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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 4d

Stewart Lee is over here writing throwaway descriptions like "Weetabix-haired news-badger Andrew Neil'. Join me at The Nerve.

Stewart Lee: From Charlie Kirk to CCHQ, the right has realised they can lie and get away with it. So let’s stop them

Is the problem with modern politics that voters are stupid, or is it that no one pushes back against the populist sideshow acts that mislead them? And is it wrong to think the government should act?

www.thenerve.news

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one dozen rats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 10d

I’m seeing some confusion from Americans on what “President of Ireland” entails, so let me clarify: Catherine Connolly not only has supreme executive authority over the nation of Ireland, but also the entire Irish Diaspora now waits for her signal to start the Fenian Revolution.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10d

BREAKING: Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland’s next president after her rival conceded defeat in a presidential election Saturday.

Left-leaning independent Connolly set to be Ireland's next president after her rival concedes defeat

Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's next president after her rival conceded defeat in Saturday's presidential election.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 14d

The senior poodle mix I’m fostering has–as a result of being a mostly blind stray–developed the habit of rearing back on his butt and blindly panic biting when at all frightened which is always. Totally stealing that move.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 16d

Ah feck. Who, then?

Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 16d

I just saw a color option called Cinder Melange and flashed back HARD to the Tweeds catalogue ca. 1988. I was unaware. until today there was such a thing as an Ecstasy flashback.

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💙SadieMae💙 @sadiemae1969.bsky.social · 17d

Dayum, professor and economist Jeffrey Sachs minces no words!

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 16d

Remember a few years ago (could be 3, could be 10) when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to persons for reasons synopsized as: the universe is not locally real?
I know there is scientific fact there before there is knee-knocking resonance, but boy that phrase turns up in my thoughts regularly.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 17d

I'm going to need the exact dimensions for that white piece of tape, for reasons.

Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · 17d

I spoke with them too. There are rolling gatherings throughout all the desert cities today. Back in Palm Springs this afternoon, another one is scheduled for Sunrise Park. The people here are showing up.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Oct 3

I'm not gonna hate on yalls movie. If you like it, I love it. But you will never convince me that Leo DiCaprio shouting while wearing a tatty bathrobe is the best movie of the year when Ryan Coogler was literally summoning the ancestors a few months ago.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Sep 24

Call their local advertisers.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Sep 21

Get. Off. Twitter.

Brett @23brett.bsky.social · Sep 21

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Aug 31

Every single thing, EVERY SINGLE THING, that RFK has done was predictable and predicted. He is doing what every other fascist eugenicist has done before him. The disability community has been warning about this for YEARS. It is not in any way shape or form mysterious and unknowable.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Aug 26

I don’t think there be so many podcasts if sit-down comedy were a thing. #Dressedforthejobiwant

Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Aug 22

Did they leave because of him?

Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Aug 8

It’s genuinely well-produced and engaging as reality shows go

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Aug 8

Zohran’s primary victory has broken the WSJ opinion section’s brain in a way reminiscent of 17th century Massachusetts residents spiraling into panic about witchcraft. Fascinating to watch.

Opinion | Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America

How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it?

www.wsj.com

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jul 20

Restart all small local weeklies Village Voice, LA Weekly, Your City Here. Finance their transition to the digital age. Pay writers/editors/fact checkers. Blind trust so no conflicts

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jul 15

Liberté. Egalité. Beyoncé.

Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jul 7

[sneering Groffly] Zhahhn Adeems?

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hopefully the BBC will stop showing any sort of art altogether, in case it has the wrong ideas in it.

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jun 28

Y’all.

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Glastonbury 2025)

YouTube video by BBC Music

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jun 12

Which queens? #KennedyCenter

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Jun 8

If you're a New Yorker who follows me—here's my ask of you:
1. Vote @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor by Ranking him #1
2. Do Not Rank Cuomo for any reason whatsoever
3. Tell everyone you know to do steps 1 and 2 above

Election day is June 24. Early voting on June 14. Spread the word! Let's go!

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Kate Splaine @splainek.bsky.social · Jun 10

Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston could do the funniest thing right now. #Unleashed20 #Wales #BBC3

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