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DepressedClown

@lizardunicorn.bsky.social

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VFX artist. Unqualified opinions about everything and nothing. SE London. Posts a lot of photos. COYG. 📷: Fujifilm X-S20 (or my mobile).

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · Feb 4

Nobody thought right-wing techbro libertarianism would be the system yet to be born, but here we are.

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 2h

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1h

Not necessarily. The young ones aren't familiar with email, as they prefer chat clients.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 4h

Fasham in Kent must be a very nice place to live. They even do parades with Nazis on tanks driving round the streets at night.

Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 8h

The French want our history.
The Greeks want our history.
The Spanish want our history.
Everyone wants our bleedin’ history.
😡
That’s why I put up our flag.
I don’t want to be erased.

A logical, well thought out argument for why we should all fly our flag with pride!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

Careful, or they might re-activate Raoul Ruparel or Patrick Minford.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

There are still people who pay him loads of money for his 'expertise'.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

Why can't we just call it cinnamon?

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

The truth about the Spectator's racist readership.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

Some of them want a good job in the private sector after their political career. They don't want to burn any bridges.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

Today, on the train, a Brazilian grandma played very loud accordion music over her phone speakers. I was more flummoxed than annoyed and found it fascinating at the same time.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

The modern frozen food industry was invented by a guy called Clarence Birdseye.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

The different interacting layers of conspiracy theories are also fascinating. This is from a Facebook group.

Far right gobbledygook and conspiracy theories.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

I'd organize annual surfball tournaments at the O2. A 21st-century sport, that will have an especial appeal to young people, invented by Peter Mandelson.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is probably one of the reasons for the slow death of centre-right politics. Their economic theories have been tried and didn't improve most people's lives. All that's left is bashing immigrants and talking about crime, emboldening the far-right who's currently eating the old centre-right.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

probably never been before to stand on a sidewalk opposite a hotel. Until it gets dark and cold and you go back home. A weekend well spent. Incredible.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

They talked to each other, repeating a litany of far-right talking points. On the other side of the street was a hotel, protected by temporary fencing panels and a few police officers.
Imagine spending your Sunday like this. Getting on a train to London, to a part of London they have

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

Today I went for an afternoon walk around Canary Wharf. An odd place, made even stranger by the flags some "patriots" had attached haphazardly to lampposts. They stood in a group of about 20 people, opposite a hotel. They didn't even have banners or anything. They just stood there in discontent.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

It must be FIFA Soccer. Must be!

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

The print copy of @renewaljournal.bsky.social looks amazing. Really like the design.

A red magazine, Renewal, on a ceramic hob. The latter is turned off.

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DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 3d

Lambeth again. Fucking ghouls.
'I joined the Labour party, so I can be cruel to people because means testing is my religion'

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 3d

Living in a large city, surrounded by various places within walking distance where I could buy food, I always struggled with the appeal of Deliveroo.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 3d

Blimey, it's that time of year again when my circadian rhythm is completely ff'ed by the early darkness.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

I heard similar rumours. Here in the UK, they use subsidiaries, like BooHoo Man.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

An old pump, Chatham Historic Dockyard.

#photography

A pump emitting water, the water sprays a bit. Industrial bric-a-brac.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

I just saw Tilly Norwood in Catford. She was doing crack with the locals at the car park behind Halfords.

DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

Free beer, and some warm-up cocaine for anyone with a face tattoo.