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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 1h

"Nobody knows what it's like to be a baby except babies."

Profound words of wisdom from my youngest child, there.

James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 18h

Thinking of the time I was really worried I was over feeding the Goldfinches, until I saw my eldest daughter's poster of garden birds and realised that it wasn't a Goldfinch at all, but one of these chubby little cuteys.

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Midge @midge.bsky.social · 1d

People over 40 watching birds at the bird feeder

Picture of a crowd going wild with enthusiasm

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 22h

This is a 'small enough they just pay it cos their lawyers would cost more and I claim I'm vindicated' number, isn't it.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 23h

a close up of a man with a mustache

Alt: a close up of a man with a mustache suddenly laughing in disbelief.

media.tenor.com

James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah.... that's always the problem. So excited about getting new members they forget why they have/what's important to the members they've already got.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

Surely the escalating pace of major cyber attacks shutting production lines down all around the world should tell us we either need to take cyber security much, much more seriously than we currently do, or that we should stop connecting literally everything to the internet.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 1d

There's likely room for both, as long as there isn't temptation to bend core principles in the hopes of flattering either.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is a place that I was only vaguely aware of until it suddenly became some kind of Trumpist bogeyman, but seeing their response....

These guys have got humour and style.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that's what this guy was saying. Do you really need access to all your accounts all the time?
How many transactions are really so urgent they can't wait till you get home?

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 2d

I think this is probably a company mandated thing, but thanks for the suggestion. Will bear in mind for my personal.
Conscious of the story of guy who had his phone snatched and they managed to move £30k out of his accounts cos of course they had access to emails, 2FA etc.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 2d

Which absolute galaxy brain at Microsoft thought that obviously clicking the "I can't use the authenticator app right now" option should take you to two options both of which require the Microsoft authenticator app?

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 2d

My work iPhone seems to have just decided to factory reset itself. Absolutely no idea how that happened.

Is this a thing that's happened to anyone else before I contact IT and risk looking like a total plonker?

James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Meh, she gets to feel superior and benevolent, he gets presumably relatively regular sex and a wife.

Seems a win/win to be fair.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

I'll be watching polling in my usually tight Tory/Labour swing marginal very closely.

Still struggling to forgive the 2010 coalition after being told 'vote LD to keep the Tories out', though.

James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick and Farage battling for the right wing nutter vote while middle England wonders where on earth to put their cross would make for a very interesting election.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

This guy must be really pathetic to get 3 pity kids and a pity marriage out of you.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

This is properly mad. Where is it going to stop?

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick being the loudest member of the Conservative party has already been a huge contributor to the poisoning of our politics. We really don't need any four-dimensional chess about him becoming leader. When it happens, it will be a terrible day for our country.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4d

A Tory party under Jenrick might take a few of the racist votes from Reform, but they’d haemorrhage bucketloads to the Lib Dems.

So, on balance…

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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 3d

When you order a ventriloquist dummy from Temu.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

It's increasingly not even basic politics anymore. It's just a bigotry pissing contest.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

It just seems so weird to me to go 'how dare these people who have faced institutional & economic prejudice and oppression for decades find somewhere with relatively cheap housing and make their home there.'

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

They're just so vindictive. They choose the moment you're at your weakest and most vulnerable to strike.

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James O'Flynn @jamesoflynn.bsky.social · 3d

It's a bit weird really to feel nostalgic for the proper Conservatives, the ones you could just profoundly disagree with on policy issues rather than worrying that they were a fundamental threat to British values.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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