Colin Macqueen

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No, NFT buyers, you've not been mocked enough.

I could spend the rest of my life analysing this feedback sign in the local Home Bargains. Did 'not happy' break from overuse? Was it taped over to ensure 100% positive feedback? Is the green 'b' in 'feedback' some kind of subliminal nudge? Is the duck tape indent because people still keep pressing?

Tom’s Dad and Owen Meany. The only two characters in literature who merit an ALL CAPS VOICE.

Another fail where there were just too many options. Coin toss. Wordle 1,955 X/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩

Reform and Tories have pledged to reverse ULEZ repeatedly.

I just removed a couple of Command hooks that I put up when we moved in seven years ago and them came off perfectly. Most satisfying.

Memories:

🤨 From Viz 😂

50 years? Where the hell did that time go? Still some heart-racing moments in here (2018 reissues 😉)

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. I adore the narration of your Dad…and the later revelation of the link to Owen Meany. PS I spent far too long debating how trees predated humans before I realised that they pre-dated us, they did not hunt us down for food.

Fail. I still had two more options to go… Wordle 1,952 X/6* ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

50 years ago today "New Rose", is the first single by British punk rock group the Damned and the first single by a British punk group, released on this day in 1976 on Stiff Records #punk #punks #punkrock #newrose #thedamned #50years #punkrockhistory #otd

Found this graphic on post-op scar reduction on a practicing dermatologist’s website. The more you read, the worse it gets. Don’t forget to Perfisstepple year sipstrmations. Do these people really think it promotes their business?

All pubs should have a crafty nook for 1

Fake Amazon reviews are of course a scourge but here’s Flann O’Brien writing (satirically) in 1939:

Tough tough tough time…

Bringing back memories of car journeys as a small child is this Revival Flask by Thermos. Picnics in the summer, keeping you warm in the winter. An all-year round winner. bit.ly/4sgNXjF

Like anyone, I detest people playing music through their phones in public. In unrelated news, how cool were these guys?

A Certain Ratio - Live in America 1985 Taken from various nights supporting New Order across the US. Initially only on self-released cassette sold at shows, this is the 2025 pressing. Purchased at their magnificent show in Bristol last week. @acertainratio.bsky.social

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

Evening! Just ten minutes apart.

Excellent candidate diversity here.

You don’t get a neat little sticker for online early voting, but you can grab a screenshot. (Yes, I’m a dual UK/US citizen)

Tonight’s amusement: The Wedding Present at Gloucester Guildhall. 35th anniversary of the Seamonsters LP plus a whole lot more. Tremendous - I could have basked in the final workout on Heather for hours. @weddingpresent.bsky.social

0.64 Scaramuccis!

🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.

Rupi is working on his skunk impersonation.

Best gate ever.

Wrynose Pass. When I was younger I wondered where the rhinos came from.

Now THIS is the dad joke levels I aspire to

Northern Lights right now in the Lake District.

We’re having a week in the Lake District. We arrived after dark yesterday and just woke up to this:

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

A Certain Ratio (@acertainratio.bsky.social) ripping up the Exchange in Bristol tonight playing the Sextet and Force albums in full. Highly recommended if this tour is coming your way. Good to see Jez apparently healthier than he was last time. #MDANT night out with @timburrows19.bsky.social

Beavers, everybody. Beavers.

🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social

I for one am reassured that an investigation into Reform UK, carried out by Reform UK, has found that Reform UK did nothing wrong www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

So many Lloyd Cole quotes in my stream today. Well, so many people with the same quote.

The first person to open a store selling spare parts for planes was like 'remember, the customer is always Wright' omg I'm so sorry

The evening’s entertainment beckons.

My contribution to this evening’s Locally Sourced new material comedy night P-themed raffle. It’s a panda fight! Come along, laugh at comedy, buy a raffle ticket you could be walking home with this succulent drawing.

I still love this so much