It's a bit cold and gloomy at the Oval, so I'm in the Alcock Balcony, which never gets sun but is at least shielded from the wind and rain. I would also like to welcome our Tripod overlords to the #cricket. 🏏 #CountyChampionship
So, people who know more about #cricket than me, are Compton and Gay, amongst others, signs of the renaissance of the opener, or are the pitches just too tame? 🏏 #CountyChampionship
Pissing down on #CountyChampionship opening day. Might be a delay at Canterbury, unless it stops by 9am, but the Old Trafford forecast is looking like a washout. 😰🏏 #Cricket
A new instance, a new #introduction. This is now my fourth server. I should really have The Littlest Hobo as my icon instead of Bagpuss.
I'm in my silver jubilee year of living in #SouthEastLondon, but remain a loud Scouser. I largely gave up on Everton in favour of #NonLeague#football. I talk about music a fair bit, mostly #ClassicalMusic and #Opera, but other stuff too, and I occasionally dabble with #TOTP on Fridays. I like #pubs even as they die one by one before my eyes. I watch #CountyChampionship#Cricket and will keep an eye on #CWC2023 as well as #RWC2023. I mention #books occasionally, but read too slowly to make it a regular occurrence.
I understand beige.party is not a cult, which is a shame really, but four letter words beginning with c is what got me two permanent bans from Twitter, so maybe it's for the best.
Final #CountyChampionship fixtures of the season start today. Will #Surrey be champions? Will #Kent survive? Will #Worcestershire confirm promotion? Still lots to decide, particularly on the relegation front. #Cricket 🏏
Well, that escalated quickly, by #CountyChampionship standards at least. Surrey lose six wickets for a further 57 runs in 70 minutes, and I've moved to the Laker Balcony in the innings break. #Cricket 🏏
As I've moved to a new instance, it's time for another #introduction - and whereas writing the first one felt deeply uncomfortable, this time it seems a lot easier. That's the transition from Twitter-brain to Mastodon-brain.
Who I am is more or less this: I'm an #autistic#Welsh person who lives in beautiful #Tynedale, and I spend my working time fiddling about with emergency #healthcare#data to improve care quality in the #NHS. I have issues with #anxiety and #loneliness, and I'm an abuse survivor. Because of the past abuse, I keep myself anonymous all over the internet; however, I've been using the Rollo Treadway alias for so long that it feels like part of me, my alter ego. So feel free to call me Rollo.
And I'm okay with they/them pronouns (because I don't really feel I fit within any gender identity) and also he/him (because that's what everyone offline has always used for me). Or frankly, any other pronouns, it's all good.
I migrated to #Mastodon from #Twitter during 2022 (initially at the start of the year, but properly in the autumn) and am very happy here.
Politically, I'm a #HandwringingLeftyLiberal, and like my bio says, I really don't have any time for Tories. This includes any close equivalents to Tories in other countries.
Finally, I promise this is the last time I will do such a long post, and the last time I will put hashtags in the middle of the post rather than all at the beginning or end. I think hashtags in the middle is permitted for an introduction, or I hope so anyhow.