...he said, in his Pulitzer acceptance speech...
08.10.2025 23:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@ubfriccardo.bsky.social
Refugee from Birdland. Betting, cricket, lefty politics, rugby, Everton... cba with multiple accounts, so you have to put up with all of those.
...he said, in his Pulitzer acceptance speech...
08.10.2025 23:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Um yeah. Those of us that don't have him as our president do much the same, every single day.
It doesn't feel great from here either.
I'm not saying that's what ChatGPT would say...
...but I'm not *not* saying that, either π
I didn't realise you were Turkish...
08.10.2025 23:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm no expert, the guy told me that a blow to a helmet would knock you out of your senses.
08.10.2025 15:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A carefully researched source* tells me that
1) the most effective weapon against plate armour was a mace, and
2) the knights considered it beneath their dignity to use one.
*OK, one of the guys doing a demo for kids at Warwick Castle.
I don't think it matters how many researchers a party can afford when it insists on applying a very narrow church purity test to all potential employees (and candidates).
08.10.2025 11:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have limited sympathy for PE bros chasing fantasy growth. The problem is that the bubble now draws in tracker funds... ie, almost everyone.
08.10.2025 10:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The worrying thing is how much of that stupid money is ordinary people's pension funds.
08.10.2025 10:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0*except for the Brother black-and-white laser one that everyone gets because it just works.
07.10.2025 22:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You mean... they didn't even tell... Jilly Cooper!?
06.10.2025 21:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's amazing how that happens when a simple net search for a product now uses AI, whether the shopper asks for it or not.
06.10.2025 20:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Isn't that also a little difficult during a shutdown?
06.10.2025 20:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The centre *voters* will always be there, though. And both AN and LFI seem intent on driving away those who fail their respective purity tests.
06.10.2025 18:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Which is weird, after an election where the left and centre united on "fuck, not *those* guys" in the second round.
06.10.2025 18:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm not a Macron fan by any means, but trying to form a government with a 33/33/33 split of mutual loathers who *will not compromise on anything* is not easy.
All MΓ©lenchon appears to have done is to make the two blocks to the right of him more likely to compromise *with each other*.
The Nazis didn't have the option of raiding and arresting a few coat owners, though.
06.10.2025 17:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Unusual to see one coming, though... one can tweak pension allocations, etc etc.
(I was out far too early btw).
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One for Mark E Smith...
...the hip priest.
Get Real Around The Fountain
06.10.2025 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meet Is Murder
06.10.2025 13:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Not too sure about Euphonist/Euphoniumist either π
06.10.2025 13:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Please say the Benny Hill music was playing...
06.10.2025 13:42 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ok, the piccolist?
06.10.2025 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The conductist agrees with you.
06.10.2025 12:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0"Ours don't work, so maybe you should limit yours..."
06.10.2025 11:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Book burner alert π
06.10.2025 11:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An offer you cannot refuse.
06.10.2025 11:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reminds me of the joke about her crossing the Polish border.
Name?
Angela Merkel.
Occupation?
No, just visiting.