NoLongerPrematureXmasBulb
@sinisterbulb.bsky.social
Northerner. Husband. Dad. Pillock.
Not a real lightbulb. Or a turnip. Not that sinister. But I do stay largely anonymous on here to keep it separate from real life. Ally to anyone who would like it. Significant irritant of @ElisabethHobbes.co.uk.
Not a real lightbulb. Or a turnip. Not that sinister. But I do stay largely anonymous on here to keep it separate from real life. Ally to anyone who would like it. Significant irritant of @ElisabethHobbes.co.uk.
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Firstborn continues to fall into my traps.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Firstborn continues to fall into my traps.
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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My bestselling print so far this year 🐕
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My bestselling print so far this year 🐕
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Fin Whale
Marmot
Golden Eagle
Squid
Deadger (The only kind of badger I’ve seen)
Fin Whale
Marmot
Golden Eagle
Squid
Deadger (The only kind of badger I’ve seen)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Hippo (terrifying experience)
Puff Adder
Crocodile
Reindeer
Wild boar
Hippo (terrifying experience)
Puff Adder
Crocodile
Reindeer
Wild boar
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
Great White
Badger
Vulture
Grass snake
Māori Wrasse
Great White
Badger
Vulture
Grass snake
Māori Wrasse
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Fin Whale
Marmot
Golden Eagle
Squid
Deadger (The only kind of badger I’ve seen)
Fin Whale
Marmot
Golden Eagle
Squid
Deadger (The only kind of badger I’ve seen)
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This is probably one of, if not the greatest thing I'll ever write in my life. I'm also extremely proud of the photoshop.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ends in horror when robe of Baby Yoda balloon falls open, revealing massive genitalia
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ends in horror when robe of Baby Yoda balloon falls open, revealing massive genitalia
"I think we can all agree this kind of thing is why realism in art has always been a mistake.”
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is probably one of, if not the greatest thing I'll ever write in my life. I'm also extremely proud of the photoshop.
This is just too funny now. Is this going to tirn out to be a Chris Morris ‘thing’
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just too funny now. Is this going to tirn out to be a Chris Morris ‘thing’
This does not surprise me. As they’re rarely doing the actual critical work.
Does make me wonder if we’ve found AI’s USP though. If it could replace all execs with limited impact we could save a fortune…
Struggling to see a downside here… 😉
Does make me wonder if we’ve found AI’s USP though. If it could replace all execs with limited impact we could save a fortune…
Struggling to see a downside here… 😉
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This does not surprise me. As they’re rarely doing the actual critical work.
Does make me wonder if we’ve found AI’s USP though. If it could replace all execs with limited impact we could save a fortune…
Struggling to see a downside here… 😉
Does make me wonder if we’ve found AI’s USP though. If it could replace all execs with limited impact we could save a fortune…
Struggling to see a downside here… 😉
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Designed in my brain with movable type, vintage printing plates and linocut, and printed on a tiny press by hand, taking five impressions to print each card. Each has unique details making them one-off.
No AI, just real art made by a real person.
Last chance for shipping next week!
No AI, just real art made by a real person.
Last chance for shipping next week!
Hi! Would you like some of my lovely Christmas cards?
I still have a small number of packs available and sending out a couple of times a week.
You can find them here:
ko-fi.com/s/1af2e209ad
I still have a small number of packs available and sending out a couple of times a week.
You can find them here:
ko-fi.com/s/1af2e209ad
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Designed in my brain with movable type, vintage printing plates and linocut, and printed on a tiny press by hand, taking five impressions to print each card. Each has unique details making them one-off.
No AI, just real art made by a real person.
Last chance for shipping next week!
No AI, just real art made by a real person.
Last chance for shipping next week!
