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Ian Volante

@sometimehippy.bsky.social

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Quiz presenter, writer, and doer; korfball veteran; rugby league stats wrangling; silly bugger spending too much time working and not enough having fun. Excited by newness. On Mastodon too. The 2024 World Quiz-Running Champion.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 17h

Today's learning is that Dennis the Menace is canonically the grandson of the original Dennis from the 1950s (the British one of course, not that five-hour younger American upstart).

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 1d

*regressing.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see #sumo on the BBC. Shame it was so expensive to go along to see it live!

Anyway, any new devotees, get along to sumoforum.net and join in there, it's very knowledgable.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 2d

Change a letter, ruin a song.

How Soon Is Cow?

Russell Hillman (but said in a spooky voice) @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 2d

Change a letter, ruin a song.

Breaking The Lav

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 2d

One of my dad's early reffing appointments.

Forty20LIVE @forty20live.bsky.social · 2d

Today in 1984: Sheffield Eagles beat Runcorn Highfield 20-14. #RugbyLeague

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 3d

Oops, alt text: me stood in a field, in a red and white rugby kit, holding a trophy and quite muddy.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 3d

Post you from a different era

Around 1993, I think we'd just won the Yorkshire Cup.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

Initials. Bah.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

Just noticed that Mike Lewis had my initiate tattooed on his neck.

In other news, great opening try! #slgf

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

I'd assume face down on page 2.

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 5d

BBC Model Linear B

A picture of a very old BBC Microcomputer sporting a keyboard with markings in Linear B.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

I can't get away from Slayer, just something in their sound is perfect in my ears.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

Spotify allowed me to hear the start of it, certainly interesting. Although I've never heard the original, so nothing to bare it against 🙂

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

Sadly I don't know their albums well, I never got on with them in the same way as I do with Slayer and Metallica.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

And now Sabotage by Beastie Boys.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 5d

Feels like Huey Morgan had something to say today, two of his first three tunes have been Megadeth's Peace Sells... and Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 6d

Tunes Splits the Atom, the inferior MC Tunes/808 State hit.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 6d

Oh the irony.

Headline about ads and cookie pop-up mentioning 221 partners.

Ian Volante @sometimehippy.bsky.social · 6d

Most southerly major earthquake I've ever heard of. Impreshive.

Quake Alert - Earthquake Monitor @earthquakes.live · 6d

#Earthquake M7.0 | Antarctica: Drake Passage | 7m ago | Oct 10, 2025 08:29 pm (Universal Time)
Did you feel it? Submit a report!
#major #quake #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #M5+ #M6+ #M7+ #Antarctica