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Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Should be forbidden. 2h20 max rail.

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Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 10h

I love your memories of Rralph, the Sun King. It's now 20 years since Eric the Ineffable died, and I can't talk about him without choking up. We have such strong bonds with our feline alter egos.

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I will laugh myself dead, as the Germans say, when in a very short space of time those Amazon devs are in their 50s and wondering why no-one wants them any more.

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Presume this is US. Would be best to stipulate that. In the UK, madly, public and private schools are both fee-paying.

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Lions led by donkeys as usual

Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 12h

This is true, but it doesn't help resolve the anti-semitism problem. The Greens are the only party who are properly standing up for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and against annihilation by the IDF. Personally I think that resolution was ill thought out and rushed. It has done for them.

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Isn't that performative ? They know full well that they can't decide on foreign relations. So it's meaningless... isn't it ?

Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 12h

I've heard that so often in Ireland and have wondered how it came about

That is terrible. Congratulations

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Been there already, albeit only for 30 mins this morning.

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Hang on, sorry: your cat would crack the pistachio nuts himself ? 🫨

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So sincere yet demanding

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Not just Stratford, but Ebbsfleet and Ashford too. Reopening those to EU rail traffic would alleviate the bottleneck at KingsX.

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And most of them more useful tbh.

But have you noticed that, even if you reply to chronic senders of voice notes with repeated text replies, they never appear to twig ?

Yes. NO voice notes (how do you know I'm in a place where I can listen to them ? - you don't); no compulsory video instructions (if I need the vid, I'll watch it, but PDF otherwise) and no podcast where an article will do. You don't know how to write concisely ? - then learn.

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I wonder how it's possible to de-stigmatise words that in some countries have been beyond the pale for decades. Having said that, Europe is very different from the US and I wouldn't seek to impose our values on them. Except that their orange tyrant could obliterate us tomorrow if he wanted.

Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 14h

Cat 5e Ethernet, I presume ?

Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 23h

I saw that one straight away, whereas previous from this week have baffled me !

Viv Marsh @vivmarsh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think what I meant was she was pragmatic on Europe, unlike some of the later wingnuts in her party

Always pressure on producers to find contributors sans fee and it's just not right and never has been.

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It's the zip that does it. You cannot wear that jacket in a stylish way. It's like the outer skin of an aubergine.

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Oh blimey, I know that look.

I'm sure that's part of it, but I do think there's a long game here that has nothing to do with this week's election. I just worry about how long a game it will be.

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Lovely photo of Her Floofness.

Thatcher at the time, as opposed to in the memories of Tories too young to have known her, was nowhere near as mad re Europe etc. Yes, she destroyed British industry. No, she was not Europhobic because she knew that the markets were there. She was a pragmatist, not an ideologue.

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Just no. The choice is easy.

The 'elegance, radiance' stuff was so 80s. That was when I had my first employment and I swear I didn't realise it was that bad - but looking back on it, it definitely was. We were conditioned to accept at that time.

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If this was in the UK, where I am, and our PM or King (take your pick) had more or less invited professed enemies to take out Manchester or Newcastle, I would be out of the door and down to Westminster by now, and I think a lot of other people would be too. What is happening over there ?

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Hello US politicians and voters - act, please. Why have the politicians not already ? This is foaming lunacy.

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Totally agree. Education is for itself. Enjoy the discoveries, and later use the mental discipline and critical faculties that were given a good workout at uni. This is where the AI cheaters really don't get it. They will remain stupid forever.

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And actually, who on earth has £200,000 in savings ?

Thank you ! Ordered a second-hand copy from World of Books. I love the way Bsky is turning into the place for writers.

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‘Defensive bombing’ 🤔

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Cat + bed always the best decision

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I can't disentangle this, but I also can't say I'm sorry the US planes have gone.

I was v attached to 'It's duty of us to obligation the cultural relic', and printed it out and attached it to the old agency tape box in the BBC World Service newsroom. It moved to the Pit of News (W1) and, in 2022, an editor suggested that it be nominated as an item of intangible cultural heritage.

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Infuriating ! If you paid with PayPal (or maybe even a card) you might be able to claim through them

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