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Steven Buck

@lairddinnaken.bsky.social

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Formerly Scottish ex-engineer ex-banker ex-portfolio manager ex-risk dude. Now an African Viking 🤔🤭 UK expat since ‘82 😬, South Africa, Washington DC and now (finally?) Cape Town. MilAv, MotoGP, F1 & Movie (classic horror/gangster) Hist, terrible puns

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7h

In Memoriam:

Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 6h

charlie kirk not the only dick that went limp i guess

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a suit sits at a table with the words oh dear lord written above him

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 8h

‘There is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all the hokum and stage magic might be misdirection of the sort that enables something secret to enter the room.’

Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘very strange record’ ‘Gris-Gris’.

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Francis Gooding · Hoodoo Man: Dr John and ‘Gris-Gris’

Beyond or beneath the theatrics there is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 8h

Now THAT'S an article! 👍👍👍👍

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect 👌 10/10 🤣

Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 8h

Cheney hated Trump is the new Adolf loved dogs

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 10h

Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 11h

a man in a suit sits at a table with the words oh dear lord written above him

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 11h

One of my greatest friends in Alexandria was his CoS in Congress long before DC rose to international infamy.

Same age as DC so retired > 25 years ago.

We had some interesting exchanges!

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 16h

VG article: the consequences of Biden, Garland et al down the chain dancing around Trump get more infuriating every day 🙈

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 16h

But they closed her research centre and laid off everyone (if I understood the article properly), didn't they?

If so, is the university going to resurrect the facility?

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 17h

FWIW in the corp sector we always used some variant of 1-5 for annual performance reviews, with 3 being 'performing satisfactorily at job grade level and KPIs'

Monty wasn't a 5 at his top grade but he was an easy 4, no?

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 21h

Auction I'm looking through has pie-cutters carved from bone, for when you're all, "Mmm, I'd like some tasty pie, but also an ancient curse."

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks! 🙏

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Stumped me: who was that? 🤷‍♂️

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Well, the Americans manage one volume for every 15 minutes at Gettysburg 😎

a woman says that 's a lot in a netflix ad

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

He'll probably want to eke out the Glory over at least 3 volumes...🫡

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

You have to pay for air? Hang the nobility from the nearest lamppost (if they allow you such luxuries) 😑

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait 🫡 for Britain At Bay But Mostly In Korea (volume IV in a trilogy) 😑😎

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

DEI now mandates that pepper spray must be accompanied by salt spray, ketchup spray, brown sauce spray and mustard spray, to offer the sprayee a full range of face-squirting condiments 😑

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

No, the army was in him 👀

Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how no one ever suggests that Hitler was overpromoted 🧐😑

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Battle of the superegos! At least Monty didn't (openly) back the atomic bombing of N Korea 😬

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

Who was more overrated: Patton or Monty (or Rommel is we want to be inclusive)?

3-way tie? 😑

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 1d

I would buy that book: might even read bits of it too...