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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 16h

You had a relative/family member that died? **** you, it's funny!

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · 1d

Now in my web store, the latest collection of my diary strips!

Direct links:

UK edition - hotelfred.bigcartel.com/product/diar...

US (Lulu) edition - www.lulu.com/shop/roger-l...

All Good Things now available to purchase | Roger Langridge

www.patreon.com

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible

Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 2d

Dan, something is peeping out from under the soup…

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 2d

She should go to the bank like everybody else

Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko.bsky.social · 3d

Man United babe wants loan www.patreon.com/posts/140996...

Man United babe wants loan | ReluctantNicko

Get more from ReluctantNicko on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 3d

Family’s watching Strictly - one of those dancers reminds me of…

a soccer player is making a funny face while wearing a green jersey

ALT: a soccer player is making a funny face while wearing a green jersey

media.tenor.com

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 4d

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

a cartoon character is giving the middle finger while standing in a box .

ALT: a cartoon character is giving the middle finger while standing in a box .

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

😍

Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

a cartoon of bart simpson holding a green monster with the words every moment i live is agony

ALT: a cartoon of bart simpson holding a green monster with the words every moment i live is agony

media.tenor.com

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

Ha!

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no, I did

a man with dreadlocks is making a funny face while looking at a green ball .

ALT: a man with dreadlocks is making a funny face while looking at a green ball .

media.tenor.com

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

Ok I won’t

a door is open to a kitchen with a few appliances

ALT: a door is open to a kitchen with a few appliances

media.tenor.com

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 4d

Well now I want to

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 4d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7d

I'm not saying it makes a huge amount of sense, but I am saying a market melt-up is a distinct possibility. The bad stuff just isn't sticking - on.ft.com/48PHt3p

Brace for a market melt-up

[FREE TO READ] Some say this is a ‘good’ bubble, but investors should remember that all bubbles burst in the end

on.ft.com

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Nov 6

if you're concerned about information security, you should know Signal isn't actually secure. instead, try Mastodon, which is a website where you can be guaranteed no one will ever see what you post

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 7d

CRYING 😭

thomas skinner on strictly with a union jack flag and ladder

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 8d

Why not have both?

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 8d

I can imagine the Tippex all over it

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 8d

It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.

A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 8d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Tom ⚡️ @sparkeface.bsky.social · 9d

#LUFC

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