NeverFadingWood 🏴
@avantgardening.pl
Linguist/Teacher/Translator.
Language/music/politics/cats
He/him.
Owned by Marmite
Ateistyczny lewacki degenerat
#ActuallyAutistic so please be direct
Music: https://avantgardening.pl/music.html
Website: https://avantgardening.pl
Kraków, Poland
Language/music/politics/cats
He/him.
Owned by Marmite
Ateistyczny lewacki degenerat
#ActuallyAutistic so please be direct
Music: https://avantgardening.pl/music.html
Website: https://avantgardening.pl
Kraków, Poland
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Some folks across the pond are realizing saying "you're being a weird asshole" to weird assholes is actually a very good fundraising technique.
The more the right attack Zack Polanski, the more campaign money the Greens raise
flip.it/FBktKU
Ha ha. They must be absolutely bloody fuming!
#GreenSurge
#BackZack
flip.it/FBktKU
Ha ha. They must be absolutely bloody fuming!
#GreenSurge
#BackZack
The more the right attack Zack Polanski, the more campaign money the Greens raise
The establishment are shaking in their unreasonably priced boots over Zack Polanski winning hearts and minds
flip.it
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Some folks across the pond are realizing saying "you're being a weird asshole" to weird assholes is actually a very good fundraising technique.
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There is no such thing as a ‘perfect baby’ because it is a human being and not a custom-tailored suit you sickos
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There is no such thing as a ‘perfect baby’ because it is a human being and not a custom-tailored suit you sickos
#NowPlaying The Orb - "Blue Room"
The full 39' 58" version. Remember them clearly on TOTP sitting and playing chess in the studio while the edited version ran. 🤣
youtu.be/DeGO91OSOSM...
The full 39' 58" version. Remember them clearly on TOTP sitting and playing chess in the studio while the edited version ran. 🤣
youtu.be/DeGO91OSOSM...
The Orb - Blue Room (Full Version) (1992)
YouTube video by Jeff Rush - Rave | Industrial | Electronic Musick
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#NowPlaying The Orb - "Blue Room"
The full 39' 58" version. Remember them clearly on TOTP sitting and playing chess in the studio while the edited version ran. 🤣
youtu.be/DeGO91OSOSM...
The full 39' 58" version. Remember them clearly on TOTP sitting and playing chess in the studio while the edited version ran. 🤣
youtu.be/DeGO91OSOSM...
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I guess the alternative — and surely someone has already said this — render his corpse into a layer thin enough that it can cover the entire area underneath it, and a nonstop party for people who want to dance on his grave.
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I guess the alternative — and surely someone has already said this — render his corpse into a layer thin enough that it can cover the entire area underneath it, and a nonstop party for people who want to dance on his grave.
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Is it a talent for playing the spoons?
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Is it a talent for playing the spoons?
*Who's* on his legal team??
Fridman is using ISDS arbitration to challenge Western sanctions — with Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie, on his legal team.
If he wins, other oligarchs may follow.
If he wins, other oligarchs may follow.
Russian oligarch found legal weapon to kill Western sanctions — and a former UK PM’s wife is on his team
If Fridman wins, every sanctioned oligarch could follow.
euromaidanpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
*Who's* on his legal team??
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me replying with "define 'language' and 'speak'" probably doesn't help
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
me replying with "define 'language' and 'speak'" probably doesn't help
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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I think this is a mistake and it sums up what's wrong with accountability in the British state. Why does he take 'full responsibility'? Surely the person who actually *manages the OBR's website* should take some responsibility:
Head of UK fiscal watchdog quits after Budget leak
Office for Budget Responsibility chair Richard Hughes resigns following critical report
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I think this is a mistake and it sums up what's wrong with accountability in the British state. Why does he take 'full responsibility'? Surely the person who actually *manages the OBR's website* should take some responsibility:
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This sums up Badenoch's leadership to a T: against a failed and flailing government, cannot ever clear the bar of 'not sounding both insane and out of her depth'.
What is she even talking about? The OBR is, by design, not under the control of Rachel Reeves.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This sums up Badenoch's leadership to a T: against a failed and flailing government, cannot ever clear the bar of 'not sounding both insane and out of her depth'.
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Talked to a pollster yesterday about why a party led by a spectacularly unpopular man who helped bring about the spectacularly unpopular Brexit is polling so well. His view: Reform is essentially a “**** it” button. He thinks the Green’s policy of being “**** it but without racism” might do well.
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Talked to a pollster yesterday about why a party led by a spectacularly unpopular man who helped bring about the spectacularly unpopular Brexit is polling so well. His view: Reform is essentially a “**** it” button. He thinks the Green’s policy of being “**** it but without racism” might do well.
How the very *dare* they take British citizens with them!
"An exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of eastern Europeans moving home and taking British partners with them."
