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Ed Bridges
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Social science policy wonk, pacifist, dysgwr Cymraeg, talk a lot about Newport County, more fun than I sound. Views ≠ my employer’s. North Cardiff, via South Oxfordshire.

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The weekend’s looking up, even if the cat refused to stay still long enough for me to get the photo…

#catsofmastodon #themuppetchristmascarol #cathodofastodon
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Football is the absolute worst. Even when a tiny morsel of optimism suddenly emerges, good old football reality comes and stamps its head in.

#ncafc 🧡🖤
December 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We all sat down as a family to cheer on County in the #facup 🏆, and are now bitterly regretting it.

AND the snooker’s going the wrong way. AND the cricket. Bloody sport.

@1912exiles.com
#ncafc 🧡🖤
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My roast is better than your roast.
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A second #caturday pic, seeing as how @sreb23.bsky.social captured a nice one of me and #ronnie hanging out.

#catsofmastodon #cathodofastodon
December 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Cat on lap, snooker on telly, basically winning at Saturday.

#snooker ⚪️🔴⚫️
#catsofmastodon
#cathodofastodon
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Right, let the Christmas films and sherry commence...
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's not just me, is it, who thinks that Aptos as a font looks even worse than Comic Sans. If you send me a document where you've used it, I will judge you.

#fonts
#makenicefontsgreatagain
#calibrilightforever
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
✅ Christmas tree
✅ Cat
✅ Ugly bloke
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BEHOLD MY AMARYLLIS!
#bloomscrolling
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A good and bad Saturday. County TWICE throwing away a lead against a bang-average Barrow side, to end up with just a point. Not a result that suggests things will change under the new manager.

But a better evening, watching #TheaGilmore at The Gate in #caerdydd […]

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November 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So actual medical experts have considered the evidence and made a decision, but apparently that’s not good enough so now the Health Secretary for England whose medical qualification is [checks] the fact that he read History at Cambridge will re-look at the […]

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November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
An unintentionally arty photo of #norwich Cathedral taken last night that I found on my ‘phone this morning. I’ll let you guess whether it was taken on the way to, or the way home from, the pub.
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Stupid football.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Loyal supporters on tour.

#ncafc 🧡🖤
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”

“…and the journey from Newport to Oldham for a Fourth Division game in the cold starts with a Greggs coffee and bacon roll”

#ncafc 🧡🖤
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Is this the ugliest new building in #caerdydd #cardiff? That cladding looks cheap and nasty NOW, whilst they’re still building - it’s hard to imagine it’s going to age any better.

#bringbackbricks
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Seen on Bluesky. Perfectly put.

#ukpolitics #ukpol #migration #immigration #uklabour
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Some new #enshittification (to me anyway) this week. The Guardian now asks you to choose between accepting cookies for personalised advertising, or to pay £5pm for an "ad-lite" (sic) version - not even an ad-free version.

Guess that's another website I'll not be […]

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November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
SpVgg Unterhaching vs DJK Vilzing. An easy 5-0 win for the home team, and by god it was nice to watch a game of football where the fans turned up expecting to win. Great atmosphere even in a stadium more than half-empty. And €10 to watch that was a bargain.

#groundhopping
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cheeky bit of #parkrun tourism, at Westpark in #München / #munich. 🏃🏻
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
München, you have delivered so far.
🍻 🍖 🥩 🏰
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For my #caturday picture today, here’s a mashup my son made of #Ronnie’s head transposed onto my body. Made me laugh, anyway.

#catsofmastodon #cathodofastodon
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We very sadly lost my father-in-law a few months back. Very kindly, my wife’s family have bequeathed me his #cigar humidor, and it is a real pleasure to (slowly) be sampling his impressive collection. Happy Friday night to you all.
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hydref hyfryd. 🍂 🥰

#Hydref #autumn #caerdydd #cardiff
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM