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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 2h

I think about as many people survive IT as survive Dracula, a pretty good ratio

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 3h

I HAVE ENCOUNTERED AN ADULT NAMED ARAGORN

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 2h

Ok but now you have to delete the original post, because it is not true. You can’t go ‘ah it’s true in the sense that other kids are being treated this way’. Post about them instead. Don’t spread misinformation.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 2h

I have a few old paperback thrillers that have cigarette ads inserted in between pages. Everything old is new again

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 14h

people are saying it’s a skill issue

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 19h

Every frame a painting, this one

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 19h

Rupert Murdoch confirmed alive at 94

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 21h

hey apropos of this I had a conversation with a real person today who was buying CHILDREN OF TIME because he heard you on Adrian Chiles and wanted to get into SF

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 21h

I did the other day, to copy over some posts that people liked in lieu of actually posting anything new that people might like

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve not heard that pod no but I will
look it up - the article above does note that he’s been caught trying to hide assets already, so hopefully they’re wise to the tricks.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 22h

I hope they properly take his money, you know? He’s not allowed to squirrel a few million aside here and there. I want him wearing a barrel and suspenders in a tar paper shack

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 22h

it’s going to be very satisfying to see Jones immiserated and all his future earnings going to his victims. Schadenfreude is generally bad for the soul of course but you can have a little bit, as a treat

The Independent @the-independent.com · 22h

BREAKING | Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

www.independent.co.uk

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dr joshua phillips @woolfianjosh.bsky.social · 1d

The Documentary Cinematic Universe is the most ambitious cinematic experiment ever conceived!

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

oh are you off to work then? Ok see you later, leave some biscuits eh

Frank, a tabby cat, and Lenny, a tuxedo cat, look up at us from the hairy old blanket they are snuggled up on

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1d

when a dark secret from your past threatens to destroy the new idyllic life you've created for yourself

little yorkie named Rupert sitting in a big pinky beige-colored blanket, leaning up against a dark brown leather couch. there is a potted plant behind him, he's wearing a tiny terracotta sweater. he has a very William H Macy-in-Fargo expression on his face, like he's nervously smiling.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

Esperanto Guy

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · Oct 17

a funny thing that Marvel and Martin Scorsese could do is, he could take over the Stan Lee role of old guy who does cameos in every movie, so, you know, Captain America gets punched through a wall and there's Marty walking his little dog and he tuts 'Oh, for chrissake, *superheroes*' and so forth

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

This is an incredible thread, and if you live in Newcastle and want to hear more about it, next Tuesday evening at the Hancock, and book your place immediately (I can give you a discount code to get it free), I might not have to cancel it for lack of uptake www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

well that’s Tarka thoroughly cancelled for me!

Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1d

Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.

Title page of a collection of animal stories by Henry Williamson: TARKA THE OTTER, SALAR THE SALMON, THE EPIC OF BROCK THE BADGER, CHAKCHEK THE PEREGRINE.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

when I went to Reading it was the day I realised that the world had changed because I met friends at the train station and they all wandered off to buy snacks and things *without prearranging a pre-train meeting place and time* and it was because they all suddenly had mobile phones

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

yeah! But with a Department Head Rawlings vibe

We Have New Intelligence Regarding The Identity Of The Counter-Spy Within The Department

Welcome, gentlemen. Please, make yourselves comfortable. I’m afraid Mei-Ling is picking out china patterns or planning a bridal shower or some such matrimonial matter this evening. Please feel free to...

theonion.com

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

*muffled explosion noises in background*

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

director! do we have go for Orpheus Protocol??

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

MY WIFE: This is the worst idea ever

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