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
Going over there, taking their jobs, etc. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How the very *dare* they take British citizens with them!
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In Welsh it's mis Rhagfyr, which means 'the month of foreshortening'. Does what it says on the tin, I guess.
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In Welsh it's mis Rhagfyr, which means 'the month of foreshortening'. Does what it says on the tin, I guess.
Been watching Babylon Berlin. Haven't got to the end yet, so no spoilers, please.
I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding the extravagance of the thing very arch, but maybe that's just me.
Been watching a few German series - that's my latest enthusiasm.
I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding the extravagance of the thing very arch, but maybe that's just me.
Been watching a few German series - that's my latest enthusiasm.
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Been watching Babylon Berlin. Haven't got to the end yet, so no spoilers, please.
I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding the extravagance of the thing very arch, but maybe that's just me.
Been watching a few German series - that's my latest enthusiasm.
I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding the extravagance of the thing very arch, but maybe that's just me.
Been watching a few German series - that's my latest enthusiasm.
Definitely get the "how many languages" thing. Even in Poland.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Definitely get the "how many languages" thing. Even in Poland.
Brilliant! Got me down to a 't'.
Just been reminded of this corker from Paul Valéry: "The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us."
Not me, obviously, but quite a lot of you have this problem.
Not me, obviously, but quite a lot of you have this problem.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Brilliant! Got me down to a 't'.
Goodness me. I hadn't heard of this, so I had to go and check. I think that was an unfortunate phrase, because it really muddied the waters [sic].
Michael Erard, please stop talking about how people should stop talking about how whales have alphabets
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Goodness me. I hadn't heard of this, so I had to go and check. I think that was an unfortunate phrase, because it really muddied the waters [sic].
#NowPlaying Meat Beat Manifesto - "Mindstream (Mind the Bend the Mind - Orbital Mix)"
Splendid version of this track. Speeding down the motorway at night music, this.
Play it loud.
youtu.be/1165F7DmUoI...
Splendid version of this track. Speeding down the motorway at night music, this.
Play it loud.
youtu.be/1165F7DmUoI...
Mindstream (Mind The Bend The Mind)
YouTube video by Meat Beat Manifesto - Topic
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#NowPlaying Meat Beat Manifesto - "Mindstream (Mind the Bend the Mind - Orbital Mix)"
Splendid version of this track. Speeding down the motorway at night music, this.
Play it loud.
youtu.be/1165F7DmUoI...
Splendid version of this track. Speeding down the motorway at night music, this.
Play it loud.
youtu.be/1165F7DmUoI...
Ooh, this looks like a fantastic book. "A Brief History of Swearing".
From the summary: "Swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history."
Absolutely agree with this.
www.kobo.com/pl/pl/ebook/...
From the summary: "Swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history."
Absolutely agree with this.
www.kobo.com/pl/pl/ebook/...
Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing e-book by Melissa Mohr - Rakuten Kobo
Przeczytaj „Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing A Brief History of Swearing” autorstwa Melissa Mohr dostępny w Rakuten Kobo. Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year...
www.kobo.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ooh, this looks like a fantastic book. "A Brief History of Swearing".
From the summary: "Swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history."
Absolutely agree with this.
www.kobo.com/pl/pl/ebook/...
From the summary: "Swearing is also a uniquely well-suited lens through which to look at history."
Absolutely agree with this.
www.kobo.com/pl/pl/ebook/...
Blinding album, and a fantastic cover, too.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was released #OnThisDay in 1973, with album artwork by the legendary illustrator, Drew Struzan. Drew, who sadly passed away in October, came up with all of the design concepts and even photographed himself for the reference photos ✟
Photos & sketches by Drew Struzan
Photos & sketches by Drew Struzan
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Blinding album, and a fantastic cover, too.
Wonder how Mason would "call it on my behalf".
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wonder how Mason would "call it on my behalf".
Oh gods, I really don't care about Reeves today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Oh gods, I really don't care about Reeves today.
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From my perspective it was vastly better to have the information first and I would argue generally improved on the day analysis/scrutiny (albeit that largely now been forgotten in the "did she mislead" us coverage).
And yet... did it really matter? Couldn't it, in fact, lead to better debate and scrutiny of government?
OBR publishes report into its inadvertent release of budget report, saying it is 'worst failure' in its 15-year history - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
From my perspective it was vastly better to have the information first and I would argue generally improved on the day analysis/scrutiny (albeit that largely now been forgotten in the "did she mislead" us coverage).
OK. Can somebody please explain to me why nearly all political commentators/columnists are against UBI, while every news story I've seen has said that where it was tried, it was a success?
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
OK. Can somebody please explain to me why nearly all political commentators/columnists are against UBI, while every news story I've seen has said that where it was tried, it was a success?