James
@derpjames.bsky.social
History, Homebrew, and cHristianity (but clearly not alliteration). Here to learn and explore.
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🚨BREAKING: Greenpeace Luxembourg activists have delivered a message to Amazon on their European headquarters.
Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😡
Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😡
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: Greenpeace Luxembourg activists have delivered a message to Amazon on their European headquarters.
Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😡
Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😡
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Oh word?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_an...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_an...
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Oh word?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_an...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_an...
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Little Mari found a Turkey friend to cuddle
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Little Mari found a Turkey friend to cuddle
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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"The Church of England has long called for this change, and we believe in the equal and unsurpassable worth of every child."
The Bishop of Leicester responds to the end of the two-child benefit cap announced in the Budget this afternoon.
The Bishop of Leicester responds to the end of the two-child benefit cap announced in the Budget this afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"The Church of England has long called for this change, and we believe in the equal and unsurpassable worth of every child."
The Bishop of Leicester responds to the end of the two-child benefit cap announced in the Budget this afternoon.
The Bishop of Leicester responds to the end of the two-child benefit cap announced in the Budget this afternoon.
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Worth a shot I guess 😓
If you could vote on this, I'd really appreciate it 👉👈
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31023...
If you could vote on this, I'd really appreciate it 👉👈
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31023...
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Worth a shot I guess 😓
If you could vote on this, I'd really appreciate it 👉👈
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31023...
If you could vote on this, I'd really appreciate it 👉👈
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31023...
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
I want to be able to mark emails neither read nor unread, but another, secret third thing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
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The top two posts on my Instagram feed are from two Labour cabinet ministers and are slightly different in tone, approach, and engagement.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The top two posts on my Instagram feed are from two Labour cabinet ministers and are slightly different in tone, approach, and engagement.
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New print in my shop for the philosophically inclined!
(Shop link in bio)
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![Print of a cartoon by Stephen Collins. Script as follows:
[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
1
SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
2
SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
3
SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
4
SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
5
[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
6
PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
7
SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
8
SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
9
PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
10
SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
11
[Bleak pause]
12
PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreicxm3ggugbkjjh7s6z4f6jjlrz5lvvil5kmymsknh77gr4oxc2nqq@jpeg)
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New print in my shop for the philosophically inclined!
(Shop link in bio)
(Shop link in bio)
Someone did a sketch a while back (not sure who; possibly @misterabk.bsky.social?) of two white men doing a podcast, in which during a 5min conversation they said precisely nothing.
This is that.
This is that.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Someone did a sketch a while back (not sure who; possibly @misterabk.bsky.social?) of two white men doing a podcast, in which during a 5min conversation they said precisely nothing.
This is that.
This is that.
An important reminder that belief in magic (and especially black magic and necromancy) is not a purely historical phenomenon.
"Hunting down those who kill people to sell their body parts for 'magic charms'"
😳
www.bbc.com/news/article...
😳
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sierra Leone juju traders: Hunting down those who kill for human body parts
BBC Africa Eye uncovers two so-called "juju" practitioners, who offer to obtain body parts for ritual purposes.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
An important reminder that belief in magic (and especially black magic and necromancy) is not a purely historical phenomenon.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Иigel Faяage would really hate it if you signed and shared this petition.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Иigel Faяage would really hate it if you signed and shared this petition.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
I suspect ьoяis Johиsoи would too.
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
edition.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
Very excited to find @mashgang.bsky.social on tap out in the wild! Having a real pint of AF beer (as opposed to canned/bottled) is a treat!
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Very excited to find @mashgang.bsky.social on tap out in the wild! Having a real pint of AF beer (as opposed to canned/bottled) is a treat!
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Our next door neighbours do not have a latch on their garden gate, and so every time there is a gust of wind, it slams. 😡
I am so tempted to nail it shut when they’re not looking.
I am so tempted to nail it shut when they’re not looking.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Our next door neighbours do not have a latch on their garden gate, and so every time there is a gust of wind, it slams. 😡
I am so tempted to nail it shut when they’re not looking.
I am so tempted to nail it shut when they’re not looking.
This thread is both informative and highly entertaining. Well worth a read.
Also: campaign to get "twat cannon" included in the next edition of the OED
Also: campaign to get "twat cannon" included in the next edition of the OED
It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This thread is both informative and highly entertaining. Well worth a read.
Also: campaign to get "twat cannon" included in the next edition of the OED
Also: campaign to get "twat cannon" included in the next edition of the OED
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The Trump blew Clinton hahahahaha stuff is boring and it's fine and whatever but the raping kids part is the one that demands every single person in those files dies of old age in prison.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Trump blew Clinton hahahahaha stuff is boring and it's fine and whatever but the raping kids part is the one that demands every single person in those files dies of old age in prison.
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As I say to everyone who equivocates on church and cathedral entry fees: theology and all that aside, speaking entirely from personal experience, if Durham Cathedral wasn't free to enter, I probably wouldn't be a Christian today.
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As I say to everyone who equivocates on church and cathedral entry fees: theology and all that aside, speaking entirely from personal experience, if Durham Cathedral wasn't free to enter, I probably wouldn't be a Christian today.
Literally just opened Bluesky and this was the first thing I saw. -chef's kiss-
Off topic, but it's been awhile since a meme made me laugh this hard.
#LOTR #Funny
Credit to @screenrant.bsky.social 's facebook page for this one.
#LOTR #Funny
Credit to @screenrant.bsky.social 's facebook page for this one.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Literally just opened Bluesky and this was the first thing I saw. -chef's kiss-