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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 30m

I'm supposed to be booked in for one at the health clinic this weekend but I've heard people have been turned away. I used to qualify because of medical reasons but the gov website is very sketchy on who now qualifies.

Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 51m

They may as well just put up a 'CONSUME' image from They Live

Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1h

She is also a public speaker in the.... pause... then Slightly Raise Your Voice For Effect school, where once you notice they are doing it.... Becomes Very Annoying.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2h

Anybody who has recently left school or university and wondering when the exam stress nightmares finally stop, in my experience it's never.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2h

I've just seen the BBC saying Kimi has saved her leadership because said she was going to abolish stamp duty and everyone clapped (ignore the earlier reports saying the conference was virtually empty and was haunted by three of Maggie's dresses, the only evidence of a former leader there)

Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2h

I've just seen the BBC saying Kimi has saved her leadership because she was going to abolish stamp duty and every one stood up and clapped (ignore the earlier reports saying the conference was virtually empty and was haunted by three of Maggie's dresses, the only evidence of a former leader there)

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2h

I suspect that those few Tories left are going to go to Reform or even Labour before they go to the Lib Dems. Nice photo op though.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 4h

I've got a long term health condition which made me eligible before but the information on whether I will still qualify is very sketchy. No way could I afford to pay.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 4h

Guy rang up local news last night saying he had turned up for a covid jab and got turned down. Supposed to be having one an Saturday, guess we'll see (getting a flu jab as well) I'll be well annoyed if they turn me down though after saying I'm eligible

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I scoffed a whole bag of haribo one night recently but it just gave me cramp.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I remember liking Kim Newman's 'Citizen Ed' which (in an imaginary American that went communist) Gein thrives because of a system that refuses to believe serial killers exist and is corrupt on top. (Obviously based on Andrei Chikatilo)

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I watched a couple of episodes of House of Guinness and looking into it it seems they have taken so may liberties with the facts they may as well had made it all up.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I watched a (separate) couple of hours of it and it was amazing. A guy is reconstructing it online kottke.org/25/09/a-cloc...

A Clock: An Online Remake of Christian Marclay’s The Clock

Christian Marclay debuted his 24-hour film The Clock 15 years ago. The film is made up of thousands of clips from movies and TV sh

kottke.org

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

I was kinda assuming she started reading them as a kid and just kept up the habit but that would also make sense (Would have been interested in Pratchett's response had he been still here... never forget Gove saying he was a fan of chap hop and Mr B and Professor Elemental saying they despised him)

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Listened to a Stephen King podcast re the short story / novella collections I've recently read and it goes on about King's fatphobia which (with a couple of notable exceptions) I've never really noticed before. But I've started reading Skeleton Crew and now it really jumps out.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Some twat illegally parked, totally blocking the pavement with their range rover with the door open talking to his wife and then they make some snarky 'you're welcome' comment after I stare them down to let me pass. I try to say chill and zen but jesus wept.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Another Musk / Iain Banks situation bsky.app/profile/paul...

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 1d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Great work, Conservatvies

Tweet reported in the Telegraph featuring an image of a envelope of conference treats for journalists at the Conservative Party conference with the text '"When Labour negotiates Britian(sic) loses"'

Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

They were really pushing me to have a flu / covid jab the other day (I'd already booked one). I wonder if that's similar too.

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Love libre but have had problems with openoffice the few times I've tried it (though that might be because I've got an ancient pc)

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Mon Mothman @gswilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Speed running spooky season by binge watching horror film reaction videos

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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 4d

Games Workshop and Warhammer 40K are also worth significantly more to the British economy than fishing

But we got years of rhetoric about "British fish for British trawlers" instead of "space marines for the single market"

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

In her lunch with the FT the OnlyFans CEO says her company pays more tax than the entire British fishing industry. Quite a stat.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 4d

So do you think Travis Kelce has had a wank to the song about his dick yet or no.

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