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Since of necessity all things temporal soon pass into oblivion:

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A little collage from #endoftheroadfestival. Two of us made it there, in the end; despite fate seeming to want us not to. Hwyl, er gwaetha'r glaw. Lisa O'Neill, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Vieux Farka TourΓ©, BC,NR and Viagra Boys were some personal highlights.

01.09.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just going to destroy some cereal BRB

28.08.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜±πŸ•³πŸ’€

16.06.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I might do a part two when I'm 60. Or 80.

16.06.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"I miss the future that we had in the past"

15.06.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story Between January 2022 and March 2023 I wrote a sort of memoir entitled "Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story". I had long had the idea...

6 years tomorrow since I last exchanged white collar labour (i.e. writing) for remuneration. To mark the anniversary, I conclude the serialization of #CurriculumVitΓ¦ on my blog (and on Spotify) and will henceforth shut up about it. Happy St Dogmael’s Eve! www.alexandervelky.com/post/curricu...

13.06.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curriculum Vitæ: a working life story, by Alexander Velky Podcast · Doubtist Books · "Dear Prospective Employer..." January 2022: long-term-unemployed almost-40-year-old freelance writer Alexander Velky retires to his shed-based home office in rural West Wa...

And for those of you who are illiterate, all of these chapters can be listened to as "podcast episodes" on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5O9Q3yW...

11.06.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://www.alexandervelky.com/post/curriculum-vit%C3%A6-a-working-life-story-chapter-22-tell-me-about-a-time-you-had-to-persuade-someone

Chapters 22 and 23 of #CurriculumVitæ continue "the perilous stepping-stones dash of our author's freelance #copywriting career", including one Job he's still not allowed to talk about for legal reasons... t.co/VUcUUbR27W

11.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pssst. 'Ere, m8... want some trees???

07.06.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rewarding myself for good progress on the witch's hat with some frankly unprecedented safety precautions for the next phase of roofing

31.05.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This CNN #EUROVISION coverage is lightyears ahead of the BBC's. And the phrase "doesn’t treat Eurovision fans with the respect they deserve" absolutely sums up the UK approach of recent decades, barring one obvious aberration: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/e...

17.05.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EUROVISION 2025 EUROVISION 2025 COUNTRY SONG TITLE SONG PERF. STAGE TOT. POINTS* 1.NORWAY Kyle Alessandro – Lighter /10 /10 /10 /30 2.LUXEMBOURG Laura Thorn – La PoupΓ©e Monte Le Son /10 /10 /10 /30 3.ESTONI...

Here's a printable #eurovision scorecard google doc for anyone who needs such a thing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

17.05.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nooo Albania has been shafted
#eurovision

16.05.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Complex solutions to nonexistent problems.

13.05.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WANT: πŸ‡±πŸ‡»
SHOULD: πŸ‡¦πŸ‡±
WILL: πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ

#EUROVISION

13.05.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's at least 6 bangers there

13.05.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eurovision 2025 Semi-final 1 Eurovision 2025 Semi-final 1 Lineup: All the countries and songs participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Semi-final 1 in Basel

#eurovision semi tonight. Who's got one??

eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2...

13.05.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forgot to strim the orchard, now it's full of bloody flowers.

#Landskerianflora

12.05.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Here Come The Popes, Pt. 1 (1st Millenium)
YouTube video by Sergeant Buzfuz - Topic Here Come The Popes, Pt. 1 (1st Millenium)

"It's good that [the Pope] has progressive views"

Completely disagree. What's the point of a "Progressive" Pope? I want my Popes hosting orgies, assassinating people, and bankrolling holy wars, like in the good old days: youtu.be/8cqkwOdak3Q?...

#bbcbreakfast

09.05.2025 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Rhagiummordax #BlackSpottedLonghornBeetle #ChwilenHirgornSmotiogDu*, running away

#landskerianfauna
* Welsh name is a guess; couldn't find the real one

06.05.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see that Continuity Ukip (and, by extension, continuity BNP and continuity NF) has swept to power in the English local elections. Oh well, at least our manufacturing industry is hollowed out, so we probably can't invade France any time soon...

02.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does dim dyn yn croesi'r un afon ddwywaith: dyw hi ddim yr un afon; dyw e ddim yr un dyn.
β€” Heraclitus
#AfonWern

30.04.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I chuckled at "Brits out" but thought the album was a bit shit. Supporting Hezbollah? telling people to kill MPs? Not ideal. But what really got *my* goat was that time they applied for Arts Council funding. Anyone that does that is... I wish I could think of a better idiom than "beyond the pale".

30.04.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 World Snooker Championship: Mark Williams beats John Higgins in quarter-final Three-time winner Mark Williams holds off a John Higgins fightback to win a World Championship classic 13-12 on the final black and reach the semi-finals.

Amazing match between Higgins and Williams. Saw the second of three parts (whatever they're called... sessions??) last night. Very happy for Mark Williams, but you couldn't get a silver Rizla between them... www.bbc.com/sport/snooke...

30.04.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unbound have gone into administration? Good. Serves them right for passing on my memoir. I will gladly sup wine from their skull πŸ’€

30.04.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Re my previous skeet, Boundless (publisher previously known as Unbound) are today soliciting for pledges via email, so if you're on their mailing list, read this before giving them your money.

28.04.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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Young herring gull with a beautiful spotty tail.

30.04.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curriculum VitΓ¦: a working life story, Chapter 19: β€œWhat do you like to do outside of work?” Over the few weeks I was in The Great Wen working at Ad Agency # 1, my long-term Sideline at The Wine Websites finally drew to a close. Malcolm was taking (very) early retirement to spend more time wi...

#CurriculumVitΓ¦ 19: β€œWhat do you like to do outside of work?” in which our author's Freelance Career progresses to the Wine Websites Job, and the minorly unsuccessful debut poetry book he published in June 2013.
Text: www.alexandervelky.com/post/curricu...
Audio: open.spotify.com/episode/6Lpb...

27.04.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the afternoon trying to make a round doorframe. An activity I wholeheartedly cannot recommend.

27.04.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Massive rat eating a dead rabbit behind megashed. Where's David Attenborough when you need him?

25.04.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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