Ste Jormur
@stejormur.bsky.social
Beats me why most dudes suck. Sure as hell ain't my scene.
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木村カエラ「A winter fairy is melting a snowman」（Official Music Video）
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Every day from now until Christmas (if I remember), I'm going to post a really weird Christmas song here.
I'm going to start with this one, mostly because I like to imagine the parallel universe where J-pop is as big in the West as K-pop, and this gets played in supermarkets youtu.be/iHYKlPLQgS0
I'm going to start with this one, mostly because I like to imagine the parallel universe where J-pop is as big in the West as K-pop, and this gets played in supermarkets youtu.be/iHYKlPLQgS0
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Interested in how you square the circle of “British people who post ‘burn down a migrant hotel’ during race riots shouldn’t be arrested” with “someone who posted pretty objectionable and racist things 8 years before they became a British citizen should be deported” and am sure someone will ask Nigel
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Interested in how you square the circle of “British people who post ‘burn down a migrant hotel’ during race riots shouldn’t be arrested” with “someone who posted pretty objectionable and racist things 8 years before they became a British citizen should be deported” and am sure someone will ask Nigel
Oh God, don't let the Americans see this headline/photo combination. We'll never live it down
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These were our best meals from restaurants, pubs and cafes across Greater Manchester in 2025
From Stockport and Salford to Bury and Bolton, here's our best meals from restaurants, pubs and cafes across Greater Manchester
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December 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Oh God, don't let the Americans see this headline/photo combination. We'll never live it down
Call me a purist, but I prefer my wine without the blood
‘Too important not to fight for’: Spain’s wine industry seeks infusion of new blood
‘Too important not to fight for’: Spain’s wine industry seeks infusion of new blood
Rural depopulation compounding challenges of climate emergency and changing technologies in drawing young people to sector
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Call me a purist, but I prefer my wine without the blood
(I think if you were fined 3% of your net worth, you'd probably think that was a pretty big fine. Median household wealth in the UK is just under £300k - if you assume that's split between 2 adults £150k each, the equivalent fine for the average Brit would be £4,500)
Zuckerburg is paying $8B to settle a lawsuit by Facebook shareholders for failing in his oversight duties in the Cambridge Analytica crime.
A reminder that $8B is only 3% of his net worth.
Another reminder that “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
A reminder that $8B is only 3% of his net worth.
Another reminder that “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
December 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
(I think if you were fined 3% of your net worth, you'd probably think that was a pretty big fine. Median household wealth in the UK is just under £300k - if you assume that's split between 2 adults £150k each, the equivalent fine for the average Brit would be £4,500)
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A fascinating case of "what variable have you actually accidentally measured?"
The most rigorous studies of loneliness have largely been in Europe and America. But the loneliest place of all is Madagascar. Our correspondent went there to find out why econ.st/4anRohC
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A fascinating case of "what variable have you actually accidentally measured?"
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As a man, I don't think it's my place to judge the actions of women. Who am I to call them "villains"? Maybe, if we sat our asses down and listened, we would learn that there were perfectly understandable reasons why these strong, smart, beautiful women acted the way they have.
(6'1 btw)
(6'1 btw)
Share a great female villain!
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As a man, I don't think it's my place to judge the actions of women. Who am I to call them "villains"? Maybe, if we sat our asses down and listened, we would learn that there were perfectly understandable reasons why these strong, smart, beautiful women acted the way they have.
(6'1 btw)
(6'1 btw)
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Seven years since I watched one of the most important documentaries ever made. A masterpiece
December 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Seven years since I watched one of the most important documentaries ever made. A masterpiece
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whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
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It’s really awful that the Byzantines would ritually mutilate former rulers to keep them from taking the throne again but on the other hand this did mean no one had to suffer through episodes of the Nikephoros Bryennios Podcast Hour.
Liz Truss, who served 44 days as UK prime minister, goes full Curtis Yarvin.
Interviewing Yarvin on her new podcast, she calls for overhauling UK government to fit his vision.
“I agree with you, having spent 10 years in the system, you need to start from scratch,” Truss tells Yarvin.
Interviewing Yarvin on her new podcast, she calls for overhauling UK government to fit his vision.
“I agree with you, having spent 10 years in the system, you need to start from scratch,” Truss tells Yarvin.
December 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It’s really awful that the Byzantines would ritually mutilate former rulers to keep them from taking the throne again but on the other hand this did mean no one had to suffer through episodes of the Nikephoros Bryennios Podcast Hour.
The only thing I'll agree with here is that a bunch of random airline pilots with the nuclear codes probably would be better at governing than Liz Truss
Liz Truss, who served 44 days as UK prime minister, goes full Curtis Yarvin.
Interviewing Yarvin on her new podcast, she calls for overhauling UK government to fit his vision.
“I agree with you, having spent 10 years in the system, you need to start from scratch,” Truss tells Yarvin.
Interviewing Yarvin on her new podcast, she calls for overhauling UK government to fit his vision.
