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This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)
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PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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Vanimaru, 5-year-old accident-prone Prince of the Vanilla Kingdom, is the mascot for Yokohama Vanilla, who make delicious salted vanilla financiers.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Vanimaru, 5-year-old accident-prone Prince of the Vanilla Kingdom, is the mascot for Yokohama Vanilla, who make delicious salted vanilla financiers.
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Hokkun is a minimalistic orange mascot from Shimonoseki City, inspired by the oranges and sunsets there.
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Hokkun is a minimalistic orange mascot from Shimonoseki City, inspired by the oranges and sunsets there.
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Compare the photograph below w/the equally lovely lithograph that Elizabeth Gould created for A Century of #Birds from the Himalaya Mountains (London, 1832).
The colors are somewhat muted, but the species is still instantly recognizable.
More on Gould: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #sciart 🗃️📜
The colors are somewhat muted, but the species is still instantly recognizable.
More on Gould: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #sciart 🗃️📜
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Compare the photograph below w/the equally lovely lithograph that Elizabeth Gould created for A Century of #Birds from the Himalaya Mountains (London, 1832).
The colors are somewhat muted, but the species is still instantly recognizable.
More on Gould: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #sciart 🗃️📜
The colors are somewhat muted, but the species is still instantly recognizable.
More on Gould: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #sciart 🗃️📜
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Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
![DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
Bitnippyplay
slightly diminish a band
Paraless
Paraless
slightly diminish a band
Two Doors Down
Two Doors Down
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Bitnippyplay
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As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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Happy New Year!
This is how Janus works.
Good luck. 🤞♥️
This is how Janus works.
Good luck. 🤞♥️
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Happy New Year!
This is how Janus works.
Good luck. 🤞♥️
This is how Janus works.
Good luck. 🤞♥️
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If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
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Maybe Donald was up to no good if authorities have to block the faces of the six girls he surrounded himself with because they were underage and being trafficked.
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Maybe Donald was up to no good if authorities have to block the faces of the six girls he surrounded himself with because they were underage and being trafficked.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Ok these all sound like gay porn titles.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ok these all sound like gay porn titles.
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This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)
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Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Space Mysteries: The Sky at Night Meets Curious Cases
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain join the team to answer viewers' burning queries about space.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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“One of the Italian snipers identified to SISMI in 1993 was from Milan, and the owner of a private clinic specialising in cosmetic surgery,” he said. “We are talking about wealthy people, entrepreneurs with a reputation, who during the siege of Sarajevo paid to be able to kill helpless civilians.”
Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by Italian magistrates ⬇️
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“One of the Italian snipers identified to SISMI in 1993 was from Milan, and the owner of a private clinic specialising in cosmetic surgery,” he said. “We are talking about wealthy people, entrepreneurs with a reputation, who during the siege of Sarajevo paid to be able to kill helpless civilians.”
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Belatedly on the subject of Watson, this is fantastic and well worth your time bsky.app/profile/brit...
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Belatedly on the subject of Watson, this is fantastic and well worth your time bsky.app/profile/brit...
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Tashikametan is a turtle who promotes the Labor Standards Bureau. He uses a scope attached to his mask to check employers are being fair. He’s a surprisingly fast runner, but because his shell is heavy, he can’t get up if he falls backwards.
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Tashikametan is a turtle who promotes the Labor Standards Bureau. He uses a scope attached to his mask to check employers are being fair. He’s a surprisingly fast runner, but because his shell is heavy, he can’t get up if he falls backwards.
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Oh ok so you lose a plague monkey shipment one time and everyone is all mad
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Oh ok so you lose a plague monkey shipment one time and everyone is all mad