The People's Democratic Republic of Poundland

GSJ! GSJ! GSJ ...

Allo there! I'm back!

Did I miss much?

Here we go again ...

Same place, I'm just getting more involved.

Zoom in on the foreground for a sense of scale ...

It could use some processing to bring out the detail, but the shot is solid.

I love my job. The pay isn't great, but the benefits are spectacular.

That angle is only possible at high zoom from a boat on the Bosporus 😎

Turkish street cat, sat at the mouth of the Bosporus Strait.

#Caturday

Just pulled some pics from my recent trip off of my DSLR.

I've got to admit, I am pretty damned proud of this one.

For a man so obsessed with optics, Trump sure is bad at them ...

To be honest, I'm trying to stop my self doubt from talking me out of it.

I've known I was a prime recruitment candidate for this type of opportunity for a long time. I have been aiming for this for 2 years ... and, TBH, that petrifies me 😅

I'm not used to a plan coming together 😎

Been there, done that, survived. It is still the missed opportunities that hurt the most.

I have just been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. A massive, daunting, life changing opportunity that I am legally obliged to leave vague.

I'd be an idiot to not apply.

I don't think it is necessarily 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 to regret something that you have done, rather than to regret something you haven't done, but it is certainly easier to live with; at least you have agency in the outcome.

Fortune favours the bold.

I've got this.

And there I was thinking he only ate other pedos ...

It would make sense - less competition!

Each to their own. My best friend thinks young Stalin is pretty hot, so I'm not going to criticise 🤣

I'm not sure if we're thinking of the same solution ...

I'm 45, and I never thought I'd miss the days when I was marching the streets calling the prime minister a war criminal ...

The political discourse in the "Anglosphere" has been captured by our most regressive elements, and they're milking that cash cow dry.

The word "like" is completely redundant there 🤬

Sci-Fi obsessed politics nerd speaking here ...

The use of the Star Wars separatist era terminology "outer rim" conjures images of a corporate cartel holding a bloated bureaucracy to ransom over their monopoly on the production of essential goods.

They might want to use alternative terminology.