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Mooby the Golden Calf

@moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social

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Anglophile, humanist, progressive, fantasy football guru and Radiohead superfan. But really, I'm just happily avoiding twitter. Wishing I was back in London.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 5h

I think I still have the penguin ice cream scoop in my kitchen drawer.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 4d

That is a fantastic plan to be honest.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 4d

What the hell kind of BS headline is this? Is this the Sky News account or Fox News??? Jesus....

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 6d

Well now I'm going to have to do another run through of the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 8d

It's both sad and scary that America's best hope right now is for a military coup.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely ANYTHING to distract from the Epstein files...

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 11d

LOL. Well if this is true, Taiwan's got nothing to worry about.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 13d

He's going to make them all swear a loyalty oath to Trump.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

Not true at all, baby.... next question?

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

This is the game of "Whoever talks to Trump last wins". Putin will call him soon and Trump will change his tune like he always does. Hopefully Ukraine can take advantage of the situation before that call happens though.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15d

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline.

The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

As an American, just want to say sorry for the orange embarrassment we call a president. I visited London 2 years ago and it was absolutely fantastic. Best city I've ever been to.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

Not sure how it's possible but he's even more orange than an oompa-loompa now.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

Hey Gavin, you need to get your Press Office a BlueSky account so we can like that stuff over here. I'm not going back to that twitter/X cesspool. Keep up the good work!

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

First time Trump's told the truth in a while anyway....

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 15d

I think I'm gonna buy Tylenol even harder now. What an absolute clown show this administration is.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 18d

Keep up the good work and fuck all the haters.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19d

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 20d

You mean just like FoxNews, OAN and NewsMax do literally every second that they broadcast?

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 20d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 26d

I'm perfectly fine with aiding Ukraine. Helping Israel fulfill BiBi's genocide fantasies is a little much though.

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 27d

Excellent work! Slava Ukraini!

Mooby the Golden Calf @moobythegoldencalf.bsky.social · 27d

He was a racist, bigoted asshole.