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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

Siri, read and like Ed's skeets for me; if they get more than 20 likes, reskeet them.
Now we can both take the rest of the day off.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

I was going with Nottingham Forest, but you do you.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

And in this morning's edition of "We Told You So"...

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

www.bbc.co.uk

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

Tempted to say "England usually play as if they don't recognise their team-mates and aren't sure what day it is anyway", but that would be an unworthy response to a noble gesture. Good for them.

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

Is this on the level?

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 2h

#ASongOrMovieForBeingCurious

Joy Division poster for "Love Will Tear Us Apart", but instead it says "Puzzle Tear Us Apart"

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 3h

Vague
#ASongOrMovieForBeingCurious
("What are you lookin' at?")

Madonna in her "Vogue" pose, framing her face with her hands

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 3h

But it's not light until 11pm in December, it's dark about 4, just when kids are walking home.

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 3h

More kids are driven to school and walk home than vice versa.
So we need the light at the end of the day rather than the beginning.
Accident statistics back up this conclusion.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 3h

The Madness of Curious George III
#ASongOrMovieForBeingCurious

Curious George, the monkey, dressed as a king holding a sceptre.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 4h

Maggie Maybe
#ASongOrMovieForBeingCurious

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 12h

And staunchly pro-European to boot.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 13h

Mmmm, those shiny patches of scum on top really tell you it's going to be as good as it is piping hot.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 16h

EVERYBODY wants to be a traitor!

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 16h

Okay, I now know the main talking point(s) of the first episode #CharlotteChurch #CelebrityTraitors

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 22h

Glad to hear Dolly Parton's medical issues may not be as bad as initially feared. If she doesn't outlive President Joffrey by at least a decade, there will be no justice in the world.

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 23h

I don't see much evidence of Science or Engineering degrees either, except that guy who invented the curved nail file.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

As the nights draw in, it's time for Watford FC's first managerial sacking of the autumn.
Best wishes to all who celebrate.

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

We should have an Exit Tax. If you have a net worth over a billion and want to leave the country, we keep 10%, otherwise we retain the right to tax you wherever you are in the world.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

Universal healthcare would cost around $1 Trillion, based on the cost in the UK (probably double that given higher healthcare prices & salaries in the US).
But it would still be a bargain.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

So it's okay to have to spend 30% of your income to stay healthy or alive, but it's unthinkable to charge 5% more tax to give EVERYONE free healthcare?

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, the sick f*ck didn't even have the balls to save one bullet for himself? Coward.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out what WTOVPIC is thanks to your post. Lovely that despite being more than a decade old, it has a Clippy joke that works just as well for all those AI assistants.

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Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most satisfying things about the bursting of the AI bubble - beyond the "I told you so" - will be that the PC graphics card market should see massive oversupply and hopefully therefore big price drops.

Captain Barfheartless @gvigary.bsky.social · 1d

Even better: Nobel War Prize OF AMERICA.

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