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Alex Wormall

@wormito.bsky.social

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#Bloodbowl, board gaming (NAF:Leipziger), #Speechtherapy #bskyspeechies #slpeeps #mufc #goBills Waterbowl Commissioner (he/him) Twitter: @wormito @waterbowlthe

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · Sep 2

The mighty Mila - Pet of the Week at XS Malarkey 🎉

#comedysky #dogsky 🐶

A picture on the bug screen of Mila the black Labrador. She’s Pet of the Week at XS Malarkey.

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Anna Thomas @annathommy.bsky.social · 2d

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EXCITING NEWS! 📣🦡♥️

The wonderful Phil Ellis and I have started a podcast called ‘Early Worms’, produced by the gorgeous ‘A Lovely Time’.

Episode 1 is out on 17th October, but you can find the show on Spotify and Apple now!!!!!!!!! Go immediately!!!!!! If you want!!!!!
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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 3h

Nice to get to see @annathommy.bsky.social’s work in progress show today (part of Manchester’s Women in Comedy festival).

Very funny. Was not expecting my knowledge of Popworld in York to come in handy.

A bearded man (me) in an Athletic Club hoodie stood outside Lost Cat in the NQ.

Anna’s stage. There’s a slug on screen saying ‘Welcome, slugs!’ There’s a banner for the comedy festival, and two chairs. On one of which rests a ukele.

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 11d

Once again, for #blackhistorymonth I'll be highlighting some of the all time greats from the world of sport and performance in a month-long thread.

Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.

Settle in....

Let's start with...

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 14h

Ah it wasn’t GW who organised it, sorry. It was Manchester Game Centre (MMU) that organised it.

#bloodbowl live was Vagabond1982uk vs Kåre on the big screen with RickWreckless & I on the mics doing commentary. The crowd had bb bingo cards too.

It’s on YouTube
www.youtube.com/live/Ib_oIIR...

Manchester Game Centre Presents Blood Bow Live!

YouTube video by Geek Pride

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jenyth evans @jenyth.com · Jan 4

these thoughts have been rattling around in my brain for about a year and i finally had some time to scribble them down. some thoughts on how games might emulate the act of 'doing' history

jenyth.com/2025/01/03/h...

Historical interpretation as non-linear narrative

How games can reflect history as a discipline, not just historical facts.

jenyth.com

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 1d

Had a fantastic Saturday being part of the Games Workshop Research Day in Manchester today.

First a really interesting panel on player communities & how to grow them, then an intro to Gorechosen, and finally #bloodbowk live! which was lots of fun.

Great job @jennycromwell.bsky.social & Paul 👏🏻

Kåre preparing to put on a bloodbowl masterclass. RickWreckless & I are stood to the side with our microphones providing commentary on the game.

Jenny compèring is on the right. The player communities panel is to her right.

My player from Gorechosen who took an absolute pounding in the game 😄

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 4d

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 4d

Here we go!

#wcl #manchesterunited

The team sheet for Manchester United Women’s champions league proper debut.

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My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social · 4d

For October’s Game Club, @TheNewsAtGlenn.bsky.social and @SimonParkin.bsky.social are trading multiverse punch-ups for trails and tripods📸

This month’s game is Lushfoil Photography Sim, an exploration-and-photography game from @Lushfoil.bsky.social.

Play along & share your thoughts: bit.ly/4gXiIo7

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No Question About That @nqatpod.bsky.social · 7d

Sunderland beaten. Crisis… delayed.
Lemmens gets a clean sheet, Sesko finally looks alive, Amad’s audition goes well - and is Mount a solution in Amorim’s grand experiment? Relief, not revelation.

🎧 buff.ly/bgAZvLO
📺 buff.ly/TnKIGCs

@danielharris.bsky.social

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 7d

His stuff is great. I love the ghosts!

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Nathan Human @thehumanish.co.uk · 7d

I’ve got some ace postcards by the even acerer @davecakes.bsky.social if anyone would like to receive some post that isn’t a bill and won’t be thrown over your gate/hidden in the wrong bin by Evri.

A photo of some stamps and a pen and four postcards. One has a hot dog giving thumbs up. One of a flamingo. Another filled with ghosts. One with a person holding an umbrella over a ghost.

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Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · 7d

I'm excited to appear at @briswritersfest.bsky.social on the So Funny it Hurts panel with Patrick Lenton, Daniel Nour and Ellmore Collins with chair Siang Lu.

Fri 10 Oct 2025 @ 2:30PM

🎟️ https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/so-funny-it-hurts/

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8d

Solidarity, brothers and sisters

jay
@jayythewave
bro wake up penguin strike 😭

(quote post)

King Sukuna
@King_Sukunaaa . Oct 2
An aquarium in Japan has changed the diet of its penguins and otters due to rising costs, and the animals are refusing to eat the cheaper fish

(image of hand of keeper with fish extended and penguin turning away)

10:10 AM . Oct 3, 2025

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 9d

Brilliant. I am holiday so was following on results app. Sounds like Park was cracking again!

Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 9d

@thehumanish.co.uk I just saw Sandberg’s goal 🔥

Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 9d

Will do!

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 10d

We have SIGNED copies of "Mark Kermode's Surround Sound. The Stories of Movie Music"

It's signed by co authors @kermodemovie.bsky.social & Jenny Nelson.

Celebrating the emotional connection that audiences form with film music.

You can get one HERE!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

The front cover of Mark and Jenny's new book

Mark and Jenny's signatures inside the book.

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 10d

#eurobowl here we come!

#bloodbowl

Sizzler & I enjoying a beverage at the airport before takeoff.

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 10d

Caimh played his rd 11 last night.

The game was played in a blizzard and Luke’s humans were able to get to a 2-0 lead at the half.

Second half Caimh’s chaos stormed back to score twice and make it 2-2

Luke then just fell just short of an OTS. 2-2 result and my necro squeak through.

#bloodbowl

The final regular season standings showing my Nero team in 4th place.

Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks Erin. We’ve got some Hungarian coaches in rd 1 which is pretty cool.

Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks 😃 v excited!

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TVARK @tvark.bsky.social · 11d

Very sad to hear of the passing of zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall at the age of 91.

Her work has been the subject of many hundreds of television documentaries, films, wildlife series and interviews around the world.

Dame Jane Morris Goodall
1934 – 2025

Jane Goodall was born on 3 April 1934 and passed away on 1 October 2025 at the age of 91.

She was a zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. Jane was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, having studied the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees for over 60 years. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe its chimpanzees in 1960.

Jane has appeared in many hundreds of television interviews, documentaries, films and wildlife series showing her amazing work.

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Alex Wormall @wormito.bsky.social · 11d

A bit of last minute packing tonight. Up early to go to Budapest for #Eurobowl 🙌🏼

Bring on the #bloodbowl goodness.

the parliament building is lit up in red white and green colors

ALT: the parliament building is lit up in red white and green colors

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