Andy Gardiner
@andygardiner.bsky.social
Neo-Northumbrian. Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline.
Harmonist. Bad guitarist.
Midnight Baker. Hill walker.
Cricket lover. Company grower.
Bird noticer. Wine hoarder.
Shameless with my bonhomie.
Harmonist. Bad guitarist.
Midnight Baker. Hill walker.
Cricket lover. Company grower.
Bird noticer. Wine hoarder.
Shameless with my bonhomie.
We have an unseasonable visitor in our living room. Has appeared certainly dead at least twice during today but is now drunkenly fly-staggering around the room.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We have an unseasonable visitor in our living room. Has appeared certainly dead at least twice during today but is now drunkenly fly-staggering around the room.
TIL that this was written by Giorgio Moroder
The Tip in Southsea. Love this clip so much
youtu.be/NWI2L1g76Jg
youtu.be/NWI2L1g76Jg
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 AM
TIL that this was written by Giorgio Moroder
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Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
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Mad: a woman has bren forced to stop running the Spine Race Challenger (108 miles up the pennine way) because of death threats.
She was raising money for Afghan women and aid.
So some fucks decided to threaten to kill her. For running.
You can donage here:
www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
She was raising money for Afghan women and aid.
So some fucks decided to threaten to kill her. For running.
You can donage here:
www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
Donate to Sarah Porter Spine Race 2026, organized by Maria Hughes
Run for freedom.
A challenge like no other for a cause like no other.
The Spine Ultram… Maria Hughes needs your support for Sarah Porter Spine Race 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Mad: a woman has bren forced to stop running the Spine Race Challenger (108 miles up the pennine way) because of death threats.
She was raising money for Afghan women and aid.
So some fucks decided to threaten to kill her. For running.
You can donage here:
www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
She was raising money for Afghan women and aid.
So some fucks decided to threaten to kill her. For running.
You can donage here:
www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
I don’t think I’m any more parsimonious than the next man. But I’m thrilled when I manage to light eight candles with a single match.
January 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I don’t think I’m any more parsimonious than the next man. But I’m thrilled when I manage to light eight candles with a single match.
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Newton was no angel. Nonetheless, it's a bit much to equate him with someone knowingly distributing CSAM and trying to foment racial civil war.
I'm not sure throwing Newton under the bus is the best way to defend the Royal Society.....
I'm not sure throwing Newton under the bus is the best way to defend the Royal Society.....
"I think it is naive, frankly, to say that we should get rid of him because he’s a bad person," the new UK Royal Society president says of Elon Musk's membership.
The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
www.ft.com/content/088b...
The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
www.ft.com/content/088b...
Elon Musk should keep UK Royal Society membership, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
www.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Newton was no angel. Nonetheless, it's a bit much to equate him with someone knowingly distributing CSAM and trying to foment racial civil war.
I'm not sure throwing Newton under the bus is the best way to defend the Royal Society.....
I'm not sure throwing Newton under the bus is the best way to defend the Royal Society.....
It’s a well-known myth that Sisyphus was sentenced to push a boulder up a hill for all eternity. What he really had to do was hoover up pine needles.
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It’s a well-known myth that Sisyphus was sentenced to push a boulder up a hill for all eternity. What he really had to do was hoover up pine needles.
Oh god! It's going to be Mourinho again isn't it.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Oh god! It's going to be Mourinho again isn't it.
Scott Boland looks like the kind of chap that you might come across demanding wittals in a Kentish graveyard.
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Scott Boland looks like the kind of chap that you might come across demanding wittals in a Kentish graveyard.
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The manager of Hilbert's Grand Hotel, hearing the Christmas story and thinking "Fucksake - it's easy. You move the guest from room one..."
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The manager of Hilbert's Grand Hotel, hearing the Christmas story and thinking "Fucksake - it's easy. You move the guest from room one..."
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
'About 60'. So, obviously no clue. FFS
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
'About 60'. So, obviously no clue. FFS
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
Have these people never read The Monkey's Paw?
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Have these people never read The Monkey's Paw?
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*small domino* my mum tells me not to drink diet coke because she read in the Guardian that it causes dementia
*BIG DOMINO* zoom meeting with the editor-in-chief of Neurology to discuss errors i found in multiple peer-reviewed papers
*BIG DOMINO* zoom meeting with the editor-in-chief of Neurology to discuss errors i found in multiple peer-reviewed papers
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
*small domino* my mum tells me not to drink diet coke because she read in the Guardian that it causes dementia
*BIG DOMINO* zoom meeting with the editor-in-chief of Neurology to discuss errors i found in multiple peer-reviewed papers
*BIG DOMINO* zoom meeting with the editor-in-chief of Neurology to discuss errors i found in multiple peer-reviewed papers
When I am sad and weary
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on.
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on.
Red hair she had and golden skin,
Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,
Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd
The strongest legs in Pontefract.
Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,
Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd
The strongest legs in Pontefract.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When I am sad and weary
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on.
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
Quote with your model of masculinity.
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Quote with your model of masculinity.
World Cup, Peter Shilton version.
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
World Cup, Peter Shilton version.
Well, we made it to Friday night.
Cheers everyone.
Cheers everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Well, we made it to Friday night.
Cheers everyone.
Cheers everyone.
Actually feeling that I might have done a good job here.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Actually feeling that I might have done a good job here.
Singing along to The Messiah on Radio 3. So I guess that’s it.
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Singing along to The Messiah on Radio 3. So I guess that’s it.
Oh, we have the best 20ft-high straw goat events in Wooler. But don’t go getting any ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh, we have the best 20ft-high straw goat events in Wooler. But don’t go getting any ideas.
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Games without frontiers, war without tears
Epstein links to Bannon, Bannon links to Farage, Farage links to Brexit, Brexit links to Epstein, Epstein links to Trump.
Every one of them up to their balls in this.
Every one of them up to their balls in this.
Epstein had his own ‘nerds’ and one of the longest emails released documents Twitter sentiment analysis. This doesn’t mean that Epstein was intervening in Brexit — though it could — but he certainly was interested in making money out of it
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Games without frontiers, war without tears