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I have to explain my jokes
@mikeauld.bsky.social
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Likes: bad puns, old tv, comedy, music. Freeze Derek Nimmo and animate the vegetables. Dislikes: bad karma. Is it a dolphin in a bathtub?
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I have to explain my jokes @mikeauld.bsky.social · Jan 8
Had to get past CAPTCHA to read that Guardian article.
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bernardhughes.bsky.social
This piece of brilliance from @vizcomic.bsky.social is the story of my life
A cartoon from Viz called Terror in NYC
February 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
mikeauld.bsky.social
Hehehe. #VaccineDenierLoses
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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legopolis.bsky.social
The first shot of the 1983 series Give Us a Break, directed by David Reynolds, is too good for 1983 BBC. Pan and track across, trains going both ways, bike rider, and ends on a closeup tracking shot of Robert Lindsay. Amazing.
March 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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illuminations.bsky.social
Best line of the weekend : “Be warned, if you do get stuck in on the pints in this ground-floor Guinness restaurant… the loos are on the fifth floor, and reachable only by lift. Guinness, let the record show, cannot organise a piss-up in a brewery.”

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...
Guinness Open Gate Brewery, London WC2: ‘Absolute “will-this-do?” nonsense’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
A multi-multi-million-pound paean to ‘the black stuff’ turns out to be rather underwhelming
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
The full run of SCTV for free. God bless and keep the Internet Archive.
willmckinley.bsky.social Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 22h
SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.

S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
The cast of SCTV
January 31, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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parhodes.bsky.social
Old stuff for a Bluesky Video age (Rpt).
October 5, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
The world is aflame, but luckily the Muppets are back to save us

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Muppet Show: this thrilling return is so great I can’t even count how many times I laughed
Sabrina Carpenter fangirling Miss Piggy, Beaker losing his eyes … yes, Kermit and co are back for a trip down memory lane – and it’s a perfect, saucy joy
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 PM
mikeauld.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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addyct.bsky.social
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
mikeauld.bsky.social
In case the BBC Archive didn’t post this on here, the first commercial Concorde flight was covered by a live Blue Peter. Lesley’s piece to camera is incredible work. I am now 7 years old again - and this impressed me at the time (and still does). youtu.be/C8OL2BkOnoc?...
1976: Concorde's First Commercial Transatlantic Flight | Blue Peter | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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January 31, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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philippeauclair.bsky.social
On the subject of World Cup boycotts, this is a story which ought to be much better known: why African countries decided not to compete for a place at the 1966 tournament. One of Fifa's most shameful moments, which hardly ever gets a mention.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
How Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup
The BBC's Piers Edwards explains the little-known story behind the African boycott to the 1966 World Cup, the only World Cup in history to have been snubbed by an entire continent.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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ricardoautobahn.co.uk
Not like the old days when you actually had to put some effort in to get your free sausage roll
Newspaper board with the headline reading KILLING MY MUM WAS ACT OF LOVE - PLUS FREE SAUSAGE ROLL
January 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM
mikeauld.bsky.social
John Alderton?
Please, Syr
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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beaucoupkevin.com
I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
A set of four cake pops that read HAPPY VALENTINES DAY; The first has H, VA, and D; The second has A LEN A; the third has PP TIN Y; the last has Y ES <3. A cartoon below shows a very sad hamster holding up the one that reads PP TINY
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
Man who wouldn't wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A man who refused to wear a mask to protect other people in 2020 has declared he has no problem wearing one while shooting them.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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rotatingwobblyhat.bsky.social
youtu.be/O9IJnmbneLc?...

Fuck 6-7. Let’s cringe the kids with 40-45.
Harry and Paul - 40...45 years
YouTube video by beeley1970
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January 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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bagpuss.org
Hit me Paul Shane one more time
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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tobyontv.bsky.social
be nice if Chris Mason et al were able to pause their attempts to write soap opera storylines and paid attention to their favourite boy’s plans
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 27, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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waltydunlop.bsky.social
Found once more after a lengthy absence, the gold standard of newspaper puns.
Newspaper headline, celebrating the imminent cash-flow injection caused by a luxury liners docking at Newhaven. They've gone for "Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth? Newhaven is a place to berth"
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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warringtonruncorn.com
Incredible to think that John Craven has been on television for *half of television*.
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
mikeauld.bsky.social
Today is the 100th anniversary of John Logie Baird demonstrating television.
John Logie Baird. Or Rupert Bear. Or maybe Ronnie Corbett. (Picture Editor: please check before printing)
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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ceefaux.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 9:38 AM
mikeauld.bsky.social
Anybody need a good laugh today? youtu.be/NU34PKzV3c8?...
Shooting Stars - Vic's Tattoo - Series 6 - Episode 1 Highlight - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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January 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM