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Daniel Douglas Howell

@shinydan.bsky.social

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No, not that one. 50, UK, He/Him, bisexual, autistic, proud nerd. Hope. #LookDadNewTunes #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · Apr 4

When my fibromyalgia allows, I'll be reviewing music on Skylight as @lookdadnewtunes.bsky.social.

I have plans to review old anime as #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime on YouTube: link to follow.

#MusicReview #AnimeReview

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 8h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 8h

*swears in 1974 Sagittarian*

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 10h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 10h

Because of course he does lmfao

Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 10h

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 10h

This is why I don't watch much football these days. Twats.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · 14h

When someone sells off every public asset to make money that's been spent and absent for a generation and everything is, as a result, fucking shit- people notice.

Stunning news eh.

BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 17h

Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"

It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 14h

Is "getting enormously hungry" a known side-effect of making a breakthrough of sorts in mental therapy?

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 17h

He's spent far too much time with notable otaku Kenny Omega for this to be a coincidence.

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 17h

I believe she's still active, too: www.susanroweillustration.com

Home - Susan Rowe Illustration

www.susanroweillustration.com

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 18h

So _that's_ why "Subterranean Homesick Blues" was so important.

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 21h

This is true.

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Fratton.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Email their offices now just in case.

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 1d

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

That's what they did with me after I left hospital. I spent the first year thinking the shots had to be in the arse. Don't be like me. 😁

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Please! I tried to get one going when Rob Terry was in Manchester for TNA but I was wasting my time.

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

And of course "Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu."

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hoping for a set of ten corner punches counted in Welsh, personally.

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Only if you let it get really low like I did. As I've suggested elsewhere, the consultant who saw me literally said "we don't see cases like yours anymore".

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Mmmmm I haven't had that proper curry burn for a long, long time. Presumably it's the tamarind? Patak's Tandoori curry paste, 10/10.

Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

Good news: I've caught up with all my media backlogs!
Meh news: I can't watch any anime until I've had a long read of a book in a certain nearby university library so I'm stuck there.
Bad news: that means I have nothing to do or watch in short downtimes. Like this one.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Örjan @cunobaros.bsky.social · 1d

People wearing cologne/body spray/perfume that is noticeable outside hugging distance are just as considerate and modest as people setting off fireworks in residential areas.

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Daniel Douglas Howell @shinydan.bsky.social · 1d

*screams into the void*