Mistletoe Jaffa
@monstrousjaffa.bsky.social
It turns out I have a tickling fetish. Well, that's something to smile about.
Bi cis male in my 50s. Curious.
He/Him
Bi cis male in my 50s. Curious.
He/Him
Pinned
Evening BlueSky!
Been thinking about how everyone looks so hot wearing flannel shirts at this time of year, and how it's nearly advent.....
And trying to work out how to combine the two.
So, how about we post some #AdventFlannel pics over the next 4 Fridays running up to Christmas?
Been thinking about how everyone looks so hot wearing flannel shirts at this time of year, and how it's nearly advent.....
And trying to work out how to combine the two.
So, how about we post some #AdventFlannel pics over the next 4 Fridays running up to Christmas?
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Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
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Too many members of the House of Lords, who are fundamentally opposed to the Bill, have been trying to time it out. This undermines genuine amendments to improve the Bill. Peers have every right to oppose it, but not to employ disingenuous tactics to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords' filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered | Dave Sowry
Christy faced months of bureaucratic trauma. For terminally ill people, the assisted dying bill must not create further obstacles, says campaigner Dave Sowry
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Too many members of the House of Lords, who are fundamentally opposed to the Bill, have been trying to time it out. This undermines genuine amendments to improve the Bill. Peers have every right to oppose it, but not to employ disingenuous tactics to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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many people were asking for it and now the full cut of the onion parody of jubilee debates is now up on youtube!
1 Onion Subscriber vs 20 Non-Subscribers | Encircled
YouTube video by The Onion
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December 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
many people were asking for it and now the full cut of the onion parody of jubilee debates is now up on youtube!
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Vaccine for smallpox invented in in 1796. Vaccines for TB, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and whooping cough came out between 1921-1926. Polio in 1952, MMR (individually) by 1970.
Observe.
Observe.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Vaccine for smallpox invented in in 1796. Vaccines for TB, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and whooping cough came out between 1921-1926. Polio in 1952, MMR (individually) by 1970.
Observe.
Observe.
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Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
I got a Peanuts advent calendar with a little figurine for each day and so far the paint jobs have been… alarming. I think this is supposed to be Rerun but it looks like the ghost of Alfalfa from Little Rascals.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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When the conductor announces the list of stations the train will be stopping at, everyone should cheer when their station is called out
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When the conductor announces the list of stations the train will be stopping at, everyone should cheer when their station is called out
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Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
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Ok. I'm going to do an advent of me sticking my stupid face into Christmas movies.
Door 1: A Muppet Christmas Carol.
Door 1: A Muppet Christmas Carol.
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ok. I'm going to do an advent of me sticking my stupid face into Christmas movies.
Door 1: A Muppet Christmas Carol.
Door 1: A Muppet Christmas Carol.
Christmas pfp deployed.
Ho, Ho, Ho.
Ho, Ho, Ho.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Christmas pfp deployed.
Ho, Ho, Ho.
Ho, Ho, Ho.
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'One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us.'
James Baldwin #HumanistHeritage. heritage.humanists.uk/james-baldwin/
James Baldwin #HumanistHeritage. heritage.humanists.uk/james-baldwin/
Humanist Heritage: James Baldwin (1924-1987)
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, […]
heritage.humanists.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
'One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us.'
James Baldwin #HumanistHeritage. heritage.humanists.uk/james-baldwin/
James Baldwin #HumanistHeritage. heritage.humanists.uk/james-baldwin/
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Not rude things, a thread:
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not rude things, a thread:
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November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
What does Ben Habib mean by "our culture"?
If he accepts Lucy White's vile proposal then he has to accept that British culture cannot be his.
If, as a person born in Pakistan, he is deemed unfit to serve in Parliament then surely he is unfit to take British culture as his own.
Foolish man.
If he accepts Lucy White's vile proposal then he has to accept that British culture cannot be his.
If, as a person born in Pakistan, he is deemed unfit to serve in Parliament then surely he is unfit to take British culture as his own.
