I can't believe I've lived in Scotland for nearly 12 years and I just found out about the island in Loch Lomond with a colony of wild Wallabies. That should be in the damn Life in the UK test
Varina
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I see the new season of Ted Lasso is doubling down on perpetuating the harmful stereotype that Americans are all friendly and chatty
You know what feels good after a long day of arguing with various Microsoft products at work?
your clean energy is an affront to the life of a fictional elf invented by a transphobe
Sainsbury's had gravlax on sale so for breakfast we had a classic LEO (lox, eggs, and onion) with the end of a loaf of homemade shokupan. Cat approved
For International Cat Day she got taken to the vet where she was rudely poked and prodded (and told she was a beautiful lady in rude health with the vitality of a cat half her age, but still. Unacceptable!)
I can't explain this but, it would be Tacoma that had a fishing boat full of pirate cats
The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 2w agoThe Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
I got up to make a cup of tea and now she's looking at me like she's just seen the quarterly reports and is appalled
LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! TRAINS! TRAINS! TRAINS! TRAINS! Also, Transport Scotland, it's embarrassing that you're still on X the everything app and I had to yank this graphic from a different platform
I was looking for maybe some cute fabric for something new for Rosh Hashanah and found possibly the worst thing on Spoonflower: www.spoonflower.com/en/home-deco... Is it too much to ask that people be normal about this teen girl who was murdered by the Nazis?
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I hate this particular video format so much: "Did you know that if you [combine the ingredients for a dish and go through the procedures to cook it] you'll get this [name of dish possibly with OTT description]" Like yes, I'm farmiliar with the concept of a recipe. Yes.
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If you need an excuse to donate blood, ScotBlood still have some special stickers from the World Cup
So climate change is like voting in that you as an individual (or small nation in this case) can't actually on your own change anything, but every individual still needs to participate to collectively change the result. Also if the AMOC stops we'll be under an ice sheet, not Mediterranean
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3w agoNighty night.
I don't understand who buys automatic bobbin winders. Every sewing machine includ s a bobbin winder. My Singer from 1917 has a bobbin winder. They've been an integral component since the beginning of sewing machines. You also don't need bobbins unless you are machine sewing. Who are these for?
I have been listening to a podcast about the history of tea in Britain and now I want a nice pot of tea and some hot buttered toast with marmalade so badly.
Not to be an elder millennial on main, but....
Man and Woman in Suits
Alt: Mulder and Scully look at each other knowingly while millions of teenagers across the land imagine Gillian Anderson sliding up next to them and saying "my partner and I noticed you across the bar..."
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Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 4w agoHow does one become indoctrinated into bisexuality?
Very excited, yet I can't help but think that as a dual citizen it would be really handy for me if these were still burgundy, just a different colour than the US really
One of these days I really need to write up that essay about how Terry Pratchett's depiction of goblins seems informed by an understanding of antisemitism in European history and so rather than having goblins who portray antisemitic tropes, his goblins live on the margins of society....
It really says a lot about the quality of Burger King's beef that the plant-based whopper tastes not only more beefy but even more grilled. It's genuinely just much tastier
I think the best evidence of climate change may be that Yorkshire Tea released a line of iced teas.
A hill I am always willing to die on: films longer than about 2 hours should have intermissions. Let the people pee! Let us get a little treat mid-movie! The people cry out for justice! and pee breaks!
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.Saw The Odyssey and loved it. My personal Odyssey was holding my bladder for 2 hours.
It's crazy how easy it would be for the UK to become the new international centre of research and learning if the government would just support the HE Sector a little bit more. Return student visas to pre-Brexit rules, raise funding to match inflation. The ball is just sitting in their court
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last mo.Trump / Miller are now limiting student visas to 4 years. PhD programs typically run 5-6 years in many disciplines.
After I die, if you try and contact me through a ouija board, you'll know it's really me when the spirit painstakingly explains the ideomotor effect, one letter at a time
I just want to know what this costume designer thinks sunbonnets are /for/?
It occurs to me that Western Washington can best be described as: What if Norway had Scotland's weather? Beautiful mountain vistas, incredible evergreen forests, usually pissing it down and slightly chilly