Groucho Merckx
@grouchomerckx.bsky.social
Mostly cat pictures. 🇵🇸 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. He/him
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The whole "why do orcs know what a menu is" thing is a non-issue
Hobbits are a metaphor for rural English nobility. It figures that orcs represent their hated enemy: the French.
Hobbits are a metaphor for rural English nobility. It figures that orcs represent their hated enemy: the French.
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The whole "why do orcs know what a menu is" thing is a non-issue
Hobbits are a metaphor for rural English nobility. It figures that orcs represent their hated enemy: the French.
Hobbits are a metaphor for rural English nobility. It figures that orcs represent their hated enemy: the French.
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To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
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All that sniffy, finger-wagging chat about Political Hygeine sure went very, very quiet at some point in the last five years, didn’t it
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
All that sniffy, finger-wagging chat about Political Hygeine sure went very, very quiet at some point in the last five years, didn’t it
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The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The December-January edition of Folk London is at the printers and will go out to readers later this week. With:
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
• Our tribute to Garry Walker of the HogEye Men, the ‘quiet gentleman of folk’
• Best albums of 2025
• Reviews, listings and more
Preorder here: folklondon.co.uk/product/dece...
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This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h... huh, @hern.bsky.social as possibly the only other person on here to have played it; this makes *perfect* sense about the fundemental vibes of the game
How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated
Inkle's Jon Ingold on how Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game.
www.eurogamer.net
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h... huh, @hern.bsky.social as possibly the only other person on here to have played it; this makes *perfect* sense about the fundemental vibes of the game
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Francis Heaney’s Holy Tango of Literature.
He answers the (understudied) question of what would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names.
You can read the whole thing free here on his website here:
www.francisheaney.com/holy-tango-o...
He answers the (understudied) question of what would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names.
You can read the whole thing free here on his website here:
www.francisheaney.com/holy-tango-o...
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Francis Heaney’s Holy Tango of Literature.
He answers the (understudied) question of what would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names.
You can read the whole thing free here on his website here:
www.francisheaney.com/holy-tango-o...
He answers the (understudied) question of what would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names.
You can read the whole thing free here on his website here:
www.francisheaney.com/holy-tango-o...
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It’s like Polanski has broken a spell. This is great if you care about human dignity and wellbeing but definitely threatening to those in power.
All strength to him.
All strength to him.
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It’s like Polanski has broken a spell. This is great if you care about human dignity and wellbeing but definitely threatening to those in power.
All strength to him.
All strength to him.
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We were blown away on Saturday. Thanks for coming to our Big Boro Bash
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We were blown away on Saturday. Thanks for coming to our Big Boro Bash
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Doing a CRIME.
Doing a CRIME.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Doing a CRIME.
Doing a CRIME.
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BOLDRUMPTIOUS [boa•ldrumshus or bold•rumshus] adj. Presumptuous.
'That there upstandin' boldrumptious blousing gal of yours came blarin' down to our house last night all about nothin'; I be purty nigh tired of it.'
'That there upstandin' boldrumptious blousing gal of yours came blarin' down to our house last night all about nothin'; I be purty nigh tired of it.'
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
BOLDRUMPTIOUS [boa•ldrumshus or bold•rumshus] adj. Presumptuous.
'That there upstandin' boldrumptious blousing gal of yours came blarin' down to our house last night all about nothin'; I be purty nigh tired of it.'
'That there upstandin' boldrumptious blousing gal of yours came blarin' down to our house last night all about nothin'; I be purty nigh tired of it.'
Wait wait what the "You know when you've been Tangoed" line was GIL SCOTT-HERON did you all know this already and were keeping quiet about it???
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads
‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wait wait what the "You know when you've been Tangoed" line was GIL SCOTT-HERON did you all know this already and were keeping quiet about it???
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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REEMER [ree•mur] sb. Anything very good.
'I wish you'd seen that catch I made forty year agoo, when we was playin' agin de Sussex party. Ah! that just was a reemer, I can tell ye!'
