David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026 Cold iron and/or silver always works when you're trying to eliminate the occult from your environment 010
Reposted by David LennardJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026One ticket sold? Could be worse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comMelania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy 146813
Reposted by David Lennardkathrynmccary.bsky.social @kathrynmccary.bsky.social · 03/10/2025#Philosophy 141
Reposted by David LennardImup2late @imup2late.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Neil deGrasse Tyson “ How sad it must be - believing that scientists, scholars, historians, economists, and journalists have devoted their lives to deceiving you, while a reality tv star with decades of fraud and exhaustively documented lying is your only beacon of truth and honesty." 252050520
Reposted by David LennardPolitico @politico.com · 23/04/2025A startling reality about Gen Z, backed up by multiple studies: The most online generation is also the worst at discerning fact from fiction on the internet. How Gen Z became the most gullible generation👇 ow.ly/kUhk50VGrBF 71854307
Reposted by David LennardMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump. 336292161868
Reposted by David LennardReneePaints @painthike.bsky.social · 09/04/2025#NationalLibraryWeek #LiteracyMatters 262265775024
Reposted by David LennardPenguins Against Trump @penguinsagainstdt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Most birds have a fight or flight response. He forgot we’re flightless birds. 99170062739
Reposted by David LennardMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025When I was in a high school creative writing class, I had a character say, "Las Vegas means 'The Vegas' in Mexican" to convey how ignorant she was. Still works. 96372721499
Reposted by David LennardSatan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This is high art 526263137515
David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Donald Trump is Johnny Rocco. Nothing changes except the length of the ties. 031
Reposted by David LennardSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind. 24183512430
Reposted by David LennardMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Corporations give money to Trump because they, like him, only care about themselves. 268103843316
David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 28/12/2024I'm now taking bets on how long it will be before the "Agent Orange - weird South African" bromance ends in tears and a really messy divorce. 100
Reposted by David LennardJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17/12/2024“Prickled vanity can strut as courage.” A line from Henie’s memoirs that captures so much about today’s ‘strong men’. 0257
David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Hypochondria gets an undeserved bad press: it's better to worry needlessly than to die carefree but ignorant 021
Reposted by David LennardJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10/12/2024There’s something about Schopenhauer’s pessimism that always cheers me up. 1118420
Reposted by David LennardRachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 10/12/2024A joke that makes you feel smart is a good joke. 28211
David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024You need to delve into Reformation theology and social mores, and then look at the music hall song of that title to fully grasp the coy vulgarity of the notion 110
Reposted by David LennardMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 03/12/2024I know it's a cultural thing and I know it was my own choice to move here and decide not to adapt but god it is depressing to turn up to a restaurant for a post pub dinner at 9pm - A NORMAL DINNER EATING TIME - and be literally the one customer there 8152514
David Lennard @davidlennardgijon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Now that's the sort of information we need👍 100
Reposted by David LennardIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The election petition has created a fresh journalistic subgenre: headlines asking damn silly questions to which they already know the answer inews.co.uk/opinion/elec... 51705107
Reposted by David LennardReader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 14065481820389
Reposted by David LennardAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/11/2024Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.aljazeera.comAustralia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the yearAustralia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse. 21469361558
Reposted by David LennardMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/11/2024know this is a v serious story but the phrasing here is very funny, how about some festive terrorism then lads, as a treat 151348
Reposted by David LennardHaaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024🧵2/2 Like Putin, Erdoğan, and Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader. Subscribe here 🔽🔽🔽 bit.ly/49lXFYJ 932274916
Reposted by David LennardHaaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024🧵1/2 The opportunist resolution to boycott Haaretz, which passed in today's government meeting without legal review, is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle Israeli democracy www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comIsraeli government imposes sanctions on Haaretz, cuts all ties and pulls advertising*** 351115629