Alex Holyoake
@alexholyoake.bsky.social
Librarian. More likely to be waffling on football/culture/other life bits.
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could write a whole book about how the tone from outsiders towards england seems to be "you all thought you were gonna win it!" while the internal understanding is "you can't even imply that we have a chance of winning it for a second or you'll jinx it".
July 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
could write a whole book about how the tone from outsiders towards england seems to be "you all thought you were gonna win it!" while the internal understanding is "you can't even imply that we have a chance of winning it for a second or you'll jinx it".
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Editor: You get those photos of new signing Harry Wilson?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin weirdly photoshopped with a single massive tattooed popeye forearm and a football that isn't even round just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin weirdly photoshopped with a single massive tattooed popeye forearm and a football that isn't even round just like you asked.
Editor: what
July 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Editor: You get those photos of new signing Harry Wilson?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin weirdly photoshopped with a single massive tattooed popeye forearm and a football that isn't even round just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin weirdly photoshopped with a single massive tattooed popeye forearm and a football that isn't even round just like you asked.
Editor: what
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Of course, the main lesson of all this is: don't fuck with Gibbo. #Boro #Southampton
May 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Of course, the main lesson of all this is: don't fuck with Gibbo. #Boro #Southampton
When you get a BBC news alert and it's about the Labour party rather than the Boro 😭😭😭
May 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM
When you get a BBC news alert and it's about the Labour party rather than the Boro 😭😭😭
Thoroughly recommend 'Super Nintendo' by @mackeza.bsky.social. It gives a really interesting look into how and why Nintendo came to create their games and really makes you want to go back and play them all.
April 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Thoroughly recommend 'Super Nintendo' by @mackeza.bsky.social. It gives a really interesting look into how and why Nintendo came to create their games and really makes you want to go back and play them all.
Yes to 90s day on 6music!
January 16, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Yes to 90s day on 6music!
Even when the McAllister's aren't losing Kevin they're proper useless parents.
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Even when the McAllister's aren't losing Kevin they're proper useless parents.
6music playing the first Stone Roses album in full and I am struggling not to belt out I am the resurrection to the top deck of this bus.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
6music playing the first Stone Roses album in full and I am struggling not to belt out I am the resurrection to the top deck of this bus.
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😭
IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
😭
IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
Jj72 on 6music this morning is certainly a blast from the past.
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Jj72 on 6music this morning is certainly a blast from the past.
Can get the kids a Boro shirt with Hackney on the back now...
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Can get the kids a Boro shirt with Hackney on the back now...
First Boro manager to be younger than me 😭😭😭
June 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
First Boro manager to be younger than me 😭😭😭
Great to have @johnhiggs.bsky.social in the Central Library tonight to talk about his book on Dr Who. Fascinating and a really engaging speaker.
May 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Great to have @johnhiggs.bsky.social in the Central Library tonight to talk about his book on Dr Who. Fascinating and a really engaging speaker.
Good grief Andor season 2 was just genuinely brilliant. Not sure I'll be able to watch Rogue One again now.
May 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Good grief Andor season 2 was just genuinely brilliant. Not sure I'll be able to watch Rogue One again now.
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Philip Pullman announces The Rose Field, the final part of Lyra’s story
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Philip Pullman announces The Rose Field, the final part of Lyra’s story
The acclaimed writer of His Dark Materials says the third volume in The Book of Dust series will portray a ‘dangerous, breathtaking quest’
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Philip Pullman announces The Rose Field, the final part of Lyra’s story
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Happy birthday to Sean Bean who, despite dying multiple times, turns 66 today. To celebrate here’s a compilation of him as Sharpe saying ‘bastard’. Enjoy.
youtu.be/tE8d-uGmIWk?...
youtu.be/tE8d-uGmIWk?...
Sean Bean - Yorkshireman - Bastard Compilation.
YouTube video by YorkshireIndian
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Happy birthday to Sean Bean who, despite dying multiple times, turns 66 today. To celebrate here’s a compilation of him as Sharpe saying ‘bastard’. Enjoy.
youtu.be/tE8d-uGmIWk?...
youtu.be/tE8d-uGmIWk?...
South Yorkshire sunset was the easiest preorder in ages.
Massive news!
There’s a brand new studio album from Pulp due in under 2 months! There’s various vinyl editions including a Sheffield shop exclusive ‘South Yorkshire Sunset’ pressing.
Pre-orders available now! Out on Rough Trade Records.
beartreerecords.com/products/pul...
There’s a brand new studio album from Pulp due in under 2 months! There’s various vinyl editions including a Sheffield shop exclusive ‘South Yorkshire Sunset’ pressing.
Pre-orders available now! Out on Rough Trade Records.
beartreerecords.com/products/pul...
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
South Yorkshire sunset was the easiest preorder in ages.
Loving @laurenlaverne.bsky.social back on 6music. It's been too long!
February 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Loving @laurenlaverne.bsky.social back on 6music. It's been too long!
Well that was a classic nice evening out with your mate ruined by having to watch a football game in the middle.
February 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Well that was a classic nice evening out with your mate ruined by having to watch a football game in the middle.
IP suddenly a thing that matters is it?
Distillation is a common practice in the AI industry but the concern was that DeepSeek may be doing it to build its own rival model, which is a breach of OpenAI’s terms of service. Here’s why: www.ft.com/content/a0df...
January 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
IP suddenly a thing that matters is it?
A 6 week and counting wait for CT scan results is doing nothing for anxiety.
January 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A 6 week and counting wait for CT scan results is doing nothing for anxiety.
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"they have no idea I'm here" MY GOD WHAT HAS SHE TOLD HER CHILDREN ##thetraitors
January 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"they have no idea I'm here" MY GOD WHAT HAS SHE TOLD HER CHILDREN ##thetraitors