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40-something IT & Telecoms Manager by day / Minis, Gunpla, Games and other nonsense by night. He/Him. Trying to escape all the nonsense from Elmo's Hellscape.

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He obviously saw Christopher Lee's discography and thought 'why not?'

20.02.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Soup for the soup god!

20.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"US Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs"

20.02.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Picard lost his first!

20.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not really wierd in isolation - Trek's whole schtick is IDIC, providing you ignore the 'we're all bipeds' retcon.

What sucked was 'the alien bard/cook has a 1 year old girlfriend' idea, which should never have been a thing and it took them *way* too long to write it out.

20.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We named *our* children after characters from Thomas the Tank Engine!

20.02.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Christ, there's a lot of passive royal names in my family. I'm Andrew Phillip, my dad is David Charles and his dad was George William...

😱

20.02.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mummy gave him the hush money, not Big Brother.

20.02.2026 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh come on, it's definitely more their View to a Kill cover.

20.02.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If people are selling assets and paying the capital gains, surely they've not avoided tax?

20.02.2026 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar vibes.

19.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought the answer was obvious: Bonnie is a vampire!

19.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh James... πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

19.02.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...which was an meeting organised by the Queen Mother and one of Diana's relatives and they didn't get into their arranged relationship until she was over 18.

Wrong, degrading, but ultimately not noncey.

19.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Andrew: "But I heard Claire's Accessories had closed down?!"

19.02.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's 70.

19.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She saw ABitW Part 2 film and thought it was a public information film...

19.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're designed for constant reading and writing - smaller cache, slower transfer rate, bad experience for random reads and writes...

17.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.

17.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6905    πŸ” 3028    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 93

FFS, that's my point. Those people with 'nothing to lose' probably actually have a *lot* more to lose and they're actually just being closed minded or selfish with their vote because [insert specific edge case here] is being ignored.

17.02.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...but I guess humans often need reminding that there are actual consequences to their actions, even if they're taken to hurt others.

17.02.2026 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously, there's going to be a *huge* amount of buyers remorse when they elect a far right government who does even less - and probably actively removes services they rely on...

17.02.2026 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 35191    πŸ” 16317    πŸ’¬ 1260    πŸ“Œ 2426
Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

Screenshot of tweet by Conor Tomlinson calling out Goodwin

😬Not the best look for Reform’s Gorton & Denton candidate Matt Goodwin

White supremacist far right activist says

β€œyou've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”

Tad awkward😬

16.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 600    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 19
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a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' . ALT: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

This meme was made for this...

17.02.2026 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Candles are Ambiance, right?

16.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quake 2, but yes, it's useless.

16.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.

Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

15.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 22

It's not software.

15.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's fairly common, right? I know it's the excuse trotted out by Patel, Bravermann et al because their parents 'did it right'*

* - took advantage of lax rules at the time and proceeded to feel good about getting a leg up and then proceeding to pull the ladder up behind them.

15.02.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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