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Peter McGladdery

@petermcgladdery.bsky.social

1.2K followers 3.7K following 4.8K posts

Blowing dandelion clocks, chasing falling autumn leaves, catching raindrops/snowflakes on my tongue. Cismallow. And posting a bit. Statistically insignificant https://mstdn.social/@peter_mcgladdery

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1h

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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🅡🅞🅑 🅜🅔🅢🅤🅡🅔 @robmesure.bsky.social · 5h

Just going to assume the next Kraftwerk album is called Dynamische Preisgestaltung, or something.

A screenshot, pinched from @stevejvickers.bsky.social, showing ludicrously high ticket prices for a Kraftwerk gig.

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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 19h

Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?

A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 21h

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 18h

We should re-kill the American movie musical trend by at last green-lighting a big budget adaptation of Pippin. Everyone will be weirded out and confused except for me, I will be delighted.

A picture from Pippin with Ben Vereen in the center doing some jazz hands. The women on either side of him are holding spears and are wearing armored corsets and helmets with bare legs and boots.

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 18h

The spambots really having identity crises right now

Instagram spam bot. Display name Daniella More. Pic AI blonde lady with sticky-out bottom. User name ayowale adeboyega 100

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 19h

Corner shop samosa dinner didn't help. Black outside, bright inside, upper deck shaking & swaying like an ocean going boat. Back seat full of slumming-it students bellowing about ket & petty jealousies & theories of mixed race beauty

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 20h

Failed the south london bus endurance test. Got as far as Peckham then had to head back

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 21h

Interesting chat with Woody Fu about his recent Edinburgh run
www.youtube.com/live/7n_Z644...

Characters Welcome! 9/24/25

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 1d

it is an honor to receive the peace prize for ending all the wars. it wasn’t easy. I mean for anyone else. it was super easy for me. I just hopped in a zamboni and pancaked everyone. even the really tall ones. even the big boys. honk honk. give me my trophy.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 1d

Alien bodysnatchers before they got the technology quite right

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 1d

There’s so many more in the article…

archive.is/c0z8X

Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

For the next couple of nights, the IDEAL stage show is at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Had a complete blast watching it last night. Like a gonzo stoner Joe Orton panto, with shitloads of sharp gags and tons of pure clowning, and a guest slot for the monsters from the Claws of Axos. Go if you can!

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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 1d

If you noticed I’ve been a little quiet the last few days, here’s why! I’ve been frantically trying to track all the bluesky users getting setup on Mastodon.

Not leaving bluesky (yet), but to be honest the party is kind of over there right now. Check out the world without CEOsars 🤷‍♂️

Shitposters of the Fediverse - Mastodon Starter Pack

Posters that primarily post jokes, likely with some level of internet-poisoned brain rot. (Some politics and other interests may be included) Many (but not all) are users who were/are on bluesky.

fedidevs.com

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 1d

Making living in England a bit more Norse mythic by replacing Ham in place names with Heim.

Tøttenheim
West Heim
Øst Heim
Fülheim
Waltheimstein

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone’s struggled to keep up with my threads on why the genAI bubble
Is a bubble, here’s a simplified pictorial explanation, the plug is OpenAI and the sockets are Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD

A power strip with the plug end plugged in to one of the sockets

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

This Prime Day, did you know my wonderful, supportive indie publishers sell ebooks of their titles direct? And that you always get a great deal on them because no space bothering billionaire gets a cut? farragobooks.com

Welcome to Farrago Books

Farrago’s purpose is simply to help readers find fiction that makes them smile. We want to introduce you to books that will tickle your funny bone. We want you to know that if you find one funny, ther...

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 2d

"Let's get the ethnic mix in modern British territories back to how it was in the old days...No, not like that!!!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_British_Empire

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 2d

Good spot. It is indeed.

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 2d

Headless swan lake.

Spooky

(It's OK - they were all still in bed)

20 or so swans on a body of water, all with heads tucked against body

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 2d

Direct copy/paste from the US right wing yet again. If these people had a single original thought, it'd be a miracle

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 2d

Pedestrians blurped the tiny apples

Pavement covered in 2cm diameter apples. Whole and round by edge of pavement, flat brown and squished in the middle

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s favourite proof note:

Replace ‘this’ with ‘that.’

Which feels like a short summary of the entire process.

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Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 3d

Originally, it was a 50/50 toss up between calling them Swifties or Taylor-heads

Peter McGladdery @petermcgladdery.bsky.social · 3d

Currently pondering if getting one's knickers in a twist and getting one's panties in a bunch are describing the same underwear disarray or if both could be possible at once