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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 3h

I hope everyone finds the kind of love I have, a partner who doesn't end the relationship when you quietly sing,

🎵Stegoslide, Stegoslide,
Giving a wash to your underside🎵

while cleaning the Stegoslide in PowerWash Simulator

Screenshot from the game PowerWash Simulator showing a dirty Stegosaurus shaped slide in a play area

Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 17h

Dolly Parton checking the news

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer's government are the authoritarian right and until Labour MPs either remove from office or leave Labour so are they.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 3d

Me catching up on the state of this site

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 4d

It looks like you're hoping Clippy's soul will be torn asunder for all eternity in the fiery depths of hell.

Would you like help?

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact: all still true

Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · Jul 5

Fun fact, no UK police officer can be ordered to arrest someone. They always have the discretion to not do so. But the Met fucking suck. Bunch of fash bastards.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palestine Action: More than 20 arrested at protest, Metropolitan Police say

It comes after supporting the group was banned under terrorism legislation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 5d

'Black Cat at Night' - Koho, ca. 1930s (detail).
#Caturday #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

A black cat with yellow eyes sits under a bush with large leaves.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck this.

The Home Secretary is conflating the antisemitic terror attack that left two dead with the peaceful protests against the ongoing Gaza genocide.

Labour are morally bankrupt. There needs to be a change of leadership that fully removes Starmer and his ilk.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood: Pro-Palestinian protests 'un-British' after terror attack

The home secretary told BBC Breakfast she was disappointed pro-Palestinian protests went ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 6d

The Academy really dropped the ball on future AI/Al posts

Poster for S1MONE (2002) showing Al Pacino and Rachel Roberts

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 7d

One summer my father attempted to read the entire non-fiction section of his local library when he was a young child. Apparently he made pretty significant progress before school restarted.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 8d

Starmer's correct, we shouldn't vote for obviously racist scumbags who only care about the rich and powerful at the expense of everyone else.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Screenshot from linked article:

Headline: Starmer wants rethink on international law to tackle migration

<Still of video showing Starmer>

Watch: Starmer says he will "look again" at human rights laws

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 8d

You should check out Cody's deep dive videos

youtu.be/H39Dva5jei8?...

Checking In On Trump's Authoritarian Takeover - SOME MORE NEWS

YouTube video by Some More News

youtu.be

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 9d

Journalists should ask Labour ministers why they think it's somehow less racist to have migrants prove they're "one of the good ones" before they can stay in the UK

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 9d

Well now I'm tempted to add Roo playing a sax to my Him-Boos After Dark drawing

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Hana Michels (Personal Account) @hanamichels.bsky.social · 9d

Anyway, there are some free episodes if you search the podcast name himboos and/or gamefully unemployed wherever you get podcasts, so you don’t have to subscribe to the Patreon without knowing if you like it or not. It also has a giant backlog of “ Fox Mulder is a maniac” you’d like if you like this

Hana Michels (Personal Account) @hanamichels.bsky.social · 9d

I tried to get Dave to institute a “Dean bitch count” for their Supernatural podcast “Himboos” on @gamefullyun.bsky.social where they count how many times in the episode Dean calls something or someone a bitch, but we realized that’s too much to quantify.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 10d

Just got to the end of the episode. I should have had more faith in @startthemachine.bsky.social

Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 10d

@moviehooligan.bsky.social, if you hadn't seen To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, have you also not seen The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? The cast is also amazing.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 10d

Screenshot of "Evil" Spock from the episode of Star Trek: The Original Series "Mirror, Mirror". He looks identical to normal Spock but with a goatee.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 10d

Yesterday my phone autocorrected "fascinating" to "fascism" which seems a little on the nose.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 11d

I stand by both statements

$catastrofrac.bsky.social$

Catastrofrac @catastrofrac.bsky.social · 12d

Thinking back to things my beloved said about me back when we first started hanging out.
He described me as stylish, & later, stunning.
Honestly stylish is still the hardest to reconcile. I pick my clothes on shape & feel. I was wearing corduroy lounge pants & a tank top!

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 12d

Just when you think you can't muster any more contempt for Starmer and his government...

www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

Screenshot from link in post:

BritCard: a progressive digital identity for Britain

For a progressive society to work, it needs to be able to collectively agree who is allowed to join it. Because it will exclude those who cannot join it, it needs to give its members proof that they belong. The UK doesn’t do this. Our conflicted historic approach to issuing identity credentials has led to a situation that represents the worst of both worlds. We currently can’t effectively stop people from living and working in our country illegally. Nor can we efficiently support legal citizens and residents to exercise their rights.

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 12d

Just when you think you can't muster any more contempt for Starmer and his government...

www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 12d

Have you got to City of Saints and Madmen yet? I really enjoy it

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 12d

Starmer needs to be removed. His constant pandering to the right, whether it's due to stupidity, his own right-wing bigotries, external pressure from donors, or anything else, is ruining people's lives and steering us closer to fascism.

Tax the wealthy and corporations
Fund progressive ideals

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Doc Garby @docgarby.bsky.social · 13d

The "Left" hasn't "gone wrong" on immigration, it just isn't scared of people from other countries, or eager to foment violence against them to distract from inequality and suffering caused by those with wealth and power.

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