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created July 30, 2023

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Blair: Yes! Haha! Yes!!

2/9/2025, 2:23:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Local authorities showed disregard for people’s lives. The biggest home builders have allegedly been caught price fixing, some cheek talking about costs.

2/9/2025, 7:30:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Parish councils still allowed to meet under the cloak of secrecy?

1/9/2025, 10:55:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Scrapping off peak fares will save some travellers as little as 10p on a return journey. These paltry savings will only crowd commuter trains further. The rail sector has been able to manipulate fares by offering steeper discounts on less popular routes so they can get away with these savings.

Return journey before 9AM costs £8.10. The same off-peak journey after 9AM costs £8.00. The journey takes only 12 minutes.
1/9/2025, 6:34:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture athena (who is really cool) (@athenaisreallycool.bsky.social) reposted

James bond uses glue to bond things together when doing d.i.y. and that's where he got his name

31/8/2025, 10:01:24 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

youtu.be/o2m0HHcyMM4

31/8/2025, 10:28:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social)

Pushing back against Mozilla over Firefox changes is all well and good, but without them, there would be no ‘forks’ for you to use. They have to tread a fine line between privacy and maintaining market share and staying afloat. It’s got to be difficult.

30/8/2025, 8:47:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the Business Genious™ when she learns about the law of diminishing returns.

30/8/2025, 7:41:29 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

I can wish that. I did wish that. And it's probably going to happen!

30/8/2025, 3:18:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just move 200 miles away. It’ll be great. You’ll make loads of new friends and forget about your family in no time.

30/8/2025, 12:43:24 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you try really hard, getting sick can be a fun ‘high’

30/8/2025, 12:33:04 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What made you go? Been a similar time frame for me and I just can’t be dealing with the thought of a 4 figure bill.

30/8/2025, 12:29:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mumblecore editor

30/8/2025, 12:25:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

One time I got a new PS2 with SingStar for £50 in Currys. Walked around the corner to GameStation and traded the game and mics £25 credit and then used that to buy Final Fantasy XII. £35 for a game and console. Simply impossible today.

29/8/2025, 7:45:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every time someone says the B word you have to drink.

28/8/2025, 11:24:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sadiq Khan stealing @libbycwatson.com's graphic design steeze. Bossman can't even get the text stroke right.

Photograph of a group of people standing in a street, holding posters with a pink and yellow gradient background and bold yellow serif font that reads summer streets.
28/8/2025, 12:34:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes I wonder if his mother knows, and if she is still proud anyway.

27/8/2025, 10:42:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, BFI Player. Very useful interaction.

Warning message:
26/8/2025, 10:09:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Attempting to rehabilitate Nick Clegg and Darren Aronofsky in the same week. Some Choices are being made over there.

26/8/2025, 10:49:04 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That role has to be one of the most detestable positions in the civil service. I have never read a reasonable response from the DWP. Constant subterfuge about how they spend a large number, mainly on pensioners, to paper over cuts to more vulnerable.

26/8/2025, 9:55:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the payday thing was real? it sounded like a mod. wowwwww

25/8/2025, 4:40:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Senior Labour figures every time they see the new polling data.

25/8/2025, 3:06:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rami, I find your tone unhelpful and frankly, quite Hamas.

25/8/2025, 11:52:24 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social)

Many commercial businesses reuse free and open source software under licence. If Jake Manger is just charging for ffmpeg wrapped up in a convenient window interface, I do not care. Command line interfaces are annoying to most people.

25/8/2025, 9:33:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Art of the deal.

24/8/2025, 4:11:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

Simpsons still. Homer looks at an unimpressed Lisa and says “Lisa, a guy ago has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy…”
24/8/2025, 3:54:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I will never forgive Aldi for convincing everyone they need a pressure washer. Neighbour has been using it for what feels like 2 hours. I could wash a car with a bucket and a sponge faster.

24/8/2025, 12:26:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wish you could just browse Bluetooth signals like the radio.

24/8/2025, 6:34:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 6:27:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Frances Meh (@francesmeh.reviews) reposted

you in the cuck chair, me on the couch telling your therapist about you

24/8/2025, 5:41:42 AM | 135 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

anything is possible... at zombo com

24/8/2025, 12:48:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mobile library seems to be run by volunteers. No real interest in books or how the library management system works. Book not here? “Not my problem.” No disrespect to them, if they just want to get out the house and drive a big vehicle around but it’s no replacement for employed library assistants.

22/8/2025, 2:46:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

yeah, i was streaming these on Discord a couple months back. was such a delight to find out there's a bunch of other directors. i'd only seen Spike, Chris, and Michael's.

21/8/2025, 10:45:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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single pane from a comic of a man with a red nose drinking from a bottle
20/8/2025, 10:11:25 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Formulaic, lazy, and frankly insulting. Fuck off.

19/8/2025, 11:46:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

Spare a thought for the dozens of officers each year, who tragically accidentally discharge their gun-phone instead of hanging up a call.

19/8/2025, 6:35:28 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very good. I am curious whether the class peer pressures one another into following the rule or they try to collectively complain.

19/8/2025, 9:49:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a child while at a boring charity event I flushed a whole toilet roll in the hopes I could go home earlier. Didn’t work.

18/8/2025, 11:19:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

the thing with so many video games, especially ones with things that could be improved, is that that those issues are constantly gasping for oxygen against the conveyor belt of content that the season pass requires. if your game launches without good fundamentals it is a nightmare to turn it around.

17/8/2025, 11:54:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Loved The Hit. That film should get talked about as much as Sexy Beast is. What a performance! I will check The Limey.

17/8/2025, 3:20:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/8/2025, 4:28:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And it will play on PS3

16/8/2025, 9:31:28 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s their policy on buzz balls?

14/8/2025, 11:02:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I bet more people learned more code through MySpace than secondary school

13/8/2025, 9:19:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Raspberry Pi only until 18

13/8/2025, 9:16:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They always promise next day, and we just settle for 5

12/8/2025, 11:35:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture famous bog body (@bogbird.bsky.social) reposted

i turn on my computer. id scan to log in. i go to wikipedia. blocked in the united states. i’m now on a list. in 5 days, i will be killed by a policebot

12/8/2025, 2:58:47 AM | 65 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social)

My defiant message to the mosquitoes:

Krusty the clown covered in nicotine patches pulls down his trousers and says
12/8/2025, 9:06:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would have also accepted snacktacular

12/8/2025, 8:26:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

snot on!

10/8/2025, 11:05:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Italian dudes rock vimeo.com/76694540

10/8/2025, 10:51:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Police should really consider a more reputable profession.

9/8/2025, 8:56:43 PM | 64 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture derek van vliet (@derek.bike) reposted

this 3 act story has something for everyone

9/8/2025, 6:55:26 PM | 3057 931 | View on Bluesky | view

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Played a little of this on the Nintendo Switch emulator recently expecting to bounce off it immediately. After 10 minutes trying to work out the controls it clicked. Easy to see why this was such an important game.

9/8/2025, 3:12:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s the same with cycling. It’s such a drag. Anyway, lottery tickets.

9/8/2025, 9:42:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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youtu.be/IBRL7D0wcXM

9/8/2025, 9:34:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Real

9/8/2025, 9:30:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The internet is not an à la carte restaurant, that exists solely to satisfy your every whim. If you don’t like something, move on, quietly.

9/8/2025, 9:26:20 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

It could not be more over for Adrian.

8/8/2025, 6:30:02 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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song.link/gb/i/516531204

7/8/2025, 11:34:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Streak on a beach

7/8/2025, 11:32:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Server farm to table large language models 🧑‍🌾

7/8/2025, 11:29:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Two photographs, on the left Steve Forsing from Sicario, an IT technician looking guy with a bullet proof vest and a rifle. On the right, pretty much the same guy, but he's not from a movie.
7/8/2025, 9:25:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

sounds like... broadband communism to me.

6/8/2025, 6:07:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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if video doorbells were so effective then burglaries would be a thing of the past.

6/8/2025, 4:50:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

sad to hear about this. our community garden's wooden shelter and poly tunnels were also victims of arson recently. nothing on this scale. we haven't started rebuilding out of fear they will be targeted again.

6/8/2025, 4:49:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social)

When I was a kid I thought Half Life was a hard mode in Metal Gear Solid where you had a shorter health bar 😳

5/8/2025, 11:14:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sonic the Hedgehog striking a zany walking pose Ad for Timberland boots
5/8/2025, 10:13:27 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

When faced with the choice between invasive Denuvo DRM on Steam, or a game key cart on Switch 2, I will choose to not buy the game and instead emulate something else.

3/8/2025, 11:04:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Beginning of the end. That dog and Know Your Meme.

3/8/2025, 10:50:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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selling off allotments to build housing is classic Labour. school fields all over again. the effects on society will be plain to see in years to come when people are less healthy and happy.

3/8/2025, 9:44:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

I had a pint with someone recently who said something misogynistic. I was shook, ‘cause I had never thought this way before. Internally I’m like: wow, thanks for opening that pathway in my brain… I did not need that at all.

3/8/2025, 9:00:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

most Tories I speak to recognise that Thatcher's privatisation of public utilities like water and rail has not worked for the country.

30/7/2025, 12:35:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

The green party: A referrendum on Brexit is the democratic thing to do, and therefore right. Also the green party: this is where it all went wrong.

30/7/2025, 12:34:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

no alt text, either.

30/7/2025, 12:31:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

You should probably put the X% marks to the right of the bars so the smaller bars, however insignificant can be read. I think the difference between 1% and 4% is quite crucial information.

30/7/2025, 12:29:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bagman's arch nemesis

29/7/2025, 2:46:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Starmer is starting to look like Clegg, in that he’s just destroying his own party’s gains. And there is no real mechanism to remove him.

29/7/2025, 8:25:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Helen Lovejoy, aka Waitrose woman was Labour’s key target voter.

29/7/2025, 8:11:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

are you against votes for 16 and 17 year olds. or just highlighting McSweeney's lack of foresight? this move must have seemed like an open goal before Reform surged? i think Labour might have gained more by repealing voter ID laws now.

28/7/2025, 12:26:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Labour 2029 manifesto: criminalise VPNs

28/7/2025, 12:14:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My only critcism with Odyssey was that it was quantity over quality at times. I've been really vibing with DK so far. The gameplay is so satisfying that the filler doesn't feel like filler.

27/7/2025, 7:13:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

The school was delayed in my town. Families with children bought homes on the understanding their child would have a place to study. Instead it turned into a last minute rush to secure a place at one of the other local schools. Almost as if the home builders shouldn't be tasked with this stuff.

27/7/2025, 6:40:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Chart showing that at the number of people who often go without food or heating drops from 11% to 0% as your salary rises to £50k, but then curiously begins to rise again to 2% of those earning £80k a year. Bearded man on BBC Question Time pointing at the audience. He's known for being the guy that argued £80k is an average salary.
27/7/2025, 4:35:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the internet is becoming so unusable it might push people onto the dark net with far worse consequences

27/7/2025, 9:24:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tylenol the Creator

27/7/2025, 8:19:42 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can see the marketing now: Your [da's] party Your [barista's] party Your [gastroenterologist's] party

24/7/2025, 12:40:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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perhaps the police should be focused on dealing with agitators instead of operating a taxi service

24/7/2025, 12:46:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it was almost part of the routine "if you're not a quitter, then feel free to stay".

23/7/2025, 11:45:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

I went to one of these scam sales things when I was unemployed. I could tell it was dodgy after 5 minutes, and they could tell I knew. They were happy for me to excuse myself early. They were probably glad I left because my questions would probably make other people realise it was dodgy.

23/7/2025, 11:45:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social) reply parent

You can smell the money they spent on this. These grand web redesigns often result in many links breaking. Often to services staff and students rely on to find out valuable information, resulting in them turning to Google to find their way around.

23/7/2025, 11:38:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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More people are considering AI lovers and we shouldn't judge.

22/7/2025, 9:06:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing left to loose

22/7/2025, 1:13:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Raising the state pension age is electoral poison. Another U-turn on the books with massive political capital wasted. Labour are so moronic.

21/7/2025, 4:11:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His Wikipedia legal issues section is so dang long. This is simply not true, Wes

20/7/2025, 10:33:48 AM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How is that in Labour’s interest? I don’t see PR happening unless we get another coalition government.

20/7/2025, 10:22:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 5pence (@5pence.bsky.social)

Discovered that the reason why I haven’t been able to donate blood easily is because my council run leisure centre is routinely cancelling dates due to broken toilets and heating. Critically short supplies because councils can’t maintain anything.

20/7/2025, 2:13:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I got one of these Zoku gadgets when I worked in a department store. Really good gadget. Pour in fruit juice and you got a really good pop in 5 mins.

19/7/2025, 9:48:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view