Gaz Shaw
@gazshaw.co.uk
Building websites at https://www.itseeze-bolton.co.uk. Master’s from @icshc.bsky.social. Member of @wearebcs.bsky.social & @mcrdig.bsky.social. We are Salford RLFC!
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While the conclusion is not wrong, a lot of the evidence in this column is incorrect. CRR data only counts closures: yes 35 “outlets” a day closed, but 25 also opened. So not all high streets are suffering, some are booming - and they are usually where the local population has money to spend (1/3)
Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
While the conclusion is not wrong, a lot of the evidence in this column is incorrect. CRR data only counts closures: yes 35 “outlets” a day closed, but 25 also opened. So not all high streets are suffering, some are booming - and they are usually where the local population has money to spend (1/3)
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January 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
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January 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
To west London for Salford in the Challenge Cup against the Hammersmith Hard Men, sorry, Hill Hoists.
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
To west London for Salford in the Challenge Cup against the Hammersmith Hard Men, sorry, Hill Hoists.
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Michael Palin and Terry Jones step forward with Tomkinson's Schooldays, initially commissioned as a standalone pilot and only later submerged within Ripping Yarns. An enormous career icebreaker, you might say.
Ripping Yarns - Series One, Episode One - Tomkinson's Schooldays (1976)
Ripping Yarns - S01E01 - "Tomkinson's Schooldays"
First Aired on BBC2: 7 January, 1976
An authentic account of an English boy's, Tomkinson, life at a public school, where he tries to escape and…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Michael Palin and Terry Jones step forward with Tomkinson's Schooldays, initially commissioned as a standalone pilot and only later submerged within Ripping Yarns. An enormous career icebreaker, you might say.
If 2025 was a vintage red, it’d be worse than jammy. Is there a Lambrini rosso?
Annus Horribilis
2025 was, in other words, the worst of years
salford.leaflet.pub
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If 2025 was a vintage red, it’d be worse than jammy. Is there a Lambrini rosso?
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Comic Sans and Blackletter, I hope.
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Comic Sans and Blackletter, I hope.
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Never thought I’d see the Financial Times run the kind of piece we would have run at my old alt weekly (complementary).
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Never thought I’d see the Financial Times run the kind of piece we would have run at my old alt weekly (complementary).
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A social network for figure skaters and ice hockey players, I’ll call it RinkedIn.
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
A social network for figure skaters and ice hockey players, I’ll call it RinkedIn.
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Ebook version of 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' currently on offer from bookshop.org for just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nort...
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Ebook version of 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' currently on offer from bookshop.org for just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nort...
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Found this laminated and zip-tied to a railway bridge today. Thought "oh, that's interesting!"
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Found this laminated and zip-tied to a railway bridge today. Thought "oh, that's interesting!"
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
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Available at silly prices in antique shops nationwide.
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Available at silly prices in antique shops nationwide.
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Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile waterway linking the city to the Mersey estuary, opened for traffic on this day 1894. Eventually Manchester became Britain’s third busiest port. (Punch cartoon ridiculing the idea)
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile waterway linking the city to the Mersey estuary, opened for traffic on this day 1894. Eventually Manchester became Britain’s third busiest port. (Punch cartoon ridiculing the idea)
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how all youtube ads sound to me
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
how all youtube ads sound to me
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Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
Apparently, were in the seventh ‘epoch’ of Salford Rugby League Football Club.
The Seventh Epoch
Salford RLFC Ltd marks a new chapter in a 152 year saga
salford.leaflet.pub
December 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Apparently, were in the seventh ‘epoch’ of Salford Rugby League Football Club.
I’ve just nipped out for some bits to see us over this Betwixtmastide. Not sure it was a good choice listening to Henge while trying to find what I need in Morrisons. An automated Wetrok thingy has stopped to let me down an aisle. Have I been spiked?
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’ve just nipped out for some bits to see us over this Betwixtmastide. Not sure it was a good choice listening to Henge while trying to find what I need in Morrisons. An automated Wetrok thingy has stopped to let me down an aisle. Have I been spiked?
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The fun new game this year is identifying the farm catalogs that used AI slop on their covers. First to fail: Murray McMurray Hatchery.
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The fun new game this year is identifying the farm catalogs that used AI slop on their covers. First to fail: Murray McMurray Hatchery.
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📝 How To Dynamically Install Custom Elements
A pattern I’ve been working on for a while. Load just the elements you are actually using. “Tree shaking” is trivial with HTML.
heydonworks.com/article/dyna...
A pattern I’ve been working on for a while. Load just the elements you are actually using. “Tree shaking” is trivial with HTML.
heydonworks.com/article/dyna...
How To Dynamically Install Custom Elements
A reusable pattern for custom elements installation
heydonworks.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📝 How To Dynamically Install Custom Elements
A pattern I’ve been working on for a while. Load just the elements you are actually using. “Tree shaking” is trivial with HTML.
heydonworks.com/article/dyna...
A pattern I’ve been working on for a while. Load just the elements you are actually using. “Tree shaking” is trivial with HTML.
heydonworks.com/article/dyna...
Martin Parr, who died earlier this month, once took a photo at The Willows. The details are sketchy, but here are some words on it.
The Martin Parr photo
From an evening at The Willows in 1979?
salford.leaflet.pub
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Martin Parr, who died earlier this month, once took a photo at The Willows. The details are sketchy, but here are some words on it.
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We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive
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Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
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Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
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General Boxing Day rail services were withdrawn steadily in England and Wales from the 1950s, but in 1975 BR withdrew the remainder. They returned only in 1977 (with some exceptions)
The ad from 14 Dec 1963 evidences the competition from cars "Go by train, and relax let someone else do the driving"
The ad from 14 Dec 1963 evidences the competition from cars "Go by train, and relax let someone else do the driving"
December 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
General Boxing Day rail services were withdrawn steadily in England and Wales from the 1950s, but in 1975 BR withdrew the remainder. They returned only in 1977 (with some exceptions)
The ad from 14 Dec 1963 evidences the competition from cars "Go by train, and relax let someone else do the driving"
The ad from 14 Dec 1963 evidences the competition from cars "Go by train, and relax let someone else do the driving"