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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 9h

Have a very happy birthday. You made the concept of a funny woman hosting a TV comedy show with a standup monologue every week, just a normal thing to me. Little did I know, when I was so young and naive. Cheers Wendy! 🎉🎂🍾

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 9h

Guess where I was tonight? Got a bit jumpscared when I saw this poster on the stairs, taking me back to the last time I was here, in April, to see Rhys Darby along side their regular Improv group Something Good Improv.

Poster says "Welcome to comedy republic We're here all year. So you can come back next week [then repeated in font that gets smaller and smaller til you can't see it] (and the week after that)..." It is showing a lot of headshots and I've seen most of them on this stage (the other 2 or three I've seen elsewhere) and I'll see how many I can name at one in the morning after a full day's work and night at the Fringe. Anne Edmonds, Rhys Nicholson (venue owner), Sashi Perera, Danny Bhoy, Hannah Gadsby, Randy McFeltface, Arj Barker, Rove McManus, Ray O'Leary, Celia Pacqola, Sam Campbell, Michelle Brasier, Rhys Darby, Josh Johnson. I adore them all.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 23h

Nice to be acknowledged on me actual 70th birfdee!
(you have to scroll down a bit)
www.news.com.au/entertainmen...

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 22h

It's in Bondi NSW

TV Tonight @tvtonight.com.au · 1d

A Bluey pop up cafe... | TV Tonight

Duck cake this weekend, anyone?

tvtonight.com.au

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

Have been weeping over everyone's love and concern for Dolly Parton, am so glad she's not seriously ill.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 2d

An update from Freida Parton so it sounds like Dolly isn't well, but she's not *that* unwell. Still at 79 any illness isn't good so I'm still hoping she's fine because she's clearly got so much to give still and makes the world a better place just by being in it.

A screenshot of a post from Freida Parton on thr Other Place. It reads:
I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

@david-jenkins.bsky.social Hope you have the loveliest birthday. You deserve all the cake and good things.🎉🏴‍☠️🦄🎂💜

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Jay Richardson @jayirichardson.bsky.social · 3d

UK's first deaf panel show, Random With Gavin Lilley, coming to TV: www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8514...

UK's first deaf panel show, Random With Gavin Lilley, coming to TV - British Comedy Guide

The UK's first comedy panel show with an all-deaf line-up of contestants is coming to television, with Random With Gavin Lilley, hosted by the stand-up and sign language consultant, described as "post...

www.comedy.co.uk

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 4d

I so agree, my dad gambled when it was only horses & lotto & that was bad enough, kept us poor. He made sure we didn't starve, so he didn't think he had 'a problem' it was just his 'hobby' but he gambled 2/3 of his wages and mum had to try to feed a family of 5. We never saw any wins if he had any.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 4d

Thinking about how human cloning technology could be used to not only revive famous musical acts, but make them even better. Just imagine Crosby, Crosby, Crosby, Crosby, Stills, Stills, Nash, Young & Young

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 4d

These arseholes steal your stuff and then tell you to 'opt out' of being burgled. 'Promises more granular control'? (What even is the point of words?) Promises a gravel sandwich, more like. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters

Company behind the AI video app says it will work with rights holders to ‘block characters from Sora at their request’

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 4d

Realised that I’m now treating funny viral videos in the same way footballers celebrate goals —

1) initial joy,
2 sudden panic it might be AI/offside
3) lengthy investigation as joy saps away
4) conclusion, joy modulated through fatigue if proven legit/onside, but angry and gutted if AI/offside

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 4d

Everybody's happy!

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve had an email from a hotel saying ‘we are eagerly awaiting you’ which seems a bit OVER-keen if anything. Rubbing their hands in reception, cackling. ‘Here he comes. Any time now.’

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 5d

Unsettled, it was theatre rather than comedy. It was a travel show without a single travel story and she only name checked two destinations, London and Byron Bay. It was more about "why can't I settle in one place?" Very repetative and dull to me, but other audience members enjoyed it.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 6d

One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is
Sumerian (c. 4500-1900 BC), and it features a dog:
"A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!" [1] The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain.

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 5d

I was going to see this show, but accidentally went to the wrong show, so decided to watch that (might as well - I have a pass) but I didn't enjoy it.

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 8d

#NationalPoetryDay ✒️

Roses are red,
Water comes in litres,
Trebuchets can use a counterweight to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres.

#Wales

A wooden replica siege engine, stands in front of a stone castle. A piece of purple fabric is wrapped around the tall central support beam.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 6d

Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7d

Is Trump producing the most popular reality TV show on Earth? | Fiona Katauskas

It’s hard to look away * See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 7d

I fucking love any comedy performer that actually knows how to fill laughter breaks with interesting face-business and Routledge was among the best to do it. X

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 7d

"I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard"

RIP to the greatest to ever do it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

Kitty 2 - With Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

www.youtube.com

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 7d

R.I.P. Patricia Routledge.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 7d

In memoriam...

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Squirrel Comedy @squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · 7d

Yep my friend's library was a fairly enclosed space with automatic doors and no windows to open as you can imagine. The vape was just building up and she was becoming sick from it. She asked a student to vape outside and they laughed and said "make me" and she quit. People eh?

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Dame Patricia Routledge.

She brought joy and laughter into so many lives.

Katherine Patricia Routledge (1929-2025)

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