James H (they/she)
@angusprune.bsky.social
London Geek. Queer, poly, hungry
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I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
That guy in the pub is gonna be offering you cheap snails next week.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
That guy in the pub is gonna be offering you cheap snails next week.
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Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Can a person really be considered devoid if culture if they can name their five favourite spy planes designed by nazi engineers?
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Can a person really be considered devoid if culture if they can name their five favourite spy planes designed by nazi engineers?
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
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Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
My parrot is already an expert in dolby atmo.
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My parrot is already an expert in dolby atmo.
I'm not American, so didnt known
the context of the recent nazi tattoo thing.
I'd googled and found a different senior politician with (alleged) nazi tattoos. And only just had someone post the actual name and discovered that not only is this a different one, but this guy is a democratic?!?
the context of the recent nazi tattoo thing.
I'd googled and found a different senior politician with (alleged) nazi tattoos. And only just had someone post the actual name and discovered that not only is this a different one, but this guy is a democratic?!?
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'm not American, so didnt known
the context of the recent nazi tattoo thing.
I'd googled and found a different senior politician with (alleged) nazi tattoos. And only just had someone post the actual name and discovered that not only is this a different one, but this guy is a democratic?!?
the context of the recent nazi tattoo thing.
I'd googled and found a different senior politician with (alleged) nazi tattoos. And only just had someone post the actual name and discovered that not only is this a different one, but this guy is a democratic?!?
I don't know how to feel about this
August 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't know how to feel about this
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I only did pizza for nine years, but after that (relatively) short time I got so used to the feel of dough that I could judge temperatures within two degrees by hand, nail weights without a scale, and get a full pie from phone to oven in twenty seconds.
All labor is skilled labor.
All labor is skilled labor.
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I only did pizza for nine years, but after that (relatively) short time I got so used to the feel of dough that I could judge temperatures within two degrees by hand, nail weights without a scale, and get a full pie from phone to oven in twenty seconds.
All labor is skilled labor.
All labor is skilled labor.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
I think Being There (1979) starring Peter Sellers is absolutely perfectly crafted.
in your opinion, completely subjective, no metrics and no judgment, what are the best written movies of all time? I don't care if you have never seen a screenplay in your life, just which story itself is the most moving and complete and perfect to you?
August 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I think Being There (1979) starring Peter Sellers is absolutely perfectly crafted.
Slightly diminish a band
Prince
Prince
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Slightly diminish a band
Prince
Prince
Wouldn't, if anything, deleting old emails and photos increase water usage in the short term?
These are all going to be on colder storage (ever tried viewing old photos on FB and had to wait rather than them juat appearing).
How much extra water can they be using day-to-day?
These are all going to be on colder storage (ever tried viewing old photos on FB and had to wait rather than them juat appearing).
How much extra water can they be using day-to-day?
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wouldn't, if anything, deleting old emails and photos increase water usage in the short term?
These are all going to be on colder storage (ever tried viewing old photos on FB and had to wait rather than them juat appearing).
How much extra water can they be using day-to-day?
These are all going to be on colder storage (ever tried viewing old photos on FB and had to wait rather than them juat appearing).
How much extra water can they be using day-to-day?
This 💯.
But also thinking back to what I read as a kid. I read the classics when I was already an sf fan. I read the classics off my grandparents bookshelf and I read them *as classics*.
For a young/newer reader interested in the classics I have 3 thoughts on how to approach it.
But also thinking back to what I read as a kid. I read the classics when I was already an sf fan. I read the classics off my grandparents bookshelf and I read them *as classics*.
For a young/newer reader interested in the classics I have 3 thoughts on how to approach it.
I have gone ahead and written up a more organized piece about why I think recommending decades-old genre "classics" to young people new to the space is not, shall we say, a great thing to do
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/11/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/11/p...
Poking the Discourse Bear Re: “Classic” Science Fiction
Over on Bluesky I got a lot of guff about the above post, but you know what? I 100% stand by it. I’m 56 now, and if you’re recommending the same science fiction books to a ten-year-old …
whatever.scalzi.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This 💯.
But also thinking back to what I read as a kid. I read the classics when I was already an sf fan. I read the classics off my grandparents bookshelf and I read them *as classics*.
For a young/newer reader interested in the classics I have 3 thoughts on how to approach it.
But also thinking back to what I read as a kid. I read the classics when I was already an sf fan. I read the classics off my grandparents bookshelf and I read them *as classics*.
For a young/newer reader interested in the classics I have 3 thoughts on how to approach it.
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Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out
August 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out
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I hear both transphobes and normal folk talking about Testosterone as a performance enhancing drug and Estrogen as performance decreasing drug, and that's dude centric and not true. T and E are both performance enhancing drugs for sports. They just enhance different aspects.
Let's talk powerlifting
Let's talk powerlifting
August 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I hear both transphobes and normal folk talking about Testosterone as a performance enhancing drug and Estrogen as performance decreasing drug, and that's dude centric and not true. T and E are both performance enhancing drugs for sports. They just enhance different aspects.
Let's talk powerlifting
Let's talk powerlifting
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
If anything is going to convince me of ai sentience, its spending the evening having a very public meltdown on twitter and then trying to walk it back the next morning by blaming it on something you ingested.
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If anything is going to convince me of ai sentience, its spending the evening having a very public meltdown on twitter and then trying to walk it back the next morning by blaming it on something you ingested.
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So this phrase “able-bodied” has clearly been on the most recent list of R talking points. It comes from the first round of English labor laws, which were instituted after the Black Death.
A mini medieval story time!
A mini medieval story time!
Jim Jordan: "If there's an able-bodied adult out there now who is in our welfare system, guess what -- that person is going to have to work ... that is far from immoral."
July 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So this phrase “able-bodied” has clearly been on the most recent list of R talking points. It comes from the first round of English labor laws, which were instituted after the Black Death.
A mini medieval story time!
A mini medieval story time!
I ok with these people living in luxury, and their children and grandchildren living in luxury.
I don't think they should wield unfathomable political and economic power.
I don't think they should wield unfathomable political and economic power.
I know it’s trendy to hate billionaires, but many didn’t get rich by accident.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
Jeff Bezos made goods cheaper & quickly accessible. Bill Gates put computers in homes. Sergey Brin gave the world a search engine that works. I could go on.
So yes…they should exist.
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said Sunday that billionaires shouldn’t exist
June 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I ok with these people living in luxury, and their children and grandchildren living in luxury.
I don't think they should wield unfathomable political and economic power.
I don't think they should wield unfathomable political and economic power.