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@macalbatross.bsky.social

Ill-founded conjecture based upon borrowed wisdom, and stolen insights

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I've put all of my trousers into the wash so I can't pop out and get more beers when I, shortly, run out.

I suppose I have my Tux and a funeral suit left, but wouldn't feel appropriate

31.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Top: a bell curve on an x axis that’s labeled β€œNORMAL DISTRIBUTION”

Bottom: a ghost in a sheet hovering over an x-axis that’s labeled β€œPARANORMAL DISTRIBUTION”

Top: a bell curve on an x axis that’s labeled β€œNORMAL DISTRIBUTION” Bottom: a ghost in a sheet hovering over an x-axis that’s labeled β€œPARANORMAL DISTRIBUTION”

Happy Halloween! πŸŽƒπŸ‘»πŸ€“

31.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just how white guys looked in the 70s

31.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they did give a hint in the lyrics

31.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The unconditional love of an electric blanket is one of the best things.

31.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember my Pa being a combination of bewildered and furious, while me and my sister were delighted

31.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect Rubber Soul is the album when their fanbase transitioned from teeny bopper girl to chin stroking young man.

31.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That the US uses foodstamps is bonkers, instead of inventing a parallel currency, they could just use their normal currency, sticking it on topup cards, if they're sure rich people are better at frugally spending money than a poor person

Such bad policy

31.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love Kemi's self-confidence in face of all evidence, like a classic British sitcom character.

30.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A thought I never expected to have: House of Windsor currently beating the US government on transparency and accountability.

30.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2219    πŸ” 415    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 8

I remember testing every PC and putting on a sticker to say they were y2k ready.

That morons think it all happened by magic never ceases to annoy me.

30.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Vlad Vexler: Inside Russia's Failing Economy
YouTube video by Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics Vlad Vexler: Inside Russia's Failing Economy

@vladvexler.bsky.social is on insightful form, even by his standards, during this chat

30.10.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remain of the opinion the legitimate son of a monarch is a prince, and the wife of a monarch is always a queen, whether they use those titles or not, that's still what they are, and therefore they have legitimate pressable claims

I may have played far too much CK2

30.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The value of public R&D

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that Β£1 of public R&D investment generates Β£8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

30.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 606    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 17

You get all the focus because you're the next in line when you cheat on your wife, but your brother, your mother's favourite, goes around doing terrible things with no consequence because he's your brother, and your mother's favourite.

And then you become the King..

30.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wish I hadn't wondered how high up the the first places to go they are on the Russian list.

Especially as I live in London

30.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got to love our little pint sized silver prince for having a great message and in no way going out to annoy an absolute shit tonne of people on X

30.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really wish I'd washed out the pressure cooker last time I used it, encountered a mouldy something, clearly made with pesto, was fairly horrific.

30.10.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We know, but we still read the 2nd hand Guardian gossip, so no need to show us the man behind the curtain.

30.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a horrific waste of words and effort.

If he retains power, through nefarious and unconstituional means, it will not be through regaining the presidency legitamately.

30.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prepping to make a new autumnal soup idea.

It's going to be deep fried broccoli, roast spuds for carbs, and egg yolks infused with as much blue cheese as viable (heated on a bain-marie).

I wanted Stilton but the Co-op only had Roquefort, but I think it'll do for the experiment

30.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
What 150 Gripen Fighters could mean for Ukraine’s future
YouTube video by Sandboxx What 150 Gripen Fighters could mean for Ukraine’s future

Niche Gripen-E porn

29.10.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the moment it's falling upon my sister, and she's finding doing a difficult job and managing my parents very hard, but they won't trust me to be a useful grown-up because I was a bad son 35 years ago

29.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Ma keeps on falling over and smashing herself, Pa puts her somewhere for a few minutes, and tells her not to move, she gets bored, moves, and falls over crashing her head into the floor, and then gets upset Pa loses his temper with her whilst cleaning up the blood.

They still won't let me help.

29.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe it's a look mild stroke victims share

29.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aeroflot to Replicate Airbus and Boeing Parts Amid Sanctions Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, has announced plans to collaborate with Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation to produce replicas of aircraft p

What could possibly go wrong?

29.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Proper, the UK doesn't punish failure properly candidate of century, so far.

28.10.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Free

28.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
5 statues of children with polio holding charity collection boxes

5 statues of children with polio holding charity collection boxes

They were fairly brutal

28.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd pretty aggressive towards humans under such circumstances, too

28.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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