Foolish man.
The increasingly ludicrous Ben Habib Is arguing that Lucy White's attack on Nus Ghani being an MP is not racist
Ben Habib is now ludicrously supporting a call to ban Ben Habib from parliament!
Ben Habib is now ludicrously supporting a call to ban Ben Habib from parliament!
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What does Ben Habib mean by "our culture"?
If he accepts Lucy White's vile proposal then he has to accept that British culture cannot be his.
If, as a person born in Pakistan, he is deemed unfit to serve in Parliament then surely he is unfit to take British culture as his own.
Foolish man.
If he accepts Lucy White's vile proposal then he has to accept that British culture cannot be his.
If, as a person born in Pakistan, he is deemed unfit to serve in Parliament then surely he is unfit to take British culture as his own.
Foolish man.
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
Sad news tonight for @ouizzi.bsky.social and I, really sad news.
One of the owners of the club we go to has passed away after a short illness.
A lovely man, who welcomed us with open arms when we took the massive leap to attend a sex club for the first time.
He'll be missed.
One of the owners of the club we go to has passed away after a short illness.
A lovely man, who welcomed us with open arms when we took the massive leap to attend a sex club for the first time.
He'll be missed.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sad news tonight for @ouizzi.bsky.social and I, really sad news.
One of the owners of the club we go to has passed away after a short illness.
A lovely man, who welcomed us with open arms when we took the massive leap to attend a sex club for the first time.
He'll be missed.
One of the owners of the club we go to has passed away after a short illness.
A lovely man, who welcomed us with open arms when we took the massive leap to attend a sex club for the first time.
He'll be missed.
Hottie 😍😍😍
Ready!
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hottie 😍😍😍
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Why are you not using ALT text when posting images?
It’s a genuine question - visually-impaired folks rely on screen readers to announce alt text so they can understand an image's meaning and function, and you’re actively excluding them without providing it.
Perkins has a great guide to ALT text:
It’s a genuine question - visually-impaired folks rely on screen readers to announce alt text so they can understand an image's meaning and function, and you’re actively excluding them without providing it.
Perkins has a great guide to ALT text:
How to Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions for the visually impaired
Making your website and social media accessible to people with blindness and low vision.
www.perkins.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why are you not using ALT text when posting images?
It’s a genuine question - visually-impaired folks rely on screen readers to announce alt text so they can understand an image's meaning and function, and you’re actively excluding them without providing it.
Perkins has a great guide to ALT text:
It’s a genuine question - visually-impaired folks rely on screen readers to announce alt text so they can understand an image's meaning and function, and you’re actively excluding them without providing it.
Perkins has a great guide to ALT text:
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#ShareGoodNews - even with current UK payment structures favouring and subsidising fuels, clean energy is now covering the rise in global demand.
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#ShareGoodNews - even with current UK payment structures favouring and subsidising fuels, clean energy is now covering the rise in global demand.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Well it's been a successful day so far, coffee and eggs were had. Outfits for tonight sorted, which includes @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social wearing a new kilt 🔥plus we had more coffee and delicious cakes 😋
Time to get ourselves ready for a fabulous night out to top the day off!
Time to get ourselves ready for a fabulous night out to top the day off!
Things on the to-do list for @ouizzi.bsky.social and I today
1 - Coffee ✅
2 - Scrambled egg on toast
3 - Sort our outfits for 4
4 - Metal themed sex party 🥳
Better get scrambling those eggs.
1 - Coffee ✅
2 - Scrambled egg on toast
3 - Sort our outfits for 4
4 - Metal themed sex party 🥳
Better get scrambling those eggs.
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Well it's been a successful day so far, coffee and eggs were had. Outfits for tonight sorted, which includes @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social wearing a new kilt 🔥plus we had more coffee and delicious cakes 😋
Time to get ourselves ready for a fabulous night out to top the day off!
Time to get ourselves ready for a fabulous night out to top the day off!