hanging hopes on rumours.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Researching my family tree, I've stumbled upon so many sad stories. But, of all the heartbreaking things I've discovered, this small letter touched me the most and always sticks in my head. My 2xGt Grandma, desperate to know about her son, Harry and hanging hopes on rumours.
Still reeling from colleague saying "I'm not usually racist, but...." before saying how she'd hardly seen any white faces in town at the w/end+that they were all immigrants.
Told her with a smile that I don't see a prob with that+I'd rather have a million immigrants rather than one single racist
Told her with a smile that I don't see a prob with that+I'd rather have a million immigrants rather than one single racist
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Still reeling from colleague saying "I'm not usually racist, but...." before saying how she'd hardly seen any white faces in town at the w/end+that they were all immigrants.
Told her with a smile that I don't see a prob with that+I'd rather have a million immigrants rather than one single racist
Told her with a smile that I don't see a prob with that+I'd rather have a million immigrants rather than one single racist
Just saw a sweet idea - a special paper to stick on windows, let your kids draw on it and it imprints the drawings as white on the glass.
Then, I remembered I have teenage boys so it would just be a festive panorama of cock and balls.
Then, I remembered I have teenage boys so it would just be a festive panorama of cock and balls.
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just saw a sweet idea - a special paper to stick on windows, let your kids draw on it and it imprints the drawings as white on the glass.
Then, I remembered I have teenage boys so it would just be a festive panorama of cock and balls.
Then, I remembered I have teenage boys so it would just be a festive panorama of cock and balls.
Big 'Dictionary Corner' vibes from Putin here.
Looks like he's just explained to Dave from Runcorn that he could have had an 8 if he'd spotted "Ubiquity", and is seconds from launching into a cheeky poem about the dangers of high-rise windows to take us into the next commercial break.
Looks like he's just explained to Dave from Runcorn that he could have had an 8 if he'd spotted "Ubiquity", and is seconds from launching into a cheeky poem about the dangers of high-rise windows to take us into the next commercial break.
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Big 'Dictionary Corner' vibes from Putin here.
Looks like he's just explained to Dave from Runcorn that he could have had an 8 if he'd spotted "Ubiquity", and is seconds from launching into a cheeky poem about the dangers of high-rise windows to take us into the next commercial break.
Looks like he's just explained to Dave from Runcorn that he could have had an 8 if he'd spotted "Ubiquity", and is seconds from launching into a cheeky poem about the dangers of high-rise windows to take us into the next commercial break.
Glanced up as this chap on Antiques Roadshow said his Mum used to keep this on her mantelpiece.
For a split second, I thought "bloody hell, I'm not surprised you were amazed".
For a split second, I thought "bloody hell, I'm not surprised you were amazed".
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Glanced up as this chap on Antiques Roadshow said his Mum used to keep this on her mantelpiece.
For a split second, I thought "bloody hell, I'm not surprised you were amazed".
For a split second, I thought "bloody hell, I'm not surprised you were amazed".
Just freaked myself out looking at a photo from today thinking I'd caught a shadow person on camera.
Zoomed in and it's just me in a reflection, looking one step away from Sadako in 'The Ring'.
Zoomed in and it's just me in a reflection, looking one step away from Sadako in 'The Ring'.
October 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just freaked myself out looking at a photo from today thinking I'd caught a shadow person on camera.
Zoomed in and it's just me in a reflection, looking one step away from Sadako in 'The Ring'.
Zoomed in and it's just me in a reflection, looking one step away from Sadako in 'The Ring'.
There was a man opposite me on the tube wearing tiny little jogging shorts. He was man-spreading SO expansively, I feel I could have given him a comprehensive testicle health-check from a metre away.
And no, I wasn't staring...they seemed to be in my field of vision matter where I looked.
And no, I wasn't staring...they seemed to be in my field of vision matter where I looked.
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There was a man opposite me on the tube wearing tiny little jogging shorts. He was man-spreading SO expansively, I feel I could have given him a comprehensive testicle health-check from a metre away.
And no, I wasn't staring...they seemed to be in my field of vision matter where I looked.
