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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife

@heptaglemious.bsky.social

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Engineer. Recovering Xitter user. Old enough to remember elections where there was hope for change. Posts may contain traces of withering scorn. Slava Ukraini!

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 1h

A great reason never to get one.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

Normally oboists.

Spoof advertisement for J. Henry & Co Oboe Mute
Picture of a large hammer.
$19.95 ea. Shipping weight 9lbs

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

I was asking Tim Onion if he was going to buy it. Not sure how that aligns with your question here?

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

No, it's a property of crypto. It can't be regulated, because it is not centralised, and because it won't permit regulation (for fear of losing the only use case that actually makes it any profit, which is money laundering).

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

It's rather harder to transport large sums of cash across borders, for example to the guy who just locked you out of your computer systems.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

Time to bring out the big guns.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4P...

KKK marchers going to Rally

YouTube video by Diana Martin

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

The "lack of trust" might have something to do with decades of Republicans stating, as fact, that Democrats hate America.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

You mean he doesn't talk like a 1970s Socialist Worker leader?

Yeah, I like that about him, too.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 2h

What? I was suggesting that The Onion buy the defunct assets of Dr. Phil for shits and giggles, as it already did once with InfoWars and now has to go back again because the courts overruled that deal.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 3h

Somehow I had forgotten that the US has laws specifically banning boycotts of favored countries. By which they mean Israel. It can be a crime to work with a non-US organization that itself has a policy of not doing business with Israel.

Just in case you were wondering how captured Congress is.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 6h

Also: remind me again, who created the market by buying people?

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 6h

Brexit destroyed jobs, and continues to do so.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 7h

They are certainly doing their best to look like a bunch of lying shitweasels who think that the law doesn’t apply to them or protect noncitizens.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 7h

Because speculating on unregulated assets whose intrinsic worth is impossible to establish has never gone badly at all, apart from that one time.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 7h

Also, this was not doxing. Law enforcement are *supposed* to tell you their names.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 7h

Given that much of the far-white agenda is driven by Russian disinformation anyway, it makes perfect sense.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11h

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation.

In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud.

By Prof Richard Murphy

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 19h

Proper science.
youtu.be/z1cP4xKd_L4?...

The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony (2025) FULL SHOW

YouTube video by Improbable Research

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 19h

And there are a *lot* of "Marmite" authors, who you either love or hate. But there are so *many* authors that there's something there for everyone!

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 19h

Womp, and, moreover, womp.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 19h

Smith only needs to point out that he was in 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands at the time of the search.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 20h

Getting hostages released qualifies you for a peace prize? Great! Step forward Nobel Laurate Joseph R. Biden, who secured the release of most of the hostages.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 20h

Every. Fucking. Time.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 20h

This is not normal. Neither is the legacy media's refusal to acknowledge it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 20h

Wow.

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 20h

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)