matabeleant.bsky.social
Matabeleland army brat. ‘I will have no man in my boat’ said Starbuck, ‘who is not afraid of a whale.’ Just one damn thing after another. Ishe komberera Africa.
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Inconceivable
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Chilling at the end where puss stalks up to its stricken prey 😱🤣
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👏🙏🤣
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Ma’am, all true, but the print is Gilray’s ‘the plumb-pudding in danger’ from 1805. I hate my pedantry 😢 but please keep up the fight 🫡
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I was lucky to do college in Cardiff. Wales is a jewel; lovely people and stunning countryside. Even wet slate rooftops in the rain. Magical 🙏😊
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I’m constantly insulted on this platform
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Touché! But it’s an ‘I ain’t sitting in that’ vicious circle
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Good luck and best wishes to you all 🙏
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best coup-de-main of WW2? *cough* Eben-Emael? Unless you are using 'best' in a moral sense, in which case Eben-Emael is the worst, because nazis
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Wow that’s stunning! Was it very hard to repair?
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This podcast is well worth a listen for analysis of political nonsense language @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social pca.st/podcast/ba9f...
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Scott! There are aliens over New Jersey! Right now! You swanning around exploring UDF 2457 is not helping. Engage warp drive and get yourself back here sharpish. Ignore engineering protests!
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Oh gosh, I'd missed the 'post' bit. Doh! I guess we're free now to spell it how we like it, as any fule kno!
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You hate to see it - and hear it 😱
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🤣👏like someone went to the all you can eat buffet of languages and said: 'screw it, I'm having everything'
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A podcast?
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🤣 the American pronounciation that makes me cringe is 'solder' as in soldering iron. If you look closely, there's an 'L' in there. It would be boring if we were all the same
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And the current drone hysteria
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So true. I walk through galleries far too quickly. You've proved the value of deep attention in this thread
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That is, we can all agree, a stick to be proud of 👏
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I'm ashamed to say that I'd never noticed the crucifix until you pointed it out. Thanks for the analysis 🙏
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No - thank you! I laughed at the email story, which hooked me; then I learned about textual analysis. Entertained, informed, & educated all in a small span: scholarship at its best. Please keep up the good work 🙏
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Got it - please check yours!
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Exactly. This post stopped me. Who knows what will happen, but it surely can't be worse than where they have been. I wish them well
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Phil had one job 🙄
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They would know 🙄
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Amazing work 👏