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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 2d

[best read with a French accent]

“I am so very sorry sir, without a reservation, there is simply nothing I can do for you.”

2 photos of a fluffy black-and-white cat with a pencil-thin mustache. They appear to he looking up and speaking in the first, scowling in the second.

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 2h

Vodafone and Three have merged now. Hurrah! Yes, Three mobile is up, Vodafone broadband buggered

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Notjarvis @notjarvis.bsky.social · 2h

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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 3h

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show that operator Vodafone UK is experiencing a national outage with broadband and mobile data impacted, corroborating widespread user complaints 📉 #VodafoneDown

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by provider from October 5, 2025, to October 13 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing operator Vodafone Limited (AS5378) connectivity remains stable at around 100% throughout most of the time period, with a sharp drop on October 13. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period. Vodafone Limited (0% / 0%)

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Notjarvis @notjarvis.bsky.social · 2h

Wow.
Looks like multiple UK ISPs networks have gone down in the last 20 minutes.
My home internet and a few of my co-workers spread across the midlands are experiencing issues with Vodafone/BT home internet.

But it seems to be all over UK

downdetector.co.uk

Map of UK with multiple major cities reporting connectivity loss ( in this case Vodafone)

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 2h

There seems to be a national outage at Vodafone. Broadband, mobile data, the lot.

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

“It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" is ABSOLUTELY the defining quote about how AI gets rolled out in every use

www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 3h

TIL that Margaret Thatcher and Lenny Bruce were born on the same day.

There's probably a gag in this but fuck it I'm dry.

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 4h

Somewhat thrown to start reading this 1929 murder mystery the other day, only for one of the main characters to be called Tommy Vance

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 4h

You will absolutely never guess what the context is for this rather ominous passage

www.thenational.scot/news/2553640...

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☠TheDeadDon'tDie☠ 🐢🎨🧜‍♀️🎪🎠 @railroadofsin.bsky.social · 4h

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On Her Majesty's Rail Replacement Bus Service 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 4h

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A Silver Bentley. Being un-cooperative evasive & abusive to the police. Leaving the UK to drive to Benidorm with over £14k in cash , driving a car registered to someone else.

Arrested under section 7 of the Terrorism act & charged in court earlier today.

Dodgy AF

Tommy Robinson ‘stopped at border driving Bentley with thousands in cash’

Tommy Robinson was stopped by police officers at the border in a silver Bentley with thousands of pounds in cash, a court has heard.

uk.yahoo.com

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David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 4h

News Breaking • @SkyNewsBreak
Footballer Paul Gascoigne has arrived at scene saying he is a friend of Raoul
Moat.
22:07 • 09/07/2010 • Twitter

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 7h

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 7h

Homer correcting Bart that the "worst day of his life" is only the worst day of his life so far. The poster for Morbius has been pasted over Bart's face, and the dialogue now reads "I'm the biggest box office bomb of Jared Leto's career" / "The biggest box office bomb of Jared Leto's career so far."

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 5h

When it *started* seventeen years ago the four leads were between 21 and 24. When it finished Joe Thomas was 27. What'll they be doing in the reboot, shouting "ZIMMER WANKERS" out of a Motability car?

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 10h

Inbetweeners set for a comeback

New deal signed over comedy's rights

dlvr.it

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Paul Eggleston @pauleggleston.bsky.social · Oct 2

I've called my baby goat 'Humphrey Bogart', because it has a lopsided head.

Ears looking askew, kid.

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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · Nov 1

Misheard lyrics (true story)

Four panel comic of Nicolas Cage dressed as Castor Troy in priest costume from the film Face/Off. The text reads “And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, and get Him to SWAP OUR FACES.”

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 5h

I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that among people who buy the Times, those who were privately educated and/or educate their own children privately and/or aspire to form a significant proportion

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 6h

It's as if The Times only discussed motoring from the POV of Bentley drivers. Private schools are essentially an irrelevance but it dominates their coverage of education.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 6h

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 6h

Banger, though

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 6h

"This video sees me being wrapped up in red tape, like British businesses under EU regulations", explains Stevens. "Back off Brussels!" youtu.be/L173wbF4g4c?...

Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex

YouTube video by RachelStevensVEVO

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6h

Last night we watched Slade In Flame, and a very enjoyable film is improved hugely by pretending Tom Conti as the band’s unscrupulous manager is actually Scarface.

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 6h

I've said on here before that someone I know gave their 18 year old A level history student son a copy of one of Otto or Felton's (or someone similar they're all interchangeable) books and he opened it *at random* and started pointing out the factual errors