nicky woolf
@nickywoolf.bsky.social
Former Guardian internet reporter, now making investigative podcasts
Finding Q (into qanon), The Sound (into Havana Syndrome), Fur & Loathing (into a gas attack on a furry convention in 2014)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fur-loathing/id1739333983
Finding Q (into qanon), The Sound (into Havana Syndrome), Fur & Loathing (into a gas attack on a furry convention in 2014)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fur-loathing/id1739333983
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
good for malik willis man. I'll root for him next year whatever team is lucky enough to get him
December 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
good for malik willis man. I'll root for him next year whatever team is lucky enough to get him
bari-bara streisand effect
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
bari-bara streisand effect
of all the things we should be worrying about, trump serving a third term should not be one of them. the man is visibly dying
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
of all the things we should be worrying about, trump serving a third term should not be one of them. the man is visibly dying
good news everyone! a gram of coke now costs minus 500 dollars
LOLLL Trump claims he’s cutting drug prices by 600 percent, which is not possible
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
good news everyone! a gram of coke now costs minus 500 dollars
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Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
guys it's a trump speech. who cares
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
guys it's a trump speech. who cares
wut
A new lawsuit dropped the bombshell claim that John Travolta’s youngest son, Ben, was conceived with eggs from Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough.
Elvis’ Granddaughter Is Biological Mother of Travolta’s Son: Lawsuit
Riley Keough was allegedly compensated with a used Jaguar and a $10,000-$20,000 payment.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
wut
this took me bloody AGES to see
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
this took me bloody AGES to see
San Nerk Yankees
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
San Nerk Yankees
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HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
not the main point I know but has any part ever been more perfect for Margo Martindale
Susie Wiles called JD Vance a conspiracy theorist and admitted that Trump's prosecutions are a revenge campaign.
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
not the main point I know but has any part ever been more perfect for Margo Martindale
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Old Man vs the SEA
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Old Man vs the SEA
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here is a list of every thought I have had about the Olivia Nuzzi story: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/regrettabl...
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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they'll make movies about this game if he pulls out a win
The Colts will start QB Philip Rivers on Sunday against the Seahawks, sources tell The Insiders.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
they'll make movies about this game if he pulls out a win
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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Eric Adams is an incredibly strange man
![Chase Williams &
@ChaseWilliams_• 1d
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is on Capitol Hill today.
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He tells me about Zohran Mamdani announcing he's moving into Gracie Mansion:
"Beware of the ghost. I told [Zohran] about it. So the ghost is there. It's a friendly ghost, as long as you're doing right by the city. If you don't become right by the city, he turns into a poltergeist."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreigis3istuaryrpny4ksmoh46xcs3yfowvfuj3t3iouxpy5uiyw2fq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Eric Adams is an incredibly strange man
lmao
New - Bonnie Blue nails her colours to the mast, writing in The Spectator:
“Reform has sensible positions on immigration and inheritance tax, so I stand with Nigel Farage.”
“Reform has sensible positions on immigration and inheritance tax, so I stand with Nigel Farage.”
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
lmao
hey I have a name yknow
Every day a new subterranean creature of damp and darkness claws its shrieking way up from the absolute depths just to open a manhole to the outside world and say "nope," before beating a hasty retreat back down into the stinking old sewer lines it calls home.
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
hey I have a name yknow
*me showing a border patrol officer my bluesky* no no keep scrolling, the next one's a banger. you're gonna love it. wait where are you going!
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
*me showing a border patrol officer my bluesky* no no keep scrolling, the next one's a banger. you're gonna love it. wait where are you going!
everything is @theonion.com now
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
everything is @theonion.com now
just gonna go ahead and say it, top right graph looks like someone reclining with ronald reagan's head for a dick. an ereagtion, if you will
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
just gonna go ahead and say it, top right graph looks like someone reclining with ronald reagan's head for a dick. an ereagtion, if you will
this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
very excited for this
Coming May 19, 2026 from Amistad Books and HarperCollins
THE OVERSEER CLASS:
A Manifesto
by Steven W. Thrasher
cover art by Jamaal Barber
Available for pre-order now www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
THE OVERSEER CLASS:
A Manifesto
by Steven W. Thrasher
cover art by Jamaal Barber
Available for pre-order now www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
very excited for this
has Washington won a single game since Trump made his appearance there a month or so ago? the curse is real
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
has Washington won a single game since Trump made his appearance there a month or so ago? the curse is real