Tom Dare

@repka.bsky.social

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I talk gay about metal sometimes, and shout at my sports teams. Also cats, dogs, spicy food, and nerdy stuff. Epiphanic Truth's semi-official hype-man. He/him

The Riverside cricket ground in Chester-le-Street, bathed in sunshine beneath a cloudless deep blue sky. Durham are batting against Nottinghamshire, all in whites, in the County Championship.
Durham playing Nottinghamshire at cricket in the County Championship. Right-arm medium fast bowler Brett Hutton of Notts is in his bowling action in the right of the picture, with left-handed Durham batter James Minto ready to face, his bat raised in back lift at the other end of the pitch.
Rugby players from Newcastle Falcons and Gloucester shake hands at full time on the pitch at Kingston Park stadium. The Falcons players are in the foreground. Behind the players, the clubhouse is seen with floodlights on its roof, illuminating the artificial pitch as night descends on Tyneside.
Cover to the book The Vanquished: Why The First World War Failed To End, 1917-1923 by Robert Gerwarth
Cover to the novel The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan. The artwork shows someone standing on a promontory, facing away from us, with a cloak flapping in the wind behind them. In front of them, a dragon rears up, wings spread, broken chains trailing off them. A breath of flame is just emerging from their mouth.
The cover to the book 1984 by George Orwell
Homemade vegan ginger biscuits, cooling on a rack
Tabby cat, lounging on the top of a cat tree. Behind him is a window, where you can see the sun shining through trees.
The cover of the novel Lion Of Macedon by David Gemmell
The cover of the book The Coming Of The Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
The cover of the book The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
Vegan hazelnut and chocolate chip cookies, straight out of the oven, cooling on a rack.
Wet ingredients for some vegan chocolate chip and hazelnut cookies, having been whisked together. The dark brown mixture sits in a glass mixing bowl, with the whisk standing in the liquid.
Cover of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. The image is of a silhouette of the Brandenburg Gate against a cloudy sky. The title is in a metallic, dark red Gothic font.
Swedish chocolate bar Plopp, in its wrapper
Homemade vegan oat and raisin cookie, with a bite taken out of it.
Miniature poodle, sitting in my lap, leaning against my chest. He is looking straight at the camera, and appears very relaxed and content. The Anaal Nathrakh logo of my hoodie is just visible below his muzzle.
10 homemade vegan oat and raisin cookies, cooling on a rack, having come straight out of the oven. They look golden and tasty.
4 balls of batter for some homemade vegan oat and raisin cookies. The balls sit on baking parchment on a baking tray, about to be put in the oven. A second tray with 6 more cookies awaiting the oven is in the background.
Homemade vegan peanut butter biscuits, held in my left out. A bite has been taken out of it to show a whole peanut, and the biscuit's light, airy texture.
Photo of the first stage of oat cookie batter. The wet ingredients and sugars are in a white mixing bowl, having been whisked together.
Homebaked vegan peanut butter biscuits, cooling on a rack
Gif of Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine saying, "title of your sex tape"
Homebaked vegan chocolate and hazelnut cookies, cooling on a rack
Two bottles of whisky (Talisker 10-year-old, and Balvenie Doublewood) in their boxes, sitting side by side on a mantlepiece.
Black shirt on a man with a big beard. The shirt features the logo of the metal band Warpstormer, stylised in the font of Games Workshop's logo. The design below the logo features a Space Marine from Warhammer 40,000, playing a guitar that's also a bolter weapon.
Cooling rack covered with one batch of vegan ginger biscuits, and a separate batch of chocolate chip cookies
Starbug from Red Dwarf
Vegan fruitcake, fresh out of the oven
Black t-shirt with the name of heavy metal band Warpstormer on it. The logo's font is similar to that of Games Workshop, who make Warhammer 40,000 (and other games). Below the logo is a design featuring a Space Marine from Warhammer 40K, playing a guitar that's also a bolter (a type of weapon in the 40K universe).
Close up on the face of a handsome old tabby cat
Close up on the face of a winking miniature poodle
Screen grab of two successive posts in my timeliness. Post 1 from @andihamilton.com: "Got Poison The Well tickets. Solid morning." Post 2 from @garydavidson.bsky.social: "Poison The Well tickets bought a fine Friday indeed."
Vegan coffee and walnut cake with coffee frosting, covered in chopped walnuts
Pizza box with an anarchist "A" logo on it, from Pizza Punks in Newcastle
Sleepy miniature poodle, snuggling in blankets on a sofa
Gif of Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine saying "Title of your sex tape"
Homebaked vegan chocolate chip cookies, cooling on a rack
Snow falling onto a garden
Sesame biscuits, with a bite taken out of it. The outer of the biscuits is coated in bronze-coloured toasted sesame seeds. The biscuits itself is a golden brown.
Black tshirt with the logo of metal band Allfather on it, resting on the pink packaging it came in. Both are sitting on the back of a sofa. A cute apricot poodle is standing on the sofa, facing the camera
The Battlestar Galactica (2003 reimagining)
Homemade sesame cookies cooling on a rack
A blue tit and a great tit using a bird feeder
The inside of The Centurion pub at Newcastle upon Tyne station. Classical revival columns and warm sand-coloured tiles frame the bar, with an old clock recessed below an arch in bas-relief. Warm winter sunlight filters through a large skylight
Apricot poodle pushing himself into the corner of a sofa, looking very sleepy
Plate of home baked sesame biscuits
A sleepy yellow dog is smushing himself into the corner of a sofa
Apricot miniature poodle, lying on the sofa, pushing himself right into the corner. He looks very sleepy.
Lemon drizzle cake, viewed from the end. The cake has white icing which has dribbled down the sides.
A full handful of grey fur, shed by a cat. The cat is behind the hand, curled up at the top of a cat tree.
Miniature poodle, lying on his belly in a dog basket, his paws stretched out in front of him, looking at the camera with an open mouthed smile and his tongue hanging out. The dog looks like a happy teddy bear.
Aurora borealis over Newcastle upon Tyne
Aurora borealis over Newcastle upon Tyne
Aurora borealis over Newcastle upon Tyne
Aurora borealis over Newcastle upon Tyne
Home baked vegan peanut butter biscuits
Photo of a miniature poodle dog, looking slightly off-centre down the lens. The dog is resting his head on the arm of one of his owners. The dog looks very sleepy, and has managed to smush the fur partially flat on one side of his face.
Advert in a pub that, due to the viewing angle, appears to say "TAKE YOUR DICK"
Apricot miniature poodle. The dog has very short fur and a white patch covering the very front of his muzzle, and his chest. He is lying sphinx pose on a blue and white mat on a wood floor, looking up at the camera.