LoneChihuahua
@lonechihuahua.bsky.social
Video game nerd. Interested in pretty much everything. My dog is a scruffy little legend
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Grok thinks Elon Musk would win in a fight against Mike Tyson.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Grok thinks Elon Musk would win in a fight against Mike Tyson.
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I just want a government that is morally *better* than this.
People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I just want a government that is morally *better* than this.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
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While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
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Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
England's Covid wave recedes but is replaced by flu
Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics.
Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at...
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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*Optometrist hands person glasses* - “now, you wear them glasses AND YOU KEEP THEM GLASSES”
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
*Optometrist hands person glasses* - “now, you wear them glasses AND YOU KEEP THEM GLASSES”
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Thinking about this more - do you reckon every adult receiving child benefit is aware that their movements in and out of the country are being monitored?
I'm going to take a wild guess and say they are not, and that they are not going to love it when they find out.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say they are not, and that they are not going to love it when they find out.
Child benefit payments stopped based on incomplete data - people who went on holiday for short periods had payments stopped because travel data seemed to show they had left the country permanently, but they had done no such thing.
Tell me again how automation is seamless and efficient?
Tell me again how automation is seamless and efficient?
HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data
UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routes
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Thinking about this more - do you reckon every adult receiving child benefit is aware that their movements in and out of the country are being monitored?
I'm going to take a wild guess and say they are not, and that they are not going to love it when they find out.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say they are not, and that they are not going to love it when they find out.
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Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
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This is just 👌
Godfrey doing his Trump impression with Dr. Dre in the studio 🤣💀
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is just 👌
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The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.
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Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Experiment successful.
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Experiment successful.
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I was just in a Teams meeting with a colleague who'd just got a new standing desk and kept accidentally hitting the controls to change its height, and when she did she'd slowly vanish from the screen like she was in a lift and it really made my day 🤣🤣🤣
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I was just in a Teams meeting with a colleague who'd just got a new standing desk and kept accidentally hitting the controls to change its height, and when she did she'd slowly vanish from the screen like she was in a lift and it really made my day 🤣🤣🤣
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I'm really proud of Baby's Breath, and I don't care if it only makes pennies - I'd love you to read it
£1.99 this week only
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Brilliant from the first page"
"An insanely good book"
"A spectacularly satisfying thriller"
"Emotionally shattering, unputdowable"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
£1.99 this week only
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Brilliant from the first page"
"An insanely good book"
"A spectacularly satisfying thriller"
"Emotionally shattering, unputdowable"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm really proud of Baby's Breath, and I don't care if it only makes pennies - I'd love you to read it
£1.99 this week only
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Brilliant from the first page"
"An insanely good book"
"A spectacularly satisfying thriller"
"Emotionally shattering, unputdowable"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
£1.99 this week only
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Brilliant from the first page"
"An insanely good book"
"A spectacularly satisfying thriller"
"Emotionally shattering, unputdowable"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
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Reading in York next Wednesday, where I once worked for the Council. The visit has reminded me of this sign in Museum Gardens which apparently banned cycling while allowing you to injure young and old alike by way of recompense. The good management of municipal facilities is all about give and take.
September 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reading in York next Wednesday, where I once worked for the Council. The visit has reminded me of this sign in Museum Gardens which apparently banned cycling while allowing you to injure young and old alike by way of recompense. The good management of municipal facilities is all about give and take.
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The 16 Pantheon columns are solid granite and weigh 60 tons each. The columns were cut/shaped in Egypt, transported down the Nile, and up the Tiber to Rome by Hadrian. The builders expected 50 foot columns but received 40 foot ones, which is why the front doesn't match the outline on the building.
September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The 16 Pantheon columns are solid granite and weigh 60 tons each. The columns were cut/shaped in Egypt, transported down the Nile, and up the Tiber to Rome by Hadrian. The builders expected 50 foot columns but received 40 foot ones, which is why the front doesn't match the outline on the building.
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Baby's Breath ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9)
Just £3.99
"Brilliant from the first page"
"A perfect book"
"Absolutely outstanding"
"The tension was almost unbearable."
"Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!"
"An astonishingly accomplished crime novel"
"Fuck me, this book is good!"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
Just £3.99
"Brilliant from the first page"
"A perfect book"
"Absolutely outstanding"
"The tension was almost unbearable."
"Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!"
"An astonishingly accomplished crime novel"
"Fuck me, this book is good!"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Baby's Breath ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9)
Just £3.99
"Brilliant from the first page"
"A perfect book"
"Absolutely outstanding"
"The tension was almost unbearable."
"Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!"
"An astonishingly accomplished crime novel"
"Fuck me, this book is good!"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
Just £3.99
"Brilliant from the first page"
"A perfect book"
"Absolutely outstanding"
"The tension was almost unbearable."
"Wow! Just Wow! So good … What an ending!"
"An astonishingly accomplished crime novel"
"Fuck me, this book is good!"
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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Years ago (around 2008, maybe?) when I was a writer for a PlayStation magazine, we ran a competition to win the worst promo stuff we could find in the office. I had a lot of fun writing this copy. THOUSANDS of people entered.
July 27, 2023 at 9:55 AM
Years ago (around 2008, maybe?) when I was a writer for a PlayStation magazine, we ran a competition to win the worst promo stuff we could find in the office. I had a lot of fun writing this copy. THOUSANDS of people entered.