Eric TF Bat
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Eric TF Bat. Fruitbat. Karl Faustus von Aachen. Tiberius Aelius Paulli filius Sabatina tribu Faustus Vespertilio. Batty Herald.
SCA: #Lochac, Ynys Fawr, Lightwood.
AICSA: SCUNA, SUMS.
Politics: lefty ratbag.
He/him.
Chat ignored due to stupid Aust law.
SCA: #Lochac, Ynys Fawr, Lightwood.
AICSA: SCUNA, SUMS.
Politics: lefty ratbag.
He/him.
Chat ignored due to stupid Aust law.
Now it's just 365 sleeps until Christmas!
And even better, one sleep until hot cross buns are back in the shops!
And even better, one sleep until hot cross buns are back in the shops!
December 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Now it's just 365 sleeps until Christmas!
And even better, one sleep until hot cross buns are back in the shops!
And even better, one sleep until hot cross buns are back in the shops!
To be fair, the same thing happens if you start with Les Miserables. No doubt there's a musical out there that's as good as those two, but I can't imagine what it is.
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
To be fair, the same thing happens if you start with Les Miserables. No doubt there's a musical out there that's as good as those two, but I can't imagine what it is.
I can't claim that this was because we had strong feelings about never lying to children, because we certainly told them other lies, like "democracy is a functional form of government" or "if you don't go to bed RIGHT NOW, we will still love you". I think we were just too lazy to pretend. ⏹️
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I can't claim that this was because we had strong feelings about never lying to children, because we certainly told them other lies, like "democracy is a functional form of government" or "if you don't go to bed RIGHT NOW, we will still love you". I think we were just too lazy to pretend. ⏹️
Our youngest is 18 now, so I'm not sure I can quite remember how we did the whole Santa Claus/Father Christmas thing. I think we just sort of decided without ever discussing it that we wouldn't bother trying to pretend, so our kids grew up knowing that it was just a sort of cultural running gag. ⏩
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our youngest is 18 now, so I'm not sure I can quite remember how we did the whole Santa Claus/Father Christmas thing. I think we just sort of decided without ever discussing it that we wouldn't bother trying to pretend, so our kids grew up knowing that it was just a sort of cultural running gag. ⏩
This will be either oddly comforting or no use at all. For me it's the former, but my Weird may not be the same as your Weird.
![From Scarfolk Council, a satirical website at https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/. Appears to be a crumpled government poster from circa 1973, headed "A self-support scheme from HM Government" and "Scarfolk Council Citizens Advice".
Text reads:
Feel hopeless and abandoned, like you're going mad?
Don't worry.
Let us reassure you that everything you're feeling is completely justified and proves you have fully comprehended the true severity of your situation. Be proud of your keen insights, but be aware that we cannot offer support to people of inferior value [footnote: To find out your current value in pounds and pence, write to your MP and include a self-addressed stamped envelope, unless your previous evaluation was less than a stamp.]
Keep it to yourself. Discontent is contagious.
The footer of the poster reads, as is usual with this website, "For more information, please reread."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ueqnkah36a3gawm4lihpxjea/bafkreibzmkj6xfn363ut2grpwxf2jg2gtamkcj3yrsyajmmu3qwyy3ckye@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This will be either oddly comforting or no use at all. For me it's the former, but my Weird may not be the same as your Weird.
The CEO or president or emperor or whatever of the BBC resigned a couple of weeks ago, and one of his alleged sins was apparently not giving enough "equal time" to TERFs in talk shows about the transgender "debate". So there are good people at the Beeb, but mostly not for much longer.
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The CEO or president or emperor or whatever of the BBC resigned a couple of weeks ago, and one of his alleged sins was apparently not giving enough "equal time" to TERFs in talk shows about the transgender "debate". So there are good people at the Beeb, but mostly not for much longer.
I learned a little while ago that this sort of thing is new(ish) in the US. It's pretty universal in AU, and I believe there was a musician/singer who incorporated our standard walk signal noise into the beat of a song, but I have no memory of which artist and which song.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I learned a little while ago that this sort of thing is new(ish) in the US. It's pretty universal in AU, and I believe there was a musician/singer who incorporated our standard walk signal noise into the beat of a song, but I have no memory of which artist and which song.
I would never!
*fakes innocent expression*
*fakes innocent expression*
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I would never!
*fakes innocent expression*
*fakes innocent expression*
It won't matter. The dementia is so advanced now, he can't recall or comprehend events. Might as well hope the asteroid sticks around after the planetary impact to feel remorse. He's no longer a functiong human being, just a bunch of bug-ridden macros looping endlessly inside a disconnected brain.
