Exploded Bunbury
@explodedbunbury.bsky.social
Library scientist. Hobbies: Wikidata and portraits.
Like Brexit, the British public are just wrong.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Like Brexit, the British public are just wrong.
Today I was reminded I started the #Wikipedia articles on the words "woke" and "bae". Any other cutting edge slang that needs writing about?
a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today I was reminded I started the #Wikipedia articles on the words "woke" and "bae". Any other cutting edge slang that needs writing about?
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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before it's too late mute the following words
rfk
nuzzi
olivia
ryan
lizza
felching
poem
canyon
rfk
nuzzi
olivia
ryan
lizza
felching
poem
canyon
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
before it's too late mute the following words
rfk
nuzzi
olivia
ryan
lizza
felching
poem
canyon
rfk
nuzzi
olivia
ryan
lizza
felching
poem
canyon
Definitely don’t miss the Post.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Definitely don’t miss the Post.
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
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The two reactions to reading the Olivia Nuzzi/Ryan Lizza soap opera:
two sesame street characters reading a book with a 4gifs.com logo in the corner
ALT: two sesame street characters reading a book with a 4gifs.com logo in the corner
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The two reactions to reading the Olivia Nuzzi/Ryan Lizza soap opera:
Hey @wikimedianyc.bsky.social please get us a photo of Rama Duwaji for Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Du...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Du...
Rama Duwaji - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hey @wikimedianyc.bsky.social please get us a photo of Rama Duwaji for Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Du...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Du...
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Conservatives 2016-2024: dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
Conservatives in 2025: mean words are literally violence bsky.app/profile/robe...
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If you can’t see a straight line running from Bush and Cheney arguing with straight faces that the Vice President is not part of the Executive Branch to Trumpism I can’t help you.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If you can’t see a straight line running from Bush and Cheney arguing with straight faces that the Vice President is not part of the Executive Branch to Trumpism I can’t help you.
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I want to see Mamdani win in NYC tomorrow for a lot of reasons, but one of them is absolutely to watch Bill Ackman crash out
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I want to see Mamdani win in NYC tomorrow for a lot of reasons, but one of them is absolutely to watch Bill Ackman crash out
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Side note: Threats of military action notwithstanding, worth noting that any Christians fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria could not, at present, enter the U.S. as refugees, as the U.S. refugee program has been almost entirely frozen by Trump for months — save for Afrikaners from South Africa.
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians reut.rs/4qBrVXy
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Side note: Threats of military action notwithstanding, worth noting that any Christians fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria could not, at present, enter the U.S. as refugees, as the U.S. refugee program has been almost entirely frozen by Trump for months — save for Afrikaners from South Africa.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
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Roomba should have been a warning.
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
futurism.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Roomba should have been a warning.
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During Covid I went wild and read a ton of 1930s sci-fi fanzines, and science fiction fandom has always had a) women and b) men insisting there aren't any women
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
During Covid I went wild and read a ton of 1930s sci-fi fanzines, and science fiction fandom has always had a) women and b) men insisting there aren't any women
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i mean i don't think you can separate any of this discussion from the fact that so many of the participants are men who clearly have hang-ups about their inability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
i mean i don't think you can separate any of this discussion from the fact that so many of the participants are men who clearly have hang-ups about their inability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity
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If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.