Iain

@8letters.co.uk

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British European living in Amsterdam. 8lettersuk on most other platforms. Allegedly a yuppen. cramberts.com

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9 Grindr alerts about taps from various accounts all ending in Stiff
A screenshot of tikkie advertising their new bank called BUUT
Poster for Kane and Abel Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane
A sign af Barack Obama Plaza that reads if you are reading this you are parked facing the wrong direction and in a drive thru waiting space please relocate immediately
Screenshot of a CNN article headline - Twice-rejected American cruise puts spotlight on rollback of LGBTQ rights, passengers say
A view of Spanish Point on the west coast of Ireland from the Armada hotel. In the foreground is a well maintained lawn then rocks and sea with a view across the bay to the other side with rocky cliffs
As publishers weigh blocking the Google crawler, the quality of Google Search results could decline. AI-generated image by Mark Stenberg via Gemini
A picture of the pride advert from the Holland herald the in flight magazine for KLM where there is one of their usually Delft blue houses painted in rainbow colours.
A public comment left by a user using the poof slur against gay men.
a red paint effect hallway with open doors leading to the apartment on either side of the door are white glass wall lights that resemble horns.
A galley kitchen with grey concrete style cabinets along the top of the cabinets are coloured glass heads in a rainbow effect of colours from purple through to red
A close-up of the sunken bath with a reserved sign on the edge and a faux tiger skin rug
A room with one half in olive and the other in dusky pink the ceiling is the same colour palette but slightly lighter. There is a bar? with 3 red stools but it does not look far enough from the wall to be a bar. Above the bar isa round mirror. There is also a red smeg fridge and a multi-coloured rug.
A view of the exterior of the apartment showing a plain black door and unassuming garage door.
an image of yellow hallway with multi coloured stairs and a sunken bath in the middle.
A 'new fruitier jam' label on a pack of jammie dodgers
A view over a canal in Amsterdam during a thunderstorm with lightning lighting up the entire sky.
26.1 degrees from my WiFi garden thermometer and 66% humidity
A chart showing spacex SPCX stock declining in a classic 'line goes up' except the wrong way. It's at $150.15 basically back at where it started.
A role advertised for a remote product manager
An opt out dark pattern used to keep people subscribed to marketing email lists, they use opt out = yes rather than the more common opt in = no and then they have a different button hiding all the other emails they have you subscribed to.
A view over Waterlooplein at night with lightning over the buildings.
A screenshot of 4 UK mobile numbers blocked by android spam settings
Daily Telegraph UK article about Diana Appleyard being upset her daughter came out as gay at age 30. The entire article is about her and her feeling of bereavement.
A screenshot of hagelslag a Dutch breakfast topping which is essentially chocolate hundreds and thousands.
Fuck Donald Trump this is a gay anthem
A view of a KLM Boeing 777 PH-BQA from an outdoor terrace.
Duck duck go search ai assist telling us that there is one r in raspberry
A screenshot of an audio book Death's End by Cixin Liu
Mcvitities digestives and Jaffa cakes hybrid abomination.
Screenshot of the profile showing 73 followers
iCloud showing apps available including photos and email but missing the calendar
The question of how much knowledge German civilians had about the Holocaust while it was happening has been studied and debated by historians. In Nazi Germany, it was an open secret among the population by 1943, Peter Longerich argues, but some authors place it even earlier. After the war, many Germans claimed that they were ignorant of the crimes perpetrated by the Nazi regime, a claim associated with the stereotypical phrase "Davon haben wir nichts gewusst". In German-occupied Europe, governments were acutely aware of the implications of their complicity, and that the general population, to varying degrees, were usually not aware of the implications of ghettoization and deportation. Governments such as the Vichy government in France are believed to have been keenly aware of their complicity with the Nazis' genocidal policies
This image shows a traffic sign indicating a dead-end street that is still open to pedestrians and cyclists. 
What if umbrellas were supposed to be called brellas but the person hesitated?
Instagram advert for flip flops at 17.99 plus shipping
Mae Stewart has prepared for two years to host Airbnb guests at her Atlanta home during this summer’s World Cup. The design consultant refurnished the floors, relit the rooms and replaced the vanities. She put in new countertops and faucets. She monitored the pricing strategy for competing homes and made sure to rent hers out enough times to generate reviews with a high rating. Stewart did all this, spending roughly $60,000 in total, to lure soccer ticket holders who would be willing to splurge on her three-bedroom house. She is charging roughly $4,500 for a weeklong stay in mid-July during the tournament, about three times the price of what she’ll charge shortly after the World Cup. Now, she just needs someone to actually come.
Strawberry tea bag in peach colour packet and mango flavoured tea in a red packet.
Suggested for you The merchant of cum and RootWyrm
A tweet from Elon Musk on the social media platform he owns. Its about AI and robotics and he claims everyone can have a penthouse.
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Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
A screen shot of search results for protests in northern Utah
An original post at 02:02 from Robert Reich Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
A samsung remote control showing a cluster of 4 buttons at the bottom that are completely useless without a paid subscription. Samsung get paid to place them there.
1/1 Actually, I don't give a fuck about Harry Potter, and if you'd bothered to actually read what I said you would know that. I had forgotten that she was funding groups that had an agenda geared towards biological females, but it doesn't negate my point that the phone you're using is made from
Shazam of In the Hall of the Mountain King,
A screenshot of 30 connections from foursquare to other services
Screenshot of music playing. Harrison remix of All the things she said.
A screenshot of Google Photos search results for the word hell. There are no photos.
A desk strewn with various old usb thumb drives
A chart of the by-election result for Gorton and Denton where the greens took 41% of the vote which was 12% more than Reform who narrowly beat Labour by 3%
Nest notifications with 'null' titles and missing the low battery notification shown in the Google home app.
Screenshot of a BBC News story about finding a porn company. The director of enforcement is named George Lusty
A team photo with presumably someone they don't like in the centre of the picture they are all smiling and having fun together bit we shouldn't think this means they support the person in the middle.
The flexible rate of the hoxton hotel fully cancellable until 2pm the day before.
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