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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett

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Publisher, Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social. The best new Irish writing for young readers.

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 15d

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 10h

Shrank my two favourite wool garments over the past fortnight. It’s going to be a long winter.

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 11h

😃

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

She’s flattering him in hope he’ll help her defeat the dictator who just ignored the fact he had lost an election

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

They wha? Your glasses?! Did they throw people out of their wheelchairs as well?

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

Only begins, presumably because we swiftly knee him in the balls and run away

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve never felt so conflicted about an election in my life

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

Or if you ask AI to solve it, it gives you “This is a riddle. The answer is that he is married to himself. That is why he was on the news.”

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 13h

My wife and my dissertation supervisor were on the same segment of the news. I feel for the sake of balance they should have put me in it too.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine being this lame

The Telegraph saying that an activist dancing dressed as a frog is a terrorist (in coward quotes), and for some reason they’ve added that the person is non-binary

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 14h

How foreign visitors find their way around Dublin I don’t know. Or kids!

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 14h

All the bus stops along this stretch say they are for numbers S2 and 82.

There is no 82 bus. There is an 83 bus.

I wonder if they even realise they’ve made the mistake.

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

Ah, thanks

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve gone through the Ticket twice and I see no sign of this Power-mauling?

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

Fix the break, egg the spoils

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

Spoil the breakfast fix the eggs

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

Oh god I’m gonna spiral

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/4UAgSXArarY?...

Bob Dylan - Fixin' to Die (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 16h

how trustworthy is a 'journalist' who posts a fake video and leaves it up even after ppl have pointed out that it's fake?

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

We are sceptical where we should be enthusiastic and enthusiastic where we should be sceptical

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

We are cynical where we should be earnest and earnest where we should be cynical

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll make eggs

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

ALSO a “fixie” bike is one without any “brakes”

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll break fixfast
I’ll fast fix break
File fast bricks
Break fast and fix things

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a scandal

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 17h

Never noticed before the juxtaposition of “fix” and “break” in that phrase

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