Neal Rafferty
@nealraff.bsky.social
Celtic, TV, music, cooking / food.
Also puerility.
Also puerility.
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Me to the BBC this Christmas:
"ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW MORECAMBE AND WISE?"
"ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW MORECAMBE AND WISE?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Me to the BBC this Christmas:
"ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW MORECAMBE AND WISE?"
"ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW MORECAMBE AND WISE?"
This was always going to be a matter for the beaks.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This was always going to be a matter for the beaks.
Shuffle throwing The Headmaster Ritual out of nowhere and that frantic opening burst just pulling me back to my teens and forgetting for just a second that Morrissey is just a venal punchline these days.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Shuffle throwing The Headmaster Ritual out of nowhere and that frantic opening burst just pulling me back to my teens and forgetting for just a second that Morrissey is just a venal punchline these days.
Watched The Beast In Me on Netflix and found myself reduced to helpless laughter by Claire Danes’ wobbly-lip-and-chin crying face, which the script seemed to call for every five minutes or so. (She’s a brilliant actor, this just set me off for no reason).
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Watched The Beast In Me on Netflix and found myself reduced to helpless laughter by Claire Danes’ wobbly-lip-and-chin crying face, which the script seemed to call for every five minutes or so. (She’s a brilliant actor, this just set me off for no reason).
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interviewer: it says here you’re not afraid to challenge authority
me: no it doesn’t
me: no it doesn’t
March 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
interviewer: it says here you’re not afraid to challenge authority
me: no it doesn’t
me: no it doesn’t
“I hear you’re one of those nice, genial racists, Father”
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“I hear you’re one of those nice, genial racists, Father”
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'When they come here they don't even bother to learn the language'
And this is what happens when people do try and learn some English.
Let people improve their already limited life chances, and put down your silly little banners.
And this is what happens when people do try and learn some English.
Let people improve their already limited life chances, and put down your silly little banners.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
'When they come here they don't even bother to learn the language'
And this is what happens when people do try and learn some English.
Let people improve their already limited life chances, and put down your silly little banners.
And this is what happens when people do try and learn some English.
Let people improve their already limited life chances, and put down your silly little banners.
I see the Times is doing its cretinous energy policy leader piece again.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I see the Times is doing its cretinous energy policy leader piece again.
Not bad from Richarlison.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Not bad from Richarlison.
“It’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and Hearts will show that they can play and win under pressure”
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“It’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and Hearts will show that they can play and win under pressure”
Peter Drury as usual making Alan Partridge sound like Barry Davies within the first few seconds.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Peter Drury as usual making Alan Partridge sound like Barry Davies within the first few seconds.
Place a new advertising tax on gambling firms. Seriously, that’ll make a serious contribution to the public coffers, the number of ads they run before and during matches is utterly eye-watering.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Place a new advertising tax on gambling firms. Seriously, that’ll make a serious contribution to the public coffers, the number of ads they run before and during matches is utterly eye-watering.
Last night was a dreadful slog for #CelticFC but the shot in the arm that comes from a last second stunner like that could help keep our heads above water until January. Here’s Radio Scotland very enjoyably urging the final whistle, to no avail.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Last night was a dreadful slog for #CelticFC but the shot in the arm that comes from a last second stunner like that could help keep our heads above water until January. Here’s Radio Scotland very enjoyably urging the final whistle, to no avail.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII………….
wonder if one day that
you’ll say that
you care…..
wonder if one day that
you’ll say that
you care…..
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII………….
wonder if one day that
you’ll say that
you care…..
wonder if one day that
you’ll say that
you care…..
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An advertising spend of £2bn puts the industry's bleating of "you'll destroy jobs if you tax us more!" into context. They're fucking rolling in cash.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's a genuine health and societal concern.
And it needs to be stopped.
It's a genuine health and societal concern.
And it needs to be stopped.
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
An advertising spend of £2bn puts the industry's bleating of "you'll destroy jobs if you tax us more!" into context. They're fucking rolling in cash.
Which among us hasn’t been at some stage?
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Which among us hasn’t been at some stage?
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Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Worth remembering that when you’re humming the greatest Stone Roses songs - Resurrection, Fools Gold, I Wanna Be Adored - you are humming Mani’s bass melody. Not Squire, not Brown, but the bass line
Terrible news
#RIPMani
Terrible news
#RIPMani
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I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.
Get fucked.
Get fucked.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
I see we’ve never lost our minds so much as we can’t lose them a little more….the sheer state of this. The first word of the headline is evidently redundant, but hey.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I see we’ve never lost our minds so much as we can’t lose them a little more….the sheer state of this. The first word of the headline is evidently redundant, but hey.
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Calvin and Hobbes were formative for my sense of humour, and I still dip in and out of Watterson’s strips today. Fantastic article by Luke.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Calvin and Hobbes were formative for my sense of humour, and I still dip in and out of Watterson’s strips today. Fantastic article by Luke.
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For thousands more years the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across — which happened to be the Earth — where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
For thousands more years the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across — which happened to be the Earth — where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party