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Database botherer, cars, hifi, gubbins. Doesn't use AI.

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I've got some fucking Jaffa Cakes in my coat pocket.
08:47
S01E05 Chaos October 22 1999

I've got some fucking Jaffa Cakes in my coat pocket. 08:47 S01E05 Chaos October 22 1999

04.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

03.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1118 πŸ” 416 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 47
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Board of Peace - Season 1

24.01.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 11490 πŸ” 6469 πŸ’¬ 467 πŸ“Œ 799
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Check out this 7 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove 7 bedroom detached house for sale in Darras Road, Darras Hall, NE20 for Β£5,000,000. Marketed by Brunton Residential, Ponteland

FIVE MILLION QUID FOR THIS? fucking hell

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

22.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 158
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Benjamin Disraeli first became PM on this day 1868. From his 1844 novel Coningsby: β€˜Manchester is as great a human exploit as Athens … It is the philosopher alone who can conceive the grandeur of Manchester and the immensity of its future.’

27.02.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Twat dooming Reform? (4,7)

26.02.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 346 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 11
Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon

Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon

Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon https://theonion.com/iran-worried-u-s-might-be-building-8-500th-nuclear-wea-1819573283/

20.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 2359 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump, You Ignorant Fool I’m a climate scientist, you’re a halfwit insurrectionist, and cold weather still happens on an overheating planet

Trump still thinks cold weather means climate change is a "hoax." Here's my response...
substack.com/@climatehuma...

30.01.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7
A diagram of the evolution of whales, from land dwelling mammals to the ocean giants we know today.

A diagram of the evolution of whales, from land dwelling mammals to the ocean giants we know today.

Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable

09.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 9324 πŸ” 1333 πŸ’¬ 475 πŸ“Œ 270
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse

09.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 7008 πŸ” 3607 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 154
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With a bit of searching you can find the house on StreetView - complete with window sticker (picture from June 2025, I've cropped it to remove the owner from the front garden)

08.02.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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That time I recreated the Simpsons intro using only stock footage.

06.02.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
Post from r/crochet that says "mods are gone. All hail Mr. Nipples" and its a picture of the most disgusting crocheted doll/creature thats pink and has a creepy smile and horns and big pink nipples. It's truly horrifying

Post from r/crochet that says "mods are gone. All hail Mr. Nipples" and its a picture of the most disgusting crocheted doll/creature thats pink and has a creepy smile and horns and big pink nipples. It's truly horrifying

I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

05.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 6664 πŸ” 2034 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 199

A man just shouted at me until I answered his questionnaire on christianity. He scared the b) Jesus out of me.

05.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
1. [Title Panel]: Is Your 17th Century Astronomer Spending Too Much Time on His Telescope?

2. [Text -only panel] These days, more and more 17th Century Astronomers have access to telescopes. Here are some warning signs that they are on the slippery slope to Godless heliocentrism!

3. STAYING UP LATE WITH THEIR TELESCOPE

[GALILEO is looking through his telescope out the window at a starry sky]. 

GALILEO'S WIFE:
Go to bed, Galileo!

GALILEO: In a minute...

4. β€˜FOMO’ (FEAR OF MISSING OBSERVATIONS)

GALILEO'S WIFE:
Dinner, Galileo!

GALILEO [Looking through telescope]: 
Just need to check my orbits

5. WITHDRAWING FROM REAL-WORLD ACTIVITIES

[Galileo's friend the POPE is now standing next to Galileo, who is still looking through his telescope]

THE POPE: Come to church, Galileo!

GALILEO: Not now...

6. FALLING OUT WITH FRIENDS

GALILEO: [Showing The Pope the book he's working on) I'm just working on my book challenging the Bible's view of the Universe

7. BEING ARRESTED BY THE INQUISITION

[GALILEO is being dragged out of the room, hands outstretched to his telescope. He is calling to it]:

GALILEO: Telescooope

9. GETTING SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST UNTIL DEATH FOR HERESY 

[GALILEO sitting in front of his telescope, now with bars over the windows]

GALILEO: Ah, crap.

