David Shoare
@daveshoare.bsky.social
Political yammerer and videogame/animation/sci-fi nerd. From Bristol, UK.
Steams a good ham.
Steams a good ham.
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Apologies for not participating in the annual Remember Liz Truss Ceremony, but I don’t believe in it. I wear a white Gilt Market, to symbolise peace.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Apologies for not participating in the annual Remember Liz Truss Ceremony, but I don’t believe in it. I wear a white Gilt Market, to symbolise peace.
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Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
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The screeching handbrake turn from Everyone Left Of Norman Tebbit Is A Fragile Snowflake to Don’t Go Outside, It’s Full Of Blacks And Crime has to be seen to be fully believed
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The screeching handbrake turn from Everyone Left Of Norman Tebbit Is A Fragile Snowflake to Don’t Go Outside, It’s Full Of Blacks And Crime has to be seen to be fully believed
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Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
BBC: We have to be careful not to fuel speculation & political point scoring on this horrible attack
*Announces the Reform chairman and Tory leader appearing on Kuenssberg*
*Announces the Reform chairman and Tory leader appearing on Kuenssberg*
November 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
BBC: We have to be careful not to fuel speculation & political point scoring on this horrible attack
*Announces the Reform chairman and Tory leader appearing on Kuenssberg*
*Announces the Reform chairman and Tory leader appearing on Kuenssberg*
All birthday cards for sale in the shop can be divided between:
-Cute
-Fart jokes
-Ha Ha You're One Year Closer To Death
-Cute
-Fart jokes
-Ha Ha You're One Year Closer To Death
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
All birthday cards for sale in the shop can be divided between:
-Cute
-Fart jokes
-Ha Ha You're One Year Closer To Death
-Cute
-Fart jokes
-Ha Ha You're One Year Closer To Death
Handing immigration removals to ICE-style thugs is maaaybe not the sensible common sense policy you want, Tories?
October 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Handing immigration removals to ICE-style thugs is maaaybe not the sensible common sense policy you want, Tories?
Was the first thing I did with the screen on the fancy CPU cooler on my new PC build to put a GIF of Homer Simpson's computer from King Size Homer on it? Yes. Yes it was.
October 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Was the first thing I did with the screen on the fancy CPU cooler on my new PC build to put a GIF of Homer Simpson's computer from King Size Homer on it? Yes. Yes it was.
If the comedians on the next series of Cats Does Countdown don't replace the running joke "Jimmy Carr's Taxes" with "Jimmy Carr taking Saudi Oil Money" they won't be doing their job #RiyadhComedyFestival
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If the comedians on the next series of Cats Does Countdown don't replace the running joke "Jimmy Carr's Taxes" with "Jimmy Carr taking Saudi Oil Money" they won't be doing their job #RiyadhComedyFestival
Well goodbye to this Futurama joke...
September 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Well goodbye to this Futurama joke...
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
I read through this and again and again see people’s main problems as inequality, and that their real issues are not being listened to, and we’re sleepwalking to a very dark place if we don’t get a hang of this stuff and soon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing
Speaking to those who are uneasy with the proliferation of flags and those who support it is a journey of discovery
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I read through this and again and again see people’s main problems as inequality, and that their real issues are not being listened to, and we’re sleepwalking to a very dark place if we don’t get a hang of this stuff and soon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Are they though, Amazon?
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Are they though, Amazon?
Helldivers 2 social media manager starting work for the day: "Hey, what fun stuff are our players doing today?"
"Oh no. No no no no no..." www.theverge.com/politics/777...
"Oh no. No no no no no..." www.theverge.com/politics/777...
Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme
The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.
www.theverge.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Helldivers 2 social media manager starting work for the day: "Hey, what fun stuff are our players doing today?"
"Oh no. No no no no no..." www.theverge.com/politics/777...
"Oh no. No no no no no..." www.theverge.com/politics/777...
I'm sorry but the BBC having to define "loool" in this is so funny to me 😄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm sorry but the BBC having to define "loool" in this is so funny to me 😄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well, he didn't resign this time, so I'll give him that. #Mandelson
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Well, he didn't resign this time, so I'll give him that. #Mandelson
Well, no Radiohead tickets for me then...
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well, no Radiohead tickets for me then...
Churchill: What's the deal with Hitler invading Poland? Here we go! 🤷♂️
September 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Churchill: What's the deal with Hitler invading Poland? Here we go! 🤷♂️
Clumsy pandering to right wingers, Mandelson in hot water, this really is a speedrun of New Labour isn't it
September 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Clumsy pandering to right wingers, Mandelson in hot water, this really is a speedrun of New Labour isn't it
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this is called "doing a streeting" which is to position yourself firmly on the wrong side of an issue for no reason and to no one's benefit
Wes Streeting has defended Lord Peter Mandelson’s relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein after it was revealed the Labour peer called the convicted paedophile his 'best pal'
Wes Streeting defends Lord Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.thenational.scot
September 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
this is called "doing a streeting" which is to position yourself firmly on the wrong side of an issue for no reason and to no one's benefit
*Readies my phone for the UK govt emergency alert test*
*Relaxes thinking my phone has missed the signal*
*Still flinches as it comes through at 3:01*
*Relaxes thinking my phone has missed the signal*
*Still flinches as it comes through at 3:01*
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
*Readies my phone for the UK govt emergency alert test*
*Relaxes thinking my phone has missed the signal*
*Still flinches as it comes through at 3:01*
*Relaxes thinking my phone has missed the signal*
*Still flinches as it comes through at 3:01*
Getting Nadine Dorries, the second craziest Tory after Liz Truss, is not really the flex Reform thinks it is.
September 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Getting Nadine Dorries, the second craziest Tory after Liz Truss, is not really the flex Reform thinks it is.
