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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8h

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

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Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 4h

116 children didn't come home from school that day. Never forget. Aberfan 💔

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3h

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3h

Peston et al let them fart it all out, then enthusiastically waft it round the room.

Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3h

Peston et al let them fart it all out, then enthusiastically waft it round the room.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3h

Tuesday

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 12h

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 15h

Guys, I don’t mean to sound like this but there is a felon down the street making AI videos of himself as a king shitting on Americans and the American flag and he is literally tearing down the White House as we speak

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 12h

It’s not that they’re bad at this. It’s that they seem to have no idea what ‘this’ is, or where it might be

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 13h

Means Labour can now focus their entire attention on…whatever else it is they’re not doing properly

Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 13h

Maccabi will not allocate tickets to their fans. www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/2025/10/c...

Club statement - Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club

We acknowledge the efforts of the UK government and police to ensure both sets of fans can attend the match safely, and are grateful for the messages of

www.maccabi-tlv.co.il

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 13h

If I made earbud cases, I might try to make them less slippery than a bar of soap coated in olive oil

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 13h

Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 16h

A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’

www.theguardian.com

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 13h

Even Robert Redford must have thought, ‘Wow. That guy really is handsome’

Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 13h

Dear Men, What Is Preventing You From Looking Like This?

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 15h

A metaphor for America, 2025.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social · 18h

TV crime shows as published by Penguin Books. 🧵
1/ #Bookish

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 15h

Is anyone else receiving spam phone calls in Mandarin? They’re leaving voicemails. Am I being threatened? Have I won a prize? What is the point in targeting English speaking numbers? #sinoconfusion

Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 17h

My weed smoking sister decided to quit, and became a nun. Her time at the convent ended not with a bong but with a wimple.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 17h

‘Right that’s it. I’m DEFINITELY not voting for him a THIRD time*’

*votes for Trump a 3rd time because trans and Marxism or something

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I think China is in big trouble. I'll be honest with you. I don't know that they even make it."

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 17h

Have you read the Andrew Lownie book yet? I pulled neck muscles shaking my head in disbelief

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

AVERAGE BLUESKY USER: I just got kicked in the head by a horse. I think I’ll go check the Discover Feed and reply to strangers’ posts there

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r-d-1.bsky.social @r-d-1.bsky.social · 21h

My favourite thing about the axing of Mock the Week was the way the BBC filled the gap in the schedule by showing repeats of Mock the Week

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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 18h

His Comms team hate him

Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 2d

Welsh Labour have genuinely posted this video of their Caerphilly candidate Richard Tunnicliffe on social media.

Turn the sound on. 🔊🔊

It had the caption: "Vote for this total diva on Thursday October 23rd."

I have no idea what to say.

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Vinegar Tom Pullin @tom-pullin.bsky.social · 18h

If you're ever in Florence, do pop into the bookshop/cinema that shows silent movies all day

A row of bookshelves in a bookshop, with a cinema screen in the background showing a black and white silent film

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 18h

Would definitely watch the footage of what must have been a wild planning committee meeting

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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