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Andrew O'Neill

@andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social

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Comedian. Metalhead. Magician. They/them. patreon.com/andrewoneill Band: meltzer667.bandcamp.com Gigs: andrewoneill.co.uk/shows

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · Nov 16

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I'm fighting TOM BAKER!

So exciting to FINALLY be able to tell you that next month I will be having a bare-knuckle cage fight with the all-time greatest EVER Doctor Who!

It's going to be streamed on BSB's Galaxy Channel as part of their Doctor Who - Cage Fight weekend.

Can't wait!

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 18h

As a fan of true-crime horror AND really distracting voice acting that's like a fucking Sesame Street character or some shit, I'm really enjoying The Ed Gein Story.

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 1d

People shouldn't study rip off degrees like English, all you do is get to explore the towering beauty of the human spirit, how is that going help you slog away at a job you hate, working for vicious idiots until you die?

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 19h

After a gig in which I advertised my solo show, where at the end we ritually kill the king, a bloke bent my ear about how he'd worked for Charles and how wonderful he is. (He mainly focused on his LGBTQ+ record.) He really, REALLY liked him.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 19h

"all decades up to the 00's" is called the Twentieth Century.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 21h

Comedians: fees haven't gone up in twenty years!

Saudi Arabia: hold my sobia...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

They formed in 1970.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Clips like that wind me up because they're like little adverts for the whole interview. I want to hear more, but that's not what that is.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

For someone on the FBI's witness protection plan, that's a pretty definitive list of where he'll be next year.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Are you playing the game? PR and all that? Or relying on socials and mailing lists? x

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah!!!!!!

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Having the absolute best time with my new thrash band Meltzer. Cold War-obsessed crust/thrash power-trio! Named after a London anarchist and cutting a swathe through the irradiated wasteland!

Next gig - Oxford Bullingdon 16th October! wegottickets.com/event/673408

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

ROGER SLOMAN! THEN @tobyhadoke.bsky.social! What a treat!!!

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

HA! Thank you! I have a decent general knowledge but there are LOADS of gaps.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

I am not familiar with this song.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 4d

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 4d

KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?

SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

'dance to our parents for sleepovers'?

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 6d

You Suffer

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6d

In memoriam...

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sometimes, I want to throw my phone in the river, but there is no river here, so I just keep playing on my phone. The river will come.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 8d

Brb, just planning a course based on this paragraph.

Part 1: “They want to like chop my head off, right?”: The ‘Other’ in the American Imagination

Part 2: “They got a fucking Chili’s over here!”: Capitalism & Civilisation in American Culture

We’ll be reading a lot of Edward Said

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 8d

girl what

When he flew into Saudi Arabia, Burr's nervousness crept back, but he was struck by the amount of local Western influence. "You think everybody's going to be screaming death to America and they're going to have like fucking machetes and want to like chop my head off, right?" Burr said. "Because this is what I've been fed about that part of the world. I thought this place was going to be really tense. And I'm thinking like: 'Is that a Starbucks next to a Pizza Hut next to a Burger King next to McDonald's …..? They got a fucking Chili's over here!"

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