ThatRagdoll
@thatragdoll.bsky.social
A person with continuing access to the Internet. Credit for my banner pic to Hyperbole and a Half http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/?m=1
🥪 The 5th Crisp Sandwich Day is one month from today! This year it’s on the day the UK puts the clocks back, so we’ll get an extra hour to celebrate, let us know your plans & we’ll feature them on the site vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...
Crisp Sandwich Day 🥪🎉 25th October
An annual celebration of the magic that happens when crisps (potato chips) are placed between two slices of bread.
vole.wtf
It is time, one again, to remind the internet that one of my undergrad students recorded their interviews on a dictator phone.
John Gallagher@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 2d agoI will always remember fondly the student who finished an essay with the line "In conclusion, the early modern period marked a massive shit in European history."
Halfway through the final episode of this and there have been a number of weird-barky-laugh-out-loud moments, not least a particularly fine rendition of the phrase "looking like a right cunt".
The Woodlouse (John Butler)@the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 5d agoNo new episode of It’s a Superpower?? this week, as it’s all out there now. If you haven’t already listened to @sararoseg.bsky.social and @thedailytism.com’s awesome 5-star rated audio comedy/drama, you can find it here or at the podcast place of your choice. thedailytism.com/podcast/
Re my last re-post, I continue to be quietly confident that never buying a ticket will not prevent my inevitable lottery win.
My current financial strategy is simply hoping a future version of me has money.
Every picture of Kate Bush I see is the best picture of Kate Bush I've ever seen
Anni Jyn@annijyn.com · 3y agofeeling very kate bush as a bat this morning
Ooh can I join the school assembly reminiscing? 1. First day of high school. Introductory assembly. Mr Steel on the stage says to us 'I don't know this hymn; you'll have to learn it to me' & I thought 'the deputy head of this place not knowing the verb to teach can NOT be a good sign'. (it wasn't.)
Not sure when we’re going to see a statement from Walliams but I suspect he’s been busy finding someone to write it for him.
Yelling at a gardening show cos the guy just made an absolute cunt of planting rhubarb
One thing that stands out to me is that one of these men is actually very fast. And in any context *should* be aware that he is a fast runner. But he's been lead to believe that if he is beaten by a female athlete, that means he can't be a fast runner.
Ma$on@masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · last wk.For example here is one where they think they can out run a woman athlete in a sprint.
Not exactly one of the things I was asked to do, but not far off.
Plashing Vole@plashingvole.bsky.social · last wk.Is it ok for management to phone students asking them to take modules not validated on their degree because they’ve sacked people and can’t staff the modules listed? A working day before teaching starts? Hypothetically, obviously.
if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last wk.'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'
Ah autumn. Left the house and hour ago and am now well into my first "oh fuck did I blow that candle out?" of the season.
"What's that you say Lassie?" "It's Wednesday?" "It's #buyastrangerabook day?" "I should have started it about 30 minutes ago" "Well then, what are we waiting for. Let's go!"
Cute Collie Dog
Alt: A Collie Dog barking.
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Headline: 'Shoplifting has become totally normalised': The crime blighting communities across England' What's 'normalised' is poverty. What 'blights' is poverty. Without poverty, the only shoplifting would be the cri(m)es for help of the guilty, filthy rich. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
'Shoplifting has become totally normalised': The crime blighting communities across England
From profilic shoplifters to organised gangs, we look at the scale of shoplifting in England and how local communities are responding.
bbc.co.uk
Problem is, this is entirely true.
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 2w agoThat homework you put off? Due Monday.
extremely niche but important question: does anyone know of any charity or service that can help get supplies to someone in hospital in bury st edmund’s i’ve got a friend who was brought in by ambulance yesterday and they need to stay at least another night, and they don’t have anything
Some folks are more likely to share official sources, so here is one. I hope she is found okay. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Urgent police appeal to find missing girl with links to Manchester
Amelia was last seen on Thursday night, September 10
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.
@simonpegg.bsky.social shared this link and because the impish spirit was upon me here's how Freddie Mercury would have looked if the Bayeux Tapestry had a musical interlude htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/
I even swapped my volunteering shifts around this week to go in yesterday so I get to claim it affects me MORE than anyone else.
Cameron Loxdale@cloxdale.bsky.social · last yr.Absolutely superb conditions today for saying ‘it doesn’t feel like a Tuesday.’ Say it early, say it often and just have fun with it. It’s a small talk goldmine and you’d be a fool not to get involved.
While I think any kind of pushback against the whole "Don't allow trans women to register as women in ParkRun" is good, I think it should be less "It's not even a competitive race" and more "No, fuck off, you mad bastards". Whether it's competitive or not isn't the point.