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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 3d

“We have caught and compromised to a permanent end Ian Watkins”

John Cena Announcing the death of Bin Laden

daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 3d

He’s probably the only musician who, when dead, won’t suddenly get a burst of sales or streaming for his music. Good. The cunt.

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daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 3d

Calling @secondmentions.bsky.social - “the chewy treats”

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daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 3d

What if somebody checks their social media history and finds an old tweet about wanting to change society for the better?

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daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 4d

As coincidence would have it, one of my mates sent this yesterday

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 5d

If your performance was “a force for social transformation”, then do it for £0.00?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 5d

Liew is ostensibly a sports writer at The Guardian but is emerging as one if its strongest moral voices. Here he is on the Riyadh comedy festival. No surprise that a loathsome weasel like Jimmy Carr appeared but so disappointed in Omid Djalili taking part. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 8d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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Trevor Ship @trevypoos.bsky.social · 11d

Never mind if Transformers have gender, I want to know if the cupholder becomes their bumhole.

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Gavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 13d

I'm forever seeing a shit take on social media, and saying 'what the fuck is this garbage?' and the answer is always Nick Cave

Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 14d

What a surprise #badpeopleonbothsides

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 13d

Channel 4 love wasting money on absolute shit and then complain that they are broke.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 13d

The Boat Race to move to Channel 4 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Boat Race coverage to move from BBC to Channel 4

The annual race between Oxford and Cambridge universities will move to Channel 4 in a new rights deal.

www.bbc.co.uk

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daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 18d

FGTH ‘Two Tribes’ - “are we living in a land, where sex and horror, ARE THE NEW GODS”

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daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social · 19d

I was amazed way back when that TOTP had LaTour in the studio, I just thought it was one of those naughty songs cos it had “sex” in the title. Banger bassline mind.

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