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Last Notes npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Today on Duolingo, crabs. Lots and lots of crabs. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/023/356/662/762/original/f7ad44c059599f61.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/023/394/861/742/original/129566c638289b37.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/023/400/758/323/original/33717b6ab86043e7.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/023/428/646/271/original/b4fe780dd5f49bba.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Balls. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/200/726/195/817/653/original/926171dd371a0180.png npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow These people are incredibly brave. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-ice-agents-minneapolis-protest-minnesota-b2910626.html npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow I don't think he liked it. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/985/906/699/437/768/original/bb28c849cc2d6cc7.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Mmm. Whirled peas. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/940/291/417/135/314/original/a3832b87c9c96aba.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Use-up-stuff-in-the-fridge dinner (and also tomorrow's lunch): rigatoni with a simple sauce made from fresh tomatoes, bacon, garlic, oregano, and cream. Well, Elmlea. Fun fact: however good it might taste, until you dress the pasta with it, it is very difficult indeed to make a tomato-cream sauce look attractive. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/850/174/533/510/405/original/bd19e93a221bc3e7.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/850/173/991/197/536/original/05d7733f3c61ead2.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/850/174/424/891/554/original/9829f60f2d8f6297.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/850/174/537/241/750/original/65a5a074590378ea.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow It's October 1st. Fuck off. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/300/158/554/317/060/original/c07b2a32817a5293.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Today's inspirational message: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/277/353/164/868/261/original/0b1e92000947218c.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, fuck off. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/226/104/388/396/586/original/5a6cb2f74f4ea2e8.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Note to self: buy crumpets. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/096/633/426/487/953/original/58d9df966eb48448.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow If you don’t want to get cancelled, Gregg, maybe try not to let people in your workplace see you walking around naked except for a sock covering your penis. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/924/452/745/377/526/original/15a844d1e11f05e8.png npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Let me say this as nicely as I can: Fuck off, you brainless orange fascist gobshite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkiKpMDEREE npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow ICE, ICE baby... https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/858/748/917/896/399/original/7ccfb5f5c893b6fc.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Don't all groan at once: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/830/067/988/756/053/original/9d9e0b67c3c35c28.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow The US government just built a concentration camp in the Everglades. And since that in itself evidently isn’t morally putrid enough, Florida Republicans are hawking tie-in merchandise for it in their online store: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/790/253/623/378/146/original/a3468e07a3babb55.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/790/255/475/648/459/original/7bf869a670a359d0.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/790/256/522/826/763/original/17779254d905d702.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow This could easily be read as inciting harassment. Ms. Rowling, I'm afraid, has moved firmly onto the (short) list of people who are so thoroughly vile that it is impossible to enjoy their work. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/740/667/440/023/917/original/60dcf6854462b5ec.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Given that her detention was significantly extended thanks to your inability to read your briefings, Boris, if I were you I’d keep Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s name out of my mouth. You’ve already caused that family far too much suffering. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/733/943/014/825/198/original/68cd3bb6553ff5cc.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Oh dear. The Trussterfuck, who was PM for just seven weeks and at the last election lost a seat the Tories had held since 1964, wants to "create a Trump-style revolution across Europe". Better stock up on lettuce. https://www.tiktok.com/@implausibleblog/video/7511095400145751318 npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Today's inspirational message: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/602/935/428/325/785/original/d9db53f1964c69fe.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Unpaywalled link: https://archive.ph/rqLss npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow From a former Prime Minister of Israel: "What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. We're not doing this due to loss of control in any specific sector, not due to some disproportionate outburst by some soldiers in some unit. Rather, it's the result of government policy – knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated. Yes, Israel is committing war crimes." https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/581/702/149/178/763/original/d238c0a52b149bef.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Yep. I can go from zero to block in under four seconds. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/519/719/692/160/532/original/0306ef43db70d477.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow The US Embassy in Stockholm apparently demanded that the Stockholm city planning office cancel any DEI initiatives, and that Swedish companies working with the embassy should not participate in any DEI programmes. Unsurprisingly, the response from Stockholm was a hard no. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-demand-stockholm-antidei-embassy-b2746859.html npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Beep beep. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/430/968/234/940/186/original/0563f071c98a9070.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Rolling Stone, pulling no punches: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/339/023/860/825/977/original/2085bf7f9cd5fffc.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow "Do you like being shackled and strip-searched? Absolutely no judgment if so, but anyone who isn’t into that sort of thing may want to avoid a holiday to the US at the moment." Today's Guardian. I think we're going to see a lot more columns like this. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/25/dont-visit-the-us-it-just-isnt-worth-the-risks-right-now npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow A Yale source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to Ukraine. It would also have been used to prosecute those behind their abductions – including Russian president Vladimir Putin. So in other words, the US state department is deleting evidence of Russian war crimes. Is this supposed to Make America Great Again? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow She’s clearly massively stupid and entitled and has no concept of empathy. I think we can all guess who she voted for last year, can’t we? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8m4vk0e9o npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Once again, heute-show - the German equivalent of The Daily Show - nails it: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/150/585/843/662/432/original/6b540db624e969ac.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow The latest entry in the ongoing series, Reasons Our Decadent Civilisation Is Probably Doomed: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/116/480/970/909/184/original/7ca494497c799ebc.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Disgusting. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/218/031/574/270/original/90dd40328538e03a.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow The official, verified White House account in the foetid cesspit formerly known as Twitter. This is utterly childish and pathetic. It demeans the US on the world stage, and it demeans every American. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/004/429/803/592/211/original/fcdfe281a2b8e3b2.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Horrendous. Mindlessly cruel. Utterly indefensible. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/ukraine-trump-suspension-us-foreign-aid-usaid npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow They cover up the gesture itself because under German law showing it is illegal in most contexts, but Die Zeit’s headline is absolutely unambiguous. And you don’t need to be a German speaker to get the message: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/869/551/104/709/815/original/b67c1bdb295ca1ae.png npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Because today is also the wonderful, much-missed Janey Godley’s birthday. Sing it, Janey: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/861/719/297/731/410/original/ad523faa68023a0e.png npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, off. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/725/640/313/555/000/original/d378b7a0b659c822.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Yes. And also from Waitrose. I like the one with cranberries, but this is a step too far. npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow NO, Waitrose. NO. Now go and sit on the naughty step and think about what you’ve done. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/701/896/620/648/194/original/bd5ff83e54eaa87e.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Science, innit? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/585/234/057/759/452/original/70b26d61aa44af4f.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Today's inspirational message: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/577/724/825/927/177/original/b4fd78082016d8c4.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow I was today years old when I learned that the French for 'mansplaining' is - delightfully - 'mecsplication'/'mecspliquer'. ('Mec' basically = 'bro'.) And the French-Canadian variant - 'pénispliquer' - is even more direct. npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Amen. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/418/966/763/486/739/original/dca7d37a24dae938.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow We knew it was coming, but this still stings. RIP the brave, hilarious, wonderful Janey Godley. Fuck cancer. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/413/219/716/825/808/original/383e4726eebc7c83.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Because of course they did. This does, at least, finally settle a question: apparently the party membership’s innate fascism trumps the party membership’s innate racism. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/413/089/253/284/155/original/ef5a0ce6c55449dc.png npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow It's official. The next leader of the Conservative Party is going to be a foaming-at-the-mouth fascist loon: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje343q1zy8o npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow Putting this front page together gave someone at the Daily Mail an orgasm. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/216/146/492/314/255/original/bf4b02c19982b34a.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow “Manly”? Excuse me while I dry-heave. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/216/113/958/666/269/original/209f4c8968df898d.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow A stunning image. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/109/684/494/035/995/original/4b5c18d6192997a5.jpeg npub1f9d4a4r7pduqpqskeppanchp5ycgeck4xp4d24d5vu9swdcm09usmmkwtk Stephen Farrow This dropped into my timeline on Threads, and it's too special not to share: https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/965/914/731/069/586/original/b6c90e9730f34e65.jpeg