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Daniel Douglas Howell

@shinydan

No, not that one. 51, UK, Bisexual, autistic, proud nerd. Hope. Billionaires: pogue mahone. #LookDadNewTunes #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime

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Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where? Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

Second “explainer” piece here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

07.03.2026 22:06 👍 43 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0
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This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

07.03.2026 21:56 👍 233 🔁 100 💬 7 📌 7
Meet The Beast 🔥 AEW Wrestling's Dustin Rhodes brings his Mastiff, Beast, to Crufts 🐶
Meet The Beast 🔥 AEW Wrestling's Dustin Rhodes brings his Mastiff, Beast, to Crufts 🐶 YouTube video by Crufts

For those who didn't see it: Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes' dog Beast placed Third In the Working Group Open class at Crufts today. #AEW #BeastIsAllElite

www.youtube.com/watch?v=slTa...

07.03.2026 22:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"First, build your steam engine"

07.03.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As you can see from the article, he did a lot more than that.

07.03.2026 21:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Adolphe Sax - Wikipedia

the world needs more lunatics (complimentary) like Adolph Sax. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe...

07.03.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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WrestleChapsTV - Twitch WRESTLECHAPS x WAFFLY BOLLOX - Pro Wrestling Mixtape Watchalong Alpha 3!

Plug plug plug plug pluggy pluggy plug plug starts in five minutes plug plug plug

07.03.2026 20:56 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Sorta noticing that the "hey you know wrestling is fake right yeh ya IDIOT STUPID PERSON" thing is uniquely an American opinion often spouted by the human equivalent of Brian Griffin.

Don't go being "enlightened" about pro wrestling when you live among people who think the Titanic was fictional.

07.03.2026 20:34 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I'd have opted for "bloody furious". 🫂

07.03.2026 20:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That's so shitty. 🫂

07.03.2026 20:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Things to feel good about: my therapist - yeah, I know - was telling me about the Emotional Mind, the Logical Mind, and the Wise Mind that stands between them. And somehow, somehow, I was the first person to say "oh yeah, McCoy, Spock and Kirk between them, I get that" to her.

07.03.2026 19:43 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If he's autistic, and a lot of us are, he's been wanting someone to point him at the Rulebook Of Real Life for a long time. We know how to follow rules once we have an idea what they are.

07.03.2026 18:40 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is straight couples running a marathon, tied together like a three-legged race, and I'd be seriously tempted to watch it.

07.03.2026 18:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Good goddamn. Yeah, that wasn't what I was expecting.

07.03.2026 18:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All rise for the European Anthems: "Ode To Joy" by Beethoven, "Te Deum" by Charpentier, and "We Like To Party" by Vengaboys.

I am deadly serious about all three.

07.03.2026 13:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A screenshot of the accessibility tab in my Bluesky settings, showing the alt text toggled on "require alt text before posting"

Btw alt text is also a fun place to shamelessly editorialize on your post and there ain't no character limit. Go ahead and share the Canterbury Tales here plus throw in a random Fuck or Shitass. It's a delightful pastime

A screenshot of the accessibility tab in my Bluesky settings, showing the alt text toggled on "require alt text before posting" Btw alt text is also a fun place to shamelessly editorialize on your post and there ain't no character limit. Go ahead and share the Canterbury Tales here plus throw in a random Fuck or Shitass. It's a delightful pastime

Friends, please use Alt Text whenever you post images. It helps those with sight issues understand your sparkling captions & assists those of us who are hopelessly unhip in getting your references. Just toggle it in the settings for a reminder every time you share a bot mot, THANKYOUSOMUCH

07.03.2026 05:09 👍 294 🔁 104 💬 12 📌 12

Huntley dead, and the world is slightly less shit.

Don’t make a hero of his killer though. He’s already on a whole life sentence for three murders, including a five-month pregnant mother who he also raped.

Remember the victims of these foul men.

07.03.2026 10:14 👍 267 🔁 49 💬 3 📌 1
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From Russia with Lovehoney

07.03.2026 10:46 👍 84 🔁 27 💬 6 📌 2

All blade and no butcher #aew

07.03.2026 09:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the bride!
Gyllenhaal: the exclamation point denotes excitement
Gyllenhaal: please clap

06.03.2026 17:32 👍 262 🔁 47 💬 6 📌 10

1967 - Dystopian Sci-fi novel, Don’t Create The Torment Nexus published

1974 - Cult classic BBC mini series

1997 - BBC remake

2002 - Hollywood movie, upbeat ending added

2019 - Nexcon - A Torment Company IPO’s, $324 Billion market cap

2026 - Polymarket bets on who will be tormented next

06.03.2026 08:41 👍 1784 🔁 489 💬 11 📌 8

I'm lucky. They're great. 😊

06.03.2026 14:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SWANSEA: Child sent home for being drunk after coming to school as Dylan Thomas for World Book Day A Swansea primary school has confirmed an eight-year-old was sent home this morning after appearing to be drunk while attending World Book Day dressed as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The child, who arr…

'the pupil announced he was “working on something important about Swansea” before lying on the playground tarmac to “feel the rhythm of the town”.

...explained to a confused Year 3 class that the sea was “restless and unforgiving”.

#WorldBookDay

dailyswansea.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/s...

06.03.2026 11:46 👍 110 🔁 51 💬 8 📌 19

Thankfully, my partner had a chat with me and I'm back on track. 🫂🫂🫂

06.03.2026 13:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Rowling tax on female athletes is a a wake-up call to all women.

The gender critical are tearing up the rights of ALL WOMEN.

Rich and powerful men are using the gender critical to facilitate their goal of the complete subjugation of ALL WOMEN.

06.03.2026 11:19 👍 329 🔁 92 💬 4 📌 4

oh, there's the "not interested in my usual hobbies and interests" part of my depression kicking in.

06.03.2026 11:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Self-Isolated. He knows what he is, which is his tragedy.

06.03.2026 10:45 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Office Manager for Sarah Green MP (Chesham and Amersham) Sarah is looking for a full time Office Manager with a positive, can-do attitude to join her team. This role will oversee day-to-day operations and will be based in the constituency office in Chesham,...

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Office Manager for Sarah Green MP (Chesham and Amersham)

06.03.2026 10:17 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Casting call! Looking for a woman voice actor, 50+ who is versatile and a vocal chameleon / can play many different bit parts in an audio comedy.

We’re recording in London on 13th & 14th April. This is a paid opportunity. Actor does not need to be autistic!

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06.03.2026 09:30 👍 73 🔁 108 💬 10 📌 3

I'll say it here: if you don't want to be reminded of imperialism and wartime atrocities carried out by the Japanese, then don't follow a social media account which examines animated art made by the Japanese before 1945. Because it's going to be in there, and I am going to give it a kicking.

05.03.2026 19:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0