Dorien James
@dorienjames.bsky.social
Former early adopter, now loyal but shrinking core.
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
Settled weather then.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Settled weather then.
Expedia is very helpful for finding out which airlines go where at what price. I then, every single time, have to go to the airline's own site in order to actually buy the tickets. It's a strange business model.
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Expedia is very helpful for finding out which airlines go where at what price. I then, every single time, have to go to the airline's own site in order to actually buy the tickets. It's a strange business model.
The scammers have learned that I don’t reply to unexpected financial requests from my wife, and have decided that maybe I’d be more likely to repond to emails from, um, myself
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The scammers have learned that I don’t reply to unexpected financial requests from my wife, and have decided that maybe I’d be more likely to repond to emails from, um, myself
I would like to thank V2G startup Wallbox for the unintended honesty of their reply.
September 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I would like to thank V2G startup Wallbox for the unintended honesty of their reply.
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Me: i’m Autistic
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Me: i’m Autistic
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
Them: Oh you take things literally
Me: No that’s kleptomania
There is a delight in trying to guess how Bluesky threads got from A to B.
September 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There is a delight in trying to guess how Bluesky threads got from A to B.
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This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
Yep that worked.
September 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yep that worked.
I have found that the phrase "can I just TALK to someone?" works much better than "at Santander, my voice is my password". Always fails at the first attempt, which riles me up exactly the right amount to nail the intonation and emphasis on the second go.
September 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I have found that the phrase "can I just TALK to someone?" works much better than "at Santander, my voice is my password". Always fails at the first attempt, which riles me up exactly the right amount to nail the intonation and emphasis on the second go.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Briefly trying to watch The Hundred, with its hideous marker pen colours and thumping music. Have to conclude that the design brief was to make cricket attractive to young people by writing down everything that old people loved about it and doing the exact opposite.
August 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Briefly trying to watch The Hundred, with its hideous marker pen colours and thumping music. Have to conclude that the design brief was to make cricket attractive to young people by writing down everything that old people loved about it and doing the exact opposite.
Hoping the internet would help with pronounciation of Scots Gaelic dearg, which I know is roughly “jerrag”. 15 years ago there were sites of rated, crowdsourced pronounciations. Now it’s all computer voices confidently saying “dee-arg”. One site has a dozen dee-args for how to say dearg in Welsh 🤦♂️
July 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hoping the internet would help with pronounciation of Scots Gaelic dearg, which I know is roughly “jerrag”. 15 years ago there were sites of rated, crowdsourced pronounciations. Now it’s all computer voices confidently saying “dee-arg”. One site has a dozen dee-args for how to say dearg in Welsh 🤦♂️
I know the football’s on and the Paris TdF stage only lights up in the final 20 seconds, but I don’t want to miss the last two hours of Ned Boulting/David Millar on ITV4. So many hours of entertainment and insight over the last 15 years. 😢
July 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I know the football’s on and the Paris TdF stage only lights up in the final 20 seconds, but I don’t want to miss the last two hours of Ned Boulting/David Millar on ITV4. So many hours of entertainment and insight over the last 15 years. 😢
This is, basically, the reason that I come to this site.
All I ask is that if things are going to go to shit, they at least do it in an appropriately chaotic and therefore funny way
July 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is, basically, the reason that I come to this site.
It's tennis season, so once again I find myself grinding my teeth at the unwillingness of "professional" broadcasters to pronounce even the most simple and common of Czech names correctly.
Jiři, Balding. Not Jiri. Jiři. At least try.
Jiři, Balding. Not Jiri. Jiři. At least try.
June 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's tennis season, so once again I find myself grinding my teeth at the unwillingness of "professional" broadcasters to pronounce even the most simple and common of Czech names correctly.
Jiři, Balding. Not Jiri. Jiři. At least try.
Jiři, Balding. Not Jiri. Jiři. At least try.
Almost certainly the best photo I've ever taken of some ducks.
June 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Almost certainly the best photo I've ever taken of some ducks.
The one silver lining from Kevin de Bruyne leaving @mancity.com is that we won’t have to listen to Jamie Carragher’s teeth-grindingly pig-ignorant mispronounciation of his name.
May 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The one silver lining from Kevin de Bruyne leaving @mancity.com is that we won’t have to listen to Jamie Carragher’s teeth-grindingly pig-ignorant mispronounciation of his name.
Our sacred annual ritual has begun.
May 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our sacred annual ritual has begun.
Checking in on the market carnage to find that some of my follows have wormholed to a different reality.
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Checking in on the market carnage to find that some of my follows have wormholed to a different reality.
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Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
October 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
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Sporza: "You're the first one to win the Strade in the Rainbow Jersey, how does that feel?"
Pogi: "I don't know why everyone keeps saying this, because if I remember well Lotte Kopecky won here last year."
That's what we call a worthy worldchampion!!! 🌈🙏
Pogi: "I don't know why everyone keeps saying this, because if I remember well Lotte Kopecky won here last year."
That's what we call a worthy worldchampion!!! 🌈🙏
March 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sporza: "You're the first one to win the Strade in the Rainbow Jersey, how does that feel?"
Pogi: "I don't know why everyone keeps saying this, because if I remember well Lotte Kopecky won here last year."
That's what we call a worthy worldchampion!!! 🌈🙏
Pogi: "I don't know why everyone keeps saying this, because if I remember well Lotte Kopecky won here last year."
That's what we call a worthy worldchampion!!! 🌈🙏