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@bobappleyard.bsky.social

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reject states, markets and other gods embrace your neighbours, your families, your futures bi/pan he/him

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Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · Mar 26

the woodcraft folk envoy

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 17m

come in five minutes? how erotic is frank sinatra?

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 1h

when i was 35 someone saw a picture of me when i was 20 and said "damn you used to be sexy"

and well, yeah, great. thanks

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 2h

in a way you have to admire her efficiency. it took murdoch years to trash the times. apparently it's taken weiss a few days

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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 2h

Historian @davidolusoga.bsky.social shares the forgotten stories of Black Britain in this week’s free film on Hay Festival Anytime, part of our #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight.

Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/anytime

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Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 2h

you've convinced me

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 2h

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 3h

nobody knows anything, but at least i know that i know nothing

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 4h

in general, software expands in capabilities as the version increases

so documentation that is behind is accurate if incomplete

whereas documentation that is ahead is wrong and gets my hopes up

so i say ahead

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 5h

you could probably do a poppy/iron cross mashup that works. the aesthetics are compatible

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 5h

this is relatively unusual in that there's some follow-up

it seems like the media environment right now is encouraging this waffling inanity because there's no (or very little) follow up from the journalists

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 8h

right, and you only need 1/5 of the population to show up

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 8h

the british electoral system is so fucked that it might be enough to win

e.g. the current government has 63.2% of the seats in parliament with 19.2% of the general public's support

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Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 8h

state of my life, i saw that post and thought "i reckon i can beat it"

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Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 8h

at least your animal moves

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Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 10h

yeah a fundamental aspect of the mindset is that all the atrocities they commit are necessary retaliations that they are pushed to by their enemies

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