'I wish you'd seen that catch I made forty year agoo, when we was playin' agin de Sussex party. Ah! that just was a reemer, I can tell ye!'
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
REEMER [ree•mur] sb. Anything very good.
'I wish you'd seen that catch I made forty year agoo, when we was playin' agin de Sussex party. Ah! that just was a reemer, I can tell ye!'
'I wish you'd seen that catch I made forty year agoo, when we was playin' agin de Sussex party. Ah! that just was a reemer, I can tell ye!'
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Ok, putting on training wheels for this conversation.
The main reason historians don't really like the notion of a "fall" of the Roman Empire anymore is because the transition between the Western Roman Empire and its barbarian successor states was far more orderly than people imagine
The main reason historians don't really like the notion of a "fall" of the Roman Empire anymore is because the transition between the Western Roman Empire and its barbarian successor states was far more orderly than people imagine
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ok, putting on training wheels for this conversation.
The main reason historians don't really like the notion of a "fall" of the Roman Empire anymore is because the transition between the Western Roman Empire and its barbarian successor states was far more orderly than people imagine
The main reason historians don't really like the notion of a "fall" of the Roman Empire anymore is because the transition between the Western Roman Empire and its barbarian successor states was far more orderly than people imagine
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The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
bit.ly/4pk8TUm
bit.ly/4pk8TUm
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
bit.ly/4pk8TUm
bit.ly/4pk8TUm
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Man goes to watch famous clown & notorious depressive Pagliacci, but has a major cardiac event mid-show & collapses, writhing. Pagliacci smiles & says 'you should go see the famous doctor who lives in this town - he's a heart specialist with a sideline in gaffe-ridden mental health advice.'
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Man goes to watch famous clown & notorious depressive Pagliacci, but has a major cardiac event mid-show & collapses, writhing. Pagliacci smiles & says 'you should go see the famous doctor who lives in this town - he's a heart specialist with a sideline in gaffe-ridden mental health advice.'
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the only reason that of all the trees that are in the wood the holly wears the crown is that the only other tree the song compares it to is the ivy, which isn't a tree at all. (and tbh there are many who would hold that the holly is more of a bush)
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
the only reason that of all the trees that are in the wood the holly wears the crown is that the only other tree the song compares it to is the ivy, which isn't a tree at all. (and tbh there are many who would hold that the holly is more of a bush)
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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I also enjoyed "everyone is calling us fascist, it must be a coordinated bot campaign"
Very much enjoying labour supporters saying this policy that Labour have been proudly announcing on all channels can't be true because it's also written in the sun and they lie.
We're in late stage Hitler bunker territory now.
We're in late stage Hitler bunker territory now.
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I also enjoyed "everyone is calling us fascist, it must be a coordinated bot campaign"
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NORTH TO THE DALES (1963)
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
NORTH TO THE DALES (1963)
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Fascists seen literally queueing up to do lines of coke off black public park bin during Bristol Nov 15 racist demo
We're dealing with a petite bourgeois middle class, scaffolders, roofers of absolute deranged coke-head racist cunts.
These cunts aren't representative of the british working classes
We're dealing with a petite bourgeois middle class, scaffolders, roofers of absolute deranged coke-head racist cunts.
These cunts aren't representative of the british working classes
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Fascists seen literally queueing up to do lines of coke off black public park bin during Bristol Nov 15 racist demo
We're dealing with a petite bourgeois middle class, scaffolders, roofers of absolute deranged coke-head racist cunts.
These cunts aren't representative of the british working classes
We're dealing with a petite bourgeois middle class, scaffolders, roofers of absolute deranged coke-head racist cunts.
These cunts aren't representative of the british working classes
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Yeah but see this is *before* they have loudly and publicly made the case yet again that Reform have actually been right about refugees all along. After that I'm pretty sure it'll turn around.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Yeah but see this is *before* they have loudly and publicly made the case yet again that Reform have actually been right about refugees all along. After that I'm pretty sure it'll turn around.
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