Samuel Pinney
@ginbrogueshats.bsky.social
Writer. Scripts, but before that journalism. Still stumbles across a story every now and then. Makes swords, fixes robots, likes cats. Even better in person.
I have ADHD and who knows what else. He/Him.
I have ADHD and who knows what else. He/Him.
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Can confirm.
Source: grew up on a farm.
Source: grew up on a farm.
Yet again, I am going to ask everyone to look at the 'farmers' hands driving the tractors / being interviewed in this protest.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
damn, well I'm sure the MET will come down on them with the same enthusiasm they have for arresting climate protestors
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Can confirm.
Source: grew up on a farm.
Source: grew up on a farm.
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Nature is beautiful: here you can see the adult buses circling together to protect the baby buses from busivores that would otherwise prey on them
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nature is beautiful: here you can see the adult buses circling together to protect the baby buses from busivores that would otherwise prey on them
Yet again, I am going to ask everyone to look at the 'farmers' hands driving the tractors / being interviewed in this protest.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
damn, well I'm sure the MET will come down on them with the same enthusiasm they have for arresting climate protestors
It's looking as if the farmers protest in Whitehall today have ignored the police request not to bring their tractors.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yet again, I am going to ask everyone to look at the 'farmers' hands driving the tractors / being interviewed in this protest.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
If they have soft hands they are not farmers, they are tax dodging managers. Farmers have giant sausage fingers covered in cuts.
Source: Grew-up on a farm.
Just to give everyone a heads up, with the AI bubble popping soon, this is your last chance to tell the annoying clankers you know they are idiots before everyone realises they are idiots.
If you want to be able to say 'I told you so' you need to act fast!
If you want to be able to say 'I told you so' you need to act fast!
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just to give everyone a heads up, with the AI bubble popping soon, this is your last chance to tell the annoying clankers you know they are idiots before everyone realises they are idiots.
If you want to be able to say 'I told you so' you need to act fast!
If you want to be able to say 'I told you so' you need to act fast!
Cow -> Cows
Pig -> Pigs
Horse -> Horses
Sheep -> Sheep?!?!
Did someone steal the plural word for sheep? Because it's definitely gone.
Also missing is the word for more than one bit of debris.
Pig -> Pigs
Horse -> Horses
Sheep -> Sheep?!?!
Did someone steal the plural word for sheep? Because it's definitely gone.
Also missing is the word for more than one bit of debris.
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Cow -> Cows
Pig -> Pigs
Horse -> Horses
Sheep -> Sheep?!?!
Did someone steal the plural word for sheep? Because it's definitely gone.
Also missing is the word for more than one bit of debris.
Pig -> Pigs
Horse -> Horses
Sheep -> Sheep?!?!
Did someone steal the plural word for sheep? Because it's definitely gone.
Also missing is the word for more than one bit of debris.
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
From a game design perspective this is a really nicely designed rule. It functionally takes the most powerful players out of the game in a way that feels triumphant, so the field of players is always changing.
Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
That difficult second Booker: the long-term impact of a win
In the week since its victory, 2025’s Booker winner David Szalay’s Flesh experienced a boost of 1,441% in week-on-week sales, according to NielsenIQ BookData.
www.thebookseller.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
From a game design perspective this is a really nicely designed rule. It functionally takes the most powerful players out of the game in a way that feels triumphant, so the field of players is always changing.
We went out to the West End of London on a Saturday night. It was brilliant. Tube in, a meal (Dim-Sum) and a play (Titanique) then home on the tube.
Titanique is incredible. Also Adrianne Langley, who played Rose, is now on the list of performers that I will go to see anything they are in.
Titanique is incredible. Also Adrianne Langley, who played Rose, is now on the list of performers that I will go to see anything they are in.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We went out to the West End of London on a Saturday night. It was brilliant. Tube in, a meal (Dim-Sum) and a play (Titanique) then home on the tube.
Titanique is incredible. Also Adrianne Langley, who played Rose, is now on the list of performers that I will go to see anything they are in.
Titanique is incredible. Also Adrianne Langley, who played Rose, is now on the list of performers that I will go to see anything they are in.
You can't be a main character unless you dramatically change your haircut every two years.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You can't be a main character unless you dramatically change your haircut every two years.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
Otherwise flashbacks won't work.
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This is a really good articulation of why it feels like I (and Marie! And probably you and lots of others) feel like I am losing my mind daily
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is a really good articulation of why it feels like I (and Marie! And probably you and lots of others) feel like I am losing my mind daily
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Ooo, la-dee-da, hark at 'im with his megabytes. We booted our systems off a single 5¼-inch floppy and couldn't fit nowt more than 360KB on one of those
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ooo, la-dee-da, hark at 'im with his megabytes. We booted our systems off a single 5¼-inch floppy and couldn't fit nowt more than 360KB on one of those
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Gigabytes...? TERABYTES?!? My first hard drive was 20MB and I never filled it up. In my day we had 16k and we made the best of it, lad.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Gigabytes...? TERABYTES?!? My first hard drive was 20MB and I never filled it up. In my day we had 16k and we made the best of it, lad.
Hey. It's pretty grim out there, but I've just discovered it's fun talking about computers like an old person.
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hey. It's pretty grim out there, but I've just discovered it's fun talking about computers like an old person.
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
'In my day CPUs had a single number, the higher the number the faster it was. That was it.'
'We didn't even have GPUs growing up, they came later. Before then everything was 2D.'
Did they use A.I. to generate the most unwelcome WhatsApp notification of all time?
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Did they use A.I. to generate the most unwelcome WhatsApp notification of all time?
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
Also 'Black Friday Week.' is a strange concept chronologically. Friday Week, implies Friday Friday.
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[donut shop]
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
[donut shop]
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
Boss: I finally did it
Worker: You sold secretly MDMA-laced donuts to customers??
Boss: Just a couple
[squad car]
Cop: I wanna be firm with perps but detached, without anger
Cop2: Your wisdom's a gift. I'm so lucky I'm your partner
Cop: I'M THE LUCKY ONE
It's weird to live in a time when some mad guy has worked out how to summon demons, and he says the demons can do jobs for cheaper!
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's weird to live in a time when some mad guy has worked out how to summon demons, and he says the demons can do jobs for cheaper!
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
But the demons don't do a good job at all, oh and as well as paying them, every time you want them to do a job you have to chop down a tree.
Doing our bit to battle against fast fashion.
men only want one thing and that's to wear a tshirt until it's just a neckband with two threads hanging off it
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Doing our bit to battle against fast fashion.
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“Ok, we’ve just invented healthcare, what should the doctors wear?”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Ok, we’ve just invented healthcare, what should the doctors wear?”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
A long white dress
“Sounds great, and the nurses?”
Pajamas
“Alright that’s settled, then, let’s put the patients in a long shirt with their bare ass sticking out”
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
Do you need to awaken joy in someone like activating the Winter Soldier? The words today are 'Guinea Pig Bridge Nagasaki'
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Do you need to awaken joy in someone like activating the Winter Soldier? The words today are 'Guinea Pig Bridge Nagasaki'
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
Don't show them a video to explain it, let them discover it themselves. You'll know it works when they start humming the song.
#Ihavefriendseverywhere
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Our cat, Greb, is not taking the hint about laying the table.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our cat, Greb, is not taking the hint about laying the table.
Is anyone on here cool? Like are you recognised as being cool?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Is anyone on here cool? Like are you recognised as being cool?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
I have just discovered I might have been cool and I didn't realise? It's a lot.
Do you have any advice?
My one hope for the final is that we get to find out who the Traitors are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My one hope for the final is that we get to find out who the Traitors are.
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each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.