Rhydian
@grhydian.bsky.social
Un égoïste est quelqu'un qui ne pense pas à moi. — Labiche
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Rhydian
@grhydian.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Watching Spartacus and can't help thinking that if the slaves had eschewed violence and presented their case in polite manner, observing societal decorum, they might have found the Romans more receptive to their arguments
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I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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soylent green but with muppets: thread
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
soylent green but with muppets: thread
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Reminds me of the late, great Jilly Cooper, who taught her daughter that 'pardon' is a much worse word than 'fuck'. "We don't live in fucking Pardonia, darling."
This bodes well for myself as this is currently hanging in my kitchen.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reminds me of the late, great Jilly Cooper, who taught her daughter that 'pardon' is a much worse word than 'fuck'. "We don't live in fucking Pardonia, darling."
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It would be a sea change in our political economy, yes, in much the way that the earth folding itself into a mobius strip inception-style would be a sea change in our geography and physics.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It would be a sea change in our political economy, yes, in much the way that the earth folding itself into a mobius strip inception-style would be a sea change in our geography and physics.
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There is nothing at all that anybody could say to anybody else - with AI assistance or without - that would be remotely as humiliating as what Elon is doing to himself here.
I cringed so hard I pooed two vertebrae.
I cringed so hard I pooed two vertebrae.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There is nothing at all that anybody could say to anybody else - with AI assistance or without - that would be remotely as humiliating as what Elon is doing to himself here.
I cringed so hard I pooed two vertebrae.
I cringed so hard I pooed two vertebrae.
"All service members are reminded that they have a legal obligation... to obey *lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful*" (my emphasis)
Um, so Hegseth has just stated in other words what Kelly said? Seems like you've exculpated him there, Tweety Pete
Um, so Hegseth has just stated in other words what Kelly said? Seems like you've exculpated him there, Tweety Pete
The Secretary of Defense is threatening Democratic Senator Mark Kelly with court martial for his messaging reminding servicemembers that their oath is to the Constitution and they should not obey unlawful orders.
(The statement also asserts that “orders are presumed to be lawful”…)
(The statement also asserts that “orders are presumed to be lawful”…)
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"All service members are reminded that they have a legal obligation... to obey *lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful*" (my emphasis)
Um, so Hegseth has just stated in other words what Kelly said? Seems like you've exculpated him there, Tweety Pete
Um, so Hegseth has just stated in other words what Kelly said? Seems like you've exculpated him there, Tweety Pete
He was probably tired of all the winning anyway
So in just the past 3 weeks:
Trump DOJ lost James Comey case
and lost Letitia James case
Trump lost bid to stop the Epstein files vote
Trump lost every GOP senator on that vote
Trump also lost bid to stop release of 20,000 Epstein emails
MTG resigned
GOP lost 2025 elections
Trump DOJ lost James Comey case
and lost Letitia James case
Trump lost bid to stop the Epstein files vote
Trump lost every GOP senator on that vote
Trump also lost bid to stop release of 20,000 Epstein emails
MTG resigned
GOP lost 2025 elections
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
He was probably tired of all the winning anyway
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
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A Star is Born (1937)
A Star is Born (1954)
A Star is Born (1976)
A Star is Born (2018)
A Star is Born (1954)
A Star is Born (1976)
A Star is Born (2018)
Name 4 Films from 4 Decades.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A Star is Born (1937)
A Star is Born (1954)
A Star is Born (1976)
A Star is Born (2018)
A Star is Born (1954)
A Star is Born (1976)
A Star is Born (2018)
"If like me you have no actual friends you can joke with, my Abusatron 3000 has all the slurs you could want!"
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"If like me you have no actual friends you can joke with, my Abusatron 3000 has all the slurs you could want!"
Chuck Schumer asking his imaginary Republican friends what the fuck is going on
White House healthcare proposal “delayed.”
(I know you’re all shocked.)
(I know you’re all shocked.)
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Chuck Schumer asking his imaginary Republican friends what the fuck is going on
There's, damning with faint praise, and then there's this which is more akin to, skewering with a rusted blade
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There's, damning with faint praise, and then there's this which is more akin to, skewering with a rusted blade
"I only ever targeted them *as a group*"
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"I only ever targeted them *as a group*"
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Oh Nigel was doing gentle and kind racism, stand down everyone
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh Nigel was doing gentle and kind racism, stand down everyone
jfc that is not at all what tankie means
They’ll call you a tankie if you’re like:
If we organize, we win.
If we organize, we win.
Communists are always framed as pessimists for saying “we can do better than this”
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
jfc that is not at all what tankie means
Tell us again how you became Creative Director at fashion house Louis Vuitton from being a music producer, Mr Williams
Nobody walks into an interview begging, “Hire me because I’m Black.” We walk in saying, hire me, I’m qualified. Hire me, my degree cost the same as everyone else’s. Hire me, I earned this and I need a job just like anyone else.
Hire me, don’t discriminate against me.
Hire me, respect me in my role.
Hire me, don’t discriminate against me.
Hire me, respect me in my role.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Tell us again how you became Creative Director at fashion house Louis Vuitton from being a music producer, Mr Williams
Kubikschach was invented in 1851, somewhat before the Federation
WTF are you talking about?
WTF are you talking about?
4D chess is a reference to chess played by Spock in Star Trek. The 4th dimension isn’t time in this case
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Kubikschach was invented in 1851, somewhat before the Federation
WTF are you talking about?
WTF are you talking about?
The same gallon in the UK costs approximately 6.11 GBP, or 8 USD
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The same gallon in the UK costs approximately 6.11 GBP, or 8 USD
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Katy Perry should be shot back into space, but, like, to stay there
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Katy Perry should be shot back into space, but, like, to stay there
Fuck the IDF
If the Rainbow Bomber meme is distasteful to people, here’s a real life example of the equivalent.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fuck the IDF
"I can't see them in photos, so I've concluded they just weren't there. I am smart."
NYT should rename itself LCD
NYT should rename itself LCD
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I can't see them in photos, so I've concluded they just weren't there. I am smart."
NYT should rename itself LCD
NYT should rename itself LCD
And when international students look at increased cost and decreased value?
Labour have thought about what they'll do in the event that her plan fails disastrously and there's no funding for HE, right?
Not like this Government to announce ill-thought policy on the fly and hope the vibes work
Labour have thought about what they'll do in the event that her plan fails disastrously and there's no funding for HE, right?
Not like this Government to announce ill-thought policy on the fly and hope the vibes work
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And when international students look at increased cost and decreased value?
Labour have thought about what they'll do in the event that her plan fails disastrously and there's no funding for HE, right?
Not like this Government to announce ill-thought policy on the fly and hope the vibes work
Labour have thought about what they'll do in the event that her plan fails disastrously and there's no funding for HE, right?
Not like this Government to announce ill-thought policy on the fly and hope the vibes work
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universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.