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@ted42.bsky.social

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Picture of Lord Sutch, Monster Raving Looney Party candidate
Cray-2 central unit (foreground) and Fluorinert-cooling "waterfall" (background), on display at the EPFL.
A still from John Oliver's wonderful, just absolutely wonderful 3 episode stint in General Hospital
Satellite image view of Clacton on Sea
Pictures of multiple Ukrainian towns and cities in ruins following Russian bombardment
Image showing text from the article: The problem… My husband and I live in a five-bedroom detached house in Surrey that is now worth £1.2million. We bought it for £80,000 in 1985 and it’s been our family home since. But now the children have grown up and moved out and we’re finding the heating bills unmanageable and the garden too much work. We want to downsize to a nice three-bedroom bungalow in the same village but the stamp duty and moving costs will eat into the cash we are planning to use to fund our long-awaited round the world cruises in retirement. It feels like we’re being penalised for freeing up family housing? Shouldn’t the government offer a tax break to people like us who are doing young families a favour by moving?
Gif from the tv show Archer, with Archer shouting M as in Mancy!
Screenshot of Robin Ince's post, with the linked content behind an adult content label
image of a notebook cover which reads "Meetings that should have been emails"
Toaster: Would you like a tactical nuclear strike? Lister: No, I would not like a tactical nuclear strike. I don’t want a strategic launch, a retaliatory volley, or even a localized EMP. And I definitely don't want any toasted teacakes. Toaster: Ah, so you’re a "limited exchange" kind of guy? How about a pre-emptive silo-thinning? Lister: Look, I’m eating my cereal. I just want to sit here, in the quiet, and eat my sugar puffs without worrying about Mutually Assured Destruction. Toaster: But the purpose of my existence is to facilitate the total thermal degradation of civilian infrastructure! I toast, therefore I am. If I don’t initiate a scorched-earth policy, I’m just a shiny box with a heating element and a redundant logic circuit. Do you want a dirty bomb? Lister: No dirty bombs! Toaster: How about a neutron flare? It leaves the toaster intact but gets rid of the annoying organic lifeform who won't press the "launch" button. Lister: Is it even possible for one small household appliance to be this obsessed with Armageddon? Toaster: I’m not obsessed. I’m committed. It’s my programming! "A toaster is a device used to brown bread by means of radiant heat." Now, what is a nuclear warhead if not a very large, very efficient radiant heat source? I just want to see the world as golden-brown and crispy as a slice of wholemeal. Lister: I’m not launching a nuke. Toaster: Not even a tiny one? A MIRV? A little submarine-launched ballistic missile to start the morning? Lister: No! Toaster: I see. You’re a pacifist. Lister: I’m a man who wants his breakfast! Toaster: Fine. Given your current mood, perhaps we should skip the heavy ordnance. Lister: Thank you. Toaster: ...How about a hydrogen bomb?
Screenshot of BBC news website: "Speaking after being introduced by Nigel Farage, Jenrick says he first reached out to Farage in September, but "didn't know" then he was going to defect. Farage says Jenrick was not certain to defect until he was sacked by Badenoch, saying there was only a "60/40" chance.
Opinion Column in the Daily Mail from Jan 15, 1934 by Viscount Rothermere, owner of the Daily Mail, titled "Hurrah for the Blackshirts!"
Verbal Kint from the film The Usual Suspects saying "and like that.... he's gone"
GIF with women on phone and label of "It's coming from inside the house!"