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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 31m

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Brian Skene @thedecor85.bsky.social · 1h

Does anyone play or know someone that plays bowls in Aberdeen ? I have 4 sets free to a good home.
They look in excellent condition, have photos if more info needed.

Shares appreciated.

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 17m

I need an odd job person who can lay flooring, wire in new lights and not charge me ONE MILLION POUNDS for the privilege.

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 19m

I was on a tour of the silver mines, part of the fun was making a bomb from stuff we picked up at market stalls.

Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 44m

Super-easy. Takes seconds.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 6h

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1h

Post you from a different era.

Potosí, Bolivia. Yes that is a bomb.

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Papaya
Black Swan
The King of Rock n Roll

Sumarumi @sumarumi.bsky.social · 1h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Coriander
Slumdog Millionaire
Mull of Kintyre

HappyMouffetard @happymouffetard.bsky.social · 1h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Baked beans
Requiem for a dream
True by Spandau Ballet

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 6h

The window cleaner’s dog once got a treat here. Now she pops by whenever she’s in the neighbourhood.

Small black dog (patterdale terrier?) lurking in my kitchen.

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 7h

This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 1d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 1d

Papa Smurf wears a Phrygian cap, most often associated with the French Revolution, indicating Smurf Village had a monarchy it has since overthrown. This makes Papa Smurf, de facto head of state post-revolution, akin to Robespierre. In this essay I will —

An image of Papa Smurf, a small blue man with a white beard. He’s wearing red trousers that lead into shoes and a red cap that slouches forward.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 2d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 23h

I want to read all of them!

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 23h

Whut? #Strictly

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of my books of the year. Superb.

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 2d

SPECIAL SIGNED INDIE BOOKSHOP editions of "No Friend To This House", the new novel by the brilliant Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social

Sprayed edges, signed and very special indeed!

You can order a copy HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

A sideview of the book showing the gorgeous sprayed edges.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 2d

SPECIAL SIGNED INDIE BOOKSHOP editions of "No Friend To This House", the new novel by the brilliant Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social

Sprayed edges, signed and very special indeed!

You can order a copy HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaah, Hamza will make it better. #HamzasHiddenWildIsles

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 1d

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

If any of you would like to pop around tomorrow and braise some sausages and caramelised onions in cider and mustard for me that would be great.

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

If I were to stop and think about how incredibly tired I am I would never move again. #carer

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 1d

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

This is a banging novel just waiting to happen.

Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 1d

This is the coolest thing I have ever heard

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 1d

This is the coolest thing I have ever heard

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 1d

The sheer LUXURY of knowing I don’t have to leave the house at all today because I put the bins out yesterday.

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