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Sooz Kempner

@soozuk.bsky.social

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"Comedian". DOOM in @bbcdoctorwho. Host @mysteryontherocks.bsky.social Acting: The Foundry Management VO: The Joneses For all enquiries and brand partnerships – [email protected] she/her www.soozkempner.co.uk/gigs

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 24d

www.soozkempner.co.uk/gigs

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 24d

www.soozkempner.co.uk/gigs

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

THANK you

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

Who do you think writes the articles about how Bluesky is an echo chamber? It ain't the far right.

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

The far right? Who do you think is clucking and wagging their fingers at me hahahaha

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

fckn rupert pupkin chump

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

A guy quoted this whinging at me and the top thing on his profile was a video of him doing standup but it's in a really bleak empty room in his house...he's just...talking in to a camera with no audience at all.

I don't think an audience would have made much difference.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

THANK you.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1h

"Bluesky is an echo chamber"

Is it m8? Coz I regularly get the most annoying clucking finger-waggers in my replies.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

Bill Burr applauding.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

i am the only comedian brave enough to say this

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

So Sonic's the fastest thing alive, literally faster than the speed of sound, but Robotnik can outrun him? Erm, ok then, Sega.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

My reach was reduced by 95% over there and it's not just because less people use the site, the drop in reach was extremely dramatic in October 2023 (COINCIDENCE?!)...vids that were regularly get 1m+ views got 35k-50k views.

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

I posted one of my stupid videos where I'm Nadine Dorries on there about a month ago and the first comment was someone with a skull emoji in their username and a supercar as their avatar saying "it's the ugliest woman i've ever seen" and I'm not sure I really need that?

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

(replies off coz booking dates isn't as simple as responding to "come to Wales!!!!!!" by booking a venue that the person who said "come to Wales!!!!!!" won't show up at anyway)

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

My show is called Sooz Kempner is Ugly but somehow this website has listed it was something that's the same but worse. Anyway, I'm performing it tomorrow night in south east London, this is possibly the last chance to see it.

TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-norwo...

West Norwood Comedy Festival presents Sooz Kempner: Ugly

Sooz brings her inventive and hilarious show fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe to the Choose SE27 Comedy Festival in West Norwood.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

noooo i don't want tom in my replies again

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2d

also - one last datapoint before I take HS for his morning walk. I posted the column on X, too. it has sunk without trace because it has a link in it. even ignoring the owner and the politics, that was a good reason to stop feeding the beast.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

oh right

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

Top Three Worst Ever Decisions:

1. Trump as US President
2. Brexit
3. Replacing Music and the Mirror with Let Me Dance For You in the Chorus Line movie

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

My friend is a barber and he says Starmer's hair looks like that coz he puts the product on his hair when it's wet.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

me more than four years ago

tweet from march 19th 2021

I have a sitcom pilot ready to go where the main character is a woman in her 30s who makes the worst possible decisions constantly. I originally wrote it for myself to play the lead but am willing to now make it a man in his late 50s.

pic of starmer

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2h

i know

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 3h

Just blocked a guy who rocked up in the replies to just do the exact thing I described above even though this post didn't give any specific critique of any of the mentioned. Literally showed up to argue with me in general. Fuck off, son.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 3h

I mean, they're both part of governments that are instrumental in the genocide that has been taking place so I don't know why we're being asked to pick who is doing the dunking here.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h

Oops. ~AA

Ambassador Mike Huckabee
@GovMikeHuckabee
I assure you she’s delusional. She can thank
@realDonaldTrump
anytime just to set the record straight.
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'We've played a key role behind the scenes in shaping this'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the UK government has been involved in diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.

https://trib.al/GMH8aBc #TrevorPhillips

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Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

@SEPeaceMissions
I would like to acknowledge the vital role of the United Kingdom in assisting and coordinating efforts that have led us to this historic day in Israel. In particular, I want to recognize the incredible input and tireless efforts of National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell.
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