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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h

"Any honest writer,journalist,or historian in Russia must always be ready for prison"

Russian food historian Pavel Syutkin was detained today on charges of allegedly spreading "false information about the army."Moscow's branch of the Investigative Committee said the reason was his posts on Telegram

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 18h

Switching this concept around, but US press secretary Karoline Leavitt was born 11 days after South Park first aired.

Her husband was 32.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 19h

Rudolf Heß lived long enough to hear Frankie Goes to Hollywood on SFB Radio

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Tolkien could have listened to the first five Black Sabbath albums.

Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a ban-worthy opinion, it just makes you sound rather pompous.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 1d

"Lammy has a somewhat-chequered past," says squeaky-clean Jenrick. Oh, except:

• unlawfully approving a luxury housing project for a pornographer friend
• ordering that cartoons for unaccompanied asylum seeker's children be painted over
• taking £75k from a shady firm in the British Virgin Islands

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really special clip, but top tip: don't listen to it while you're walking around Sainsbury's 😭

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Desert Island Discs - Postcards - Adrian Edmondson on working with Rik Mayall - BBC Sounds

In 2023, the comedian and writer Adrian Edmondson was cast away by Lauren Laverne.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 1d

If only it had been possible to know what Trump was like from his past actions

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 2d

All members please spare just 2 minutes to see off the vandals (again).

Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 2d

Reminding National Trust members not to turn into a pumpkin - please *use your vote* before the end of the month to support genuine candidates and keep the disingenuous ‘Restore’ stooges away from the Trust’s assets. Easiest way is use ‘Quick Vote’ to endorse official NT AGM recommendations.

Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 3d

Pumpkin patch at Hinton Ampner
@nationaltrust.org.uk 🎃

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/cepZIk0PlvM?...

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 3d

Many people have to draft an apology form. Not me though, never doubted the power of idealistic girls hated by weird old men

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 4d

My favourite haircut was when I went to the brilliantly-named Ryan Hair in Victoria and asked for a grade 0 all over, and the eastern European lady looked shocked and said "are you sure? You will look like egg."

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 4d

I used to *love* it as a teen in the 90s - it felt so smart, funny... and kind of punk?

Watched it for the first time in a long while the other day and found it quite a sad experience. The tired format, H&M going through the motions, the painful scripted jokes.

Felt way past bedtime for the show.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 5d

I can see this ageing like a fine semi-skimmed

An FT headline which reads "Jeff Bezos hails AI boom as 'good' kind of bubble"

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 8d

Jeez, you could hear a pin drop. This is a rambling mess, even by his standards, and unlike at his cult rallies he's not getting anything back. One for the history books, in a really bad way.

Best of luck, America.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 8d

They're all thinking 'I certainly know one fat useless c**t'.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 8d

While I imagine some US military top brass might agree with Hegseth, they may also feel it could have been an email.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 9d

I found what I think is a great example while on a random tracks Bandcamp trawl a little while back.

smokingfingers.bandcamp.com/album/blind-...

I can't speak for the broader scene as I'm 42 and have absolutely no idea, but stuff is there - I guess it's just harder to find if you're older.

smokingfingers.bandcamp.com

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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 9d

Ultimately it doesn’t matter whether Britain thinks we are at war with Russia if Moscow already considers itself at war with us, which it does. We either acknowledge the reality of it or bury our heads in the sand, in either scenario, the war for Europe has already begun.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah. This fawning dogshit article from just over a week ago suggests she's sticking with the Tories (although, naturally, who knows?).

Is it possible to be given some important party position without being an MP?

archive.is/202509170734...

archive.is

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

Beats by Gabriel Fauré

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

They are trying to speak things into existence.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

How to deal with a racist prick 101:

Reply confidently
Remain calm
Eat chips

Love this guy

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

I encourage anyone interested in this to look into the work that @gilduran.com is doing on this too - his website is www.thenerdreich.com

The Nerd Reich | Silicon Valley Tech Extremism

Silicon Valley tech billionaire politics: authoritarianism, fascism, plutocracy, weirdness

www.thenerdreich.com

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

What maddens me is how many parents allow their kids access to YouTube, often unfiltered or vetted. The American kids shows on actual telly are awful enough - I dread to think how dogshit the stuff is on YT.

Mind you, Peppa Pig is fucking atrocious. Duggee is a far superior British ambassador.

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Tom Irwin @tomirwin.bsky.social · 12d

Something you might like to screen, @princecharlescinema.com?