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Tom Hunter

@onelifestand87.bsky.social

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Ruth’s husband, Andrew, Harriet & Owen’s dad, Unison member & Newcastle fan

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · Sep 19

“So you’re my replacements - a dandy and a clown”

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Borys Kormych @kormych.bsky.social · 1h

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Good on TechCrunch for still pubbing these details, but if how bad are you as a spokesperson if you don't even understand the basics.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 15h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1h

'Well actually antisemitism fell last year'

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4h

Two weeks after Heaton Park and we're already in "yeah but antisemitism is actually declining" territory.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4h

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 3h

Personalities are just card building so you need to find out what’s a more powerful type against her picks instead of having your own. Safety first!

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 3h

Fully convinced by the gamification theory now. Other peoples’ interests aren’t cheat codes!

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3h

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 4h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 5h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 20h

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

Hot damn they aren't pulling punches.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 20h

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 16h

Genuinely what the fuck is the reason why leftists are so eager to write off the contributions of ethnic and national minorities to allied victory in WWII because they do this with the Americans and the Soviets

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 17h

kidnapping

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18h

Actually circulating videos of Candace Owens that make her seem reasonable because she’s correct on *one* issue is not good work

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 18h

reading about the motorist rights party that just won a load of seats in Czechia

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19h

The haribo centre

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19h

Is he eating the tampons

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, this is really desperate shit, isn’t it? I am a great deal more woke-sceptic than pretty much all of Bluesky but I honestly can’t be bothered to care about the National Trust putting vegan tampons in the men’s toilets and neither should you

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19h

I remember being shocked when I watched Henry V that he was actually really fucking good & not shouting

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Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 19h

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine fucking up your life so badly that the best thing anyone can say about you is you were in Lostprophets

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ʟɪɴᴇs @lines.snail.skin · 19h

I can't believe cola bottles guy was milkshake ducked.

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 21h

english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

turns out he's a nasty racist btw.

‘Go Back to Where You Came From’: A flawed reality show that shines a light on racism and immigration

Channel 4 takes six Britons with intense and controversial viewpoints to places like Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, and Kenya to experience first-hand the tragedy of displaced people

english.elpais.com

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 21h

People have been pointing out that he grew up with a nazi peadophile dad that was terrified of black people but you have to get why he would see that as normal. He’s literally the same guy

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