Jo Bunsell
@jobunsell.bsky.social
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On Christmas Bin Day, the greatest gift you can give your neighbours with kids is a message saying:
"There's space in our bins of you need it"
"There's space in our bins of you need it"
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
On Christmas Bin Day, the greatest gift you can give your neighbours with kids is a message saying:
"There's space in our bins of you need it"
"There's space in our bins of you need it"
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A thoughtful article about video use in podcasting. For me audio is what I love, I enjoy painting pictures with words and sound that I couldn’t possibly create with video, because everyone’s imagination is different.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A thoughtful article about video use in podcasting. For me audio is what I love, I enjoy painting pictures with words and sound that I couldn’t possibly create with video, because everyone’s imagination is different.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Great to see the random headline news generator back in action
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great to see the random headline news generator back in action
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Looking for a #boxingday bargain? 🤭🎁
Why not buy one of our ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirts in solidarity with those starting again in safety this winter.
Each sale will help us to build a better future with refugees in Scotland. 🧡
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Why not buy one of our ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirts in solidarity with those starting again in safety this winter.
Each sale will help us to build a better future with refugees in Scotland. 🧡
ow.ly/k65J50XMw7r
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Looking for a #boxingday bargain? 🤭🎁
Why not buy one of our ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirts in solidarity with those starting again in safety this winter.
Each sale will help us to build a better future with refugees in Scotland. 🧡
ow.ly/k65J50XMw7r
Why not buy one of our ‘Aye Welcome Refugees’ t-shirts in solidarity with those starting again in safety this winter.
Each sale will help us to build a better future with refugees in Scotland. 🧡
ow.ly/k65J50XMw7r
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"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
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subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
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Reform UK Review 2025:
Just a little flashback to when Nigel Farage decided to shout “Bernard Manning” at everyone because he couldn’t find any better way of answer questions about why he bullied Jewish kids at school.
Just a little flashback to when Nigel Farage decided to shout “Bernard Manning” at everyone because he couldn’t find any better way of answer questions about why he bullied Jewish kids at school.
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reform UK Review 2025:
Just a little flashback to when Nigel Farage decided to shout “Bernard Manning” at everyone because he couldn’t find any better way of answer questions about why he bullied Jewish kids at school.
Just a little flashback to when Nigel Farage decided to shout “Bernard Manning” at everyone because he couldn’t find any better way of answer questions about why he bullied Jewish kids at school.
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Reform UK Review 2025:
Reform UK councillors that have been suspended, resigned or defected this year alone. This includes a Council Leader, Ian Cooper, white supremacist.
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Reform UK councillors that have been suspended, resigned or defected this year alone. This includes a Council Leader, Ian Cooper, white supremacist.
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Reform UK Review 2025:
Reform UK councillors that have been suspended, resigned or defected this year alone. This includes a Council Leader, Ian Cooper, white supremacist.
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
Reform UK councillors that have been suspended, resigned or defected this year alone. This includes a Council Leader, Ian Cooper, white supremacist.
➡️ Kicked Out
Brian Black
Oliver Bradshaw
Paul Thomas
Bob Ford
Bill Barratt
Ed Hill
James Regan
Mark Broadhurst
Paul Bean
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Okay this is a very stupid and niche ask, but is anybody aware of a resource that has information about military uniforms across Europe ca. 1670-1750 which is searchable by both Nation (eg all Prussian uniforms) and by colour schemes (eg that used colours X and y) or anything like that?
December 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Okay this is a very stupid and niche ask, but is anybody aware of a resource that has information about military uniforms across Europe ca. 1670-1750 which is searchable by both Nation (eg all Prussian uniforms) and by colour schemes (eg that used colours X and y) or anything like that?
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
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If you do get one of these for Christmas please be a responsible owner and pick-up after them.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If you do get one of these for Christmas please be a responsible owner and pick-up after them.
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@craftycow.bsky.social may be interested to know that Betty claimed the sofa within minutes of it being unwrapped. H/t to @garius.bsky.social for pointing me in the direction of this awesome vendor.
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@craftycow.bsky.social may be interested to know that Betty claimed the sofa within minutes of it being unwrapped. H/t to @garius.bsky.social for pointing me in the direction of this awesome vendor.
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It's a crime we never got Muppet Hunt for Red October where the only humans are Connery and Tim Curry.
December 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's a crime we never got Muppet Hunt for Red October where the only humans are Connery and Tim Curry.
