Gibby
@thegibbon.bsky.social
Statistically proven idiot because I mention football in my bio.
Building offshore wind farms
Building offshore wind farms
Tonight's Christmas lights involve Santa laying this Yule log down someone's chimney.
Worth a disclaimer here that I know these people and I saw Dan up his ladder earlier today fixing this when I went for a run, but this is now my new favourite.
Worth a disclaimer here that I know these people and I saw Dan up his ladder earlier today fixing this when I went for a run, but this is now my new favourite.
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Tonight's Christmas lights involve Santa laying this Yule log down someone's chimney.
Worth a disclaimer here that I know these people and I saw Dan up his ladder earlier today fixing this when I went for a run, but this is now my new favourite.
Worth a disclaimer here that I know these people and I saw Dan up his ladder earlier today fixing this when I went for a run, but this is now my new favourite.
While out on a run with Mrs G on her birthday 3 weeks ago I hatched a cunning plan for getting through the Christmas socialising season - I could only have a drink if I've been for a run that day.
I didn't factor in how determined a social drinker I am: my liver is yet to see the benefits of this.
I didn't factor in how determined a social drinker I am: my liver is yet to see the benefits of this.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
While out on a run with Mrs G on her birthday 3 weeks ago I hatched a cunning plan for getting through the Christmas socialising season - I could only have a drink if I've been for a run that day.
I didn't factor in how determined a social drinker I am: my liver is yet to see the benefits of this.
I didn't factor in how determined a social drinker I am: my liver is yet to see the benefits of this.
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I kept wondering who this women in the Imposter trailer reminded me of. Puis ça m'a frappé
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I kept wondering who this women in the Imposter trailer reminded me of. Puis ça m'a frappé
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This goalie from India scored an incredible shot via an assist to himself from the midfields using the goalpost!
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This goalie from India scored an incredible shot via an assist to himself from the midfields using the goalpost!
This Gullis piece was almost a little too arch & knowing for my tastes, but I'm glad I persevered, if only for these two passages/ observations
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This Gullis piece was almost a little too arch & knowing for my tastes, but I'm glad I persevered, if only for these two passages/ observations
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...
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Of course racist X is painting London with its Muslim mayor as a modern Gomorrah. Meanwhile everyone sensible here over on bluesky knows the real portal to hell is Margate
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Of course racist X is painting London with its Muslim mayor as a modern Gomorrah. Meanwhile everyone sensible here over on bluesky knows the real portal to hell is Margate
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"I am Holly, the ship's computer, with an IQ of 6000. The same IQ as 6000 PE teachers."
Robert Mapplethorpe, Doris Saatchi, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1078557
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1078557
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I am Holly, the ship's computer, with an IQ of 6000. The same IQ as 6000 PE teachers."
I see we're at the...
(b) the existence, functionality and continued operation of... [our product]... Are not guaranteed by the company
...stage of capitalism.
Good, good, good. Great. Top stuff everyone.
(b) the existence, functionality and continued operation of... [our product]... Are not guaranteed by the company
...stage of capitalism.
Good, good, good. Great. Top stuff everyone.
"Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any loss, damage, or claim arising from the non-existence... of the Blockchain."
This disclaimer is from the Ts&Cs of Barcelona's new... blockchain partner. They took $22m from guys who say, 'if our product doesn't even exist, tough luck.'
1/
This disclaimer is from the Ts&Cs of Barcelona's new... blockchain partner. They took $22m from guys who say, 'if our product doesn't even exist, tough luck.'
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I see we're at the...
(b) the existence, functionality and continued operation of... [our product]... Are not guaranteed by the company
...stage of capitalism.
Good, good, good. Great. Top stuff everyone.
(b) the existence, functionality and continued operation of... [our product]... Are not guaranteed by the company
...stage of capitalism.
Good, good, good. Great. Top stuff everyone.
Interested in crowd sourcing a wider sample size on this, but having watched 3 recent, made-for-TV Xmas films on netflix there seems to be pushing of having a hot chocolate as a thing rather than coffee (as in "let's go for hot chocolate"). Is this a Christmas movie thing generally?
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Interested in crowd sourcing a wider sample size on this, but having watched 3 recent, made-for-TV Xmas films on netflix there seems to be pushing of having a hot chocolate as a thing rather than coffee (as in "let's go for hot chocolate"). Is this a Christmas movie thing generally?
Breaks out in cold sweat at what my phone thinks it's heard while evesdropping on me.
God no I don't need that any more.
God no.
God no I don't need that any more.
God no.
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Breaks out in cold sweat at what my phone thinks it's heard while evesdropping on me.
God no I don't need that any more.
God no.
God no I don't need that any more.
God no.
Can't decide if this will be part of the evidence that puts me in shackles on a plane to El Salvador or if I could use it to show how on board I am with the Trump Junta should I ever try to go to DisneyLand now
This is a genuinely shocking discovery.
There is literally nothing going on in the USA at the moment that is worse than this crime against pigs in blankets.
There is literally nothing going on in the USA at the moment that is worse than this crime against pigs in blankets.
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Can't decide if this will be part of the evidence that puts me in shackles on a plane to El Salvador or if I could use it to show how on board I am with the Trump Junta should I ever try to go to DisneyLand now
"yes I used the fire extinguisher from my car on a homeless person near my house who had built a big fire".
This HSE call with the team in Poland has taken an unexpected turn
This HSE call with the team in Poland has taken an unexpected turn
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"yes I used the fire extinguisher from my car on a homeless person near my house who had built a big fire".
