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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1h

“Is likely to end up in you getting beaten up” is pretty much the definition of a public order offence, isn’t it?

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 3h

This reads to me very much like the tale of somebody who once said PRIMM-er by mistake in front of people and got the piss absolutely ripped out of them, and who after many many years of hard work and perseverance finally achieved control of the Merriam-Webster social media accounts

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 4h

Ivor (3) was watching me charge something up using a USB C cable, and he asked if he could plug it in, and I said sure, and he asked which way up it goes, and I was able to proudly say “IVOR IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH WAY UP IT GOES AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HUMAN PROGRESS”

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 11h

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 9h

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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, that's fair, I don't have any true independents near me, and PictureHouse and Everyman (and Odeon) do seem to do OK.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 11h

But there's only a dozen or so chains, and their websites do always get it right.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like for like 10% - 20% of the last 25 years, they gave good answers.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 14h

Pizza is open-face ravioli, surely?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 23h

This actually causes public harm because British people absolutely do not do bumper stickers etc on cars. I think this is basically a major crime to have this many stickers on a car in the UK.

Stone Cold 𓅃 @bisexualmorpheus.bsky.social · 1d

Yer da’s been decorating the zafira

POV: you are stuck in London traffic behind a 2008 Vauxhall minivan adorned with various right wing slogans including “RIP LONDON KHAN AND STARMER GAVE FCUKED YOU! HONK IF YOU HATE EM!” & “Starmer stop the boats”. The license place is “RIP BE” and there are pictures of a demonic looking Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan adorning the bumper and rear window. England and Union Jack flags fly from the rear windows

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Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 22h

This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.

In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 20h

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 20h

Does he not realise a taxi can pull up adjacent to a cycle lane and then the passenger can cross the lane when safe?

(I mean, probably not, because in my last dozen or so discussions, I've only had one (bus tour) driver understand this)

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve seen the coffee delivery by drone people in suburban Dublin, right?

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

The only conclusion is that all veggie burgers, regardless of what they’re made of should be called cornburgers.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

Oof, I didn’t know this and get incredibly bad symptoms from xylitol, so if I’d ever thought “oh yes, a slushie”, that’d have been me.

ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

Am I right in thinking it's a change to the quota, or is the tariff getting newly applied?

ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely think that the best type of L2 for parked cars would be wireless. People need to walk through car parks and street parked cars.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry too much:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’

www.theguardian.com

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, also broken for me (Firefox on Linux)

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

(India also just did that with railway electrification, too)

ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 1d

Only a threat because they thought they had the game sewn up and didn't have to offer policies that make the country better.

ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 2d

And also a destination for people with no taste.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 2d

Also if you fly from Birmingham or Manchester at the time when there’s one massively overcrowded gate with an A380 going from it.

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ambrosen @ambrosen.bsky.social · 2d

OK, I have some leftover sauerkraut

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