Martin G
@thatmartin.bsky.social
Proud dad, husband and geek. Reads too much! Collects TTRPGs never to be played.
Knows a bit about IT Infrastructure
Knows a bit about IT Infrastructure
And so the PPPPPP has kicked another project in the head!! Sometimes I wonder - we employ some very smart people who have all the common sense of a day-old kitten!
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And so the PPPPPP has kicked another project in the head!! Sometimes I wonder - we employ some very smart people who have all the common sense of a day-old kitten!
If you love British folklore, great writing, characters to fall in love with and don't need to sleep when a new one comes out and you can devour it in one go...you should be all over this!
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'run' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you love British folklore, great writing, characters to fall in love with and don't need to sleep when a new one comes out and you can devour it in one go...you should be all over this!
If you see this, post a monster...
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you see this, post a monster...
Fascinating and obviously plot hooks for a future Cthulhu scenario/story. Neolithic Cthulhu anyone?
A headless mystery
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Fascinating and obviously plot hooks for a future Cthulhu scenario/story. Neolithic Cthulhu anyone?
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This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
Watching 'The Cancer Detectives' on C4 - feeling proud and also a little 'home-sick'....I was born in the Churchill Hospital and grew up in Oxford.
And of course #CRUK innit....
And of course #CRUK innit....
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Watching 'The Cancer Detectives' on C4 - feeling proud and also a little 'home-sick'....I was born in the Churchill Hospital and grew up in Oxford.
And of course #CRUK innit....
And of course #CRUK innit....
Yet again - absolute bollocks - you don't get a free BMW/Mercedes etc on Motability. You use the mobility part of the PIP to pay to lease a Motability car - this is a fixed amount - if you want a car that costs more - you pay for that. Most Wheel Chair Accessible vehicles cost more than the
'Premium' cars like BMW and Mercedes cut from Motability scheme
'Premium' cars like BMW and Mercedes cut from Motability scheme
Motability says it will provide vehicles that meet disabled peoples' needs and are safe and affordable.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yet again - absolute bollocks - you don't get a free BMW/Mercedes etc on Motability. You use the mobility part of the PIP to pay to lease a Motability car - this is a fixed amount - if you want a car that costs more - you pay for that. Most Wheel Chair Accessible vehicles cost more than the
Hi @xkcd.com, I work for for Cancer Research UK - and shared the xkcd: Fifteen Years comic. So many of us who work for CRUK have our own cancer stories - some with happy endings and some sadder.
But Fifteen Years very much reminds us why we do the work... thank you!
But Fifteen Years very much reminds us why we do the work... thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hi @xkcd.com, I work for for Cancer Research UK - and shared the xkcd: Fifteen Years comic. So many of us who work for CRUK have our own cancer stories - some with happy endings and some sadder.
But Fifteen Years very much reminds us why we do the work... thank you!
But Fifteen Years very much reminds us why we do the work... thank you!
This is so good....and so relevant to much of my life...
Good morning. XKCD just made me cry again
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is so good....and so relevant to much of my life...
It's not a f-ing milkshake tax - it's extending the existing sugar tax to milk-based drinks.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It's not a f-ing milkshake tax - it's extending the existing sugar tax to milk-based drinks.
All F*r*ge has to say is 'Yes, I said some terrible racist things in my teens - it was wrong and I was stupid. I don't believe them and I apologise for saying them!'
But the problem is - he probably still believes them, his supporters still do. And for him to say they were terrible and wrong things
But the problem is - he probably still believes them, his supporters still do. And for him to say they were terrible and wrong things
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
All F*r*ge has to say is 'Yes, I said some terrible racist things in my teens - it was wrong and I was stupid. I don't believe them and I apologise for saying them!'
But the problem is - he probably still believes them, his supporters still do. And for him to say they were terrible and wrong things
But the problem is - he probably still believes them, his supporters still do. And for him to say they were terrible and wrong things
Ho hum.....what a day!!
Management would be easy without people doing random shit!
Management would be easy without people doing random shit!
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ho hum.....what a day!!
Management would be easy without people doing random shit!
Management would be easy without people doing random shit!
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Join Eastercon 2026 before the our rate rise on the 1st December!
From the 1st December our Adult Attending rate will rise to £90, all our other rates will stay the same.
Adult Low Income prices are self-declared: if you need the discount, you qualify.
