James
@studiousbadger.bsky.social
Stargazing vet from the dark satanic North. Once hit the stumps from the boundary aged 11, all down hill since then. #OneHealth 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺
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James
@studiousbadger.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Passed JFK’s memorial in Runnymede, England earlier. “Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
How I’m turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How I’m turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.
One room in the house has been heated to roughly the surface temperature of the sun. More tea?
Welcome to my parents house. You're just in time for food. Nothing fancy, just a buffet. Here's your labelled placemat. Just a buffet. Here's the fine tablewear. Here's the silver cutlery. Sit down. Just a buffet. Here's the first course. Just a buffet. A 7 course sit down buffet. Prawn cocktail?
Welcome to my parents' house! The kettle is on. The kettle is on again. The kettle is still on. Tea is flowing. Do you need some tea? You haven't had tea in a while (10 minutes).
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
One room in the house has been heated to roughly the surface temperature of the sun. More tea?
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Foolishly decided to watch England play cricket again.
Doing precisely what we've done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing they'll expect us to do this time.
a man in a military uniform with a mustache is making a funny face and says baaaah .
Alt: Stephen Fry as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett, VC KCB DSO, in Blackadder Goes Forth. Subtitle: “Baaaaaah”
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Foolishly decided to watch England play cricket again.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
The engraved panels on the base make it look like a primary school sports day participation trophy. Did they have it done at Timpsons?
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The engraved panels on the base make it look like a primary school sports day participation trophy. Did they have it done at Timpsons?
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Tax on people who go to lane swimming and then swim very slowly two abreast so they're hard to get round without swimming into people coming the other way, having a bit of a chat
Tax on people who get off an escalator and then immediately stand still to find something about their person
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tax on people who go to lane swimming and then swim very slowly two abreast so they're hard to get round without swimming into people coming the other way, having a bit of a chat
Randall’s made me laugh a lot but that’s the first time he’s made me cry.
Properly moving xkcd
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Randall’s made me laugh a lot but that’s the first time he’s made me cry.
Post a movie where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Post a movie where you’re from
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My then-8yo daughter sliced her finger open once, trying to cut an onion to look at under her junior microscope. Rather than panic about the blood her first instinct was to catch some on a slide to see what it looked like. I was equal parts proud and horrified 😆
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My then-8yo daughter sliced her finger open once, trying to cut an onion to look at under her junior microscope. Rather than panic about the blood her first instinct was to catch some on a slide to see what it looked like. I was equal parts proud and horrified 😆
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Tick this box to confirm you’re not a robot.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and don't forget to like and subscribe.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Tick this box to confirm you’re not a robot.
Jonathan has come dressed as a snooker table. #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jonathan has come dressed as a snooker table. #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
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‘Kicked the bouquet’ was right there for the taking…. RIP Patricia.
October 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
‘Kicked the bouquet’ was right there for the taking…. RIP Patricia.
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Everyone gathering for the rapture, then watching as Cliff Richard, and only Cliff Richard, slowly floats into space.
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Everyone gathering for the rapture, then watching as Cliff Richard, and only Cliff Richard, slowly floats into space.
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That's MY Doctor.
BBC news showing the Trump protest in London, Sylvester McCoy has just appeared on a vox pop.
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
That's MY Doctor.
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[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
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Britain
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Britain
The only country in the world ever to develop and then abandon its autonomous space launch capability, strikes again. @ukspaceagency.bsky.social #ukspace
UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs
Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The only country in the world ever to develop and then abandon its autonomous space launch capability, strikes again. @ukspaceagency.bsky.social #ukspace
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Love location-spotting things like this. Cruachan dam (near Oban in Scotland) appears as the Empire garrison base in Andor and the McLaren technology centre near Woking in England is Coruscant spaceport 😂
August 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Love location-spotting things like this. Cruachan dam (near Oban in Scotland) appears as the Empire garrison base in Andor and the McLaren technology centre near Woking in England is Coruscant spaceport 😂
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There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.
There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There’ll be a Little Alex Horne close by.