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.
Had a really frustrating morning so I've ordered myself a banh mi about it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Had a really frustrating morning so I've ordered myself a banh mi about it.
I might have to get my husband to knit us some leg warmers for the gym.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I might have to get my husband to knit us some leg warmers for the gym.
My husband bought some enormous horse-grade oats from the bakers, and they make making porridge take ages.
Is very nice though.
Is very nice though.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My husband bought some enormous horse-grade oats from the bakers, and they make making porridge take ages.
Is very nice though.
Is very nice though.
I wouldn't (won't?) miss BBC TV, but I would really miss Radio 6 Music and Radio Cymru and Cymru 2.
The commercial equivalents of 6 Music are unlistenble, without anything like the specialist shows.
And would any Welsh-language music radio be commercially viable?
The commercial equivalents of 6 Music are unlistenble, without anything like the specialist shows.
And would any Welsh-language music radio be commercially viable?
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wouldn't (won't?) miss BBC TV, but I would really miss Radio 6 Music and Radio Cymru and Cymru 2.
The commercial equivalents of 6 Music are unlistenble, without anything like the specialist shows.
And would any Welsh-language music radio be commercially viable?
The commercial equivalents of 6 Music are unlistenble, without anything like the specialist shows.
And would any Welsh-language music radio be commercially viable?
I do enjoy a risotto but they’re just so labour-intensive.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I do enjoy a risotto but they’re just so labour-intensive.
I need to do something complicated on the computer but it's too loud in here.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I need to do something complicated on the computer but it's too loud in here.
A fun bicolour house in Byker.
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A fun bicolour house in Byker.
Have I maybe overshot, in acclimatising my husband to lower indoor temperatures, I wonder, as he flings the bedroom windows open when it’s 1 degree outside?
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Have I maybe overshot, in acclimatising my husband to lower indoor temperatures, I wonder, as he flings the bedroom windows open when it’s 1 degree outside?
What’s your favourite idea?
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What’s your favourite idea?
So microplastics really are bad for you.
Tumble dryers which don't vent outside (they haven't for years) increase airborne microplastics by 20 to 50 times, which go straight through your nose into your brain, which may cause dementia.
Tyres are a big source too.
zoe.com/learn/how-mi...
Tumble dryers which don't vent outside (they haven't for years) increase airborne microplastics by 20 to 50 times, which go straight through your nose into your brain, which may cause dementia.
Tyres are a big source too.
zoe.com/learn/how-mi...
Longevity Expert: Why Microplastics Are in Your Brain and Blood
Today, we explore what plastic exposure means for your long-term health with Dr. Sabien Donnai, a world authority on proactive health management.
zoe.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So microplastics really are bad for you.
Tumble dryers which don't vent outside (they haven't for years) increase airborne microplastics by 20 to 50 times, which go straight through your nose into your brain, which may cause dementia.
Tyres are a big source too.
zoe.com/learn/how-mi...
Tumble dryers which don't vent outside (they haven't for years) increase airborne microplastics by 20 to 50 times, which go straight through your nose into your brain, which may cause dementia.
Tyres are a big source too.
zoe.com/learn/how-mi...
AI makes bad architecture.
Which Heatherwicks do anyway tbf, but this is bad in a newly unsettling way.
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/b...
Which Heatherwicks do anyway tbf, but this is bad in a newly unsettling way.
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/b...
Heatherwick Studio unveils stadium surrounded by chimneys for Birmingham City
Heatherwick Studio and Manica Architecture have revealed the design for a stadium surrounded by chimneys for Birmingham City Football Club.
www.dezeen.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
AI makes bad architecture.
Which Heatherwicks do anyway tbf, but this is bad in a newly unsettling way.
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/b...
Which Heatherwicks do anyway tbf, but this is bad in a newly unsettling way.
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/b...
Who wore it better - me or Howard?
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Who wore it better - me or Howard?
