Clownf1st
@clownf1st.bsky.social
Bon viveur, futility enthusiast, founder of Milli Vanilli, compulsive liar.
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
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Remind me again how many arrests have been made over the awful Grenfell Tower fire? And that was 8 years ago.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Police arrest construction firm bosses over Hong Kong fire
Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 83 people with scores more ...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Remind me again how many arrests have been made over the awful Grenfell Tower fire? And that was 8 years ago.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Happy Thanksgiving, America!
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, America!
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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This is a fascinating & kind of terrifying piece, the way it rules out various reasons for collapse you might guess (famine, climate) to leave the impression these people just decided to slaughter each other
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is a fascinating & kind of terrifying piece, the way it rules out various reasons for collapse you might guess (famine, climate) to leave the impression these people just decided to slaughter each other
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
Did somebody say Gas Safe Register? 🎶
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Did somebody say Gas Safe Register? 🎶
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If Jaws is on tv I watch it. I have very little say in the matter.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If Jaws is on tv I watch it. I have very little say in the matter.
Hello.... Jaws is on ITV4
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hello.... Jaws is on ITV4
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Are my eyes bad or how the FUCK did this get signed off??
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Are my eyes bad or how the FUCK did this get signed off??
*applauds* Fantastic stuff.... more! Encore!
Nearly time for Fellini's NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) at 9:00pm Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
*applauds* Fantastic stuff.... more! Encore!
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
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All Reeves had to do to eliminate the deficit was to put a 50% tax on polyester flags.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
All Reeves had to do to eliminate the deficit was to put a 50% tax on polyester flags.
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The #Fellini Masterpiece!
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The #Fellini Masterpiece!
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:00pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
I've got an extra testicle 🎶
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I've got an extra testicle 🎶
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Not sure I've ever been more perfectly targeted for a press release.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Not sure I've ever been more perfectly targeted for a press release.
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I’ve really enjoyed this 4-part documentary series about the history of Space travel, based around interviews with ex-astronauts and their families. It’s really well made and very interesting
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Once Upon a Time in Space - Series 1: 1. America First
With the dawn of the space shuttle, the US gains ground on Cold War rivals. A pioneering class of astronauts takes flight, but when tragedy strikes, NASA are left reeling.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I’ve really enjoyed this 4-part documentary series about the history of Space travel, based around interviews with ex-astronauts and their families. It’s really well made and very interesting
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Nearly 1200 pages of The Lord of the Rings. All of it. In one volume.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nearly 1200 pages of The Lord of the Rings. All of it. In one volume.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
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You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier