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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 48m

somebody local has had far too much fun naming segments on Strava but this is my favourite

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

it's the americans who are most exhausting

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 22h

oh including myself, I did not put myself out of the firing zone here

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 23h

and its terrifying older sibling "clearly still plays paradox games"

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

"pedos dead, big men able to eat sweets and be racist" is in a very real way somewhere close to median British politics

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

not to redo a very old bit, but how funny would it have been if she was married to Charles Ingram's son

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

how about a distinguished military officer, disgraced following baseless accusations of cheating at a gambling establishment, who has an incurable respiratory illness

all he wants to do is clear his name and recover the riches rightly owed to him

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 3d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

the virgin Anglo: muh "Christmas pie" discourse

the chad Balkan/eastern Med: I will commit acts of atrocity in the name of börek supremacy

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 1d

*taking a long drag on a gauloise* ah oui...

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 3d

*nodding solemnly* racecar pasties

Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 3d

see now, lightning mcqueen gets "flashed" and it is implied to be sexualised, but that is his whole thing - is his kachow moment like a faux nip slip ?

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 3d

Penne's dropped.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’

US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers put family-run firms in the firing line as well

www.theguardian.com

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 3d

Amazing what impact a fusilli tariffs can have

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’

US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers put family-run firms in the firing line as well

www.theguardian.com

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 3d

ROBIN: deploy the bat nets, Batman!

BATMAN: actually, they are just mosquito nets. donating preventative anti-malaria measures are some of the most effective actions we can take to reduce preventable deaths. would you like me to send you a givewell article

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 3d

new Batman origin story where effective altruist Bruce Wayne discovers how inefficient philanthropy is, becomes direct transfer pilled (of both cash, and fists to the face)

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 3d

The dumbest part about that cognitohazard is that Bruce *does* canonically give large amounts of money to charity via the Wayne Foundation

Russell Cohn @russellcohn.bsky.social · 3d

THat one tumblr post about how Bruce would better serve giving away his wealth instead of being Batman was a disaster for humanity.

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 5d

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 5d

GUYS, I POSTED THIS THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN DANNY KRUGER DEFECTED. AND NOW...

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 5d

well I bet you think you are really smart now

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Kevin the Pikachu @kap3692.bsky.social · 5d

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 6d

yeah it's all negative for the greens 😌

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 6d

this is fine and good if your aim is to win wars, but if your preference is instead "do pushups and commit war crimes" then maybe they have other benefits

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 6d

And the cult of SOF is a real problem given that, if we've seen one thing in Ukraine, it is that in a near-peer conflict, highly-trained, ultra-elite infantry cost a lot to form and field but get shredded by firepower at exactly the same rate, if not faster than, regular infantry.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 6d

And this all starts right out of the academies or ROTC, are the top of the class going into arty or armor or logistics, no they’re all going to the 173rd airborne or ranger school, so you can see how the army has become so light infantry/SOF centric

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 7d

Right, that's it. I'm founding a new populist party of the centre called Go Outside!

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 7d

The UK is “madly left, madly liberal, hyper-progressive”, Syed says. This is a deeply odd speech, seemingly from yet another person who spends a lot of time on X.

[I deleted earlier post which had the typo of saying, 'US' rather than 'UK'.]

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 8d

centrist liberalism girl bossed too close to the sun 😞

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 8d

I had a cursed thought of a fascist girlboss axis of Takaichi, Meloni, and the AFD lesbians and I swear to God, the center had better fucking hold in Germany because this is one woke reboot I am just not in a place to handle right now.

Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 8d

Donald Trump's aged and deteriorating body has to get lucky every day, the inexorable march of time and even fairly minor illness only has to get lucky once 🙏😌

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 8d

one of these times we're gonna be lucky and that puts a little smile on my face

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today

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