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mthrjo.bsky.social
This thread has been saved from the wastes of Twitter!

Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
richycraven.bsky.social Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · Nov 27
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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edmorrish.bsky.social
delighted to announce my new netflix special, "sixty seven minutes of underwhelming thoughts about how someone was once mean to me, a millionaire, on the internet"
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
new yorker cartoon by bernstein. watercolor of a middle aged white dad holding a cord up from the cord box in a heavenly light in triumph. title reads THE BEST DAY OF MY FATHER'S LIFE. caption reads “Did you say you needed a six-pin-to-eight-pin FireWire for a 2006 MacBook?"
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
My private equity owned dentist does things a little differently. I pay a monthly fee to keep the teeth I already have, and if I unsubscribe they send a guy to knock them out
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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shadowtodd.bsky.social
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 17d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These fucking guys
December 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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clementcomposer.com
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
Oh, the weather outside is frightful And since we've no place to go It doesn't show signs of stopping How I hate going out in the storm The fire is slowly dying
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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dangercart.bsky.social
Stealworkers
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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poniewozik.bsky.social
Year-end critics’ lists exist for people to fight over, so I’m happy when people complain about them. But the complaint I will never get is, “I’ve never heard of most of these movies/albums/shows.” Yes, and? Why be mad about learning about stuff you didn’t know before from the news?
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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hansmollman.bsky.social
I actually can’t do another year of this
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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roryblank.bsky.social
Love those classic Looney Tunes? Thrill and delight as Porky Pig is flattened between two sheets of glass!
A four panel comic with big letters at the top that say "love those classic looney tunes? Thrill and delight as Porky Pig is flattened between two sheets of glass!" We see porky pig. His body begins to bulge and deform. His body bulges further, the ink that makes up his colors begins to eject from ruptures in his outline. Porky pig is now reduced to a collection of blobs of color, his face sticking out of them, saying "at what level of abstraction do I stop being myself? Do I have a self? Do I persist as long as I am remembered? But then- can you really tell the difference between a memory and a dream?"
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Anyone who continues to post on X at this point deserves to be shamed on a daily basis. They won’t listen because they’re dim/lazy/shallow/arrogant/amoral but do it anyway
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
That grok response is pure David Brent when he implies that him and Finchy are better than Morecambe and Wise, "because there's no straight man, there's no dead wood."
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Nov 20
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.

Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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sallymcsurly.bsky.social
Gutted at the news that Kaleb Horton is gone. Kaleb was a brilliant writer, of course, but he was also a gifted photographer. Years ago I encouraged him to sell his pieces. His work was so good, I told him, and people should see it.

Here are some of his beautiful shots.
September 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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lucyprebblish.bsky.social
Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Definitely depressed.
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I don't know about this, some people seem very determined to keep actively voting against their own interests.
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Good.
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Such a strange article where he spends most of the time laying into Polanski in than anything else. Real dogshit from Ronay here.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is a terrible decision – and a depressing one | Barney Ronay
The idea that barring the Israeli club’s supporters from Villa Park will de-escalate a volatile situation just doesn’t stand up
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I hate shit like this. "oh you you're not happy being mistreated, just be glad you're not doing this even worse thing"
Before too long it just turns into that monty python sketch.
September 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’re in the worst timeline.
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM