Mat Bowles (He/Þei)
@matgb.uk
Displaced Devonian in Yorkshire, ageing goth who yawns a lot (2 sleep disorders and chronic fatigue). Never been a "real man" so a little bit NB, here for the SF, history, science and friends
Icon from Doomtown, best card game ever made
Icon from Doomtown, best card game ever made
Easy, probably spent as much time playing this as a kid as I do playing Civ these days
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Easy, probably spent as much time playing this as a kid as I do playing Civ these days
Lura Thok has seen all your comments about the new Star Trek poster and does not approve
She will not be The Doctor, but she has met him so that's not too bad
She will not be The Doctor, but she has met him so that's not too bad
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lura Thok has seen all your comments about the new Star Trek poster and does not approve
She will not be The Doctor, but she has met him so that's not too bad
She will not be The Doctor, but she has met him so that's not too bad
Yup, Ridley's been looking mournfully at the fire and wondering why it's not lit yet (we need to sweep it)
This is one of my favourite pics of the previous two dogs we had, they'd collapse like this constantly
This is one of my favourite pics of the previous two dogs we had, they'd collapse like this constantly
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Yup, Ridley's been looking mournfully at the fire and wondering why it's not lit yet (we need to sweep it)
This is one of my favourite pics of the previous two dogs we had, they'd collapse like this constantly
This is one of my favourite pics of the previous two dogs we had, they'd collapse like this constantly
Just finished reading this one, it's part two of a duology, turned out I had four pages left last time I got off a train
Fascinating, fun, kinda post apocalyptic 2nd world fantasy with strong SF elements, several Maori characters and lots of weird
Book one here
www.amazon.co.uk/Dawnhounds-1...
Fascinating, fun, kinda post apocalyptic 2nd world fantasy with strong SF elements, several Maori characters and lots of weird
Book one here
www.amazon.co.uk/Dawnhounds-1...
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just finished reading this one, it's part two of a duology, turned out I had four pages left last time I got off a train
Fascinating, fun, kinda post apocalyptic 2nd world fantasy with strong SF elements, several Maori characters and lots of weird
Book one here
www.amazon.co.uk/Dawnhounds-1...
Fascinating, fun, kinda post apocalyptic 2nd world fantasy with strong SF elements, several Maori characters and lots of weird
Book one here
www.amazon.co.uk/Dawnhounds-1...
Me? This is the view FROM the field they're planning to build in. It's not the best shot, overcast & with my phone, but it's the best I've got
You can see all the way up the valley to Elland. To me, with the wind turbines, the works, the church, the houses? That's beauty
Well, apart from Elland
You can see all the way up the valley to Elland. To me, with the wind turbines, the works, the church, the houses? That's beauty
Well, apart from Elland
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Me? This is the view FROM the field they're planning to build in. It's not the best shot, overcast & with my phone, but it's the best I've got
You can see all the way up the valley to Elland. To me, with the wind turbines, the works, the church, the houses? That's beauty
Well, apart from Elland
You can see all the way up the valley to Elland. To me, with the wind turbines, the works, the church, the houses? That's beauty
Well, apart from Elland
Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
Can you imagine being so bought into the Musk project/mystique that you do this WITH YOUR MONTH OLD BABY?
Fucking hell
Fucking hell
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Can you imagine being so bought into the Musk project/mystique that you do this WITH YOUR MONTH OLD BABY?
Fucking hell
Fucking hell
Waaargh! The Orks, 1990, page 67:
www.scribd.com/doc/57706197...
Not always the best or most powerful faction, but always the most fun to play
www.scribd.com/doc/57706197...
Not always the best or most powerful faction, but always the most fun to play
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Waaargh! The Orks, 1990, page 67:
www.scribd.com/doc/57706197...
Not always the best or most powerful faction, but always the most fun to play
www.scribd.com/doc/57706197...
Not always the best or most powerful faction, but always the most fun to play
Couldn't resist screenshotting this one
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Couldn't resist screenshotting this one
Sometimes, the sheer scale of America compared to Europe astounds me, we're so cramped over here. 50 years before the below, Jack Smeaton built the Calder And Hebble canals to—literally—put the town I live in on the map
Here's Spike (RIP) enjoying a stretch of it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_...
Here's Spike (RIP) enjoying a stretch of it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_...
October 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sometimes, the sheer scale of America compared to Europe astounds me, we're so cramped over here. 50 years before the below, Jack Smeaton built the Calder And Hebble canals to—literally—put the town I live in on the map
Here's Spike (RIP) enjoying a stretch of it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_...
Here's Spike (RIP) enjoying a stretch of it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_...
I think what Amazon mean here is the van just left the depot unless they've got a really weird route
October 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I think what Amazon mean here is the van just left the depot unless they've got a really weird route
If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
(photo credit for first pic: @cupcakegoth.bsky.social )
I love that a very recent pic of Clovis and the ~25 year old artwork have with with the same pose of ears
(wrong answers only)
(photo credit for first pic: @cupcakegoth.bsky.social )
I love that a very recent pic of Clovis and the ~25 year old artwork have with with the same pose of ears
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
(photo credit for first pic: @cupcakegoth.bsky.social )
I love that a very recent pic of Clovis and the ~25 year old artwork have with with the same pose of ears
(wrong answers only)
(photo credit for first pic: @cupcakegoth.bsky.social )
I love that a very recent pic of Clovis and the ~25 year old artwork have with with the same pose of ears
On the subject of Eurovision, the EBU organisers had a VERY political founding, but the first actual meeting was held at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay
Stewarded some charity events there as a teen, gorgeous place, Agatha Christie based several of her hotels on it
And the view from the terrace?
Stewarded some charity events there as a teen, gorgeous place, Agatha Christie based several of her hotels on it
And the view from the terrace?
September 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On the subject of Eurovision, the EBU organisers had a VERY political founding, but the first actual meeting was held at The Imperial Hotel in Torquay
Stewarded some charity events there as a teen, gorgeous place, Agatha Christie based several of her hotels on it
And the view from the terrace?
Stewarded some charity events there as a teen, gorgeous place, Agatha Christie based several of her hotels on it
And the view from the terrace?
Awhile back I found a download app that would let me clip videos so I could post review excerpts within BlueSky's then video length limit
But I never got around to posting the vid I tested on, not certain it's from the same show but the Chumbas played Rockpalast a few times, always good
But I never got around to posting the vid I tested on, not certain it's from the same show but the Chumbas played Rockpalast a few times, always good
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Awhile back I found a download app that would let me clip videos so I could post review excerpts within BlueSky's then video length limit
But I never got around to posting the vid I tested on, not certain it's from the same show but the Chumbas played Rockpalast a few times, always good
But I never got around to posting the vid I tested on, not certain it's from the same show but the Chumbas played Rockpalast a few times, always good
Without saying Voltron, what is your favorite giant robot?
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Without saying Voltron, what is your favorite giant robot?
Would I get one?
Ridley is a Saluki crossed with a Greyhound
Greyhounds have the fastest jump speed for short distance running known
Salukis are the fastest at distance and have incredible stamina/endurance
For the first two years, we had to give him THREE HOURS of walks per day
Once is enough
Ridley is a Saluki crossed with a Greyhound
Greyhounds have the fastest jump speed for short distance running known
Salukis are the fastest at distance and have incredible stamina/endurance
For the first two years, we had to give him THREE HOURS of walks per day
Once is enough
September 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Would I get one?
Ridley is a Saluki crossed with a Greyhound
Greyhounds have the fastest jump speed for short distance running known
Salukis are the fastest at distance and have incredible stamina/endurance
For the first two years, we had to give him THREE HOURS of walks per day
Once is enough
Ridley is a Saluki crossed with a Greyhound
Greyhounds have the fastest jump speed for short distance running known
Salukis are the fastest at distance and have incredible stamina/endurance
For the first two years, we had to give him THREE HOURS of walks per day
Once is enough
Yeah, my birthday present arrived this morning, not had time to make it yet but it looks good
And the Ghostbusters firehouse and the modular city buildings are all pretty good, think it's the Star Wars stuff and some licensed stuff that's, well, cash in crap
And the Ghostbusters firehouse and the modular city buildings are all pretty good, think it's the Star Wars stuff and some licensed stuff that's, well, cash in crap
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yeah, my birthday present arrived this morning, not had time to make it yet but it looks good
And the Ghostbusters firehouse and the modular city buildings are all pretty good, think it's the Star Wars stuff and some licensed stuff that's, well, cash in crap
And the Ghostbusters firehouse and the modular city buildings are all pretty good, think it's the Star Wars stuff and some licensed stuff that's, well, cash in crap
It's their purpose built major command centre, it's Letsby Avenue, Letsby is an actual place but it's nowhere near, the developers chose it and the council didn't object so it stuck
Weirdly it's shwoing up in Korean on Google Maps instead of English, but OSM has it right
Weirdly it's shwoing up in Korean on Google Maps instead of English, but OSM has it right
August 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's their purpose built major command centre, it's Letsby Avenue, Letsby is an actual place but it's nowhere near, the developers chose it and the council didn't object so it stuck
Weirdly it's shwoing up in Korean on Google Maps instead of English, but OSM has it right
Weirdly it's shwoing up in Korean on Google Maps instead of English, but OSM has it right
Thats clearly an ill chicken
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thats clearly an ill chicken
You have reminded me of Torbay, which is the borough minus the Brixham wards
So the border is the coast, there are houseboats on the marina
So the border is the coast, there are houseboats on the marina
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You have reminded me of Torbay, which is the borough minus the Brixham wards
So the border is the coast, there are houseboats on the marina
So the border is the coast, there are houseboats on the marina
I mean, could've been worse...
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I mean, could've been worse...
My favourite Doctor and Companions
August 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
My favourite Doctor and Companions
Ridley says he'd probably like you but only if you let him sit in the sun patch and watch the tennis
July 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ridley says he'd probably like you but only if you let him sit in the sun patch and watch the tennis
I didn't, just for you :-D
June 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I didn't, just for you :-D
I fart in your general direction!
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
(because it really wasn't Hastings then done with)
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
(because it really wasn't Hastings then done with)
June 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I fart in your general direction!
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
(because it really wasn't Hastings then done with)
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
(because it really wasn't Hastings then done with)