Mabflower
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pics are me with my old dog Loki in snow. Also Snoopy and Woodstock -pulling a wishbone for thanksgiving
In his book, Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, Thomas Dixon described the British around the time of Shakespeare as being known for “sweatiness, drunkenness, meat-eating, anger, violence, simple-mindedness and melancholia”.
TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The truth about British stoicism
Brits, according to many outsiders, are reserved, repressed, resilient, unemotional and self-controlled. But how did the “stiff upper lip” become so closely associated with Britain?
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In his book, Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears, Thomas Dixon described the British around the time of Shakespeare as being known for “sweatiness, drunkenness, meat-eating, anger, violence, simple-mindedness and melancholia”.
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Watch De La Soul's performance of "Run It Back!!" on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
De La Soul Give Heartfelt, Grown-Man 'Kimmel' Performance: Watch
It’s hard to see De La Soul perform without one of their members. The group’s camaraderie, their joyous “three is the magic number” dynamic, was always key to their appeal. If it’s hard to watch, imag...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Watch De La Soul's performance of "Run It Back!!" on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
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Peak "data science"
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Peak "data science"
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Whoa, holy shit, a 12 pack of toilet paper?! Amazon!! How did you find this?! How did you know that I wipe my ass?!
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Whoa, holy shit, a 12 pack of toilet paper?! Amazon!! How did you find this?! How did you know that I wipe my ass?!
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I am (finally) reading Project Hail Mary and I NEED TO KNOW if Andy Weir visited the NASA Exoplanet Archive during his research phase. 👀
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I am (finally) reading Project Hail Mary and I NEED TO KNOW if Andy Weir visited the NASA Exoplanet Archive during his research phase. 👀
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Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
After all that urpeen drama who scored the best goal of the night?
Golazo Of The Day! (11/25/25) - Scoreline Stream of Soccer
Golazo Of The Day! (11/25/25) - Scoreline
www.cbssports.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
After all that urpeen drama who scored the best goal of the night?
French and Israeli operators after her - has she been watching Leon again?
Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
French and Israeli operators after her - has she been watching Leon again?
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This idiot went to Princeton and Harvard. The best advertisement for state universities I’ve seen is the number of stupid fascists that went to Ivy League schools.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This idiot went to Princeton and Harvard. The best advertisement for state universities I’ve seen is the number of stupid fascists that went to Ivy League schools.
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‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
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An excellent 5 post thread. Alarming stuff. Shame on the BBC
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An excellent 5 post thread. Alarming stuff. Shame on the BBC
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When we split ourselves into bullshit made-up 'generations' and throw hate at each other, we're helping the rich and powerful beat us.
There's us (working class) and there's them (the rich/powerful class, and their lickspittles). That's it. That's the only categorisation that matters. Pick a side.
There's us (working class) and there's them (the rich/powerful class, and their lickspittles). That's it. That's the only categorisation that matters. Pick a side.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
When we split ourselves into bullshit made-up 'generations' and throw hate at each other, we're helping the rich and powerful beat us.
There's us (working class) and there's them (the rich/powerful class, and their lickspittles). That's it. That's the only categorisation that matters. Pick a side.
There's us (working class) and there's them (the rich/powerful class, and their lickspittles). That's it. That's the only categorisation that matters. Pick a side.
with all the food unpleasantness I think Brits should adopt a festive Thanksgiving costume and explain what parsnips are to our American brethren like I just did at the checkout of a store selling them. It‘s weird yank blind spot like lamb.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
with all the food unpleasantness I think Brits should adopt a festive Thanksgiving costume and explain what parsnips are to our American brethren like I just did at the checkout of a store selling them. It‘s weird yank blind spot like lamb.
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it's groove time
Strange (2006 Remastered Version)
YouTube video by Wire - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
it's groove time
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When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
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The thing about DOGE is it accomplished neither its ostensible nor actual goals but did manage to cause a couple of holocausts worth of deaths internationally.
And the media finds none of those three things particularly notable.
And the media finds none of those three things particularly notable.
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The thing about DOGE is it accomplished neither its ostensible nor actual goals but did manage to cause a couple of holocausts worth of deaths internationally.
And the media finds none of those three things particularly notable.
And the media finds none of those three things particularly notable.
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Photo is of a sea wolf. Which tbh I'd never heard of before as an actual animal, but they live in Canada somewhere appaz.
Sea wolves in Canada have learned how to loot crab traps for bait. Researchers couldn’t work out what was tampering with the traps until they set up a remote camera. Videos show the wily sea wolves swimming underwater to retrieve the traps and bring them ashore
Photograph: Kyle Artelle / Guardian
Photograph: Kyle Artelle / Guardian
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Photo is of a sea wolf. Which tbh I'd never heard of before as an actual animal, but they live in Canada somewhere appaz.
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So I have just found out about McLaren and the Las Vegas F1 race, and I don't ever want to hear a complaint about how long it takes for MotoGP to check tyre pressure penalties.
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
So I have just found out about McLaren and the Las Vegas F1 race, and I don't ever want to hear a complaint about how long it takes for MotoGP to check tyre pressure penalties.
Does your curry house have a basketball hoop game? Ours did today!
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Does your curry house have a basketball hoop game? Ours did today!
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TROUT SPUNK
TROUT SPUNK
GET THAT TROUT SPUNK
INJECTED IN YOUR FACE SO YOUR SKIN LOOKS FRESH AND PLUMP 🎵
TROUT SPUNK
GET THAT TROUT SPUNK
INJECTED IN YOUR FACE SO YOUR SKIN LOOKS FRESH AND PLUMP 🎵
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
TROUT SPUNK
TROUT SPUNK
GET THAT TROUT SPUNK
INJECTED IN YOUR FACE SO YOUR SKIN LOOKS FRESH AND PLUMP 🎵
TROUT SPUNK
GET THAT TROUT SPUNK
INJECTED IN YOUR FACE SO YOUR SKIN LOOKS FRESH AND PLUMP 🎵
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Put the fuckers out of business.
"Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for a boycott of a Welsh pub that hosted a launch event for a far-right political party linked to Tommy Robinson"
via ✍️Emily Price"
nation.cymru/news/call-fo...
via ✍️Emily Price"
nation.cymru/news/call-fo...
Call for boycott of Welsh pub after it hosted far-right party linked to Tommy Robinson
Emily Price Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for a boycott of a Welsh pub that hosted a launch event for a far-right political party linked to Tommy Robinson. The Brunswick Arms in S...
nation.cymru
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Put the fuckers out of business.
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I actually thought I had shared this on here and I hadn't. But if you want to look at why Tehran has to move it's climate change, yes, but it's genuinely fascinating as a failure of long term planning/ not understanding water supplies.
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I actually thought I had shared this on here and I hadn't. But if you want to look at why Tehran has to move it's climate change, yes, but it's genuinely fascinating as a failure of long term planning/ not understanding water supplies.
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Wales 🏴 from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. I remember when he first posted this on the old Twitter.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Wales 🏴 from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. I remember when he first posted this on the old Twitter.
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a buttered cheese sandwich looks like decent protection. Firemen of the future take note.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
a buttered cheese sandwich looks like decent protection. Firemen of the future take note.