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Not Him (nor the Other One)

@hectorthehog.bsky.social

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Just a happy-go-lucky scamp who tries to cope with the insanity and inanity of this world. Politics: far-centrist. Rejoiner. Democratic civic nationalist. Fallor, ergo sum. 2025 goal: don't suffer a rapid unscheduled OPSEC disassembly

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · Dec 13

I'm stealing this so I can use it as my pinned Bleet.

Credit to @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social

A meme for all seasons, it goes like this:
"Someone has done a thing"
Question: Are they on our side?
Yes: that's fine
No: Bastard

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 6h

I don't disagree at all, but that is going to be a tough one.

Firstly, and I feel sooo sorry for Donnie and his utterly cruel denial of the Nobel Peace prize, this peace has to hold for some considerable time.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 8h

Gaza has an area of 141 square miles and a population of ~2M

Bradford, the fourth most populous district in the UK, also has an area of 141 square miles. It has a population of ~520K.

I just thought I would mention it.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21h

“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 12h

Nicely done. I didn't know it's #WorldEggDay today* and I cooked scrambled eggs for supper last night. Peaked a day early.

* no eggs tonight.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h

Met chief Mark Rowley's comments are being interpreted by this racist stalker as a green light. (I am fine with not recording non-crime incidents if the police will police hate crimes, and the government/regulators clean up an unlawful sewer. BUT the racists are hearing permission for more racism)

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 15h

It was a toss up between two words, one with interesting etymology that I don't think I have ever used.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 16h

OK. My two are soare and until.

Frequency of letters in words from the SOWPODS dictionary.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 16h

Three starter words?! I have two that use every vowel (apart from the functional one) and all the most commonly used consonants. I just looked at my frequency table again and cannot see what word I could make with dycmp.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 17h

I've read a good few Chuck Palahniuk books, but never got around to this one. Stay weird, Portland. Stay strong.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitiv...

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 17h

The difference between us is that you play naked. I do look up past answers, which is a bit time-consuming but does give me an edge.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 18h

A quicky today.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 1d

"I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more."

-- Oskar Schindler, who died #OTD 1974

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I just happened to read the word lede yesterday. The purple? Pfft.
Connections
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

It's not often that someone can be more brazen in their grifting than good old "Spaffer" Johnson.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/fla...

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Kismet. Odd coincidence as that was a bedtime crossword clue last night.
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@radartabs @radartabs.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick’s plans for the Judiciary…

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sharing this purely because it amuses me.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch this for a long time, but sadly there is no whispering wind to be heard.

Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 3d

The wind whispers.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Good on the OT front. Glad to hear they are on his case. It's easy to forget that after a stroke people need a whole host of care, from basic motor skill therapy, through speech training to mitigating the psychological impact of a stroke.

I hope it all goes well.

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I was nonplussed by that, but it did put me in mind of this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Ate-Zoo-Forgotten/dp/1784701610

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

I hope your dad recovers quickly and receives the ongoing support he will need.

We just had a similar experience with the NHS, from the ambulance crew, the A&E staff and nurses to the consultants who were all superb after Herself's very nasty fall. I'm sick of people running down our healthcare.

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased with that. It was a 50/50 on 3.
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I spat tea.

Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 2d

Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

Yep 😠. I went a bit chemical on my 3rd, because I could.
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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 3d

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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · 2d

I do.
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