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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 5d

Hosted the 14th edition of Sheffield Novel Slam last night. It's always a great event and we had loads of talented writers doing their thing, despite the actual terror of having your writing judged live on stage. I took no pictures.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 7d

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 11d

And then I go back to being a content designer. 🙃

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 11d

I do the production from home now. I start the day with nothing. The two race reporters find and interview riders on the road during the day. I get the (sometimes many) audio files, piece it all together, write a script, record the narration, do a final edit. Make a 35-minute documentary. Every day.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 11d

When I say bonkers, what I mean is the winner cycled 1860km and climbed around 40,000m in five and a bit days. That's an average of 323km a day cycled in the actual Pyrenees mountains. Day 5 was a good episode.
open.spotify.com/episode/6vpC...

TPRNo5 // Day 05

open.spotify.com

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 11d

Last day of producing a daily podcast for the Trans Pyrenees Race today. Very much love playing a small role in this mad community I've found myself a part of. The people who do these races are both bonkers and brilliant. Just a few more dots likely to arrive in San Sebastien tonight.

#TPRNo5 | Lost Dot

www.lostdot.cc

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · 13d

My most pet of peeves.

Dave Nelsen @thegrammargeek.bsky.social · 13d

Hey, if you’re embedding a link on a webpage or in an email or in a document (so, anywhere), make the link longer than one word. “Click here for more information” should be hyperlinked — not just the word “here.” This works better for people with small screens, low vision, or imprecise hands.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Sep 20

I feel quite strongly that the new liquid glass design on Mac OS is absolutely rubbish. Bewildering stuff.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Aug 31

She's also got a 20% off everything sale on all her art prints and original paintings, I should probably add.

(Code: SUMMER20)

www.suzybroome.com

Suzy Broome – Sheffield artist and designer

Original paintings, art prints and one-off makes by Sheffield artist and designer, Suzy Broome.

www.suzybroome.com

Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Aug 31

Finally had time to finish up Suzy's (wife) Etsy shop for her alphabet, circus letter art prints. They are lovely on a wall and obviously, you should buy them all. And that rhymes. www.etsy.com/shop/circusl...

www.etsy.com

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Aug 31

Rumicat looks like a simple, free way to send a newsletter if you don't need bells, whistles or the need to share your newsletter platform with dreadful people. Strong Tinyletter vibes before it got Mailchimped. www.rumicat.com

Rumicat - Send newsletters without all the poespas

The simplest way to write an email newsletter. Use it to curate content, tell stories, or share art.

www.rumicat.com

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Stephen Hackett @ismh86.net · Aug 27

Since 2019, the @relay.fm community has raised over $4 million for the life-saving work of St. Jude. When I stepped foot on its campus with my son in 2009, I had no idea where life was taking us, but I'm thankful it's here.

stjude.org/relay

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Aug 3

For example, those two leaders have cycled 3500km in a week at an average of roughly 500km a day. Completely self-supported. No crew to help them. Totally bonkers.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Aug 3

I'm not producing the podcast for the Transcontinental race this year, but I can tell you I have spent the last couple of hours watching two dots hurtle across Italy to see if they catch a ferry by 11pm. Ridiculous people. Wish more people knew about these feats! dotwatcher.cc/race/transco...

Transcontinental Race No11 2025 Tracking and Commentary - DotWatcher.cc

The eleventh edition of the race marks a new chapter in TCR history with five control points, an approximate 5,000km route and a new start location in Northern Spain. Lost Dot's 100 Women campaign has...

dotwatcher.cc

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Jul 20

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jul 20

Good tip off! 🙏

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jul 19

I read Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' for the first time this week and it turns out yes, it is about as brilliant a short story as you can write/read. 👍

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Jul 15

absolutely spectacular writing from the Wikipedia editor who added this to Jim Carrey's entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Car...

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jul 11

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jul 6

This was my experience before moving away from Substack (for other reasons).

Molly White @molly.wiki · Jul 6

yep, i get steady "growth" on my empty substack page that just links to where i've actually been writing for the last 18 months

Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jun 27

A blog post – imagine! – that contains some information about a thing that I did. And done for the last few years. Which is produce podcasts for very long bike races.

Producing the podcast for edition two of The Accursed Race (#TARNo2)

Another ultra-distance cycling race podcast in the bag, with 13 daily episodes from the second edition of The Accursed.

www.iainbroome.com

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jun 27

It will be brill and it's so ace to have some content design reppin' going on. Going to try and rearrange some work/childcare stuff to be able to come along. (I live in Sheffield.)

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jun 18

Saw The Ballad of Wallis Island last week and would heartily recommend it. Full of warmth, plenty of laughs and avoids all likely clichés pretty nicely. 👍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTi-...

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters March 28

YouTube video by Focus Features

www.youtube.com

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Iain Broome @iainbroome.com · Jun 17

After starting the year with good social media intentions, I am back firmly in 'I am very busy and the world is on fire, so what's the point' territory. 😢

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Genevieve Williams, writer of things @rimrunner.bsky.social · Jun 5

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'

The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

www.bbc.com

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