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victogon.bsky.social
Freelance researcher. Descended from Greek pirates. Accidental vegan chef.
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Jeez the stream of propaganda coming from the White House press briefing would have Stalin taking notes.

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I love a malaphor. BBC Radio 4, government spokesperson referred to Heathrow and "grasping the nettle by the horns".

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what’s your favorite instance of haptic nostalgia—the poignant memory of the physicality of an obsolete thing—like dialing a rotary phone, shifting gears in a manual transmission, opening a soda can with a pull ring?

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Oh to have heard what the governor of California was telling POTUS.

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Buried in a work spreadsheet so have chosen to stream Hereditary to keep my mood up.

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Paraphrasing Saruman here when he quite rightly roasts Gandalf: "So your hobbit mate had this magical ring for decades, passed it down to his nephew and like 5 minutes ago you realised oh, this might be Daddy Sauron's? Go live on my roof you eejit."

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Watched first half of Fellowship of the Ring for 1st time in years. By 2024 standards a powerful old man grooms a tiny person and frightens another to do his bidding, no women allowed in the Hobbiton or Bree pubs, and the orcs forced to work in unsafe uruk factory.

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Grey skies, wind and rain. It's a Widnes day.

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If you're going to delete your X / Twitter account, remember to download your archive first.

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Veg that had a better flight than your last experience on Ryanair. This was part of a D&AD-winning campaign from 2005, before convenience and indulgence were cancelled by the 2008 recession.

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