Widdersbel
@widdersbel.bsky.social
Mostly baking and crosswords
It’s 8pm on a cold wet November Thursday, I’m tired and didn’t think I was up for a gig tonight but I already had a ticket for Decius at the Scala so here I am… and DJ Rosie Ama is very quickly getting me in exactly the right mood. This is flipping fantastic… it’s going to be a good night after all!
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s 8pm on a cold wet November Thursday, I’m tired and didn’t think I was up for a gig tonight but I already had a ticket for Decius at the Scala so here I am… and DJ Rosie Ama is very quickly getting me in exactly the right mood. This is flipping fantastic… it’s going to be a good night after all!
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A £4,000 e-bike replaces a £35,000 car. An e-bike saves the NHS £1,400/year. An e-bike cuts emissions immediately. Yet Rachel Reeves wants to limit the cycle to work scheme while preserving tax breaks for £60,000 Teslas? Make it make sense.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A £4,000 e-bike replaces a £35,000 car. An e-bike saves the NHS £1,400/year. An e-bike cuts emissions immediately. Yet Rachel Reeves wants to limit the cycle to work scheme while preserving tax breaks for £60,000 Teslas? Make it make sense.
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On FB, God asks what the H in Jesus H Christ stands for. There were lots of answers, & i didn't really want to read them all. But i took a peak, and 2 already had what i was going to write. Howard, of course. It's in the Lord's Prayer. "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Howard by thy name."
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
On FB, God asks what the H in Jesus H Christ stands for. There were lots of answers, & i didn't really want to read them all. But i took a peak, and 2 already had what i was going to write. Howard, of course. It's in the Lord's Prayer. "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Howard by thy name."
Started reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Palm Sunday today. Published in 1981 but still very relevant. Vonnegut’s reaction to conservatives banning and burning his books is as powerful today as it ever was… 1/3
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Started reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Palm Sunday today. Published in 1981 but still very relevant. Vonnegut’s reaction to conservatives banning and burning his books is as powerful today as it ever was… 1/3
Superb! 👏
I used to run a pub quiz. Inspired by @uncleskinny.bsky.social I decided to give one of my favourite old picture rounds a wider audience. No instructions, it should be quite obvious what the question is 😆
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November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Superb! 👏
This is the content I’m here for. Worth reading the replies
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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One of Bowie’s early drafts…
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One of Bowie’s early drafts…
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"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
"Il est coriace !" : cet homme de 77 ans a survécu trois jours au fond d’un ravin après une chute de 40 mètres à vélo
Un homme de 77 ans a été retrouvé sain et sauf mardi après avoir passé trois jours dans un profond ravin dans les Cévennes dans le département de la Lozère. Il avait chuté de 40 mètres en rentrant à v...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
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Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
I had this book. Loved it. The feedback Larson got about Cow Tools must have made it all worthwhile...
Um...actually you should have this one because it is the book that discusses Cow Tools and it's origins 🤓
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I had this book. Loved it. The feedback Larson got about Cow Tools must have made it all worthwhile...
One of the all-time greats. Still makes me laugh after all these years...
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One of the all-time greats. Still makes me laugh after all these years...
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The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
That's it. Peak remembrancy shop window has been located.
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
Calling pounds, shillings and pence Lsd makes no sense. It should either be Psp or lounds, shillings and dence.
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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What im clumsily saying is when you're from a minority group you know. You develop an intuition for how others see you that runs the gamut from "trying too hard" to "hostile" You know from life experience that most people are not racist but that many who are dont even think they are.
Buy my memoir.
Buy my memoir.
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
What im clumsily saying is when you're from a minority group you know. You develop an intuition for how others see you that runs the gamut from "trying too hard" to "hostile" You know from life experience that most people are not racist but that many who are dont even think they are.
Buy my memoir.
Buy my memoir.
Quiet morning so using that as an excuse to dip into my copy of Unch which arrived over the weekend. I mostly do crosswords online these days but it’s nice to be reminded of the pleasure of solving the old-fashioned way. Lovely looking mag, @unchcrosswords.com - well done to all involved!
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Quiet morning so using that as an excuse to dip into my copy of Unch which arrived over the weekend. I mostly do crosswords online these days but it’s nice to be reminded of the pleasure of solving the old-fashioned way. Lovely looking mag, @unchcrosswords.com - well done to all involved!
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to bring it up like a smug git every chance you get.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to bring it up like a smug git every chance you get.
Every time I see or hear the word "spooktacular" (which at the moment is often) I can't help thinking of the brilliant John Finnemore optician's sketch...
Special Offer - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
YouTube video by John Finnemore
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October 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Every time I see or hear the word "spooktacular" (which at the moment is often) I can't help thinking of the brilliant John Finnemore optician's sketch...
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Remember in the Twitter age when Pizza Express was threatened with 'folding' and 5,176 people made the joke about 'so now it's a calzone'. Let's learn from history. Just nominate one person who gets to do the gag and move on.
Dozens of Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK could close and hundreds of jobs are at risk after the dine-in side of its business collapsed into administration.
Dozens of Pizza Hut restaurants could shut as chain enters administration
Dozens of Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK could close and hundreds of jobs are at risk after the dine-in side of its business collapsed into administration.
www.independent.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Remember in the Twitter age when Pizza Express was threatened with 'folding' and 5,176 people made the joke about 'so now it's a calzone'. Let's learn from history. Just nominate one person who gets to do the gag and move on.
This is marvellous
Big Jim's bike trip to Braemar.
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.
youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This is marvellous
Had to uninstall Crossword Compiler from old laptop. Didn't export clue database first... Selected the "don't delete clue database" option but then couldn't find file on laptop. Fortunately simple fix - reinstall CC, export database, then uninstall again. BIG sigh of relief!
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Had to uninstall Crossword Compiler from old laptop. Didn't export clue database first... Selected the "don't delete clue database" option but then couldn't find file on laptop. Fortunately simple fix - reinstall CC, export database, then uninstall again. BIG sigh of relief!
There are Baking Industry Awards? Of course there are. I looked them up. And in case you’re wondering, yes, they do have a Rising Star category…
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
There are Baking Industry Awards? Of course there are. I looked them up. And in case you’re wondering, yes, they do have a Rising Star category…
Being so xenophobic you’d deny yourself a post-pub kebab…
Imagine radicalising yourself into hating tasty food.
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Being so xenophobic you’d deny yourself a post-pub kebab…
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fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th
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This week:
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This week:
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.