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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'm going to steal terminally bubbled.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

I literally published an article in the world’s most prestigious science journal and wrote several books. If that’s not enough and doesn’t count as being part of the debate on this stuff you are terminally bubbled and need to touch grass

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

I literally published an article in the world’s most prestigious science journal and wrote several books. If that’s not enough and doesn’t count as being part of the debate on this stuff you are terminally bubbled and need to touch grass

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 1d

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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · Jan 15

When life gives you lemons, hand that motherfucker a potato. Now he's just as confused as you are.

Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 1d

Early singles / A Storm in Heaven are great.
One it's all about Richard as a singer, things go downhill. Partly cos his lyrics are shite.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 1d

#totp earlier this year of them doing Lucky Man. Looked like he'd put a 20 foot exclusion zone between him and the rest of the band.

James Evans @jdevans.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure any of them did really. I think they all felt a bit used towards the end, like they were nothing more than Ashcroft's backing band.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 1d

I think that's short sighted. They'll need someone to clean the toilets.

Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 1d

Reading an article about the billionaire bunker boys, and this paragraph is pretty much what everyone has been saying about the most obvious outcome, yet the super rich still seem oblivious, or too egotistical, to understand that, if it does all go to shit, they're immediately surplus to requirement

From the BBC article about the mega wealthy building their Apocalypse bunkers in the far-flung corners of the globe: "But there's a distinctly human flaw. I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

I mean, why would anyone, as a well-trained survivor, take orders from someone who serves no purpose other than to act as a drain on precious resources?

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Tycer @tycer.bsky.social · 1d

Unpopular opinion: I really hate it when people are late.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 1d

Makes me feel less guilty about our dog (Greg, RIP) catching a fair few when we were out on walks.

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 2d

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 13d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

Kurious Oranj

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

Loughborough

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

No Joy. What an fantastic noise.
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No Joy

Since first arriving on the scene in 2009 with blistering inversions of shoegaze, Montreal’s No Joy has always found formidable ways to reinvent itself. Now solely composed of musician Jasamine White-...

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

It's nightmares they can't escape.

👻BOO(P)👻 @frozenbodyparts.bsky.social · 2d

I want what the people who run at 5 am are having.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

very late to this, but enjoying it enormously
youtu.be/vCzQZj9PEhI

Collapse Of History (Christine Remix)

YouTube video by Atari Teenage Riot - Topic

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 2d

Accurate

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

Grateful Slaves

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

He wants slaves

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Gene Rayburn @yourhappyhost.com · 4d

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

Based on this obviously we've got enough already.
As long as we keep getting a steady stream of celebrity cosy crime everything will be fine.

Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 3d

The country of Beowulf, Shakespeare, Milton, Austen, Eliot, Pratchett, doesn't need English degrees? Amazing.

Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

So what's their plan?
I can't believe that they are simply pivoting in an attempt to get to some of the success of ReFUKs grievance campaigning.
So they must have a plan - right?

Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 3d

Kevin Hollinrake, [neither had I] who is apparently Tory Chair, doubles down on hating urban areas. Waiting for first media person to ask specifically or speculate which communities are exempt from these disparaging and highly selective strictures

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Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

And setting up a sovereign wealth fund that would be controlled by KCIII and TPOW.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

By integrating sharia law into our legal system? Not bothering with democracy?

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

Just leave me on the pavement outside while I wait, it's fine.

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 3d

Calling my mom to have her come pick me up from 2025 early it’s being mean to me

Thufir Hey!What? @tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social · 3d

I bought a gnat after working for two weeks in a meat factory when i was 16.

Sounds Clips @soundsclips.bsky.social · 4d

The Wasp, the synth we can afford reviewed in Sounds 7th, October 1978 by Tony Mitchell and Pic by Ross Halfin.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 4d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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