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Ed Hammond @se13ed.bsky.social · 4h

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 13d

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PARENTS. Don't waste money on
-A -
expensive number-shaped cake
tins. Simply purchase a '1' and a
'O' and bake a cake every birthday
with your child's age in binary form.
John Coulthard, London

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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 2d

🎶Whoa, Black Betty🎶

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Stewart @stewmh.bsky.social · 16h

Visit the 124 former Debenhams

Lots of development hell just in these few East of England ones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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shit whistle @guntoucher.bsky.social · 1d

SaltReminder™: hey Dave! it looks like you're preparing a recipe, would you like to add some salt?

ME: that's a good idea, thanks SaltReminder™!

SaltReminder™: no problem!

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about it, the original Deus Ex may be the king of choice in a game with a story, because your choices are significant, linked to gameplay and unforced. From the very start, for instance, whether you use or avoid lethal force against the “terrorists” determines something about you.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever Godot's not on stage, all the other characters should be singing, "Where's Godot?"

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 6d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 6d

For the umpteenth time this is not an e-bike (where power assistance is only available up to 15.5 mph and only when pedalling) but an electric motorbike.

Nottinghamshire Police say they are receiving frequent reports of antisocial behaviour involving the use of electric bikes

Picture of electric motorbike

Boy, 15, to appear in court after e-bike crashes into car on busy road

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 6d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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Stewart @stewmh.bsky.social · 7d

Paul O'Grady, At My Mother's Knee ... And Other Low Joints

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Dude @defeasance.bsky.social · 7d

"Those are Bloody Large
Glasses, Michael."
"Exoctly."
BLOODY
LARGE GLASSES®

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Stewart @stewmh.bsky.social · 9d

With the disclaimer that I never got fluent, HelloChinese is better than Duolingo. Fully Mandarin specific, lots of native speaker sentences and written stories.

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Horse Yuri 🌴🥼☕ @softdogtaur.bsky.social · 9d

Hmm, I wonder who that's for?

A screenshot of the game Deus Ex. JC, the protagonist is saying "Human beings may not be perfect, but a computer program with language synthesis is hardly the answer to the world's problems."

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Mixmaster Morris @mixmastermorris.bsky.social · 10d

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10d

This is beta mindset, Gareth. Your spouse is your co-worker. Your parents are your boss. Your kids are employees. The only relationship you should get "emotionally attached to" is the one you have with that AI chatbot who loves you because of the new branch of physics you've invented together.

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 10d

You're supposed to be emotionally attached in a relationship. That's what a relationship is.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 10d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 10d

In memoriam...

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 11d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Bryan @bryanpedersen.bsky.social · 11d

“But I always drink plenty of… malk?”

Bart Simpson holding a carton of “malk” while pondering why his bones are so brittle.

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tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · Jul 17

KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor

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Stewart @stewmh.bsky.social · 12d

UK consumption has increased but by less than I would have thought, 15% since 1961.
ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat...

Meat consumption for UK, US, Europe and China. Big increase for China, gentle rises for UK, US, Europe.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12d

Sitcom idea: ventriloquist couple living together, relationship frosty, discussing divorce, but their dolls are deeply in love and do what they can to keep the couple together.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 13d

guy in 3000 bc: remember when tools were made of stone 🪨 now every thing is bronze 😡 we used to live in cave ⛰️ now we sleep in hut 😪 instead of hunting ox 🐮 we make them pull plow 🌾 who else wish we could go back 😩

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