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Dan Voltaire

@dominustempori.bsky.social

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39 yo sciencey gay • lefty • orchid addict • data monkey • Bristol UK Religious views: Eurovision • the Metric System He/Him Often in tandem with ‪@joedunckley.bsky.social‬ Occasionally found in 🇵🇹 flavour.

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · Aug 29

You & me both, Monty. 🍆

Monty Don saying "I would recommend at least six inches, and preferably more."

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 17h

I think what's bothering me about all these statements I'm seeing from politicians that are variations of "Israeli hostages and Palestinians are returning to their homes, yay" is that Israelis are returning to their homes and Palestinians are returning to uninhabitable post apocalyptic rubble.

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 3h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 7h

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 18h

I genuinely can't un-see it.

A poster for Tron Ares, but I've flipped the S and E to read Tron Arse.

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 8h

Promote them immediately.

Why you should have a cat @shouldhavecat.bsky.social · 14h

my new coworker 😼

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 8h

On penis analysis: less.
On penis:

a black and white photo of a boy with the words please sir may i have some more below him

Alt: Oliver Twist in rags & holding out his bowl "Please Sir, may I have some more?"

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 18h

I genuinely can't un-see it.

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 19h

aww

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 19h

'Hugely loved' EastEnders star dies aged 88 in Eastbourne

Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in the BBC soap, died in Eastbourne on Monday, his family says.

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 20h

Oncostelopsis Brazilian Sun possibly

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 22h

Seems to have passed 😌

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 23h

Fuuuck migraine aura

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 23h

Fuuuck migraine aura

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

This is like a festering boil not just for the Tories but for the nation as a whole.

Until the boil is lanced we cannot expect to heal and they cannot expect to be trusted with the economy again.

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

The Tories (whether you agree with their portrayal of it or not) always prided themselves on being the party of 'fiscal responsibility'.

It is abundantly clear that Brexit, especially the flavour we ended up with, is basically the antithesis of fiscal responsibility.

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

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Ray @mildperil.bsky.social · 1d

That time he opened a shop. He has wares if you have coin

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a cartoon character 's face with a blue background

Alt: Kid Buu looking coyly at the camera

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 1d

o-800-double-o; 1066.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

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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👻🎃🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Just Ni-Ghoul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃👻 @nothinghuman.bsky.social · 3d

Cue cheesy 90’s intro…

“In every generation there is a chosen one.”

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 3d

The destruction isn't a consequence of the war, it's one of the main *points* of the war.

samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 6d

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 3d

People whinge and whine when they see (in their eyes) immigrants getting things that they don't get, for free. So they petition to remove them (because they, incorrectly, surmise "more of the pie for me")... then they complain that immigrant don't "integrate" for nebulous definitions of integrate.

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 3d

THE LONDON ECONOMIC

"We should all be angry that we had 14 years of Tory austerity. They shut our libraries, they shut our community centres. And then to say integration is a problem - how do you expect people to integrate if you've taken away their services?"

-ZACK POLANSKI, GREEN PARTY LEADER

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 3d

I hope I'm never in that situation but if it became necessary to steal to survive, I'd be left with no choice but to do it.

Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 3d

He’s right

Shoplifting is justified for Brits living in poverty, says Green Party's new hard-left leader Zack Polanski - and he says he would do it himself if he was poor

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 3d

D'aww congrats!! 🥰🎉
PS: you look so cute!

Dan Voltaire @dominustempori.bsky.social · 3d

Make no mistake, the people that are going after trans people right now will not stop until *all* LGBT+ identity is airbrushed out of society.

No one is safe/accepted until we all are.

Isobel Gray 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social · 3d

As a transgender woman trying to just live a simple quiet life in the UK, I'm pretty well placed to say this paragraph is complete bullshit and this government are shameless liars as well as hateful bigots who are actively shutting me out of participation in society.

Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 3d

… contains the following:

‘The UK is unwavering in its commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights for all, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other LGBT+ individuals.’

… and …

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Polari Press @polari.press · 3d

The answer:

A photo of white painted graffiti on the wall of a brick and concrete building in London that was painted after Thatcher’s death. It reads:

“The witch is dead but spell remains”

Photo by Neil Delete.

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