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Ro, The Viscous Spinster

@boredoftheoldone.bsky.social

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My mind dump: stuff about my life, hobbies, interests mixed in with angry politics. If you follow for one thing, be prepared for the other. No bigots inc. TERFs, so not a fan of this mutation of 'Labour' Banner: a frog on a log Avi: me leaping in air

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 39m

If you think things were just fine and dandy in 2015, either you are being very nostalgic or you were cushioned from the effects of austerity.

Is it worse now? Yes, massively, and Brexit *has* accelerated that.

But give over thinking that's the only fucking issue.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 39m

'Everyone knows that all this stems from Brexit' only shows that prior to 2016 you were quite comfortable.

Brexit happened because of huge inequality and ironically, the people fuelling that inequality very deliberately and effectively turned the very people affected most against one another.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 52m

Oh, natch.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 1h

Felt like wearing a dress today.

Albeit one that looks like a grey potato sack.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

Happy Saturday!!

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

And the whole 'huh, *I'm* going to die too' thing.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

Nods, while K-Pop Demon Hunters plays in background

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

I miss summer.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, but it stops them joining together and looking at the really problematic section of society... those who have much more than 'enough'.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

I'd say dont do anything stupid, but I'm almost sure you will. Just keep the degree of stupid down.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 2h

With social media, or life in general?

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 16h

Rewatching Stranger Things and the first season (which I still love) is basically a macabre, non sexist, non racist Enid Blyton adventure, isn't it?

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

a girl in a pink sweater is raising her arms in the air while standing in front of a group of people .

Alt: a girl in a party hat throws down a punch bowl in exuberant celebration

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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone in the Malvern area- a friend’s daughter and her husband are looking to rent a house there. They have an elderly springer spaniel. Both have good jobs and are decent folk.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

Absolutely. Death, including violent death is 100% part of the natural world and almost certain when we get involved.

But that last scene, with Hazel... I defy anyone with a soul not to well up a bit.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

It's mine too. I honestly think its beautifully crafted. Four parts that are seperate but lead perfectly on from the rest. Proper charactor arcs, action, threat, justice and redemption.
And you can feel the love he has for the countryside itself on every page.

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, which was a real shame because I like the actor. Just a terrible rewrite all round. I was really looking forward to it, because they gave it enough time and episodes to do the whole story, pretty much as laid out in each part of the book. The OG film, though horrific in parts, had real charm.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

(Should feel shame tbc)

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

I don't see why you should? It's a skill and in audio books helps massively with a large 'cast' of characters and one narrator

Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 17h

It was fucking bizarre. They make out Efafra to be a gestapo lead concentration camp (to the extent it's in an old airforce base), but apparently they are flummoxed by the others running along a minor road.
Plus they did my boy Kehaar dirty, which I will never forgive them for.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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juux @juux.com · 23h

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James @Jmes_80
What fucking weirdo sets fireworks off early October? Dogs shit itself and knocked the Christmas tree over.

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 23h

a cartoon man with a mustache is sitting in a chair and the word seconded is written below him

Alt: a cartoon man with a mustache is sitting in a chair and the word seconded is written below him

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Ro, The Viscous Spinster @boredoftheoldone.bsky.social · 23h

The 12th circle of hell. Mild mockery.

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