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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, and Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Amongst Thieves as I have an inexplicable fondness for that film 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11h

My most recent watch has been Gen V! That’s it!

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11h

At least go with the “X, formally Twitter” phrasing, just to remind people how pointless the name change is.

Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11h

Amazon Prime Video is recommending for me:

Bloodbath At The House Of Death
Lifeforce
Caligula

Why has it turned into the dodgy video store at the top of the high street* when I was a kid?

* you know the one. Next to Fine Fare supermarket. That one.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 13h

In fairness, she was called Peggy before we got her, on account of her wonky leg. So naming him was easy.

Peggy the Siamese and her wonky-from-birth leg

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 19h

Our cats, Peggy & Jarvis, looking unconscionably cute.

(His original name was Cap, as in Captain America and Peggy Carter. But very quickly we realised he was incredibly whiney, so renamed him Jarvis, after the butler, instead)

Peggy & Jarvis, two Siamese cats looking adorable.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 1d

I get Paramount+ for free with my Sky sub. I didn’t ask for it, but it’s there. Free. Zip. Nowt. And even for free, I watched 10 minutes of it and still wanted a refund.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 2d

There’s these thin potato sticks in huge bags that Lidl sells when they do their Mediterranean week. They are the best in a sandwich. Any sandwich.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 3d

Alright, alright, I backed it. But you didn’t have to send round that guy with the hammer, that was just uncalled for.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 4d

It’s almost as if a topical news show should maybe doublecheck news stories.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 7d

“Futurama is a bad programme except for Bender” is so much bullshit. Yes, it’s no Simpsons, but only in the context that it hasn’t been utter shit for over half its life.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 7d

Wait, there’s this ring I need someone to deliver there for me…

Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 9d

“Grooming standards”… youtu.be/d1q-zeqh3AI?...

Spinal Tap - Airbase

YouTube video by infielders3

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11d

Someone really needs to quietly explain that there is a gulf of difference between “shadowy secret cabal” and “just something I didn’t know about until now”.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 11d

Oh my, if she’s worried about shifty political organizations operating in the shadows, she’s going to shit herself if she ever Googles “55 Tufton Street”.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 13d

When it eventually happens, Stephen Miller’s trial is going to be an absolute doozy.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 13d

@colleendoran.bsky.social This was a lovely thing to receive this morning. And honestly, the work that’s gone into this is just *astonishing*. It’s hard to turn a page because of taking in every detail that’s on the one you’re reading.

Cover of Colleen Doran’s graphic novel adaptation of Good Omens.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 16d

The Guardian is well known for its frequent typo mistakes.

For instance, it’s says here “highly criticized suspension”, an absolute howler of a spelling mistake which should read “huge and sudden loss of revenue”.

Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 17d

Man worth £125 billion worried about being taxed £1 billion.

*£125 billion*

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 17d

Christ, are we still on this bullshit about why people maybe wanted to exit an increasingly fascist platform?

Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 18d

Which movie do you consider to be perfect?

Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 19d

I mean, the entire LGBTQ+ population of the US, including the <1% trans population, is only about 10%

But then again, they’re just ruining trans lives now as a stepping stone to then go after the other 9% as well.

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 20d

“When I said ‘who will rid me of this turbulent priest?’ I didn’t know anyone was actually listening.”

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 22d

“Should we cover the fact Captain Birdseye seems to run a ship based almost entirely on child labour?”

“Fish fingers Dave. Just cover the fish fingers”

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Dan Shires @vertigowooyay.bsky.social · 25d

Also, I don’t know if the media is downplaying the counter-protest, but it’s pretty big.

Anti fascist counter protest, walking through Holborn

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