Barnie

@barnie

Fundraising at Friends of the Earth (posts only represent my views and values, not my employer’s), environmentalism, Bristol UK, he/him also: board games, video games, final fantasy, running

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Barnie@barnie· 22d

They say a picture is worth a thousand words

A blank page with the text ‘Dog’ in large, black writing.

Barnie@barnie· 27d

Remembering a childhood game where you’d pinch the skin on the back of your hand to determine your calcium levels (I know), I googled to see if it was a shared experience and instead stumbled upon the most cursed images imaginable

A crudely drawn cartoon baby with the face of a background character from a police show set in the 70s, has their tummy pinched. The baby looks scornful, and ready to tell the person pinching them to fuck off.

A pinching diagram, this one more medically based, showing how to test whether a baby is dehydrated based on pinching. The middle image shows a baby with sunken eyes, looking at you as if they are a cursed infant from a Dark Souls game.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 5

cursed advertising

A metal plate for OXO cubes, showing a toddler drinking a brown liquid from a glass. It reads ‘OXO makes milk very interesting’

Barnie@barnie· Jul 2

All those people with ‘please, no DMs’ in their profile

We’re The Millers meme, with Will Poulter’s character saying ‘Wait, you guys are getting DMs?’

Barnie@barnie· Jul 1

I don’t think I’ve ever done a two-move checkmate before in all the years I’ve played chess! (Please ignore my rating - this is blitz and I’m a recovering childhood chess prodigy)

A chess game on chess.com showing checkmate by black in two moves - with queen on H4, white pawns on G4 and F3. My rating is 512 (blitz)

Barnie@barnie· May 29

I’m so tired

A screenshot showing a pop up on Discord that reads ‘Disclosure Day Quest: Watch the video to win 200 Orbs!’

Barnie@barnie· May 28

My office had a visit from Angine de Poitrine

Round stools in an office next to a square topped table. The stools and the base of the table have the same colour way as the band Angine de Poitrine

Barnie@barnie· Feb 2

Odeon are advertising their latest Luxe cinema in Bristol: You would have to pay me to use these

An excerpt from an email from Odeon advertising their new Luxe in Bristol, showing ‘VIP Beds’, with the caption: ‘Stretch out in style with luxurious beds that bring a whole new meaning to the word ‘premium’.’

Barnie@barnie· Jan 23

Silver making course has me learning techniques in copper! Definitely enjoying anything involving hammers with this.

A copper bangle, made by me! Circular, with flattened ends, and a twist in the middle (made by hammering the copper into a square shape in the middle of the wire).

Barnie@barnie· Dec 25

Started seeing someone new this year - knitted them a scarf in a style I hadn’t tried out before, but it came together really nicely, with lots of love. Fisherman’s rib (also did a frill for the first time, steam blocked), lovely shade of green wool, probably took about 30 hours (photo midway).

A scarf in fisherman’s rib, in a lovely, soft, emerald green.

Barnie@barnie· Dec 24

The Driving Crooner from I Think You Should Leave

Barnie@barnie· Dec 6

Preparing for Xmas by familiarising myself with the talking points I’m going to have to battle with my parents over

A BBC News article with the headline:

‘Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis

Barnie@barnie· Nov 11

My current review of Twilight Imperium when you incorporate Thunder’s Edge

Tim Robinson in I Think You Should Leave, in a mall wearing heavy prosthetics saying ‘There’s too much fucking shit on me’

Barnie@barnie· Nov 8

One of those Apple tips that has saved me innumerable time over the years. Set it so that typing @@ automatically text replaces to your email address. Multiple emails? Keep going with more @@@s. Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Text Replacement.

The text replacement window on an iPhone screen. Shows having @@ go to one email address, and @@@ go to another.

Barnie@barnie· Sep 6

I moved to Bristol last month and it’s hard to stress how magical a place it feels. So may unique sights around it all. You turn a corner and could be in a completely difference city, a rural town, a European village. Such a beautiful city.

Arnos Vale Cemetery, a shot showing thick greenery around a concrete path, graves dotted through the overgrown shrubs. A blue sky is streaked with thin clouds.

A wet cobbled street after rain, with sparse houses on the left and a stone wall to the right. It looks like a street from a small town, with a clouded blue sky.

A red, early morning sky over Bristol Temple Meads train station.

On a bridge in the centre of Bristol overlooking a river, with canal boats below. Lights for the path to the left, with trees shading the walk, and to the right a busy office block looks quiet at this time of the morning. The sky is grey and calm.

Barnie@barnie· Aug 13

I have this NME cover saved on my phone that I look at whenever I want to feel something

NME from 2009 front cover with headline that reads:
KASABIAN
“Oasis have gone. WE are the biggest band in Britain now!”

Barnie@barnie· Aug 3

Moving house for the little dog has tired her all out, bless her

A little miniature schnauzer, black and silver, with a red collar, is asleep on a Thomas the Tank Enging cushion on a navy coloured futon. She is pooped.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 25

Time out from what? Playing golf?

BBC News article with the headline ‘Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course’

Barnie@barnie· Jul 22

I’ve carried very few mementos of my time working at Sony Music (due to the horrors) - about to move house and so many finally give this one up too (rescued from a bin by the printers in 2014).

A CD single Promo of Natasha Beddingfield’s ‘These Words’.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 11

hey siri, find me a perfect metaphor

A BBC article that reads:

“Artificial grass catches fire at Derbyshire farm

A fire has broken out at a farm in Derbyshire after artificial grass caught alight during soaring temperatures.”

Also shows a picture of the fire from a distance, behind a field of wheat, under blue skies.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 9

The Climate Coalition’s #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby event today was really excellent. Some amazing speakers, and the energy of the groups and people who attended was so cool. Hope folks had some great conversations with their MPs!

The outside of the QE2 conference centre, just south of the Houses of Parliament in London. Flags outside showing the ‘Act Now Change Forever’ messaging of The Climate Coalition’s mass lobby event.

A Friends of the Earth stall inside the mass lobby event, showing information about our demands for a bold and fair climate plan.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 6

Happy Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker’s launch grape season to everyone that practices

A buddleja flowering, looking like the grapes from the launch of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker, overly blocky.

Barnie@barnie· Jul 4

I’ve found the person I’d least like to be stuck in an elevator with

A BBC webpage reporting on the Oasis reunion gig - highlighted from the page is the text ‘One fan tells us “rock and roll is back”’.

Barnie@barnie· Jun 30

Bluesky Discourse (June 2025)

You Wouldn’t “Blank” a “Blank” meme that reads: You Wouldn’t Tell A Joke

Barnie@barnie· Jun 28

Cheerful but dying? Same, Neobarnoy2k

A screenshot of my Neopet, Neobarnoy2k, which is showing as cheerful but dying.

Barnie@barnie· Jun 24

“Oh yeah, you want a break from reality? Does this look fun to you?”

Relativity by Escher (a painting with lots of stairs at oblique, nonsensical angles)

Barnie@barnie· Jun 20

Obviously never completed Metroid 2 when I was little - but enjoyed finally completing it! If only young Barnie had known the reward for completing was a two-tone green Samus shot.

Barnie@barnie· Jun 20

Not the most reassuring label @lilyskitchen.bsky.social

A bag of dog food from Lily’s Kitchen which had the label ‘Not For EU’ stuck on it.

Barnie@barnie· Jun 15

Had a really fun time with Persona 3 Reload - my final team settled on Yukari, Ken and Koromaru pretty early on, really enjoyed them all together. Onto the DLC at some point!

A screen showing my team in Persona 3 Reload, with my chosen four being Yukari, Ken, and Koromaru

Barnie@barnie· Jun 14

Proud of Westbury for hosting an Environment Fair! Although the music being a live saxophonist playing ‘Hallelujah’ definitely a choice.