If anything, that map perhaps serves as much as anything as a reminder that present day borders are not necessarily former borders. These former German territories in black were also on the losing side of both World Wars:
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If anything, that map perhaps serves as much as anything as a reminder that present day borders are not necessarily former borders. These former German territories in black were also on the losing side of both World Wars:
I’m not so sure about that. Just like many of us in the UK, her ancestry was from many different parts of Europe.
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I’m not so sure about that. Just like many of us in the UK, her ancestry was from many different parts of Europe.
Nebraska? Ah, •now• it all becomes clear…
If you have absolutely no chance of ever seeing the sea, write software in your spare time instead… 🤔
(The internet thanks you gratefully, even if sadly nobody else does 🫡)
If you have absolutely no chance of ever seeing the sea, write software in your spare time instead… 🤔
(The internet thanks you gratefully, even if sadly nobody else does 🫡)
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Nebraska? Ah, •now• it all becomes clear…
If you have absolutely no chance of ever seeing the sea, write software in your spare time instead… 🤔
(The internet thanks you gratefully, even if sadly nobody else does 🫡)
If you have absolutely no chance of ever seeing the sea, write software in your spare time instead… 🤔
(The internet thanks you gratefully, even if sadly nobody else does 🫡)
Thatcher certainly did a lot of bad things, absolutely not least in not providing retraining for the workers in the industries that she caused to be shut down or offshored, but at least in one regard she was better than the omnishambles Cameron-May-Johnson-Lettuce hydra of horrors…
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thatcher certainly did a lot of bad things, absolutely not least in not providing retraining for the workers in the industries that she caused to be shut down or offshored, but at least in one regard she was better than the omnishambles Cameron-May-Johnson-Lettuce hydra of horrors…
An excellent idea, go dogging…
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An excellent idea, go dogging…
10 October is World Mental Health Day: important as it recognises that many of us can suffer from poor #MentalHealth or #MentalWellbeing from time to time, and that •it's OK• to speak out for help. But too many MH orgs still only use certain toxic social networks that are bad for our wellbeing: why?
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
10 October is World Mental Health Day: important as it recognises that many of us can suffer from poor #MentalHealth or #MentalWellbeing from time to time, and that •it's OK• to speak out for help. But too many MH orgs still only use certain toxic social networks that are bad for our wellbeing: why?