The Grim Squeaker 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦
@thegrimsqueaker.bsky.social
Proud South Londoner, exile FROM Coldharbour Lane & lifelong Chelsea supporter. Lover of eclectic music. Very eclectic.
History buff, Plantagenet, Tudors & C20 Europe.
Slava Ukraini
No DMs, thank you
History buff, Plantagenet, Tudors & C20 Europe.
Slava Ukraini
No DMs, thank you
The shortlist was down to two, the tub of lard failed to make the cut.
July 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The shortlist was down to two, the tub of lard failed to make the cut.
A voice that is sadly missed.
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A voice that is sadly missed.
Is it just me, or do all the lawyers, currently appearing for their confirmation, look like Mr Slant* from the Discworld novels?
* Mr Slant is the foremost lawyer in the Discworld. He is also a zombie, which means has accumulated decades of experience.
* Mr Slant is the foremost lawyer in the Discworld. He is also a zombie, which means has accumulated decades of experience.
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Is it just me, or do all the lawyers, currently appearing for their confirmation, look like Mr Slant* from the Discworld novels?
* Mr Slant is the foremost lawyer in the Discworld. He is also a zombie, which means has accumulated decades of experience.
* Mr Slant is the foremost lawyer in the Discworld. He is also a zombie, which means has accumulated decades of experience.
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Barack Obama are all Nobel Peace Prize laureates*. Donald J. Trump will never receive that honour.
* Mind you, so was Henry Kissinger.
* Mind you, so was Henry Kissinger.
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Barack Obama are all Nobel Peace Prize laureates*. Donald J. Trump will never receive that honour.
* Mind you, so was Henry Kissinger.
* Mind you, so was Henry Kissinger.
Janey Godley was so, so right. Thank you, Janey, your voice is missed.
June 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Janey Godley was so, so right. Thank you, Janey, your voice is missed.
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Viennetta
June 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Viennetta
The late, great Janey Godley called it right.
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The late, great Janey Godley called it right.
Let's be honest, at least some of these ICE 'agents' know all about starting trouble, they did it on January 6th 2020.
June 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Let's be honest, at least some of these ICE 'agents' know all about starting trouble, they did it on January 6th 2020.
Howard Lutnik's plan to deal with the banana shortage is revealed.
June 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Howard Lutnik's plan to deal with the banana shortage is revealed.
Thank you @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, it was a real treat to see Mon Oncle once more. A gentle film, beautifully shot & quintessentially French.
#JacquesTati #MonsieurHulot
#JacquesTati #MonsieurHulot
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thank you @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, it was a real treat to see Mon Oncle once more. A gentle film, beautifully shot & quintessentially French.
#JacquesTati #MonsieurHulot
#JacquesTati #MonsieurHulot
And May 25th is also the equally wonderful Douglas Adams, who gave us The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is, of course, Towel Day.
Why Towel Day? A towel, [according to the Guide to the Galaxy] is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
DON'T PANIC!
Why Towel Day? A towel, [according to the Guide to the Galaxy] is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
DON'T PANIC!
May 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And May 25th is also the equally wonderful Douglas Adams, who gave us The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is, of course, Towel Day.
Why Towel Day? A towel, [according to the Guide to the Galaxy] is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
DON'T PANIC!
Why Towel Day? A towel, [according to the Guide to the Galaxy] is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
DON'T PANIC!
It's May 25th, time to remember the events of the Glorious Revoltion of Treacle Mine Road. And, of course to remember Sir Terry Pratchett.
"All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
They rise heads up, heads up high"
"All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
They rise heads up, heads up high"
May 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's May 25th, time to remember the events of the Glorious Revoltion of Treacle Mine Road. And, of course to remember Sir Terry Pratchett.
"All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
They rise heads up, heads up high"
"All the little angels rise up, rise up.
All the little angels rise up high!
How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
They rise heads up, heads up high"
A very interesting article, as ever. Thank you.
MacArthur gained the nickname "Dugout Doug". There was even a song to go with it.
MacArthur gained the nickname "Dugout Doug". There was even a song to go with it.
May 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A very interesting article, as ever. Thank you.
MacArthur gained the nickname "Dugout Doug". There was even a song to go with it.
MacArthur gained the nickname "Dugout Doug". There was even a song to go with it.
It seems somebody liked your advice.
May 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It seems somebody liked your advice.
A set of rather wonderful fingerpost road signs, possibly 1940s, seen at a junction close to Chatham Station.
May 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A set of rather wonderful fingerpost road signs, possibly 1940s, seen at a junction close to Chatham Station.
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
"Silent Running" is a US 1972 environmentally-themed sci-fi film, perhaps even more relevant today. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull & starred Bruce Dern in his best role ever. IMO.
"Silent Running" is a US 1972 environmentally-themed sci-fi film, perhaps even more relevant today. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull & starred Bruce Dern in his best role ever. IMO.
May 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
"Silent Running" is a US 1972 environmentally-themed sci-fi film, perhaps even more relevant today. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull & starred Bruce Dern in his best role ever. IMO.
"Silent Running" is a US 1972 environmentally-themed sci-fi film, perhaps even more relevant today. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull & starred Bruce Dern in his best role ever. IMO.
FINALLY found time to hang my rather lovely pictures. Thank you @ciaraioch.bsky.social, you rock!
(Now I need to buy frames for the two new ones 😆)
(Now I need to buy frames for the two new ones 😆)
May 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
FINALLY found time to hang my rather lovely pictures. Thank you @ciaraioch.bsky.social, you rock!
(Now I need to buy frames for the two new ones 😆)
(Now I need to buy frames for the two new ones 😆)
Any excuse.
May 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Any excuse.
Does anybody know if there are any airshows and/or other such events, in the Kent area. I've got one of the Summit Aviation Skyvans flying around, I know they're based out of Brize Norton for parachuting purposes.
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Does anybody know if there are any airshows and/or other such events, in the Kent area. I've got one of the Summit Aviation Skyvans flying around, I know they're based out of Brize Norton for parachuting purposes.
Today is World Donkey Day. Trump has celebrated with his inimitable style.
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today is World Donkey Day. Trump has celebrated with his inimitable style.
This is serious, they've got experience in flying jets.
May 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is serious, they've got experience in flying jets.
And that is why I always go to the National Portrait Gallery & not the National. Better class of people at the NPG.
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And that is why I always go to the National Portrait Gallery & not the National. Better class of people at the NPG.
As beautifully illustrated by the supremely talented (feared by rich farmers throught Ireland), @ciaraioch.bsky.social.
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
As beautifully illustrated by the supremely talented (feared by rich farmers throught Ireland), @ciaraioch.bsky.social.
Frothing seems to be endemic amongst that side of the community. I remember, a good few years back, the BNP doing a "we don't want them Poles/Czechs etc" leaflet, illustrating it with the quintessentially British Spitfire of the BBMF ...... in the markings of 303 (Polish) Squadron!
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Frothing seems to be endemic amongst that side of the community. I remember, a good few years back, the BNP doing a "we don't want them Poles/Czechs etc" leaflet, illustrating it with the quintessentially British Spitfire of the BBMF ...... in the markings of 303 (Polish) Squadron!