Owen
@problemsdog.bsky.social
A person [citation needed]. He/him. COYS
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This is just to say
I have told
the old lie
that was with
high zest
and which
you were probably
saving
for some desperate glory
Forgive me
it was delicious
so dulce
et so decorum
I have told
the old lie
that was with
high zest
and which
you were probably
saving
for some desperate glory
Forgive me
it was delicious
so dulce
et so decorum
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is just to say
I have told
the old lie
that was with
high zest
and which
you were probably
saving
for some desperate glory
Forgive me
it was delicious
so dulce
et so decorum
I have told
the old lie
that was with
high zest
and which
you were probably
saving
for some desperate glory
Forgive me
it was delicious
so dulce
et so decorum
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
The perils of large font sizes in emails
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The perils of large font sizes in emails
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Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
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Yeah, Labour and the media keep doing this with Zack Polanski too - assuming it's the style of his social media that attracts people rather than the content
labour have looked at the mamdani win and the lesson they've learned is 'he uses social media' and not 'he is kind towards immigrants and trans ppl and wants to help the working class instead of corporate donors'.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Yeah, Labour and the media keep doing this with Zack Polanski too - assuming it's the style of his social media that attracts people rather than the content
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Always felt “emoji” didn’t sit right as a singular but uncertain how to fix this. An emojum. Emojus? Emoj
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Always felt “emoji” didn’t sit right as a singular but uncertain how to fix this. An emojum. Emojus? Emoj
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Huge thanks to everyone who has donated wood to our woodchuck enclosure. We have reached an undetermined percentage of our goal.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who has donated wood to our woodchuck enclosure. We have reached an undetermined percentage of our goal.
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Can't call them "mothers" any more, because of woke
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can't call them "mothers" any more, because of woke
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
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A traveller from a land antique
Said "I once saw these two legless feet
I think an old king
Constructed the thing
Now a desert, what royal conceit"
Said "I once saw these two legless feet
I think an old king
Constructed the thing
Now a desert, what royal conceit"
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A traveller from a land antique
Said "I once saw these two legless feet
I think an old king
Constructed the thing
Now a desert, what royal conceit"
Said "I once saw these two legless feet
I think an old king
Constructed the thing
Now a desert, what royal conceit"
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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The thing is, while all of this fuckery plays out, thousands of refugees in bad situations around the world are stuck in limbo with their files held by the US. This means their cases can’t be submitted to other countries which might actually consider accepting them www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The thing is, while all of this fuckery plays out, thousands of refugees in bad situations around the world are stuck in limbo with their files held by the US. This means their cases can’t be submitted to other countries which might actually consider accepting them www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
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Nothing warms my heart as much as seeing someone doing this. The world is *full* of people doubling down on shit they don’t even believe out of a sense of pride, and seeing someone graciously acknowledge being wrong, in full public view, is quite inspiring.
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nothing warms my heart as much as seeing someone doing this. The world is *full* of people doubling down on shit they don’t even believe out of a sense of pride, and seeing someone graciously acknowledge being wrong, in full public view, is quite inspiring.
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4/ Using evidence gathered from old postcards, maps and the accounts of shepherds and botanists, I want to rebuild a picture of the chalk downland that existed until the 1940s - and in doing so, help efforts to restore it.
Please get involved here:
ghostsofchalkcountry.org/2025/09/14/h...
Please get involved here:
ghostsofchalkcountry.org/2025/09/14/h...
How old postcards reveal the destruction of chalk downland
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Rifling through boxes of old postcards in junk shops is, admittedly, not my coolest pastime. But it’s something I’ve started doing of late, because some o…
ghostsofchalkcountry.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
4/ Using evidence gathered from old postcards, maps and the accounts of shepherds and botanists, I want to rebuild a picture of the chalk downland that existed until the 1940s - and in doing so, help efforts to restore it.
Please get involved here:
ghostsofchalkcountry.org/2025/09/14/h...
Please get involved here:
ghostsofchalkcountry.org/2025/09/14/h...
The proliferation of auto-playing previews on streaming services and websites must be an environmental catastrophe
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The proliferation of auto-playing previews on streaming services and websites must be an environmental catastrophe
We need a standard disclaimer: “Sir Paul McCartney, who is alive and well, has not been Milkshake Ducked in the past 72 hours, and is currently neither Nottingham Forest manager nor Prime Minister of France,…”
Bit of a panic when this was the first post on my feed when I opened the app. Is Macca now in the Tom Baker "needs a disclaimer if could be interpreted as a death notice" category?
In a sane world this would be Christmas Number 1 this year
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We need a standard disclaimer: “Sir Paul McCartney, who is alive and well, has not been Milkshake Ducked in the past 72 hours, and is currently neither Nottingham Forest manager nor Prime Minister of France,…”
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I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
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When our media platforms far right rhetoric daily, it's impossible for the left not to experience these views. Social media echo chambers are an issue predominantly for the right and we're watching the effects of that in real time as they slide into conspiracy theory, utterly divorced from reality.
‘People are retreating into spaces where they are free to say what they think, they just don’t realise other people disagree with them’
This week I debated concept of free speech on the new BBC Today show. You can find the link on BBC Sounds to listen to whole programme from Tuesday 14th October.
This week I debated concept of free speech on the new BBC Today show. You can find the link on BBC Sounds to listen to whole programme from Tuesday 14th October.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
When our media platforms far right rhetoric daily, it's impossible for the left not to experience these views. Social media echo chambers are an issue predominantly for the right and we're watching the effects of that in real time as they slide into conspiracy theory, utterly divorced from reality.
POV: you are a skeleton trying to do better
October 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
POV: you are a skeleton trying to do better
Pollock and McLean
Pollock and McLean
One of them solicits
The other is a pain
Pollock and McLean
One of them solicits
The other is a pain
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Pollock and McLean
Pollock and McLean
One of them solicits
The other is a pain
Pollock and McLean
One of them solicits
The other is a pain