You can join here eastercon2026.org/register
From the 1st December our Adult Attending rate will rise to £90, all our other rates will stay the same.
Adult Low Income prices are self-declared: if you need the discount, you qualify.
You can join here eastercon2026.org/register
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join Eastercon 2026 before the our rate rise on the 1st December!
From the 1st December our Adult Attending rate will rise to £90, all our other rates will stay the same.
Adult Low Income prices are self-declared: if you need the discount, you qualify.
You can join here eastercon2026.org/register
From the 1st December our Adult Attending rate will rise to £90, all our other rates will stay the same.
Adult Low Income prices are self-declared: if you need the discount, you qualify.
You can join here eastercon2026.org/register
I'm updating a slide-deck for my boss - he is sitting there in the slide watching me update it....would it be wrong for me to type 'Fuck Off'??
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm updating a slide-deck for my boss - he is sitting there in the slide watching me update it....would it be wrong for me to type 'Fuck Off'??
"And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her Roman nose
And her hearing aid started to melt"
The congregation were surprised to hear the Pope burst into song at a mass to celebrate Joan of Arc..
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her Roman nose
And her hearing aid started to melt"
The congregation were surprised to hear the Pope burst into song at a mass to celebrate Joan of Arc..
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her Roman nose
And her hearing aid started to melt"
The congregation were surprised to hear the Pope burst into song at a mass to celebrate Joan of Arc..
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her Roman nose
And her hearing aid started to melt"
The congregation were surprised to hear the Pope burst into song at a mass to celebrate Joan of Arc..
Predator: Badlands does what it was supposed to do - entertainment!!
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Predator: Badlands does what it was supposed to do - entertainment!!
Wonderful day yesterday, Away Day with work... talking about Cancer Research - especially the work we are starting to do with regards to cancer in children and young people, work on gentler treatments.. trying to minimise the long term effects on children as they grow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wonderful day yesterday, Away Day with work... talking about Cancer Research - especially the work we are starting to do with regards to cancer in children and young people, work on gentler treatments.. trying to minimise the long term effects on children as they grow.
Woohoo, a good day for getting tickets, Pet Shop Boys at the Electric Ballroom, Madra Salach at the Dome and Origin Story Live at the Bloomsbury.
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Woohoo, a good day for getting tickets, Pet Shop Boys at the Electric Ballroom, Madra Salach at the Dome and Origin Story Live at the Bloomsbury.
Non-working day - so off to see Predator Badlands in a bit.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Non-working day - so off to see Predator Badlands in a bit.
Snow Report - Hanwell, West London - Large Wet Flakes falling from sky....1/10
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Snow Report - Hanwell, West London - Large Wet Flakes falling from sky....1/10
Lads, lads....it's our special 'International Men's Day'!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Lads, lads....it's our special 'International Men's Day'!!
Oh yippee.....Badendoch using 'First Epistle to Timothy' to justify benefit crackdowns - it's the Christian thing to do!! Not What Would Jesus Do....What Would the Author Masquerading As Paul Do...As If Paul Was Not Bad Enough!
I think these people go through religious writings and highlight
I think these people go through religious writings and highlight
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Oh yippee.....Badendoch using 'First Epistle to Timothy' to justify benefit crackdowns - it's the Christian thing to do!! Not What Would Jesus Do....What Would the Author Masquerading As Paul Do...As If Paul Was Not Bad Enough!
I think these people go through religious writings and highlight
I think these people go through religious writings and highlight
I cannot recommend @stewarthotston.com's Project Hanuman enough - it's excellent - touches of Iain M Banks and @aptshadow.bsky.social, a fascinating culture and cracking story. Proper space-opera with a heart and intelligence. And fun easter-eggs to find!!
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I cannot recommend @stewarthotston.com's Project Hanuman enough - it's excellent - touches of Iain M Banks and @aptshadow.bsky.social, a fascinating culture and cracking story. Proper space-opera with a heart and intelligence. And fun easter-eggs to find!!
The Anchoress tonight at the Union Chapel - very much on form, chatty and generally lovely.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Anchoress tonight at the Union Chapel - very much on form, chatty and generally lovely.
Friday night and I'm in church...okay, it's the Union Chapel to see The Anchoress - support was Roxanne de Bastion who was excellent. And really suited the venue.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Friday night and I'm in church...okay, it's the Union Chapel to see The Anchoress - support was Roxanne de Bastion who was excellent. And really suited the venue.