I actually do keep my body in shape

Let me just geek out here: this instrument - not this kind of instrument, but this actual example - was played at the premiere of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks almost three hundred years ago

Bloody hell!

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Love this.

I’m a double bass player, mine is a mongrel of bits, most of the front is a Maggini copy made in 1700s, the neck and scroll are 1900s, it wound up in a school somewhere. It takes an amazing unbroken chain of care for these *large* instruments to live 300 years in original state

Hah no worries. I found it through the knowyourmeme page which gave me a description of what I was getting into before I got there, so I was prepared 🫠

Well I learned two things today, and one of them was what NSFL means

Many congratulations Mar!

8yo is a Sally and it was such a surprise when we (once, ever) met another in her age group

We’re bringing it back 😄

Even Men’s Health knows what’s up: “A study published in Brain Communications earlier this month pinpoints the 1st biological evidence to explain long COVID brain fog… The study identified changes in a receptor in the brain called AMPA, which help brain cells communicate” archive.ph/2025.10.14-0...

What’s the state of play with reverse charging?

To buy a big battery for home, it seems much better value if it has a car attached. Occasionally I’d use the car and the rest of the time it’s my home battery ?

Cool poster, very retro!

I swear some of the white looked yellow here, I thought there were 5 colours till I zoomed in

You sent me down a Leto rabbit hole. Jfc.

Why must journalists euphemise sexual assault (of minors!) as “misconduct” or whatever???

You’d just like to interject for a moment 🤓😆

Jed?? Jef. wtf sorry @jefczekaj.bsky.social

In BBC history it is a relic from when #Radio4 went to a unified single service that covered the whole UK and the seas around, each got their shoutout in this piece

Very nostalgic (if you left the radio on as you fell asleep you would wake up to it) 2/2

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In and out of my head for 30 years: A deft arrangement of 9 traditional tunes chosen to represent the UK nations and its maritime tradition.

This performance of it is so perky and the bass string tones are so rich ❤️ recording engineer leant in on the bass! #UKTheme 1/2

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Enjoying Jed’s comic-shaped bitter rant at modern life 😂

Strange Red Rocks in #Australia Are Preserving Fossils in Stunning Detail

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Good read. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Honest take on just one of Labour’s electability problems.

I don’t know what Labour even believes is its purpose

A lot of its actual purpose seems to be attacking minorities ie - Trans kids, Immigrants, Welfare recipients

This whole thread explains so much

Perfect.
Cold?