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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · Feb 16

Breaking: Donald Trump signs an executive order banning Hershey bars for using pronouns.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3h

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 2h

can we just circle back to the part when the British establishment wholeheartedly embraced the Cass report and the rest of the world looked at it and collectively said "ew, what?"

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 1h

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories has released a book on the actions of Israel from October 2023. It is free to download with a suggestion to make a donation to UNRWA in return

www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press

A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine

www.plutobooks.com

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 1d

If you're unable to listen live to this 'speech' from Trump, and what has preceded it, you can pretty much get the same effect of listening to it by putting on Cilla Black's Greatest Hits when you get home.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 1d

Margaret Thatcher was born on this day in 1925. It's easy to forget she's been dead for twelve years when the current political landscape is infested with drooling Thatcherite ghouls, scavenging for yet more sacrifices to lay at the decomposing altar of the free market.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 1d

Just for the benefit of any news agencies who are confused, when a country holds people in jails for years without due process - some of whom are actual children - they're also hostages.

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 2d

it remains fucking bullshit that neither of these guns are fired by the final act of the cherry orchard

cropped photo of a passage from chekhov's the cherry orchard:

the clearest of days. The sun is about to set. SHARLOTTA, ASHA, and DUNYASHA are sitting on the bench. YEPIKHODOV stands nearby playing the guitar.
They are all lost in thought. [highlighted sentence:] SHARLOTTA, who is wearing an old peaked cap, bas taken a shotgun off her shoulder and is adjusting the buckle on the strap.

cropped photo of a passage from chekhov's the cherry orchard:

YEPIKHODOV. I am a man of culture—I read the most sundry books—but I still can't quite decide what direction to take, what I really want to do-live on or shoot myself, so to speak. But to be on the safe side, [highlighted:] I always carry a revolver with me. See?... (He takes out a revolver.)

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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 2d

This is Graham Linehan, who UKLabour, WesStreeting and every columnist in the country rushed to defend when he was arrested by police, after inciting online violence and smashed a trans girl’s phone. They are even changing the law specifically to protect him. “Just a joke” @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 1d

Both bangers.

Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 2d

Ever have one of those days where you're just minding your own business, when *BOOM* - the theme tune to Huxley Pig earworm?

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit, no way, this is a guy who knows exactly who Nathan Gill is!

Farage tweet

The National Trust has put vegan tampons in men's toilets. God help us.

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 2d

He should do what Dr Oz does, and have a giant cotton bud in his ear at all times.

Dr Oz standing in front of a flag with a white shape on it that makes it look like a giant cotton bud is sticking out of his ear.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 2d

Haha. Probably.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 3d

getting a lot of haters talking shit about my set at the epstein island comedy festival, as if those young women don’t deserve to see me do stand up

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 2d

That awkward moment when the President's talking, but you can't locate your brain worm.

Donald Trump talking. Behind him, RFK Jr has his finger shoved into his own ear

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 6d

It's 2025. This is a massive failure of the system. Nobody should be dying - or living - on the street.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

She gets cooler by the minute.

Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

Haha. No. It's cheaper up here.

Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

I have a fiver for a similar reason.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

She just went up in my estimation by a considerable distance.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 7d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

The courage you're showing by being so open could well be the thing that sets someone else on the path to recovery. I'm so glad you have support on your own path. Proud of you. xx

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Jeffw @jeffw.bsky.social · 9d

Me: I've a particular set of skills, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
[spills soup down my front]
Dry cleaner: I see

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 7d

When we see white smoke coming from Macron's ears, we'll know there's a new French PM.

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