ambrosen
@ambrosen.bsky.social
One day I’ll work out what I talk about.
Some green stuff, some nature, some cities, some wonkish stuff.
Some green stuff, some nature, some cities, some wonkish stuff.
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The last annual review concluded the SS Richard Montgomery was perfectly safe!
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The last annual review concluded the SS Richard Montgomery was perfectly safe!
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
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What they took from us.
June 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
What they took from us.
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More woke attempts to redefine common words. As any fule kno, the British concept of class is 25% Marxism, 25% ritual cleanliness of certain professions, 25% ritual cleanliness of various regions and 25% adult literacy
Class is actually entirely determined by income:
Work at a HF, as a lawyer or doctor? Upper class.
University professor? Middle class.
Journalist or school teacher? Lower class.
That way everyone knows where they stand. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Work at a HF, as a lawyer or doctor? Upper class.
University professor? Middle class.
Journalist or school teacher? Lower class.
That way everyone knows where they stand. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I do this myself, but an awful lot of political Discourse consists of middle class people accusing other middle class people of being middle class
June 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
More woke attempts to redefine common words. As any fule kno, the British concept of class is 25% Marxism, 25% ritual cleanliness of certain professions, 25% ritual cleanliness of various regions and 25% adult literacy
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This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
I kept finding cló gaelach everywhere this weekend - a typewriter @nmireland.bsky.social , font on school signage, and blocks of type at the National Print Museum #gaeilge #clógaelach
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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what i want is to be able to queue up like ten movies and just have them play in a random order so i don't need to decide
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
what i want is to be able to queue up like ten movies and just have them play in a random order so i don't need to decide
I love how often holiday postcards are sent from the other side of the country from what they’re depicting.
We ate Barbara's good sandwiches at Tintern Abbey.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I love how often holiday postcards are sent from the other side of the country from what they’re depicting.
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Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
A woman steps into the shop: Where do I vote?
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
It's shockingly naïve to want to see Russia denuclearise.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's shockingly naïve to want to see Russia denuclearise.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
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them: you're on bluesky? what do you post about?
me: policy ideas, mostly
me: policy ideas, mostly
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
them: you're on bluesky? what do you post about?
me: policy ideas, mostly
me: policy ideas, mostly
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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Men will literally record the seminal album Nebraska by themselves in a Colts Neck bedroom before semi-reluctantly going to therapy
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Men will literally record the seminal album Nebraska by themselves in a Colts Neck bedroom before semi-reluctantly going to therapy
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A Bristly Crab (Pilumnus hirtellus). A pretty wee crab species that I don't bump into that often 😍
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A Bristly Crab (Pilumnus hirtellus). A pretty wee crab species that I don't bump into that often 😍
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
Darren Jones MP doing the @internethippo.bsky.social cosplay.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Darren Jones MP doing the @internethippo.bsky.social cosplay.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
Once again, my apologies if I have ever remembered too much detail about you.
“Believe me, I wish I could turn it off,” Livingstone insisted. “Do you think I want to remember my ex-plumber’s birthday every year because he mentioned it the one time he fixed my toilet? Now he thinks I’m in love with him.”
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November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Once again, my apologies if I have ever remembered too much detail about you.
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Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah you know what, the description of Lugaid beheading Cú Chulainn was really missing hand-drawn emoticons, that's absolutely what we needed in this specific moment
Zack Polanski has changed emphasis on this and very much is saying taxing billionaires is necessary but not sufficient.
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Zack Polanski has changed emphasis on this and very much is saying taxing billionaires is necessary but not sufficient.
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I have spent my entire professional life understanding the British point of view on foreign policy. I get certain historic and cultural differences. But the wilder the world gets the more infuriated I become by the dismissive attitude many Brits have towards the EU as a peace project./
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I have spent my entire professional life understanding the British point of view on foreign policy. I get certain historic and cultural differences. But the wilder the world gets the more infuriated I become by the dismissive attitude many Brits have towards the EU as a peace project./
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New Travelling Turtle video! Delighted to be premiering episode one (of two) of our adventure across Europe, trying to make the longest possible public transport journey in the Schengen zone in 200 hours. Lots of boats, trains, buses, pastries, mountains and Grieg. #Schengen200
youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU
youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU
THE GREAT SCHENGEN CHALLENGE: Can I make Europe's longest public transport journey in 200 hours?
YouTube video by Travelling Turtle
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New Travelling Turtle video! Delighted to be premiering episode one (of two) of our adventure across Europe, trying to make the longest possible public transport journey in the Schengen zone in 200 hours. Lots of boats, trains, buses, pastries, mountains and Grieg. #Schengen200
youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU
youtu.be/qSQapm0UyWU
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gordon ramsay: you're telling me you lost him after he ran through this tunnel? [wile e coyote nods vigorously] well let's have a look at the tunnel then [he faceplants into the wall] fuck me it's painted. that's brilliant. he painted a tunnel onto the wall. incredible linework.
December 17, 2023 at 9:34 AM
gordon ramsay: you're telling me you lost him after he ran through this tunnel? [wile e coyote nods vigorously] well let's have a look at the tunnel then [he faceplants into the wall] fuck me it's painted. that's brilliant. he painted a tunnel onto the wall. incredible linework.
Who remembers the 1850s? Going down t’market in Bradford and getting sweets off William Hardaker! “Humbug Billy”, we used to call him. Made his sweets hisself, like. Proper handmade stuff not like you get nowadays.
A friend showed me this screenshot and I started cackling, I was staining my tongue three different colors with OtterPops in 1998 are you fucking kidding me
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Who remembers the 1850s? Going down t’market in Bradford and getting sweets off William Hardaker! “Humbug Billy”, we used to call him. Made his sweets hisself, like. Proper handmade stuff not like you get nowadays.
I feel like there’s a Christian version of this which takes account of e.g. the first council of Nicæa, though.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I feel like there’s a Christian version of this which takes account of e.g. the first council of Nicæa, though.
I love the fact that the clock on my computer can just randomly* stop nowadays.
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I love the fact that the clock on my computer can just randomly* stop nowadays.
Paying for parking at a suburban supermarket? Impossible!
(But hey, it looks like the car park’s half empty anyway)
(But hey, it looks like the car park’s half empty anyway)
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Paying for parking at a suburban supermarket? Impossible!
(But hey, it looks like the car park’s half empty anyway)
(But hey, it looks like the car park’s half empty anyway)