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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 22h

Great fun, thanks :)

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 2d

Best analysis of Tron: Ares I've seen, and its from my comment section.

A comment from Jessie's review of Tron: Ares - "TRON is a movie about unionizing your workplace. TRON: Legacy is movie about the tools of fascism. TRON: Ares is a movie about... how hard it is to be tech billionaire running a Fortune 500 company, I guess."

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 3d

Churned out a mini cryptic, featuring a very naughty cat. Weird how the clues sometimes seem to just fall out of you mycrossword.co.uk/mini/148

Sample clues:

Expectation to cut vegetable (7)

Scavenger nearly has to eat money (5)

Audible sigh at cat's work (4)

#crossword

Mini crossword No 148 · MyCrossword

Solve Mini crossword No 148 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by evilflea. Published Fri 10 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 2d

"'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

Alt: Man with SICKOS on his T-shirt looking excitedly through a window, hands against the pane, gently bobbing up and down and grinning, saying YES... HA HA HA... YES.

media.tenor.com

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 2d

OH GOD NO NOT THE HANDS ANYTHING BUT THE HANDS WHEN WILL THESE DAMNED SCIENTISTS STOP PLAYING GOD WITH OUR LIVES

AND HANDS

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 2d

For sale: Baby. Shoes never worn. Somebody buy my shoeless baby. His feet are fucking disgusting.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't realise they'd been putting politics above peace for that long.

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Citizen Snippy △ @citizensnippy.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, in war-torn Portland

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely gutted there will be no more showdowns after this though. The world will be a calmer, but much less interesting place.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 3d

Churned out a mini cryptic, featuring a very naughty cat. Weird how the clues sometimes seem to just fall out of you mycrossword.co.uk/mini/148

Sample clues:

Expectation to cut vegetable (7)

Scavenger nearly has to eat money (5)

Audible sigh at cat's work (4)

#crossword

Mini crossword No 148 · MyCrossword

Solve Mini crossword No 148 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by evilflea. Published Fri 10 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 4d

It's been a while, but here's a new cryptic crossword: mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2759

Sample Clues:

Abandoned ship to Scottish waters? (4)
Sports brand intended not to use a single thread (8)
Scientists tie ties short, loosely (6,9)
Find success, and live (4,2)

Cryptic crossword No 2,759 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,759 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by evilflea. Published Wed 8 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 4d

It's been a while, but here's a new cryptic crossword: mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2759

Sample Clues:

Abandoned ship to Scottish waters? (4)
Sports brand intended not to use a single thread (8)
Scientists tie ties short, loosely (6,9)
Find success, and live (4,2)

Cryptic crossword No 2,759 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,759 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by evilflea. Published Wed 8 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 5d

I wish podcasts would do *fewer* episodes. Then I might have a chance of clearing the queue. Even subscribe to a wider variety, maybe.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Judge Immergut is a woman.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump on Portland ruling: I wasn’t served well by the people who pick judges. I appointed the judge and it goes like that. If he made that decision—Portland is burning to the ground… all you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers.

That judge ought to be ashamed of himself

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 7d

Quite the twist in this piece 😲

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

An academic was aghast when her partner was accused of IRA activity. After his trial, he confessed

Mary Attenborough’s nightmare began when the police raided the flat she and Michael Gallagher shared, their memoir reveals, but their relationship prevailed

www.theguardian.com

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 9d

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the 39th anniversary of a strange (which suits my purposes) but also somewhat unpleasant anniversary: the attack on Dan Rather by a man who wanted to shut off the signals being broadcast into his head and who consequently kept shouting “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”

News cutting: Dan Rather recuperates from attack by two men

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 18d

Look what we have here then.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 9d

Would anyone like to invest in my new online business?

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 9d

I keep seeing this and keep just thinking how funny it is that Pierce Brosnan has gone to such effort to show off his cufflinks and then they slapped the title right over them.

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Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social · 9d

Meat Pie Sausage Roll (C'mon England Gi's A Goal) by Grandad Roberts & His Son Elvis

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 9d

question for the timeline

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pstr (Jusqu'ici tout va bien) 🇨🇦🇨🇵 @philstr.bsky.social · 9d

This is going to keep getting used until the American people find some maturity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans.

U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties.

Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed.

This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda.

It was always about cruelty.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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