Toolie

Toolie

@toolie.bsky.social

It’s all about the bike. Designer of stuff. Man of many parts, all of them well-worn.

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Feeling smug that 90% of my supper/dinner/tea* was picked from my garden this evening. Also fucking starving cos all I’ve eaten is mostly beetroot, celery and lettuce. * delete as appropriate

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Andy Burnham, "To me, carers should be the best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad" Andy Burnham praises migrants to the UK who care for our elderly, a stark contrast to Keir-island-of-strangers-Starmer

Feeling a bit lightheaded after my 32 mile bike ride this afternoon… got a bit concerned until I remembered the 4 pints of IPA… carry on

I remember when I used to get pissed and buy hugely inappropriate and wildly expensive shit on t’intnet, just discovered I did the same last night only it’s a very reasonable peony.

Seems I went to bed last night with a big dollop of sheep shit on my neck last night… that or something really weird happened while I was asleep.

Old school mountain biking day today. Shorts, mud, scuffed knees, coffee and a sticky bun… might have had a cheeky pint too. Perfect

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there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

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A morning spent trying to plot a mountainbike ride that avoids the flooded and impassable bridleways is proving a challenge. Waterproof socks, where-art-thou.

T’was the night before Christmas And all was quiet, calm, contented. I’d prepped all day like a man ‘kin demented! So a deserved glass of fizz by the fire Maybe some music by a festive church choir. As my mind relaxed that nagging thought still lingered.

Cheese I’d forgotten to buy the bloody cheese Christmas is ruined, forget all the presents, the turkey and stuffing. A house without Cheddar, Brie, Camembert and Stilton means it was all now for nuffing.

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This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends

Paul Scheer@paulscheer.com

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

Be great if the flag shaggers could show how much they love and are proud of Britain by picking up some litter instead, mend a pot hole or two maybe.

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Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?