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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 2d

It's touch and go between Newman and early 80s Harrison Ford in his Raiders/Empire pomp

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 2d

The prospect of ad-free episodes is precisely what puts me off joining the Rest is History club. Listening to Dominic and Tom chewing their way through the touchy-feely language and tenuous links in the Better Health ads and more is one of the true joys of the podcast.

Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 3d

Wilf seeming to be genuinely happy to *not* win the money right at the end - and not be rewarded for his guilt-drenched treachery - was what made that S1 ending so utterly perfect. Whereas the end of S2 with Harry lying and winning was basically the end of Empire Strikes Back. Amazing but awful.

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blunderball @blunderball.bsky.social · 3d

Mark Bonnar has forgot it's a game, and thinks he's genuinely hunting murderers.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4d

Still find it wild how they shut down USAID with no Congressional approval

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

The old Saudi brand was “austere theocracy,” but the new one is “fun, fun, fun, but still with beheading.” - brilliant piece with so many laugh out loud moments:

Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 3d

"Sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did I get here—sitting in Saudi Arabia, listening to Louis C.K. do jokes about Barely Legal magazine?"

I went to Riyadh to see the transformation of a country with the world's biggest cultural chequebook. Gift link:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

How Many Comedians Does It Take to Change a Country?

What it’s like to watch Louis C.K. do stand-up in Saudi Arabia

www.theatlantic.com

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 3d

Your poor dog. This is precisely why I keep our entirely delightful, utterly unpredictable, former rescue hound in a harness and on the lead at all times. 80% of the time, he behaves 100% of the time.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 4d

I think I’m slightly in love.

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 4d

Someone needs to call Timmy Chalamet's agent and order a spec script pronto.

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 4d

The absolute state of the daily sucking up that The Times does on behalf of its Murdoch owners is astonishing. Here it is citing completely groundless 'unrest' in American cities.

Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 4d

The call-handling on the Octopus Energy hotline just put me on hold with the words "here's a song I hope you like", like he's Gilles Peterson working a day job to pay the bills.

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 6d

This is a brilliant, fascinating read

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6d

Because it’s back on the telly, here’s the piece I wrote about how The Traitors is edited, and what it tells us about storytelling.

open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...

'The Traitors', Agatha Christie, and The Kierkegaard Edit

How we consume story, versus how it's made.

open.substack.com

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 6d

Tennyson really was quite hot, wasn't he?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7d

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 8d

The cruelty is the point

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 8d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 8d

Family resemblance is strong

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 8d

"Go and bend your fish, you petty goldfish-catcher!"

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 8d

This is so much better than my giraffe-adjacent encounter last weekend at an old country house with a STUFFED giraffe in it from the 19th century. Hurrah for living animals!

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 9d

We're ruining (or improving) Bond posters on @b3ta.com this week

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 9d

Someone once wrote a partly-serious long read on how Ross being turned into the pity figure in Friends - partly because he was clever - was the beginning of the end of America. I think about it every time my son rewatches the show.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 10d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Paul Trueman @paulwtrueman.bsky.social · 10d

I like how the second para hints that the 'urban daubing' is a direct result of the PC-gone-mad appointment of a woman to the top job.

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