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Britain's happiest bat
@timsewell.bsky.social
Software developer, photographer/filmist, political nerd, lefty, prone to snark.
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you say: portlaoise prison break

i say:
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Grow up, baby
February 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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What Epstein reveals is the ubiquitous sexual abuse of women & girls as a way for men to cement their friendships and demonstrate their status. It happens among billionaires, it happens among frat boys, it happens among preachers and tech workers and union contractors, because it happens among men.
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Is he going to leave the van in a recycling bin and mark it as delivered?
Local farmer plus telehandler to the rescue.

Disclosure: NOT MY PHOTO.

Image credits: posted by "Thames Estuary Man guided walking tours" on Facebook, who then credits the images in that post to Vaughan Abrey and Chris Dench.
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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When your dad's just told you he's signed power of attorney over to the woman from the alternative therapy shop.
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.

Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
February 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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You can tell this is AI because of the two blade men fighting in a sack.
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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NYC bus ad: Every member of my polycule has this new app!

DC bus ad: The Lockheed Martin Mk 9 Childkiller Missile uses AI to keep America safe
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Should anyone want to donate to the RNLI ~and also- fancy a nice recipe, possibly for a belated valentine’s, all they have to do is post a screenshot.

bsky.app/profile/rich...
post @dieworkwear.bsky.social's excellent idea, if you prove with a screenshot that you've donated to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, I will give you one (1) recipe of your choice.

Only one per day but I will get to them all.

rnli.org/support-us/g...
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
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February 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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I remember as a kid in Lyme how horrific the weather and seas were in which the lifeboats would put to sea.

Real courage from the crews which none of these cunts protesting would ever show in their lives, the absolute fucking failures.
There was a protest outside the RNLI today and I would post the 'there are dozens of us' meme but that would be to overstate the case somewhat
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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I could fix her. But why would I want to?
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Fantastic thread! We used to be really good at this stuff!
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.

In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.

It should be a massacre.

Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Annie at home.
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Wilfred Owen and the guy who played the randy vicar in Brookside. A mixed bag.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
He thinks the economy is great because he, personally, is making more cash than he ever has before.
Trump: "I'm popular and I've done well. I think we have the greatest economy, actually, ever in history. We have to get the word out."
February 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is why the USA can never be trusted again. They're only ever 4 years away from having an asshole like this in charge.
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Stop. Fucking. Raining.

Thank you.
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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"As a parent, I am deeply concerned about what my child is accessing online. Albeit not enough to check or to install some very basic software that would prevent them from accessing dodgy material online. That's why the Online Safety Act is so important."
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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If this dude saw gay pornography, while watching the Super Bowl halftime show… he wasn’t watching the Super Bowl halftime show. He was watching gay pornography.
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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I have immense respect for indigenous cultures. However, it is deeply impractical to feed 8+ billion people sustainably and reliably without high-tech industrial agriculture.

Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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-Saved us from Covidflation faster than any other industrialized economy
-Brought back more jobs than Trump with the Inflation reduction act and Infastructure bill and chips and science act
-Refused to give Israel cluster bombs because he values human life
-And oh yeah…NOT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM