Digger

theedigger.bsky.social

19 October 2026 09:12

Always worth remembering Lemmy's words on the Beatles: "they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool... all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you if you so much as winked at them. Ringo's from the Dingle, which is like the f***ing Bronx"

Digger

theedigger.bsky.social

19 October 2026 09:12

This is a very good point, and something must be very wrong in the US for them to elect an obvious con man by a bigger margin the second time. That said, Trump's time is ending and it's not clear someone else could pull off the same con trick; it's not necessarily the case Trumpism will persist

Brian Groom

groomb.bsky.social

18 October 2026 08:32

Girl with three toddlers, Manchester, 1963, photo by Shirley Baker.

Brian Groom

groomb.bsky.social

18 October 2026 07:55

Lindisfarne, Holy Island, Northumberland, photo by Sarah Howard, landscape photographer.

Brian Groom

groomb.bsky.social

17 October 2026 17:03

Glasgow's new Nelson Mandela statue was quickly crowned with a traffic cone, photo by Elaine Thirlwall (via BBC).