Jordan Ryan: “As a severely disabled person I cannot remain in a party that wants to cut social security for disabled people and won’t even do the bare minimum to help the people of Gaza, so this afternoon I left the Labour Party.”
Tributes have been paid after the death of a Pembrokeshire councillor, and Fishguard’s youngest-ever mayor, who “cared deeply about politics, social justice and equality”
Tributes paid after death of county councillor and town's youngest-ever mayor
Bruce Sinclair Local Democracy Reporter Tributes have been paid after the death of a Pembrokeshire councillor, and Fishguard’s youngest-ever mayor, who “cared deeply about politics, social justice and...
nation.cymru
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Jordan Ryan: “As a severely disabled person I cannot remain in a party that wants to cut social security for disabled people and won’t even do the bare minimum to help the people of Gaza, so this afternoon I left the Labour Party.”
Not sure that an anecdote of someone leaving the dentist’s to berate a traffic warden, doing their job ticketing some strangers car, speaks particularly well of them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Not sure that an anecdote of someone leaving the dentist’s to berate a traffic warden, doing their job ticketing some strangers car, speaks particularly well of them.
Various cuttings in a recipe book from my husband’s mum’s house, from her parents house.
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Various cuttings in a recipe book from my husband’s mum’s house, from her parents house.
Just finished off the parkin and not sure what to do next.
What cakes are in season?
Maybe a bara brith, to start ramping up the dried fruit as we get towards Christmas.
What cakes are in season?
Maybe a bara brith, to start ramping up the dried fruit as we get towards Christmas.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just finished off the parkin and not sure what to do next.
What cakes are in season?
Maybe a bara brith, to start ramping up the dried fruit as we get towards Christmas.
What cakes are in season?
Maybe a bara brith, to start ramping up the dried fruit as we get towards Christmas.
Americans making fun of what they imagine British food to be is just low effort engagement bait at this point.
Like some random tiktoker will throw a dig in specifically to get comments.
Like some random tiktoker will throw a dig in specifically to get comments.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Americans making fun of what they imagine British food to be is just low effort engagement bait at this point.
Like some random tiktoker will throw a dig in specifically to get comments.
Like some random tiktoker will throw a dig in specifically to get comments.
Now the fuckers want another £38 for customs fees, which there was no mention of on their website, which was priced in pounds and with .co.uk email addresses on it.
Just spent an inordinate amount of money on my husband’s Christmas present.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Now the fuckers want another £38 for customs fees, which there was no mention of on their website, which was priced in pounds and with .co.uk email addresses on it.
TERFery is fundamentally about bullying.
The cruelty is the point. They just want to pick on someone different to them in order to feel powerful.
The cruelty is the point. They just want to pick on someone different to them in order to feel powerful.
The EHRC want to exclude women from femal single-sex spaces based on how "female" they look.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
TERFery is fundamentally about bullying.
The cruelty is the point. They just want to pick on someone different to them in order to feel powerful.
The cruelty is the point. They just want to pick on someone different to them in order to feel powerful.
Shouting “hurry TF up!” at my pan of lentils.
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Shouting “hurry TF up!” at my pan of lentils.
The new cardi my husband made me is helping with the cold weather
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The new cardi my husband made me is helping with the cold weather
Sadly typical of the cackhandedness with which social landlords treat the architecture they’re supposed to be looking after.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/plans-t...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/plans-t...
Plans to retrofit Peter Barber housing with uPVC are ‘devastating’
Plans to replace timber windows with uPVC ones at Peter Barber’s award-winning Donnybrook Quarter in east London have prompted widespread concern
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Sadly typical of the cackhandedness with which social landlords treat the architecture they’re supposed to be looking after.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/plans-t...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/plans-t...
Considering putting the central on.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Considering putting the central on.
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SNOW (1963) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
SNOW (1963) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
Parakeets bringing a flash of colour to a chilly morning.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Parakeets bringing a flash of colour to a chilly morning.