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Mike

@mikebirty.bsky.social

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Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · Aug 3

Here's a list of all the daily and weekly games I play that are like wordle

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 38m

Zaltor the Merciless!

#OnlyConnect

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 41m

Batistuta was one hell of a player
#OnlyConnect

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 54m

8, 8, 9 and 7 #Mastermind

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 10h

this is only newsworthy if a journalist *has* ever done this. Throwing around hypotheticals only demeans BLM and derails the conversation about how problematic impartiality is, because it encourages you to 'both sides' issues to which there is no debate.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

BBC reporters cannot wear Black Lives Matter T-shirts in newsroom, says Tim Davie

Director general says it is inappropriate for a journalist who may be covering that issue ‘to be campaigning in that way’

www.theguardian.com

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Eternal Samnation @portmanteauface.bsky.social · Aug 1

[jurassic park]

ALAN GRANT: the t-rex can’t see you if you don’t move

ME: *In The Air Tonight on my headphones gets to the drum solo part* fuck fuck fuck

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 7h

Idk gang, maybe continuing to allow the same 3 companies to control 174% of the world is a stupid idea.

Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 8h

It's always DNS. Except when it's AWS. (In this case, it was both.)

Amazon DNS outage breaks much of the internet | TechCrunch

The outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom and Amazon's own products, including Ring.

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 6h

That's what Game Pass is for. Watched the rest with breakfast.

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 6h

So I fell asleep at 0-13, woke up at 0-19 and went to bed. #BroncosCountry

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 12h

Who robber the Louvre? Right answers only

Malory the cat burglar from the Simpsons episode Homer the Vigilante where Malory steals the world's largest cubic zirconia

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 13h

Didn't manage to. Normally I do, but I've had the man flu and fell asleep at 0-16.

three women standing next to each other with the words " what the hell just happened " on the bottom (via Tenor) Posted from Skywalker @skywalker.thereforeiam.eu

This GIF has been posted from Skywalker for Android. Get Skywalker from Google Play.<br>Bluesky: @skywalker.thereforeiam.eu

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Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 22h

Utterly bizarre choosing not to have a bye this week. But I wish this was the first week we were watching an anaemic and disjointed offense

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 22h

I miss when the Manning teams were booed off for only being up by 21

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 23h

Most Valuable Punter!

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 23h

Those charger uniforms are something else.

A person dressed up head to toe as a bright yellow highlighter

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1d

Masterful trolling, My Lord, the people are quite triggered, Your Excellency

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

They'll never be able to beat one of the tournament favourites playing like that

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

Worried now are you? United only 6 points off the top and looking dangerous

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

If you're going to keep posting about them, use their full name "crisis club Liverpool"

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute highway robbery of United and England.

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

I'm relieved. I was hyping myself up to Al Wilson and Danny Trevathen reincarnated into one man.

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

Lottie just wins

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

I ain't using AI for it because AI is shit and I'm not cracking open Photoshop on a Sunday but imagine Charlotte Edwards as Dick Turpin.

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #BroncosCountry - what if Dre Greenlaw is bad?

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

That victory is the first thing the English have ever stolen from India

#CWC2025 #ENGvIND #IndvsEng

Mike @mikebirty.bsky.social · 1d

Would be nice to have Kate Cross and all her experience to bowl a couple right now