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
5 cars we’ve owned…
‘66 VW1300 - first car
Ford Puma - first new car
Citroen Berlingo - ‘Soupy Dave’ the wonder camping car
Toyota GT86 - Midlife crisis car
Mercedes 230TE - current 39 year old car that always works when the newer ones don’t
‘66 VW1300 - first car
Ford Puma - first new car
Citroen Berlingo - ‘Soupy Dave’ the wonder camping car
Toyota GT86 - Midlife crisis car
Mercedes 230TE - current 39 year old car that always works when the newer ones don’t
5 cars I’ve owned
Nissan Juke - current car, adequate;
BMW 1 Series - superb fun, money pit;
>Miss a couple
Ford Focus - great car, lost in a divorce
>Skip some
Rover 200 - absolute shit, a curse of a car, no wonder the British car industry died;
Renault 5 Campus - first car, absolutely adored it
Nissan Juke - current car, adequate;
BMW 1 Series - superb fun, money pit;
>Miss a couple
Ford Focus - great car, lost in a divorce
>Skip some
Rover 200 - absolute shit, a curse of a car, no wonder the British car industry died;
Renault 5 Campus - first car, absolutely adored it
Mine’s quite boring 😞
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Vauxhall Chevette
Ford Orion
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic (mk1, mk2 and mk3)
Kia Niro EV
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Vauxhall Chevette
Ford Orion
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic (mk1, mk2 and mk3)
Kia Niro EV
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
5 cars we’ve owned…
‘66 VW1300 - first car
Ford Puma - first new car
Citroen Berlingo - ‘Soupy Dave’ the wonder camping car
Toyota GT86 - Midlife crisis car
Mercedes 230TE - current 39 year old car that always works when the newer ones don’t
‘66 VW1300 - first car
Ford Puma - first new car
Citroen Berlingo - ‘Soupy Dave’ the wonder camping car
Toyota GT86 - Midlife crisis car
Mercedes 230TE - current 39 year old car that always works when the newer ones don’t
I mean I CAN see why they annoy the hell out of each other. But feel they’re not quite joining the dots there…
It is fascinating they STILL think theres room for them. I suppose you need ego to survive in politics…
It is fascinating they STILL think theres room for them. I suppose you need ego to survive in politics…
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Jeremy Corbyn has declined to say his Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana is a friend as supporters of the new grouping gather in Liverpool.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I mean I CAN see why they annoy the hell out of each other. But feel they’re not quite joining the dots there…
It is fascinating they STILL think theres room for them. I suppose you need ego to survive in politics…
It is fascinating they STILL think theres room for them. I suppose you need ego to survive in politics…
I’ve done it again… bought the cheap Aldi mince pies. They are crap. Come ON - this must be the fifth year in a row.
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’ve done it again… bought the cheap Aldi mince pies. They are crap. Come ON - this must be the fifth year in a row.
This. It’s magical. So hard to live up to the masterpiece that is the film, but it manages it. A masterclass in adaptation.
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This. It’s magical. So hard to live up to the masterpiece that is the film, but it manages it. A masterclass in adaptation.
I hope someone is asking the actual church about this. I suspect they might disagree…
And in today's episode of "Hello, I am mental" x
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I hope someone is asking the actual church about this. I suspect they might disagree…
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I work at the unsatisfactory. We make unsatis there. We're not very good at it
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I work at the unsatisfactory. We make unsatis there. We're not very good at it
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Since the government repeatedly signposts trans people to helplines I searched for evidence for their effectiveness in reducing distress in people with gender dysphoria, who cannot access medical care. There isn’t any.
I thought this government and health secretary was all about evidence.
I thought this government and health secretary was all about evidence.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Since the government repeatedly signposts trans people to helplines I searched for evidence for their effectiveness in reducing distress in people with gender dysphoria, who cannot access medical care. There isn’t any.
I thought this government and health secretary was all about evidence.
I thought this government and health secretary was all about evidence.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Nice venue to be gigging in.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Nice venue to be gigging in.
This is the crux of the issue. It’s not the tech itself. It’s that we’re basically selling fireworks to toddlers.
A HUGE part of the problem is that the "A.i." industry markets this tech as a flawless solution for everything - in search for example. The marketing implies "A.i." gives true answers when "truth" has nothing to do with its process and it consistently delivers bullshit. That's INCREDIBLY dangerous.
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is the crux of the issue. It’s not the tech itself. It’s that we’re basically selling fireworks to toddlers.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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The thing about "AI" is that before it became a marketing catchphrase by and for the worst douchebags you ever saw over the last few years, it was just a broad field of study that would periodically produce something that was narrowly useful, and it was Completely Fine, Actually.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The thing about "AI" is that before it became a marketing catchphrase by and for the worst douchebags you ever saw over the last few years, it was just a broad field of study that would periodically produce something that was narrowly useful, and it was Completely Fine, Actually.
Hey - there’s lots I could criticise - but they got rid of the 2 child cap - which is by far the most significant measure today.
So thats great ❤️
So thats great ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hey - there’s lots I could criticise - but they got rid of the 2 child cap - which is by far the most significant measure today.
So thats great ❤️
So thats great ❤️
As usual - people don’t understand stuff…
When leasing prestige cars are often cheaper because of relative depreciation.
For example - back when I had a company car I actually wanted a Skoda. But the equivalent Audi was cheaper as a company lease.
So there’s that as well…
When leasing prestige cars are often cheaper because of relative depreciation.
For example - back when I had a company car I actually wanted a Skoda. But the equivalent Audi was cheaper as a company lease.
So there’s that as well…
Might start asking people who object which of my clients should give their lease cars back. Jayne probably has the most expensive one, it’s basically a minivan. Admittedly she may need it what with the epilepsy and motor neurone disease and so on but she can walk to those hospital appointments right
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As usual - people don’t understand stuff…
When leasing prestige cars are often cheaper because of relative depreciation.
For example - back when I had a company car I actually wanted a Skoda. But the equivalent Audi was cheaper as a company lease.
So there’s that as well…
When leasing prestige cars are often cheaper because of relative depreciation.
For example - back when I had a company car I actually wanted a Skoda. But the equivalent Audi was cheaper as a company lease.
So there’s that as well…
Ffs - this should hardly be a priority. Petrol costs are down
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ffs - this should hardly be a priority. Petrol costs are down
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years