Gerard
@gerard1976uk.bsky.social
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Gerard
@gerard1976uk.bsky.social
· Oct 20
[Me, putting pasta onto plate one piece at a time in perfect alignment]
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
Mary Shelley
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Mary Shelley
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
Was a little bit smelly;
Her husband, Percy,
Was even worse-y.
(NB this is not necessarily historically accurate)
I'm not on here very much (I mean to be more). But I worry that I've missed something important: where is @swaefastide.bsky.social , these days? Did he leave social media?
December 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm not on here very much (I mean to be more). But I worry that I've missed something important: where is @swaefastide.bsky.social , these days? Did he leave social media?
Eminently sensible position. It'd be *super* to see certain media outlets get their heads round this concept.
Your daily reminder that if you’re talking freely on the radio, being widely quoted in newspapers and properly interviewed in magazines, you’re not actually being at all cancelled.
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Eminently sensible position. It'd be *super* to see certain media outlets get their heads round this concept.
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I don’t understand why Trump insists on the Nobel Peace Prize specifically. He is just as qualified to claim the one for literature.
August 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I don’t understand why Trump insists on the Nobel Peace Prize specifically. He is just as qualified to claim the one for literature.
This is the one!
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is the one!
The existence of deserve implies the existence of devolley, debackhand, and dedropshot
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The existence of deserve implies the existence of devolley, debackhand, and dedropshot
My resolution: properly engage with this app. So many voices I came to love on twitter are now here exclusively, and I miss them.
June 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My resolution: properly engage with this app. So many voices I came to love on twitter are now here exclusively, and I miss them.
I'm not sure it's worth my writing anything about Brian Wilson - so much has been said, already. And yet, when someone's music has been the soundtrack to so many moments in one's life - good and bad - the temptation is strong.
June 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm not sure it's worth my writing anything about Brian Wilson - so much has been said, already. And yet, when someone's music has been the soundtrack to so many moments in one's life - good and bad - the temptation is strong.
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AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER: Purpose of your visit?
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
May 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER: Purpose of your visit?
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
ME: *points to my handlebar mustache
CUSTOMS: You're here to fight a kangaroo
ME: I'm here to fight a kangaroo
I still think that first Panic! At The Disco album was ridiculously fun; just heard a track from it, a minute ago, and might play the whole thing tonight...
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I still think that first Panic! At The Disco album was ridiculously fun; just heard a track from it, a minute ago, and might play the whole thing tonight...
The existence of optimists implies the existence of optifogs and optihazes
February 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The existence of optimists implies the existence of optifogs and optihazes
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Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Sometimes I'll just make thumbnail graphics for YouTube videos that don't exist.
Post a female character you love
January 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Post a female character you love
Not sure I've made many musical advances, this year...
#spotifywrapped
#spotifywrapped
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Not sure I've made many musical advances, this year...
#spotifywrapped
#spotifywrapped
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Doctor Who historian: After studying the BBC archives and interviewing the surviving crew, I've proved the cup was present on set during the filming of Marco Polo, even if it's not featured in telesnaps.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Doctor Who historian: After studying the BBC archives and interviewing the surviving crew, I've proved the cup was present on set during the filming of Marco Polo, even if it's not featured in telesnaps.
November 23, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Doctor Who historian: After studying the BBC archives and interviewing the surviving crew, I've proved the cup was present on set during the filming of Marco Polo, even if it's not featured in telesnaps.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Doctor Who historian: After studying the BBC archives and interviewing the surviving crew, I've proved the cup was present on set during the filming of Marco Polo, even if it's not featured in telesnaps.
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reminder of the time john prescott was given a state banquet on a trip to Beijing and then told them it wasn’t as good as Mr Chu’s in Hull
(source: hull daily mail)
(source: hull daily mail)
November 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM
reminder of the time john prescott was given a state banquet on a trip to Beijing and then told them it wasn’t as good as Mr Chu’s in Hull
(source: hull daily mail)
(source: hull daily mail)
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Due to the server issues some of your recent posts may have gotten fewer likes than they deserved
Please accept this coupon to rectify this, which allows you to imagine you got 10 more likes on your post than you did
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I seem to see a new... bluep (?) every 3 minutes on my feed, here. I think I need to follow more people.
October 22, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I seem to see a new... bluep (?) every 3 minutes on my feed, here. I think I need to follow more people.
[Me, putting pasta onto plate one piece at a time in perfect alignment]
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
October 20, 2024 at 6:34 PM
[Me, putting pasta onto plate one piece at a time in perfect alignment]
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
HOME EC TEACHER: You're serving that fussily
ME: Wrong! It's spaggety
I'm still not sure about this
October 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I'm still not sure about this
Ooh, my first check-in of 2024!
January 6, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Ooh, my first check-in of 2024!
I'm not wild about the term "skeet" for posts on here. I propose we replace this with "bluep" - to be pronounced "bloop" or "bleep"
*waits hopefully for "high fives" and applause, as tumbleweed rolls by*
*waits hopefully for "high fives" and applause, as tumbleweed rolls by*
September 20, 2023 at 6:57 AM
I'm not wild about the term "skeet" for posts on here. I propose we replace this with "bluep" - to be pronounced "bloop" or "bleep"
*waits hopefully for "high fives" and applause, as tumbleweed rolls by*
*waits hopefully for "high fives" and applause, as tumbleweed rolls by*
Twitter is acting v shaky, this morning...
September 20, 2023 at 6:47 AM
Twitter is acting v shaky, this morning...
Why does it look like the man is using bees to distract the woman, as he gets ready to cut her head off?
August 28, 2023 at 7:08 AM
Why does it look like the man is using bees to distract the woman, as he gets ready to cut her head off?