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James Ross

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Runs multi-award winning commie zone 1 £donations comedy night & PODCAST Quantum Leopard. Ex- Rusty Quill. He/him/hee hee hee http://linktr.ee/quantumleopard

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · May 15

Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. A tale of tragedy and destiny. Was Captain Ahab called Captain Ahab because he was Assigned Hunter At Birth? Or because All Hunters Are Bastards?

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 6d

NSFW should absolutely be a Meyers-Briggs type, as should Capricorn and Donatello

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 7d

“Tony Blair will bring peace to Palestine” claims rep.

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 7d

36th episode of the Quantum Leopard podcast w/ JOHN ROBERTSON @robbotron.bsky.social is now out! We talk about The Dark Room and audience consent. Enjoy!

quantumleopard.podbean.com/e/episode-35...

Episode 35: John Robertson | The Quantum Leopard Podcast

John Robertson is the closest you'll get to watching a catastrophic weather event without risk to your personal safety. Creator of award-winning show The Dark Room and a superb improv comic, John walk...

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 7d

36th episode of the Quantum Leopard podcast w/ JOHN ROBERTSON @robbotron.bsky.social is now out! We talk about The Dark Room and audience consent. Enjoy!

quantumleopard.podbean.com/e/episode-35...

Episode 35: John Robertson | The Quantum Leopard Podcast

quantumleopard.podbean.com

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 9d

I've got a body made for sin. That sin is gluttony. With a bit of sloth.

James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to all who came out last night to the London Renters Union benefit, and thanks to Kate Smurthwaite, Hasan Al-Habib and
Alasdair Beckett-King for giving their time and smashing it! £687 raised in the end which is none too shabby. Hopefully another one next year, watch this space!

James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 12d

"Novelty"? How DARE

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Fay Roberts @fayroberts.bsky.social · 13d

I live alone, and talk to myself aloud quite a lot. In unrelated news, my partner recently bought me a novelty teatowel featuring a mutual friend's face.

Thus it was that I found myself considering aloud during a domestic task that "No, @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social doesn't go in the tumble dryer…"

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 14d

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 14d

Look what we have here then.

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

If anyone's at a loose end Sunday, I'm running a fab little benefit at BOLD for London Renters Union.
Alasdair Beckett-King, Kate Smurthwaite, Hasan Al-Habib. Will be a fun one! BYOB as ever so super cheaps and a great cause!

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RENT-A-LAUGH PART IV RISE OF THE RENTERS

Sun 28. September at 20:00 - 22:00

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

Much better plot point

James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

Why does no-one ever talk about how hard it is to get blood into a stone in the first place?

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve been thinking about crying over spilled milk. There’s no sense crying over spilled milk they say. Why not? If not you, who? Who will weep for the milk?

James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

What if a suppository is where you store your suppositions?

James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 18d

Well that's just good hosting

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 19d

Is the Bloody Mary our culture's only party soup?

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 21d

I launched a book. I got a standing ovation. I love my friends.

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 20d

'Maybe I should arrest myself for impersonating a police officer" - A police officer with imposter syndrome

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21d

‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders

- at least £70.7bn in dividend payouts between 2010 and 2025, rather than reinvesting that money or reducing bills.

Story by Matthew Taylor
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders

Analysis reveals £416 of average bill of £1,719 taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested

www.theguardian.com

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Joz Norris @joznorris.bsky.social · 22d

Soho run kicks off tonight! So I'm looking back and forwards today. Very proud of everything we've achieved with this show so far, and very excited to be taking it on tour in 2026!

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Lots of stars and award laurels to celebrate the past

Soho run weds to Saturday this week, and UK tour dates announced soon to celebrate the future

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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 28d

"You are the Mayor of London, you're the chair of TFL, stop going on social media. Invite us to the meeting. Let's have a discussion because I want to know what is going on London?"
RMT General Secretary, Eddie Dempsey's message to the Mayor over #tubestrikes

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 28d

We are down to the last ***SIX*** tickets (before returns) for Quantum Leopard on Saturday. Lauren Pattison, James O'Donoghue, Le Chat, Hamish Lloyd Barnes, Christian Jegard plus fives. Hop on it if you fancy!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/quantum-leop...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 28d

That's fair. Good luck!

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28d

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

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