Barnie

@barnie.bsky.social

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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

A blank page with the text ‘Dog’ in large, black writing.
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 metal plate for OXO cubes, showing a toddler drinking a brown liquid from a glass. It reads ‘OXO makes milk very interesting’
We’re The Millers meme, with Will Poulter’s character saying ‘Wait, you guys are getting DMs?’
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)
A screenshot showing a pop up on Discord that reads ‘Disclosure Day Quest: Watch the video to win 200 Orbs!’
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
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’.’
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).
A scarf in fisherman’s rib, in a lovely, soft, emerald green.
The Driving Crooner from I Think You Should Leave
A BBC News article with the headline: ‘Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Tim Robinson in I Think You Should Leave, in a mall wearing heavy prosthetics saying ‘There’s too much fucking shit on me’
The text replacement window on an iPhone screen. Shows having @@ go to one email address, and @@@ go to another.
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.
NME from 2009 front cover with headline that reads: KASABIAN “Oasis have gone. WE are the biggest band in Britain now!”
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.
BBC News article with the headline ‘Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course’
A CD single Promo of Natasha Beddingfield’s ‘These Words’.
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.
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 buddleja flowering, looking like the grapes from the launch of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker, overly blocky.
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”’.
You Wouldn’t “Blank” a “Blank” meme that reads: You Wouldn’t Tell A Joke
A screenshot of my Neopet, Neobarnoy2k, which is showing as cheerful but dying.
Relativity by Escher (a painting with lots of stairs at oblique, nonsensical angles)
End screen of Metroid 2 for Game Boy
A bag of dog food from Lily’s Kitchen which had the label ‘Not For EU’ stuck on it.
A screen showing my team in Persona 3 Reload, with my chosen four being Yukari, Ken, and Koromaru
A photo of a park in Westbury, with stalls for various environmental groups present.
A screenshot from Bumble, showing a cropped section of someone else’s profile that shows crossover interests. It reads ‘Things you can bond over: Political stance, Left’
A puppy miniature schnauzer, Elka, exhausted from a day in the office with me, is asleep on the floor of a London Underground tube train carriage.
Typing into a Safari iPhone search bar ‘is crossing a rubicon a good thing’
A miniature schnauzer lies on the floor of a train carriage, calm and cool
Stickers received in the mail of the No Small Games logo.
A screenshot from the website Macrumors which shows a headline reading ‘watchOS 26 Brings the Notes App to Apple Watch’.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami, running in handheld mode on a Nintendo Switch 2, on my lap on a train.
Me holding a copy of Black Paradox by Junji Ito
A screenshot from the Simpsons, showing Maggie Simpson with a note taped to her front that says ‘I’m a stupid baby’
Jenny and the Bets, @bets.bsky.social, posts: “The wrong president has cancer.” Rule_ of Law, @coolhand3333.bsky.social, responds with: “You shouldn't say that I know what you're saying, but you don't need to bring Bad karma to yourself or your family. You should delete this just for good luck.” Jenny and the Bets responds saying: “You should shut the absolute fuck up” Rule_ of Law then adds: “Shut up you fucking clown”
A Sony NW-HD1 Walkman, in a giant hand
A screenshot from YouTube of May Kershaw of Black Country, New Road smiling with a look of contentment and pride at the end of playing Turbines/Pigs live at Glastonbury 2023.
The front page of the Guardian app, with the headline “Trump claims Russia-Ukraine peace deal close but accuses Zelenskyy of harming process and having 'no cards to play'”. A photo of Trump then leads above two more visible stores which read “Analysis: Kremlin dragging its feet over peace deal as US takes anger out on Zelenskyy” and “Ukraine: Vance says US will 'walk away' unless Ukraine and Russia accept peace deal”
A screenshot from Apple Fitness+ that suggests you watch a 10 minute video called ‘Yoga with Molly’
Poo-chi, the early 2000s robo-pet dog.
A leaflet with a picture of a bearded white man with text that reads: “You are invited. Memorial of Jesus’ Death. Saturday, April 12, 2025”
A Twitter notification that reads: “A new category for you: Join AstralSpiff in exploring R.E.P.O.!”
A clearance shelf at a supermarket. A bunch of Mother’s Day themed crumpets sit there, adorned with yellow discount stickers, six days before Mother’s Day.
A message through a dating app that reads “Barnie? For real that’s your name”
The Woodsman from Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8, behind a microphone in a radio station repeating the poem: “This is the water and this is the well. Drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes, and dark within.l
An image once more showing a parcel tracking history through the USPS website. It shows a number of moves to and from distribution centres in Indianapolis, from the 10th to the 15th of February, with the last update now saying that on the 22nd February just saying that the parcel is ‘moving through network in transit to next facility’.
A flier for ‘Dent Philosopher’, a car dent repair business.
An image showing a parcel tracking history through the USPS website. It shows a number of moves to and from distribution centres in Indianapolis, from the 10th to the 15th of February, with the last update on the 16th February just saying that the parcel is ‘moving through network in transit to next facility’.
A hand of Scout cards, with no real discernible sets or runs.
A can of prawn cocktail Pringles held up to the light against a backdrop of a blurred bookshelf (which you can vaguely make out a collection of graphic novels including The Walking Dead, Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, and Mind MGMT). The Pringles can has some text on it describing its latest environmental commitments, including the fact it has a paper bottom.
A bin shaped like a coffee cup that says on it ‘More espresso less depresso’
Boromir
A black and silver miniature schnauzer, lying on a sofa, surrounded by cushions, living a very happy life.
Yellow paint on the Blueprint joker