Wee Potatoes
@weepotatoes.bsky.social
🇮🇪 Twitter exile, runner, maker of bad puns and haver of Opinions, which are my own.
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Far too many talented artists here. Time to redress the balance. This is called A Woman Surprised By A Wasp.
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Far too many talented artists here. Time to redress the balance. This is called A Woman Surprised By A Wasp.
We went to see the stage production of Totoro today and we all cried. More than ever, we just needed to see people doing something lovely. Soul cleansing.
January 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
We went to see the stage production of Totoro today and we all cried. More than ever, we just needed to see people doing something lovely. Soul cleansing.
Jesus fucking Christ, lads.
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Jesus fucking Christ, lads.
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I had no idea that just kidnapping the head of state of another country if they're a criminal and whisking them over to stand trial for their crimes was an option, but since it clearly is, we should crack on because there's LOADS.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I had no idea that just kidnapping the head of state of another country if they're a criminal and whisking them over to stand trial for their crimes was an option, but since it clearly is, we should crack on because there's LOADS.
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Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Half Ma’am Half Brisket
Chris Rea, there, going onto the list of people who I didn't realise were utterly lovely until I read their obituaries.
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Chris Rea, there, going onto the list of people who I didn't realise were utterly lovely until I read their obituaries.
This just triggered a memory of a colleague walking into my office to ask the burning question; Emily, I keep hearing people talking about it but what IS a Gaddafi?
It's not a retail story, but the dumbest question I was asked at work - indeed, possibly ever... - was when a former line manager, mid-passionate discussion with colleagues, said, 'George is smart, let's ask George. Is it the Earth that goes round the sun, or the sun that goes round the Earth?'
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This just triggered a memory of a colleague walking into my office to ask the burning question; Emily, I keep hearing people talking about it but what IS a Gaddafi?
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It does rather seem that people with politically or socially left wing views (Lineker, Ince) are not allowed to express them publicly, whereas those with right wing views (Neil, Davies) are. So at the very least, the BBC is inconsistent, which is problematic.
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It does rather seem that people with politically or socially left wing views (Lineker, Ince) are not allowed to express them publicly, whereas those with right wing views (Neil, Davies) are. So at the very least, the BBC is inconsistent, which is problematic.
No Robin = no Monkey Cage.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No Robin = no Monkey Cage.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
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"We're going to have a traditional English Christmas this year, even though we live in Venezuela."
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"We're going to have a traditional English Christmas this year, even though we live in Venezuela."
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
But Harry, the train didn't choose to have a poppy painted on it, so you could just paint poppies onto Muslims.
See how you get on, like.
See how you get on, like.
It's Remembrance Sunday so it's time to share the greatest ever post about the fallen.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
But Harry, the train didn't choose to have a poppy painted on it, so you could just paint poppies onto Muslims.
See how you get on, like.
See how you get on, like.
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How dare they, says Darren Jones, letting the voters down is our job.
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
How dare they, says Darren Jones, letting the voters down is our job.
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