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Christmas morning at Delaney Hall ICE Detention, Newark NJ.
7:30 am, 34 degrees, a mom with her baby wrapped in a blanket waits outside on a metal bench to see her husband.
There’s no indoor waiting area.
As always with Trump:
The cruelty is the point.
Merry Christmas.
7:30 am, 34 degrees, a mom with her baby wrapped in a blanket waits outside on a metal bench to see her husband.
There’s no indoor waiting area.
As always with Trump:
The cruelty is the point.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Christmas morning at Delaney Hall ICE Detention, Newark NJ.
7:30 am, 34 degrees, a mom with her baby wrapped in a blanket waits outside on a metal bench to see her husband.
There’s no indoor waiting area.
As always with Trump:
The cruelty is the point.
Merry Christmas.
7:30 am, 34 degrees, a mom with her baby wrapped in a blanket waits outside on a metal bench to see her husband.
There’s no indoor waiting area.
As always with Trump:
The cruelty is the point.
Merry Christmas.
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props to this christmas lad I’ve just spotted on @flightradar24.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
props to this christmas lad I’ve just spotted on @flightradar24.com
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'You Boy! Is it time for Tom Baker's address to the nation yet?"
3pm today, the true king speaks.
@cygnusalphaevents.bsky.social
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
3pm today, the true king speaks.
@cygnusalphaevents.bsky.social
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
'You Boy! Is it time for Tom Baker's address to the nation yet?"
3pm today, the true king speaks.
@cygnusalphaevents.bsky.social
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
3pm today, the true king speaks.
@cygnusalphaevents.bsky.social
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
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... in 1977, BBC1 commissioned Melvyn Bragg to write a science fiction rock opera for Christmas, Orion www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqwv...
Orion (1977) — BBC2 Rock Opera (Lost Media)
YouTube video by Matt Lee
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
... in 1977, BBC1 commissioned Melvyn Bragg to write a science fiction rock opera for Christmas, Orion www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqwv...
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BBC2's 1975 treat - an original rock opera version of the Siege of Troy, starring Bernard Cribbins (maybe as Homer), Patricia Hodge (as Helen) and Paul Jones (as Menelaus). Morecambe and Wise was on BBC1 at the same time, so few saw it ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUf...
1975 Great Big Groovy Horse
YouTube video by JX
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
BBC2's 1975 treat - an original rock opera version of the Siege of Troy, starring Bernard Cribbins (maybe as Homer), Patricia Hodge (as Helen) and Paul Jones (as Menelaus). Morecambe and Wise was on BBC1 at the same time, so few saw it ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUf...
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UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
Trump happily admits fascists and racists to the US.
Visas used as a tool for dominance, intimidation; extract trade and tax concessions; silence critics.
Compliant Govts risk domestic ridicule.
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☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it
ALT: a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/
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That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
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We sure do fall for the fallacy that a guy who has made a lot of money doing one thing, suddenly must have a holistic understanding of the entire financial system!
No, man… he just got rich doing one thing and repeated it.
No, man… he just got rich doing one thing and repeated it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We sure do fall for the fallacy that a guy who has made a lot of money doing one thing, suddenly must have a holistic understanding of the entire financial system!
No, man… he just got rich doing one thing and repeated it.
No, man… he just got rich doing one thing and repeated it.
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Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve mass
Pope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.
In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
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Leopards eating faces….
Laura Loomer’s vile attacks on Queer people are the same as those of the actual Nazis in the 1930s.
It’s funny how the Neo-Nazi movement, which she is a central part of, is only a Neo-Nazi movement when it comes for Loomer, herself.
WhoDaThunkIt!
Laura Loomer’s vile attacks on Queer people are the same as those of the actual Nazis in the 1930s.
It’s funny how the Neo-Nazi movement, which she is a central part of, is only a Neo-Nazi movement when it comes for Loomer, herself.
WhoDaThunkIt!
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Leopards eating faces….
Laura Loomer’s vile attacks on Queer people are the same as those of the actual Nazis in the 1930s.
It’s funny how the Neo-Nazi movement, which she is a central part of, is only a Neo-Nazi movement when it comes for Loomer, herself.
WhoDaThunkIt!
Laura Loomer’s vile attacks on Queer people are the same as those of the actual Nazis in the 1930s.
It’s funny how the Neo-Nazi movement, which she is a central part of, is only a Neo-Nazi movement when it comes for Loomer, herself.
WhoDaThunkIt!