10. CONTINUED TELESCOPE USE DESPITE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES

[GALILEO in same position but now with long white beard, he is looking through his telescope through a barred jail window at the sky] 

GALILEO'S WIFE:
Go to bed, Galileo!

GALILEO: In a minute...

[Ends]

1. [Title Panel]: Is Your 17th Century Astronomer Spending Too Much Time on His Telescope? 2. [Text -only panel] These days, more and more 17th Century Astronomers have access to telescopes. Here are some warning signs that they are on the slippery slope to Godless heliocentrism! 3. STAYING UP LATE WITH THEIR TELESCOPE [GALILEO is looking through his telescope out the window at a starry sky]. GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... 4. β€˜FOMO’ (FEAR OF MISSING OBSERVATIONS) GALILEO'S WIFE: Dinner, Galileo! GALILEO [Looking through telescope]: Just need to check my orbits 5. WITHDRAWING FROM REAL-WORLD ACTIVITIES [Galileo's friend the POPE is now standing next to Galileo, who is still looking through his telescope] THE POPE: Come to church, Galileo! GALILEO: Not now... 6. FALLING OUT WITH FRIENDS GALILEO: [Showing The Pope the book he's working on) I'm just working on my book challenging the Bible's view of the Universe 7. BEING ARRESTED BY THE INQUISITION [GALILEO is being dragged out of the room, hands outstretched to his telescope. He is calling to it]: GALILEO: Telescooope 9. GETTING SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST UNTIL DEATH FOR HERESY [GALILEO sitting in front of his telescope, now with bars over the windows] GALILEO: Ah, crap. 10. CONTINUED TELESCOPE USE DESPITE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES [GALILEO in same position but now with long white beard, he is looking through his telescope through a barred jail window at the sky] GALILEO'S WIFE: Go to bed, Galileo! GALILEO: In a minute... [Ends]

Another comic I never bothered posting
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all

05.02.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Manatees are the best

01.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

01.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 16721 πŸ” 4842 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 73
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97509 πŸ” 40895 πŸ’¬ 4301 πŸ“Œ 5366
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For β€˜doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

28.01.2026 07:18 πŸ‘ 3121 πŸ” 2202 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 144

WINTER (Palindrome)

We noted a froth β€”
gilded, iced too....

Mists or fleets
dip mildness.

Won, snows send
limpid, steel frosts.

I moot decided light β€”
or fade to new.

23.01.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes? We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.

This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...

24.01.2026 06:55 πŸ‘ 1166 πŸ” 546 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 133
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When two years of academic work vanished with a single click After turning off ChatGPT’s β€˜data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

Amazing sob story: "ChatGPT deleted all the work I hadn't done"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

22.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1531 πŸ” 395 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 272
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Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

22.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 7004 πŸ” 2585 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 1044
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… including payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George Cottrell, within 28 days.

Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.

21.01.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 609 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 49
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Trump versus reality on the Chagos Islands:

1. UK is not β€˜giving away’ the Chagos Islands. It is restoring them to Mauritius having split them off from the former colony when it became independent in 1965.
2. There is a very compelling reason: in 1965 the UN objected …

20.01.2026 08:18 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12
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Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.

14.01.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 1051 πŸ” 371 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 259
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Ian Ogilvy Interview (Ripping Yarns, I Claudius, Karloff & Cushing) β€” Johnny Mains Post by Johnny Mains

My interview with Ian Ogilvy is live on Buy Me a Coffee and is free to read, but I'd really appreciate you throwing me the price of a coffee for this one if you're able to!

buymeacoffee.com/johnnymains/ian-ogilvy-interview-ripping-yarns-i-claudius-karloff-cushing

13.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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🧡A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero

1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!

1/10

12.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 696 πŸ” 341 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 42
Study Finds 93% Of Murders Solved By Consulting Victim’s Pet Parrot

Study Finds 93% Of Murders Solved By Consulting Victim’s Pet Parrot

Study Finds 93% Of Murders Solved By Consulting Victim’s Pet Parrot https://theonion.com/study-finds-93-of-murders-solved-by-consulting-victims-pet-parrot/

02.01.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1433 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 28