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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 28m

I've never finished a game of monopoly because at some point during it I realise that I just don't care & can stop playing.

I am also financially illiterate in real life.

These two facts may or may not be related.

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 31m

Give him a fake one called a Noble Piece Prize. Get Jon Voight to present it to him. He won't even know the difference.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says * Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with winning the peace prize? With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 33m

Parent braces for child's reaction if they don't buy them an ice lolly

Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 36m

Remember being told that Israel was carrying out precise targeted strikes to keep civilian casualties at a minimum?

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 5h

“They make a desert and call it peace.” - Tacitus

💔💔💔

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 20h

"Endearingly daft" & "without the cringe that often seeps into British comedies" - The Guardian.

Which is frustrating because I wanted to make a very serious & cringeworthy film. Hey ho.

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Nodge Films @nodgefilms.bsky.social · 21h

"Never trust a man who owns a meat processing plant"

You can now rent Chicken Town in the UK on Amazon, Sky, Apple+ and all the usual places

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 1d

Yes as well

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely struggling to get the colouring right. Might go back over the first image to make it pop more.

Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

I've always liked this one...it's kind of has an intergalactic Beach Boys sound to it.

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

This Reddit post on ICE disappearances in the U.S.A makes grim reading.

The fact that some people genuinely want this here is chilling.

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 5d

Brett Kavanaugh and his clerks need to read this --->

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

Case closed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

AI will solve this

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

He should probably just give in and go, then.

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

Can you imagine this happening in the UK? No, because the powers that be hate the arts and think it should only be for posh kids.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 2d

"Because this is ARE country. St. George didn't slay that dragon so that all we'd hear is muslam being spoke on the bus"

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

Precisely

Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

It's a depressing state of affairs

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

That's it

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

"Gaza? I hope she travelled there by boat. Ha ha"

Well, yeah she did actually.

"Grrrrrrr"

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

Wait...Superdry *isn't* trendy?!? But it says Japan on the clothes. That must count for something right?!

Next thing you're going to tell me that Fred Perry plimsolls aren't cool, I suppose 🙄

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

I am fascinated by grown ass men who have such a burning, visceral hatred of Greta Thunberg.

Aww, did she make your feelings all hurty because she cares about the environment & wants to help people being subjected to genocide?

It's truly bizarre

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 3d

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Patrick Dalton @patrickdalton.bsky.social · 4d

"Y'know, I sent Abraham Lincoln a fax...remember those? They called them FAX, I actually invented them, if you can believe it, but the fake news doesn't want to talk about that.

I said "Abe, don't go to the theater tonight!" But he didn't listen & we know how that deal ended. Shot. Too bad, Abe"

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