This HSE call with the team in Poland has taken an unexpected turn
This HSE call with the team in Poland has taken an unexpected turn
Pretty wild colours in the sky on my run, but my phone now has decided it needs to apply auto filters onto things so it looks ridiculous. Just give me the photo I actually took you stupid thing.
Separate bonus points to the chap at the top of the hill from bramham who decorated the bus stop
Separate bonus points to the chap at the top of the hill from bramham who decorated the bus stop
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Pretty wild colours in the sky on my run, but my phone now has decided it needs to apply auto filters onto things so it looks ridiculous. Just give me the photo I actually took you stupid thing.
Separate bonus points to the chap at the top of the hill from bramham who decorated the bus stop
Separate bonus points to the chap at the top of the hill from bramham who decorated the bus stop
Absolutely not in any way linked, but my grandpa was a (the?) dentist in Crieff and the parents of my mum's best friends apparently tried to pay him to take out all of her teeth so they could give her 'perfect' dentures as a 16th birthday present.
He refused so they took her elsewhere apparently
He refused so they took her elsewhere apparently
"Hey kids, the bad news is grandpa's died, but the good news is the dentist said they can fit you in this afternoon to smash your teeth out so you can start wearing his dentures"
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Absolutely not in any way linked, but my grandpa was a (the?) dentist in Crieff and the parents of my mum's best friends apparently tried to pay him to take out all of her teeth so they could give her 'perfect' dentures as a 16th birthday present.
He refused so they took her elsewhere apparently
He refused so they took her elsewhere apparently
It's a couple of t-shirts not a UFO, DPD.
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It's a couple of t-shirts not a UFO, DPD.
This photo really is quite something.
Love it
Love it
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This photo really is quite something.
Love it
Love it
I can't believe my cable knit just sneered at me for using the wrong knife with my starter
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I can't believe my cable knit just sneered at me for using the wrong knife with my starter
Oh my god, we've all had these jobs
I recall having to clean the alcopop bottles in a pub bottle cage where they'd built it around the kitchen fat trap that backed up and exploded congealed crud about once a week.
Third week I just shook my head handed the landlord back the gloves and walked off
I recall having to clean the alcopop bottles in a pub bottle cage where they'd built it around the kitchen fat trap that backed up and exploded congealed crud about once a week.
Third week I just shook my head handed the landlord back the gloves and walked off
From 'Bacon Boy' to 'Leaflet Boy' 🗞️
Marcus tells us all about his old job putting flyers in newspapers... in a shirt and tie 👔
Go get your Mailbag! 👉 lnk.to/Ramble
Marcus tells us all about his old job putting flyers in newspapers... in a shirt and tie 👔
Go get your Mailbag! 👉 lnk.to/Ramble
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh my god, we've all had these jobs
I recall having to clean the alcopop bottles in a pub bottle cage where they'd built it around the kitchen fat trap that backed up and exploded congealed crud about once a week.
Third week I just shook my head handed the landlord back the gloves and walked off
I recall having to clean the alcopop bottles in a pub bottle cage where they'd built it around the kitchen fat trap that backed up and exploded congealed crud about once a week.
Third week I just shook my head handed the landlord back the gloves and walked off
The incredible step change of our nation electrical system since the milennium really isn't as widely appreciated and understood by us as a population as it should be.
"...renewables now producing around 60% of our electricity – up from just 3% in the year 2000"
"...renewables now producing around 60% of our electricity – up from just 3% in the year 2000"
UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months - edie
Great Britain’s maximum wind generation record was broken on Friday, 5 December, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has confirmed.
www.edie.net
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The incredible step change of our nation electrical system since the milennium really isn't as widely appreciated and understood by us as a population as it should be.
"...renewables now producing around 60% of our electricity – up from just 3% in the year 2000"
"...renewables now producing around 60% of our electricity – up from just 3% in the year 2000"
How else did people think eggnog was made?
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How else did people think eggnog was made?
Far too many people in our posh bit of Yorkshire go for "classy" sparkly white lights to show off their outlined sash windows on their Georgian town houses.
Sure that's fine, but we all know that letting Christmas vomit its way into our lives is clearly the better choice
10/10 for this display
Sure that's fine, but we all know that letting Christmas vomit its way into our lives is clearly the better choice
10/10 for this display
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Far too many people in our posh bit of Yorkshire go for "classy" sparkly white lights to show off their outlined sash windows on their Georgian town houses.
Sure that's fine, but we all know that letting Christmas vomit its way into our lives is clearly the better choice
10/10 for this display
Sure that's fine, but we all know that letting Christmas vomit its way into our lives is clearly the better choice
10/10 for this display
In significant developments of the weekend, I think my 35yr reign as chief mince pie maker may well be at an end.
I still got to help a bit, but I was very much second fiddle to 11 (and begrudgingly have to admit his pastry was better than mine is)
I still got to help a bit, but I was very much second fiddle to 11 (and begrudgingly have to admit his pastry was better than mine is)
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In significant developments of the weekend, I think my 35yr reign as chief mince pie maker may well be at an end.
I still got to help a bit, but I was very much second fiddle to 11 (and begrudgingly have to admit his pastry was better than mine is)
I still got to help a bit, but I was very much second fiddle to 11 (and begrudgingly have to admit his pastry was better than mine is)
Separate idle thought given how money grabbing Infantino and FIFA are, I wonder who they sold the rights to put a bug in the middle of that trophy to, and how much they got?
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Separate idle thought given how money grabbing Infantino and FIFA are, I wonder who they sold the rights to put a bug in the middle of that trophy to, and how much they got?