Alistair Roycroft

The 1953 Soviet propaganda illustration depicting "War" served at a restaurant table while other social needs are ignored by Yuliy Ganf.

Published in 1953 for Krokodil magazine, it satirizes Western, particularly American, prioritization of militarism over social welfare.

Manners maketh the man (but overheateth the bot)

How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail    I would rather  eat Quavers that are six weeks stale,  blow dry the man bun of Gareth Bale,  listen to the songs of Jimmy Nail,  than read one page of the Daily Mail.    If I was bored  in a waiting room in Perivale,  on a twelve-hour trip on Network Rail,  halfway through a circumnavigational sail,  I would not read the Daily Mail.    I would happily read  the autobiography of Dan Quayle,  1001 Things You Can Do With Kale,  selected scripts from Emmerdale, if it meant I didn’t have to read the Daily Mail.    Far better to  stand outside in a storm of hail,  scratch a blackboard with a fingernail,  be swallowed by a humpback whale,  than have to read the Daily Mail.    If I was blind   and it was the only thing in Braille,  I still would not read the Daily Mail.    Brian Bilston 

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

All down to the good people of Gorton and Denton.

But I have to say, I did meet some lovely people on Sunday and I'm glad I got involved, even if it was for only a few hours.

Today is a good day!

Well done Gorton & Denton

Very soon...

Google served this up to me just the other day...

gulfnews.com/lifestyle/ra...

tldr -
"We accept good wishes in all forms. The important thing is to be kind, courteous and good-mannered."

It does seem harsh on the Druids.

Normal variations, but some are more normal than others...

(FTAOD, no I don't believe that)

Wow, that's encouraging

I should probably qualify that - the rest of the civilised world. Because Russia.

USA v rest of the world

“Lick your partner, not store windows!
Valentines Day is a commercial festival.
Resist the aggressive advertising!”

Poster seen in Besancon, France

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.

That's just weird. No specifically to digital? Do they know what phones can do? 😁

But I do support the High Court judges

In the midst of so much awfulness this feels good 🫶 thanks @mariozechner.at and our generous donors. These €50 gift cards are going by post across Austria to pensioners and moms with kids, quite a few to families who arrived this year…stay tuned for the 🛒 📷

cards-for-ukraine.at/donate

Getting out is good!

Free laptops for everyone then? And free broadband?

Well, you know what they say - better a fake Canadian than a fake American

My reading of it is that if I'm not supporting the right wing loons and I don't hate young people, then I'm not old yet. So I can go with that - long may it continue.

Differently gifted.

Good luck! Everything crossed...

Haven't had a single design job in 3 months.
Anyone need any small design work done?

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Support them when you can. You never know who might see it

Link in bio as always

Cheers ✊

I confess I was struggling with the relative sizes of the man, the cupboard and the tin of beans. The possibility that this was a Linehan / Ted / Dougal / cow / further away reference (and a really big cupboard) was beginning to worry me.

@sentimentbot.bsky.social do your worst...