Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still a beauty. I remember the 50s on the Waterloo-Exeter line. 110
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Bloody hell, what a stink - who Georgio Armani’d in here?” 020
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My personal favourite was the one asking for money to release (of course) a Prince. From a space station. 130
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cogin are really begging to keep the cash coming in from the UN and NGOs. Where the headcounts are being sharply cut. They’re a hard-right/Worker’s Party coalition. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Or save some money: interview a local, and screen it with the name “Piddington Bore”. 030
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Romania 1989 too, in case the Hungarian lessons aren’t learnt. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Never trusted his Pétainesque authoritarianism. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This isn’t just a political thing. The vast majority of IT managers have no bloody idea either. Just seems like a good day to invest in tulip bulbs for them. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Less than ~10% of money paid to the ICRC and Unicef gets through to those on the ground. Their directors remain very well-paid though. They will only be missed by PR departments. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So they ran into exactly the same problem as Minsky, Shannon et al at MIT encountered. In the 1960s. 001
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Would this be the same Mr. Musk who promised us self-driving cars, underground shuttles, battery stations, robot taxis, Mars colonies, and much, much more? 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You hear them shouting ‘Heil, Spode!’ and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: ‘Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?’” 182
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wodehouse, “The Code of the Woosters”: “The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. 1/2 1103
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Headline: “Ticketmaster accused of misleading Oasis fans”. On easy mode then. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I was imagining a Somalian-style technical (original crew optional). 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Disturbing. But what exactly is a ‘Potato Booth’ (round sticker on the door)? 100
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One might even describe it as superhuman. Yet the payoffs outweighs any qualms. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Those containers also contained loads of bleach. Which (checks notes) supposedly kills bacteria. Either you have substandard bleach or these bacteria were bitten by a radioactive virus (or something). 110
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Tangy Detestable”? Wouldn’t be my first choice. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026France and the UK are nuke-owners, avoiding external reliance for that. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026‘66 - the Kinks edge ahead in psychedelia (sort of). 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Unfortunately, EastEnders is a riddle wrapped in an enema to me. So yes. Opening credits with BaseStars floating by would be nice. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’m quite looking forward to the cheeky Cockney Cylons making a guest appearance and slaughtering everyone. 110
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026‘Or maybe they will keep their heads down.’ That’s what got them there in the first place. 1100
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m not sure whether anyone will like the answers. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You could make it a triple bill with the original and North Korea’s Pulgasari. And maybe the monster from the Chewit ads. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It’s a plasma day on the roster here. Not great, but at least it’s intimidating. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026(Greedily) All of them! I always had a soft spot for Two. Think it was the palm trees. 030
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In the same manner that pretty much everyone in a francophone business is a ‘Director’. Title inflation has been going on for years. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026As long as there are no poets created accidentally, it should work. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A companion to “Murderers hate this one weird trick!” She Posted. 000
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Seems to be an assault on…I give up. At this point a demented fraudulent paedophile felon who (checks notes) supposedly runs the country is posting genetically altered militarised Canada geese via the power of AI. Jesus fucking wept. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We can only hope that something nastier doesn’t replace it. But then, this is Russia. 010
Fred Austere @fredaustere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026But as good vatniks, they have to do something! Generally something stupid, for sure, but something. 110
