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Si Turner

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Comedy nerd, tech nerd. He/Him Fan of all things silly. If everything could ever feel this real forever.

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Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · Jan 7

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First update in a little while for the feed of every single* UK comedy and UK comedy adjacent (whatever that means) people.

Starter packs are great, but as they're being abused the feed is not bad

*That I have come across

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Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 8h

Really pleased to see a comedian alliance. Joe defending Lucy

#TheTraitors

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 8h

But how do you know! Does Stephen say so?

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 9h

Kate pulling a reverse Linda

#TheTraitors

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 9h

These coats at breakfast though #TheTraitors

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 11h

Off to hibernate for the winter, hit the button if you need me

A DPD parcel locker, it's very green. There is a button on the front labelled "Wake me up"

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 11h

I went to a pancake place in Edinburgh with someone who was gluten free. Despite the place advertising gluten free pancakes, when she told them they brought her a BINDER of all allergens in their dishes to look at

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 12h

I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

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Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 15h

Our hilarious Funny Friday is back to start your weekend off *right*. 4 great new acts saying the unsayable.

£18 advance £20 on the door

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 17h

There’s so many more in the article…

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Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah, that would make sense. Maybe it was the fifth take and he'd just had enough

Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 21h

I spotted that live and couldn't work it out. Afterwards I'd assumed he'd made a dive for one of the spades which were presumably not by their graves. But clearly not, just straight to a random bit of ground