Cluster Block🌈 🍉
@clusterblock.bsky.social
Food, buildings and idiosyncratic left opinions. Mostly harmless.
He/him. East London gay.
Dysgwr Cymraeg.
He/him. East London gay.
Dysgwr Cymraeg.
Nothing worse than a cold pub.
They should have a special dispensation to burn coal.
They should have a special dispensation to burn coal.
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Nothing worse than a cold pub.
They should have a special dispensation to burn coal.
They should have a special dispensation to burn coal.
Pretty much all shop-bought cakes are sickly sweet to me, with an unpleasantly cushion-like texture.
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Pretty much all shop-bought cakes are sickly sweet to me, with an unpleasantly cushion-like texture.
Husband has agreed to my proposal that he make tortelloni tonight.
February 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Husband has agreed to my proposal that he make tortelloni tonight.
I had considered making a (rather obvious) “software update tonight queen?” joke, but i searched and so many people had previously, I’m not going to bother.
February 1, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I had considered making a (rather obvious) “software update tonight queen?” joke, but i searched and so many people had previously, I’m not going to bother.
Reminder:
PAY YOUR TAX - IMMEDIATELY
Or you’ll get a fine
Xx
PAY YOUR TAX - IMMEDIATELY
Or you’ll get a fine
Xx
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Reminder:
PAY YOUR TAX - IMMEDIATELY
Or you’ll get a fine
Xx
PAY YOUR TAX - IMMEDIATELY
Or you’ll get a fine
Xx
What happened to the humble maccheroni?
Cancelled?
Killed my millenials?
The closed they had in Nisa was these serrated things called Sedanini.
Cancelled?
Killed my millenials?
The closed they had in Nisa was these serrated things called Sedanini.
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
What happened to the humble maccheroni?
Cancelled?
Killed my millenials?
The closed they had in Nisa was these serrated things called Sedanini.
Cancelled?
Killed my millenials?
The closed they had in Nisa was these serrated things called Sedanini.
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What small crime would you do if you could were dying tomorrow and could thus kinda get away with it? I would blow up a sculpture trail.
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What small crime would you do if you could were dying tomorrow and could thus kinda get away with it? I would blow up a sculpture trail.
These are all bosses of practices, so an oversupply of architects helps keep their wage bills down.
It's a trap!
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/16-reas...
It's a trap!
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/16-reas...
16 reasons why you should still be an architect in 2026
Battered by bad news and in need of a pick-me-up as January crawls to a close? Industry professionals set out 16 reasons why being an architect is as important and fulfilling as ever
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
These are all bosses of practices, so an oversupply of architects helps keep their wage bills down.
It's a trap!
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/16-reas...
It's a trap!
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/16-reas...
Not being in the customs union is a huge drag on the UK economy, but you hear almost no calls for us to rejoin it.
You occasionally hear people call for us to rejoin the EU fully, but that's a much more bigger (and IMO unrealistic) ask.
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/30/u...
You occasionally hear people call for us to rejoin the EU fully, but that's a much more bigger (and IMO unrealistic) ask.
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/30/u...
How Brexit turned "made in Britain" into a hindrance
Brexit has greatly hampered UK design brands' ability to sell their products in the EU and turned the made in Britain label into a costly burden, industry leaders tell Dezeen.
www.dezeen.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Not being in the customs union is a huge drag on the UK economy, but you hear almost no calls for us to rejoin it.
You occasionally hear people call for us to rejoin the EU fully, but that's a much more bigger (and IMO unrealistic) ask.
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/30/u...
You occasionally hear people call for us to rejoin the EU fully, but that's a much more bigger (and IMO unrealistic) ask.
www.dezeen.com/2026/01/30/u...
The solution to back pain is weightlifting.
You’d imagine it would aggravate it but unless you’ve got a slipped disc or something it’s actually the cure.
You’d imagine it would aggravate it but unless you’ve got a slipped disc or something it’s actually the cure.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 31, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The solution to back pain is weightlifting.
You’d imagine it would aggravate it but unless you’ve got a slipped disc or something it’s actually the cure.
You’d imagine it would aggravate it but unless you’ve got a slipped disc or something it’s actually the cure.
Found the control to turn down the earsplitting terrible music in the gym!
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Found the control to turn down the earsplitting terrible music in the gym!
There was an AI voice - American accent and the telltail wrong intonation - reading out special offers in Marks yesterday.
Not very premium.
Not very premium.
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
There was an AI voice - American accent and the telltail wrong intonation - reading out special offers in Marks yesterday.
Not very premium.
Not very premium.
I would hate to be a big account, my replies all swamped with crap like emojis, or even worse, gifs, as is happening to the lovely Derek here.
This is why i choose to make such repellant posts.
This is why i choose to make such repellant posts.
