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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr (with what sounds like his dying breath): “my sperm is better than teenage sperm”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 31m

Starmer's knack for making simple stories worse. Banning away fans from games is pretty common as this story says. Best not politicised, but he has to go there. Badly advised. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 9h

if i thought of myself as a journalist and yet my audience were, when polled, woefully incorrect about fundamental matters of fact, i would just kill myself

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Ian Hall @ian64.bsky.social · 10m

STOP GIGGLING AT THE BACK.

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 23m

Bee skeps and river fishing with #JackHargreaves at 8:30am heading
🚜 OUT OF TOWN (1978) #TPTVsubtitles

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 18m

The absence of an object can be as powerful as its presence Roger decided. A 5:30am search for a non-existent pencil sharpener provoked such a recollection. Flooding back came the image of his father, with his penknife, skillfully whittling a writing implement. That. #NewAlanBennetts

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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 8h

Hopefully on ITV4 Miss Marple is being sorted out for E’s & whizz

Chinny Honk @chinnyhonk.bsky.social · 8h

Lolzzz 😂😂😂

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 17m

Music by John Barry, lyrics by Hal David, for the 1970 western 'Monte Walsh': “The good times are coming/ They'll be coming real soon/ And I'm not just pitching pennies at the moon..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdL...

The Good Times Are Coming

YouTube video by Cass Elliot - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 7h

1. Where in his literally diseased mind does he imagine such teenage sperm data would come from?
2. It’s 6 months earlier than in the ‘60s. Not 6 years. Picture someone for whom this wouldn’t be obvious being in charge of a nation’s health.
3. A quite high percentage of parents have had children.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14m

Mr Scorsese review – five hours isn’t nearly long enough to do justice to history’s greatest film-maker

There are volcanic tales of his explosive temper, shocking footage of nuns protesting his Christ movie and vast amounts of detail in this rich, info-packed docuseries. Then it reaches the 90s and it all peters out

www.theguardian.com

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 6h

Get in. Three I’ve never seen, and the fantastic Deadline at Dawn. What a treat.

Howard Carter (not THAT one) @howardrcarter.bsky.social · 9h

Upcoming Criterion Channel... programed by @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social & @glennkenny.bsky.social !!!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1h

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

No way, I thought they'd be on top of this.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

www.bbc.co.uk

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April Fiet @aprilfiet.bsky.social · 15h

I’m not one to use my car horn frequently, but when a person blows a stop sign and nearly causes an accident, it’s really unsatisfying to have a car horn that sounds like a kazoo.

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Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 12h

If they can’t survive in this form, why do they not simply shape shift

Opinion Prince Andrew
The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are
a new low for the Royal Family. In this
form, it can't survive
Simon Jenkins

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Ian Hall @ian64.bsky.social · 18m

The soul of wit has left the building.

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 12h

I'm guessing Bluesky trending doesn't really want to tell me what's actually going on, right now, and I'm not entirely sure if I should be grateful or extremely worried.

The current Bluesky trends in "Explore" on my mobile are listed as follows:
1: The Archers - 🔥 Hot
2: Mariners - 187h ago
3: Caturday - 290h ago

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

On top of detaining U.S. citizens, ICE is now fining legal residents for not carrying their papers.

It was never about going after the “worst of the worst.” It was always about cruelty.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a

www.chicagotribune.com

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 8h

My boss can't work powerpoint so I do all his presentations for him. It really annoys me that he never gives me credit. On 1 slide in a recent deck, I managed to get the first letter of every sentence to spell out his name followed by 'CUNT'. He didn't notice & sent it out

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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 18h

I’m against death penalty but will make an exemption for people who don’t use their sodding headphones

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 10h

if you are curious as to what level of middle age i am, my wife and i just agreed to buy new cutlery “as a christmas present” to each other

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Den 💜 of 💚 Scholes 🇵🇬 @denofscholes.bsky.social · 1h

Cooking tea first thing in the morning again, lads. Bit of Scouse going in the slow cooker. Mrs DoS loves it when I stir my meat and two veg in and around a hot pot.
It's tasty and simple.
Much like Mrs DoS.

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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 8h

This is, apparently, not a parody account

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC

An Ugmonk Analog card standing up in the card holder on a desk beside a keyboard and laptop sitting on a riser.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 8h

Bzzzz.
'And Derek Nimmo has challenged.'
'Repetition of "iconic".'
'He did say "iconic" twice didn't he. Well done Derek, you gain a point, and there are sixteen seconds left.'

IGN @ign.com · 9h

Back to the Future's iconic Marty McFly guitar scene contains a number of timeline conundrums fans have noted many times over the years.

But chief among them is a mistake that revolves around the iconic guitar McFly plays during his performance of Earth Angel and Johnny B. Goode.

'For Me, It Makes Little Difference Which I Played' — Michael J. Fox Addresses 'Temporal Inconsistency' In Iconic Back to the Future Guitar Scene, 40 Years Later

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 8h

One of the scariest elements Romero included in his Living Dead films that almost no one who makes a zombie film does, is that there were always zombies that weren't always aggressively trying to eat. There would be a few just stumbling around, fighting with mobility or distracted by a branch.

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