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Dan Voltaire
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39 yo sciencey gay • lefty • orchid addict • data monkey • Bristol UK Religious views: Eurovision • the Metric System He/Him Often in tandem with ‪@joedunckley.bsky.social‬ Occasionally found in 🇵🇹 flavour.
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You & me both, Monty. 🍆
So deeply fasc to create an ugly gaudy monument to yourself
"The next-gen console will be a very premium and high-end curated experience"

Translation: The next-gen console will be £££/$$$
We should ban the personal sale of fireworks.
"Only bad witches are ugly"

We teach kids this association between physical appearance & moral character from a *very* early age.
It doesn't matter how despicable a person is, mocking their innate physical appearance is always wrong.

Not because it's cruel to them, but because it perpetuates the harmful idea that innate physical appearance has anything to do with one's character / beliefs / actions.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
I don't think Donald Trump's orangeness is innate... so fair game for critique imo.
I just don't find him attractive? 🤷‍♂️
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sorting misc images on my laptop and
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
Not me parked at my stove for at least 5 mins wondering why my cream doesn't seem to be heating up...
"Democracies"
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
Different butters have different fat content. Fancier butters generally having more.
Them: cutting 12 circles out of greaseproof paper is laborious.

Me, an intellectual: cutting 12 circles out of greaseproof paper is calculus.
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Expect to see Kemi Badenoch launching a campaign to "save this great national institution, our beloved high street betting shops" in the next few days and then you'll know the policy is a definite winner.
Surprisingly this doesn't narrow it down much
Mummy's just tired & emotional this morning, okay?!
The poster doesn't technically say a pint of *what*, so I feel like, perfectly within the laws surrounding advertising, I'd be able to order the most expensive alcohol by the pint - like say, I dunno, rum.
Don't threaten me with a good time, etc.

Parasites.
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“My lawyer will have me out in an hour.”