Tim Hardy
@timbobaggins.bsky.social
Perpetually exhausted, dad, husband, tech. Doesn't write as much as he should. (he/him)
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The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
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November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
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If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I would have a tautological number of nickels. Which is a number of nickels
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I would have a tautological number of nickels. Which is a number of nickels
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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If you don’t treat my classical music collection with respect I will retaliate.
You scratch my Bach and I’ll scratch yours.
You scratch my Bach and I’ll scratch yours.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you don’t treat my classical music collection with respect I will retaliate.
You scratch my Bach and I’ll scratch yours.
You scratch my Bach and I’ll scratch yours.
She wants, but would *not* like this lunch of mine...
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
She wants, but would *not* like this lunch of mine...
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Q: Why does Mrs Claus get perfume every Christmas?
A: Because Santa does all his shopping in Boots.
A: Because Santa does all his shopping in Boots.
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Q: Why does Mrs Claus get perfume every Christmas?
A: Because Santa does all his shopping in Boots.
A: Because Santa does all his shopping in Boots.
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"Do you think the plebs should get a jury trial" is such a thrilling line from Labour, truly great to see this
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Do you think the plebs should get a jury trial" is such a thrilling line from Labour, truly great to see this
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Exactly this
See people saying "Scientists need to rebuild trust" and my reaction is invariably "Ex-fucking-SCUSE me?!?"
Countless influential powers keep metaphorically urinating all over scientists and then we get told "You guys need to stop stinking of piss if you want to be taken seriously"??
See people saying "Scientists need to rebuild trust" and my reaction is invariably "Ex-fucking-SCUSE me?!?"
Countless influential powers keep metaphorically urinating all over scientists and then we get told "You guys need to stop stinking of piss if you want to be taken seriously"??
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Exactly this
See people saying "Scientists need to rebuild trust" and my reaction is invariably "Ex-fucking-SCUSE me?!?"
Countless influential powers keep metaphorically urinating all over scientists and then we get told "You guys need to stop stinking of piss if you want to be taken seriously"??
See people saying "Scientists need to rebuild trust" and my reaction is invariably "Ex-fucking-SCUSE me?!?"
Countless influential powers keep metaphorically urinating all over scientists and then we get told "You guys need to stop stinking of piss if you want to be taken seriously"??
At this time of night, Emperor's New Shade Rabbit
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
At this time of night, Emperor's New Shade Rabbit
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To lose one councillor may be regarded as misfortune. To lose *counts on fingers* 43 looks like raging fucking incompetence (with apologies to Oscar Wilde).
"A senior Reform UK figure in Lancashire has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group calling for expelled hardline anti-immigrant MP Rupert Lowe to lead the party and saying Reform is deliberately downplaying its immigration policy to be palatable to the public."
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
To lose one councillor may be regarded as misfortune. To lose *counts on fingers* 43 looks like raging fucking incompetence (with apologies to Oscar Wilde).
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I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
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The main attraction of the UK to asylum seekers is that if they have a second language is quite likely to be English, and because they often have existing diasporic family/friend connections there. These are actually *advantages* the UK possesses as a a desirable place if it could only see that.
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The main attraction of the UK to asylum seekers is that if they have a second language is quite likely to be English, and because they often have existing diasporic family/friend connections there. These are actually *advantages* the UK possesses as a a desirable place if it could only see that.
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I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
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The witch made him hot chocolate.
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The witch made him hot chocolate.
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
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Just remembered a joke I heard Alan Bennett tell:
A very pious Yorkshire churchgoer dies. The family ask for the inscription “She was thine” on her gravestone.
When it’s delivered the mason has mistakenly written
A very pious Yorkshire churchgoer dies. The family ask for the inscription “She was thine” on her gravestone.
When it’s delivered the mason has mistakenly written
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just remembered a joke I heard Alan Bennett tell:
A very pious Yorkshire churchgoer dies. The family ask for the inscription “She was thine” on her gravestone.
When it’s delivered the mason has mistakenly written
A very pious Yorkshire churchgoer dies. The family ask for the inscription “She was thine” on her gravestone.
When it’s delivered the mason has mistakenly written
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November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Post Thought Bubble seems like a good time to start an occasional thread of Good Comics recommendations. There’s a lot of Good Comics out there, let’s read some!
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Post Thought Bubble seems like a good time to start an occasional thread of Good Comics recommendations. There’s a lot of Good Comics out there, let’s read some!
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
1
CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
6
EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
10
[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Remember, always, that the post-Brexit-vote Tory government, and specifically Home Secretary Sajid Javid, deliberately and with malice aforethought reduced to almost zero the timely processing of asylum claims in the UK. They literally created the "overwhelming backlog" that traps people in hotels.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Remember, always, that the post-Brexit-vote Tory government, and specifically Home Secretary Sajid Javid, deliberately and with malice aforethought reduced to almost zero the timely processing of asylum claims in the UK. They literally created the "overwhelming backlog" that traps people in hotels.
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“I Feel Better Now There’s Nothing Wrong” ☠️ 💐 A new original painting up on jameshance.com today ☺️ Prints soon!
✨🎨(Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)
✨🎨(Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)
August 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“I Feel Better Now There’s Nothing Wrong” ☠️ 💐 A new original painting up on jameshance.com today ☺️ Prints soon!
✨🎨(Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)
✨🎨(Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)
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Three More Short Songs.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Three More Short Songs.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The Labour government have confirmed that those seeking asylum from war, torture and persecution will be able to keep their wedding rings, some of their clothes and most of their internal organs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Labour government have confirmed that those seeking asylum from war, torture and persecution will be able to keep their wedding rings, some of their clothes and most of their internal organs.