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Christina, mother of spiders @aikiwomannc.bsky.social · Aug 6

Freddy: The real treasure is all of the friends we killed along the way.

Jason: That's beautiful.

Leatherface: And the faces we wore.

Michael Meyers: *nods, single tear rolls down mask*

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · 2d

This meeting could have been an email but you playin'

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 4d

One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 4d

"which is nice."

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 6d

Comedy = tragedy + time

Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · 8d

I can't get enough of historical tragedies about obsessive jealousy- they're so Moorish.

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · 9d

Ocado proudly advertises its order accuracy as 99%, so that's something wrong every time, isn't it?

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 💀 @unfitz.bsky.social · 21d

With a little love, the call could be coming from inside the home.

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · 20d

Easy to turn off just odd they turned it on by default. Well, not odd, bad.

Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 20d

Very straightforward opt-out ... I do wonder how I'd ever confirm that this actually happens, but probably too early in the week for that sort of cynicism.

Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 20d

Instructions for how to opt out of LinkedIn using your data to train generative 'AI' may be found here: www.linkedin.com/help/linkedi...

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 20d

GIRLFRIEND: Um...I don't know. I think this relationship is going too fast.

ME: *sitting on my racecar bed* Lol Sharon, it doesn't actually move.

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · 24d

"And this is the self destruct button"
"Why did you add that?"
"Gotta have one, stands to reason"

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Tim in Bath @timinbath.bsky.social · 26d

A lovely review article (and my first dissertation citation🍾) on Scottish archaeological mollusc exploitation from @jenniferbones.bsky.social & @mlaw.bsky.social. Makes the point that culture ("taste" if you like) may be just as important as economic considerations www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/8/...

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Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social · Aug 25

After a discussion with @mymartinamis.bsky.social @jackaldane.bsky.social I have put together a partial defence of Amis's Yellow Dog. It's not as bad as you thought, honest! x.com/i/status/195...