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FollyDodger
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· Feb 14
Opening Bluesky. Singing..
"Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I..."
Reads latest madness from America
"...see"
"Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I..."
Reads latest madness from America
"...see"
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This feels like they're about to scrap it out above the streets of Tokyo, fling skyscrapers at one another etc
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This feels like they're about to scrap it out above the streets of Tokyo, fling skyscrapers at one another etc
I just opened the curtains and felt no discernable benefit
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I just opened the curtains and felt no discernable benefit
I've been watching cricket for a few decades now and I still don't feel comfortable in venturing any opinion on the subject. However I love it and I always will. Even though we're dire in Australia.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I've been watching cricket for a few decades now and I still don't feel comfortable in venturing any opinion on the subject. However I love it and I always will. Even though we're dire in Australia.
Those who subtweet are inadvertent masters of suspense
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Those who subtweet are inadvertent masters of suspense
🎶 You're a mean one, Mr Trump 🎶
It's the least important thing about a violent dictator receiving a bogus award from a corrupt organisation but let's just ask - how *tiny* is his left hand?
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🎶 You're a mean one, Mr Trump 🎶
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
a man in a suit and tie is making a face
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a face
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Anyone fancy a wrestle?
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Anyone fancy a wrestle?
Just gave my daughter Vimto in an empty Sprite bottle and her reaction was bigger than the last three Christmas and birthday presents combined.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just gave my daughter Vimto in an empty Sprite bottle and her reaction was bigger than the last three Christmas and birthday presents combined.
BBC sounds recommended its iRobot adaptation to me, however the voice for the robot is like an experimental syth voice from the 80s. A) Surely it'd be more advanced and B) I don't like it in my headphones.
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BBC sounds recommended its iRobot adaptation to me, however the voice for the robot is like an experimental syth voice from the 80s. A) Surely it'd be more advanced and B) I don't like it in my headphones.
I'm 45 and thought advent started tomorrow
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm 45 and thought advent started tomorrow
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A big one has gone
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A big one has gone
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Campaign for the government to build a state owned music venue in every city which plays a variety of big and up and coming acts throughout the week. Priority tickets given to residents in surrounding boroughs bought via council website. No reselling allowed. I haven't though but do it anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Campaign for the government to build a state owned music venue in every city which plays a variety of big and up and coming acts throughout the week. Priority tickets given to residents in surrounding boroughs bought via council website. No reselling allowed. I haven't though but do it anyway.
I just cried from laughter reading this on the bus.
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I just cried from laughter reading this on the bus.
I saw a tree with blossom on it just now. Somebody do something!
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I saw a tree with blossom on it just now. Somebody do something!
I love how in these pictures of tombs, untouched for thousands of years, look like the beautifully crafted artefacts were chucked in by the baggage handlers at Stansted.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I love how in these pictures of tombs, untouched for thousands of years, look like the beautifully crafted artefacts were chucked in by the baggage handlers at Stansted.
I shout in video meetings because the people are far away. I'm never going to get better at it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I shout in video meetings because the people are far away. I'm never going to get better at it.
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
I did this when I was 12. I never wrote for a national newspaper though.
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I did this when I was 12. I never wrote for a national newspaper though.
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
There's a guy on the tube reading Hegel and underlining bits with a pencil. Just trying to impress the ladies - so obvious!
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
There's a guy on the tube reading Hegel and underlining bits with a pencil. Just trying to impress the ladies - so obvious!
Enjoying Plur1bus so much.
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Enjoying Plur1bus so much.
Had a pyjama day with the daughter today. Played Switch, watched telly and a film, made tacos, just did a science experiment. She's happy as a pig in shit but my body is very cross I've not walked further than 6 meters without sitting down again.
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Had a pyjama day with the daughter today. Played Switch, watched telly and a film, made tacos, just did a science experiment. She's happy as a pig in shit but my body is very cross I've not walked further than 6 meters without sitting down again.