Ayresome Rob
@boaly66.bsky.social
Dad, husband, uncle, and fan of Middlesbrough FC.
My opinions are my own but not so entrenched that I can't be persuaded otherwise by evidenced argument.
My opinions are my own but not so entrenched that I can't be persuaded otherwise by evidenced argument.
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
To sleep with the dread of what awaits with the mornings sports news.
a man in a white shirt with a tommy hilfiger logo on the sleeve
ALT: a man in a white shirt with a tommy hilfiger logo on the sleeve
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
To sleep with the dread of what awaits with the mornings sports news.
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
@twe12thman.bsky.social John D clearly visable on TV at the end there ... pushing kids out of the way at the front to wave his flag 🤣
August 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@twe12thman.bsky.social John D clearly visable on TV at the end there ... pushing kids out of the way at the front to wave his flag 🤣
Shades of this in today's top news item
a man sitting at a table in a dark room with the words we did n't burn him
ALT: a man sitting at a table in a dark room with the words we did n't burn him
media.tenor.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Shades of this in today's top news item
We all have our 'causes' but all too often people share pictures or videos, with their lies and half-truths, without thinking of the real world consequences. Be better.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We all have our 'causes' but all too often people share pictures or videos, with their lies and half-truths, without thinking of the real world consequences. Be better.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
"I've got a brand new content harvester"
May 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"I've got a brand new content harvester"
"Hayden Hackney is the only player in our 2024-25 Championship Team of the Season not to play for Burnley or Leeds" ☹️
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟓: Opta Team of the Season 🏆
We've put together our data-powered Opta team of the season for the Championship. Unlike most teams, this isn't based on opinion but the stats behind player performances.
Find out who made our XI for 2024-25. ⬇️
theanalyst.com/2025/05/cham...
We've put together our data-powered Opta team of the season for the Championship. Unlike most teams, this isn't based on opinion but the stats behind player performances.
Find out who made our XI for 2024-25. ⬇️
theanalyst.com/2025/05/cham...
Championship Team of the Season: Opta Analyst’s 2024-25 XI | Opta Analyst
Who made the Championship Team of the Season for 2024-25 based on the Opta data? We look at the 11 players who made the cut.
theanalyst.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Hayden Hackney is the only player in our 2024-25 Championship Team of the Season not to play for Burnley or Leeds" ☹️
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
Armchair critics
If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
March 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Armchair critics
If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Well, I don't want to alarm anyone, but there is a 50/50 chance that this won't have to bother them for very long!
There's also going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance for some folks in British politics when they discover that France is the UK's closest ally now.
March 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
"And you totally know how to paint a baby?"
Artist: Yup
"You're sure?"
Artist: Don't worry about it
"You know what a baby looks like?"
Artist: Yes
"It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin"
Artist: Not this time
Artist: Yup
"You're sure?"
Artist: Don't worry about it
"You know what a baby looks like?"
Artist: Yes
"It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin"
Artist: Not this time
February 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"And you totally know how to paint a baby?"
Artist: Yup
"You're sure?"
Artist: Don't worry about it
"You know what a baby looks like?"
Artist: Yes
"It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin"
Artist: Not this time
Artist: Yup
"You're sure?"
Artist: Don't worry about it
"You know what a baby looks like?"
Artist: Yes
"It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin"
Artist: Not this time
Ermmm, that reminds me @gillandi.bsky.social .....
#OnThisBoroDay - 1988: horizontal hero Tony Mowbray launches into an iconic image as Brucie's #Boro hit from behind to beat title rivals Aston Villa 2-1. The Sunday showdown is Boro's first ever live TV game. Also noted for a Super Cooper stint in goal as blood-soaked Pearsy gets stitched up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ermmm, that reminds me @gillandi.bsky.social .....
As with most polarisation dominated issues we need more of this.
The reasonable recognition of genuine concerns on all sides of an argument should be amplified.
You don't have to agree with someone to accept their views are genuinely held.
The reasonable recognition of genuine concerns on all sides of an argument should be amplified.
You don't have to agree with someone to accept their views are genuinely held.
🧵A problem with current EDI debates is they lump together eg university outreach work to attract kids from working class backgrounds, which I suspect even most Musk loving DOGEite supports, with saying LEGO bricks are bad because they reinforce gender norms, which is nonsense
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
As with most polarisation dominated issues we need more of this.
The reasonable recognition of genuine concerns on all sides of an argument should be amplified.
You don't have to agree with someone to accept their views are genuinely held.
The reasonable recognition of genuine concerns on all sides of an argument should be amplified.
You don't have to agree with someone to accept their views are genuinely held.
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
December 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM
There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
The People's Republic Of Teesside exporting it's principles @gillandi.bsky.social ?
Aged 15 on a school trip to Middlesbrough without knowing what it really meant I got a hammer & sickle tattoo. It was passed off as a youthful mistake. Forty-five years on and I am now, unknown to many, a fully fledged proper communist.
December 6, 2024 at 6:22 AM
The People's Republic Of Teesside exporting it's principles @gillandi.bsky.social ?
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
None of the previous 21 Championship seasons had seen a 6-2 away win, but there have now been two in the space of 22 days in November 2024.
The last time the English second tier saw more than one 6-2 away win in a single season was back in 1903-04 (both in March 1904).
The last time the English second tier saw more than one 6-2 away win in a single season was back in 1903-04 (both in March 1904).
November 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM
None of the previous 21 Championship seasons had seen a 6-2 away win, but there have now been two in the space of 22 days in November 2024.
The last time the English second tier saw more than one 6-2 away win in a single season was back in 1903-04 (both in March 1904).
The last time the English second tier saw more than one 6-2 away win in a single season was back in 1903-04 (both in March 1904).
@untypicalboro.bsky.social am I too parochial for celebrating being 20 places above Sunderland?
...for now at least 😬
...for now at least 😬
Where are your club in the current Opta Power Rankings?
You can find the top 10,000 men's teams in world football based on our rankings, here: theanalyst.com/2024/08/who-...
You can find the top 10,000 men's teams in world football based on our rankings, here: theanalyst.com/2024/08/who-...
November 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
@untypicalboro.bsky.social am I too parochial for celebrating being 20 places above Sunderland?
...for now at least 😬
...for now at least 😬
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
Congrats to Seb Hines 🏴 for being named NWSL 🇺🇸 ⚽️ Coach of the Year after winning the Shield (league) with Orlando Pride and taking them to this Saturday’s Championship match.
The first black permanent NWSL head coach said he wanted to inspire other black coaches. Mission accomplished 👏🏽👏🏽
The first black permanent NWSL head coach said he wanted to inspire other black coaches. Mission accomplished 👏🏽👏🏽
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Congrats to Seb Hines 🏴 for being named NWSL 🇺🇸 ⚽️ Coach of the Year after winning the Shield (league) with Orlando Pride and taking them to this Saturday’s Championship match.
The first black permanent NWSL head coach said he wanted to inspire other black coaches. Mission accomplished 👏🏽👏🏽
The first black permanent NWSL head coach said he wanted to inspire other black coaches. Mission accomplished 👏🏽👏🏽
Reposted by Ayresome Rob
Just a quick note to those new here, if you think someone's post is worth other people reading, repost it. Liking it does not have the same effect here as on the dead-bird site. There is no algorithm. That's one of the reasons we like it.
November 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Just a quick note to those new here, if you think someone's post is worth other people reading, repost it. Liking it does not have the same effect here as on the dead-bird site. There is no algorithm. That's one of the reasons we like it.