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Stephen Perrin
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Forged in the Black Country. Heavy metal. West Bromwich Albion. Below average bass player. Interested in active transport and road harm prevention.
[Moseley, Birmingham]
Pinned
It's happening. The thing, it's happening. It ain't xmas until a pub crowd does the Noddy Holder wail, several times, in all the wrong places.
No matter how clear the offence is, or how closely the victim applied best practice, there will always be somebody who thinks they did something wrong anyway.
The car driver is an idiot, but what the cyclist did was not very safe, for this reason.
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Seriously, just give kids and young adults free bus passes. Realising at 16/17 I could hop on a bus at the end of my road and go all the way to Merry Hill, or into town or whatever under my own steam was a revelation.

Or make buses free. Whatev.
Offered to drive the teen somewhere on my way out: “nah, i like the bus”
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Captain and Sprocket are in for a shock when Border Force batters down the door at 6am.
how long before labour make it illegal to operate a lighthouse
Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposted by Stephen Perrin
feeling very sexy in my new gnu/linux tshirt. i love linux
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Not even causing serious injury by careless driving, just simple without due care and attention. The scooter rider she hit suffered a broken neck.
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Stephen Perrin
Release the Carey.
December 1, 2024 at 12:43 AM
"What colour would you like your dragon?"
Gemini: This is a great week to start a creative project. Try making something new like a blanket or a friend.
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Afternoon. #WBA #FAWNL
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just sitting here minding my own business and suddenly I'm humming Stuck by Caro Emerald. I haven't heard it in years. Banger, even for this tired old metal nerd.
Caro Emerald - Stuck (Official Video)
YouTube video by caroemerald
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reposted by Stephen Perrin
Apropos someone asking why it was a .gif in the replies:

Next year the .gif format will be as old as the last spitfire made was when the .gif format was released.
Academia tends towards the spitfire_survivorship_bias.gif meme on multiple levels (not throwing shade here, lots of institutions are like this!), along with more senior types forgetting that lots of high flyers were so-so students once upon a time
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you need the better part of five minutes to check twenty-eight replay angles for possible handball, and one shows it's deflected off her chest and rolled off her arm, having had no effect on the ball's path, I suppose you have to give the penalty to show it wasn't an entire waste of time. #ENGCHI
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I think Molumby's just saved Mason's job*. Four subs at half time, after that performance, is only something a manager 45 minutes from the sack does.

* For now.
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's never nice to find a brown bear in the loo.
Bear attacks man in public toilet in Japan
Incident north of Tokyo comes after a record 13 deaths from bear attacks in Japan since the start of April
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wonder whether the Albion tried to be part of the 2035 Women's World Cup bid. If rugby grounds and sheds like the Racecourse can be part of it then surely Shilen should be getting our name in the hat.
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Bring back the days of cup draws hosted by Graham Kelly assisted by two committee delegates.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Judas Priest
Madness
The White Stripes
Threshold
Pelican
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.

Lindisfarne
Lawnmower Death
Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
Tori Amos
Marillion
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

Lau
The Tiger Lillies
George Clinton
Efterklang
Yeasayer

(I've deliberately left out the big names - Pink Floyd and Prince won't tell you the first thing about me.)
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Switched the PC on, went away to make a cup of tea. Came back and switched the PC on, only now it's shutting down because it was already on. Nob.
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Albion First Half 1 Albion Second Half 1.

At least we didn't let the chimney sweeps beat us.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Dirty Leeds away in the Cup. Already beaten them in the League Cup at our place. #WBA #WomensFACup
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Afternoon. #WBA #WomensFACup
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Stephen Perrin
I want to dedicate it
(Pop, pop shoo wop)
Everybody made it
(Shoo bee doo bee doo wop)
Infiltrate it
(Pop, pop shoo wop)
Activate it

New York
London
Paris
Munich
Everybody talk about... Pope muzik
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Some prick's taken our bins and put them in the road to save themselves a space. Fucking cheek of it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've seen enough now. Mason doesn't know what he's doing. Far too timid and in the time it took him to set us up a man short we've already gone behind from 2-1 up. Anyone who's ever seen Mulumby play knew he'd be a liability.

Time to go. #WBA
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Jayson Molumby is literally the thickest footballer I've ever seen.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There would have been chortling if that was me. Chortling.

Penny in front is still sleeping off her night out. Not so much as an eye-roll.
The guy in the green sweater is hanging on for dear life.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM