Phil Cheesman
@daddycheese.bsky.social
“Never challenge a Cheese” or “Never dare a Cheesman”. Southern-dwelling musical dancing board-gaming God-following cheese, hubby to Jo, Daddy to Isaac and Anna
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Exciting to learn that in Scots Gaelic, the Christmas month is named after Lowestoft’s Don’t Let The Bells End hitmakers The Darkness.
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Exciting to learn that in Scots Gaelic, the Christmas month is named after Lowestoft’s Don’t Let The Bells End hitmakers The Darkness.
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Christmas at the BBC
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CHRISTMAS… AT THE BBC.
The Traitors Christmas Special:
Who in the BBC Boardroom is trying to bring down the gaff from within?
[Image: The Traitors scene with Claudia Winkleman looking like “ooh-er” while the BBC board sit at a table looking suspiciously at each other]
Apologising To The People Who Want To Destroy Us At Christmas:
A festive extravaganza of self-flagellation before our enemies
[Image: A cozy fireside scene with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch standing, while at their feet lots of BBC employees are kneeling before them and begging for forgiveness].
Donald's Big Distraction:
Heartwarming Julia Donaldson animation in which a dragon sues the BBC to draw his friends' attention onto something else
[Image: Julia Donaldson’s ‘Zog’ with a Donald Trump wig, holding up a lawyer’s letter to show his dragon friends while trying to block their view of a pile of box files and computer drives some with ‘Epstein’ written on them].
The King's Speech:
We let Nigel Farage tell you the BBC is left wing as if that's some kind of fact
[Image: Nigel Farage as the King delivering his Christmas speech to camera].
A Ghost Story for Christmas:
A venerable British institution is haunted by Boris Johnson's appointees
[Image: A BBC studio with a window, outside in the dark snowy night a spectral apparition in the form of Robbie Gibb taps at the window and wails “I want to destroooy you”]
Christmas Labour Inertia-Time:
Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy present four hours of total silence from under their desks
[Image: Show them both under their desks holding up glasses of sherry]
Rightward Drift Christmas Special:
A bonanza of trust-corrosion with confected immigration panic and Reform coverage
[Image: A computer and a smartphone in a cute snowy scene, both displaying the BBC News website with multiple headlines and LIVE feeds and and BREAKING NEWS stories headlined: “IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS!”]
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christmas at the BBC
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- My mate keeps trying to make a beef stew *so* hot that it warms the whole of the United Kingdom to the temperature at which a lightbulb will frazzle insects of the order Lepidoptera.
- Heats bourguignon 'til UK hot like crisp moths?
- Yes it is feeling rather festive, isn't it?
- Heats bourguignon 'til UK hot like crisp moths?
- Yes it is feeling rather festive, isn't it?
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
- My mate keeps trying to make a beef stew *so* hot that it warms the whole of the United Kingdom to the temperature at which a lightbulb will frazzle insects of the order Lepidoptera.
- Heats bourguignon 'til UK hot like crisp moths?
- Yes it is feeling rather festive, isn't it?
- Heats bourguignon 'til UK hot like crisp moths?
- Yes it is feeling rather festive, isn't it?
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Once I’d finally perfected my cloning machine I was beside myself.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Once I’d finally perfected my cloning machine I was beside myself.
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first posted this ten years ago (over *there*) and it’s haunted my notifications ever since
“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
first posted this ten years ago (over *there*) and it’s haunted my notifications ever since
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
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If you look out of your windows tonight you might see her…
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you look out of your windows tonight you might see her…
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We ❤️ Debbie.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We ❤️ Debbie.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
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Toasted bagels with cream cheese and marmite are a simple delight to eat. However, making them without ending up looking like you are staging a dirty protest sort of spoils the pleasure
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Toasted bagels with cream cheese and marmite are a simple delight to eat. However, making them without ending up looking like you are staging a dirty protest sort of spoils the pleasure
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Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
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I don't actually *know* that my late great-uncle worked at Bletchley. But the available evidence suggests he did. Here's what I know.
I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just collected from his attic. One of these is significant, and linked.
I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just collected from his attic. One of these is significant, and linked.
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I don't actually *know* that my late great-uncle worked at Bletchley. But the available evidence suggests he did. Here's what I know.
I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just collected from his attic. One of these is significant, and linked.
I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just collected from his attic. One of these is significant, and linked.
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
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Stopped by Bletchley Park earlier this year with @jon.inkle.co. Took a few snaps of the old machines. I love how the mechanisms work, but even after building TR-49 around Pemberton’s circuit diagrams, nothing quite lines up, even though the logic is mathematically sound and matches the Godot code.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Stopped by Bletchley Park earlier this year with @jon.inkle.co. Took a few snaps of the old machines. I love how the mechanisms work, but even after building TR-49 around Pemberton’s circuit diagrams, nothing quite lines up, even though the logic is mathematically sound and matches the Godot code.
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clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
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it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
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I've just returned (a little bit worse for wear) from the 40th anniversary celebration party of John Shuttleworth's career. What a fabulous night! My old comedy mate, Graham Fellows is simply one of the funniest men who ever drew breath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eh...
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I've just returned (a little bit worse for wear) from the 40th anniversary celebration party of John Shuttleworth's career. What a fabulous night! My old comedy mate, Graham Fellows is simply one of the funniest men who ever drew breath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eh...
Survivors’ guilt? Or the Resistance. We know song about that, don’t we @jayforeman.bsky.social
For the 0.01% of germs not killed by bleach, the worst part is the crippling survivors guilt
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Survivors’ guilt? Or the Resistance. We know song about that, don’t we @jayforeman.bsky.social
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“giving money to the poor is unchristian” announces woman who has definitely thought about this
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“giving money to the poor is unchristian” announces woman who has definitely thought about this
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If you think a seventh prime minister in ten years will magically solve the structural problems, deep malaise and febrile atmosphere caused by austerity, Brexit and social media, you're a fundamentally unserious person.
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If you think a seventh prime minister in ten years will magically solve the structural problems, deep malaise and febrile atmosphere caused by austerity, Brexit and social media, you're a fundamentally unserious person.
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A few new details about our next game in this. Unless they’ve been scrubbed already.
While at AdventureX, we had a chance to catch up with inkle co-founder Jon Ingold.
In our conversation we cover Jon’s inspiration to write Overboard!, his clear love for AdventureX, and much more!
somanygames.co.uk/articles/jon...
@jon.inkle.co
@adventurex.bsky.social
In our conversation we cover Jon’s inspiration to write Overboard!, his clear love for AdventureX, and much more!
somanygames.co.uk/articles/jon...
@jon.inkle.co
@adventurex.bsky.social
An AdventureX Chat with Jon Ingold | So Many Games
We caught up with Jon Ingold at AdventureX to find out about his love for the event, his shift from maths teacher to developer and much more!
somanygames.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A few new details about our next game in this. Unless they’ve been scrubbed already.
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I love Black Friday. His vocals on 'Where Is My Mind?' are amazing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I love Black Friday. His vocals on 'Where Is My Mind?' are amazing.