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Copyeditor, proofreader and picture researcher. SFF über-geek. http://bluebamboo.org.uk Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!

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The guys losing it in the background absolutely undid me.

10.03.2026 18:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of an early public demonstration of the telephone, captioned "new phone, who dis?"

Image of an early public demonstration of the telephone, captioned "new phone, who dis?"

It's the 150th anniversary of the first telephone call, and who can forget Alexander Graham Bell's first, immortal words?

10.03.2026 13:04 👍 269 🔁 71 💬 9 📌 7
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Bald men don't like chives.

10.03.2026 11:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

bsky.app/profile/good...

10.03.2026 11:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Awful, of course. An atrocity, to be sure. But you have to question why a school was plonked right next to legitimate targets.

Human shields, of course.

10.03.2026 10:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wales becomes the first UK nation to remove profit from children's homes, fostering, and secure accommodation In less than a month, new providers of children’s homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take thi...

In less than a month, new providers of children's homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take this landmark step

10.03.2026 07:45 👍 120 🔁 56 💬 5 📌 9

"Honestly, I just slipped while doing the hoovering."

10.03.2026 10:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Subjecting yourself to exploitation is non-negotiable. 🙄

10.03.2026 10:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We are not a Christian nation. We are SRI LANKA!

10.03.2026 09:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I suspect a lot of NIMBYism is astroturfed from whole cloth by fossil-fuel-funded provocateurs stirring up local dissent.

10.03.2026 09:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

…mumble mumble special relationship mumble…

10.03.2026 09:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LOLing at the idea of the BBC ever trotting out this racist claptrap and the ensuing RW apoplexy. "DEFUND AND DESTROY!"

10.03.2026 09:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Goddammit, I have had it up to HERE with these corporate shills la-la-la-can't-hear-you-ing their way towards oblivion while dragging us with them. We *know* who pays your bills, you utter fucking Quisling.

10.03.2026 09:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Please don’t take them just because you can

10.03.2026 08:10 👍 75 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 1
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

10.03.2026 08:02 👍 1435 🔁 602 💬 115 📌 85

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

10.03.2026 07:26 👍 7641 🔁 2586 💬 229 📌 141

To answer this question, we must look deep into our souls.

09.03.2026 18:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's the narcissist's instinctual urge to destroy any witness to their humiliation.

09.03.2026 18:23 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

My alma mater, though I started back when it was a poly.

09.03.2026 18:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Life? Don't talk to me about life.

09.03.2026 16:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Deer Rapture.

09.03.2026 15:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Explains everything.

09.03.2026 14:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🏆

09.03.2026 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Regarding point 5, I guess there's no need to be *so* careful once you're dead.

09.03.2026 14:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man with a surprised look on his face is wearing a grey sweater ALT: a man with a surprised look on his face is wearing a grey sweater
09.03.2026 13:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You're not alone. I refuse to participate in a tool being used almost exclusively to reduce labour costs; deceive, humiliate and disenfranchise the populace; and funnel wealth directly into the bulging pockets of the wealthy.

09.03.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brain-smoothing efforts continue. Now with added pocket-rinsing.

09.03.2026 12:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would've been even better if Sarah's surname had an N before the D.

09.03.2026 12:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Came here to say exactly this. 😆

09.03.2026 12:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

To my shame, I bounced off Mythago Wood like it was made of rubber.

09.03.2026 12:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0