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“I would call Alan the single most astonishing, sort of, mind” - Joe Posnanski. My book "Magic Hat: Madejski, McGhee and Reading FC" is out in April 2026 https://tinyurl.com/MadMcGhee Big Green Bookshop https://tinyurl.com/uptheding Amazon

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Evolution is a good time

12.03.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am sort of shocked that both the outlet and the journalist seem to have thought that nothing bad would happen because, I guess, only a certain class of person has their gambling get out of hand?

12.03.2026 19:30 👍 552 🔁 85 💬 16 📌 3
Selfie of handsome light-skinned black guy  with even more smug, self-satisfied grin. Just a fucking insufferable face. Also a white havanese on a pink leash

Selfie of handsome light-skinned black guy with even more smug, self-satisfied grin. Just a fucking insufferable face. Also a white havanese on a pink leash

Ran into wife of neighbor who hates me because he thinks I'm sweet on his wife.

Us: *chatter, not flirting*

Her: What's that?

Me: [turns around] Oh, shit. Bigger than a bobcat

Her: Is it a mountain lion?

Me: Not sure. Jesus.

Her: You think you can walk me and [my dog] back to my house?

Me:

12.03.2026 14:25 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 2
A cat on a sea (well estuary) wall. Hes not impressed with the breeze. A sign on the wall says danger keep off

A cat on a sea (well estuary) wall. Hes not impressed with the breeze. A sign on the wall says danger keep off

Untameable #cat #tabby

12.03.2026 08:35 👍 38 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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A compromise we can all get behind surely

11.03.2026 21:41 👍 1032 🔁 147 💬 28 📌 9
An old fiver with Elizabeth Fry on it. To be honest, I don’t even know if Churchill directly replaced her or if there was someone else in between, and nor do I give a shit

An old fiver with Elizabeth Fry on it. To be honest, I don’t even know if Churchill directly replaced her or if there was someone else in between, and nor do I give a shit

I was OUTRAGED when Churchill replaced my great-great-great-great-grandmother on the fiver. I DEMAND the return of Quaker social reformer Elizabeth Fry! Or maybe they just change occasionally. I know it’s one of the two, but it’s so difficult to be certain

11.03.2026 18:47 👍 160 🔁 21 💬 8 📌 0

They should put a monkey on the £50 note and a pony on the £10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.

11.03.2026 19:01 👍 1603 🔁 315 💬 2 📌 8

I'll tell you, if a woman who cared about sports had written this, it would have been taken as evidence that she didn't understand sports.

11.03.2026 16:47 👍 504 🔁 77 💬 16 📌 4
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The Mariners have started their Olympics. Currently there’s a group playing “closest to the pin” taking golf swings at a ball bucket in center field. Mike Cameron is on the mic doing commentary in a sedate golf announcer voice. There are oohs and ahs for good shots and many polite golf claps.

11.03.2026 16:05 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

You must have a very A's face

11.03.2026 15:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can't believe we've found the one batshit culture war nonsense that is actively funny, I hope this fucking nonsense rumbles on for DAYS

11.03.2026 13:50 👍 116 🔁 28 💬 10 📌 0
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I still think about this a lot.

11.03.2026 08:48 👍 3579 🔁 677 💬 89 📌 71

Skosts would be even worse. Like some kind of viking disease. Skaarsgard the Blue has skösts again...

11.03.2026 08:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Funny is back.

BE FUNNY OR DIE will rise again.

E-book and audiobook available now…

New paperback edition next year.

11.03.2026 08:42 👍 152 🔁 43 💬 6 📌 11

Telling my cat “You’re so smart and so strong and brave” even though I know it’s not true because you gotta just gas ‘em up sometimes.

11.03.2026 00:03 👍 2174 🔁 134 💬 88 📌 6

If you put waterfalls in your game and there are no caves behind any of them, your game is instantly worse than it could have been

I don't make the rules

10.03.2026 15:26 👍 1762 🔁 182 💬 43 📌 14
They’re all here! Shonoway, Yamasoso, decoy — decoy is real

They’re all here! Shonoway, Yamasoso, decoy — decoy is real

Team Japan has a whole group of impersonators and they’re number one seed in the Uncanny Valley WBC

10.03.2026 21:24 👍 63 🔁 4 💬 7 📌 4

Whichever daft TERF thought they were going to blackmail the kind of older woman who runs WI branches had no idea what they were getting into.

10.03.2026 21:54 👍 60 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0

I'm not even mad. I am just confused

10.03.2026 18:36 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0

And, also? It’s a *terrible* look in 2026 America for a white player to refuse to shake the hand of a person of color. I ain’t interested in arguing the point with dorks who want to explain it away. It just is. What are we even doing?

10.03.2026 13:14 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

All my Friends are Superheroes by Andy Kaufman is really fun, very sweet and quite short

The Red Dwarf books are very old, but very funny

10.03.2026 16:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well played 👿

10.03.2026 16:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is it @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social that makes A's hats look so good or are A's hats just the best hats?

10.03.2026 14:59 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Drew a few lines, and somehow four little cats appeared.

Watching them play and run around, can you believe they’re made from just a few simple strokes?

A little unruly, but already kind of adorable, right?😆
#shouxinsketch #sketch #cat

21.01.2026 14:07 👍 394 🔁 110 💬 3 📌 2
Tweet from Masterflip_: "Randy Arozarena just went off on Cal Raleigh;

(Translated and written by Master Flip)

How do you think I should respond to Cal Raleigh? How should I put it to him?
I want to say it in four languages.

First in Spanish: The only thing he should be thankful for is having such great parents. He’s very well educated, thank God. I was lucky enough to see them a few days ago at the hotel. They came over to greet me, gave me a big hug, and were genuinely proud to see me again.

After that, I want to give it to him straight Cuban style: What he has to do is fuck off!

Mexican style: Go to hell!

And in English: That fake ass “good to see you” he hit me with? He can shove it straight up his ass. I’m out."

Tweet from Masterflip_: "Randy Arozarena just went off on Cal Raleigh; (Translated and written by Master Flip) How do you think I should respond to Cal Raleigh? How should I put it to him? I want to say it in four languages. First in Spanish: The only thing he should be thankful for is having such great parents. He’s very well educated, thank God. I was lucky enough to see them a few days ago at the hotel. They came over to greet me, gave me a big hug, and were genuinely proud to see me again. After that, I want to give it to him straight Cuban style: What he has to do is fuck off! Mexican style: Go to hell! And in English: That fake ass “good to see you” he hit me with? He can shove it straight up his ass. I’m out."

Marking it down: M's win 107 games and the World Series this year.

10.03.2026 12:22 👍 77 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 13

It's almost Sandy McSandface

10.03.2026 09:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The image is so full of life!

10.03.2026 09:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It made me laugh and I love word puzzles, so win-win for me 😊

10.03.2026 08:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

jesus CHRIST.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

10.03.2026 04:45 👍 412 🔁 155 💬 18 📌 64

It took me a while, but balcony is bacon-y, right?

10.03.2026 07:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0