Beau
@drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social
Lapsed historian, having the best mid-life crisis. Personal account: all the stupid opinions expressed are entirely my own, and nobody else's. he/him
Looks like someone has gone all in on the Breaded Imitation Crab Claws.
Have a cracking Saturday night, whoever you are.
Have a cracking Saturday night, whoever you are.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Looks like someone has gone all in on the Breaded Imitation Crab Claws.
Have a cracking Saturday night, whoever you are.
Have a cracking Saturday night, whoever you are.
I love Twelfth Night.
I think I’m going to love this.
I think I’m going to love this.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I love Twelfth Night.
I think I’m going to love this.
I think I’m going to love this.
I suspect that Trump’s going to struggle to link Epstein to J.P. Morgan, what with the latter having died in 1913…
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I suspect that Trump’s going to struggle to link Epstein to J.P. Morgan, what with the latter having died in 1913…
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Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
It’s the 15th of November, and Kirsty McColl and The Pogues are playing on the radio.
Is nothing sacred?
Is nothing sacred?
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It’s the 15th of November, and Kirsty McColl and The Pogues are playing on the radio.
Is nothing sacred?
Is nothing sacred?
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Every time I hear that Bill Clinton story…
donald trump is wearing a suit and tie while making a funny face .
ALT: donald trump is wearing a suit and tie while making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Every time I hear that Bill Clinton story…
You know, there’s an “I’m forever blowing Bubba” joke out there right now if somebody wants to use it.
donald trump is wearing a suit and tie and is talking into a microphone
ALT: donald trump is wearing a suit and tie and is talking into a microphone
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You know, there’s an “I’m forever blowing Bubba” joke out there right now if somebody wants to use it.
Operation Costly Distraction, more like.
Pete Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
There doesn’t seem to be reporting yet on what this means. But I assume it’s not good.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Operation Costly Distraction, more like.
The BBC here, hilariously underestimating how prepared the people of South Wales are for heavy rain.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The BBC here, hilariously underestimating how prepared the people of South Wales are for heavy rain.
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I once heard a woman pronounce the 'manger' in Pret a Manger, as in 'hanger'. That was when I realised Watford's capital of culture bid was over for another year.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I once heard a woman pronounce the 'manger' in Pret a Manger, as in 'hanger'. That was when I realised Watford's capital of culture bid was over for another year.
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Just finished @scalzi.com’s latest book The Shattering Peace, which while it did not feature sweary dolphins, did actually genuinely amaze by focusing attention on a niche techy question that’s been sort of bothering me ever since Old Man’s War. So thanks for that; and for the enjoyable story too!
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just finished @scalzi.com’s latest book The Shattering Peace, which while it did not feature sweary dolphins, did actually genuinely amaze by focusing attention on a niche techy question that’s been sort of bothering me ever since Old Man’s War. So thanks for that; and for the enjoyable story too!
Isn’t that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Isn’t that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
It’s cold.
It’s dark.
It’s wet.
It’s November.
You need a smile.
Friend, what you need right now is a little bit of democracy manifest.
youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w?...
It’s dark.
It’s wet.
It’s November.
You need a smile.
Friend, what you need right now is a little bit of democracy manifest.
youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w?...
Democracy Manifest
YouTube video by Russell Furman
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It’s cold.
It’s dark.
It’s wet.
It’s November.
You need a smile.
Friend, what you need right now is a little bit of democracy manifest.
youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w?...
It’s dark.
It’s wet.
It’s November.
You need a smile.
Friend, what you need right now is a little bit of democracy manifest.
youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w?...
Post an image that always makes you laugh.
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Post an image that always makes you laugh.
Fourteen years ago today, a dog in Richmond Park decided to enshrine his name into legend.
That name, as you know, was FENTON.
youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
That name, as you know, was FENTON.
youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fourteen years ago today, a dog in Richmond Park decided to enshrine his name into legend.
That name, as you know, was FENTON.
youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
That name, as you know, was FENTON.
youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
I look forward greatly to Donald Trump finally facing [remembers that this is 2025] absolutely no consequences whatsoever…
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I look forward greatly to Donald Trump finally facing [remembers that this is 2025] absolutely no consequences whatsoever…
I need one of those like I need a hole in my head.
This interesting-looking iron implement discovered at a Celtic site in Poland may have been a trepanation tool. 🧪🏺
2,300-year-old tool used for skull surgery unearthed at Celtic settlement in Poland
The uniquely shaped iron surgery implement dates to the fourth to third centuries B.C.
www.livescience.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I need one of those like I need a hole in my head.
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Join me, dear friends of BlueSky, in celebrating the 55th anniversary of the most American solution to a problem that has ever not been fully thunked through.
youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Join me, dear friends of BlueSky, in celebrating the 55th anniversary of the most American solution to a problem that has ever not been fully thunked through.
youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
“An aging Southern belle”…
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“An aging Southern belle”…
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Go on, go out and look
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Go on, go out and look