Beau
@drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social
Lapsed historian, having the best mid-life crisis. Personal account: all the stupid opinions expressed are entirely my own, and nobody else's. he/him
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It’s time for the Black Friday Cat.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s time for the Black Friday Cat.
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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I can't believe how commercialised Black Friday got.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I can't believe how commercialised Black Friday got.
Blessings to you all on this Black Friday.
May your deliveries be swift, and all of your fancy electric goods heavily discounted.
May your deliveries be swift, and all of your fancy electric goods heavily discounted.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Blessings to you all on this Black Friday.
May your deliveries be swift, and all of your fancy electric goods heavily discounted.
May your deliveries be swift, and all of your fancy electric goods heavily discounted.
Escarcome, escargot.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Escarcome, escargot.
Yup, I reckon that ought to do it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yup, I reckon that ought to do it.
The average disposable income per person is expected to rise annually by nearly £104; or as it’s known in London, “a pint”.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The average disposable income per person is expected to rise annually by nearly £104; or as it’s known in London, “a pint”.
Fair shout to the bloke at the Bullring Lego Store, who wouldn’t show me the Lego USS Enterprise because a) it’s not on sale until tomorrow, b) it would potentially spoil the magic, and c) doing so would quite possibly wind up in a messy, costly divorce.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fair shout to the bloke at the Bullring Lego Store, who wouldn’t show me the Lego USS Enterprise because a) it’s not on sale until tomorrow, b) it would potentially spoil the magic, and c) doing so would quite possibly wind up in a messy, costly divorce.
The warnings of the people who want you to spend £85 for a replica football shirt made in a sweatshop, rather than £15 for an identical replica replica shirt that for all they know might possibly have been made in the same sweatshop, read like something out of Brasseye.
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Counterfeit football kits: What's the real cost?
Fake football kits can be as much as £70 cheaper than the real deal, but experts have raised concerns they could be harmful.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The warnings of the people who want you to spend £85 for a replica football shirt made in a sweatshop, rather than £15 for an identical replica replica shirt that for all they know might possibly have been made in the same sweatshop, read like something out of Brasseye.
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
You lose some, you win some.
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
You lose some, you win some.
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
I think it’s time for the most objectively hilarious comeback in professional football management. #TaxiForSlot
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I think it’s time for the most objectively hilarious comeback in professional football management. #TaxiForSlot
That’s got to be the most patriotic carrier facility I’ve ever seen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That’s got to be the most patriotic carrier facility I’ve ever seen.
He’s basically Stanley Johnson.
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
He’s basically Stanley Johnson.
Joke’s on you, Rachel Reeves: I’ve already spaffed every penny I own on Black Friday stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Joke’s on you, Rachel Reeves: I’ve already spaffed every penny I own on Black Friday stuff.
Football though, isn’t it?
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Football though, isn’t it?
“Because god knows, we need costly distractions in the media more than ever…”
Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Because god knows, we need costly distractions in the media more than ever…”
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United: a team so bad that Everton got bored of beating them, so started beating one another instead.
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United: a team so bad that Everton got bored of beating them, so started beating one another instead.
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Best football stat of the season:
Only three players touched the ball fewer times in the first half than Joshua Zirkzee (16) and one of them played nine minutes and another was sent off for hitting their team-mate.
Only three players touched the ball fewer times in the first half than Joshua Zirkzee (16) and one of them played nine minutes and another was sent off for hitting their team-mate.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Best football stat of the season:
Only three players touched the ball fewer times in the first half than Joshua Zirkzee (16) and one of them played nine minutes and another was sent off for hitting their team-mate.
Only three players touched the ball fewer times in the first half than Joshua Zirkzee (16) and one of them played nine minutes and another was sent off for hitting their team-mate.
However bad your day is looking, at least you haven’t woken up today to be reminded by the internet of that time eight years ago when you completely imagined a terrorist attack in Selfridges.
Happy Monday, Olly Murs.
Happy Monday, Olly Murs.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
However bad your day is looking, at least you haven’t woken up today to be reminded by the internet of that time eight years ago when you completely imagined a terrorist attack in Selfridges.
Happy Monday, Olly Murs.
Happy Monday, Olly Murs.
Too. Many. Books?
That’s not a term I’m familiar with.
That’s not a term I’m familiar with.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Too. Many. Books?
That’s not a term I’m familiar with.
That’s not a term I’m familiar with.
Saw the second Wicked movie earlier, and the standout performance is unquestionably that of Ariana Grande’s eyelashes, which in the sequel seem to occupy about 40% of every scene that she’s in.
a woman in a pink dress is hugging another woman in a green dress
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is hugging another woman in a green dress
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Saw the second Wicked movie earlier, and the standout performance is unquestionably that of Ariana Grande’s eyelashes, which in the sequel seem to occupy about 40% of every scene that she’s in.
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Merry Extra Large Pork Pie
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Merry Extra Large Pork Pie