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It won't matter. The dementia is so advanced now, he can't recall or comprehend events. Might as well hope the asteroid sticks around after the planetary impact to feel remorse. He's no longer a functiong human being, just a bunch of bug-ridden macros looping endlessly inside a disconnected brain.
Words 7-27 are technically redundant in that comment, you know.
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Words 7-27 are technically redundant in that comment, you know.
"Sure, insomnia sucks, but on the up-side, it's only 2 sleeps till Christmas!"
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Sure, insomnia sucks, but on the up-side, it's only 2 sleeps till Christmas!"
Translators are heroes and legends - no doubt about it. I remain awestruck.
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Translators are heroes and legends - no doubt about it. I remain awestruck.
Please locate whoever was roped in to convert all those puns to Japanese and, I don't know, make sure they're feeling OK. It would put a strain on any human mind.
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please locate whoever was roped in to convert all those puns to Japanese and, I don't know, make sure they're feeling OK. It would put a strain on any human mind.
What an interesting unrelated comment. I shall certainly take note of it, for absolutely no reason at all. Thank you!
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
What an interesting unrelated comment. I shall certainly take note of it, for absolutely no reason at all. Thank you!
Oh, our government doesn't lie to us. You need a certain minimum level of brain function to lie. All our government can do is grunt disingenuously.
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Oh, our government doesn't lie to us. You need a certain minimum level of brain function to lie. All our government can do is grunt disingenuously.
Really hoping you get enough warning that you can let us know before you geoblock us. I've got an unbroken streak of a bit less than 18 years of daily posting on DW (ok, originally on LJ since DW hasn't been around that long) and I will need a moment to run the ljdump script if I've got to quit...
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Really hoping you get enough warning that you can let us know before you geoblock us. I've got an unbroken streak of a bit less than 18 years of daily posting on DW (ok, originally on LJ since DW hasn't been around that long) and I will need a moment to run the ljdump script if I've got to quit...
That was supposed to be "there's bad news", not "there's bat news". Do I care enough to delete and repost? Indeed I do not.
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
That was supposed to be "there's bad news", not "there's bat news". Do I care enough to delete and repost? Indeed I do not.
OK, so there's good news and there's bat news.
The good news is: the Matrix is real and you can upload yourself to it, permanently, any time you like.
The bad news is: it runs on Windows.
The good news is: the Matrix is real and you can upload yourself to it, permanently, any time you like.
The bad news is: it runs on Windows.
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
OK, so there's good news and there's bat news.
The good news is: the Matrix is real and you can upload yourself to it, permanently, any time you like.
The bad news is: it runs on Windows.
The good news is: the Matrix is real and you can upload yourself to it, permanently, any time you like.
The bad news is: it runs on Windows.
I support any and all good-faith efforts to expose Senators to vacuum. Will we be putting them in those evacuated-air chambers or just shooting them into space in a non-presurised rocket?
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I support any and all good-faith efforts to expose Senators to vacuum. Will we be putting them in those evacuated-air chambers or just shooting them into space in a non-presurised rocket?
ARE YOU CALLING ME A BLOND LEFT-HANDED HONDA DRIVER WITH A SLIGHT LISP? HOW DARE YOU!!!
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ARE YOU CALLING ME A BLOND LEFT-HANDED HONDA DRIVER WITH A SLIGHT LISP? HOW DARE YOU!!!
Literally the only thing I know about Gary Numan is that he is exactly two weeks older than Gary Oldman.
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Literally the only thing I know about Gary Numan is that he is exactly two weeks older than Gary Oldman.
And while they keep arranging to forget history, everyone will have to "be the first" because nobody is allowed to remember. Cunning - but then, nobody said racists were stupid.
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
And while they keep arranging to forget history, everyone will have to "be the first" because nobody is allowed to remember. Cunning - but then, nobody said racists were stupid.
Regrettably, scientific resources that could be dedicated to this most worthy study have been depleted due to the earlier attempt to confirm that one could, in the Navy, sail precisely seven seas.
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Regrettably, scientific resources that could be dedicated to this most worthy study have been depleted due to the earlier attempt to confirm that one could, in the Navy, sail precisely seven seas.
Huh. I remember I got a bunch of them (yes, in the mail) a while ago, but I haven't seen them in years. Makes me suspect there's only one person or group doing all of them, and they kind of change the direction of the firehose regularly.
October 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Huh. I remember I got a bunch of them (yes, in the mail) a while ago, but I haven't seen them in years. Makes me suspect there's only one person or group doing all of them, and they kind of change the direction of the firehose regularly.