A Valiant Tart
@janusxuk.bsky.social
Engineering: Wizardry with hammers. Our spells are cast in concrete and said in Anglo Saxon. Likes a pie.
He/Him/OyYou mainly, but sometimes She/Her/Ms.
Recently described as, and here I quote directly, "northern but eloquent"
He/Him/OyYou mainly, but sometimes She/Her/Ms.
Recently described as, and here I quote directly, "northern but eloquent"
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Do you remember the Skarloey engines...
Like and we'll do a part 2!
Like and we'll do a part 2!
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Do you remember the Skarloey engines...
Like and we'll do a part 2!
Like and we'll do a part 2!
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Everything reminds me of him...
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Everything reminds me of him...
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100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
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Not all parasites are on X.
Another one: British Society for Parasitology. We made the decision at our AGM in March 2025 to no longer post on X/Twitter
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Not all parasites are on X.
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Contractors:
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Contractors:
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
Been paid via an umbrella company?
Later had HMRC say the scheme didn’t work? When you didn't know there *was* a scheme?
We’d love to hear from people ths has happened to.
DM me or email MYNAME @ taxpolicy .org.uk - and please share with others.
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God forbid a women have hobbies
(Seriously, though: people with chronic pain are not simply the sum of that pain!)
(Seriously, though: people with chronic pain are not simply the sum of that pain!)
“The researchers suspect it once contained an ointment used for pain relief, because the woman’s skeleton shows signs of lesions and joint inflammation”
I disagree. This looks exactly like a dice 🎲 box that you hold game pieces and dice in. As a Roman historian: I don’t think it’s ointments. 1/2
I disagree. This looks exactly like a dice 🎲 box that you hold game pieces and dice in. As a Roman historian: I don’t think it’s ointments. 1/2
Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Box Carved From Deer Bone That May Have Once Held Ancient Ointments
The box was excavated from a Roman-era grave in England. It was found among a trove of artifacts spanning roughly 8,000 years of human activity
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM
God forbid a women have hobbies
(Seriously, though: people with chronic pain are not simply the sum of that pain!)
(Seriously, though: people with chronic pain are not simply the sum of that pain!)
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The War of the Gardener’s Worlds
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The War of the Gardener’s Worlds
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Why do fairground test your strength games always involve hitting a bell with a mallet? Fetch me the device that can measure the dignified silence I maintain in the face of my many, many petty complaints. They dare not give me a mallet. They dare not ring that bell.
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Why do fairground test your strength games always involve hitting a bell with a mallet? Fetch me the device that can measure the dignified silence I maintain in the face of my many, many petty complaints. They dare not give me a mallet. They dare not ring that bell.
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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HMS Dragon. Given to the Polish Free Forces in WW2 where she became ORP Dragon.
The only warship to have two completely different names, meaning different things, without having to repaint her sides.
Eventually crippled by a German mini-sub off Normandy.
The only warship to have two completely different names, meaning different things, without having to repaint her sides.
Eventually crippled by a German mini-sub off Normandy.
January 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
HMS Dragon. Given to the Polish Free Forces in WW2 where she became ORP Dragon.
The only warship to have two completely different names, meaning different things, without having to repaint her sides.
Eventually crippled by a German mini-sub off Normandy.
The only warship to have two completely different names, meaning different things, without having to repaint her sides.
Eventually crippled by a German mini-sub off Normandy.
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If someone doesn’t remake Porridge but set in this prison instead then we’re missing a trick.
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
If someone doesn’t remake Porridge but set in this prison instead then we’re missing a trick.
Oh boy
Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland: “We are NATO partners with Denmark.
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Oh boy
We're gonna need a bigger banana hammock
STOP.
We have a major news story in our house. It's been building up for a few days and this afternoon came the denouement.
It's the story of a banana.
We have a major news story in our house. It's been building up for a few days and this afternoon came the denouement.
It's the story of a banana.
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
We're gonna need a bigger banana hammock
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Not only is this the correct way for elected Democrats to address the current moment, but it will inspire me to donate to a campaign more than a thousand texts and emails ever will.
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Not only is this the correct way for elected Democrats to address the current moment, but it will inspire me to donate to a campaign more than a thousand texts and emails ever will.
It seems Captain Sparrow is playing Scarbrados in the summer. I would pay real money to see what he makes of the Peasholm Park naval battle.
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It seems Captain Sparrow is playing Scarbrados in the summer. I would pay real money to see what he makes of the Peasholm Park naval battle.
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Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
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I am so fucking sick of legislated transphobia which breaks human rights laws, because apparently trans people don’t have the right to a private life.
Just.
Leave us alone and mind your own business. That’s all we’re asking.
Just.
Leave us alone and mind your own business. That’s all we’re asking.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I am so fucking sick of legislated transphobia which breaks human rights laws, because apparently trans people don’t have the right to a private life.
Just.
Leave us alone and mind your own business. That’s all we’re asking.
Just.
Leave us alone and mind your own business. That’s all we’re asking.
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This, is what we need right now…
January 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
This, is what we need right now…
Underrated skeet
It’s just a step to the Reich…
Bring back sassy troop inspections.
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Underrated skeet
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
1. Yay!!!
2. I take it she's not the tallest person in the world?
2. I take it she's not the tallest person in the world?
💚 Defection from the Liberal Democrats to the Green Party!
🙌🏼 Huge welcome to Rachel - our first ever Green Councillor in Poole!
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2576904...
🙌🏼 Huge welcome to Rachel - our first ever Green Councillor in Poole!
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2576904...
Lib Dem councillor defects to Green Party 'for one main reason'
BCP Green Party has gained its first councillor in Poole after defections from Liberal Democrat party.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 AM
1. Yay!!!
2. I take it she's not the tallest person in the world?
2. I take it she's not the tallest person in the world?
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You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
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after Stephen leaves the turret he climbs into Thunderbird 1 and clocks in a shift with international Rescue #TheTraitors
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
after Stephen leaves the turret he climbs into Thunderbird 1 and clocks in a shift with international Rescue #TheTraitors
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is this about Greenland or Minneapolis?
How about we not get into a fight with Scandinavian soldiers in a frozen landscape. Foreign invaders trying that while going "we're bigger than you, back down" has a bad record.
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM
is this about Greenland or Minneapolis?
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"And what would YOU bring to Reform, Mr Jenrick?"
"Glad you asked, Nigel. My special skill is being outmanoevred by Kemi Badenoch. Twice."
"Glad you asked, Nigel. My special skill is being outmanoevred by Kemi Badenoch. Twice."
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"And what would YOU bring to Reform, Mr Jenrick?"
"Glad you asked, Nigel. My special skill is being outmanoevred by Kemi Badenoch. Twice."
"Glad you asked, Nigel. My special skill is being outmanoevred by Kemi Badenoch. Twice."