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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 16h

You simply don't get replies of this calibre on X.

Petrus Crinitus @petruscrinitus.bsky.social · 16h

Βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 5h

#Hellzone
San Francisco, CA

Photo of many peaceful people, sitting around in groups, enjoying the sun in a deep green Dolores Park. The skyscrapers of downtown San Francisco, including Salesforce Tower, are visible in the distance. There are a few fluffy white clouds below a bright blue sky.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 15h

Through the front door last night. One planned purchase, two impulse selections.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

I have no idea what you might be referring to.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

Bloody hell let's have a 🍞

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

It was a prickly conversation and I didn't handle it well, I can't lie. But it was a provocation, on that I swear. Either way... bollocks basically

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

It's also possible that I deserved it. I literally don't know any more.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

Incidentally, even today I said "Thank you for telling me". Just as I did in the aftermath of G Floyd's murder and other recent horrors. Always willing to learn.

Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 5h

I should be more thick-skinned but I hate to be got at in this way, it drives me up the wall

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

I realise this may not be enough for you: in which case, come in. Come in!

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

For the record, the shop position is this... we don't support states. We support people.

Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 11h

I got described on Google today as a "miserable pony-tailed Communist". Who's a Communist any more? Bloody hell.
For the record, I have never reviewed a business online, even a good one. I tell people to their face.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Ha! I was hardly going to advertise. Thank you though. I may yet need to call upon you as a character witness.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Well, it looks blunt on the page. I said it in a more nuanced way, which won't surprise you, of course.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Objective chicken
Bayesian Priors

James @zemblamatic.bsky.social · 6h

Really want to eat the leftover chicken but maybe it will be objectively better tomorrow? I hate being an adult

Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Anybody might think this particular Google review had got to me in some way.

Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Bumped into an old pal I used to gig with. We last played together in 2001, in Portugal. I feel old. Not just a miserable pony-tailed Communist but an old miserable pony-tailed Communist. All I need now is to become fat! A fat old miserable pony-tailed Communist, just like my mum wanted for me.

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 6h

Bumped into an old pal I used to gig with. We last played together in 2001, in Portugal. I feel old. Not just a miserable pony-tailed Communist but an old miserable pony-tailed Communist. All I need now is to become fat! A fat old miserable pony-tailed Communist, just like my mum wanted for me.

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