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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 5h

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/AxxVIxkvDPQ?...

Cymande on Friday, excellent.

Pon de Dungle

YouTube video by Cymande - Topic

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Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 13h

RIP to the great Diane Keaton. If you can find it, her book on Clown Paintings - for which she curated a large selection of flea market amateur clown portraits -mostly fantastically creepy - accompanied by the thoughts of famous people regarding clowns - is well worth a look.

Diane Keaton standing in front of of an impressive array of creepy clown paintings

Dusne Keaton’s book ‘Clown Paintings’ which features an ultra close up view of a clown’s jeering face.

A portrait from the book - an incredibly creepy black-eyed clown

John Waters on clowns, with the headline ‘Clowns are usually assholes’

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Rob Bradley @robbradley.bsky.social · 4h

My ‘Imposter’ Lincoln City book reviewed on P49 of WSC Nov issue alongside books about Liverpool FC and Serie A. Available on Amazon, at Waterstones and Lindum Books locally, and at the Trust Fan Village pod. Presentation of proceeds to Lincoln City Foundation next Saturday. 🙂

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 3h

Glad I took my blood pressure before seeing Priti Patel on the telly.

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 16h

Floyd On France is on iPlayer! Obviously has been on YouTube for ages but here he is in all his higher definition glory, being told off by old ladies, pissed, plating abysmally. It was this that made me love cooking

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Floyd on France - 7. A Farewell to France

In the final programme of the series, Floyd retraces his steps in all the regions in which he has filmed, as he celebrates French cuisine one last time. (1987)

www.bbc.co.uk

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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 17h

"Marge, you've come to the right place.
By hiring me as your lawyer
you also get this smoking monkey.
Better cut down there, Smokey."

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 17h

Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern exhausting. I should have taken a chair with me. Lovely range of works, but the sloppy positioning of captions often found it difficult to identify works.

Osun, The Goddess of the River by Nike Davies-Okundaye

Uzo Egonu - Stateless People, and artist with a beret

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Clair Woodward @clairywoowoo.bsky.social · 1d

Have just had a VERY long bus journey through Bromley, Beckenham and surrounds, and now I understand why Bowie drank, took drugs and lived in Berlin and New York.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 1d

Going there next Friday too for Cymande, so expect the same hassle.

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, and stopping people half the time before a ticket check. After which there was barely a queue. When I went there in March, I could kinda live with it cos we were late, but this was bullshit. No communication whatsoever.

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 1d

Entry to BrixtonAcademy still awful, so missed all but one of Nadine Shah's set. However, Self Esteem was as brilliant as hoped. Joyous stuff.

Self Esteem (bowing) and backing singers/dancers on stage dressed in black robes with white hoods

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve been calling a significant section of the public unBritish hatemongers. They’ve been telling everyone who objects to their horrible politics to fuck off, for years. It’s not that mild-mannered is it, and that’s before we get to the Enoch Powell speech.

Is Labour just mild-mannered Faragism?
The New Statesman:

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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 3d

You know what, it’s one of those days, have Cookie Monster kaiju again.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 1d

URGH, how dreadful.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 2d

So does poverty so maybe your family can hand over some of its £20bn fortune, you entitled weapon.

Headline:
Kate [Princess of wales] warns too much screen time damages family life.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, sorry to hear Clur x Hope you are better very soon.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

the bombing starts in 5 minutes...

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

Ahahahaha. Good.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

First time seeing Self Esteem tonight, which i'm very much looking forward to, especially as Nadine Shah is one of the support acts. Tremendous.

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

Well, from what I understand his family is in tow, and there is that pic of him hanging out with Harry Styles...

I may have drunkenly made a request for Soul and Fire, to which he replied 'yes'.

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

How the hell are Scotland in front? This is hilarious.

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

Blimey.

Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

Going to be offside, surely?

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Robert @gruffexterior.bsky.social · 2d

Ahahaha fucking jammy bastards!

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