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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 9h
...the advice I see that helps for me is that indulging in non-boozy treats can help get past the worst waves of the cravings. Lots of folks swear by ice cream, but that doesn't really do it for me. I'll have all of the above as well as sweets and nuts (stash already secured)
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 9h
5 months sober but I really *really* wanted a drink today (still do tbh). Went to the big Sainsburys and came back with 2 choc eclairs, a hazelnut yogurt, a honey and ginger yogurt, a lemon yogurt and a tub of rocky road mini bites...
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 15h
Might make Stamppot later en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamppot My secret ingredient is a sachet of Stamppot seasoning which feels less like a secret ingredient and more like a complete cheat.
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Stamppot - Wikipedia
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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 16h
Oh look a Goblin-esque big hook nosed character murdering a tax-payer is it? Subtle subtext there lads. Every frame a big dollop of racism and bigotry. "Just a bit of fun" thom
What it says on the tin.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 22h
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
idk I haven't read Don Quixote 🤷
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
pencil sketch style drawing of Don Quixote on a horse charging at a windmill with a lance
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
100% chance that Aaron picked up that "reassess your priors" language from LessWrong or associated Effective Altruism cultists
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"AI Minister" sounds like the easiest job on government and when you get booted out in 2029 you pick up a cushy advisor/lobby job if the AI world hasn't totally imploded by then
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
listen. sometimes the entire purpose of a woman's life is to be used and discarded in service of A Man learning a very special lesson
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Finished Vigil season 3 last night. No major spoilers, but it got very shark-jumpy in a way I didn't really enjoy. My willing suspension of disbelief was tested and it broke. A shame, I loved season 1, season 2 was alright and season 3 had an amazing location
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The Fonz Jumps the Shark in Happy Days
Alt: The Fonz Jumps the Shark in Happy Days. Ayyyyyy
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Kris (he/him) @portlandkris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Absolutely obvious they would go there next.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The full piece www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/e...
rollingstone.co.uk
Ed Sheeran told Bono he didn't want to explore politics on U2 collab 'Yours Eternally'
The pair collaborated on 'Yours Eternally', but Sheeran expressed discomfort with the song's political direction.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
?? [Bono on Ed Sheeran in Rolling Stone]
A screen grab from the interview, reads:

But elaborating further, Bono revealed how Ed had been reluctant to explore politics when the pair collaborated on ‘Yours Eternally’, taken from the band’s Days of Ash EP. The song also features Ukrainian rocker Taras Topalia and is written from the perspective of a Ukrainian soldier during the ongoing war with Russia.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having spent years experiencing Microsoft Teams, I'd really hope the European Commission could aim for something a little bit better... Jokes (but I'm serious really) aside, it'll be good to have non US options for large organisations to use.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't want you. You don't want me. And even if we did want each other l'm probably not allowed to join anyway. MI5 always in my inbox.
Sponsored messages at the top of my email inbox.

One inviting me to gain experience, new skills and a degree. This is from MI5 and MI6.

The other asking "can you see yourself working with us" and its from the Royal Navy
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tweet from Michael M (@michaelmphysics):

(Adam Driver from Marriage Story shouting, "So no one told you life was gonna be this way", then four Adam Drivers punching the wall in the second panel)
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am convinced of 2 things 1) Tesco own brand chocolate eclairs are better than Sainsburys own brand chocolate eclairs 2) they're both made in the same factory by the same people to the same recipe I can't explain how both these things are true at the same time
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The "New New IRA" is very creative
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They remade Bun Hur in 2016 with Jack Huston and Morgan Freeman and it has 23% on Rotten Tomatoes? Might watch Sicario instead
Poster for the 2016 Ben Hur film showing a very dramatic still of who I presume is Huston as Ben Hur steering his chariot in a chariot race, kicking up dust and sand. He looks shouty and sweaty and taught.
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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Funny the things you *can* do before the next election...
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gimli and Legolas I never thought I'd die fighting side by side meme

Panel 1, gimli: never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a premier league Independent commission

Panel 2, legolas face has been replaced by the premier league lion logo: what about side by side with a friend.

