Left of the Dial
@lotd.bsky.social
Just moved over from the other place and settling in. No idea which box I packed the spoons in.
Even if 'Your Party' were to ideologically fit you like a glove, you'd have to be having some serious doubts about their ability to organise a proverbial piss-up in a brewery (and even more doubts that they could do it without breaking out into petty factionalism)
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Even if 'Your Party' were to ideologically fit you like a glove, you'd have to be having some serious doubts about their ability to organise a proverbial piss-up in a brewery (and even more doubts that they could do it without breaking out into petty factionalism)
Nothing wrong with having a primary and a secondary (or tertiary, quarternary, quinary and more). Just know that from the snippets you've posted, wherever you rank guitar - it's pretty damn good.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Nothing wrong with having a primary and a secondary (or tertiary, quarternary, quinary and more). Just know that from the snippets you've posted, wherever you rank guitar - it's pretty damn good.
I agree that arbitrarily combining the two is gimmicky, but I've also seen a few vids you've posted of your guitar playing, which, like the paintings, is also excellent. An occasional bit of guitar along the way is a treat to be savoured, and never unwelcome.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I agree that arbitrarily combining the two is gimmicky, but I've also seen a few vids you've posted of your guitar playing, which, like the paintings, is also excellent. An occasional bit of guitar along the way is a treat to be savoured, and never unwelcome.
"He says the BBC committed election interference. Do you understand why he's saying that?"
Yes - it's because he's a shameless opportunist and outrageous hypocrite. Next question.
Yes - it's because he's a shameless opportunist and outrageous hypocrite. Next question.
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"He says the BBC committed election interference. Do you understand why he's saying that?"
Yes - it's because he's a shameless opportunist and outrageous hypocrite. Next question.
Yes - it's because he's a shameless opportunist and outrageous hypocrite. Next question.
For the life of me, I can't see why this Trump thing is what seems to have precipitated matters. We've all seen footage from Jan 6 and despite the fact he didn't say those two particular lines back to back, there's zero doubt that he was the driving force behind what happened that day.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For the life of me, I can't see why this Trump thing is what seems to have precipitated matters. We've all seen footage from Jan 6 and despite the fact he didn't say those two particular lines back to back, there's zero doubt that he was the driving force behind what happened that day.
"It should have been over in a week... My good buddy, Vlad, should have blitzed them all and taken Kyiv within a few days, but somehow those pesky Ukrainians are still fighting! With all these damn sanctions in place, I can't start work on a Trump tower in Moscow or get my hands on oligarch cash"
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"It should have been over in a week... My good buddy, Vlad, should have blitzed them all and taken Kyiv within a few days, but somehow those pesky Ukrainians are still fighting! With all these damn sanctions in place, I can't start work on a Trump tower in Moscow or get my hands on oligarch cash"
Thanks for the listening ear too 👍
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thanks for the listening ear too 👍
Regrettably, I'm all too familiar with depression and I can rule that out. The wolf is currently in the woods - no doubt he'll return to follow me about at some point, but not today.
I clearly need to do some reading 🤔
I clearly need to do some reading 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Regrettably, I'm all too familiar with depression and I can rule that out. The wolf is currently in the woods - no doubt he'll return to follow me about at some point, but not today.
I clearly need to do some reading 🤔
I clearly need to do some reading 🤔
NGL, this has been a somewhat unexpected glance of my reflection in someone else's mirror. Hadn't really considered the possibility before 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
NGL, this has been a somewhat unexpected glance of my reflection in someone else's mirror. Hadn't really considered the possibility before 🤔
Very much option A
I know what I need to do,
I know that I really *need* to do it,
I can see all the benefits it would bring to do it.
So why aren't I doing it?
It's like there are two me's. One isn't doing the thing, the second is watching & tearing their hair out at the first not doing the thing
I know what I need to do,
I know that I really *need* to do it,
I can see all the benefits it would bring to do it.
So why aren't I doing it?
It's like there are two me's. One isn't doing the thing, the second is watching & tearing their hair out at the first not doing the thing
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Very much option A
I know what I need to do,
I know that I really *need* to do it,
I can see all the benefits it would bring to do it.
So why aren't I doing it?
It's like there are two me's. One isn't doing the thing, the second is watching & tearing their hair out at the first not doing the thing
I know what I need to do,
I know that I really *need* to do it,
I can see all the benefits it would bring to do it.
So why aren't I doing it?
It's like there are two me's. One isn't doing the thing, the second is watching & tearing their hair out at the first not doing the thing
Errrr, what? This is a thing?
I've never even thought of myself as ADHD, but this is a behaviour I've had for an absurdly long time and I absolutely recognise myself in said post.
Hmmmm 🤔
I've never even thought of myself as ADHD, but this is a behaviour I've had for an absurdly long time and I absolutely recognise myself in said post.
Hmmmm 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Errrr, what? This is a thing?
I've never even thought of myself as ADHD, but this is a behaviour I've had for an absurdly long time and I absolutely recognise myself in said post.
Hmmmm 🤔
I've never even thought of myself as ADHD, but this is a behaviour I've had for an absurdly long time and I absolutely recognise myself in said post.
Hmmmm 🤔
These are fantastic 😍
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
These are fantastic 😍
Sometimes, the algorithm delivers
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sometimes, the algorithm delivers
What a racist little weasel.
Reform-types get very animated about VAWG when the perpetrators are non-white, and the victims are white. Anything else though and they couldn't give a shit.
Reform-types get very animated about VAWG when the perpetrators are non-white, and the victims are white. Anything else though and they couldn't give a shit.
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What a racist little weasel.
Reform-types get very animated about VAWG when the perpetrators are non-white, and the victims are white. Anything else though and they couldn't give a shit.
Reform-types get very animated about VAWG when the perpetrators are non-white, and the victims are white. Anything else though and they couldn't give a shit.
Hazardous indeed (and a likely breach of legislation regarding indoor smoking).
Best avoid theatres for December/January, just to be safe.
Best avoid theatres for December/January, just to be safe.
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Hazardous indeed (and a likely breach of legislation regarding indoor smoking).
Best avoid theatres for December/January, just to be safe.
Best avoid theatres for December/January, just to be safe.
Overall though, the nostalgia for Victoriana is something I just don't get. Especially around Christmas where I ,often feel we're trapped in some collective Dickensian, Christmas Carol-esque fantasy that refuses to ever truly die - the past as something we just can't wake up from?
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Overall though, the nostalgia for Victoriana is something I just don't get. Especially around Christmas where I ,often feel we're trapped in some collective Dickensian, Christmas Carol-esque fantasy that refuses to ever truly die - the past as something we just can't wake up from?
I have a love/hate thing happening on this. I *loathe* all the old music hall songs, but I'm involved in a lot of Am Dram these days, and my gateway into that was playing bass for a village panto. Obviously panto is music hall through and through, but it's also great fun.
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I have a love/hate thing happening on this. I *loathe* all the old music hall songs, but I'm involved in a lot of Am Dram these days, and my gateway into that was playing bass for a village panto. Obviously panto is music hall through and through, but it's also great fun.
Look, the man misses his friend (who happens to be a dictator) alright?
He clearly just wants to hang, chat about the old times, and pick up tips on how to crush dissent at home even more ruthlessly. What's wrong with that?
He clearly just wants to hang, chat about the old times, and pick up tips on how to crush dissent at home even more ruthlessly. What's wrong with that?
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Look, the man misses his friend (who happens to be a dictator) alright?
He clearly just wants to hang, chat about the old times, and pick up tips on how to crush dissent at home even more ruthlessly. What's wrong with that?
He clearly just wants to hang, chat about the old times, and pick up tips on how to crush dissent at home even more ruthlessly. What's wrong with that?
I'm from Wolverhampton originally, but live in Surrey these days. I have to routinely insist to colleagues that the Midlands exists, and it isn't just 'the North' as soon as you go past Watford.
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm from Wolverhampton originally, but live in Surrey these days. I have to routinely insist to colleagues that the Midlands exists, and it isn't just 'the North' as soon as you go past Watford.
Same reason why there are companies pushing driverless cars I guess? People working in the service industries give the people running these companies the ick, and they'd rather not have to deal with their fellow humans. Because they think that way, they assume that all of the rest of us must do too.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Same reason why there are companies pushing driverless cars I guess? People working in the service industries give the people running these companies the ick, and they'd rather not have to deal with their fellow humans. Because they think that way, they assume that all of the rest of us must do too.
That feeling when you're late for battle and have to run out the door only half armoured-up.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That feeling when you're late for battle and have to run out the door only half armoured-up.