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A chance to watch, admire the distance
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry

merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)

loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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It's started.
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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fucking brill
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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This is incredible thank you @sesmith.lol here are some shrimp.
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Imagine if you were Mariah Carey’s boyfriend, getting her nothing for Christmas and saying “I thought it was just me you wanted”. They would find your shattered remains being pecked at by crows in a field near her house.
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A bit more than just the first computer program, she conceived the mp3
This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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If you all hate the Riyadh Comedy Festival so much why don’t you tell it to go to it’s local consulate, ambush it using 15 special troops, strangle it, dismember it and dispose of it so its family can never have a proper funeral.
September 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy
Magnificent Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Verona, Italy
One often hears about renovation projects that tear up linoleum, shag carpet, or some equally unappealing flooring to discover a pristine (and now much more attractive) layer of hardwood or tile benea...
www.openculture.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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i will never forgive the techbros for ruining computer
computer was the only thing i liked
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
www.avclub.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🇬🇧👀🇺🇸 UK ready for Trump visit!
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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No.

You say you were whatever you like but you are racists.
September 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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The existence of Betty Boo doing the do implies the existence of Betty Boothroyd doing the doothroyd
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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no matter your politics it’s disrespectful to joke about someone’s death. don’t say charlie kirk died from a grand piano falling on his head and his mouth turned into piano keys and then a flower pot fell on his dick and it honked like a bike horn. don’t say stuff like that
September 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Please, the U.S. Open asked us not to share any video of the president being booed heavily by an entire stadium, please respect their wishes, please
Trump gets booed at the US Open today.
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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If you are at the US Open and in the audience while Trump is there:

1. Please BOO him. Boo him like you're from NY, even if you're not.

2. Record it. Record all of it.

3. Post it to every social media platform you can think of.
What the actual fuck.

US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards

Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out

And, the feathers it would ruffle

My lovely followers, you know what to do:

nationaltvawards.com/vote

🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Vote | National Television Awards
Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
nationaltvawards.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice*

*you may have to temporarily put up with some embarrassing racist assholes with a job-lot of poundshop flags on their hands along the curve.
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Which fucking water overpowers crab?

We’re done with the pisse d'âne now thanks, please bring a bottle of welsh tears. And fresh glasses please. These are a touch mulish.
August 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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A BARGAIN BANK HOLIDAY £3.50 gets you Sensitive – The Film. Indiepop Wrecking Crew plays house band to singers from The Sea Urchins, Talulah Gosh, Soup Dragons, Altered Images, Weather Prophets, June Brides, Waltones & Jetstream Pony – playing 100% #indiepop smashes. www.sensitivealbum.com/the-film
The Film – Sensitive
www.sensitivealbum.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I have watched this video more times now than I’d like to admit, but it has made me laugh every single time.
[sound most definitely up]
July 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Watching German Shopping cart archery can be very satisfying.
August 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM