Patrick Reid
@oldmandoc.bsky.social
Geriatrics ST, continuing to third wheel my wife and son. Leeds, UK
Books, gaming and, despite how much it pains me, politics
Books, gaming and, despite how much it pains me, politics
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the gazetteer is live & this week we must sadly say if not goodbye then at least au revoir to our newsletter in its current form
before that though we can't go without tipping a great looking new card game from @alfredvalley.bsky.social plus the return of @jdhoare.bsky.social's Secret Passages zine
before that though we can't go without tipping a great looking new card game from @alfredvalley.bsky.social plus the return of @jdhoare.bsky.social's Secret Passages zine
Cards On The Table
An ending of sorts.
wyrd.science
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
the gazetteer is live & this week we must sadly say if not goodbye then at least au revoir to our newsletter in its current form
before that though we can't go without tipping a great looking new card game from @alfredvalley.bsky.social plus the return of @jdhoare.bsky.social's Secret Passages zine
before that though we can't go without tipping a great looking new card game from @alfredvalley.bsky.social plus the return of @jdhoare.bsky.social's Secret Passages zine
At last free from the need to make excuses to stop friends visiting the house so they don't see that we've had the Christmas tree up since Nov 15th
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
At last free from the need to make excuses to stop friends visiting the house so they don't see that we've had the Christmas tree up since Nov 15th
Also literally this is how I feel probably over 50% of the time that politicians talk about something being unchristian.
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Also literally this is how I feel probably over 50% of the time that politicians talk about something being unchristian.
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Do you need more heavily discounted tat in your life that’ll break after a few days or instead a hand crafted magazine that’s already priced far too low but is full of incredible writing & great art & that treats people into games like proper grown ups imbued with taste, discretion & curiosity?
Wyrd Science - Store
the magazine for people who should roll better...
shop.wyrd.science
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do you need more heavily discounted tat in your life that’ll break after a few days or instead a hand crafted magazine that’s already priced far too low but is full of incredible writing & great art & that treats people into games like proper grown ups imbued with taste, discretion & curiosity?
Ah yes I remember Gibbons epic work 'The Rise and Fall of the Roman Collective'
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ah yes I remember Gibbons epic work 'The Rise and Fall of the Roman Collective'
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Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Man that must have been Brutus
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Man that must have been Brutus
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I'm on shared parental leave for three months after this weekend 🎉 (Once I've covered Your Party conference)
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm on shared parental leave for three months after this weekend 🎉 (Once I've covered Your Party conference)
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
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Hello, HERE ARE THE LINKS to get the actual podcast when it comes out on Sunday. For now, if you would like to 'follow' it at your chosen podcast emporium, that really helps. See you soon!
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd...
open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8...
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd...
open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8...
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Murder of a Famous Bastard
Podcast in Comedy · Serie · An episodic murder mystery story written by and starring Mark Watson with many guest stars.
Struggling private detective Hugh Flounder is surprised to be invited to the 60...
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Hello, HERE ARE THE LINKS to get the actual podcast when it comes out on Sunday. For now, if you would like to 'follow' it at your chosen podcast emporium, that really helps. See you soon!
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd...
open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8...
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd...
open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8...
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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The TUC seem reasonably ok with this and I have to say, if I'm honest, it was a bit silly to be able to claim unfair dismissal after say 6 weeks in a job.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The TUC seem reasonably ok with this and I have to say, if I'm honest, it was a bit silly to be able to claim unfair dismissal after say 6 weeks in a job.
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New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
Quinns Quest Reviews: The Boxed RPG Special!
YouTube video by Quinns Quest
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
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when you get a viral post you should get to ride around in a chariot while someone whispers 'remember thou art but a mortal' in your ear until it stops getting likes
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
when you get a viral post you should get to ride around in a chariot while someone whispers 'remember thou art but a mortal' in your ear until it stops getting likes
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Chuckling triumphantly as I release Japanese Knotweed into my garden to spite Rachel Reeves
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Chuckling triumphantly as I release Japanese Knotweed into my garden to spite Rachel Reeves
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The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Matt Goodwin channeling Blazing Saddles to ask 'Where the white children at?'
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Matt Goodwin channeling Blazing Saddles to ask 'Where the white children at?'
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💼 The Chancellor made a number of bold, important interventions in the Budget today:
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
💼 The Chancellor made a number of bold, important interventions in the Budget today:
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
- Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit
- Lowering energy bills
- Holding down transport costs
- Increasing the minimum wage
These will all assist families struggling to get by.
Chuckling triumphantly as I release Japanese Knotweed into my garden to spite Rachel Reeves
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Chuckling triumphantly as I release Japanese Knotweed into my garden to spite Rachel Reeves
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Hearing Rachel Reeves explain why it is so important to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty is a reminder of what a Labour government can do. It is also a reminder of how little of this sort of thing they have done and how much more needs to be done.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hearing Rachel Reeves explain why it is so important to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty is a reminder of what a Labour government can do. It is also a reminder of how little of this sort of thing they have done and how much more needs to be done.
I know this is me being a bit partisan/unfair but contrast Mel Stride's response to a document coming out 30 minutes early to his parties response to the COVID report last week.
Feel an issue of proportionate response in our politics.
Feel an issue of proportionate response in our politics.
UK CONSERVATIVES MEL STRIDE SAYS OBR'S EARLY RELEASE OF BUDGET FORECASTS IS UTTERLY OUTRAGEOUS
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I know this is me being a bit partisan/unfair but contrast Mel Stride's response to a document coming out 30 minutes early to his parties response to the COVID report last week.
Feel an issue of proportionate response in our politics.
Feel an issue of proportionate response in our politics.
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Still: the end of the two child cap on child benefit is straightforwardly good news. It was an iniquitous policy that did a lot of harm to vulnerable children and it is good that it's going.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Still: the end of the two child cap on child benefit is straightforwardly good news. It was an iniquitous policy that did a lot of harm to vulnerable children and it is good that it's going.
I...worked on this budget for a year...and...he just...he tweeted it out.
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I...worked on this budget for a year...and...he just...he tweeted it out.
Assume the lights were turned on by Nobby Holder
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Assume the lights were turned on by Nobby Holder
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Talking of spaceships, what are the best game/novel/film examples of space combat which aren't essentially mapping WW2 naval/air battles onto space?
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Talking of spaceships, what are the best game/novel/film examples of space combat which aren't essentially mapping WW2 naval/air battles onto space?
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🥳 Brilliant news that the government are consulting on giving mayors the power to implement a levy on overnight stays.
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth
England’s mayors will be able to invest in transport, infrastructure, and the visitor economy through a new levy on overnight stays.
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🥳 Brilliant news that the government are consulting on giving mayors the power to implement a levy on overnight stays.
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...