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Bob

@bobappleyard

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Bob@bobappleyard· 23d

gandalf

Bob@bobappleyard· 24d

leisure suit larry screenshot that has been doctored to feature the dialogue options:

"dad was a toolmaker"
"never mind..."

Bob@bobappleyard· 24d

me pondering my existence

Bob@bobappleyard· 25d

an austen adaptation

Bob@bobappleyard· 25d

donnie darko friend meme

"we need to prepare for war"

"prepare for war?
or give more money to the usa and israel?"

Bob@bobappleyard· 27d

goddamn social media

17,000 articles published on trans-related topics in five years
An average of 264 articles per month, around 9 per day
Coverage that is disproportionate to the size of the trans population, which is approximately 0.5 percent of the UK population
Persistent association of trans people with controversy, conflict and harm
Minimal inclusion of trans voices, with reporting instead dominated by politicians and anti-trans campaigners

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 11

can't wait for paul mason to get on the case

utterly deranged chart asserting links between various aspects of the british left, russia and china

especially absurd, and worrying, is the presence of "black community," implying an entire racial group to be traitors

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 11

we got a tent

a bell tent, only just fitting into our garden

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 7

omg let me get them noooooowwww

boy harsher are playing the ritz dec 1

tickets on sale in 3 days

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 6

i am the guy who bent over to pick something up while the picture was being taken and so didn't make it in

a person's bottom

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 6

this guy's very concerned about the virginity of young women on screen 🤢

tyler cowen. middle aged guy with awful hair and glasses. just looks like a massive creep

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 5

the idea that a prime minister would be punished for his actions in office, however heinous, is just so remote i can't see it factoring into his thinking

The second issue is his political future. Braving the by-election means more years of scrutiny and accountability. It's possible, thanks to past behaviour, that there are going to be future non-declarations, and perhaps more Commons investigations. But supposing those storms are weathered, everything goes wrong because Burnham turns out to be no different to Keir Starmer and Farage finds himself in Number 10. Not only would this be the gravest disaster in British political history, it would be an opportunity for him and his lieutenants to engorge themselves. However, Farage is a greedy man, not a stupid man. Does he want a future where yes, he can fill his boots, but afterwards face possible pursuit by whoever might succeed him. Would Farage rather spend his infirm old age relaxing on sun loungers, or fending off investigations, legal challenges, criminal probes, imprisonment? Hence why the Reform leader's Frexit can't be entirely discounted.

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 3

is there anything more pathetic than a bluesky user? yes, it's stephen pollard

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 3

megamind meme

"no threads?"

Bob@bobappleyard· Jul 1

what he is no doubt picturing himself as

kenneth brannagh as henry v

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 30

show me a photo that captures your essence

me in a yellow coat looking like an idiot

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 29

joker pulls boner of the year

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 28

well, one difference is that mcdonnell was in opposition, and labour now have a huge majority

Their paper echoes John McDonnell’s attempts to promote (pdf) more diverse modes of ownership as a (partial) solution to low investment and stagnant productivity. Those attempts failed not because they were proven to be mistaken by intellectual effort - they weren’t - but because they were unacceptable to the more reactionary elements of capital that had influence over the media and Labour party. Why should these good ideas prove more implementable than McDonnell’s good ideas?

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 27

sky is an interesting colour

the sky. it's an interesting colour. unfortunately i'm colour blind so i can't reliably say what, but maybe a sort of pinkish hue

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 26

just had 100g of protein thanks to this bad boy #gains

marro sparkling bone broth
blueberry lemonade flavour

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 25

are the dems getting political advice from labour again

an image of the fateful move by starmer saying if people don't like the labour party under him they're free to leave. so they did, and now labour's polling is in the shitter lmao

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 25

maggie gyllenhaal dressed as a secretary in some kind of bondage contraption, attempting to photocopy something

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 25

how about a game of train or gun

going to get fucked on alt text here

yes it's a cross section of a steam locomotive power system, with the important parts labelled with numbers

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 25

this, from @ryanlcooper.com , made me laugh

Mamdani’s evident knack for power politics may end up being nationally important as Democratic Party voters ponder whether or not to run Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for president against whomever the GOP nominates. (My money is on either Donald Trump or Ratko Mladić.)

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 25

what happened in 1988?

the third image from the original, showing a general decline in fatal injuries at work

there's a spike in 1988 though

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 23

burger king on the train

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 23

uk productivity growth 1970s to now can you spot when brexit happened

uk productivity chart covering the years from 1971 until 2022, but with the years removed to make it interesting

there's a long trend of steady growth that suddenly stops in 2008

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 22

dozens? try thousands

at least 3187 have been arrested as part of the proscription of palestine action

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 22

that's unfair. there is at least one paragraph that probably isn't all lies naturally it's talking about procedure

I will ask the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party to set out a timetable with nominations opening on 9 July and completed by the summer recess. In the case of a contest, this will ensure a new leader is in place before Parliament returns in September.

Bob@bobappleyard· Jun 22

khajit innocent neme, but for courtney love actually