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Sam Vimes

@samvimes6.bsky.social

3.3K followers 5.2K following 12K posts

Pratchett, Photography, Scifi, Science, Technology, Space and Whisky (Not Bearhuggers, obviously). Hates Brexit, Trump and Intolerance. Loves Cats and NoMansSky. Often sarcastic, sometimes sweary. #FBPE Unsolicited DM's = Block

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 2h

This is horrible news.
Rest in Peace.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 13h

Luckily i can keep work and privare separate, but i can see how that's an issue if you can't.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 13h

So why frame it as a 'base'? Seems a weird thing to do.

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 16h

It scammers.
I got lots of these calls... France, Germany, Afghanistan.... but now i've got the Android spam protection on and i haven't had a single one since.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h

The White House budget office says it could fire more than 4,000 federal employees during shutdown, AP reports.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 16h

How badly payed must the military be that they need to queue up at a food bank after just 9 days?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 18h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17h

I am deceased

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 17h

My default is that every single word out of his mouth is a lie...

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 17h

Could well be...

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 17h

You can't believe anything they say.
Thanks.

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 17h

So is this what he's freaking out about? Export controls on rare earth metals?
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China tightens export controls on rare-earth metals: Why this matters

Move is a strategic one ahead of new round of tricky trade talks with the United States.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

All of this is obviously drivel.... what have China actually said?

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

Trump is a hypocrite of the highest order.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

Do you think he's thought this through?

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

"Dear Leader is fit and healthy and will outlive us all! All hail and bow down to Dear Leader!"

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

Pathetic.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

The world’s smallest man:

“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called me and said that she was accepting it in honor of me.

“I did not say then "give it to me." I think she might have, she was very nice.

“I have been helping her along the way, they need a lot of help.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

a pixelated image of a man making a face

ALT: a pixelated image of a man making a face

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Chris Skaife @ravenology.bsky.social · 1d

Suns golden rays

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

Unfortunately, the US no longer has a functional Government, so he can do what he wants.

Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 18h

I still haven't seen an explaination of *why* they want to build a base on US soil.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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