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The Thick of It/The Hartlepool Spy/Veep/The Death of Stalin/Unhinged/Epic Space/Broken English
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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So, it's my birthday today. Had a haircut, so I don't need anything else. But if anyone wanted to make a little gift to this year's Leeds Care Leavers Christmas, that would be lovely.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £5000 to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Like everybody else on Bluesky, I have several books to occasionally shout about in the run-up to death. There's a heavily-reduced-on-the-shitsite book, basically a pisstake of Boris Johnson for the price of a fancy burger...

www.amazon.co.uk/Unhinged-Par...
Unhinged: A Parody: Amazon.co.uk: Martin, Ian: 9781526686633: Books
Satirical take on Boris Johnson's life and rise to power, written by acclaimed political satirist Ian Martin. A must-read for fans of British political humor.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I’m very surprised AI can detect sarcasm. That already makes it more advanced than most of BlueSky.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Whoa, I was writing something yesterday about Odessa Road. Born at the hospital nearby in 1953, first place I lived. Number 92. Seven of us crammed in and honestly, it was the opposite of gentrified then. Tommy the milkman's horse, all that. Our little East End offshoot moved to Essex in 57.
In 2002 I bought a pretty much identical house to this in Forest Gate for 150k It needed ~100k of work to replace the floors, electrics, plumbing, kitchen, bathroom etc, but still. Could only afford it because I was a Finance Manager for JPMorgan FFS. Now? £600k+
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 2 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom terraced house for sale in Odessa Road, Forest Gate, E7 for £600,000. Marketed by The Stow Brothers, Wanstead and Leytonstone
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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This is one of my favourite Ms. Aikaterini Marias.
#Athens #UrbanPhotography #StreetArt #MariaCallas
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The best video in the history of the internet*

*cetacean needed
Doug Brazil is the cameraman who captured the glorious footage, which eventually, of course, found its way to YouTube and became very popular indeed
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Has anyone seen this guy with slightly more hair in the same room as the nonce formerly known as Prince?
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Crazy Horses is the new real fake religious affiliation. Nordic Pagan was a hit for The Osmonds.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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"Con medicine"
Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Lest we forget to do this yesterday.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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everyone is twelve
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Alternatively this (h/t @lettersofnote.com):
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I like how the small tools look like Goldfish crackers. 🧪🏺
Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous lineage that lived in Argentina for nearly 8,500 years — but rarely interacted with others
A previously unknown Indigenous population lived in central Argentina for nearly 8,500 years, a new genetic study finds.
www.livescience.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yes.
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A Cerberus of dickheads.
Chophouse Cloth Cornhill, which is moving into the Square Mile institution’s building, is promising to honour its history with more long, wine-fuelled lunches
Doors of City of London favourite Simpson’s Tavern to swing open again
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Andiamo, baby!
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#BBCDG nomination just in from the new White House East Wing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM