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Horticulturist/Nurseryman. Avid reader. Aspiring hermit. Dreamer. Likes: Forteana, folklore, philosophy, psychology, myth. Horror, sci-fi. Metal, post-punk, folk. Countryside, woods. Idling. Drinking cider.
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Tech broverlords next move?
"The surveillance state by stealth"... ##Techfascism #Palantir #surveillance #privacy
The people at the top don't give a shit about the people at the bottom. Never have, never will.
It's all about control. Religions make that easier.
I'm not. And I can believe it. That's depressing.
That's depressing.
Exorcising today's earworm. Turn it up!
Yeah. "Weird stuff" can sometimes attract right-wing loonies. I'm very selective these days.
I've really got into podcasts in the last few years. Especially ones about weird stuff!
I find the Guardian disappointing these days.
Witchy librarian is good!
Same as the UK!
Ah, thanks!
I came across these guys several years ago. Read a few of their early books. Watched several interviews with Marshall and listened to lots of podcasts. I wasn't convinced in the end. Btw, what does "IC backed" mean?
Drop some MARTIAL ARTS 🥋👊🏼🖤
Won't someone please think of the poor shareholders?
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I often think I need a dog.
I wonder if a person gets to a point where they've said everything they can say online. And then they just retreat. And they grow veggies. Go to the library. Play with their cats. Watch the world burn.
Teehee! 😁
Hopefully.
Everybody can decide what is right? That's too subjective. You're wrong, I'm right. We're all gods then? That's how we got in this mess in the first place. (No, I'm not religious).
My mate left me a bottle of cider in the fridge. I thought it was regular 4 % stuff. No it's 8 %. Man. You know I needed it.
I didn't think this was any more or less normal.
I've spent years searching for meaning (sub specie aeternitatis). There isn't any. Sorry. Most people aren't searching for meaning any more. Consumerism has claimed them.
99.8% of the population are only bothered about affording (it's a word, I googled it) the next Iphone.
Will the next 'Whistle blower' please take a ticket and wait for your turn. Your Government thanks you.
Shall I make a prediction? It won't go anywhere and nothing will happen. Sorry.
#guncontrolnow #fuckthenra
Small mercies.
Getting a bit more interesting.
C'mon guys, it's called Three Cocks. Not Several Huge Erect Penises 🙄 That's in Norfolk.
That was bloody good! Creepy, atmospheric folkish horror that made me ponder. I may even watch it again. #Horrorsky
Never seen the remake. I'll add it to my Watch List 👍
"... it’s little wonder that our billionaire tech oligarchs are so profoundly disconnected from the rest of humanity." #TechnoFeudalism #BigTech
What plant did you get?
"How UFOs as aliens can make sense. Not an inspiring story, but a plausible one. They could be our panspermia siblings, here to get us to voluntarily obey their rule against aggressive expansion..." (No sub needed to read) #Ufosky #Fortean
"Nearly a decade after a US Navy pilot reported an unidentified flying object shaped like a spindle hovering off the East Coast, scientists in China have built and tested a drone with a strikingly similar profile..." #Ufosky #Fortean #drone
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#fuckice
"With an information system so fragile that institutions have discouraged students from using it for decades, one can only wonder what damage and social manipulation a coordinated group could cause by infiltrating the organization and, in effect, "rewrite history."
"A new report by Enigma reveals that more than 8,000 unidentified flying objects (UFO) sightings were reported across the U.S. between December 2022 and June 2025..." #Ufosky #Fortean
I thought it was a job requirement?
"Palantir is not just a vendor of software; it is becoming a partner in how the federal government organizes and acts on information... The same private company helps define how investigations are conducted, how targets are prioritized, how algorithms work and how decisions are justified."
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It's bollocks, my fellow sufferer!
"UKAB was "unable to determine the nature of the unknown object." "The object appeared to be approximately 2-3m in size at the very least, it may have been larger..." "London's altitude limit for drones is 400 feet (120 meters), yet the A320 was cruising at 9,000 feet." #Ufosky #Fortean #Drone
What are the chances that this ends up becoming Trump's personal hacking force? 🤔
What a time to be alive! #ClimateChange
Spent another day hunting for invasive plants along the riverbanks of Yorkshire.
And it doesn't look like Pazuzu.
