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Sean Bell
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Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.
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i thought it was funny when the trailer for the suspense film about a dog GOOD BOY dropped and the universal response to the film was "Does the dog die in the movie?" and the distributor had to spoil the ending and admit "No"
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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josie.zone
Mildly hot take:

The DEAD MAN (1995) soundtrack might be Neil Young's best album
Neil Young – Dead Man Original Soundtrack (1996, Full Album)
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November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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ezrez.bsky.social
Snoopy types at his typewriter in four panels: Gentlemen, Regarding the recent rejection slip you sent me. I think there might have been a misunderstanding. What I really wanted was for you to publish my story, and send me fifty thousand dollars. Didn't you realize that?
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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hannahgais.bsky.social
BREAKING: The majority of executives and upper management are totally talentless hacks.
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.

I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
seancmbell.bsky.social
Scene from the Hunt for Red October: "I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me."
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
Screenshot: a search of The New Yorker’s posts for the word “Riyadh”
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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daisyowl.com
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
seancmbell.bsky.social
Embittered reactionaries raging against the woke youth is old hat at this point, but only in Scotland could poetry critics, non-binary artists and creative writing graduates be attributed with more sinister power than the Illuminati and reptilian shapeshifters combined.
From Susan Dalgety's latest Scotsman column: "Excuse me while I stray out of my comfort zone of newspapers, social media and crime novels and into a world I know very little about – Scotland’s contemporary arts, literary and cultural scene. A world, it seems, largely populated by ‘cishet’ male poetry critics, non-binary performance artists and creative-writing graduates. Look beyond the Usher Hall and the Citizens Theatre, and you will find a publicly funded subculture dominated by a tribe of malcontents, millennials and entitled Gen Z-ers whose nose rings are as important to their standing in this milieu as their creative output." Homer Simpson: "Oh my god! Lyndon LaRouche was right!"
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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darach.bsky.social
Walking through Stansted with a few kilos of Rooney in a suitcase which I drop in front of Greggs while my contact drops an identical suitcase full of banknotes. We do the switch without making eye contact.
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
The Pope holding the gift of a baseball bat in the aisle of a commercial flight
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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November 6, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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popeguilty.bsky.social
Looking through old cat pics and
A dinner plate with Brussels sprouts and quiche sits on a coffee table. A black cat with yellow eyes and white toes stands with his front paws on the table, staring at the food covetously.
May 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
seancmbell.bsky.social
Many are doing this.
redwallfeasts.bsky.social Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 1d
He cut a large wedge of yellow celery-studded cheese, arranging it on a platter with some salad, pickled onions, and a farl of warm nut bread.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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roryblank.bsky.social
i don't think pardoning a turkey goes far enough i think they should give the turkey a gun and complete immunity for the next 48 hours
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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fiadh.bsky.social
“i’m gonna go to bed early today” me at 3am: how did the uruk-hai know what a menu was
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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ACAB includes Elf on a Shelf and his hideous capitalist spawn.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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jeradwalker.bsky.social
i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Keir Starmer is trying to destroy the lives of migrants. You are politically obligated to stand up for us, don’t think that you’re exempt based on vibes.
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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bakoon.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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nikigrayson.com
no it isn’t!!! fuck you!!!
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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raxkingisdead.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM