danieljowen.bsky.social
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, covered in breadcrumbs and dipped in ketchup.
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North Devon, UK
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5. Fountain pens make me happy. Have I mentioned that already? It's an important point and I think it's worth repeating.
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4. Maybe all we're doing with our fountain pens is writing urgent letters of warning about imminent cybersecurity catastrophe because it's the only cybersecure way of discussing the issue. Have you thought about that, cybersecurity guy?
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3. I can do nothing about imminent cybersecurity catastrophes. It is not something that I can control. Whereas I can control whether or not I buy another fountain pen.
I mean, at least in theory.
Ok, bad example, but I think you get the point I'm trying to make.
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2. Fountain pens have a valuable role to play in cybersecurity, so they are relevant and not silly. They are impossible to hack. Or phish. Or infect. As we have learned from James Bond movies, modified fountain pens can be used to carry data storage devices. Or poisons. Or explosives.
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1. Fountain pens make me happy. Using them, showing them off, talking about them. These things all make me happy. Discussing imminent cybersecurity catastrophes does not make me happy.
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Suitable as an investment property, family home, or incel hideout.
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So... I can't interest you in photos of my fountain pens, then?
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It would have been really easy to say 'The Mail knows which side its readers will be on, so they probably felt they had to support Starmer' without being quite so arrogant and condescending about it. (None of the posters in question follows me, so really I'm just venting.)
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It had other options. It could have put Badenoch or Farage on the front page and claimed Starmer was following their lead. Or it might even, conceivably, have taken the Trump line about supposed disrespect or ingratitude. These would all be consistent with past Mail form.
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Dismissing even the most innocuous opinion as being the result of complete ignorance is really unpleasant thing to do, and the people posting that view should have known better. More to the point, it *is*, actually, surprising that the Mail is supporting Starmer.
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Looks like the first shot on a roll of 35mm film. It's amazing that they've managed to get it back from the chemists so quickly.
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Ok, so when I was thinking of all the ways Trump might interfere with MLB, I did not have Pete Rose on my list.
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More puzzlingly, it gets weirder when it attempts to fix its mistake:
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"I'll put the kettle on."
"Ok, but you'll look silly."
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@spacekate.bsky.social
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Must you do this in public
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I can't find the Nakaya anywhere on AliExpress. They must be out of stock. 😂
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The polystyrene packing peanuts, on the other hand, he's been serving at dinner parties and he wants to order another kilo.
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Our asylum system harms everyone, the people enduring it and our communities reeling from it.
Instead of counting people in our country, let’s start talking about how we make our processes and our policies work for our communities.