Andrew Garner
@andrewbgarner.bsky.social
188cm 78kg blood type O+
The Greeks were so baffled by the scythians *riding* horses they created the centaur myth to explain it
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Greeks were so baffled by the scythians *riding* horses they created the centaur myth to explain it
What about the sanctuary?
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What about the sanctuary?
I’m in my late forties, honestly this still blows my mind, phones are meant to be screwed to the wall
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m in my late forties, honestly this still blows my mind, phones are meant to be screwed to the wall
Aha ok tapes were simultaneously great and shit, but they were how I got through bus journeys in north west London
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Aha ok tapes were simultaneously great and shit, but they were how I got through bus journeys in north west London
You never had a Sony Walkman?
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You never had a Sony Walkman?
This thread is absolute perfection
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This thread is absolute perfection
Maybe now is the moment to strike - mounjaro prices have shot up, a lot of people may give up on the pen and might be getting their appetites back? Obviously this thesis heroically ignores minimum wage, NI, business rates…
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Maybe now is the moment to strike - mounjaro prices have shot up, a lot of people may give up on the pen and might be getting their appetites back? Obviously this thesis heroically ignores minimum wage, NI, business rates…
Currently living in the UK but born in Mayo. Love both countries. I understand why Dev couldn’t take Ireland into WW2 or NATO, but not really sure those conditions persist? I think you may be confusing neutrality with pacifism perhaps?
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Currently living in the UK but born in Mayo. Love both countries. I understand why Dev couldn’t take Ireland into WW2 or NATO, but not really sure those conditions persist? I think you may be confusing neutrality with pacifism perhaps?
I’m Irish and I think it’s shameful how we have become so rich from global trade but do nothing to contribute to the security on which it is based
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’m Irish and I think it’s shameful how we have become so rich from global trade but do nothing to contribute to the security on which it is based
I’d say the odds on root being left stranded on ninety something not out are basically even now
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I’d say the odds on root being left stranded on ninety something not out are basically even now
Did you think the reported £6bn entry fee was at all reasonable? I think it is the UK side that should have been bemused, not the EU side.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Did you think the reported £6bn entry fee was at all reasonable? I think it is the UK side that should have been bemused, not the EU side.
Ha ha, nice, maybe you’re not old enough but I recall voting in a referendum to amend the constitution to renounce the claim to Northern Ireland. This country has become very wealthy from free trade which doesn’t happen by itself, it depends on security, and we contribute nada .
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ha ha, nice, maybe you’re not old enough but I recall voting in a referendum to amend the constitution to renounce the claim to Northern Ireland. This country has become very wealthy from free trade which doesn’t happen by itself, it depends on security, and we contribute nada .
We avoid turkey (inferior chicken) so usually roast a great big sirloin joint. Cook it nice and rare, cut yourself a big slice, and you’ve basically got a steak
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We avoid turkey (inferior chicken) so usually roast a great big sirloin joint. Cook it nice and rare, cut yourself a big slice, and you’ve basically got a steak
Good lord no wonder type 2 diabetes rates are so high in the US - the GI load on a portion of that must be stratospheric.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good lord no wonder type 2 diabetes rates are so high in the US - the GI load on a portion of that must be stratospheric.
I’d throw in Nick Gibb
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’d throw in Nick Gibb
It was the Ireland I was born into and that novel does so much to help explain the poor choices my parents and grandparents made, but it’s not often I’ve got the stomach for re-reading it
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It was the Ireland I was born into and that novel does so much to help explain the poor choices my parents and grandparents made, but it’s not often I’ve got the stomach for re-reading it
This is a really powerful, excellent thread. And it (necessarily) only scratches the surface of the harms of lockdowns, from educational impacts to the £300-£500 *billion* of debt incurred, the interest on which dwarfs education, defence or transport budgets.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is a really powerful, excellent thread. And it (necessarily) only scratches the surface of the harms of lockdowns, from educational impacts to the £300-£500 *billion* of debt incurred, the interest on which dwarfs education, defence or transport budgets.
Local authorities already have pretty wide powers to issue bonds, (and HMT doesn’t control or limit that), but they have no means to raise the revenue to service those bonds. All roads lead back to devolving tax raising powers (which I know is slightly missing the point here)
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Local authorities already have pretty wide powers to issue bonds, (and HMT doesn’t control or limit that), but they have no means to raise the revenue to service those bonds. All roads lead back to devolving tax raising powers (which I know is slightly missing the point here)
All ministers do that even at the most junior levels. They’d be mad not to.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All ministers do that even at the most junior levels. They’d be mad not to.
Great explanation. So refreshing to have someone take a breath, pause, and analyse the facts, rather than the hyperventilation that characterises so much media commentary
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great explanation. So refreshing to have someone take a breath, pause, and analyse the facts, rather than the hyperventilation that characterises so much media commentary
Very nice. I’m watching Ben Stokes, Headingley, 2019, set to a Jimi Hendrix soundtrack. That’ll get the cricketing vibes going every time.
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Very nice. I’m watching Ben Stokes, Headingley, 2019, set to a Jimi Hendrix soundtrack. That’ll get the cricketing vibes going every time.
Lots of lawyers would advise apologising when you’ve made a clear mistake
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Lots of lawyers would advise apologising when you’ve made a clear mistake
It’s amazing that Basil Spence could get that so right, yet everything else he touched makes me want to claw out my eyeballs
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s amazing that Basil Spence could get that so right, yet everything else he touched makes me want to claw out my eyeballs