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DaVe
@mckjerral.bsky.social
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Coder, dog wrangler and mildly incompetent autist
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I grumble about a lot of BBC news editorial decisions. However the change from lostprophets to paedophile as the start to this is exactly the right
BBC news website headline that reads "Paedophile singer Ian Watkins dies after prison attack" The word paedophile replaced the word lostprophets that the headline was originally published with.
October 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Absolutely fuck off
A picture of a war criminal with the headline "Tony Blair in discussions to run transitional Gaza authority"
September 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Absolutely disgusting for this to be the headline story, what the actual fuck??
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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My thinking of this joke was a significantly bigger factor in creating this guide for anyone sitting Morgon than the actual need for it.
A printed out stapled pamphlet, with a picture of a smiling black and white dog on the cover, and the title, The book of Morgon
August 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Only after several people posted this did I realise it wasn't a joke response about a parent talking to their bickering kids.

Strong "you'd argue about the colour of the sky" tones.
July 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I don't know what this is, and I'm not prepared to click through the ad. But I simply can't believe it is a speaker for putting up your bum.
An Instagram advert for a Kickstarter campaign. The picture for which has two ear buds and what looks like a butt plug with a speaker in it. There's text saying "we made it for real. Now with bass plug-in"
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I'm not keen on seafood, and I don't want gold on my ice cream. Sure they're the divides.
June 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Quote with a pic of you in the 80s
June 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It seems a particularly current thing that we're prioritising reporting what Trump says over the facts.
"Trump says there's a ceasefire" - Both parties say there isn't
"Trump says it's a success" - US intelligence says it isn't

Why are the ramblings of a mad man overriding the facts??
Text reads: Live. Trump says Iran's nuclear plans put back 'decades' by US strikes after report suggests impact limited The US president is attending a Nato summit after a leaked report suggested US strikes set back Iran only "a few months".
June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Tonight sees two of my absolute favourites with their previews at @xsmalarkey.com

Be Chill it's @bechillcomedian.bsky.social and Star of BudPod Season 2 @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social

There are a few tickets left and I heartily recommend you go if you're able.
Text reads: Edinburgh Previews (in manchester) Bec Hill and Glenn Moore XS Malarkey Comedy Club Tuesday 24th June 53 Two
June 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Fell backwards down the stairs last night, my ankle is not happy 🤦🏻‍♂️
Lower half of a leg, the ankle is bruised and swollen. It is raised on a stack of cushions
June 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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BBC with an extensive interview with this person who was in a building in Israel that was hit by a missile. I never saw a single one of these with a Palestinian.
June 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I just received some honest to god good old fashioned spam. It made me feel alive!
Email with text: PROPOSAL ! Hi , I am contacting you in respect to investment on behalf of Madam Nicoletta Zampillo, the wife of Italy’s second-richest man, Leonardo Del Vecchio who is presently late.Madam Nicoletta Zampillo wishes to invest $67 Million United States Dollars in your country, if you are willing to accept this funds for investment 30% of the $67 Million USD will be for your services as investment manager,click on reply to respond to this email. Regards, Carsten .
June 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Bonkers from Salford this afternoon
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Interesting house with history replaced with off the shelf styling just to move it back further from the road
June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I find it quite depressing that the quirky country garden I grew up with is now a bland lawn
June 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Post a photo from ten years ago.
(Both almost exactly 10 and I couldn't choose)
June 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The cover art from the album, the battle of Los Angeles, by rage against the machine. It shows a spray painted outline of a person with a defiant fist in the air and also spray painted text saying "the battle of Los Angeles" The US government are deploying marines to Los Angeles, and everything is fucked.
June 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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This is absolutely bonkers, and clearly driven by the camera operator daring to get them in shot
A line of LAPD police in riot gear, with some on horeseback. A journalist reporting on camera in the foreground. The police bastard at the end of the line has realise the camera is now pointing at him, and is raising his gun towards the camera operator. In the quoted video, you see him go on to shoot the reporter with a rubber bullet, at far too close range, and with zero provocation. As mentioned, this cop, like all cops, is a bastard.
June 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Let me begin with an ppology to all the writers, colleagues, friends and supporters who have been drawn into this mess or who feel let down. Anyone who knows me will realise, I hope, that this apology is heartfelt and sincere. Unbound's well-publicised financial troubles notwithstanding, there can be no viable publishing business without a credible plan for paying its authors. Authors must come ahead of all other business creditors. Unbound was founded on the principle that authors ARE the business. I still believe that. Unbound's decision to enter administration in March was traumatic and painful, but it at least offered a route for our authors to be paid, albeit over an extended period of time. The whole team signed up to the payment plan we issued. And, with justifiable reluctance, most authors did, too. The revelation last week that the investment money we had been promised in May was going to fall substantially short was a devastating blow, not least because it happened too late for us to seek an alternative. The May 30th payments scheduled for both the payment plans and the end of May profit share would not be paid. That is why I resigned last Friday, joined by seven senior members of the Boundless team. None of us have other jobs to go to. In my own case, I left with no equity, no notice payment, no tangible reward to show for 14 years of work, except of course for the only reason I'm in this business -the wonderful books we have published. I made that choice because could not countenance taking another penny froma business that no longer prioritised paying its authors. The other departing staff felt the same. We all feel let down and devastated on the authors' behalf. The company's current position is morally and financially unacceptable. We started Unbound to offer an alternative to the traditional publishing model, to offer a better, fairer deal for authors. That starts with paying them on time. If there is any money in the business, it should go to them. …
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I just saw this and it finally convinced me that this is now old twitter.
June 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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#neverdatearacist
Screenshot from a dating app that reads If l could bring back one trend, it would be everyone having a sense of humour without having it labelled as discriminatory Scene from father ted with overlaid text reading "I hear you're a racist now, father"
May 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The unbound stuff is awful and I wish the swiftest recovery of owed funds to all the authors, well almost all
May 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Here's Morgon having a stand off with a statue
A black and white dog facing off with a metal statue of a man on a beach
May 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM