Mike Tonge
@miketonge.bsky.social
Engineer, photographer, astronomer, and bad typist.
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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I was in hospital yesterday. A friend visited me.
His father had been brought into the same hospital the day before.
"How's your dad", I asked him.
"He died yesterday.
But don't worry, he's alive again now."
A That really happened.
B I'm charging £50 a person for a full explanation.
His father had been brought into the same hospital the day before.
"How's your dad", I asked him.
"He died yesterday.
But don't worry, he's alive again now."
A That really happened.
B I'm charging £50 a person for a full explanation.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I was in hospital yesterday. A friend visited me.
His father had been brought into the same hospital the day before.
"How's your dad", I asked him.
"He died yesterday.
But don't worry, he's alive again now."
A That really happened.
B I'm charging £50 a person for a full explanation.
His father had been brought into the same hospital the day before.
"How's your dad", I asked him.
"He died yesterday.
But don't worry, he's alive again now."
A That really happened.
B I'm charging £50 a person for a full explanation.
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Monty Python understood p-hacking
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Monty Python understood p-hacking
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Flood, 1981 by British landscape photographer Fay Godwin #womensart
October 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Flood, 1981 by British landscape photographer Fay Godwin #womensart
You don't have to fill in any of the second page.
Just click "Submit and see the poll results" at the bottom.
Just click "Submit and see the poll results" at the bottom.
October 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
You don't have to fill in any of the second page.
Just click "Submit and see the poll results" at the bottom.
Just click "Submit and see the poll results" at the bottom.
No capes daaarling.
No capes!
No capes!
Yayoi Kusama with her artwork Pumpkin, 2010 #womensart
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
No capes daaarling.
No capes!
No capes!
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Sebastião Salgado died this week.
I never liked him.
But hee was the greatest photographer in my lifetime.
So far.
I never liked him.
But hee was the greatest photographer in my lifetime.
So far.
May 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sebastião Salgado died this week.
I never liked him.
But hee was the greatest photographer in my lifetime.
So far.
I never liked him.
But hee was the greatest photographer in my lifetime.
So far.
WHAT?
if I understand correctly, the campaigners wanted (in their words) to stop trans women officers with a gender recognition certificate searching women.
and, in response, the police have decided to allow male officers to search trans women.
not sustainable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
and, in response, the police have decided to allow male officers to search trans women.
not sustainable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways to be strip-searched by male officers
British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
WHAT?
@larryandpaul.bsky.social You're re-whatevering people at this time on a Saturday night.
You sad, sad bastards!
You'd never catch me doing anything like that.
You sad, sad bastards!
You'd never catch me doing anything like that.
January 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@larryandpaul.bsky.social You're re-whatevering people at this time on a Saturday night.
You sad, sad bastards!
You'd never catch me doing anything like that.
You sad, sad bastards!
You'd never catch me doing anything like that.
December 7, 2024 at 7:29 PM
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM
New profile pic.
Needs more work I think.
Needs more work I think.
November 29, 2024 at 2:45 PM
New profile pic.
Needs more work I think.
Needs more work I think.
Night Cruising (Live At Akasaka Blitz / 1998)
YouTube video by Fishmans - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:52 PM
November 25, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I do like a bit of dark in photography.
We used to get the same effect using a photocopier.
We used to get the same effect using a photocopier.
November 25, 2024 at 10:04 AM
I do like a bit of dark in photography.
We used to get the same effect using a photocopier.
We used to get the same effect using a photocopier.
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⛵️ When the timing is just right 👌
📍The Spit Main #Beach is one of those places on the #GoldCoast that rewards you for patience 😌
#photography #photographer #Australia #boat #photographersofbluesky #Nikon #Queensland #ocean #sea #waves
📍The Spit Main #Beach is one of those places on the #GoldCoast that rewards you for patience 😌
#photography #photographer #Australia #boat #photographersofbluesky #Nikon #Queensland #ocean #sea #waves
November 25, 2024 at 8:57 AM
⛵️ When the timing is just right 👌
📍The Spit Main #Beach is one of those places on the #GoldCoast that rewards you for patience 😌
#photography #photographer #Australia #boat #photographersofbluesky #Nikon #Queensland #ocean #sea #waves
📍The Spit Main #Beach is one of those places on the #GoldCoast that rewards you for patience 😌
#photography #photographer #Australia #boat #photographersofbluesky #Nikon #Queensland #ocean #sea #waves