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Memento Rory

@finalstrawman.bsky.social
319 followers 731 following 410 posts

Insomniac distraction appreciator - lurking enthusiastically. Will blabber about games, film, music and Watford FC, otherwise will passively enjoy others' blabber on myriad specialist subjects. Stay weird, be kind, allow bedtime

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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 14h
My parents recently got solar panels installed on their roof, and I am now addicted to checking the app to see what the house draws in versus what the solar panels absorb. Shocking news here, I'm sure, but it turns out solar is a really good source of energy.
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He switched to a 4 day 10 hour schedule at KPMG (Kraft Punk Multinational Goth)
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I cannot emphasize enough that the guy who owns Manchester City and the guy who pays the RSF are the same exact guy
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 26/09/2026
sad to hear about piers morgan he’s not dead. it’s just that every time i hear about him, i’m sad
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Bastard Toadflax @plumicorns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This image came to me like a bolt from the heavens
Martin Scorsese "absolute cinema" meme except it's a crab with its claws in the air and it says "crabsolute cinema"
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🍄 @snakeroot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The lesson of There Will Be Blood is that men are too emotional to be oil barons
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I see a bleak but viable possibility for my birthday, I wonder where the nearest Benihana style restaurant is to West London? youtu.be/hUmCPTQXWZI
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Protomartyr - Sounds We Cannot Hear (Official Video)
YouTube video by protomartyr
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Far-right politics thrives on incoherent exceptionalism which it demands and creates." Exactly so. That's why complaints about hypocrisy have zero effect or even meaning in this context. Applies equally to MAGA in the US and Hansonism in Australia. They just don't care.
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI in case you're curious (unsure if region locked)
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Currently watching a breaking undercover report in the UK where reporters had someone pose an American businessman paying, undisclosed, for polling and meeting with the leader of the Reform party - all entirely illegal. There is a ratfucking cartel astroturfing reactionary politicians
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm a spooky ghost
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Kevin is a concern, his football sense seems to depart at key moments and once he falls off he loses all confidence. Easy to happen to a lad in his twenties but a sign of just how fragile we are
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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 29/08/2026
the bottom line is that the UK press are dickheads and the monarchy shouldn’t exist.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 27/08/2026
Itch.io supports tipping developers! So if you're a super duper nice person like zerø, you can support us! But we wanted to do something nice and give folks the chance to experience Tim Curry's amazing performance~
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brian @trappedinazorb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is what we call “revisionist history.”
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Former Worthing striker Nicky Wheeler has been waiting for this moment
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
every time some 'race realist' prick brings up african IQs they're always talking about richard lynn's apartheid stats which were debunked at the time & debunked when the bell curve used them & have been debunked 100 times since. is there no limit on how many times that conversation needs to be held
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@msnetik