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I would hate to be a big account, my replies all swamped with crap like emojis, or even worse, gifs, as is happening to the lovely Derek here.
This is why i choose to make such repellant posts.
This is why i choose to make such repellant posts.
My copy of the Safari EP by the Breeders is probably my most treasured posession.
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
My copy of the Safari EP by the Breeders is probably my most treasured posession.
[Consoling myself after financial horror story presented by my tax return]
It’s actually very zeitgeisty to be a downwardly mobile graduate.
Maybe even revolutionary!
It’s actually very zeitgeisty to be a downwardly mobile graduate.
Maybe even revolutionary!
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
[Consoling myself after financial horror story presented by my tax return]
It’s actually very zeitgeisty to be a downwardly mobile graduate.
Maybe even revolutionary!
It’s actually very zeitgeisty to be a downwardly mobile graduate.
Maybe even revolutionary!
A byelection in my parents’ ward, after respected Labour cllr, who defected to Your Party, sadly died.
Apparently it’s between Plaid and Reform, who are popular with the northern English retirees in the big bungalows.
Apparently it’s between Plaid and Reform, who are popular with the northern English retirees in the big bungalows.
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 PM
A byelection in my parents’ ward, after respected Labour cllr, who defected to Your Party, sadly died.
Apparently it’s between Plaid and Reform, who are popular with the northern English retirees in the big bungalows.
Apparently it’s between Plaid and Reform, who are popular with the northern English retirees in the big bungalows.
Whatever you think of the merits of their case, it is quite funny to name your group Women Against State Pension Inequality, when your beef is the pension age being equalised between men and women.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Whatever you think of the merits of their case, it is quite funny to name your group Women Against State Pension Inequality, when your beef is the pension age being equalised between men and women.
Another aspect of this is that almost all office work nowadays is pointless makework that doesn't even need doing.
You're just spending a billion hours writing reports no one reads, making a tenth option when the first was correct, and writing bullshit answers to bullshit questions.
You're just spending a billion hours writing reports no one reads, making a tenth option when the first was correct, and writing bullshit answers to bullshit questions.
January 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Another aspect of this is that almost all office work nowadays is pointless makework that doesn't even need doing.
You're just spending a billion hours writing reports no one reads, making a tenth option when the first was correct, and writing bullshit answers to bullshit questions.
You're just spending a billion hours writing reports no one reads, making a tenth option when the first was correct, and writing bullshit answers to bullshit questions.
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Our government will not keep us safe even in our own country. They will let a foreign power do as they please to us.
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Our government will not keep us safe even in our own country. They will let a foreign power do as they please to us.
Will America’s cultural hegemony fade, as it becomes mask-off fascist?
Like I need some new robust trousers for work since my thighs embiggened from doing squats.
But blue jeans or even carhardt “pants” seem to have acquired unfortunate connotations.
Like I need some new robust trousers for work since my thighs embiggened from doing squats.
But blue jeans or even carhardt “pants” seem to have acquired unfortunate connotations.
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Will America’s cultural hegemony fade, as it becomes mask-off fascist?
Like I need some new robust trousers for work since my thighs embiggened from doing squats.
But blue jeans or even carhardt “pants” seem to have acquired unfortunate connotations.
Like I need some new robust trousers for work since my thighs embiggened from doing squats.
But blue jeans or even carhardt “pants” seem to have acquired unfortunate connotations.
Banger cover of Son of a Preacher Man by the Gaylettes on the radio just now
youtu.be/Gd8aBtRe6mk?...
youtu.be/Gd8aBtRe6mk?...
Gaylettes - Son Of A Preacher Man
YouTube video by Reggay
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Banger cover of Son of a Preacher Man by the Gaylettes on the radio just now
youtu.be/Gd8aBtRe6mk?...
youtu.be/Gd8aBtRe6mk?...
People on here really do eat the most outlandish meals.
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
People on here really do eat the most outlandish meals.
A woman we sort of recognised came into the shop.
We weren’t sure if she was an actor or bar staff.
We weren’t sure if she was an actor or bar staff.
January 28, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A woman we sort of recognised came into the shop.
We weren’t sure if she was an actor or bar staff.
We weren’t sure if she was an actor or bar staff.
My work laptop is getting increasingly insistent that I 'upgrade' to Windows 11.
Should I relent?
And is it hard to get all the AI crap off?
Should I relent?
And is it hard to get all the AI crap off?
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
My work laptop is getting increasingly insistent that I 'upgrade' to Windows 11.
Should I relent?
And is it hard to get all the AI crap off?
Should I relent?
And is it hard to get all the AI crap off?
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these things need torching
Manchester City Council wants fewer people driving into the centre, but it looks like they hate pedestrians too. What the hell!
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
these things need torching