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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 6h

improving movies with mr. bean: thread

Mr. Bean punching Nazis in Indiana Jones.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 14h

youtu.be/04qPdGNA_KM?...

Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 15h

And a mug of hot chocolate with whipped cream.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 15h

I don't know... Looks like something you could stash away some snacks in.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 16h

But the view is at least very lovely indeed.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 22h

I played it mostly safe, @robonabike.bsky.social

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 23h

Ja to bym mógł zrobić 250 z samych 90-ych, ale kto wie może i mógłbym się wysilić na ostatnie 250 lat też.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

a woman in a white off the shoulder top is making a funny face

ALT: a woman in a white off the shoulder top is making a funny face

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

"Moving mountains with the sheet power of his will". Just imagine, an adult person wrote that. An adult person, a state official. What's beyond me is how people who voted for Trump can listen to this and not go 'uh-oh'.

Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

Kil Il Sung level of shit there.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

'Declaration of loyalty' can fuck the fuck off. Absolutely diabolical.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying Night Flight - The Last Flight Remixes by Public Service Broadcasting #Deezer link.deezer.com/s/31hAtlF76g...

Night Flight - The Last Flight Remixes

Public Service Broadcasting - album - 2025 - 9 songs

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

It's always people, who need to prove they're worthy, but what does a country do to prove it's worthy of citizens? 🤔

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 1d

Poland’s interior ministry has proposed tougher rules for obtaining Polish citizenship.

They would increase the residency period from three to eight years and require applicants to take a test proving they are integrated and sign a declaration of loyalty.

Poland proposes tougher rules for foreigners to obtain citizenship

notesfrompoland.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 1d

How it started. How it’s going.

A scene from V For Vendetta: a multitude of protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks

A man in a frog suit facing down the agents of Babylon in Portland

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

I had no idea MTV still existed 🤷🏾

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

It's nice that they're callin a spade a spade.

Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 1d

Le leader de Reform UK avait réagi à des vidéos du jeune homme qui souhaitait rejoindre le pays.

Royaume-Uni : un migrant afghan qui avait menacé de mort le chef du parti d’extrême droite Nigel Farage reconnu coupable

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Steve Griffiths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cymry.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye nails it

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Ankle-biting Meerkat @techk.at · 3d

Not sure if many know, but considering it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, this might just feel fitting.

If you ever come across a website that does a CloudFlare security prompt, and it asks you to "copy" something - DON'T. This is an attempt to get you to run malware. It's becoming more common.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Two beetles on a stick.
One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them.
One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen.
One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
The aliens turn to look out at the reader.

Text below the cartoon reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 3d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 4d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm wondering if Trump is now going to call off his Gaza peace plan, now that (as he'll see it) it was all for nothing.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

No, Nobla nie dostał, ale na apopleksję wciąż ma jeszcze szansę.

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