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I know nothing about recipes for chocolate cake, but I do know that @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social makes magic out of life's finest ingrediants: wisdom, wit and kindness. Happy Birthday!
When it premiered at the Royal Court, an early reviewer said: 'it achieves the rare feat of being witty and erotic at the same time'. And how!
On the anniversary of Tim Curry’s birth I would just like to say that there are few actors who are as good as him at putting exactly the right amount of unhinged overacting and camp into a role to make it memorable.
The man is quite literally an acting genius and we are all better for knowing him.
Heavenly!
I have such a crush on Inigo Montoya!
A blue sky with clouds. In the foreground is a green Primary Route exit sign for the A140. The destinations given are Ipswich Diss Norwich. It’s a image I took from google Maps as I wasn’t quick enough on the draw with my camera.
In East Anglia they even put their civic/ football beefs on road signs
I think she does - and if you find it offensive as a neutral quote, just imagine having it hurled at you in anger (basically, imagine being a woman), then being told you are in the wrong if you repeat it. Shame has to change sides!
Not used Amazon for at least 20 years and people tend to say 'Oh but you're lucky; you have a High Street full of diverse local shops.' Yeah, you all did till you let the big guys win. Be the change you want to see!
We all known A*azon tends to sell books bellow list prices, but I've recently found them selling books at below WHOLESALE prices. I know this because I own a store. That's fucked up.
Anyways, support your local book stores. Shit's tough.
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When Even Meloni Says No
By Tony Pentimalli
Fifteen months ago, Giorgia Meloni was the only European leader willing to stand there and celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration. That mattered. Meloni is not some liberal hand-wringer from Brussels.
Makes the Goya version feel positively wholesome! Nice work and great to see you again - we need this now more than ever
It’s actually quite hilarious.
Whilst many Americans were pushing Christian Nationalism and Catholic Integralism.
What actually happened was America became a Pagan country.
They made their President an Emperor like Rome and ignored God.
And they don’t even see it. 😭😭
Key quote: 'Zack Polanski and the Green party have been talking about making hope normal again. I think we also need to make prejudice strange again.'
As always that 'hopey changey stuff' is a key part of the narrative, otherwise it's just pandering to the right.
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Her pictures of hattifatteners scared the life out of my son and I'm glad I never exposed him to a creepy bat-infested Wonderland
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
Most confusing punctuation ever – no idea who is talking and why there is a rogue single quote mark among all the doubles. As an editor, it's making me want to go and lie down...
Billionaires take money, not make money.
Their workers are the ones who make the money.
Bezos is not on the floor in his warehouses. Musk is not the one making his electric cars. Zuckerberg is not the one coding his Facebook.
Billionaires take the money that workers make.
I love reading novels. I’m always amazed by folks who don’t read fiction. There is nothing better, to me, than being in the middle of a book that you can’t wait to return to. It’s like living two lives at once.
posted without comment*
*many thanks to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
I kind of agree, it may cause a mini recession, but the alcohol sales will boom 😆🤣😂
Greta Thunberg is ranked the 2nd most dangerous antisemite in the world according to the Israeli government.
Nailed it!
Hell yes! Not the Grundys or Horrobins obvs, but Adam for being dull and weary; Tom and Natasha as annoying breadheads; Alice and Chris for not getting back together and Pip and Stella for being world's least convincing lesbian couple.
Realise I've shifted so much to BBC World Service for news that I have mostly stopped swearing at the radio (#TheArchers an honourable exception)
"You can't trust Wes Streeting with our NHS."
via The Left
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Undead, undead, undead, undead!
