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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 23m

As much damage as everyone nuking Gandhi "before he nukes us first"?

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 5h

Reminder: Antifa membership cards are being mailed out next week, please be sure that you have paid your annual dues.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 2h

Another one here who lives in the sticks

I'm loath to criticise people who use them though, as eating out is far too expensive if you've got kids

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 3h

"Haribo declined to comment when approached by the BBC"

I'd have said next time go for 4 kg

Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 3h

every line of this story keeps getting better

Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge

Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 3h

Seriously mate, worry about what you look like and nobody else

It is refreshing to just let other people be what they want to be

I'm fully supportive of your look, even though I have absolutely no idea what it is or why you think you can pull it off

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 3h

Caton-Clapham-Ingelton-Caton

🚲 #bike #cycle

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 8h

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 10h

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 8h

They always make the same mistakes though

Its textbook

And you have no idea how frustrating it is for someone who would be a lot more supportive of (some!) of their ideas if they didn't keep doing stuff like this

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 12h

this headline would be fine without that last s

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 12h

"Firm views"

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 19h

The only people who can afford and have the time to go out are pensioners

Not a criticism btw but it shows that there are a lot more problems heading our way

Course, the fact that some pensioners want to focus on immigration and ignore everything else isn't going to help everyone

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 21h

Everytime I'm in the back garden I can see the little plaque where are first two cats are buried

Sorry mate, it is awful

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 22h

He was absolutely excellent for us (over two spells as well)

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · Apr 1

day 144 of making a cow tools every day unless i don't

4-panel Far Side Comic.

Panel 1: a man and woman hold hands and look at each other cutely as the boat they are riding exits The Tunnel of Love

Panel 2: a woman screams at the sky while a man cowers behind his hands as their boat exits The Tunnel of Despair.

Panel 3: A man and woman sit in separate rows of a boat and stare ahead silently as they exit The Tunnel of Non-Communication

Panel 4: A Cow rides in a boat with 4 crudely made tools as it exits the Tunnel of Cow Tools

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 23h

Amazing

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think Trump would fall for it unless it was at least as twice as big as that!

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

A Muslim state with a protected base on US soil?

Follow the money everyone, follow the money!

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck off!

This can't be real

Are they now going to make him one, and tell him everytime he asks that its the real one!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

What we realised very quickly that living in the country meant we were 99% luckier than most, and though we didn't take advantage, it meant we could get the space and out of the house when we wanted

Seeing the scenes at London Parks made us realise just how hard it must be in the urban areas

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

More "This is good"

US shipyard capacity isn't anywhere near enough to challenge that of China, but this sort of thing helps

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the region is growing — and as experts have worried the US is not moving quickly enough. https://cnn.it/4h7JcmX

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

Has to be have played or managed Real Madrid at a guess!

OMG

Its HIM, isn't it?

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

I was looking at it for my father-in-law and it stops right there, at the looking!

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder who the football equivalent of Kissinger is?

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