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@chompmancobra.bsky.social

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Winner: Scotland's Most Best Face (23/24 season) Icon: a smiling bearded man in a blue vest and white cap, a Mediterranean hillside behind Banner: a frosty winter scene from up a hill, a low sun shining between low cloud and a layer of mist

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Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 5h

What a waste of money and effort and Dave Bautista, who can act

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

I hope they get terrible kidney stones and just before the specialist is about to help them with their horrible kidney stones she finds out about the cringe AI Christopher Reeve superman garbage and tells them to get the fuck out and keep suffering

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

Good news, you can get two for the price of a proper mech

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

(there used to be pillars to hold it up, but they spoiled the view - and obviously you can't get rid of the roof, on the dohyo that was designed to be outside in the first place, hence the gaps in the mats to let the rain out, and is now inside an indoor arena anyway)

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

For instance, sumo is a sport but it's kind of sort of also a Shinto ritual. That's why they ring is purified after it's constructed, and you'll see the rikishi scatter salt to drive evil from the ring, and why the seven ton roof suspended from the ceiling looks a bit like a Shinto shrine

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

I realise this would mean upturning your entire life to address one relatively small issue, but the standard fish supper up here is haddock, it's the other fish that are specialty items, so obviously you should move to Scotland

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

There's a small herd of Sumo Likers on here and if any of us see someone express even the vague hint of an interest we'll bury them in facts before they can fully understand the danger

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

We can tell you a fuckton about sumo, far far more than you'll need or even want to know

Guy Boo! 👻 @guyroux.bsky.social · 1d

I know nothing about sumo but I'm more excited about the sumo coming to London than any basketball, baseball or NFL game they stage here 🇯🇵⛩️🎌🏯

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

Posh Cow Area
(no oiks in Subarus with dodgy silencers, no loud bass, no beeping your horn, it'll ruin the cream)

Clown Zone
(do not stop for any reason, keep your windows up in case of buckets of glitter)

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 6h

From the famous science fiction novel "For Fucks Sake Nobody Invent Ice-9"

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 7h

Not a cassoulet, just a sausage casserole with pretensions, but it's turned out cassoulesque and that'll do nicely.

A sausage and bean casserole, from which some of the water has deliberately been allowed to boil off for the last half hour, leaving a top layer of ever so slightly crispy beans

The sausage and beans on a plate: the beans look nice and moist but there's not much liquid, and we don't need a bowl

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 7h

It's the classic Bluesky history post:

bsky.app/profile/scal...

Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · Dec 8

every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships

cyber professional @permadeath.com · Dec 8

WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale

a chilling display of soft power

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 7h

Ah shit balls, the first time I've regretted not having a license

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 7h

I can pass the theory test right now without being able to drive or ever studying for it, it's all "should you go too fast when the roads are wet y/n" and "which of these people are legally allowed to direct traffic: police officer; lead trombonist; painter"

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 7h

I just love the idea of a big brass man wandering around the valleys, occasionally bellowing YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH like in that one song Tom Jones did, and occasionally quietly going "there's lovely" when he sees a hedgehog or something

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Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 2d

What's made of brass and sounds like Tom Jones?

The Llantrisant Golem

three spooks pam 🎃 @threesteakspam.bsky.social · Nov 24

what’s made of brass and sounds like tom jones

trombones

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 8h

The Reverse Guy Kelly

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 9h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 10h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11h

Big day for people who eat paint

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 14h

Microsoft launches new Windows features to help weave AI into regular Windows 11 PCs, including rolling out a "Hey, Copilot!" wake word and Copilot Vision (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 11h

It's pork scratching an itch I didn't know I had

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 11h

Any women worth their salt would love the Hamborghini. It is the opposite of a Cybertruck.

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 11h

She had the most dreadful constipation from a diet of gin and Worther's Originals

Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 11h

A story in three parts

A story in the parts

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 11h

Scotland's, and specifically Embra's, Shame

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

like basically everyone who works in software I embody this tweet and do not under any circumstances want to talk to my computer

Tweet from @PPathole

Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don’t recognize.

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 12h

You try eating a pound of incense and candles and washing it down with wine, and see how you feel