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Jon Hancock

@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net
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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist.

Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally #Outdoorsy, sometimes #Cycling. #Ukulele torturer. #Zoot tooter. #RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. #LongCovid.

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Mar 03, 2026

"He had about him the sense of a man who felt he ‘understood’ the wilderness. Such people are destined to be eaten by bears."

— Robin Bailes, "The Legacy of Frankenstein"

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Mar 01, 2026

@DarkestKale@mastodon.social If this one goes to a Rick Astley video too then I may just abandon technology entirely and communicate via clay tablets. @sciencealert@flipboard.com

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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Mar 01, 2026

"Every year, up to three billion notes may be printed, but they must adhere to the strictest standards of technical quality. If they don’t, they’re shredded. One drawback, though, is that they’re not recyclable"

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/maximum-furniture-billex-recycling-money-stools/

#Recycling

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Jon Hancock
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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Mar 01, 2026

"This is not only the worst pun that ever was carved upon a wolf’s tooth, but the worst that ever was or will be made"

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/03/01/the-worst-of-all-puns/

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Mar 01, 2026

"Five thousand pounds to rid me of the evil brute."

<whistles> "Now that's what I call Victorian value. But I'm still not interested in money." @ClassicDWQuotes@universeodon.com

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 28, 2026

Hurrah for local shops!

Tina's old iPad and Apple Pencil weren't wanted by the usual trade-in chain, but I found a couple of shops in town, one of which was happy to buy the iPad and the other wanted the pencil, both paying in cash.

Of course, now I have cash, which I've barely used since before the pandemic.

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 24, 2026

"It’s a sorry truth that the sicker you are, the more you need to advocate for yourself and the less able you are to do so."

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/24/my-maddening-battle-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-on-my-worst-days-it-feels-almost-demonic

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Jon Hancock
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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 23, 2026

I had a tricky time over the weekend, helping a friend to get his new health food shop ready to open. It looked as though everything was going well, with the shelves up and all of the nutritional supplements and snacks arriving on time, but despite everything being in place and looking perfect there was something uncomfortable about the space. Eventually we realised that it felt a bit stuffy and warm, just enough to spoil the atmosphere.

The problem was quickly traced to the jalousie window above the door, the slats of which had jammed over time making it impossible to open for ventilation. Well, we cleaned and oiled it, heaved and hammered, but nothing we tried made it move an inch. My friend then had the bright idea of taking one of the leftover wooden planks and pushing it between the slats, to give us a means of applying more force. It looked promising, with a stepladder acting as fulcrum and the two of us pulling down on the free end of the plank… but it still wasn’t enough. We needed more weight. That was when I looked around and noticed the bags of milk protein powder, which my friend had mistakenly over ordered. Tying some of them to the plank seemed to help, so we added a few more: there was a creak and a tiny amount of movement! We added more and more bags, over four dozen in the end. (1/2)

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 23, 2026

Current Status: Dilettante Bushpig.

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 23, 2026

#Tea

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 23, 2026

An ad just flashed up while I was watching YouTube (I only tend to watch via the ad blocker for longer videos), a makeup promotion for the Boots No7 range. The tagline is "Believe in Possible."

Doesn't everyone believe in possible? Isn't that just a normal, quotidian thing? Obviously I'm not the target audience, but I don't understand what they're trying to say at all.

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 20, 2026

> LOOK

You are in a room. There are exits to the north and west. There is an armchair.

> SIT

You are sitting in an armchair in a room. There are exits to the north and west. A small black cat enters the room.

> TAKE CAT

You cannot take the cat.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It starts to purr.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It jumps onto the chair, purrs, and settles on your lap.

> N

You cannot go north. You are immobilised by a cat.

> STAND UP

You cannot stand up. You are immobilised by a cat.

> W

You cannot go west. You are immobilised by a cat.

> PET CAT

The cat purrs.

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 20, 2026
"…White Dwarf was handed over to the power of the gods and devils of Nottingham, where it entered its chrysalis as a glorious content-rich butterfly and emerged as a sales catalogue maggot." https://fabledlands.blogspot.com/2026/02/dwarf-days.html #WhiteDwarf #RPG #Games #DevilsOfNottingham #GamesWorkshop
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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 14, 2026

"This is quite surprising, especially as we often don’t think of bananas, or even wet mud, as great conductors"

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator

#Audio #HiFi #Audiophiles

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Jon Hancock
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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Feb 02, 2026
Meanwhile, in the world of Amazon reviews…
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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Jan 19, 2026
Spam post spotted at the RPG Pub forum. It's well known that all role players are heavily into the Ooccult.
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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Jan 14, 2026

Well, that's a cheery bloody read… @augieray@mastodon.social

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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Jan 11, 2026

The Honest Broker: "Fifty People Control the Culture"

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/fifty-people-control-the-culture

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Auto transcription FTW!
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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Here's the iPhone's automatic call screening interpreting who was phoning me. It was Specsavers.
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Oh good grief, they're taking it down because the racists are up in arms over it?!? https://mas.to/@ninkosan/115583713956735819
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Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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Jon Hancock
Jon Hancock
@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net

Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally # Outdoorsy , sometimes # Cycling . # Ukulele torturer. # Zoot tooter. # RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. # LongCovid .

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net · Nov 20, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop "Some people had travelled from Berkshire to stare in wonder"… 😶
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