Val Stevenson
@valstevenson24
Idler; previously editor/lecturer. Intolerant of whimsy. Pronouns: sex-based. Londoner/Irish/European. DMs = block. Gibbering idiocy = mute.
The College of Policing has vividly and boldly demonstrated their "professionalism and critical thinking" by issuing guidance that trans-identifying men are at risk of female genital mutilation. Could. Not. Run. A. Whelk. Stall.
Camden decided to ignore planning objections about the issue of solar gain: a family with a new baby living in the dark to avoid being cooked in summer.
Portsalon, Donegal. The sign survived for decades before being replaced by a nasty modern one.
Quote a record that you found in your parents' collection when you were young. 📀
…and more than a bit narked if this beauty turned up, I’d imagine.
A curiosity from a friend: Lancaster MKII armoured cars as elephants, Burma 1942. Spotter planes might have been intrigued by pachyderms belting along at a steady 30mph.
(This happened *twice* in 1 week in Camden. Apparently Richard Harris also did this, but he was only 18 and had sunk 12 pints of beer. He told the Guards: “Officer, I have been trying to deliver this fucking bridge all day.”)
Oooh, a label - I'm RUDE (and the moderation here is very speshul). 'Faggots' are bundles of wood - see further mention of 'firelighters' - and the context was burning at the stake. Whoever reported the post is a great big silly.
The boy genius behind this list urges people to contact him if they're on the list 'One Blocklist of MAGAs To Rule Them All' erroneously, but they're blocked, so they can't.
Awww, bless his wee heart and his two whole words of Latin... 'Aut Zuck aut nihil'. 'Nihil' is sounding pretty good.