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In happier memories from this time: this is why we have nicknamed one of our cats "Ed Miliband"
Four black and white kittens are intently looking at something off camera. A doleful adult ginger cat ("Ed Miliband") looks at them through the window of an internal door
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
Immediately thought of this. Doubling down on lectures now, presumably
Thread from Twitter: @enrico221960 As a Kenyan official put it: Every time China visits we get a hospital, every time Britain visits we get a lecture. @MarkSeddon1962 Maybe, but how will Kenya be obliged to pay this investment back? No such thing as a free hospital? @stillreezy here comes the lecture lol
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
They have amusingly pre-empted that line
“My life is embarrassingly simple,” she says. “ We don’t have a television so I don’t pay for a TV licence, Netflix or any of that. If we watch something, it’s on YouTube or we rent library DVDs. “The heating goes on twice a day to warm the flat to 18.5 degrees. It’s terribly cold at times, but we try to use the principle of heating the person rather than the space. “I don’t have a mobile phone contract. I use pay-as-you-go because it costs me £5.60 per month. I’ve had the same phone for the past eight years. It’s a pain because now it’s really slow and there are certain websites you cannot open any more. But that’s life.” The most valuable things Monica owns are her 10-year-old computer which she worries she cannot afford to replace and their second-hand car which she uses in the summer holidays to go hiking with her children.
January 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
I enjoy the Godot-like quality of this bit
AB: "You could do it tomorrow?" NO: "We absolutely could" AB: "Are you going to do it tomorrow?" NO: "We're not going to do it tomorrow"
October 30, 2024 at 11:08 AM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
Working on Nyarlathotep and his disciples at the moment. But finding the crawling chaos himself quite slow going
October 10, 2024 at 3:42 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
The local council's advice on picking up litter in Salisbury is (still) basically "don't"
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/article/5936...
Screenshot from Wiltshire County Council website advising readers not to pick up litter in Salisbury. "litter picks in the Salisbury area are not encouraged [...] if you didn't drop it, then don't pick it up"
June 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
It reminds me of the early internet site "i can eat glass", which had a brilliant raison d'etre
Screenshot from the Wikipedia page for "I can eat glass" As Mollick explained, visitors to a foreign country have "an irresistible urge" to say something in that language, and whatever they say (a cited example being along the lines of "Where is the bathroom?") usually marks them as tourists immediately. Saying "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me", however, ensures that the speaker "will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect".
November 15, 2023 at 3:09 PM
xenmonkey.bsky.social
Thanks FullFact!
A screenshot from fullfact.org Headline: Google snippets falsely claimed eating glass has health benefits 15 NOVEMBER 2023 WHAT WAS CLAIMED Eating glass has health benefits. For example, it can “aid in weight loss”. OUR VERDICT This is not true. Eating glass is potentially dangerous.
November 15, 2023 at 3:06 PM