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@mnent.bsky.social
The best lack all conviction
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
...
Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
...
Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
Unlikely, but not unprecedented :)
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Unlikely, but not unprecedented :)
Indeed.
There's a few other gun-totin folk in Nigel's favoured American party that should also be looked into and all!
There's a few other gun-totin folk in Nigel's favoured American party that should also be looked into and all!
![Members of US Congress sport AR-15 lapel pins, bringing to mind Bill Hicks bit about Christians wearing Jesus' murder weapon, and whether Jackie Kennedy would have appreciated such emblems for JFK
"You know, kinda like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on, you know. “Thinkin’ of John, Jackie. We love him. Just tryin’ to keep that memory alive, baby.”
[Smacks his right forehead, and mimes the motion of Kennedy’s head] Back and to the left, back and to the left, back and to the left, back and to the left"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rdsml4zhypn5l6i7ryvw6w6r/bafkreid2euteawqq7yvko4ccgppxcyhgvmmdzq43gfz4xvwzjv26qmz7tu@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Indeed.
There's a few other gun-totin folk in Nigel's favoured American party that should also be looked into and all!
There's a few other gun-totin folk in Nigel's favoured American party that should also be looked into and all!
Alt text should read Wicker, of course
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Alt text should read Wicker, of course
You could call it the Grady trip, after the Wonder Boys
September 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
You could call it the Grady trip, after the Wonder Boys
In hindsight, he's positively Yarvinesque - shame, I used to enjoy Coast
August 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
In hindsight, he's positively Yarvinesque - shame, I used to enjoy Coast
Her hat at the opening of parliament was hardly a subtle hint.
August 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Her hat at the opening of parliament was hardly a subtle hint.
That would explain the (recently dropped) logo - though I could go a small pack to try first, before the barrel, if the logo is to scale - I know they used to set to sea with barrels of crackers called hard tack, but I thought that was like space food, not for home use!
August 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
That would explain the (recently dropped) logo - though I could go a small pack to try first, before the barrel, if the logo is to scale - I know they used to set to sea with barrels of crackers called hard tack, but I thought that was like space food, not for home use!
If only there were some clues that Slick Willie wasn't on the up and up, this whole case could have been let fade into obscurity
July 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If only there were some clues that Slick Willie wasn't on the up and up, this whole case could have been let fade into obscurity
I'm afraid Chat GPTs new precog crime unit tells me your had impure thoughts about Smurfette, and had considered what a glass of Smurf juice might taste of (Snozberries - it's always Snozberries)
July 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm afraid Chat GPTs new precog crime unit tells me your had impure thoughts about Smurfette, and had considered what a glass of Smurf juice might taste of (Snozberries - it's always Snozberries)
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Blue Man Group?
July 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Blue Man Group?
More than a passing resemblance to the great Robin Ince, imo
July 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
More than a passing resemblance to the great Robin Ince, imo
Yet in Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, the typical hard men were pimping their cars out in garish colours, a displacement from the type of self adornment of, say, the African Dandy Man culture
July 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yet in Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, the typical hard men were pimping their cars out in garish colours, a displacement from the type of self adornment of, say, the African Dandy Man culture
I can't see any difference in the colour of claret
July 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I can't see any difference in the colour of claret
The guardian reports today that short shorts are in fashion and searches for Speedos are up 47%
May 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The guardian reports today that short shorts are in fashion and searches for Speedos are up 47%
The Fire Festival accountant after revealing he had to go to some 'lengths' to secure water for the disaster zone
April 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The Fire Festival accountant after revealing he had to go to some 'lengths' to secure water for the disaster zone
To Muttley
Hanna Barbera's Muttley, characteristically trying to stifle a laugh at Dick Dastardly's expense
Hanna Barbera's Muttley, characteristically trying to stifle a laugh at Dick Dastardly's expense
April 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
To Muttley
Hanna Barbera's Muttley, characteristically trying to stifle a laugh at Dick Dastardly's expense
Hanna Barbera's Muttley, characteristically trying to stifle a laugh at Dick Dastardly's expense
I was obviously wrong in my working definition of hangdog, having looked it up to be sure, I had it as jowly, world weary, put-upon type of thing, but it seems it eminates from a feeling of guilt..
Will have to change my initial pick from Croz
Will have to change my initial pick from Croz
April 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I was obviously wrong in my working definition of hangdog, having looked it up to be sure, I had it as jowly, world weary, put-upon type of thing, but it seems it eminates from a feeling of guilt..
Will have to change my initial pick from Croz
Will have to change my initial pick from Croz
I'd like to see more portraits capturing their aura
April 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'd like to see more portraits capturing their aura
This guy passing by in his boat going 'they not like us'
March 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This guy passing by in his boat going 'they not like us'
Mike: just reporting the facts
February 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Mike: just reporting the facts
I hope I'll be distinguished enough looking to pull something like this off - will have to work on the facial hair
January 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I hope I'll be distinguished enough looking to pull something like this off - will have to work on the facial hair