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Stu West @stuwest.com · 4h

This is like when one of my aunts bought me the Stinkor toy that looked like a skunk and had the special ability to be a bit smelly for roughly two weeks after taking it out of the packaging

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 4h

Disappointing lack of a flaming arse

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 9h

Mattel really letting the kids of the 80s down by not selling rocket-powered mammoth egg toys

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ceej @ceej.online · 21h

any culture, at any point in history, could have invented darude’s sandstorm. the fact that they didn’t is just further proof that old times were busted generally

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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 7d

Bari Weiss should be an inspirational figure to journalism students. You, too, can rise to the top , simply by working hard, publishing a newsletter barely anyone shares sincerely, and having a foreign army at your disposal to get rid of anyone who makes fun of you on twitter.

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 9d

Reese Witherspoon if Captain George had helped her avoid traffic jams on the way to school

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POWERFUL CRAB FART🦀 @powerful.crabf.art · 9d

The year is 2025. There are three social networks remaining. They are run by Dweeb Lowtax, Tweaker Lowtax, and Girlboss Lowtax. You have to pick at least one.

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 10d

My stomach turned. None of Greta’s jailers should be able to travel internationally ever again without fearing arrest

Screenshot from Guardian news story "Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags."

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 12d

He plays Watson, I should have said

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 12d

Murder by Decree is not a great film but it does have James Mason clubbing someone with a cane and shouting "get down, you pimp"

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 14d

I don't know if you've read Jane Hamsher's book Killer Instinct but it gives a bit of insight into Don Murphy and his habit of sending hoax faxes, which led to Moore falling out with Hollywood after LXG. Worth reading if you haven't

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 14d

I think Moore said they should have cast Coltrane in the lead, and truly it's almost impossible for the movie to have less of a cultural footprint so Victorian-era Cracker might have been the way to go

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 14d

It’s a juvenile success!

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 15d

Was just in a Five Guys and they played Rebel Rebel by David Bowie… don’t know if you guys have heard of this one, pretty good track

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

"I never thought they would send ME back where I came from" sobs man who came to support the Send Them Back Where They Came From protest

Screenshot of a twitter exchange about a scotsman attending an anti-immigrant protest in Newcastle.

USER 1: What a waste of time Newcastle was, got abused for being far right and got abused for being Scottish and coming to England, next time will stay with my own people if we are not welcome...

USER 2: Wtf no way? By the guys u were supporting?

USER 1: Aye mate honestly the cunt standing with us said we English need Scotland gone it's costing us too much, don't worry he soon found out the hard way what I thought of that:-) @doryemm I think took a video

USER 2: What a joke mate, absolutley disgusting. Travel all that way just to get grief. Idiots. Look at the welcome 2 scotsmen received when u rocked up there to support them...

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

I’ve seen The Offence, unfortunately it made me realise that I enjoy Sean Connery a lot as a performer but I don’t actually want to see him Act

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

I think so! if you’ve ever heard anyone say "I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore" that’s a quote from Network. Also, Faye Dunaway is in it and is incredibly hot

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

I was thinking about The Hill the other day, which is weird because I’ve never actually seen it. I’m going to stick it on at some point next month

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

Very strange and enjoyable film, I want to see it again while it's still in cinemas

Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

I always liked the bit in Network where they're making a reality tv show about the Ecumenical Liberation Army, so I'm glad someone decided to make a thriller with a lot of stoner comedy about them instead and call it One Battle After Another

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 16d

Veselka, yessss

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 17d

Good evening Riyadh! What’s the deal with women drivers?

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 18d

I have egg cream envy

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 19d

Well done to all the workers who protested this. This is huge.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 19d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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