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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 3h

... and the insights into the reality of it, at the same time efficiently coordinated and shambolically woke ("you're invading my space!", "there are no hands on the clock because they are not needed"), all of it combine for a much smarter movie than it first appears to be. 2/2

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 3h

Just watched it, not what I expected, but so much better for it. The casual use of 2025 America's polive state as a background, the notion of modern day American revolutionaries (which begs the question - why hasn't an armed revolutionary rebellion risen yet in the USA!?).. 1/2

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 3h

Not at all what I was expecting but thoroughly enjoyed it!

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 9h

Will be watching One Battle After Another at the Picture House later today.
A more sociable / less sociopathic Frenchman would ask friends to join him but I much prefer going on my own as there's always the risk they'd enjoy the movie differently than me and ruin the aftermath with their comments.

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 7h

Adding Bread and Butter, in Rufus Court, to my TODO list - that's a nice menu

A photograph of a menu

October

PICKY BITS:

PICKLED EGG £1.5 V

SCOTCH EGG OF THE MONTH £7.50

BEAR BAKERY CRUSTY BREAD & BUTTER £3.5V

PORK SCRATCHINGS E3.5

HASH BROWNS & BROWN SAUCE £5 V

MAINS:

AUTUMINAL CRISPY SQUASH SALAD -£8.5 VE

BAKED CRISPY SQUASH, POTATO SALAD, PICKLES, RED ONION, MAYONAISE & MAPLE GLAZED WALNUTS, DILL.

SCOTCH EGG OF THE MONTH £7.5 V

ASK STAFF

HOUSE BLT SANDWICH £8

DAVID JOINSON'S SMOKED BACON, A FRIED EGG, MUSTARD, KETCHUP, LETTUCE & TOMATO. SERVED WITH A BAG OF CRISPS.

WELSH RAREBIT-E10 V

THE NICEST CHEESE ON TOAST THAT YOU WILL EVER TASTE.

MATURE CHEDDAR CHEESE WITH A STOUT, RAREBIT SAUCE,

HOME-MADE PIE £16 (PLEASE ALLOW 10 MINS)

PULLED PORK & BLUE CHEESE PIE, ONTOP OF CREAMY MASH TOPPED WITH GRAVY GRAVY

PAN SEARED SEABASS £13.5

BUTTER SEARED SEABASS, CREAMY LEEK & CABBAGE FRIED NEW POTATOES, LEMON & DILL

HAMHOCK & MUSTARD BROTH 114

SEASONAL VEG & HAM-HOCK BROTH, HONEY, MUSTARD, SERVED WITH BREAD & BUTTER

SOUP £6.5

KITCHEN'S DAILY SOUP & CRUSTY BREAD VE

(ASK FOR MORE INFO)

IF YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES PLEASE LET A MEMBER OF STAFF KNOW.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 7h

She's running for President !?!?

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 7h

Strange travel log that one. 2 decent establishments but Brook St to lower Bridge St requires crossing the entire city while ignoring some of its best bits.
Next time I'd suggest you go the opposite way, through Grosvenor park.
Or, as you reach Frodsham st, take a right towards the Cathedral?

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 8h

we know them to be bullies, and are desperate for politicians who are not willing to be bullied. @zackpolanski.bsky.social and his team are so far doing very well sticking to their argument and not getting distracted by the bullies' ad-homimen and what aboutery, which is all they know.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 8h

no, he's apparently hard-left

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South Dakota Department of Propaganda @southdakota.bsky.social · 1d

A simple four panel comic with a round character. Top caption reads Before you leave the house, check you have. Panel 1 shows keys with a banana keychain, labeled Keys. Panel 2 shows a green wallet, labeled Wallet. Panel 3 shows a blue phone, labeled Phone. Panel 4 shows the character holding a colorful tangled scribble, labeled The vague sense that you have forgotten something. A playful take on the keys wallet phone routine.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 9h

Will be watching One Battle After Another at the Picture House later today.
A more sociable / less sociopathic Frenchman would ask friends to join him but I much prefer going on my own as there's always the risk they'd enjoy the movie differently than me and ruin the aftermath with their comments.

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 9h

flaggstång by Ikea - easily stored displays of racism.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 9h

I've always thought I'd be happy either way. Wasn't desperate for fatherhood (unlike some) or dead against it (unlike others).
Landed myself 2 great kids, but it's terrifying how little control you have over it, it wouldn't take much to have to care for little shits and nowt to justify the hassle.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 11h

ChatGPT -> ChatCDB ?

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

"adopted" in visible air quotes. It has been pushed left right and centre, mostly where not needed or value adding.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

love this!

Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 1d

At the end of the summer season Cheltenham Lido drains down the pool and re-fills for winter cold water swimming. But before that, they open it to dogs for the weekend. It's Mabel's favourite day of the year.

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ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 1d

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

Typical 'projection'

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

noiw that bugs me - if the national party is GPEW, you should be GPCWaC!

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

I really need to go back on my bike... autumn is perfect for it

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

must be the meatballs... tiny ikea but full sized restaurant apparently

Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

think of them as scaly, slimy mushrooms with guts... tbf, guess that wouldn't help

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

didn't know and suspect ny engineering colleagues didn't either!

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

No? Really?

A collage showing a hand dangling a bunch of freshly caught mackerels with a campsite in the background, an excited Frenchman filleting mackerels on a camping table, mackerel fillets, and finally, mackerel fillets cooked in foil with lemon

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Franck @franckchester.bsky.social · 1d

worth reading this as well, basically people laziness kills diversity and originality.

bsky.app/profile/jim....

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1d

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

www.londoncentric.media

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