Hannah / Baystacks
@giantbaystacks.bsky.social
Gigs & roller derby & lifting heavy things & cats & general nonsense.
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Very much this. I’m often at my very calmest when I listen to or watch the very loudest bands.
Always a joy to be blasted by My Bloody Valentine. Last night was also a tribute to Mani and for @thequietus.com I dug into the idea of extreme noise as a vehicle for calm and tranquility. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Noise is a Healing Force: My Bloody Valentine Live | The Quietus
Daniel Dylan Wray remembers Mani at a My Bloody Valentine show and relishes in the healing powers of volume and noise.
thequietus.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Very much this. I’m often at my very calmest when I listen to or watch the very loudest bands.
I’m very wary of recommending that anyone should/shouldn’t do a PhD, but this looks really cool. The @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social and the universities have done such an amazing job so far, and they continue to discover more and display it in such an engaging way.
Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
maryrose.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’m very wary of recommending that anyone should/shouldn’t do a PhD, but this looks really cool. The @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social and the universities have done such an amazing job so far, and they continue to discover more and display it in such an engaging way.
Don’t recommend putting your back out just before a strongwoman competition. I was looking forward to picking up the heavy things and right now I can’t even bend to reach said heavy things without pain.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Don’t recommend putting your back out just before a strongwoman competition. I was looking forward to picking up the heavy things and right now I can’t even bend to reach said heavy things without pain.
I wish our Peej paid anywhere near this much attention when we put the theremin near her.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I wish our Peej paid anywhere near this much attention when we put the theremin near her.
This night was one of the all time greats
Footage from the LEGENDARY Choroton Irish Centre show in Manchester [2009]]
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You (live at Chorlton Irish Centre - 22nd May 2009)
YouTube video by Hobbsy
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This night was one of the all time greats
YES CLAIRE ✊
A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out - BBC News
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
YES CLAIRE ✊
Saturday? @nathysg.bsky.social, @fortitudevalley.bsky.social, @thejustjoans.bsky.social and others in Cambridge. Tonight? Kneecap in Cardiff. Now? The need for much sleep. (Gigs are good, aren’t they?)
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Saturday? @nathysg.bsky.social, @fortitudevalley.bsky.social, @thejustjoans.bsky.social and others in Cambridge. Tonight? Kneecap in Cardiff. Now? The need for much sleep. (Gigs are good, aren’t they?)
Yes and yes.
I am not interested in the opinions of men about women's sports. I am not interested in the opinions of men about women.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Yes and yes.
No YOU cried at the gym listening to @loscampesinos.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
No YOU cried at the gym listening to @loscampesinos.bsky.social
Ah, time to crack out a bit of Brakes is it? youtu.be/9Fwu73VoJZA?...
Cheney
YouTube video by Brakes - Topic
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ah, time to crack out a bit of Brakes is it? youtu.be/9Fwu73VoJZA?...
You’re right, Peej, it is a very hard life. #ProofOfCat
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You’re right, Peej, it is a very hard life. #ProofOfCat
This was such a bittersweet newsletter to receive; @rachelhendry.bsky.social’s j’adore le plonk emails arriving was always a highlight, but the zine will no doubt be a delight 👌
I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
J'adore Le Plonk — BURUM COLLECTIVE
www.burumcollective.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This was such a bittersweet newsletter to receive; @rachelhendry.bsky.social’s j’adore le plonk emails arriving was always a highlight, but the zine will no doubt be a delight 👌
Never normally feel like I am missing out by not having fully noise cancelling headphones. But I’ve spent the past 90 minutes on a train with a bunch of football fans getting louder and LOUDER AND LOUDER and aaaarrrrgggggghhhggggggngbngnggggg
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Never normally feel like I am missing out by not having fully noise cancelling headphones. But I’ve spent the past 90 minutes on a train with a bunch of football fans getting louder and LOUDER AND LOUDER and aaaarrrrgggggghhhggggggngbngnggggg
And the reason for being in the Barbican… @psbhq.bsky.social matinee with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Absolutely stunning.
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And the reason for being in the Barbican… @psbhq.bsky.social matinee with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Absolutely stunning.
Well look who’s in pride of place at the Barbican gift shop! Nice work @desfitzgerald.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well look who’s in pride of place at the Barbican gift shop! Nice work @desfitzgerald.bsky.social
Peej does not understand hospital corridor but will mlem for you nonetheless
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Peej does not understand hospital corridor but will mlem for you nonetheless
If you want catharsis then an evening with @lessavyfav.bsky.social is the best you can get. Some of the greatest to ever do it.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you want catharsis then an evening with @lessavyfav.bsky.social is the best you can get. Some of the greatest to ever do it.
This was such an excellent show. Our vertigo-inducing seats also offered a brilliant birds-eye view of Neil’s theatrics in Our Mutual Friend.
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This was such an excellent show. Our vertigo-inducing seats also offered a brilliant birds-eye view of Neil’s theatrics in Our Mutual Friend.
Small joy to get to the end of the working week: tea from my Star Trek mug (and yes, I am wrapped in a blanket, it’s cold ok?)
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Small joy to get to the end of the working week: tea from my Star Trek mug (and yes, I am wrapped in a blanket, it’s cold ok?)
Am very lucky to have access to all these things, but giving blood, having a lengthy hospital appointment including bloods being taken, and having a flu jab in the space of 3 days has left me pretty wiped.
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Am very lucky to have access to all these things, but giving blood, having a lengthy hospital appointment including bloods being taken, and having a flu jab in the space of 3 days has left me pretty wiped.
Cheekface was right, quick touch all the dogs!
Cheekface was right, A BIG CUP OF NOODLES, A GIANT CUP OF NOODLES
Cheekface was right, The Moon just sits there
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Cheekface was right, quick touch all the dogs!
Reposted by Hannah / Baystacks
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly
These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics
willhaywardwales.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
Well that’s in my head now (compliment)
I heard there was a handy clasp
That helps rock climbers with their grasp
Of ropes, and makes your keyring look much keener
It saves on space, it opens in,
And closes with a subtle spring,
The humble and the trusty
Carabiner
That helps rock climbers with their grasp
Of ropes, and makes your keyring look much keener
It saves on space, it opens in,
And closes with a subtle spring,
The humble and the trusty
Carabiner
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Well that’s in my head now (compliment)
Every. Damn. Time.
Promoters just put your set times somewhere on the day of the gig challenge (impossible)
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every. Damn. Time.
Delighted that I get a @walesgoespop.bsky.social as a birthday present next year!
Hi everyone here we go here we go here we go
WGP! is back at The Gate 3-5 Apr 2026 and we can reveal our headliners will be HEAVENLY!
Early bird 3-day tickets go on sale shortly
Next week we'll announce most of our line up
We recommend booking travel/accomm early while cheaper as it's a bank hol x
WGP! is back at The Gate 3-5 Apr 2026 and we can reveal our headliners will be HEAVENLY!
Early bird 3-day tickets go on sale shortly
Next week we'll announce most of our line up
We recommend booking travel/accomm early while cheaper as it's a bank hol x
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Delighted that I get a @walesgoespop.bsky.social as a birthday present next year!