Ricardo 🇵🇸
@thoughtcat.bsky.social
Lefty London bloke into painting, coffee, photography, trees and buns. “An awkward mix of the very serious and the very silly, but he gives it to you straight” - Stewart Lee. I also make up quotes and can’t see direct messages. #freepalestine
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A stiff gust would do the world a favor
Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A stiff gust would do the world a favor
“Goin’ Christmas Chopin” was right there
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Goin’ Christmas Chopin” was right there
Reminds me of the Douglas Adams character, rock musician Hotblack Desiato, who spent a year dead for tax purposes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
North Wales Police chief constable to retire for day to protect pension
Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman will retire for a single day next month to protect her pension.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reminds me of the Douglas Adams character, rock musician Hotblack Desiato, who spent a year dead for tax purposes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cracking up at this job I noticed today. Not just the way the text has rendered without any spaces but the job title makes the mind boggle. I’ve read the full spec several times and still have no idea if the role is at a firm that sells stockings or it’s about the stocking *of* products or what.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cracking up at this job I noticed today. Not just the way the text has rendered without any spaces but the job title makes the mind boggle. I’ve read the full spec several times and still have no idea if the role is at a firm that sells stockings or it’s about the stocking *of* products or what.
My neighbour sits in his window at his laptop all day, like me. Today he stood up and was wearing a lanyard. This dude has taken WFH to a whole other level. I cannot compete.
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My neighbour sits in his window at his laptop all day, like me. Today he stood up and was wearing a lanyard. This dude has taken WFH to a whole other level. I cannot compete.
A useful Google feature at last
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A useful Google feature at last
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A shout out to all of the people who find this time or year difficult for lots if reasons....
Big hugs to you ❤️
Big hugs to you ❤️
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A shout out to all of the people who find this time or year difficult for lots if reasons....
Big hugs to you ❤️
Big hugs to you ❤️
A question I asked on a YouTube video five years ago was answered yesterday. I’m impressed by this “internet” invention.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A question I asked on a YouTube video five years ago was answered yesterday. I’m impressed by this “internet” invention.
“He’s the coming man and right now he’s not hostile to us…” “Mosley was overtly hostile to Jews, while Farage seems, for now, to have other minorities in his sights”
Wtaf 😳😳
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
Wtaf 😳😳
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“He’s the coming man and right now he’s not hostile to us…” “Mosley was overtly hostile to Jews, while Farage seems, for now, to have other minorities in his sights”
Wtaf 😳😳
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
Wtaf 😳😳
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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I think that sunny winter afternoons are the best time to visit churches - that low light streaming in, illuminating the interior, really makes for a special experience 🤩
This is the wonderful All Saints & St. Andrew’s, in Kingston, Cambridgeshire, today - one of my favourites 🥰
This is the wonderful All Saints & St. Andrew’s, in Kingston, Cambridgeshire, today - one of my favourites 🥰
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think that sunny winter afternoons are the best time to visit churches - that low light streaming in, illuminating the interior, really makes for a special experience 🤩
This is the wonderful All Saints & St. Andrew’s, in Kingston, Cambridgeshire, today - one of my favourites 🥰
This is the wonderful All Saints & St. Andrew’s, in Kingston, Cambridgeshire, today - one of my favourites 🥰
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It's been nearly 24 hours and Keir Starmer has not yet condemned the awful comments made by Mike Tapp.
The Labour Party showing us exactly who they are.
The Labour Party showing us exactly who they are.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's been nearly 24 hours and Keir Starmer has not yet condemned the awful comments made by Mike Tapp.
The Labour Party showing us exactly who they are.
The Labour Party showing us exactly who they are.
I cannot emphasise exactly how far I would like Donald Trump to fuck off.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I cannot emphasise exactly how far I would like Donald Trump to fuck off.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
Lullaby features Palestinian singer, lyrics written by Peter Gabriel and artists including Eno and Celeste
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Go flaccidly amid the noise & haste.
Go ahead, flop: get completely flat, absolutely mollusc boneless, slither & ripple along like a sidewinder, devolve into a blissfully frictionless goo, reject your spine & slip through the day in silky indolence like the mellow unhurried globules in a lava lamp
Go ahead, flop: get completely flat, absolutely mollusc boneless, slither & ripple along like a sidewinder, devolve into a blissfully frictionless goo, reject your spine & slip through the day in silky indolence like the mellow unhurried globules in a lava lamp
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Go flaccidly amid the noise & haste.
Go ahead, flop: get completely flat, absolutely mollusc boneless, slither & ripple along like a sidewinder, devolve into a blissfully frictionless goo, reject your spine & slip through the day in silky indolence like the mellow unhurried globules in a lava lamp
Go ahead, flop: get completely flat, absolutely mollusc boneless, slither & ripple along like a sidewinder, devolve into a blissfully frictionless goo, reject your spine & slip through the day in silky indolence like the mellow unhurried globules in a lava lamp
The NHS “is now being used as part of trade deals, its precious resources and structural integrity haggled away to multinational companies and foreign bullies”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The NHS “is now being used as part of trade deals, its precious resources and structural integrity haggled away to multinational companies and foreign bullies”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“All the heavens were a bell / And being, but an ear” - I remember our lovely poetry teacher at college rhapsodising about that line - describing it as “a HUGE image”. Indeed it’s very visual, like something out of Magritte, only 100 years earlier. 👂🏻
Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson!
On this day, December 10, 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA.
Celebrate this revolutionary poet's birthday by joining us for a virtual program (tonight!), giving a birthday gift, or sharing your favorite poem!
On this day, December 10, 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA.
Celebrate this revolutionary poet's birthday by joining us for a virtual program (tonight!), giving a birthday gift, or sharing your favorite poem!
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“All the heavens were a bell / And being, but an ear” - I remember our lovely poetry teacher at college rhapsodising about that line - describing it as “a HUGE image”. Indeed it’s very visual, like something out of Magritte, only 100 years earlier. 👂🏻
Lovely news.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Lovely news.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Sadly I am unable to attend the staff day during which staff will hand out awards to each other for things they should be doing anyway
December 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sadly I am unable to attend the staff day during which staff will hand out awards to each other for things they should be doing anyway
Glimmers of hope that the younger generations are rejecting the tech giants
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Glimmers of hope that the younger generations are rejecting the tech giants
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Christ almighty
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses
Tech company has installed the advertising screens in hundreds of apartment blocks across 20 British cities
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Christ almighty
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
If I were as successful as Lewis Hamilton, would I also dress like this? And if the answer is yes, which of course it is, why wouldn't I dress like it now? The eternal conundrum.
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I were as successful as Lewis Hamilton, would I also dress like this? And if the answer is yes, which of course it is, why wouldn't I dress like it now? The eternal conundrum.
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You should be able to get rich being silly online instead of being evil online, that would solve a lot of problems
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You should be able to get rich being silly online instead of being evil online, that would solve a lot of problems
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!