DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 15mLatin for "I dunno, just a rat". 010
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 30mElon's cars have an admirable safety record, so this is a good idea 000
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 1hThe whole point being, we can't control what happens in school. We don't know what's realistic or manageable. We could say we want 1-to-1 support for key lessons. Or a sensory set up in the classroom. We DON'T FUCKING KNOW. 000
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 1hA large part of the email covered the fact that the school are not listening to us. The response was "I do not propose to respond point-by-point", a copy of their formal complaint policy, and a suggestion that we write a support plan for our kid and they'll review it. 100
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1hDear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 251381359
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 2hUnder new party rules introduced by Ed Davey any leadership challenge must involve a fight with the big cotton bud things off of Gladiators. 020
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 3hKramer vs Kramer vs Predator 1123
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 3hFreddy vs Jason and the Argonauts 1132
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTA Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 8hWhat is the rate of “false” diagnosis? What is the actual harm done? Especially when the main intervention is “understanding and reasonable adjustments”? Or is this just the transphobic moral panic collecting another set of victims? 3735284
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 3hThere's something so...limiting...about inviting all your friends to play in your own ideal imaginary world. Do they not get a say? Do you go and play in theirs sometimes? 040
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 4hTen months of "she's fine when she's here, just bring her in" has hit my limit. 110
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 4hOften a little detail can go a long way. The phrase "found with a samurai sword" tells you exactly who this guy is. 010
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 4hNever wanted to be the sort of parent that sends angry emails to school but I have been pushed too far. 130
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 4hFour-page email sent to my daughter's school. Somehow managed to avoid the phrase "raging incompetents". 160
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTDr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 4hAhab’s Irish granda checking in with him at Sunday dinner: 210521
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTJanina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 5hThe thing that pisses me off about about this is that loads of the people employed in the arts and entertainment and crucial to its success are unseen workers in jobs that are considered trade when they're not in services of the arts 219174
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTMollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 6hYes ADHD and Autism are being over diagnosed. It’s a big game of It. I’ve been breaking into people’s homes, pointing at them while they sit at their kitchen tables and going “NOW YOU HAVE IT” before fleeing. They can’t stop me because of woke. I won’t rest until everyone has been diagnosed. 630950
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 16hPleased to announce that ADHD is being overdiagnosed again according to the BBC and pathetic skidmark Wes Streeting, so now - during ADHD Awareness Month no less - it's time to give it up and just be normal. Let it go. Just turn it off and get on with things www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government reviewThe review, which focuses on younger age groups, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis or mis-diagnosis. 2544088
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTalyx @alyx.sh · 08/10/2026a while ago I made a bunch of unhinged requests to Amazon's shopping AI about things like "the best conceal carry holster for my dog" and I'm pleased to announce it's paid off 310240
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21hThis is, I think, the data equivalent of every politician going on television naked and telling you that fire is wet and shite is shampoo, while you try to ignore their crinkled arses and saggy ballsacks 821468
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 22hHe will go to his grave with everyone still referring to him as Prince Charles. 040
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 22hWhatsApp is not cockney. 061
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026TBH I assumed that she wouldn't survive and would end up being taken off life support. And as for "waking up confused and angry", no shit. That's how I wake up most days and I haven't been through anything like that. 030
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's also really fun. 130
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mad to think they used to make TV shows that didn't have Rob Beckett on them. 070
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I will reluctantly accept "Iggy" if it looks like Metallic KO-era Iggy Pop, just a sweaty lank-haired bleeding maniac screaming at the viewer to fucking watch Antiques Roadshow. 020
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTJosh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 07/10/2026I'm sorry but this is just indicative of why the BBC is fucked, that phrase is seventeen (17!) years old! just really strong how do you do fellow kids vibes from the guy being paid to try and attract the younger audiences 915023
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026oh fuck yeah 110
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm sure they've got their reasons but who uses cheques these days? 020
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just written an email advising someone that we can't pay them a sum we owe them by cheque. Ended it with "apologies for the inconvenience" while feels weird when talking about the most inconvenient payment method that's still legal. 110
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Quite niche that one, probably. 000
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Jonathan Sims to Simon Fairchild 110
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTSteve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026No tittering at the Dutch potatoes. 1122262
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTGore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 71403242
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTVOID VOID VOID @burnyourbones.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Labour were running a van round my constituency on by-election day telling voters the Greens were going to sell all our children into sex work for drugs 115229
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This was my first thought but most of series 2-6 are still pretty funny to me. I can still watch Gunmen of the Apocalypse or Timeslides or something and enjoy it despite everything that came later. 110
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(obviously they're all loaded and Ryan seems to want to just go off and use the money to become an animator, and good luck to him) 110
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I watched a video about the collapse of Ryan's World and the desperate attempts to keep the whole thing going now that he very obviously doesn't want to do it any more, and there were some really uncomfortable interviews with him and his parents where he clearly felt coerced. 110
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026no listen i dark laughed so hard i accidentally hung up on a call 41119
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTsocketwench @deninet.com · 06/10/2026Still thinking about a comment a read in response to "fast, cheap, or good, pick two" that responded with, "I never expected companies to pick fast twice." 012331
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Philip Larkin's search history 17910
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 06/10/2026So far this week we have lost three right-wing fraudsters in their eighties with criminal convictions related to their use of hush money to cover up sexual scandals. Almost like the Grim Reaper is hunting for one person in particular. 16917
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTHammermime @hammermime.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Some of you are already outsourcing your hobbies to LLMs and all I can say is some people manage to find meaning in their lives and some people live in an emptiness of their own making. 08919
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTHK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We're going to be forced to play semantic games and deliberately get lost in semiotics while in the real world, expulsions and killings are still continuing, retrospective articles stating the IDF lied are still being published, and people are still both sidesing. We're stuck in reboot culture 516335
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTHK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's cool that we're going to run the 'zionism isn't racism and is actually normal' playbook again, while ignoring liberal Israeli politicians who are regularly going on podcasts calling for the permanent expulsion of all Palestinians and that killing children was actually fine, if not good 529468
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I would have thought the death of Jeffrey Archer would be a bigger deal. Barely seen anything much about it. Anyway fuck that guy. 011
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTHourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org · 05/10/2026 119565
Reposted by DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHTKenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026 112024
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's good that they lifted the full coffin lid so everyone could see his trouser-medals. 140
DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Me flirting 010