“I agree with you, having spent 10 years in the system, you need to start from scratch,” Truss tells Yarvin.
December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The only thing I'll agree with here is that a bunch of random airline pilots with the nuclear codes probably would be better at governing than Liz Truss
I'm so glad that the goat finds novel fates every year. It'd be boring if it just burned down, but getting blown down by the wind or eaten by birds keeps things fresh
December 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm so glad that the goat finds novel fates every year. It'd be boring if it just burned down, but getting blown down by the wind or eaten by birds keeps things fresh
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The winds are hard enough that Gävlebocken fell.
December 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The winds are hard enough that Gävlebocken fell.
Reading a book about witchcraft and witch trials. What do we reckon the odds are that MAGA tries to get an official government witch hunt agency set up before 2029?
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reading a book about witchcraft and witch trials. What do we reckon the odds are that MAGA tries to get an official government witch hunt agency set up before 2029?
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It’s crazy to me there’s not been *one* decent intervention by a senior politician on AI, what it’s for, should be about and our society. Unless I missed it? It’s just people saying ‘productivity’ and ‘jobs’ with literally no thought, thinking or ideas. But then I suppose same on everything.
December 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s crazy to me there’s not been *one* decent intervention by a senior politician on AI, what it’s for, should be about and our society. Unless I missed it? It’s just people saying ‘productivity’ and ‘jobs’ with literally no thought, thinking or ideas. But then I suppose same on everything.
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Genuinely amazing levels of Peter Hitchens. I don’t know how but he always manages to find new and impressive ways of sounding like Evelyn Waugh writing a letter to Viz.
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Genuinely amazing levels of Peter Hitchens. I don’t know how but he always manages to find new and impressive ways of sounding like Evelyn Waugh writing a letter to Viz.
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choosing to believe this is about the Muppets Christmas Carol
I dunno, you work tirelessly for decades on being the most misanthropic racist possible and all people care about when you die is how hot you looked in your 20s, where’s the respect
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
choosing to believe this is about the Muppets Christmas Carol
Then: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Now: We ❤️ Katamari
Now: We ❤️ Katamari
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2005, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Then: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Now: We ❤️ Katamari
Now: We ❤️ Katamari
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Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
www.ft.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:
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Okay, but what is going on with the quality of writing at the Guardian? This is supposed to be placing contrasting views side by side but is just the same view twice.
December 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Okay, but what is going on with the quality of writing at the Guardian? This is supposed to be placing contrasting views side by side but is just the same view twice.
I wonder if Elon Musk, in uncharacteristic moments of self-awareness, ever has the same thought
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I wonder if Elon Musk, in uncharacteristic moments of self-awareness, ever has the same thought
(What was the larger socialist party in the 1940s? Common Wealth Party peaked at 15,000 members, Labour Independent Group wasn't a proper party. The Communist Party briefly peaked around 55,000 members in the early 40s, after the USSR joined the Allies - is that who Sultana is talking about?!)
Now, more than ever, we need a CEC that will fight for a party led by its members — not MPs or bureaucrats.
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
(What was the larger socialist party in the 1940s? Common Wealth Party peaked at 15,000 members, Labour Independent Group wasn't a proper party. The Communist Party briefly peaked around 55,000 members in the early 40s, after the USSR joined the Allies - is that who Sultana is talking about?!)
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Got at least three WHATs when I read this out to my wife.
Dec 1971: Brides 'n' Brides-to-be Course ad from The North Eastern Electricity Board (NEEB)
(+Home Appliances and Electricity)
«After eight nights with us, you'll be the perfect wife.»
(+Home Appliances and Electricity)
«After eight nights with us, you'll be the perfect wife.»
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Got at least three WHATs when I read this out to my wife.
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every time pete hegseth gives someone a lie detector test he's participating in the kink of a long dead poly sub dude and i think that's beautiful
bizarre factoid i got reminded about the week is that one of the biggest early pioneers, proponents, and public spokesman of the polygraph was william marston, the creator of wonder woman, so it's directly tied to golden lasso of truth and marston's whole, uh, deal
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
every time pete hegseth gives someone a lie detector test he's participating in the kink of a long dead poly sub dude and i think that's beautiful
Some surprisingly vicious arguments going on in my mentions right now.
Hello Kitty, if the data is to be believed, has out-grossed Spider-Man. What can you tell me about Hello Kitty, except that she wears a bow?
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Some surprisingly vicious arguments going on in my mentions right now.
Then: Burnout Revenge (an incredibly, unbelievably fun game until you go back to the older games and realise the Traffic Check mechanic takes all the peril out of high-speed street racing)
Now: Elite Beat Agents (unquestionably the best rhythm game ever)
Now: Elite Beat Agents (unquestionably the best rhythm game ever)
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2006, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Then: Burnout Revenge (an incredibly, unbelievably fun game until you go back to the older games and realise the Traffic Check mechanic takes all the peril out of high-speed street racing)
Now: Elite Beat Agents (unquestionably the best rhythm game ever)
Now: Elite Beat Agents (unquestionably the best rhythm game ever)