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50 Jenna Ipcar Fans Can’t Be Wrong! @ipcar.bsky.social · Nov 26

At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 12h

What makes you proud to be British? For me, this is right up there.

A one-star review from a Texan tourist visiting Liverpool:

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“My wife and I visted Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a "Mad yank slut" because she'd never heard of a band called Steps.”

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 17h

Please pay strict heed to this fine consumer.

miketyl.bsky.social @miketyl.bsky.social · 17h

If you do go he’ll try to sell you a t shirt. Several times. In fairness they are good t shirts and probably worth getting.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

And he's doing sexually weird things to it. I said "Disc" drive Mr Leto

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It was 7! I had actually lost a whole child because neither of my kids had bothered to tell me that he wasn't allowed to sleep over

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Also, I have seemingly lost track of how many children are sleeping over in my house tonight. I think it's 6 (plus my 2). But there could be a + or - 1 on that because they went out and I didn't do a headcount when they came back.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to sober up via wasabi

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I worked with people who were involved with hacking all the computers used by him and his ilk in this case - they were paid well and had counselling paid for.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Lost Prophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison

Ian Watkins was serving a 35-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Ambitious to cook three different things at the same time - Chicken Laksa, Cauliflower Massamam and Cauliflower Rendang. Seem to have pulled it off.

An overhead view of cooking hobs with three saucepans of food

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Fully agreed - I remember watching when he set the World Record in complete awe. Triple jump was my thing at school and I could jump a shade under 14m at 18 years old - 4.5m more is a LONG way.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Mick pic

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 2d

'Let’s be honest for at least a sentence. The first single ‘Lover’ couldn’t be any more dogshit if it had been squeezed from the lampshade-wide and bright crimson sphincter of Clifford himself.'

#RichardAshcroft - Lovin’ You

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Richard Ashcroft - Lovin’ You album cover. Ashcroft holds up his guitar during sunset at the beach, but the revellers would rather walk into the ocean than listen to his nonsense.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Did Macron turn Le corner?

Sky News @news.sky.com · 2d

Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister - four days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Good start to my 50th birthday party prep tomorrow - I bought three sachets of a curry paste without checking ingredients and it's got shrimp in. So lucky I have alternatives in the cupboard, but now it means making three instead of two.

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

This week at work I have done 19 hours of work on one single project. I've only worked for 3 days this week and I look after about 30 projects.

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

They're taking the piss with their golden powers.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

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Italy ready to defend 'golden powers' against EU moves, economy minister says

The Italian government will defend its golden powers aimed at shielding strategic assets, its economy minister said on Friday, as Brussels prepares to challenge the legislation.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Putting jam on the toast before peanut butter?

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 2d

Reading an article about the billionaire bunker boys, and this paragraph is pretty much what everyone has been saying about the most obvious outcome, yet the super rich still seem oblivious, or too egotistical, to understand that, if it does all go to shit, they're immediately surplus to requirement

From the BBC article about the mega wealthy building their Apocalypse bunkers in the far-flung corners of the globe: "But there's a distinctly human flaw. I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

I mean, why would anyone, as a well-trained survivor, take orders from someone who serves no purpose other than to act as a drain on precious resources?

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 3d

Oh Jesus cunting Christ the BBC have given “Jonathan Pie” a show? And it’s a straight rip off of their own infinitely superior Down the Line?? Fucking shitpipes.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

Sean Lennon doing cosplay as his dad again?

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

On headbutting a brick wall to get through it. "It is not proof. We're headbutting this wall to make the proof."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

As disappointing as this may sound, I will say that out of all the academics I know, it is a digital artist who is the most vocally positive about the use of AI as an assistive tool in digital art. I think many of us are quick to assume that it's all going to be slop.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival