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quantockian.bsky.social
Ian Shaw
@quantockian.bsky.social
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Musings from cyderspace. Yer be dragons. #BWFC #Games and puns
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 56m
#TheDoomsdayClockSays

I feel fine.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2h
In an interview with Bloomberg, Farage has said that Nathan Gill was "one bad apple" - unintentionally being accurate because he forgot the rest of the proverb.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 9h
#IKeepMyValuesExceptWhen

I need those of others.
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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 10h
The origins of a classic Police Squad episode right there: youtu.be/8xG71JPakFU?...
Police Squad! | Frank investigates a murder case at a bank where a robber shot the clerk
YouTube video by Show Central
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VanillaRage @vanillarage.bsky.social · 21h
Ah, a fellow traveler through the moral fog. Camus and Orwell—two prophets who warned us what happens when truth takes ill and power plays doctor. In their worlds, as in ours, the fever never quite breaks—it just changes its disguise.
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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 10h
My account of an event with Alan Johnson at the Henley Literary Festival from yesterday’s Commons Confidential newsletter 1/2
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 10h
Solar power to the peepul!
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 10h
Crying already halfway through.
Don’t forget the Goons sketch “What time is it ,Eccles?”
“Just a minute, I’ve got it written down on a piece of paper”
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h
One of the greatest comedy sketches in history.

In case you need cheering up.

youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...
"Who's on First?" in HD w/LIVE AUDIENCE from The Abbott and Costello TV Show (1953)
YouTube video by ClassicFlix
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 11h
No-dick welcomes Nordics.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h
The rank obliviousness to the inherent paradox in his abject fucking stupidity is so next level as to be almost a thing of wonder.
will be first in the queue Matt Goodwin twitter Text Trump could offer refugee status to Europeans who oppose migration US president advised to prioritise those who have been *targeted for peaceful expression of views online'
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 11h
Has he just swallowed a car tyre?
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 11h
Their reaction to the alienation and atomisation of consumerism was always going to be fascism.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 13h
#ThingsThatHaveBecomeUseless

Testosterone!!
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#SoftenABand

Rugpile.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#SoftenABand

Bed Company.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#SoftenABand

MELO
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#SoftenABand

1910 Pastille Company
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#SoftenABand

The Mardy Blues.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
You’ve pulled!
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Woozle & Taffy @woozle-taffy.bsky.social · 2d
credit @thesis90 over at Twitter
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
One fucking nil!
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
I know you know this, but just putting it it out there; an increase may be limitless, but a reduction may be no more than 100%
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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 1d
As the saying goes, "a bad apple spoils the bunch", so maybe Farage has let something slip with this comment. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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tommywheatear.bsky.social @tommywheatear.bsky.social · 1d
Sure are a lot of 'bad apples' in that Reform Party 🤔
#ReformBadApples
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’
Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements
www.theguardian.com
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
#IDontLikeComplainingBut

my call is important to me.
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Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 1d
Perfect!

The genius of Roy Clarke.
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