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@hairyears

Archetypal Geek, perpetrates puns and Limericks, did a bit of Aikido. My profile pic is a male Green-Eyed Flower Bee; the profile header is a female Orange-Tipped Mining Bee: both were photographed close to home on Wanstead Flats, in suburban East London

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Y'know, it sounds like…

One of the reasons Ukraine is winning the war is superior intellligence, leading to highly effective targeting.

That's got to be galling for a former KGB officer in the Kremlin.

13.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Who profits from it?

A hint: who wants petroleum to be expensive?

13.03.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you really mustelid...

12.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you prove this using sett theory?

Meanwhile, a bored badger who fancies a spicy snack will rip open a wasp nest and eat the larval and adult wasps with relish.

I think they'd find Liz Truss to bland to bother.

12.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You do know, don't you, that Outlook and Word have a native Visual Basic for Applications coding IDE?

...With access to all the Windows API calls. Including the CopyMem left-to-right function.

And all the 1980's text ISAM database drivers, which do all kinds of surprising things.

10.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LNH carriers are also vulnerable to drones; worse, drones are capable of the coordinated ignition required for large fuel-air explosions.

04.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…And MDMA takes us into brain bleach territory: Equoid on 1990's love-in party vibes.

04.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand…

What would you write if your muse was stoned and mellowed-out on the weedy bits of your stash?

That would get *weird*, even (or especially) by your standards.

04.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As long as your muse doesn't find the amphetamines or the LSD, all will be well.

04.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair.

The possibility of Iranians recovering sufficient U-235 to construct a warhead from the wreckage of their nuclear industry is somewhere below 'extremely unlikely'…

The probability of exporting oil from Iran, without the consent of the population, is even lower.

I wonder who gains from this.

04.03.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The only Trinity I recognise is Control-Alt-Delete.

03.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Slugs have fascinating mating rituals involving firing silica darts into each other.

This behaviour, and these sexual organs, can be modified into a versatile toolkit for in-brain microsurgery.

26.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The nanofilament connections to your synapses are the electrochemically-guided filaments of a bioengineered cordyceps mycelium.

We will be happy to discuss the origins of this rare and fascinating fungus after you have signed the necessary confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements.

26.02.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A fine drinking game: drink Mr Mandelson's health, every time someone is arrested and it was *unthinkable* that such a personage would ever be publicly accused of, let alone suffer consequences for, some reprehensible act that everyone who matters is eager to keep secret.

Especially if Mandy knew.

23.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That poll has 49% of over-65's voting for a far-right party.

For the avoidance of doubt, I am referring to Reform (formerly UKIP) and the Conservative Party.

21.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We get *one day* when it isn't raining and, thanks to Thames Water, this is the state of East London?

15.02.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are NHS hospitals able to limit the spread of measles between patients?

Post-Covid, there's a lot of grassroots resistance to basic masking and isolation measures; and I'm not sure that senior managers are on-board with the germ theory of disease and the concept of contagion.

15.02.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BEST EVAR Valentine's poem!

14.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will this vaccine available outside the USA?

11.02.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I doubt that Yaxley-Lennon is doing this alone: this kind of work is usually accompanief by psychopthic minders with brain damage fom cage fighting.

07.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer aspires to be remembered as: "Even more destructive than Thatcher".

07.02.2026 08:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm disappointed that they didn't build a Lickey Tunnel at Lickey End…

This would lead, for those so inclined, to tunnelingus puns.

I fear that, if I pursue this line of reasoning any further, I shall be no-platformed.

07.02.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps the people who promote AI and push it where it isn't wanted...

Are sexually attracted to boogers?

03.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How embarrassing!

I hope you don't bring it up again.

24.01.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Polite disapproval is in order:

Ahem.

24.01.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Danes? They're not just Aryans, they're Norse, and demented white supremacist Republicans look up to Norsemen as the finest and purest of the Master Race.

The Danes themselves may have differing opinions and aspirations.

Remember, also, our glorious history when a Danish Cnut was King of England!

15.01.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The rectal miscarriage

Defected to Farage"

15.01.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear that the Russian army is recruiting from many nations; ICE agents would be well suited to the work.

13.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

mind blowing how cost of therapy has increased in recent years

*me nodding seriously* β€œindeed. shrinkflation.”

13.01.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

The sturdy wipe-clean cloth around the lower half of an ICE agent's head (and his neck, if it is sufficiently distinct) is not intended to conceal his identity.

It is there to stop his foreskin rolling up over his ears.

Try to approach the matter with some sensitivity when you discuss it with him.

12.01.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0