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Reposted by Misha is: a gift box full of owls

Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 5h

how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 5h

we’ll we’ll we’ll if it isn’t my old friend autocorrect

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 1d

Why do we call it gaming addiction and not consoling ourselves

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Reposted by Misha is: a gift box full of owls

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 17h

Tee hee. Are any of the 21stC tech disruptor solutions going to end up anywhere except where we started, doing without them?

I don’t think anyone predicted this in Sci Fi enough.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 17h

Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records

Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told

Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

www.bbc.co.uk

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noelle sociohat @sociohat.bsky.social · 1d

gamer who doesn't listen to audio logs or read journal entries in games because they respect privacy

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

“That’s one gone!”, says a dad to me as he drops his son at nursery. “One more to go!” he says, pointing at his daughter sitting in the car. “Just need to get rid of the wife, and I’m sorted!“ he laughs, expecting me to laugh too, but to his surprise I smash him about the head with a ceremonial mace

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

I wish! My friends parents did and are overwhelmed by beans so I have been gifted it

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

It’s bought me so much joy

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

So giant!!

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

So giant!

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

None!

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

These are excellent beans

Reposted by Misha is: a gift box full of owls

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

Mr Colombia is the first of our LOOK AT MY TITS contestants, but very much not the last. He looks slightly annoyed, but I cannot fault the combination of the maximum amount of skin on show but also the maximum amount of costume.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

It’s just so good!

Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

Yes I have pinned this, I think more people should see this giant bean

Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this giant bean

Me standing in a kitchen wearing a long sleeves black and white teeshirt, I am holding up a rubber bean pod approximately 30cms long and looking delighted about it, I am wielding it like a short sword

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 2d

Agatha Christie was an avid surfer. Loved it. My parents went to a lecture about her recently, and it came up. There is no joke here. I just wanted you to have it to think about this afternoon.

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this giant bean

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 2d

God love Kew, this is incredible

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2d

This is it. I didn’t find it at all difficult to leave Twitter in the end: it stopped being fun and became boring and depressing. Whenever I opened it I’d see things that were obnoxious or upsetting. It was a relief not to do that.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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John Allison @badmachinery.com · 2d

MEAL DEAL

Sandwich: unstabilised all-day breakfast
Drink: regional pop
Snack: the most resistible option

£4.50 with Clubcard

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 2d

H from steps can finally breathe a sigh of relief

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 4d

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

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