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Kieran
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Ipswich Town, Nottingham Panthers, NY Mets, St Louis Blues
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rincewind.run
OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR? - Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

good night and good luck to every other parent with small children out there
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges
Twitter screenshot, 23 December 2016 (and god knows we needed a laugh at the end of that year): Gerry Adams, “This house is like Santa's Grotto. Takes half an hour 2 switch off fairy lights and assorted Yule illuminations. Feel like a grinch now.” Reply from ‘Eddielzzard'sBeret’: “Surely you know someone who can fit a timer.”
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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superbreeze.bsky.social
He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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alicemcflurry.bsky.social
If Guy Fieri says "redonkulous" for "ridiculous" then word algebra concludes that he calls his dick his donk.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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jandehn.bsky.social
Britain better get used to this kind of thing. Public services depend critically on immigrant labour and the dependency will only increase due to ageing. Yet Britain bends over backwards to kick out immigrants. Pandering to racists on immigration policy is like pissing in your pants to keep warm.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Again these people aren't patriots.

They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.

Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
kievthegreat.bsky.social
"Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born."
Poster for the film, The Great Dictator. Starring Charlie Chaplin.
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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twlldun.bsky.social
Thanks for making them sound totally delicious PETA
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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edmorrish.bsky.social
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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twlldun.bsky.social
“Donald Trump agrees with the last person who was nice to him” remains undefeated as a way of predicting future events
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.

Are you going to tell them?

Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
A few hours later, he sends me an example of how he’s been using AI. It’s a “hidden role deduction” game he’s working on. At the top is the prompt he put into ChatGPT: “You are five blind lesbian adventurers out for a good night out. Slaying dragons and whatnot. But one of your number is a hulking great troll pretending to be a woman. Find the troll lesbian and then devise an amusing punishment without giving him an erection.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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papapishu.bsky.social
moe when bart pranks him holding the phone
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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henrymance.ft.com
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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sjksalisbury.bsky.social
Said the phrase 'I'm over the moon!' to a Polish man and he was a little confused and asked what I meant so I explained and when I finished he just shook his head and said 'You're happy but you have no business in space.'
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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robdenbleyker.com
this is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Nov 20
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
“‘Do you think there’s something a bit… odd about Littlebottom?’ ‘Seems like a perfectly ordinary female to me,’ said Angua. ‘Female? He told you he was female?’ ‘She,’ Angua corrected. ‘This is Ankh-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.’”
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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tractornoiseitfc.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky!

Check out the latest episode of Tractor Noise on YouTube & wherever you get your podcasts!

On this week’s show, we were delighted to welcome @twtdcouk.bsky.social's Phil Ham and Kallum Brisset to discuss all things Ipswich Town!

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TWTD's Phil Ham & Kallum Brisset Join The Noise!
YouTube video by Tractor Noise: An Ipswich Town Podcast
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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disappoptimism.bsky.social
Oh no; not the thing we said would inevitably happen has happened & now no one is accountable once again
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Nov 19
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
Murder in London Rolling 12-month murder total View: In numbers / rate / teens / London (since 1990 / 2003) 200 150 Oct '25 93 100 50 0 Jan '05 Jan '10 Jan '15 Jan '20 Jan '25 Includes manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter. Met Police data; excludes jurisdiction of City of London Police (for the square-mile financial district) & British Transport Police. Data to Oct 2025. published Nov 2025. updated month/v.
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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freecaledonia.bsky.social
"... I mean its not even real paedophilia unless its from the nonce region of France, otherwise its just sparkly diddling."
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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lewisgoodall.com
Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM