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Spectrox Celery

@whoniversal.bsky.social
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Fan of Doctor Who, history and generally nerdy stuff. Left the bird after some unpleasantness. Slightly left of centre left. All views my own and don't reflect my employer or anyone else.

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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 18h
I wonder how much the numbers on this have shifted in a positive direction since the Tangerine Turd became president. I suspect a lot.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 18h
I don't know who this person is but I think accusing Resolution Foundation, IPPR et al of being effectively Nazi sympathisers is completely fucking barking.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 21h
Once upon a time we were all apes. Somehow against all odds, centuries of war, disease, disaster and crippling poverty, here we are. And actually the thing we learn from studying history is despite illusions of progress, humans and their emotions and motivations don't really change.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
He's a bit middle of the road
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's their obsession on playing Razorlight that baffles me. A band that was a mediocre bunch of egotistical pricks at the time and which still are now.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I've got a mate who's a copper and he says the same thing. So many of their calls now are for people having episodes and the best they can do usually is to try and get them to an a&e or health centre.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Andrew Carnegie was Scottish
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Carnegie still treated his workforce appallingly. He was a robber baron.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
On the Day Today tonight...
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yeah, which I also quite like. I always think sounds like a McCartney song
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The same kind of house should cost the same though. The house in Leeds I paid just over 300k for would probably cost over a million in London which is insane.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Have you considered moving out of London?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Have you seen Another Round?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I only know two songs by them and wouldn't describe either as boring. Riverboat song is a banger.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Could have ended this after the first 5 words. There are exceptions but they are pretty far between.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wear jeans pretty much all the time
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It actively pisses me off. Moonraker is the best Bond novel. An almost 24 style real time thriller where each chapter is one hour closer to the launch of the rocket. And the core villain, a think skinned tycoon with his own space programme who is actually a nazi, is prescient.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yeah it played at the party he did at the end that were all paid actors because he doesn't have any friends
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Four Lions brought me back on it a bit
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I have food delivered (because I only order takeaway when I cba leaving the house) but thankfully not by robots. I would have thought they were just asking to be vandalised.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Finally catching up on a lot of horror films I missed over the last few years. "Longlegs" is a bit fucking good isn't it?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I know but they're the same fucking ballpark aren't they?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No you didn't. What kid doesn't know cats eat mice?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a fascinating anecdote
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Maybe pick a restaurant your friends like next time. Or let them pick.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Surely new reviews outweigh bad ones if the restaurant improves?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Because they get it freshly baked every morning. It's delicious.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Most things are. The huge popularity and reputation of OFAH has always baffled me. It wouldn't be in my top 30 sitcoms, yet alone my favourite ever.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He has like 2 songs people know. Think you need more than that to be a national treasure.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Blair rebuilt my crumbling 1960s school and passed legislation that enabled my mum to get reasonable adjustments at work for her disability. Thatcher closed down the factory where my uncle worked and the mental hospital where my dad received treatment. Not massively equivalent imo.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I have no idea what this is referring to? What chirps?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Dracula (1931): Bela Lugosi's Creepy Smile
ALT: Dracula (1931): Bela Lugosi's Creepy Smile
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Apart from all the fires that have been started by bbqs.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don't think this is true. And I don't think the parents who see their children as the most important things in their life are the same ones that their children wish weren't around.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Best drop in music history
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Isn't a lot of dark chocolate contaminated by heavy metals?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They're aggressively mediocre. The magnolia paint of rock bands.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Zapp Brannigan: C'mon Girdle Hold!
ALT: Zapp Brannigan: C'mon Girdle Hold!
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a bizarre opinion
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's a pyramid scheme with instant porridge attached
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Probably a better use of your time than inventing more stupid, time wasting, unworkable processes for EOs to do
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And how are the Mitfords?
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nobody can automatically do DIY. But it mostly isn't that hard to learn how, especially with the Internet.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am baffled by this one. Who is unable to put up a shelf? Especially now the internet has millions of how to guides.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Maybe. They're almost always only attended by people politically engaged enough that they already know who they're voting for and are therefore a waste of time.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I agree. It's a proper rock album. OK computer can be admired for experimentalism but it's not really fun or enjoyable to listen to.
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sounds sterile and awful
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Spectrox Celery @whoniversal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Do you know what a non sequeteur is? I live in a city that spent millions on cycle lanes that are always empty while the cyclists either use the road or the pavement.
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