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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 3h

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah yeah what a fucking banger this is gonna be

Psychotronic Fanzine @fanzine.bsky.social · 9h

Move over Takeshita/ZSJ the real main event for KOPW is here

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 9h

normally want both teams to lose this game for obvious reasons, but giants beating the dogshit outta the eagles is fun, skattebo is so much fun - was gutted we didn't draft him

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 9h

dude is out there giving himself CTE for the first down, let him talk his shit afterwards

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 9h

taunting penalties are lame as fuck, no way should they be 15 yard penalties, it's so over the top

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 11h

Dawg I am CACKLING what the hell is this

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely brutal way for the Phillies to lose, Dodgers win the series

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 15h

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 11h

It was filmed tonight but looks like the wrestling show featuring uk stand up comics working with britwres talent is airing later this year in the UK
www.atvtoday.co.uk/267923-uktv/

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 12h

Philly sports radio is gonna go crazy

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 19h

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 14h

would make sense, because when you click on that, the youtube channel is linked to tnt and tbs when you go to subscribe

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Xander King @xanderking.bsky.social · 17h

Presented without comment.

A screenshot of me trying to prove a transphobe is actually an AI bot by instructing it to write a limerick about potatoes.

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 14h

it's not the best part of it, but in the context of the argument he's making, i get it

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 19h

bullshit that it happened, but at least it made more sense than the nonsense that it was TK who got the sign taken away, but i guess you're gonna run into dipshits like that in florida who will get offended by that sign lol

Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 20h

this also says a lot about tv producer brain rot that their first idea to appease that shit was a game show idea

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 23h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 1d

not sure some fuckin loser "employment adviser" is gonna help people get healthy and back to work, fuck off with this stupid shite

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

Tom @fireflash.bsky.social · 1d

ah fuck, this is brutal

Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 1d

Kota Ibushi Stretchered Out Of AEW Collision Tapings

Kota Ibushi Stretchered Out Of AEW Collision Tapings - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

Kota Ibushi suffered an apparent injury at the AEW Collision tapings on October 8th.

www.fightful.com

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I see Mox clearly loving his work, I think about this quote from him in 2019 responding to Seth Rollins saying it was "a little presumptuous of him to get on a podcast and talk down about the company that gave him such opportunities".

Like Hell Yeah, he found his favourite toy again! 🤼‍♂️

"There’s this episode of Frasier I was thinking about... the dog, Eddie, is really depressed, and he’s all sad, mopey, and they don’t know what - he won’t eat, you know, they don’t know what’s wrong with him. The vet doesn’t know what’s wrong with him. So they hire a dog psychiatrist to examine him, and then the comedy ensues for the next 26 minutes. But then at the end of the episode they find a toy was like stuck under the couch. And then all of a sudden everything’s good! He’s like ‘oh!’ [hopping up and down] and he’s not depressed any more. It was just the toy, the thing that he likes to do...

For me like, that’s all it was. Now that the fog has continually lifted more and more, and I kind of realize how deeply unhappy I was there, that I didn’t realize at the time because I was like ‘well, I’m making a bunch of money and it seems like it’s going good!’ Now I’m like - I’m kind of realizing how much it effected me. But now it’s like ‘oh! I found my toy under the couch - pro wrestling - again. It’s all good!'"

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible that in the same week the government can take the free refill soda out of your obese swollen mitts because you can't be trusted, and at the same time waggle their eyebrows and go "have another pint and cheers to growth growth growth"

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

He’s right!

Jenna Laine @jennalaine.bsky.social · 1d

Baker Mayfield on changing perceptions of him: “Early on in my career it was ‘cocky, immature.’ Now it’s ‘moxie’ and ‘he’s a dog.’ Same sh— different day. As long as you play well, they change the narrative, but you’ve just gotta be yourself, and I’ve always been like that.”

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 1d

At least Britain's forensic leadership have had the good sense to steer clear of this obvious Charybdis of jobs and money. For that I am truly grateful.

AI is fucked and the UK is balls deep in it.

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