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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 2h

My favourite thing about MMA is that it feels like a peep inside a genuine office of the time.

Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 2h

I'd forgotten what an absolute banger the Juliet Bravo theme was. (Also, as a wean, I thought the character was called Juliet Bravo and couldn't figure out why people called her Kate.)

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 4h

In one episode of the second series of Stuff, the first five minutes consisted of what appeared to be an episode of Juliet Bravo, and really the only initial clue is that Juliet Bravo was never on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmX...

Alexei Sayle - Juliet Bravo Cold Open - Funny Comedy Sketch Spoof Satire - Stuff S02E05

YouTube video by Steve's Comedy & Vlogs

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 2h

Thank fuck I changed my seat on my flight, and therefore got an updated email, in which I happened to notice my flight is at SIX, not at seven. Considering my tendency to cut things a bit fine anyway (my lounge at T2 is terrible) that could have been horrifying.

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 11h

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 6h

It's the children of the young whippersnappers having grey hair that I object to.

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 11h

drinksbythedram.com/products/the...

The Rum Advent Calendar (2025)

Prepare to embark on a journey of discovery this December with Drinks by the Dram's Rum Advent Calendar. While a daily dose of chocolate to help keep track of the days until Christmas isn't a terrible...

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, I promised to show you something fun, didn’t I? This is the stack of paper required to *renew* an existing DLA award for a lifelong condition. Banana shown for scale.

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 11h

I do think that taking down AWS just so you can avoid a meeting is a bit extreme. Understandable, even admirable, but extreme.

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 11h

I'm currently re-reading Peter Wimsey. I have a tendency to just re-read the ones with Harriet Vane, so I haven't read some of them for a couple of years.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d

If I ask you how your little one is getting on, it's because I am genuinely interested, I just can't remember their name. Sorry.

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Jamie Beckwith @terriblezodin.bsky.social · 5d

After talking about it the other day so was able to find the Chief Supt Brownlow / American Werewolf in London meme!

A split 2 panel meme. The top panel shows actor Peter Ellis as a police officer in the movie An American Werewolf in London. The caption read: “1981: Fails to stop deadly foreign werewolf attack in central London, despite the werewolf attempting to surrender to him beforehand”

The bottom panel shows actor Peter Ellis as Chief Superintended Charles Brownlow in the TV series The Bill. The caption reads: “ 1984: Promoted to Chief Superintendent at Sun Hill police station. Share if you think this is a disgrace”

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.

Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure about next week, but my cat is the week after next.

A large brown tabby cat with white toesies and a white chin, curled up asleep. You can practically hear the snoring.

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 3d

Modern billionaires are weak. If I were a billionaire, I'd pay Roger Allam to read all my emails to me.

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 3d

FUCK, YES!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!

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Lena Lucretia Lamont @derryderrydown.bsky.social · 3d

Folks. Is the Pope... good?

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.