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Hieronymous J Doom @hjdoom.bsky.social · 4h

Jared Leto is not a place of honour.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 4h

Found myself idly contemplating seeing the new Tron movie, so clearly it's a worse brain day than I thought.

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 7h

Having a bad brain day, so I'm making confit garlic kale pesto Chelsea buns and re-seasoning cookware. Obviously. I mean, what els- yeah, I don't fuckin' know either.

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 5h

Me if I'm released onto a cinema pick n mix

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 5h

the most recent season of the x-files was what you'd call a mixed bag, which is still better than the bag of dog shit before it in 2016, but it does contain one of my favorite eps which has this bitter little conversation that i think about a whole fucking lot lately

m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ef...

X Files Dr They

YouTube video by Al Gritzmacher

m.youtube.com

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 7h

A bit like these:

www.louchegastronomique.com/blog/2024/cu...

Curry & naan Chelsea buns — Louche Gastronomique

When I was noodling around with this idea, a dessert loving friend said: “I don't know about making it work but if you offer me a Chelsea bun and then give me that, there will be trouble”, which I per...

www.louchegastronomique.com

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 7h

Having a bad brain day, so I'm making confit garlic kale pesto Chelsea buns and re-seasoning cookware. Obviously. I mean, what els- yeah, I don't fuckin' know either.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Apr 4

Bleh.

Anyways.

Another sketchbook comic. 4 panels

P1: title panel. FORK + FROG. beside each word, a lil fork and a lil frog

P2: The fork and frog begin to magically combine into--

P3: FORG. The frog just has the fork strapped to their back

P4: Forg stands in front of a raging fire, backlit and facing us.

In all lower case the text "burn it all down"

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 18h

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 10h

That’s a really neat idea

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 10h

Having just typed the phrase "that Yorkshire tweed mill I like", I realise it's just possible the brainworms set in quite some time ago.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 10h

The problem with knowing all this is that I started with "I should replace those dark green Uniqlo chinos", and now I'm browsing the catalogue of that Yorkshire tweed mill I like.

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Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 12h

People say snake oil salesperson derogatorily but it's actually a really difficult job, because so few people have snakes that require lubricaction

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 10h

Speaking of menswear, this two-post thread just lives in my brain now, with a mental sticky note on it saying "before you spend big brand money, talk to a tailor"

Like, I just caught myself eyeing a pair of three hundred quid trousers, and: 1) no, but also 2) that's made-to-measure money, so...

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22d

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, I like a few of their bits.

As a pleated, retro-silhouette appreciator, you may also enjoy these: www.casatlantic.com/products/saf...

Safi | Dark Olive Cotton

Safi is a nod to 1960s Riviera style, featuring details such as an extended waistband and side adjusters. Designed for a comfortable high-waisted fit, it features a double-pleated front and a button f...

www.casatlantic.com

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 11h

Oh yeah, I forgot about those guys. I think in my head I'd glued them onto Patagonia and shrugged them into a gorpcore bucket.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 11h

Chocolate. Whizzway. Good grief.

swearclock ⌚︎ @swearclock.bsky.social · 11h

Poking Strawberries Up Your Chocolate Whizzway It's 10:00AM

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 11h

There's Community Clothing of course. Peregrine look interesting. Oliver Spencer maybe. I wanted to get some trousers from Old Town but it looks like they've shut up shop.

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 12h

crazy idea but hear me out: we print out information, like the internet but effectively 'digitising' it into physical form, and bind it together with related information relevant to the same topic within some covers. it then has zero energy need or subscription fees and lasts for centuries, wild huh

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 11h

I'm interested in finding new high-sustainability (and ideally UK manufactured) menswear brands. What's good?

(I'm googling my way down the list from the back of Less, but a few have closed)

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 17h

The reclaiming/reframing of frogs as Antifascist after enduring years of the execrable Pepe is glorious and I am here for every scrap of new heroic frog art

Christopher Doll @blackbirdcd.bsky.social · 19h

This is Space Frog

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 23h

You don't *watch* Channel 5. Your dad falls asleep in front of badly saxophone-scored budget erotic thrillers after your mum has gone to bed on Channel 5. You sneer at "terribly American" adverts on Channel 5.

Yeah, it all works as a package for the show.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 23h

I can just hear my grandmother saying "It all seems terribly crass", which rather works as an undertone, really. To the point that I wonder how on earth the show reads if you weren't raised thinking a fifth television channel was infra dig.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 23h

So I watched the first episode of the TV adaptation of the Rev. Richard Coles Cuddly Vicar Murder Mysteries.

It's ok. The mum is good. But my main observation is that it feels somehow brutally, pick-up-the-wrong-fork transgressive that it's on Channel 5. Or maybe that's part of the point 🤷

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