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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · 6d

Yes. It’s the sadness at the heart of the absurdity trap that gets me. What a great piece.

Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social · 7d

"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy."

I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.

madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 18d

i resent how every time i do an internet search for something now the browser takes a guess at explaining what i am searching for at me. i know what i am looking for actually, do not presume i need it explained, how insulting

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20d

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Nation Grateful to GOP for Protecting It From TV

Report: You to Be Fired for Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Trump Spends Entire UK Trip Trying to Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Charlie Kirk, Not In His Own Words: We Honor The Right-Wing Activist By Making Up Quotes That Sound Much Better, Given The Moment

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 5

Please Like Me

It can be strange, sometimes, to be me. I’m the wealthiest man on the planet, for starters. Leaders across America, and indeed the world, look to me as a visionary driving technological progress in ar...

theonion.com

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · Jun 5

gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · May 31

Well that’s the end of Dr Who for a while I think. It’s saying something when the Jodie Whittaker bit was the best bit. Incomprehensible.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · May 27

Incredible work from everyone involved here

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Apr 21

“Conclave” now trending on Amazon Prime…

Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Apr 10

Spectacular! New track a BANGER, Nick.

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Apr 10

NEW PULP TRACK A BANGER.

And at last AI useage I approve of.

youtu.be/-27a1ugJX8U?...

Pulp - Spike Island (Official Video)

YouTube video by Pulp

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Graeme Allan 🟦 @graemeallan.bsky.social · Apr 4

Due to a mix-up at the BBC Graphics Department in 1982... #DoctorWho #Sorry

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Mar 4

Zelenskyy having to tweet out gritted-teeth flattery to the giant orange baby and his gutless weasels... there is no sick bag big enough.

Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Feb 28

Ha! Yeah. My Oscar is in the post. Great show last night - we loved it!!

Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Feb 27

Looking forward to the show tonight Ed! (I last saw you when I was in an episode of world-conquering sitcom Sam’s Game with you!!!)

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Feb 26

One day, when I reach the apex of a life commuting - I’m just going to lose it and scream “TAKE your BAG off the seat MOTHERFUCKER!!” and decent people in the carriage will clap and applaud and then I’ll ascend heavenwards on a stairwell of stars. Good morning.

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Feb 25

Excellent.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Feb 12

How much of *your* working day, in terms of extra clicks and closing pop ups and finding / un-checking menu preferences, is spent turning off AI assistance?

FUCK OFF. I CAN DRAW AND COMPOSE AND MIX AND EDIT AND DESIGN AND WRITE AND COMPREHEND AND SUMMARISE.

THOSE ARE MY SKILLS.

FUCK OFF.

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · Jan 25

Actually addressing a neo-nazi rally is really common in autism.

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · Jan 25

Good god

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Jan 21

Deeply irritating. And whatever one is on Microsoft. And every other bloody platform everywhere.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Jan 21

A+ Tweet

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · Jan 20

Trump speech in brief:

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jan 20

Elon Musk Holds Up AI Girlfriend App So She Can See
theonion.com/elon-mu...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Jan 20

So on the pardon front, we have a day when an outgoing president feels the need to pardon lots of people who haven’t committer crimes, and an incoming president who will likely pardon lots of people who definitely have (Jan 6th insurrectionists).

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jan 18

JD Vance Begins To Suspect There Another Group Chat
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JD Vance Begins To Suspect There Another Group Chat

PALM BEACH, FL—Noticing everyone else’s phone simultaneously buzzing throughout a meeting, Vice President-elect JD Vance began to suspect there was another group chat among Trump’s senior staff that he wasn’t part of, sources confirmed Monday. “It can’t be a coincidence that they all keep looking down at their phones and chuckling at the same time,” […]

theonion.com

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Nick Swift @itsnickswift.bsky.social · Jan 17

After watching multiple episodes of "Shrinking" in a row, this is all I can think about:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBs...

Talking About Feelings | Succession

YouTube video by Greg The Egg

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