Darren Jalland

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Church of Scotland minister. May also mention football and my dogs. (He/Him)

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Happy Lefty Day to my fellow Lefty Woke Nonsense Mob 👈

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🎵...we didn't start the fire🎵

1. It's not owned by Elon Musk

Welcome to all of our new users, and a special welcome to the UK, which had the most Bluesky signups of any country for 5 out of the last 7 days! What makes Bluesky different? Some key features: 🧵

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This is a bar for only the most straight heterosexual men. Cowboys, Construction workers, Cops, Leather Bound Bikers, Firefighters, Wrestlers, and Sailors. No girl stuff. Just sweaty heterosexual men being sweaty & heterosexual & male with each other. No femmes. All He/him. Males for males. M4M.

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People enraged about historical accuracy in #DoctorWho because people of colour are in a period piece… yeah I remember learning in history about how Queen Victoria defeated the werewolves and Agatha Christie took on giant wasps. Good times.

The Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality vm.tiktok.com/ZGeqbneQp/

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I love my wee church. Here we are standing with our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters and non-binary siblings at Grampian Pride vm.tiktok.com/ZGeVD6Fg7/

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The Rev Graham Nash is currently speaking at #GA2024 I now need to know whether the CofS has a Rev David Crosby and Rev Stephen Stills

Just creating a new overture to move future Church of Scotland General Assemblies to a property at the bottom of the hill

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Dear S'Express. "Unos, dos, tres, cuatro" is not a countdown. It's a count-up.

I'll be honest, until a few years ago, I honestly thought the ham sandwich story was true. She deserved better than that. I didn't realise she died in the same room as Keith Moon did 4 years later.

Finally, the article Mama Cass always deserved. David Crosby used to tell me all the time about how wonderful and wise she was and how much he loved her. Good job, Lindsay Zoladz. [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/a...

Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.www.nytimes.com The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy.

I've spent my whole life wanting to be Doctor Who until I became a church minister in my late 40s. I'm like the anti-Baker.

buttondown.email/cooray_smith... A piece I intended to release over Easter, but which got held up until ascension, on the curiously large number of Doctors Who who expressed an interest in a career in the Church.

"If Jesus was a Sheriff, and I was a Priest"buttondown.email "If Jesus was a Sheriff, and I was a Priest" Falsification is an essential part of many intellectual processes, especially in the sciences. If you have a...

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Another photo taken at some ungodly hour. (While my son has just taken up a position on a hill on the other side of the world to see if he can see it too!) Blanchetown, South Australia. #AuroraAustralis #aurora

Some #auroraborealis photos from Donmouth Beach in Aberdeen

"Diehard ‘Whovian’ Martin Bishop said: “Trust me, nobody is more upset about Doctor Who returning than me and all the other members of Gallifrey Base. We will be forensically studying every second then saying it’s not for us anymore. Again.”" www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-en...

Normal people mourn the return of Doctor Whowww.thedailymash.co.uk WELL-ADJUSTED adults who enjoy quality programming are mourning the return of Doctor Who to the nation’s screens.

Why does this guy on an advert for the Aberdeen Gift Card (which really is a thing that exists) give off huge Steve Buscemi meme vibes?

Just realised that I crossed the Brimley/Cocoon line on Thursday. I'm old! @brimleyline.bsky.social

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Me: Who's a good boy? Dog: I thought we settled this.

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The “Kubrick Stare” is one of Stanley Kubrick‘s most recognizable directorial techniques, a method of shot composition where a character stares at the camera with a forward tilt, to convey to the audience that the character in question is at the peak of their derangement.

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Happy Fremony at the Library day to all who celebrate

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whoops sorry designer friends we had a good run but there is no way we’re going to top this might as well pack it in

The scenes at Leverkusen are amazing right now. I'll even forgive them singing Sweet Caroline.

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I would like to report a murder 😁

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“Do it.” “Not yet” “Do it.” “C’mon.” “Just do it!” “Smile!” “LISA, TAKE THE DAMN PICTURE!”

It's a fair question, to be honest. My wife and I chatted about the #susanalbumparty debacle this morning, and I commented that I've become more convinced over time that it was intentional to drive engagement. I mean, why not #susansalbumparty or #suboalbumparty? Someone knew what they were doing.

I asked half a dozen comms and marketing types if the Tories were making deliberately terrible ads for clicks. Their overwhelming response was "what are you, an idiot?" Me, for Politics Home.

Are Tories Deliberately Posting Terrible Social Media?www.politicshome.com It’s difficult to decide what the most ridiculous aspect of the Conservative party’s now-deleted twitter ad actually was. It could have been the presence of the England football team, or a Canadian ca...

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For much of the decades since 1980 the Tory party has been like Howard’s Way to the Republicans’ Dallas. The same monetarist (and later culture war) snake oil and butch rhetoric, but saying “Folkestone” instead of “Texas” and somehow not understanding it’ll be inadvertently hilarious and pathetic.

A very hard read, but the only obituary worth reading (CW - Graphic descriptions of severe domestic violence)

I wrote an obituary for OJ Simpson. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

OJ Simpson died the comfortable death in old age that Nicole Brown should have had | Moira Doneganwww.theguardian.com The 1994 murders of Simpson’s ex and her friend Ron Goldman are inextricable from society’s failure of domestic abuse victims

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NARRATOR: I didn't want to just be a "good boy." I wanted to be a great boy; the greatest boy that ever lived

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Lv Abrdn aln! www.ft.com/content/2c9b...

Lv Abrdn aln!www.ft.com Nt fn anmr ok?

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