Rachael
@veryrachael.bsky.social
I share a birthday with noted flautist Frans Brüggen. Probably knitting something at the moment. Scholar & mal viveuse.
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Boba Fett 1980: I do human trafficking for space Hitler.
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
July 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Boba Fett 1980: I do human trafficking for space Hitler.
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Watching Bautista Agut v Tomic in Mallorca like it’s 2011.
June 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Watching Bautista Agut v Tomic in Mallorca like it’s 2011.
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Looking forward to Labour interpreting this as ‘to win more votes we should announce that we’ll find every last person who voted for us and punch them directly in the face.’
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating has dropped 12pts in a month to -46, his lowest level ever, including a 34pt drop among Labour voters
All Britons: -46 net rating (down 12 from 13-14 Apr)
By 2024 vote
Labour: -5 (down 34)
Lib Dem: -13 (down 12)
Conservative: -76 (up 1)
Reform: -94 (down 5)
All Britons: -46 net rating (down 12 from 13-14 Apr)
By 2024 vote
Labour: -5 (down 34)
Lib Dem: -13 (down 12)
Conservative: -76 (up 1)
Reform: -94 (down 5)
May 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Looking forward to Labour interpreting this as ‘to win more votes we should announce that we’ll find every last person who voted for us and punch them directly in the face.’
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I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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*awkwardly meeting a new gay couple* so which one of you is the rosencrantz
March 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
*awkwardly meeting a new gay couple* so which one of you is the rosencrantz
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i like the whole gondor/mordor thing. all cities should have an evil version right across the river, like DC and arlington
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
i like the whole gondor/mordor thing. all cities should have an evil version right across the river, like DC and arlington
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I don’t want no scrub / a scrub is a biome defined by a lack of trees / usually a risk of fire / when the soil’s drier / known in French as ‘maquis’
February 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I don’t want no scrub / a scrub is a biome defined by a lack of trees / usually a risk of fire / when the soil’s drier / known in French as ‘maquis’
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The inimitable Prince Charles Cinema, London’s finest cinema, is under threat from landlords and development. PCC is part of the cultural, emotional and artistic landscape of our capital, I have signed the petition to save it I hope you can too.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The inimitable Prince Charles Cinema, London’s finest cinema, is under threat from landlords and development. PCC is part of the cultural, emotional and artistic landscape of our capital, I have signed the petition to save it I hope you can too.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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they should invent unprecedented times that are good
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
they should invent unprecedented times that are good
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Antiques Roadshow just rejected my priceless vase because apparently it’s just two people kissing
January 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Antiques Roadshow just rejected my priceless vase because apparently it’s just two people kissing
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Often, when paying my rent or swishing some water in a bottle of fairy liquid so it goes a little further, I am reminded of this Charles Moore spectator column from 2015, and the fact that financial hardship knows many forms.
January 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Often, when paying my rent or swishing some water in a bottle of fairy liquid so it goes a little further, I am reminded of this Charles Moore spectator column from 2015, and the fact that financial hardship knows many forms.
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And if their demands aren’t met Sony is threatening to release the whole movie on December 13
December 2, 2024 at 4:52 PM
And if their demands aren’t met Sony is threatening to release the whole movie on December 13
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I've always aspired to be like James Bond, a man who owns a car and has had sex
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I've always aspired to be like James Bond, a man who owns a car and has had sex
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JIGSAW: all your life you've really drowned people to death in urine by being late all the time
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
November 24, 2024 at 11:46 PM
JIGSAW: all your life you've really drowned people to death in urine by being late all the time
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
VICTIM: boy I don't like where this is going
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Look, do I regret betraying my siblings? Sure. Would I do it again for the great taste of Turkish delight? Of course I would
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Look, do I regret betraying my siblings? Sure. Would I do it again for the great taste of Turkish delight? Of course I would
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“You are what you eat.”
Me:
Me:
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
“You are what you eat.”
Me:
Me:
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
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My muscles have seized up one by one, my brain is next on the list.
November 10, 2024 at 10:45 AM
My muscles have seized up one by one, my brain is next on the list.
Trying to gather folk who want to collaborate on The Researcher’s First Murder, lmk if you’re interested
October 31, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Trying to gather folk who want to collaborate on The Researcher’s First Murder, lmk if you’re interested
I thought #TheResearchersFirstMurder would be a fun holiday read, but I’m now 7 days in, have a dedicated notebook, and am at my wit’s end.
September 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
I thought #TheResearchersFirstMurder would be a fun holiday read, but I’m now 7 days in, have a dedicated notebook, and am at my wit’s end.
Pend It Like Peckham
March 20, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Pend It Like Peckham
@mjfrancis.bsky.social This seems about right
Seems like a good time to remind everyone of one of the best headlines of the last decade:
"British scientists don't like Richard Dawkins, finds study that didn't even ask questions about Richard Dawkins"
"British scientists don't like Richard Dawkins, finds study that didn't even ask questions about Richard Dawkins"
March 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
@mjfrancis.bsky.social This seems about right
Always the boulder, never the Indiana Jones.
March 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Always the boulder, never the Indiana Jones.
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"almost towers over" is an amazing euphemism for "is shorter than"
March 20, 2024 at 9:16 AM
"almost towers over" is an amazing euphemism for "is shorter than"