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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 19h

And my acts!

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 20h

They're frit.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 2d

Photographer Mustafa Ozturk. Mersin, Turkey.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 2d

His weirdly long left arm must have been the clinching factor.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

The Ferry - wood engraving by George Mackley, 1951

several boats, a boat house and a large impressive house higher up on the land

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine real-time relationship advice from MUSK.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful thread. Maybe there is hope for humanity after all.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d

My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com

Title: Where writers really get their ideas.

A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying:
"I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 3d

Years of watching Poirot means I now have a Pavlovian response to the sight of a walk-in bath. It signifies the start and end of the adverts, and so I automatically reach for the mute button.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

Farage is a carnivorous tampon.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

That's a very fair point.

I suppose I'm also holding on to a hope in renewable energy, given that it's developed far faster than people thought.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

He looks like someone has slightly inflated Terry Wogan with a bicycle pump.

Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not religious but I've realised I have faith that the state of the world will improve.

And it IS faith, because I have no logical reason to suppose it's true.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not saying Katya's a Russian princess, but she bought some caviar and DROPPED SOME ON THE FLOOR.

Two little orange caviar eggs on the floor.

Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

Mel Stride.

... But he hasn't succeeded.

(I'll get me coat.)

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

Unsolicited ... Oh, you know the rest.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 4d

Trump cruelly overlooked yet again.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

Beat me to it.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

I see - thank you!

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

And of course his beautiful poetry.

Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

I haven't seen it for years and was planning a re-watch. Is there anything I should be wary of?

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

No no, you're looking at it the wrong way. Parking is reserved for happy frogs.

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

How soon is now?

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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder what other emotions they might display.

While my guitar smugly smirks.

While my guitar hysterically laughs.

While my guitar primarily screams.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 5d

Respect to George Harrison. If my guitar gently wept I would freak out.

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