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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1h

The Vong books were mostly decent-to-good, but yeah… Cutting it off where you did is a reasonable choice.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 2h

I have fed a strawberry to a Crimean War veteran.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8h

The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004.

"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.

She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".

Picture of a venerable naval tortoise with a sign tied to her shell

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 5h

So ... pretty much everyone in the administration that's been in and out of the White House since construction began is going to die choking on their own blood someday?

Neat!

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 5h

Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes

There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.

arstechnica.com

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

So, this is a long list. But, crucially, #2 is 12 years old. So if King Charles dies, and both William and Catherine die, who ends up Regent? Because it's either Harry(living in Canada, outs with the crown), Andrew(nonce), or either Anne or Edward(both ancient). Which is a tough call.

Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

If you have 2 weeks vacation and can't/won't enjoy a week off, next year take the last Friday of each month off. An extra 3-day weekend every 4 weeks is incredible for making life easier.

(10 days vacation means skipping Nov/Dec, but the end of those months already have lots of days off).

Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know who needs to hear this, but take your vacation days. Yes, even if you don't go anywhere.

I used to like having a week of vacation days banked as a buffer, but also, corporate policy only allowed me to carry over a week anyway. The rest? Use it or lose it.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein Files are BAD bad.

Alistair Coleman only spooky @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

Crikey.

Prince Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

There's NO "Musician Reacts" videos for Long Face, it's exclusively random fans. Come on, I need an expert in glam rock translating everything he's doing.

Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

Trapped perpetually in limbo. "Construction beginning next month, we just need to hash out a few details." And then Trump changes something, they have to redo the plans, a contractor tired of being strung along drops out, they have to hire a new one, etc for 4 years.

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ldygray.bsky.social @ldygray.bsky.social · 1d

ATTENTION PLEASE new dinosaur just dropped: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...

The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked

www.nytimes.com

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

"I am Viktor, American Contractor, and I build the ballroom right now. Highest quality, never any reason to repair or examine it further, build it this week and stand for hundred years, never need to open walls or ceiling. I build for free even, love this country so much."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 1d

Kid and I are thinking about making a meme zine that explains things like six seven and brainrot to adults. I make crappy illustrations per the below and he writes explanations. So what do you need explained? We’re taking requests.

Drawing of Los Mr Carrottitos, which is an Italian brainrot character

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

Iono was mostly funny because she pissed off so many streamers by being an unpleasant one. I don’t care about her, but the fan culture around cheering her on etc was fun.

Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

“Eagle perched on a cactus, eating a snake” is just a fire starting image to build art based on. Making it anti-Nazi is just *chef’s kiss*

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

Mexico Versus Nazis is a theme that’s really resonating with me of late

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

This Mexican WWII poster is some of the hardest shit ever

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, “drunk marines in foreign country show up at tattoo shop, actually Nazi tattoo shop, get skull that’s actually Nazi skull” is…possible. But every decision since then is disqualifying.

Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

It's rather late in the day to wash the new sheets, though.

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

I find it hilarious that, 100 years later, ERB came up with almost exactly the same diss on Churchill's name.

youtu.be/owTPZQQAVyQ?...

Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill. Epic Rap Battles of History

YouTube video by ERB

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 2d

Dundee suffragettes didn't fuck about.

This list doesn't even include the one that hid all day on top of a building, with a rope.

She then swung down on it to interrupt a speech by Winston Churchill, who was vocally opposed to giving women the vote.

Suffragette campaigns were co-ordinated from an office and shop at 54 Reform Street and included the following actions:-

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30 October Window smashed in Dundee

1913

6 February

Pillar boxes tampered with

7 April

Attempt to set fire to Dundee lawn tennis pavilion

10 April

Dye poured into letter box

2 May

Bomb discovered in Dundee billiard room

11 May

Farington Hall burnt down causing £15,000 worth of damage (equivalent to £750,000 in today's money)

27 June

Extensive attacks on Dundee pillar boxes

1914

23 May

Hospital for Women in Dundee destroyed

6 June

Attempt to bomb Dudhope Castle

10 July

Chemicals poured into five Dundee letter boxes

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

I remember your reaction to Marilyn, but for me, the biggest shift was Eartha Kitt when I went from images/gifs/scenes with her and saw her singing.

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David S Pupkins @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 2d

okay who gets the denim dress

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 2d

I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

Walky, because if he's going to wear a dress he's going to make it everyone else's problem.

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

Kids always want to go to stuff that makes them feel older. Maybe curse at least once during all teen programs?

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Hugin @hugintheraven.bsky.social · 2d

After the 11 hour Isner-Mahut match(7 hours of tennis in one day), they changed the rules to make sure that never happened again. I'm waiting for baseball and similar sports to come to a similar conclusion.

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