Panel 3: gimli's response has been blanked out
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Punished 'Woke' Bane @baneforyou.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
very cool!
Palestine Action crowdfunder for UK supreme court challenge blocked due to US sanctions
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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Re: Garvaghy Road. As in NI, so in Glasgow, now we have Orange Order here planning demos in the city centre in support of the parade going ahead. Thus we have counter demos organised in support of the residents. Entire Irish sea between us. This is why Parades are a shitshow, and we need less.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It was the drink that killed him... ...he was wearing meta ray-bans with in-lense messaging when he got distracted and stepped out in front of a Guinness truck [Image below of and advert for said ray-bans highlighting and showing the in-lense messaging functionality]
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If only there was some research on why states might want to keep their populace in a constant state of fear and stress, of feelings of being under threat or attack.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Getting vibes of that story from 2023 where a woman saw paragliders in Doncaster and thought it was Hamas
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Naadir @randomvariable.co.uk · 02/10/2026
RAF Cyprus provided survaillance flights for the genocide. Starmer gave a speech there mentioning "that some or quite a bit of what goes on here can’t necessarily be talked about"
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The extra support will include subsidised jobs for younger people..." This would be a bung for employers, not a subsidy for young people. We already subsidize the wealthiest companies in the country. More than 3M people in work are also in receipt of universal credit.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In my still slightly flu-y state I'm saying yes to too many things at work that future me (next week) may sorely regret.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 02/10/2026
This episode is a one-hour dramatisation of this tweet. Funny (especially Glenn Beck trying to pronounce "East Anglia") but also absolutely maddening.
Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.
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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow two "fuck yous" to the disabled community in two days. YAY SOCIALISM 😱
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This just sounds like OpenAI are doing crimes
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Google has had pretty good guesses at my age, gender, relationship status, and a pretty close match on my home location (not borough level but almost)
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not surprising I guess, but a very uncomfortable thing to confront and pull the thread on.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*real name search*
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Been googling my own name and the handle/s I use on some social platforms today, and the Google AI summary is creepy and allows folks to really drill into stuff about you. Try googling: Reddit.com user "your handle here" Sorta works for name search and for other platforms too. I hate it.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Logan's Run but when you're 68
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
...as the number of folks entering pensionable age who could never afford to buy a home increases you suddenly don't have so many millionaire pensioners
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't really understand how scrapping the triple lock funds a national care service anyway Maybe the headline pension number goes down but you'll have even more folks in poverty so I guess either they die or you pay them more money through some other route so you don't really save much money?
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll continue self-medicating with caffeine, nicotine and sugar in the meantime [this self medication doesn't work nearly as well as I'd like]
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I thought we were supposed to be going through DIVA-5 and I was prepped. Assessor seemed to pick and mix from a very small proportion of those questions. I fear it didn't give a good overview of my experiences as a result. Hey-ho, let's see how meeting part B goes, hopefully soon.
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Scuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘It is "frustrating when people rush to judgement", Burnham said.’ It’s funny because, I don’t know about anybody else, this thing has been going on for so long I’d forgotten it was even still happening. Who’s been rushing here? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham 'really concerned' if Man City owners sell up after rule breaches
The prime minister compares the allegations against Man City to the plight of his own club Everton.
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This was underwhelming, but there will be a follow-up so 🤷
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ah, deleted my post after Broken Overton shared this. bsky.app/profile/brok...
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The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sure it does happen a lot in comms, but this image is fake. bsky.app/profile/brok...
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well, dang. Thanks for that. It got me
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think there's a good chance anyone using those words to describe the speech, particularly if they wouldn't usually use them is a good sign they're towing the party line at the very keast
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blurses @blurses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have an initial ADHD assessment later. I'm going through the questions they might ask, and one asks about forgetting appointments. I now realize this might be why they've sent me 6 appointment reminders since Monday
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