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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

‘On the anti Nazi side right?’
‘:-)’
‘On the anti Nazi side, right?’

Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Changing my profile pic to my cat, my bio to how much I hate bigotry, then logging on to suggest everyone complaining about antisemitism loves Netanyahu

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Should we all give mr musk a big kiss now

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

I mean they’d be very welcome down here in nz, but it’s not very ‘fucked up’

Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

‘I can forgive antisemitism, but I’ll never type swears on the internet!’

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Ah I see you are the one wearing the missing the point entirely t shirt.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Bold of you to suggest someone else should join a library

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3h

Quite funny* seeing some of my more deranged mutuals having actual impact though.
*uncanny, unsettling, terrifying

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve started playing it again recently and I have to say I’m enjoying spreading Judaism to Rome

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 21h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 15h

Da Pope

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 19h

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 16h

Somewhere, just out of view, the English and French archaeologists are fighting

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 16h

‘hmph’

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 16h

Nice try, but that’s Sufjan Stevens

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 19h

Mr Colombia is the first of our LOOK AT MY TITS contestants, but very much not the last. He looks slightly annoyed, but I cannot fault the combination of the maximum amount of skin on show but also the maximum amount of costume.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 16h

Rupert Bear walking Ian Watkins through the flames to meet Captain Tom

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

“Y o u”

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 1d

Not much I’m afraid

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 2d

Boring: sharing news of twitter via screen shots.
Roaring: ordering discourse via inter library loan

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Kav @shilpa.bsky.social · 3d

left: keir starmer winning the election and becoming the first labour prime minister in 14 years

right: keir starmer watches his first bollywood clip

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3d

People always assume collapse is big and exciting. In reality it’s a slow forgetting.

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3d

And before you know it, the knowledge required to make or even maintain industrial production is gone.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 17d

Please don't call it that

What You Will Need
• Experience: 5+ years as a video editor or producer-editor ("preditor").

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 3d

Also, technological and ideological change usually requires the older generation to errr permanently retire, if we see an entrenchment then we limit the possibility for technological innovation to respond.
‘But you can’t innovate there, my pension fund invested heavily in the status quo!’

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Nyika @puzzledbyadream.bsky.social · 3d

Mildly doxxing myself here, but my old RE teacher posted some photos from. 1997 and “The Knights Templar School trip to Israel” is one hell of a caption.

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