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Works in the Scottish NHS. Scunnered with the state of everything right now. Tries not to read the news, but is happy to interact with real people. [bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@davidstevenson on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Never joined Facebook. Mostly due to laziness / can't be bothered. Now I get to spin it as great prescience. Lol.
Goodbye Zuck, Musk, Trump.

07.01.2025 21:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Title: The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - Available in all good bookshops. Description - December 1st to 23rd: open the door to watch Gerorge Smiley reluctantly uncover a conspiracy as he wanders around the damp, dilapidated London of the seventies. (images of six of the doors, showing a stick figure os Smiley going about his business in shades of browny-gray) December 24th: Having solved the mystery and written his resignation letter, Smiley eats Christmas dinner alone. (image of Smiley at a table with a letter, unappetising portion of food and glass of wine, in browny-gray)

Title: The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - Available in all good bookshops. Description - December 1st to 23rd: open the door to watch Gerorge Smiley reluctantly uncover a conspiracy as he wanders around the damp, dilapidated London of the seventies. (images of six of the doors, showing a stick figure os Smiley going about his business in shades of browny-gray) December 24th: Having solved the mystery and written his resignation letter, Smiley eats Christmas dinner alone. (image of Smiley at a table with a letter, unappetising portion of food and glass of wine, in browny-gray)

The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)

30.11.2024 10:10 — 👍 2365    🔁 646    💬 48    📌 47
"Where the hell's that engineer?" "I don't know. He said he was going to have a look at the shutter, so I left him to it. Last I saw of him he had managed to loosen it and had run it up and down a few times. I had to serve a customer and I didn't see him again." They both stood in the shop doorway, looking around. "Well, his van's still there. I'm guessing he's gone for lunch or something. He'll be back soon." "He had better be. I had a hell of a job getting that shutter to go up this morning. I had customers waiting by the time I got it open. It kept sticking, and then it would go down a bit, and then it would shoot up really fast. I don't want to have that carry on at closing time." "I'm sure he'll have finished his lunch by then." They stood and looked up at the metal roller shutter above their heads, rust-red and tightly coiled. The cover had been removed and set neatly to one side, exposing all the machinery above them. They had another glance up and down the street. No sign of any engineers. Then, as a customer approached, they both went inside the shop to serve him. It would be another hour before the engineer turned up. Another hour until the lunchtime rush finished and they were both free to go outside and have another cigarette, and to look for him. Another hour, and, when they did come out, the blood would have started to drip from between the coils of the shutter.

"Where the hell's that engineer?" "I don't know. He said he was going to have a look at the shutter, so I left him to it. Last I saw of him he had managed to loosen it and had run it up and down a few times. I had to serve a customer and I didn't see him again." They both stood in the shop doorway, looking around. "Well, his van's still there. I'm guessing he's gone for lunch or something. He'll be back soon." "He had better be. I had a hell of a job getting that shutter to go up this morning. I had customers waiting by the time I got it open. It kept sticking, and then it would go down a bit, and then it would shoot up really fast. I don't want to have that carry on at closing time." "I'm sure he'll have finished his lunch by then." They stood and looked up at the metal roller shutter above their heads, rust-red and tightly coiled. The cover had been removed and set neatly to one side, exposing all the machinery above them. They had another glance up and down the street. No sign of any engineers. Then, as a customer approached, they both went inside the shop to serve him. It would be another hour before the engineer turned up. Another hour until the lunchtime rush finished and they were both free to go outside and have another cigarette, and to look for him. Another hour, and, when they did come out, the blood would have started to drip from between the coils of the shutter.

#microfiction

23.11.2024 14:11 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Have just de-activated my Tw*tter account. It's a general rule in life that if one has the chance to tell Nazis to fuck off then one is duty bound to do it.
So, with no apologies at all for the wee swearies, "Fuck off, Nazis".

14.11.2024 13:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@cstross ...and there was that nice family on the farm that kept those lovely horses.

10.11.2024 11:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A statue of a small creature, who, for reasons of intellectual property law, should not be described as looking almost exactly like Yoda. He is very short, and wears a robe which is almost exactly (but not quite) like a Jedi robe. He has large ears. Behind him is a duck pond, and certainly not the swamps of Dagobah. Almost definitely there isn't an X-Wing fighter in this pond, and he's not going to gesture with his fingers and conjure it up out of the water.

A statue of a small creature, who, for reasons of intellectual property law, should not be described as looking almost exactly like Yoda. He is very short, and wears a robe which is almost exactly (but not quite) like a Jedi robe. He has large ears. Behind him is a duck pond, and certainly not the swamps of Dagobah. Almost definitely there isn't an X-Wing fighter in this pond, and he's not going to gesture with his fingers and conjure it up out of the water.

28.10.2024 10:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A statue of a small dragon halfway up a tree. His tail is coiled, and he's looking behind himself, away to the left of the picture. His mouth is open and he's snarling. He looks as if he's about to pounce off the tree and eat a child.

A statue of a small dragon halfway up a tree. His tail is coiled, and he's looking behind himself, away to the left of the picture. His mouth is open and he's snarling. He looks as if he's about to pounce off the tree and eat a child.

28.10.2024 10:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Some statues at Rozelle Park duck pond. We can just see the heads and shoulders of some creepy creatures who are emerging from the water. Or, are they going back under?

Some statues at Rozelle Park duck pond. We can just see the heads and shoulders of some creepy creatures who are emerging from the water. Or, are they going back under?

28.10.2024 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A statue of a hooded figure. He is bearded and wearing a long flowing cloak. He's holding a long staff or sword. There is a sign which reads "Welcome to Madame McMasters Collection of Curious Creatures.

A statue of a hooded figure. He is bearded and wearing a long flowing cloak. He's holding a long staff or sword. There is a sign which reads "Welcome to Madame McMasters Collection of Curious Creatures.

28.10.2024 10:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A sign is attached to a low fence with a pond behind it. The sign depicts a stylised ghoulish figure, with horns and glowing eyes. The sign reads "TAMFEST Ayr's Halloween festival of heritage and folklore. ALL THROUGH OCTOBER/HALLOWEEN".

A sign is attached to a low fence with a pond behind it. The sign depicts a stylised ghoulish figure, with horns and glowing eyes. The sign reads "TAMFEST Ayr's Halloween festival of heritage and folklore. ALL THROUGH OCTOBER/HALLOWEEN".

Lots of fantastic spooky figures around the duck pond in Ayr's Rozelle Park.

28.10.2024 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fire alarm went off at work today. It happens. However, on this occasion it was an actual fire.
Fire engines ensued, with firemen, who were all amazing. Everything is now sorted.
Big thanks to them, and all the emergency services

25.10.2024 13:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0