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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 3m

@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social going to have to stop calling you babes and switch to the slightly more cockney aw'right dolly bird

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 46m

I have a theory that there's a rough line that bisects Europe, below which parsnips are horse feed, above which they're much loved winter veg and it's roughly where the winter freezes occur early enough to affect the veg

donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 47m

yeah, a bit like parsnips the freeze breaks down some of the starch in them so they end up tasting sweeter...

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 4h

That’s a rabbit hole I don’t think I want to go down.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8h

Name a protest movement, anywhere or at any time, that has achieved its goals without being annoying and obstructive.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.

Jack @jackdawg52.bsky.social · 14h

Nope, you make protest obstructive and annoying you lose the good will of the general population.
When they ring their local member to complain - they dont tell the local member to deal with the issues raised by the protesters, they tell them to deal with the protesters.

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 5h

I gift you all the most cursed recipe I’ve seen in some time.

THE GARDEN'S PERFECTION IN VEGETABLE SOUP
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I took one can of concentrated vegetable soup, half a can of milk, and three stewed apples, mashed. The result imitated the original to perfection. We still keep it as a special treat on our menu, especially in summer, when we chill our puréed vegetable soup with apples Normande and drink it from twelve-ounce highball glasses. We have given this recipe to countless guests, for with the first sur-prised, pleased taste they never fail to ask.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 5h

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

www.worldofmoose.com/products/tri...

Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 7h

spider no?

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 7h

love this

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 7h

I don't, am also a little ambivalent about exact grammatical rules. So long as meaning is clear I think we should allow language to evolve with immigration. Imagine if we didn't have the poetry of Benjamin Zephania..

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think this goes far enough. I think we should demand A level standard competence of English from all people that are allowed to vote.... if you can't correctly place a comma you can't vote reform 😂

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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donaldé @donalde.bsky.social · 7h

Love a turnip, that savoury radish adjacent flavour. How cold a part of the world are you in? Do they get the heavy frost treatment that makes them sweeter?

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 8h

The Waitress, a million personas, fetishes and expectations in one woman. A look at what it means to serve, by @rachelhendry.bsky.social

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...