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Brian Boyle
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bbolander.bsky.social
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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krveale.bsky.social
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
Comic strip script: Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley. 1 MAN: Tut 2 CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]: Excuse me - did you just tut at us? 3 MAN: W-what? CREME EGG: Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it? 4 MAN: What? Well, y-yes, I - CREME EGG: Listen, Tut boy 5 CREME EGG: We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs. 6 CREME EGG: We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life. 7 CREME EGG: Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no. They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation. 8 CREME EGG: And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media? 9 CREME EGG: Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”. 10 CREME EGG: You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January… …forever. 11 CREME EGG: The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless - MAN: Oh go on then [He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley] 12 CREME EGG: HA HA YOU WORM
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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daveyjones.bsky.social
Gilbert Ratchet's sprout-steaming device powered by 3-Kings-Of-Orient-Are on a treadmill chasing a yonder star. And season's greetings to one and all, except for anyone I hate.
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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dtmooreeditor.bsky.social
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.

Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!

[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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archivetvmusings.bsky.social
The Dawson Watch (6th December 1979). Cissie and Ada put the world to rights once more.
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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theauldsthretch.bsky.social
So. We're very very very nearly there. Let's see if we can hammer the world with #TheGrandStretchIsBack at 16:05:45 Dublin time.
theauldsthretch.bsky.social The Grand Auld Sthretch @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · Dec 13
Hi all.

Are ye ready?

2 important notes:

- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.

- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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theauldsthretch.bsky.social
Hi all.

Are ye ready?

2 important notes:

- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.

- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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christinamartin.bsky.social
"...for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure" 💀🤌
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
Sunday, November 13th Today, helped no doubt by the hard, bright freshness of a cool, sunny November morning, I have a feeling of completeness. The world makes sense this Sunday morning. Even the weather seems to be resting, peaceful and mel-lowed after the angry squalls of the last two days. There's a smell of beef and Yorkshire pudding and from where I write I can see the chimney letting out wisps of smoke from the fire in the sitting room. Yesterday I read through the novel so far and was greatly heartened. I saw much that worked and I also saw clearly what didn't work. I can see the way ahead and I can't wait to get going again tomorrow. I just feel very happy and very content at this moment. Nothing is expected of me today except to be here at home. I am perfectly well aware that around the borders of my life are problems, difficulties, painful decisions, even human tragedies demanding my involvement. I know I cannot live in a continual vacuum of happiness - but a day like today restores energies, tops up batteries, rebuilds whatever faith one has. Today there is nothing more I want than what I have.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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richycraven.bsky.social
Deep within his cave, asleep atop a pile of money, tinsel and Lynx Africa sets, Noddy Holder stirs.
"Soon," he thinks.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Why won’t people talk about slow ghosts?

Because they’re the last taboo.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
If the Predator’s going to land in the 1970s, I think he needs to face the ultimate foe
Predator Emu puppet
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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simpsonsqotd.bsky.social
"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."
Season 7 / Episode 10
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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leehealey.bsky.social
"I am an exceptional delivery rider, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more generous with your gratuity."
#DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
A bonus bit of history today: the 154th anniversary of the Natural Creeping Baby Doll being patented in the United States

Please don’t have nightmares. Do sleep well
Image of a doll on all fours. Its head, two arms and two legs are made of painted plaster. The arms and legs are hinged to a brass clockwork body that moves the arms and legs in imitation of crawling, but the doll moves forward by rolling along on two toothed wheels. A flat piece of wood is attached to top of the movement. It carries a label saying it was patented on 29 August 1871 Image of a doll on all fours. Its head, two arms and two legs are made of painted plaster. The arms and legs are hinged to a brass clockwork body that moves the arms and legs in imitation of crawling, but the doll moves forward by rolling along on two toothed wheels. A flat piece of wood is attached to top of the movement. A crawling baby doll, with a slightly less horrifying face then the prototype, and clothed, which hides the machinery inside. The doll now wears a bonnet and dress, which were white, but are now distinctly Miss Havisham, and there is a large red ribbon round her midriff
August 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
More emails? But I haven’t finished ignoring the last lot.
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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coffeecurls.bsky.social
Stupid sexy Flanders...
Image shows pavement cracked in the image of a shapely bottom - wording relates to a Simpsons episode in which Homer finds Ned Flanders sexy
August 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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paulisci.bsky.social
It's so weird how LLMs know so much about things I don't know anything about, and yet make fundamental and basic errors about things I do know anything about. Oh well, I'm sure that's a coincidence.
August 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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johnmoynes.bsky.social
I've just been offered a dream job: doing exams in the nude while my teeth fall out.
August 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Cartoon of a long dachshund. Caption: The Long Good Boy
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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selkies.bsky.social
I have a proposal
A drawing of the bronze statue of Molly Malone wheeling a cart with the title "Electrify Molly Malone: saps get zapped. They deserve it!"
April 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM