Memento Rory
@finalstrawman.bsky.social
Insomniac distraction appreciator - lurking enthusiastically.
Will blabber about games, film, music and Watford FC, otherwise will passively enjoy others' blabber on myriad specialist subjects. Stay weird, be kind, allow bedtime
Will blabber about games, film, music and Watford FC, otherwise will passively enjoy others' blabber on myriad specialist subjects. Stay weird, be kind, allow bedtime
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My parents recently got solar panels installed on their roof, and I am now addicted to checking the app to see what the house draws in versus what the solar panels absorb.
Shocking news here, I'm sure, but it turns out solar is a really good source of energy.
Shocking news here, I'm sure, but it turns out solar is a really good source of energy.
October 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
My parents recently got solar panels installed on their roof, and I am now addicted to checking the app to see what the house draws in versus what the solar panels absorb.
Shocking news here, I'm sure, but it turns out solar is a really good source of energy.
Shocking news here, I'm sure, but it turns out solar is a really good source of energy.
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I cannot emphasize enough that the guy who owns Manchester City and the guy who pays the RSF are the same exact guy
May 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the guy who owns Manchester City and the guy who pays the RSF are the same exact guy
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sad to hear about piers morgan
he’s not dead. it’s just that every time i hear about him, i’m sad
he’s not dead. it’s just that every time i hear about him, i’m sad
September 26, 2026 at 10:31 AM
sad to hear about piers morgan
he’s not dead. it’s just that every time i hear about him, i’m sad
he’s not dead. it’s just that every time i hear about him, i’m sad
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This image came to me like a bolt from the heavens
September 25, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This image came to me like a bolt from the heavens
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The lesson of There Will Be Blood is that men are too emotional to be oil barons
September 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The lesson of There Will Be Blood is that men are too emotional to be oil barons
I see a bleak but viable possibility for my birthday, I wonder where the nearest Benihana style restaurant is to West London? youtu.be/hUmCPTQXWZI
Protomartyr - Sounds We Cannot Hear (Official Video)
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September 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I see a bleak but viable possibility for my birthday, I wonder where the nearest Benihana style restaurant is to West London? youtu.be/hUmCPTQXWZI
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Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
Today's BBC radio drama about the Bayeux Tapestry sounds arrestingly original.
September 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
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"Far-right politics thrives on incoherent exceptionalism which it demands and creates."
Exactly so. That's why complaints about hypocrisy have zero effect or even meaning in this context. Applies equally to MAGA in the US and Hansonism in Australia.
They just don't care.
Exactly so. That's why complaints about hypocrisy have zero effect or even meaning in this context. Applies equally to MAGA in the US and Hansonism in Australia.
They just don't care.
Without being overly cynical, Reform supporters already said they didn't care about the £5 million bung from Harborne, and that even if it was shady, good, because 'whatever it takes' to get Farage in power. Far-right politics thrives on incoherent exceptionalism which it demands and creates.
September 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
"Far-right politics thrives on incoherent exceptionalism which it demands and creates."
Exactly so. That's why complaints about hypocrisy have zero effect or even meaning in this context. Applies equally to MAGA in the US and Hansonism in Australia.
They just don't care.
Exactly so. That's why complaints about hypocrisy have zero effect or even meaning in this context. Applies equally to MAGA in the US and Hansonism in Australia.
They just don't care.
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The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm a spooky ghost
September 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm a spooky ghost
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the bottom line is that the UK press are dickheads and the monarchy shouldn’t exist.
August 29, 2026 at 10:07 AM
the bottom line is that the UK press are dickheads and the monarchy shouldn’t exist.
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Itch.io supports tipping developers! So if you're a super duper nice person like zerø, you can support us! But we wanted to do something nice and give folks the chance to experience Tim Curry's amazing performance~
Stopppp we're supposed to be giving you MORE money now 😭
August 26, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Itch.io supports tipping developers! So if you're a super duper nice person like zerø, you can support us! But we wanted to do something nice and give folks the chance to experience Tim Curry's amazing performance~
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This is what we call “revisionist history.”
"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis
Analysis: Dolly Parton was the one person who could unite a deeply divided country
www.cnn.com
August 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This is what we call “revisionist history.”
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every time some 'race realist' prick brings up african IQs they're always talking about richard lynn's apartheid stats which were debunked at the time & debunked when the bell curve used them & have been debunked 100 times since. is there no limit on how many times that conversation needs to be held
August 24, 2026 at 10:43 AM
every time some 'race realist' prick brings up african IQs they're always talking about richard lynn's apartheid stats which were debunked at the time & debunked when the bell curve used them & have been debunked 100 times since. is there no limit on how many times that conversation needs to be held
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Optimist: The glass is half full.
Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Philip Glass: half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half
Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Philip Glass: half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half
August 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Philip Glass: half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half
Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Philip Glass: half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half half
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August 20, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Lying uncomfortably, unable to sleep, I heard a strange noise and realised it had started raining. Only a few minutes, but hopefully a preview of coming British summer attractions
August 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Lying uncomfortably, unable to sleep, I heard a strange noise and realised it had started raining. Only a few minutes, but hopefully a preview of coming British summer attractions
Just got jumpscared by the government loudly declaring what is blindingly obvious to anyone who has been paying attention
August 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Just got jumpscared by the government loudly declaring what is blindingly obvious to anyone who has been paying attention
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This research paper in The Lancet - the UK’s oldest and most respected medical journal - estimates that Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID will cause over 14,000,000 avoidable deaths by 2030.
Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
August 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This research paper in The Lancet - the UK’s oldest and most respected medical journal - estimates that Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID will cause over 14,000,000 avoidable deaths by 2030.
Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
Fourteen. Million. Deaths.
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Hello, I need to make some repairs to my studio. Nothing major but it’s never a good time to Spend Money.
Incidentally I have a shop where I sell prints of my work and would you believe it, you can buy them.
#illustration
Incidentally I have a shop where I sell prints of my work and would you believe it, you can buy them.
#illustration
August 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hello, I need to make some repairs to my studio. Nothing major but it’s never a good time to Spend Money.
Incidentally I have a shop where I sell prints of my work and would you believe it, you can buy them.
#illustration
Incidentally I have a shop where I sell prints of my work and would you believe it, you can buy them.
#illustration
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This might be a good moment for the UK Prime Minister to address growing consternation about food security, rather than whatever frivolous nonsense the tabloids invented this week.
UK faces ‘worst food security crisis in decades’ due to repeated heatwaves
...climate-fueled...
“We can’t look to some of the alternative markets that we might have done in Europe in recent years because they are experiencing the same problems that we are”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
...climate-fueled...
“We can’t look to some of the alternative markets that we might have done in Europe in recent years because they are experiencing the same problems that we are”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Heatwaves threaten Britain’s ‘worst food security crisis in decades’, analysts warn
It comes as drought is declared in nearly three quarters of England
www.independent.co.uk
August 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This might be a good moment for the UK Prime Minister to address growing consternation about food security, rather than whatever frivolous nonsense the tabloids invented this week.
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July was the driest in the UK ever, there has been no significant rain since and farmers now expect their worst harvest on record. It will surely only get worse in the coming years and yet we're still hearing more about bus fares and 'vertical drinking' than the climate
August 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
July was the driest in the UK ever, there has been no significant rain since and farmers now expect their worst harvest on record. It will surely only get worse in the coming years and yet we're still hearing more about bus fares and 'vertical drinking' than the climate
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