GillO

@gillo.bsky.social

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Retired, escaped English/Drama teacher in the English Midlands. Now studying for the heck of it. EM drama, kidlit, Buffy, Rejoin. Cymraeg am byth! I follow back if I think I have something in common - if your bio's empty I probably won't follow you

Examples of Early Modern letter forms.
An image in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry. In Latin the text reads: "Ecce! Nigelus Faragus Aggreditur Ab humine Cum cisterna super capite. Crude translation: Behold! Nigel Farage being attacked by a man with a bin on his head!
Clouet (school) sketch of the Maréchale de Saint André, 1540s or 1550s. A French noblewoman in formal dress with a small frill to her partlet.
A cartoon strip pitting Count Binface against Farage. 1. Shows an imposing Count Binface promising to cleanse the planet of political trash. 2. His arch-nemesis, Nigel Farage, waving a pint, scoffin "Ha! Look at you, Bin Boy! You thik facts matter? The people want simple answers. I give them anger, fear and a nice pint! 3. Whenever Farage spreads misinformation, Binface is there to fact-check him into orbit! Shining the light of reality on Farage, Binface says "Not today, Garbage Goblin!" 4. Farage's evil plots are always the same... "First I blame the EU, then I blame immigrants, then I blame "The Woke", then I blame Binface. Works every time! 5. But Binface has the power of democracy, transparency and a nice wheelie bin! Standing next to a recycling bin, Binface says "I don't seek power. I seek recycling and a better future for everyone. TO THE BINMOBILE! 6. So, remember, citizens "Whenever democracy is in danger, whenever lies threated to win, COUNT BINFACE WILL RISE AGAIN! In the corner a dazed-lookig Farage sits in a bin marked "Political Rubbish". Westminster is in the background.
A poster, in the style of the Obama election posters, tagged "HOPE" and, underneath it, "Count Binface for Clacton on Sea".
A black painted banner on which is written in Latin, "This is the place of Marini Faletro decapitated for crimes" - it is the only public record of a Doge in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice.
A screenshot of a message from Xitter claiming I had new followers, messages and notifications. A lie.
Drawing from the sixteenth or seventeenth century showing Spanish ladies wearing enormous platform shoes which the caption calls pattens but are also known as chopines.
A pair of chopines in yellow with heavy lace decoration. These slip-on platform shoes gave the wearer six inches at least extra height.
An extant chopine, a type of exaggerated platform shoe raising the wearer about six inches above the ground. Red velvet and trimmed with what was probably gold lace.
A sketch of a Renaissance lady with a cutaway to show she is wearing chopines making her at least six inches taller.
Newspaper report that a large international business conference set to happen next year has been moved from Seattle to Vienna in the light of concerns about Trump's America and the safety of delegates.
The front page of the Evening Standard on Election Day, bought by Reform sympathisers. It shows the back of a man's head facing blackness. The Caption says "Vote Reform. Get Starmer out."
Henry I was famous for his handwriting and was therefore generally called Henry Beau-Geste. He was extremely fond of his son William who was, however, drowned in the White City. Henry tried to console himself by eating a surfeit of palfreys. This was a Bad Thing since he died of it and never smiled again.
A screenshot of my notifications showing a red bar with Rate Limit Exceeded on it.
A crazy AI image of Trump as Jesus blessing a man in bed. The man looks oddly similar to Jeffery Epstein.
A screenshot of a post by Tommy Robinson, mourning the defeat of Orban.
A Bakewell Tart (almond frangipane on top of jam) with icing and glacé cherries.
Picture of Trump. Text beneath reads God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty or nastiness been so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.
Myself aged about twelve at Caernarfon Castle.
A few of my bookshelves, mostly double-banked.
An AI prompt asking for correct wiring of a UK 13amp plug. Diagram iswildly wrong and very unsafe.
The Italian team enters the opening ceremony of the winter Olympics through a huge gold ring.
A flow-chart showing Nigel Farage's connections with Putin, Trump and dark money.
A penguin, carrying a USA flag and a shovel, walks towards the viewer with a speech bubble: "It's done".
Photoshop image of Trump, looking miserable and exhausted. The Grim Reaper is behind him.
Photoshopped image of Trump looking exhausted and miserable. The Grim Reaper stands behind him.
The cover of a book, "Baking Bad" by Kim M Watt.
The Child Catcher from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"; a bizarrely-dressed man with an accentuated nose holds lollipops to lure children.
The book cover of my edition of "Fire and Hemlock", by the wonderful Diana Wynne Jones. A bonfire backlights stalks of an umbellifer, with a clump of trees partially obscuring a house in the background.
An enormous balloon, a caricature of Donald Trump in a nappy/diaper, outside the British Parliament buildings.
Donald Trump grinning at the Princess of Wales.
Drusilla from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in vampire face - swollen forehead, lumpy and distorted, carrying a body.
Photo of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy, labelled "Wet Shirt".
A sign erected on April 1st, warning walkers they are now entering the Loch Lomond Haggis Conservation Zone. A list of warnings include to avoid getting haggis wet, interfering with their mating activities or feeding them after midnight.
A narrow mediaeval street in Blois, France.
Vladimir Putin walking down a snowy avenue of trees. He holds a dog lead which is attached to a crawling Donald Trump.
Dennis Price as Jeeves, answering a stick-type telephone and looking very superior. (Wikipedia(
D'Hoffryn the demon and Anya, miserable, in her wedding dress, a still from "Hells Bells" from season 6 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Tomb of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, in Westminster Abbey. A brightly-painted effigy in crimson and ermine on top with "weepers" - neeling images of her four sons.
Gingham smocked top for a toddler with added yoke embroidery.
A tree by a ruined wall