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Reading. SimRacing. Tech. Motorbikes. Motorsport. Scale modelling. R/C. NFL. Rugby Union. Depression. Cats. Not necessarily in order of preference. Ally.

#WeRaceAsOne #ItTakesAllOfUs

Suicide-survivor in self-repair mode. No politics, no debating.
Pinned
My digestive system when I consider a snack at 10pm:

#F1 #kimiraikkonen
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I see from my timeline that today's the day lots of Americans like to celebrate with a turkey.

I trust this suffices?
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Don't mind me, I wasn't enjoying the story anyway.

#catsofbluesky #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Some folk have no concept of privacy.

#catsofbluesky #catsky
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wow. Seismic move.

Wonderful to see Horner losing out again.

www.the-race.com/formula-1/ad...

#F1
Newey becomes team boss for first time in Aston Martin shake-up
Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin F1 team principal from the start of next year as part of a restructuring at the squad
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November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Office for Budget Responsibility to be renamed Office for Budget Fuckwittery
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Saw a giant hög, thought of @themerl.bsky.social.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Remembering Slim Borgudd on his birthday, born #OnThisDay 25 Nov ‘46. Unlike many drivers supported by wealthy patrons, Borgudd found unique backing. A drummer, Borgudd was also a session musician with ABBA, securing sponsorship through his connection to the band.

#f1 #formula1
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Today is Quintidi the 5th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate pigs.#JacobinDay

More information on pigs
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Difficult day today. Calls about my (sham) redundancy, which - because I abhor confrontation - I am tying myself in knots over.

Spending some time out in the garden watching the birds of prey and the finches.

#depression
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
What an abysmal #LasVegasGP.

Race Director once again endangering competitors, spectators and marshals with asinine decisions.

Fuck knows what the TV director was watching, but it wasn't anything they should have been.

I'd have been fucking livid had I got up at 4am for that nonsense.

#F1
a man is running away from a race car on a track .
ALT: a man is running away from a race car on a track .
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November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Cat is earning her keep on #caturday.

#catsofbluesky
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Good morning from a sunny (but icy-cold) London.

Last day in the big smoke before heading back to the world of sheep, green fields, parish churches, and muddy boots.

#london #nofilter
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Today has been a classic depression day. Unhappy at everything, took myself off to bed.

Did visit Crystal Palace. On the right is the former circuit that #F1 greats such as Hunt, Hill, Clarke raced at. You can see the decent - they'd have raced towards you in this image.

#history #london
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Snow? How could this be?

The government promised us global warming.

We pay extra taxes for global warming.

What do we get? Snow.

Typical government project.

#uksnow #weather
a black cat is walking in the snow with the words winter storm warning above it
ALT: a black cat is walking in the snow with the words winter storm warning above it
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November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Also hello from HMS Belfast, a veteran of the Acrtic Convoys, Operation Overlord - the D-Day landings at Normandy - and the Korean War.

Built by Harland and Wolff, her guns were so powerful, they cracked the crew's toilets.

Nearly sold for scrap, she now sits next to Tower Bridge. #history #london
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hello from The Golden Hinde, a full-scale reconstruction of Sir Francis Drake's vessel.

In 1560, Drake returned to England 3yrs after setting out - the first to circumnavigate the world.

This replica was launched in 1973 in San Francisco, also circumnavigating and covering 100,000+ miles. #history
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
JESUS MARY JOSEPH AND THE WEE DONKEY - IT'S BACK!

#LineOfDuty #HastingsLikeTheBattle
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Corker of a sunset this evening, now that storm has buggered off.

#stormclaudia #nofilter
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Someone is unhappy at the hand they were dealt.

#catsofbluesky #boardgames
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In an effort to improve the 8FPS I'm getting from iRacing, some essential upgrades are in progress.

Cat is helping, obvs.

#simracing #iracing #catsofbluesky
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Understand why some would feel frustrated at this film, but absolutely worth a watch.

That said, I have entire bookshelves devoted to nuclear war, so my view may not be representative!

It's no Threads, but enjoyable and timely nevertheless.

#filmsky #moviesky #nuclearwar
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Buy cottage built in 1600s. Move to countryside. Find out you've been shafted by the seller. Get made redundant. Lose income. Have home flooded by storm.

IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS FUCKING HOLY GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK FOR FIVE MINUTES, WOULD YOU? FOR FUCK SAKE.

#ukstorm #stormclaudia #depression
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Parents' neighbourhood cat is back to soothe my anxiety today.

#catsofbluesky #notmycat #depression
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Dad insisted on picking the entertainment whilst we play cards.

Germany, you have yet more explaining to do.

#europe #music
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
From my walk today.

The road in the foreground is Maxim Rise, part of the old #F1 circuit at Crystal Palace.

Bruce McLaren, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Ickx, James Hunt and Jochen Rindt all raced here.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM