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Andrew O'Neill

@andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social

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Comedian. Metalhead. Magician. They/them. patreon.com/andrewoneill Band: meltzer667.bandcamp.com Gigs: andrewoneill.co.uk/shows

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · Nov 16

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I'm fighting TOM BAKER!

So exciting to FINALLY be able to tell you that next month I will be having a bare-knuckle cage fight with the all-time greatest EVER Doctor Who!

It's going to be streamed on BSB's Galaxy Channel as part of their Doctor Who - Cage Fight weekend.

Can't wait!

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1h

Rob Kemp's Beatlesjuice! The House Band playing Goth Classics!

Get your tickets: deadlegcomedy.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3h

María Corina Machado, a U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition figure, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

“They didn't give it to Donald Trump, but they seem to have given it to the next best thing," says historian Greg Grandin.

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 7h

Israel highlighting how many 100s of aid trucks they will now allow into Gaza is a tacit admission that they were using aid as a weapon of war, by the way. seems weird not to talk about this

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 1d

Previously:

A black and white version of the "Screaming Woman and Cat" meme, but the screaming woman and her friend have been replaced by the aliens from 'They Live'. The cat is now Nada (Roddy Piper) who is wearing his sunglasses and looking like he's all out of bubblegum.

The 4 panel Drake meme. The top left panel shows the usual smiling Drake pointing at the object in the top right panel, which is an unopened xenomorph egg from 'Alien'. The bottom left panel shows the usual image of Drake turning away, except he's now wearing a facehugger. The bottom right panel shows a fully opened xenomorph egg.

The "Disaster Girl" meme, showing a girl turning to face us with a sly smile on her face, but the scene behind her is the prom-from-hell scene in "Carrie" (1976) with everything on fire and no hope of escape.

The "Defending Against A Knife Attack" WikiHow meme, but the gentleman with the knife in his hand now bears a passing resemblance to Peter Cushing's Van Helsing, and instead of a blade, he's wielding a wooden crucifix. The person trying to ward him off is clearly a vampire, but he doesn't look anything like Christopher Lee because I couldn't be arsed to draw him.

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 7h

Top-level alt texts!

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 8h

“They’re giving you the Piss Prize.”

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

As a fan of true-crime horror AND really distracting voice acting that's like a fucking Sesame Street character or some shit, I'm really enjoying The Ed Gein Story.

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 2d

People shouldn't study rip off degrees like English, all you do is get to explore the towering beauty of the human spirit, how is that going help you slog away at a job you hate, working for vicious idiots until you die?

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

After a gig in which I advertised my solo show, where at the end we ritually kill the king, a bloke bent my ear about how he'd worked for Charles and how wonderful he is. (He mainly focused on his LGBTQ+ record.) He really, REALLY liked him.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

"all decades up to the 00's" is called the Twentieth Century.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Comedians: fees haven't gone up in twenty years!

Saudi Arabia: hold my sobia...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

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.

buff.ly

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

They formed in 1970.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

Clips like that wind me up because they're like little adverts for the whole interview. I want to hear more, but that's not what that is.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 2d

For someone on the FBI's witness protection plan, that's a pretty definitive list of where he'll be next year.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Are you playing the game? PR and all that? Or relying on socials and mailing lists? x

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah!!!!!!

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

Having the absolute best time with my new thrash band Meltzer. Cold War-obsessed crust/thrash power-trio! Named after a London anarchist and cutting a swathe through the irradiated wasteland!

Next gig - Oxford Bullingdon 16th October! wegottickets.com/event/673408

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Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 3d

ROGER SLOMAN! THEN @tobyhadoke.bsky.social! What a treat!!!

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 4d

HA! Thank you! I have a decent general knowledge but there are LOADS of gaps.

Andrew O'Neill @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social · 4d

I am not familiar with this song.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 4d

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 4d

KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?

SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.

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