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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 11h

#totp

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 18h

more👏women👏hawks

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 19h

She literally supports trump bombing the boats

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 17h

Happy bawl your eyes out day

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 18h

She’s been sent to jail because of a fragile man whilst actual rapists get away with it over and over

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 19h

She's been jailed - to be raped every night.

She's in a male jail. Despite living as female since she was 13.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Trans woman jailed after hiding male genitalia during sex with man

Ciara Watkin, 21, concealed she had male genitalia and performed sex acts on a man she had been on a date with - before later texting him 'I'm trans, I'm sorry I didn't tell you'

www.mirror.co.uk

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 19h

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Dear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty Gilpin

Dear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty Gilpin

The Emmy-nominated actor and author pens an open letter to the AI avatar that's got Hollywood in a tizzy.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Grid @isbergillustration.bsky.social · 20h

Omen
#inktober

Ink drawing of a beefy faceless minotaur sort of a guy

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

If your performance was “a force for social transformation”, then do it for £0.00?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 22h

Trump's going to start flogging knock-off Nobel Peace Prize coins with his name on them

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 23h

Friday.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Grid @isbergillustration.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes, usually in October, I will have a month long panic attack where I am convinced at all times that a malevolent force is standing right behind me. 1/10, do not recommend this experience.
#inktober

inkdrawing of a person with glasses and long dark hair looking at the screen of a sticker covered laptop as a large spooky figure hovers over them. However, there is also a cat.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a guy throwing a printer at a horse

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman eight months pregnant—she is an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School—and she is saying 'eff Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-compl...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

the TPUSA alternative super bowl halftime show will cover the seven major musical genres www.americanhalftimeshow.com

TPUSA survey

What music genres would you like to see featured? *

Anything in English
Americana
Classic Rock
Country
Hip Hop
Pop
Worship

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Fry Valdrada, Illegal Lesbian @seriousanddeep.bsky.social · 1d

I'd rather not, thanks. Especially not in a dark alley.
www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 2d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, this is fucked

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Indian foreign ministry says the two sides agreed to set up a connectivity and innovation centre and a joint AI centre.

Modi, Starmer hail UK-India trade deal as new investment revealed

Indian foreign ministry says the two sides agreed to set up a connectivity and innovation centre and a joint AI centre.

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G.B (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @identityless.bsky.social · 1d

a young boy in a car is making a funny face and says yesssss ohhh yesssss

Alt: a young boy in a car is making a funny face and says yesssss ohhh yesssss

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 1d

"Got any more questions?!"

SoloChills @solochills.blacksky.app · 1d

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 1d

OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONTEST IS BACK!

Show your your best Graham Linehan costume for your chance to win 20 free hours of divorce attorney services and an X Premium subscription.

Top: Graham Linehan, annual loser

bottom left: 2023 winner B. Driver
bottom right: 2024 winner A. Potato

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that all the current monsters who are responsible for worldwide mass killings, looked like this in their youth. So laugh...but make sure they don't have the last laugh

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 1d

There’s so many more in the article…

archive.is/c0z8X

Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Ramonacus @ramonacus.bsky.social · 1d

Young tories alignment chart

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Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 1d

There’s so many more in the article…

archive.is/c0z8X

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

The worst thing about all four of those people in The Times, though: we have not heard the last of any of them. Have we.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 1d

If the politics thing dries up, these lads could earn a few bob by collectively renting themselves and their colleagues out as a live action 'Guess Who' game at parties.

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