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Lummox. Used to be a cat. Blue Plaque loony and sometime bass guitarist. E17 parkrun most Saturdays, porkrun nearer the truth to be honest (he/him) was @spudgun67 on the bad place☮️📤
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The Ladykillers was released on Dec 8th 1955, so turns 70 this week.

Here’s John Finnemore celebrating Alec Guinness’ gang of Ealing ne’erdowells…

pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Advent bird No. 1

Wren

Scientific name: Troglodytes troglodytes

Alternative name: Tiny Shouter

Finnish name: peukaloinen

Song: tsib-a-tsab-a-tsoo-diddy-dabble-iddy-wodda-tsipp-a-brrrrr-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip—tjop-tsrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—-ts’tjupp-tjupp-tjupp-tjupp
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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'Adult male Alpine Ibex (Steinbock or mountain goat) on a chimney at Merlet Park, Les Houches, France'
Unknown photographer
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Just been reminded of this heartwarming picture of a rabbit and an eagle. Morning all
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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My daughter left her Spotify account logged in on our TV while she did her DofE expedition back in April, so I did what any self-respecting dad would do. Payoff finally came today.
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I demand everyone stop what you're doing and watch this right now.

youtu.be/5fjRoYGqtEM
December 13, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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So for those keeping track, that means Canada will join the EU's defence procurement scheme, but the UK won't.

It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
Canada clinches deal to join Europe’s €150B defense scheme
The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Very good doc on the costs of water privatisation: Thatcherite dogma to produce the only privatised water in the world. The Cornwall water scandal saw 20,000 people poisoned as they cut-costs pre-sell-off & then covered it up to aid privatisation. #PoisonWater
www.ft.com/content/ac11...
Poison Water tells the horrifying tale of Britain’s worst mass poisoning — TV review
Gripping BBC documentary unravels the events that led to a catastrophic accident in 1988
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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“Moose, Rocco, help the Judge find his checkbook!
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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“I’d like the most Yorkshire quote you can get.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath

Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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It's well known that pigs can't look up.

But what if there's a direction us humans can't look in? Maybe there's a whole world just off to one side that we'll never know about. That would certainly explain where my tuppwear lids are.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Apropos of nothing; some freshly blow dried cows
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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So folks become more honorable when Batman is standing in the room

Public policy talking heads on Bluesky...

Discuss this plz
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT THIS UP??? IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND THEY *USED* IT???
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM