Ed Martin
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Always worth reminding people that infant mortality was once so high that the 1911 census had this question in it, just right there on the page.
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Always worth reminding people that infant mortality was once so high that the 1911 census had this question in it, just right there on the page.
I don't know how to explain to Shabana Mahmood that the people she's empowering do not observe this distinction. She's oiling up the slippery slope not realising that at the bottom of it is a secret police squad waiting for her.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I don't know how to explain to Shabana Mahmood that the people she's empowering do not observe this distinction. She's oiling up the slippery slope not realising that at the bottom of it is a secret police squad waiting for her.
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My Dad knows nothing about folk horror but he knows how to take atmospheric photos.
My Dad knows nothing about folk horror but he knows how to take atmospheric photos.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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My Dad knows nothing about folk horror but he knows how to take atmospheric photos.
My Dad knows nothing about folk horror but he knows how to take atmospheric photos.
I love these old* newspaper adverts. It's just pure carnival barking. It's like the monorail episode of the Simpsons.
* 1904
* 1904
![SAVE YOUR SIGHT. ALFRED BURNETT (Freeman of the Worshipful Guild of Spectacle Makers London), of 451a Brixton Road (two doors from Electric Avenue) Will supply a pair of Spectacles or Eyeglasses for 1/= [large picture of shilling coin] to advertise his extraordinary method of testing the sight by actual opthalmoscopic examination. BE ASSURED that if Glasses will not benefit your case they will not be supplied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elyjjt2dcrozcmenrcirdkoz/bafkreidcurzmpnvslo6hc3ny4sq5ttshbfqn5p6cznd66zmy3m5ayajaoi@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I love these old* newspaper adverts. It's just pure carnival barking. It's like the monorail episode of the Simpsons.
* 1904
* 1904
I got a Dutch scam email the other day and I'm looking for constant excuses to post it everywhere.
July 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I got a Dutch scam email the other day and I'm looking for constant excuses to post it everywhere.
I received a Dutch-language scam email earlier and now I'm looking for any excuse to post it.
July 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I received a Dutch-language scam email earlier and now I'm looking for any excuse to post it.
Fun (horrifying) fact: the 1911 UK census asked respondents to tabulate their living and dead children.
July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fun (horrifying) fact: the 1911 UK census asked respondents to tabulate their living and dead children.
If anyone knows how to cool a classroom down then don't be a stranger.
June 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If anyone knows how to cool a classroom down then don't be a stranger.
Love it when the local news website undermines its own crappy clickbait headlines with its tags
June 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Love it when the local news website undermines its own crappy clickbait headlines with its tags
Not saying Cornwall is fiddly to travel to, but the blue line is one hour of travel and the orange line is three.
June 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Not saying Cornwall is fiddly to travel to, but the blue line is one hour of travel and the orange line is three.
I see the resemblance to be fair.
May 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I see the resemblance to be fair.
So help me, I'm hooked on Elite Dangerous again.
April 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So help me, I'm hooked on Elite Dangerous again.
Not one of his better known quotations but still an important one.
April 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Not one of his better known quotations but still an important one.
As if it wasn't bad enough that my train has been cancelled six times in nine days, Guildford Station has now outdone itself by scheduling two trains to arrive at the same platform simultaneously.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 PM
As if it wasn't bad enough that my train has been cancelled six times in nine days, Guildford Station has now outdone itself by scheduling two trains to arrive at the same platform simultaneously.
I'm a certified 'Bluesky elder', apparently.
September 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I'm a certified 'Bluesky elder', apparently.
Armistice time is a good time to post this Night Watch quotation.
November 11, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Armistice time is a good time to post this Night Watch quotation.
The problem with this "condemn one side, condemn the other" stance is that the EDL thugs are there with the implicit support of the Home Secretary.
November 11, 2023 at 8:41 PM
The problem with this "condemn one side, condemn the other" stance is that the EDL thugs are there with the implicit support of the Home Secretary.
I always thought this XKCD comic was one of the subtlest and loveliest tributes to Terry Pratchett after he died. xkcd.com/1498/
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September 24, 2023 at 2:14 PM
I always thought this XKCD comic was one of the subtlest and loveliest tributes to Terry Pratchett after he died. xkcd.com/1498/
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