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• Post #4312339

  So, last night, just before bed, I noticed the crystal (glass fascia) of my watch had fogged over. Shit. It's a 50+-year-old Omega. I took it into town today. Being a "Fine City", there are jewellers aplenty. One of them will be able to diagnose. Place one: I was dressed too scruffy to go in. Place two: (with watch in hand and not bag this time) A grandma welcomed me in, took my watch, looked on her iPad, and quoted £60 for diagnostics, and £580 for a full service sans parts....

• Post #4280830

  Boiled parsnips = bleugh :pumpkin_angry: Steamed parsnips = meh :pumpkin_snooze: Roasted parsnips = god tier munch :boykisser_dancing:

• Post #4280545

  Look, there is a massive, grumpy octopus plushie in the playground next to me. And I'm not saying that I want it or anything. I'm just saying it's a thing that exists near my home. ... #Plushie #Octopus

• Post #4180959

  My tummy hurts and I'm a little pissy. I am requesting movie recommendations. Here's what I like: -Queer -Soft -Cerebral -Psychological -Indie/off-beat/beatnik ...but i am open to pretty much anything, in any language. #FilmRecs #Film #MovieRecs

• Post #4154591

  Street art in London. #StreetArt #Gaffiti

• Post #4109068

  IT'S RAINING!!!

• Post #4071092

  I got paid this morning. Just shy of £2000 in the bank. Woohoo! Rent, five weeks of munch, toiletries, prescriptions, new (re: higher) energy rates, internet, phone, 4x bus fares,... #CapitalismSucks #ToTheCore

• Post #3895640

  Norfolk elected a new Police & Crime Commissioner yesterday. The Reform candidate won by more than 15,000 votes. 17% turnout. ... Bawls. #Norfolk #NorfolkPCC #UKpol

• Post #3843093

  Happy Birthday, Professor - STORYTIME === Several years ago, I met an aged professor of philosophy from Jinan Teachers' University. It was happenstance; a friend had an important, ritual-filled family meal at an exclusive restaurant and wanted me there for 'moral support'. I sat next to this 85-year-old thinker, grandfather of the one who invited me, and I didn't think we'd talk all that much. I was the only white face there anyway: More "we have a white friend" o...

• Post #3792536

  Tres cosas buenas === 1. A cleaned up a large part of a friend's garden, somewhat ready for a yearly inspection. For my efforts I was rewarded... 2. ...an old, huge laptop on to which I shall be installing a media server. 3. I saw a very good boy 🐕 #3GoodThings #ComputerTouchersInc #TrueNAS #MediaSeever

• Post #3582575

  Have you weirdos (affectionate) heard of Hidden Orchestra? I hadn't until a few days ago. https://hiddenorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/wingbeats

• Post #3578681

  Merz regime changes Germany's sick leave policy. Sick note required from day one. What's the betting that next winter, doctors' surgeries are packed full of people requiring little to no treatment, but clog up the system for a piece of paper? ... Does anyone actually *like* Merz? #DEpol #FriedrichMerz

• Post #3489894

  This floof is the marble fox. Selectively bred for appearances, they are the descendants of, we think, the red fox and the arctic fox. They still live under the vulpes vulpes name. Solitary creatures, they are extremely wild, opportunistic, and quite curious. They don't make good pets. Maybe they don't want your pets. Shame. I bet they feel awesome. #MarbleFox

• Post #3478884

  I am so glad my mastodon feed has so little World Cup stuff; even without filters. The only time I hear of it is when a new, entirely predictable and down-played tragedy happens. Or the Mango Mussolini opens his cockhole.

• Post #3468250

  I just found this badge on the floor outside a high school. #Norwich #TheKidsAreAlright

• Post #3433124

  Do any of you have recommendations of books or documentaries about Appalacia/Eastern Rust Belt? I want to know its history, why the area got so rich, then so poor, why the whole place has been left to rust, and why the people there keep voting against their interests. #Bookstodon #Recommendations #AskAnAmerican #Appalacia #RustBelt

• Post #3376310

  Tree Gaod Tangs === 1. I have a massage this morning. I even got a discount! I know not why. 2. I wrote 8 pages of dense legal paperwork in a very bitchy tone backed up with fact and reference. (Note: remove Bitch before sending) 2. I cooked, cleaned, did laundry, changed bed, a spent the rest of the day in my undercrackers. Bliss! #3GoodThings

• Post #2426886

  I'm way too late to the party on this, but I just found out Radiohead composed a Bond theme song, but was ultimately rejected for Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall". According to what I've been reading, justifications range from politics, to "too much Radiohead in the song", to marketability. This doesn't take away from Smith's song. It's a good song, and it's performed brilliantly. Radiohead&a...

• Post #2426885

  Today, colours seem brighter. #Photography #MastoArt

• Post #2426884

  I received a small collection of fabric swatches. I wanted to see which pretty sofa I could get that would match the new colour scheme, but being poor, all I could do is get swatches and dream. I'll still do something with these.

• Post #2426883

  Oh. Someone has remixed the F1 theme song they commissioned 6 (?) years ago. Another reason to not like F1 of late, nej?

• Post #2426881

  There has been a distinct lack of Bonk today. And it's knocking on midnight. Time to dream to The Bonk™️. https://bonkknobrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-four-seasons-of-bonk-wave-autumn-waves-1 #Bonkwave #Sleepwave #CCircoServesBonk

• Post #1699183

  I took a photo of paint tests to get your opinions, but the lighting was so horrible that they just look like a mess. #Painting #DIY

• Post #1662587

  Yet another brilliant essay from Ben Hörman on the lurking dangers and festering ideals of the Alt-Right: Meet the new boss, same as the old. A theatrically-written, skillfully-shot, subtly-presented dive into the darkness. Thanks, Ben. I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway. #VideoEssays #VideoRecs #YouTube https://youtu.be/adlH1MC2qI0

• Post #1662586

  The Two-headed Calf by Laura Gilpin === Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum. But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/1626022/the-two-headed-calf

• Post #1662569

  A successful morning. Took donations to some charity shops. Picked up new book and pants from charity shop. Bought guitar strings (discount!). Had good munch (pictured). Sunny, sunny day.

• Post #1628614

  Ruth Slenczynska, piano virtuoso, has died aged 101. She played with several U.S. presidents, was the last surviving pupil of Rachmaninov, and played with full orchestra at age 7. An amazing woman. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/classical-music-news/ruth-slenczynska-dies-at-101

• Post #1419313

  Belgium seizes arms shipment from Britain to Israel. Nice going, Belgium. #Israel #Gaza #EUpol #terfIsland

• Post #1318798

  I was in a charity shop today. I found some cheap cutlery I needed. "Everything 20p each!" In that tray was this stick. I don't know what it is for. What purpose does it serve? I bought it immediately

• Post #1118925

  Yeah, Orbán lost. Woohoo and all that, but let's not pretend for more than 3,2 seconds Magyar is much better; he was a Fidesz (far-right) fuckwit for quite some time. Magyar (Tizsa 60%) is a ring-winger, Orbán (Fidesz 35%) far-right, and the Our Homeland party is extreme-right (5%). There are no viable parties on the left; not even Liberals in the strictest sense. Well done, Hungary. Orbán is out. You now have to work to be rid of those constitutional changes, the local feifdoms run by...