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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 11h

Tom Waits

"Don't you know there ain't no devil, just god when he's drunk"

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 6d

I was confused by the extra black at the top of the chart when I opened it on my phone, until I (eventually) realised that dot is my front facing camera

Lots of dots and one dot that isn't a dot

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 6d

Most popular car colour choices.

Would love to see similar from the 1970s with browns, oranges and greens

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 7d

It’s common in authoritarian dictatorships that newspapers cover politics by writing in code.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

The sooner you apply a surfactant to a grease spot, the easier it will be to remove the stain.

Find more tips for dealing with pesky grease stains here:

The best way to get stubborn grease spots out of your clothes

If you act promptly and the fabric is washable, grease or oil spatters can be removed. But you will need more than water to do the job.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 11d

More chocolate, more Nobel prizes
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/the-curious-wavefunction/chocolate-consumption-and-nobel-prizes-a-bizarre-juxtaposition-if-there-ever-was-one/

Scatterplot showing a correlation between rates of chocolate consumption and rates of Nobel Laureates

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 13d

Days people are in the office, ranked from highest to lowest

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 13d

days of the year ranked by happiness?

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 15d

Best I can offer is a long distance relationship with variable commitment xx

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Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · 15d

This will need a click on your phone!

The Heart and Soul nebulae. A full framed widescale image as captured in a single session last night by the Dwarf3!

180 minutes of 60 second exposures (the best 132 of which were stacked)

#astrophotography #astronomy @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

The Heart and Soul nebulae are
a pair of large, neighbouring emission nebulae in the constellation Cassiopeia, situated approximately 6,000 to 7,500 light-years away. Together, they form an extensive and active star-forming region within the Milky Way's Perseus spiral arm

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) resembles a classical human heart, the Heart Nebula is a substantial cloud of glowing, ionised hydrogen gas marked by dark dust lanes.

The Soul Nebula (IC 1848) also known as the Embryo Nebula or W5 is adjacent to the Heart Nebula. It is a vast cloud of gas and dust illuminated by powerful particles from a cluster of new stars.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 16d

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 19d

Well that's a whole pile of fecking shyteballs.

You can work from my office if you like, probably as close to the US as its possible to get easily these days...

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 22d

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 24d

17 years ago (in case you weren't already feeling old this morning).

Simon Johnson🇺🇦 @simonrjohnson.bsky.social · 24d

Happy Lehman Day to those who celebrate

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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 24d

No idea where my colleague’s lunch is going or at what speed

Fantastic dazzle lunch bag I’m being informed is from sainsbo’s

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 26d

Pretty much, unfortunately.

Redmond was willing to work within the political structures that existed, those that came after him were, well, less so inclined.

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 26d

I know this is presented as good news but can't help thinking that history might end up seeing Farage as England's John Redmond, with Brexit his Home Rule

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 26d

Deeply disturbed to see today's 'Unite the Kingdom' march in London with 100,000+ attendees.

This was likely the largest far-right protest in British history and was led by Tommy Robinson and addressed by Elon Musk.

The far right are emboldened like never before. But, here's the good news... 🧵