lol who called it The Crucible and not Subpoena the Teenage Witch
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Glen Weldon @ghweldon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Philip Glass: half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Entirely justified, especially as Man United will still be just as rickety for the foreseeable future. All the commentary that Hull's stats last year should have seen them closer to relegation than promotion make this especially funny.
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
People love having strong opinions, the thinking is optional.
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orbette @orbette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Well this seems interesting and unsurprising archive.ph/vB0BP
Then there is the claim that ADHD is a social construct, not a neurodevelopmental condition. This is something Pemberton concludes after talking to neuroscientist Katya Rubia at King’s College London. Rubia says that while there is evidence of differences between the brains of people with ADHD and neurotypical people at the group level, it isn’t possible to diagnose ADHD from a brain scan.
She is right, of course. You can’t diagnose ADHD from brain scans. The same can be said for most, if not all, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. Most of these, like ADHD, are diagnosed by assessing symptoms and the effect they have on a person’s everyday ability to function. “My interview was hours long and they cherry-picked the bits that suited their push for presenting ADHD as a myth,” Rubia told New Scientist. “Biased programs like this one that push their view of ADHD as a mythical entity are irresponsible and will have detrimental effects.”
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Careful what you wish for, they'll release the iDigit in 2027 and your meat digit will be an unsupported legacy screen unlock device by 2028
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"We went with something homey, familiar, agricultural - but also stark, striking and angular" "This looks like a Brotherhood of Nod Home Depot" "No it doesn't, we took off the giant hand crushing a globe. Stealth is our middle name"
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Kane Tiberium: Red Lit Performance
Alt: Kane from Command and Conquer: Tiberium Sun, the architect behind many black, angular schemes in Cleveland and beyond
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lying uncomfortably, unable to sleep, I heard a strange noise and realised it had started raining. Only a few minutes, but hopefully a preview of coming British summer attractions
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Just got jumpscared by the government loudly declaring what is blindingly obvious to anyone who has been paying attention
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This research paper in The Lancet - the UK’s oldest and most respected medical journal - estimates that Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID will cause over 14,000,000 avoidable deaths by 2030. Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hello, I need to make some repairs to my studio. Nothing major but it’s never a good time to Spend Money. Incidentally I have a shop where I sell prints of my work and would you believe it, you can buy them. #illustration
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A man not afraid to boldly go, whether warping space or jigging for a pig youtu.be/Qnjq1qH24Wk?...
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Babe - If I Had Words
YouTube video by Film Music Scenes
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This might be a good moment for the UK Prime Minister to address growing consternation about food security, rather than whatever frivolous nonsense the tabloids invented this week.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
July was the driest in the UK ever, there has been no significant rain since and farmers now expect their worst harvest on record. It will surely only get worse in the coming years and yet we're still hearing more about bus fares and 'vertical drinking' than the climate
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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 10/08/2026
Mr blobby with his ozempic feet
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The multiple vaccines fear was the thing disgraced English Dr Andrew Wakefield hypothesised as to why MMR might cause autism ("overloads the immune system") - of course he was working as a consultant for a firm that sold the jabs separately. 30 years of grift built on paranoia
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/08/2026
college admissions people talk about this too - you can throw out the entire admitted class of an elite college and pick a new one from the rejected students and they will be completely indistinguishable in terms of achievements for competitive positions there's never any objective best candidate
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We needed to know who bought Starmer's suits, and who funded his would-be ministers. We needed to know who went to Cameron's Black-and-White Balls, and which Russian oligarchs were now British citizens. And now we need to know which ex-pats are funding Reform. Simple, really. #R4Today
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's all a bit tame, when are we getting the supplement that gives you the Gush?
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If he needs to sell his house to pay his legal fees, he could try and raise some cash with a Farage sale
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He'll struggle to keep up with his Cameo work, terrible signal in a Faragé cage
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Fun (not fun) fact: when the coalition government was changing the student loan system, Vince Cable said the aim of the Plan 2 changes would result in the state funding 40 per cent of a degree, with 60 per cent coming from the individual, which he thought was a fair balance...
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very strong #susanalbumparty energy, although Susan Boyle didn't appear in marketing materials toting a severe stylised enema kit.
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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is also true of those pointing to national debt as evidence we didn't have austerity, when it is actually evidence of how austerity stifled growth and caused the very problem advocates wrongly argued austerity would prevent
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Abraham Lincoln (or is it?) addresses the audience in the video for Electric 6's "Gay Bar"
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
youtu.be/s3xJudBU2dw?... The Tabletop Tactics team are pretty thorough and go through an example game, their 10th Ed how to is below (I'm not sure 10th Edition rules are still available free online at GW as they've just released their shiny new 11th Ed box)
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How to Play Warhammer 40K 10th Edition
YouTube video by Tabletop Tactics
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Still a long time to do business but given we've been spending on forwards and espousing poverty, I'm not optimistic about the level of player we can attract at DM/CB. I'll remain upbeat for now though, glad to see Marc Bola score a beauty
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Memento Rory @finalstrawman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Never dull at Watford - Louza looks like he's on his way out so I'm a bit concerned about our options in the centre of our defence, I guess we'll just have to outscore teams to win.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Early Tom Waits song: All the ladies in this bar Are like rhinestone-shaped goodbyes I miss my baby Late Tom Waits somg: Crank up the hog alarm and swig that gasoline We're gonna set fire to Panama with a goose fat machine
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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Many people outside the UK have been asking me who Rod Liddle was. Here's Stewart Lee (from 08:53 onwards) on the man described by Fraser Nelson (former editor of The Spectator) as 'the greatest satirist since Swift.' Let this be the last word on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFt3...
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Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle - 4.5 Migrants
YouTube video by Ian Kenny
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