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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 47m

H from Steps breathing a massive sigh of relief now that he no longer has to say "no, not THAT Ian Watkins."

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 4h

An almost literal milkshake duck appears

Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 4h

ah ffs bsky.app/profile/gemm...

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 4h

english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

turns out he's a nasty racist btw.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 4h

I really need to finish this thing, because how can you not love a 'cryptid-sized Yooper who brings chicken McNuggets to an exorcism'? He's such a great character, and he's going through it, poor boy.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 4h

They really can.

Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 5h

I love Haribo cola bottles too, but maybe try not to eat them in a way that will make you the main character in a Chubbyemu video.

Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 6h

every line of this story keeps getting better

Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge

Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 6h

You know, I've been writing several things in which Nazis lose their tiny minds over shit this stupid, and every time I'm like 'nope, row it back a bit. Too exaggerated. Too silly. You have to suspend disbelief even with satire.' My inner editor is reeling right now.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 7h

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 19h

The orangeness of it all.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 19h

Dave, Atheist is not a personality. Stop talking about sky daddies like it's 2015, because the theocrats are here, they're very unpleasant, and we really need to be building bridges with normal religious people. Who exist, by the way.

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 20h

This Place Has The Juice, Blood Of Christ edition

Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
How about not shoving your cult down our throats. Deal ?
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Ben B. @abominaldrvibes.bsky.social • 1h
I'm agnostic
Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
Which gods are you agnostic about ?
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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 19h

No, it's not accepting my postcode. I've emailed them anyway.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

They didn't really need one, because they were pickled. Soaked the sliced onions in vinegar for a couple of hours this afternoon, then fried in bubbly batter.

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End Of The World News ✊ 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @you-are-product.bsky.social · 1d

I'm watching it now & I have to say the Shrewsbury audience did a brilliant job of demonstrating that most British people are not the racist shits that Reform, Conservatives & even labour think we are. This ridiculous obsession with immigration has to fucking stop.
#bbcqt

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

It's a small thing, but the onion rings I just made were the absolute tits.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

He's no Bernini. Charlie Kirk's head was not shaped like that, and I don't think - at least I hope - that nobody's head has ever been shaped like that of Schmalz's weird Jesus.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 1d

Although initially pursuing him in relation to the deaths of the Pietzel children, investigators were overwhelmed by the discovery of HH Holmes's "murder castle."

"It was too complicated, so we fined him for zoning violations and released him," said police. "There was a third story and everything."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 1d

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

So spot on it hurts.

Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

He talks about the Nobel Peace Prize like absolution. Like it will sanctify his rotten soul so completely that he can die and drift off to a tacky gilded golf heaven full of smiling young girls who aren't able to say no, or find him creepy.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of things could happen soon. Stress is a killer at any age.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

It should be noted, before the great bitter shittalking commences, that Norway is cool and good actually.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the tantrums are going to be the stuff of Tesco biscuit aisles.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

Reform are taking their talking points straight from Trump, and it shows.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

Latest Slow Horses might be my favourite yet. River's so needy, Catherine's so relentlessly polite, and I need to know what happens when someone comes between Coe and his podcasts. Diana vs Roddy Ho's personality might have been the highlight, but then Lamb turned his arse into a bioweapon. Again.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not a doctor, but it might be because the few parts of RFK Jr's brain that escaped unscathed from years of Hunter S. Thompson level drug use were later eaten by a worm.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

It's one of those things where you always knew it was happening but it's still a shock to see it, you know?

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 1d

Friend just texted me to say there's an actual Renesmee in her son's class. I am sideeying those parents through walls, space, and time itself.

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