And no, I wasn't staring...they seemed to be in my field of vision matter where I looked.
After a truly shitty week, I'm now primed and ready to spend the afternoon feeding my soul by laughing lots...and potentially coughing like a Victorian with consumption.
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
After a truly shitty week, I'm now primed and ready to spend the afternoon feeding my soul by laughing lots...and potentially coughing like a Victorian with consumption.
Not 100% sure that attending a podcast festival when I have an awful cough triggered mostly by laughter is the best idea.
My bag is packed with cough sweets and I'll sit near an exit in case I need to cough up a lung and make a swift exit.
My bag is packed with cough sweets and I'll sit near an exit in case I need to cough up a lung and make a swift exit.
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Not 100% sure that attending a podcast festival when I have an awful cough triggered mostly by laughter is the best idea.
My bag is packed with cough sweets and I'll sit near an exit in case I need to cough up a lung and make a swift exit.
My bag is packed with cough sweets and I'll sit near an exit in case I need to cough up a lung and make a swift exit.
Visual representation of my crushing workload. Think it's time to look for a new job.
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Visual representation of my crushing workload. Think it's time to look for a new job.
This is always what I imagine ChatGPT is doing behind the scenes when I attempt to explain my latest Excel formula problem in long, garbled paragraphs and it summarises it back to me in less than 10 words.
October 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is always what I imagine ChatGPT is doing behind the scenes when I attempt to explain my latest Excel formula problem in long, garbled paragraphs and it summarises it back to me in less than 10 words.
My colleague just told me that a little boy had such an innocent expression that "butter wouldn't melt on his face".
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My colleague just told me that a little boy had such an innocent expression that "butter wouldn't melt on his face".
Bedknobs and Broomsticks reboot but instead of a load of re-animated suits of armour appearing on the horizon, it's a batallion of Thatcher's old outfits.
Terror ensues, roll credits in stunned silence.
Terror ensues, roll credits in stunned silence.
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Bedknobs and Broomsticks reboot but instead of a load of re-animated suits of armour appearing on the horizon, it's a batallion of Thatcher's old outfits.
Terror ensues, roll credits in stunned silence.
Terror ensues, roll credits in stunned silence.
America's version of University Challenge looks shit.
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
America's version of University Challenge looks shit.
This is so true. This is my version of it from 1997. The dated little table, the ancient, filthy sofa you can't quite see and the joyous pile-on to get in frame (you hoped) before the timer went off. Happy days.
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is so true. This is my version of it from 1997. The dated little table, the ancient, filthy sofa you can't quite see and the joyous pile-on to get in frame (you hoped) before the timer went off. Happy days.
While we're all talking about free speech, in 2022 I replied to a Trump-related tweet of Elon Musk and got this warning message.
Another example of "We're allowed to shit on anyone we like but how dare you be mean to ME!".
Another example of "We're allowed to shit on anyone we like but how dare you be mean to ME!".
September 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
While we're all talking about free speech, in 2022 I replied to a Trump-related tweet of Elon Musk and got this warning message.
Another example of "We're allowed to shit on anyone we like but how dare you be mean to ME!".
Another example of "We're allowed to shit on anyone we like but how dare you be mean to ME!".
Oh God, I've just had a first name/surname mix up and sent an email to "Mr Ron" like a low-rent Basil Brush.
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Oh God, I've just had a first name/surname mix up and sent an email to "Mr Ron" like a low-rent Basil Brush.
There were only three people in the room when this photo was taken.
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
There were only three people in the room when this photo was taken.
I was ahead of my time.
I managed to look like a dick for a fraction of the price by getting a free pair of comedy specs with my Oink magazine in 1986. Take that, Zuckerberg.
I managed to look like a dick for a fraction of the price by getting a free pair of comedy specs with my Oink magazine in 1986. Take that, Zuckerberg.
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I was ahead of my time.
I managed to look like a dick for a fraction of the price by getting a free pair of comedy specs with my Oink magazine in 1986. Take that, Zuckerberg.
I managed to look like a dick for a fraction of the price by getting a free pair of comedy specs with my Oink magazine in 1986. Take that, Zuckerberg.