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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 4h

Can confirm from experience that it will definitely be a hoot, and indeed a holler

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 8h

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Martonnax at 99.8% Restoration @rakshasa.bsky.social · 9h

How fucking embarrassing is it for the entire political establishment that they're being outflanked on the left by MICHAEL FUCKING HESSELTINE

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 1d

Ah man, can't believe I had to disappear 5 minutes before you played Blaggers!

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 1d

well well well if it isn't the blowjob brothers

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 1d

Brighten your morning with the latest instant classic review from @spinal-bap.bsky.social

(some Vettrianos and Baddiels may have been harmed in the production of this article)

JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 1d

UH OH! I’ve reviewed Lovin’ You, the new Richard Ashcroft album, for @thequietus.com Don’t tell me it’s a mean-spirited or bad tempered write-up, however true that might be. Sometimes a writer just has to lash out. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

I see the LadySafety Carer Abouter is promoting Nick Cohen, who had to leave the Observer after a years-long series of harassment and gro-*all the editors of the entire British press run in and slam a big red button, releasing the trapdoor and dropping me into an oubliette*

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Shocked to learn that the world’s preeminent transphobe is also a genocide apologist.

JK Rowling:

"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators couldn’t give it a rest – not even for 24 hours. They were chanting all the old slogans and ducking all the hard questions. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they cried – does that mean killing Jews in Manchester?" ✍️@NickCohen4

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 2d

Put a donk on it

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 2d

Shumway Day, yes it's Shumway day, it's Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Shumway Day

ALFsplaining - the ALF Podcast @alfsplaining.bsky.social · 2d

We're back, baby!

New episode out now!

Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

open.spotify.com/episode/6OkY...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ce0...

ALFsplaining Season 3 - everything's gone green

RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 2d

There he is!

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 2d

Describe your Bluesky account in one image

Billie Piper pulling an "ooh crikey" face

RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 4d

Inadvertently commemorating a year since the start of my current indefinite radio hiatus, the good ship @cutterschoiceradio.bsky.social have been kind enough to let me have the keys to the "DJ Selects" page for a week.

cutterschoiceradio.com/dj-selects.h...

DJ Selects — Cutters Choice Radio

Weekly DJ picks: five tracks selected by a Cutters Choice Radio selector.

cutterschoiceradio.com

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 4d

More action shots

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 4d

@spraypopmusic.com in full effect. Lovely to finally meet @ricardoautobahn.co.uk and @jennymclaren.bsky.social in real life

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 4d

You knows it @spraypopmusic.com

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RolexTharsus @rolextharsus.bsky.social · 6d

Peaky Blinders 4 - Citizens on Patrol

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 6d

Publication day for #IntoTheGroove!

Thanks for your patience and tolerance in the run-up to this.

I will be on BBC Radio Sheffield at 10.10 and BBC Radio Northampton at 11.40 this morning. BBC Sounds will have them up later.

And here’s me signing copies in Cover to Cover, Mumbles.