"Like digital wildfire, the story spread. The Labubu doll wasn't just a designer figure anymore. It was a demon. A darling of darkness. The plaything of the algorithmic underworld..." #folklore #Fortean #UrbanLegend #paranormal
"What are UFOs?" premieres in the U.K. on Wednesday, August 27 on BBC Four at 8 p.m. BST. It will be broadcast again on Thursday, August 28 at 1.35 a.m. BST and available to stream on BBC iPlayer." #Ufosky #Fortean
“We’re seeing anomalies in our airspace and we’re just normalizing that, because it happens so often and nothing bad has happened yet,” Lembeck told me. “Eventually, something is going to come home to roost..." #Ufosky #Fortean
"If even part of what’s been reported is true, then the encounters off Virginia, California, and elsewhere could be the opening chapter in a much deeper mystery—one that spans oceans, navies, and continents..." #Ufosky #Fortean
"Repeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage smoking, alcohol use, poor diet or limited exercise can have on health..." #ClimateChange #collapse
There are cryptid festivals? Make your own. Folk who are into Forteana aren't your regular TikTokers. They know where the good stuff is.
Back in the 80s when I became a veggie, the thing I missed most was sausage rolls!
Anectdotally that's a sign of a stroke or heart attack. There's no real evidence though. Could be your neighbours have the munchies?
If he even lived long enough to have his life ruined.
I was thinking about this film earlier today and remembering the first time I saw it, various scenes, and how much I liked it. A rewatch is obviously in order!
"... the University of Oxford... takes in over £1bn more than Greggs – despite selling approximately 140m fewer sausage rolls – each year." 🤨😄
Me too! Why is the bloke at the front carrying a long baseball bat? Does he need it to keep the man-eating sharks at bay?
Bigfoot Christian movies is a thing?! 🤨
Another one for you @nwisser.bsky.social @clonehenge.bsky.social
Hares in my flares.
#Ufosky #Fortean
"Experts monitoring the fires inside the Darvaza Gas Crater (aka Turkmenistan’s “Door to Hell”) say the human-made inferno seems to be finally diminishing after spending over half a century burning away millions of cubic meters’ worth of natural gas every year."
I'd love that too. I think there have been such guys doing that for a few decades. Nobody listens to them though. Folk cherry pick the bible verses to back up their worldview. And then use the chosen few verses to justify being cunts. They don't care about bible scholars.
Most Christians don't live by the ways of Christ. At this point it's just a neo-fascist excuse for being a cunt.
Not yours. Luckily.
And everyone will use it to advance their own agenda. As usual.
I like that. It won't be a 'Loser's Revolution' though. They won't let that happen. They'll try every means possible to contain it. They'll try.
Friend. Don't wait for the Dems to save you. They won't.
I'm starting to think your Dems are complicit. Follow the neoliberal money.
But will it benefit his already rich, fossil-fuel donors? Follow the money.
Creepy person doesn't think creepy person is creepy. Who'd have thought it?
Mate... from the outside looking in... we can't understand how you're letting them get away with this shit. Legally. Ethically. Don't wait for the Democrats to organise. I don't think they will. You're on your own.
Excellent article. "Thiel belongs to a species of Silicon Valley visionary who treats dystopian fiction not as warning but as instruction manual." "... when we can no longer conceive of another future, the one handed to us — by billionaires, algorithms, and dark glass — becomes inevitable."
Scary times lass. I have no doubt it'll come over here too.
It has been for a while.
Humans. Deadliest predator on the planet.
I never trusted Starmer. He's not Labour. Not my idea of Labour anyway. He's just another tool of the neo-liberal faceless agenda.
*Fascism intensifies*
It's a good plan...
Replace him with the next waste of space!
Ahhh... those halcyon days. Before enshittification and mass tracking/advertising.
Seen this?
We don't want people going on the internet and discussing things now, do we? I mean, look what happened with the Arab Spring. Nope. 'Big Govt' needs to control what we can see. Control all of the information. It's for our own good. They said so.
For a split second, you had me!
Possibly. Needless to say I watched it whilst pissed back in the day. Maybe a sober rewatch is in order?! 😆
Echo chambers. We do it ourselves by being on 'lefty' Bluesky. I'm comfortable with that though. I come here to relax, not argue pointlessly with right-wing zealots.
Me too! People I still know after 25 years.
Well... there was this 'classic' in 2009. 😁
