Richard Awkward
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#JoyDivision used to get so much grief for the nazi connotations of their name.
Yet nobody batted an eyelid at #Blondie, named after Hitler's actual dog.
Yet nobody batted an eyelid at #Blondie, named after Hitler's actual dog.
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Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.
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"Smash your thermometer and you won't have a fever" - Lech Wałęsa
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"Smash your thermometer and you won't have a fever" - Lech Wałęsa
God, he is such a twat.
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
God, he is such a twat.
The void at the heart of the Winter Olympics is the absence of a snowballs competition.
Each competitor is given a patch of virgin snow, say 5m*5m, and 5 minutes to make snowballs and hit a target 25m away. Maybe a lamppost (most hits wins) or a postbox (greatest quantity through the slot).
Each competitor is given a patch of virgin snow, say 5m*5m, and 5 minutes to make snowballs and hit a target 25m away. Maybe a lamppost (most hits wins) or a postbox (greatest quantity through the slot).
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The void at the heart of the Winter Olympics is the absence of a snowballs competition.
Each competitor is given a patch of virgin snow, say 5m*5m, and 5 minutes to make snowballs and hit a target 25m away. Maybe a lamppost (most hits wins) or a postbox (greatest quantity through the slot).
Each competitor is given a patch of virgin snow, say 5m*5m, and 5 minutes to make snowballs and hit a target 25m away. Maybe a lamppost (most hits wins) or a postbox (greatest quantity through the slot).
Who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? *wrong answers only*
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? *wrong answers only*
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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ok. does anyone know if it's twice per athlon or every two athlons
February 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
ok. does anyone know if it's twice per athlon or every two athlons
There really is a different, better way of doing things. It can be done by normal human beings.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
There really is a different, better way of doing things. It can be done by normal human beings.
"Success has a hundred fathers," they say, "but failure is an orphan."
Not really into slut-shaming, but success's mother needs to ask herself what sort of example she's setting.
Not really into slut-shaming, but success's mother needs to ask herself what sort of example she's setting.
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
"Success has a hundred fathers," they say, "but failure is an orphan."
Not really into slut-shaming, but success's mother needs to ask herself what sort of example she's setting.
Not really into slut-shaming, but success's mother needs to ask herself what sort of example she's setting.
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Elon Musk will have to appear on April 20.
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices
The prosecutor's cybercrime unit said it carried out searches with Europol and French police.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Elon Musk will have to appear on April 20.
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
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Oh.
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Oh.
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I have complete faith that Lord Mandelson can bounce back from this episode and that he has the fight in him to resign in disgrace at least one more time.
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I have complete faith that Lord Mandelson can bounce back from this episode and that he has the fight in him to resign in disgrace at least one more time.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
That's a couple of guys who'll be phoning in sick on Monday. I hope they'll manage ok without them at the rocket science laboratory.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
That's a couple of guys who'll be phoning in sick on Monday. I hope they'll manage ok without them at the rocket science laboratory.
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
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I liked it better when tech entrepreneurs looked like this.
January 30, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I liked it better when tech entrepreneurs looked like this.