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Matt Leys
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· Oct 23
Episode 1. A stolen gong, a dead cockapoo and a cutout of Dirk Bogarde. If you like your comedy silly and full of jokes, step inside...
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Oh this is what it feels like to be a reactionary
Pancake Day reveals a new, highly divisive intergenerational split - while older generations are loyal to traditional lemon and sugar pancake topping, younger adults are more likely to say they prefer Nutella or chocolate spread on their pancakes.
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Oh this is what it feels like to be a reactionary
The couplet "Please don't go topless mother / I hate to be quite so blunt" promises more than it delivers on the rhyme front
Please Don't Go Topless Mother by Troy Hess (1972). A Country song performed by a 7 year old who sings about pleading for his mother to stop being a stripper. xpost from /r/DeepIntoYouTube
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https://youtu.be/HR1pBKjV1rI
Please Don't Go Topless Mother by Troy Hess (1972). A Country song performed by a 7 year old who sings about pleading for his mother to stop being a stripper. xpost from /r/DeepIntoYouTube
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February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The couplet "Please don't go topless mother / I hate to be quite so blunt" promises more than it delivers on the rhyme front
New circles of Dante's Inferno just dropped
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
New circles of Dante's Inferno just dropped
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The One Man Band Game is when someone mentions one man bands, you pretend you've never heard of them. Points are awarded based on how long it takes the person you're talking to mime a one man band.
Huge day for knowers of The One Man Band Game.
Reform UK no longer ‘one-man band’, Farage says as he prepares to announce ‘shadow cabinet’ appointments – UK politics live
February 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The One Man Band Game is when someone mentions one man bands, you pretend you've never heard of them. Points are awarded based on how long it takes the person you're talking to mime a one man band.
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We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Not a single strategic goal has been met. Russia's losing a Vietnam's worth of soldiers every few months. The economy is sprinting toward stagnation, while Moscow is turning more and more every month into a Chinese vassal—all while the Kremlin's allies topple elsewhere.
Staggering historic failure.
Staggering historic failure.
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
We really do need to underline this for people - because somehow the prevaling myth seems to be Russia is winning: the invasion of Ukraine has been the largest political, military and strategic blunder by a state since the Franco-Prussian war. Maybe greater
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
Russia has lost on every concievable axis
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Tête dada (Dada Head)
painted wood
1918
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Switzerland
The first of a series of 'dada' heads that the artist completed in the late teens to early 1920s.
#art #sculpture #dada #dadahead #surrealism #sophietaeuberarp #switzerland #modernart #modernsculpture #handmade
painted wood
1918
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Switzerland
The first of a series of 'dada' heads that the artist completed in the late teens to early 1920s.
#art #sculpture #dada #dadahead #surrealism #sophietaeuberarp #switzerland #modernart #modernsculpture #handmade
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Tête dada (Dada Head)
painted wood
1918
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Switzerland
The first of a series of 'dada' heads that the artist completed in the late teens to early 1920s.
#art #sculpture #dada #dadahead #surrealism #sophietaeuberarp #switzerland #modernart #modernsculpture #handmade
painted wood
1918
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Switzerland
The first of a series of 'dada' heads that the artist completed in the late teens to early 1920s.
#art #sculpture #dada #dadahead #surrealism #sophietaeuberarp #switzerland #modernart #modernsculpture #handmade
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February 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
But it was a big deal
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
But it was a big deal
I'm watching the ice dancing, what has happened to me
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I'm watching the ice dancing, what has happened to me
Waiting for the Out is very good indeed, you should definitely watch Waiting for the Out
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Waiting for the Out is very good indeed, you should definitely watch Waiting for the Out
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"I Love the Bobbed-Hair Bimbos," ca. 1923.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"I Love the Bobbed-Hair Bimbos," ca. 1923.
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
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So much of Bluesky can be explained by it having one population whose primary mode of interaction is jokes and another population who have taken a vow against ever getting a joke.
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
So much of Bluesky can be explained by it having one population whose primary mode of interaction is jokes and another population who have taken a vow against ever getting a joke.
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WGGB members - you're invited to an online town-hall style meeting this Thurs (19 Feb) so we can get your views on BBC Charter Renewal and help shape our response to the Gov consultation
There are two slots: 11am + 5pm
Check your ebulletin/email for details or contact [email protected]
There are two slots: 11am + 5pm
Check your ebulletin/email for details or contact [email protected]
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
WGGB members - you're invited to an online town-hall style meeting this Thurs (19 Feb) so we can get your views on BBC Charter Renewal and help shape our response to the Gov consultation
There are two slots: 11am + 5pm
Check your ebulletin/email for details or contact [email protected]
There are two slots: 11am + 5pm
Check your ebulletin/email for details or contact [email protected]
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Just over thirty years ago, I was the only person to witness what was tantamount to a little piece of performance art by one of the greatest humorists of his generation – a piece of performance art predicated on a reference I didn't fully understand until yesterday afternoon. Let me explain.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just over thirty years ago, I was the only person to witness what was tantamount to a little piece of performance art by one of the greatest humorists of his generation – a piece of performance art predicated on a reference I didn't fully understand until yesterday afternoon. Let me explain.
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Classic sci-fi movie Saturn 3 celebrates its joyful 46th anniversary today. Obviously, you’re familiar with it – directed by Stanley ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Donen, it starred Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel, and had a script by Martin Amis. It couldn’t fail. Ah, and yet, and yet... 🧵
February 15, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Classic sci-fi movie Saturn 3 celebrates its joyful 46th anniversary today. Obviously, you’re familiar with it – directed by Stanley ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Donen, it starred Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel, and had a script by Martin Amis. It couldn’t fail. Ah, and yet, and yet... 🧵
Get a dog, they said
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Get a dog, they said
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Self-Portrait in a Cap https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42108/
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Self-Portrait in a Cap https://collections.artsmia.org/art/42108/
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We finished watching Small Prophets last night. I hope it’s not a spoiler to say that it’s an utterly beautiful, funny, warm, sad, heartbreaking, heartwarming, strange, insightful, wonderful thing and I suggest – no, INSIST – you watch it as soon as humanly possible.
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
We finished watching Small Prophets last night. I hope it’s not a spoiler to say that it’s an utterly beautiful, funny, warm, sad, heartbreaking, heartwarming, strange, insightful, wonderful thing and I suggest – no, INSIST – you watch it as soon as humanly possible.
Oh thank god, I was starting to worry it would never rain again
February 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Oh thank god, I was starting to worry it would never rain again
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roses are red
voilets are blue
daffodils are yellow
daisies are white
never interrupt when i am saying the colors of flowers margaret
peonies are pink
voilets are blue
daffodils are yellow
daisies are white
never interrupt when i am saying the colors of flowers margaret
peonies are pink
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
roses are red
voilets are blue
daffodils are yellow
daisies are white
never interrupt when i am saying the colors of flowers margaret
peonies are pink
voilets are blue
daffodils are yellow
daisies are white
never interrupt when i am saying the colors of flowers margaret
peonies are pink
The Penguin Maigret reissues used his photos brilliantly
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The Penguin Maigret reissues used his photos brilliantly