Darren Leathley
dmleathley.bsky.social
Darren Leathley
@dmleathley.bsky.social
From Yorkshire, in Dublin.

Leeds United Bielsa widow. #lufc

Films, music, crosswords and other puzzles, #CalendarMaths, swimming, beer, stuff.

May contain puns.

Professional data wrangler. Won't fit all your concerns in a CHAR(300).

Not an owl.
Whenever a politician / right-wing gobshite refers to, or styles themself as, "Christian" #ThePolitics
a man says " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means . "
Alt: The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya saying: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday"
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Happy Thatcher Resignation Day to all who celebrate.
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
28.11.2025 ➡️ 2 × 8 × 1 × 1 × (2 + 0) = 2 ^ 5
#CalendarMaths
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Damp as an otter's pocket in Dublin this morning. #TheWeather
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
AI:
- developed by c...haracters
- hyped by c....haracters
- used by c...haracters
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

• Scritti Politti
• Nick Lowe
• The Zombies
• They Might Be Giants
• The Delgados
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.

Frank Sinatra
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Velvet Underground
Tom Waits
Rick Danko
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.

The Fatima Mansions
Pink Floyd
Iguana Death Cult
Fugazi
Taylor Swift
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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"Fancy a weekend in Newcastle?"
"Yeah, great!"
"Travel, accommodation, food and drink should cost us about £500."
"OK, but what about the tourism tax?"
"Puts it up to £505."
"No chance we're paying that!"
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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look, the people in homes worth £2million or more are just going to have to cut back on lattes and netflix
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
27.11.2025 ➡️ (27 - 11) × (2 + 0) = 2 ^ 5
#CalendarMaths
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Today's (27th) purple group can do one. #Connections
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Football? Toucan play at that game.

Les Dawson and Billy Bremner of #lufc on ITV’s Sez Les, 1973
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The OBR is a George Osborne invention, designed to justify austerity and handcuff his successors. Does today's mess up give coverage to abolish it? #ThePolitics
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Onion dusts off its story again. Again. Again...
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Pascal Cygan! I was witness to his greatest moment: clearing a ball so high at a game at Elland Road that it either cleared the South Stand and landed in the car park, or if not ended up gently nestling on the roof. #lufc
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Jenny Was A Friend of Mine
Old Red Eyes Is Back
Block Rockin' Beats
Airbag
Stolen Car
Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Stupid people are exhausting.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've heard he plays Monopoly too.
what?
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fucking hell, more Tom Numbers on @thesquareball.net Propaganda - utter unfathomable frontier gibberish

And Tom Numbers (badum-tish!)

#lufc
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
- Fine
- OK
- Bit of racism
- Double down with the racism
- You know she's not been in government for months?
- Oh, GB News and Associated Newspapers sent you
🎶Hello hello hello hello🎶 #zippy #bungle #jeffreyarcher
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Spotted on Ke Huy Quan in a recent Zootopia 2 photocall: a Blue Peter Badge!! He was interviewed on the show in 1984 about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This is adorable.

www.gofugyourself.com/zootopia-2-a...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h702...
Zootopia 2 Arrives in London - Go Fug Yourself
Where I guess it's called "Zootropolis 2."
www.gofugyourself.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM