doop

Any time I say the word “cringe” out loud I make sure to do the air quotes gesture and people always throw things at me yet somehow I become more powerful

norovirus: all holes, all the time

OTOH Egypt Egypt samples form a major part of all-time banger THE HORN TRACK, what’s not to like?

Thomas Friedman’s Bad Trip Archiving for posterity.

The definitive treatment of this is by @sarahjeong.bsky.social

sarahjeong.net/2014/10/07/t...

My MIL grew up being discouraged from speaking Doric; I was surprised to find that our childhood slang was mutually intelligible

Yet another "It would be real nice if Westminster actually behaved as if they meant it when they talked about the UK rather than just England" case, although it does give me an excuse to post this excellent video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_d...

PROHIBITED from direct or indirect connection to telecommunication systems run by British Telecommunications. Action may be taken against anyone so connecting this apparatus.

RETVRN

Local council periodically sends people to check your posts for mouse droppings and statue avi retweets, gives you a hygiene rating from 1-5 with a little sticker for your bio. 5 is like 4 but you can show you have a process for verifying links

Giant looming black tombstone with the X logo carved into it.

DON’T DIE OF IGNORANCE

If you see a bad take online, text British Posting Police on 31337. See it, say it, sorted.

Never mind age verification: mandatory monochrome CSS and GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING: SOCIAL MEDIA ROTS YOUR BRAIN on front page of sites, along with randomly chosen horrifying @thelouvreof.bsky.social screencap

woo!

I still can't hear "Largo al factotum" without thinking of this scene

I’d say they’re easier to lose but I wouldn’t want to tempt fate

The Teenager enjoyed his music class (hurrah!) but now the already inherently fox/chicken/grain nature of wrangling offspring has the extra comedy of every task potentially having “with a tuba” added on

Tried a Lime bike for the first time and it was great but now I get why accidents are an issue - as soon as you move the pedals it shoots off, so it’s built like a tank but handles like a Wile E Coyote gag

(I think you’ll need to strip it right down, remove the bottom bracket etc and then rebuild it afterwards; dunno whether he does that for an extra fee. When I went to him some years back I was going to rebuild anyway so not an issue)

Varonha Frameworks - Renovations At Varonha Frameworks you can trust us to renovate your steel frame. Perhaps you would like some additional braze-ons, or perhaps a new colour; we can do anything you need to return to pride and joy t...

About £150

www.varonha.co.uk/renovations/

I’ve seen Merv play in pubs and in clubs, in grotty squat parties and headlining festivals, and every set has been a belter. No different tonight!

that’s as may be but i was at the old persons rave

(1) get bike

(2) pay visit to one Mario Vaz of Hither Green, frame finisher extraordinaire

(3) joy

A spry old wizard with a forked black and white beard concentrates hard upon the strange equipment before him. He’s surrounded by mysterious lights; in front of him countless acolytes dance to his spell.

Hello i am at the old persons rave (Eat Static album launch party)

It had not hitherto occurred to me that one of the most powerful refutations of historical determinism is The Devil Wears Prada (2006) but I’m here for it

I’ll bring them along - if I’m going to uncover the mysteries of the Vessel then I’ll do it in good company

one of these days I’ll get out at the right time to take a look at the mysterious Vessel

It is genuinely helpful to know what sort of people are leaving reviews

Some pretty ropey use of The New Sampling Technology in there; otoh also an inspired Covenant v Bonnie Tyler mashup

DJ Fross - Convergence 8 (Montreal, June 2nd 2002) Played at Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, June 2002. Equipment: CDJ-1000 x 2 Laptop with CoolEdit Pro for sampling On the back of three sets at previous Convergences, I had more freedom to experim...

I had this on while scrubbing the walls; @julietk.bsky.social wandered in and said “what is this, goth dancefloor bangers 2002?”.

Umm, pretty much literally, yes 😳

www.mixcloud.com/djfross/dj-f...

merritt @merrittk.com [1st date] (thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990 cracktro her: so what do yo- me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS J M S O D A E P N UNLIMITED LIVES OFF UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!! April 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM

Still remember the day in 2008 when the phone was ringing off the hook with people wanting us to step into their trades, which for some reason all seemed to be facing Lehman