Elinor Elliot
@elinorelliot.bsky.social
Some of us saw this shit coming in 2016
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I just want my country back. I want our BBC back. I want our NHS back, our water, our energy companies. All back, out of the hands of foreign investors and tax-avoiding, Trump-supporting global companies.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I just want my country back. I want our BBC back. I want our NHS back, our water, our energy companies. All back, out of the hands of foreign investors and tax-avoiding, Trump-supporting global companies.
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The “Bootstraps” idiom was originally meant to refer to the literally impossible. It was co-opted.
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The “Bootstraps” idiom was originally meant to refer to the literally impossible. It was co-opted.
"Western history is broadly admirable, not shaming"
A sentence that cries out to have the words "genocides aside" placed in front of it.
A sentence that cries out to have the words "genocides aside" placed in front of it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Western history is broadly admirable, not shaming"
A sentence that cries out to have the words "genocides aside" placed in front of it.
A sentence that cries out to have the words "genocides aside" placed in front of it.
Camille Claudel. Dora Maar.
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Camille Claudel. Dora Maar.
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I am a patient in St.James’s, Dublin
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am a patient in St.James’s, Dublin
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
Nobel prize aside, Crick and Watson did not adequately acknowledge Franklin's work in their 1953 paper. And it's on record that Watson was a shit to her.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Nobel prize aside, Crick and Watson did not adequately acknowledge Franklin's work in their 1953 paper. And it's on record that Watson was a shit to her.
Oh OK, sorry, went over my head!
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh OK, sorry, went over my head!