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Not Him (nor the Other One)

@hectorthehog.bsky.social

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Just a happy-go-lucky scamp who tries to cope with the insanity and inanity of this world. Politics: far-centrist. Rejoiner. Democratic civic nationalist. Fallor, ergo sum. 2025 goal: don't suffer a rapid unscheduled OPSEC disassembly

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · Dec 13

I'm stealing this so I can use it as my pinned Bleet.

Credit to @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social

A meme for all seasons, it goes like this:
"Someone has done a thing"
Question: Are they on our side?
Yes: that's fine
No: Bastard

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 31m

G'day.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 33m

I decided on a likely vowel formation for my third go and chucked in a common consonant. Looking up past answers gave me a lucky edge.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2h

Well, I suppose if you were on your own and just happened to have the right anti-venom about your person then you would survive a bite, but you would definitely not survive being constricted.

Our general lack of hideously dangerous beasties is a blessing, but the UK does have a highly toxic toad.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 3h

That's not a question that has yet caused me to lie awake at night, but I think a constrictor would be quicker. AFAIK, you would be unconscious in 1-2 minutes whereas the most poisonous snake bite would cause hideous pain and take longer to kill you.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 3h

A nice heteronym to start the day.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 16h

I hate it when that happens.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza has an area of 141 square miles and a population of ~2M

Bradford, the fourth most populous district in the UK, also has an area of 141 square miles. It has a population of ~520K.

I just thought I would mention it.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 16h

I was pondering "stochastic". Would not "sublimely perverse" be more appropriate? Perhaps it's just me. Ignore at will.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you, as always, for weirding my day.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 17h

And why not? I would go for a chimney.

A pile (choose your synonym) of Pringles.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 22h

A very snappy day!

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Snap. We are both smug bastards. That was a quick one today. Rather unusual for me.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I will play later and see how I fare.

PS You are a smug bastard!

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

A very good result! You under-othered.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Donnie needs an architect with Albert Speer's mahoosive vision.

Little Donnie has some further ideas on architecture around the White House.

Albert Speer's vision for the Nazi Pantheon.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, the nomination rules make no mention of nonces.

Nomination exclusions for the Nobel Peace prize.

Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of state
Members of The International Court of Justice in The Hague and The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
Members of l’Institut de Droit International
Members of the International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents); directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Members of the main board of directors or its equivalent of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals by current members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after 1 February)
Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Other, other.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I don't disagree at all, but that is going to be a tough one.

Firstly, and I feel sooo sorry for Donnie and his utterly cruel denial of the Nobel Peace prize, this peace has to hold for some considerable time.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Nicely done. I didn't know it's #WorldEggDay today* and I cooked scrambled eggs for supper last night. Peaked a day early.

* no eggs tonight.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Met chief Mark Rowley's comments are being interpreted by this racist stalker as a green light. (I am fine with not recording non-crime incidents if the police will police hate crimes, and the government/regulators clean up an unlawful sewer. BUT the racists are hearing permission for more racism)

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

It was a toss up between two words, one with interesting etymology that I don't think I have ever used.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

OK. My two are soare and until.

Frequency of letters in words from the SOWPODS dictionary.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

Three starter words?! I have two that use every vowel (apart from the functional one) and all the most commonly used consonants. I just looked at my frequency table again and cannot see what word I could make with dycmp.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

I've read a good few Chuck Palahniuk books, but never got around to this one. Stay weird, Portland. Stay strong.
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