Gareth Millward

@millieqed.bsky.social

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Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.

Weather News with Michael Fish says gay rights?
Book cover to "Complaints, Controversies and Grievances in Medicine: Historical and Social Science Perspectives"
Des Lynham
Poirot: I do believe zat zey did not ween, 'astings.
A man dressed as a hotdogs, earnestly trying to find out who could have allowed such a thing to occur...
John Peel at the desk.
Scotland's legendary front line against Brazil, World Cup 1998. Attackers: Kevin Gallacher, Gordon Durie and Darren Jackson.
"We have to remember that KS took Labour down from its peak success in 2019 to its absolute nadir in July 2024. What an absolute bastard"
Will Riker has seen better days...
The Simpsons. As the family makes off with the town over's lemon tree, the father shouts "Pass it sideways harder, boy!"
DR news story. Trans: "Timmy the Whale will go in diesel vehicle fuel tanks"
The Notorious BIG, but Precarious. It's a very clever meme.
In which Ian Wright sees a ghost
Jose Mourinho: "I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I am in big trouble."
Billboard in Odense, Denmark. The local team (nickname: "the striped") has a club-branded can with main sponsors Albani (Royal Unibrew's branding on the island of Funen). Slogan: "The summer's Funish buddy pair".
"Hide the pain" Harold is at his computer holding a coffee cup and trying to hide the pain. He is not succeeding. Everything is garbage.
Niklas Bendtner x Hat
Ex-leader of the LibDems, Tim Farron on his phone. Caption: "Piss off. I'm live tweeting #MBS2017."
Williams 1997 livery. The tobacco sponsor was replaced with a "?" in many markets
An orange bird thinks for a moment (left) before saying (right) "Listen here, you little shit"
Bart Simpson reading the line "Don't do what Donny Don't does"
The epic handshake meme. Person one: Maintaining academia's integrity Person two: Casting choices for the doctor in Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation Accord: Gates sometimes installed for a reason
Georgiou and Burnham from Star Trek: Discovery having a tense argument in a corridor.
An effigy made of oil drums. The person who lives here made the horrific decision not to get married before he turned 30. The wording on the barrels is not fit for translation on BlueSky, a family website.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt to Steve Kinnock: "Why are you doing this now?"
Map of different healthcare systems - see link in post for full details. Most nations in the global north use some mix of state guaranteed insurance or "NHS"-style tax funded systems.
So this one gives me an existential crisis. This is an ironic ad ironising the ironic ads that are pushing the brand awareness of little mom n' pop store "The Burger's King". On the left, the burger says "Thanks for the free ads". A person is holding one of their tasty meat slabs. Above it, the caption reads "Even the ironic ones are pushing our brand". In pointing out hypocrisy, this image and the sharing of it are deeply hypocritical. I scream. For I know not who I am any longer.
Odilon Redon's "The Cyclops". A giant one-eyed humanoid monster pokes his head out from behind some trees and rocks to gaze upon the naked form of the nymph Galatea.
Thomas the Tank yawning
Score of 903 - picture of a Mesopotamian clay tablet
A tractor with the face of an angry owl. There's a thing underneath the wing mirror that looks a little like a puffin, too.
Translation of headline: 'Starmer grilled about Mandelson: "I believe this case will cost him his job"' Photo: Starmer at the dispatch box next to Rachel Reeves (r) and David Lammy (l). Original text: Starmer grillet om Mandelson: 'Jeg tror, den her sag ender med at koste ham posten'
News item: "Rottegift fundet i babymad i Østrig" - "Rat poison found in baby food in Austria" Skeet: "Was it designed like that, or... ?"
A mannequin in full suit, lying in bed with magazines.
Yes.
Dansk Folkeparti posters. Black white and red. Not very subtle. The text is quoted in the main post.
DR Headline: "Vanopslagh denies he bought cocaine himself. It was in 'festive company' that cocaine ended up on the table, and not some that he had acquired himself, says the LA leader."
My skeet: "Bloody hell, we have some strange ass game shows here." Image: DR1 debate with a large graphic: "How would you ensure clean drinking water?" Dansk: "Hvordan vil du sikre rent drikkevand?"
DR headline: Vanopslagh: I have taken cocaine as leader of LA. Liberal Alliance's Alex Vanopslagh writes on Facebook that he took cocaine "once or twice" at parties.
Danish football fan in a red and white curly wig, Danish flag face paint, a Danish scarf, and a cigarette
Vasco de Gama
Liberal Alliance candidate Charlotte Nellemann. "The system is not your mum." [Systemet er ikke din mor.]
DR headline to a piece by Frederik Hagemann-Nielsen - "Hvorfor tager alle politikerne billeder med pølser?" [Why are all the politicians taking pictures with sausages?]
Brent Crude price for the last 6 months. It has spiked massively in March.
The Muppets' Swedish Chef
Election poster for Radikale. A large B (their symbol on the ballot paper) with the caption "a plan is needed" ("Der er brug for en plan").
The main parties, in order of the number of seats they would get based on the last opinion polls of February. Socialdemokraterne - Labour - 37 seats SF - Green - 25 seats Liberal Alliance - Libertarian edge lords - 18 seats Venstre - Liberal Democrats, but electable - 16 seats Danmarksdemokraterne - Reform, but with a woman - 15 seats Dansk Folkeparti - Reform, but with a guy with a Germa name - 14 seats Enhedslisten - Continuity Communist - 13 seats Konservative - Tory - 10 seats Moderaterne - Change UK, but Danish - 10 seats Radikale - Liberals, but the cool dad who's ok with gay stuf - 7 seats Borgernes Parti - Reform, but with a guy who asked in parliament what he could do if he shat himself - 5 seats Alternativet - Greens, but even less serious - 5 seats
Election posters for the Danish general election being held this month. Katrine Daugaard and Pia Offer Madsen for the Liberal Alliance have the same hair cut, suit, glasses and makeup.
Anakin Skywalker as a kid, podracing. Caption: "Now this is joined November 2024"
Book cover: Gareth Millward "Sick Note: A History of the British Welfare State" (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Daphne from Frasier.
"Velkommen til verdens røvhul" - Wellcome to the arsehole of the world
Iago, the parrot from Disney's Aladdin.
David Cameron emerging from behind a door with a gormless half grin.
Homer Simpson talking to Lisa and Bart. "Kids, kids, you're both right."
"Of course it's in it. He was president when the investigations began. He was never alleged of anything to do with Epstein, nor screwing underage girls, like Trump. You are blocked. Have a nice day"
Hans Moleman uses a pay telephone while being attacked by birds.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has a pensive look.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen with a cigarette hanging out his mouth
Book cover. An early-to-mid twentieth century tea cup in bubble wrap. "Looking After Miss Alexander: Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England", by Janet Weston.