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"now son do you know why i pulled you over tonight?" "no officer, what seems to be the trouble?" "well it's just a routine checkpoint son, i'm going to have to ask you a few questions. first off, in herman melville's moby-dick what is the white whale an allegory for?"

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is it too late for Trump to weigh in on the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral race

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Jack Saunders on Ipswich Town's relegation: “More than a collapse and surrender, this is a retreat in good order in the face of insurmountable odds, ready to regroup, reinforce and mount a further offensive down the line.” #itfc bluewhitenotes.beehiiv.com/p/new-post?_...

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As Liverpool win the Premier League for the second time, they complete the opening of a quite remarkable sequence, 33 years in the making. #Fibonacci

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"No, you see, An Audience With Jasper Carrott wasn't actually part of the 'An Audience With' canon."

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This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

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OK, your excitement about this may not be at my level (I'm almost gasping for air)... but there appears to be a new Half Man Half Biscuit album imminent (well, as imminent as they come these days). More at halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/new-half-man... as we get it. #HMHB

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In the Beano this week Bananaman’s enemy General Blight becomes the head of DOPE - the Department of Pure Evil.

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As a graphic designer, illustrator and fantasy art lover, I loathe AI generated art with a passion that I can't put into words. But man, that Photoshop Generative Expand function? You will prise it from my cold dead hands. I can bear the weight of shame.

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London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

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I suppose it would make it harder to run around.

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That shot, watching Roy McIlroy walking through waves of emotion, en route to the clubhouse after winning the career grand slam, is one of the greatest pieces of sporting footage you’ll ever see. Brilliant work.

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AI Action Figure Maker Action Figure.

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I wish politicians wouldn't misunderstand what ultra-high volume Chinese manufacturing is all about –and why it can't be moved to the USA or anywhere. Tim Cook of Apple knows, obviously:

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China continues trolling the US with new videos. Here’s one - “US sweatshop factory”

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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

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Ah, the first full week of April. This is the week of the year when everyone is traditionally encouraged by mass advertising to invest money in stocks and shares ISAs, isn’t it?

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Looks like another meltdown on the markets today. It will be small compensation, but still wonderful if the “Orange Monday” tag becomes common parlance. #OrangeMonday

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"Name?" "Mark Carney." "Full name?"

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"The sheer scale of Donald Trump's witlessness is now evident to everyone, with no option for someone to credibly suggest otherwise. The man's mind is like a bag of mice." @iandunt.bsky.social absolutely nails it, not for the first time. You'll laugh. You'll cry. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

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Brilliant takedown of the tariffs calculations bullshit by Sasha Yanshin. youtu.be/BBQBWgWQUYw?...

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‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

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For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.

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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax Them: What band are you in Me: Erm, The Charlatans Them: Your council tax band? 😬

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was released 57 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the most influential films to come out of Hollywood and a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece, the story of how it came to the screen is as mind-boggling as the Stargate… 1/57

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15 years ago I stood in the general election on a None Of The Above ticket (as did cheeseford.bsky.social ), and finally the rest of the world is waking up to our prescience.

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Terrific piece by @iandunt.bsky.social on the framing of the Marine Le Pen story, even in respectable media: not the “What does this mean for French politics?” that they ought to be discussing, but “How did the noisy people trying to undermine our society react?” open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

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Names of the official Musicians and Waits of Ipswich, circa 1598. Their duties were strictly laid out - and quite demanding!

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It’s only embezzlement if it’s from the Embézzle region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling corruption.

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Got to see this tonight, with the writers in person for a Q&A (cheers @omniplexcinemas.bsky.social Ipswich!). Often very funny, ultimately quite bizarre movie. Not quite sure what to make of it, but sure glad it was made.

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I guess that about 48 hours time we could have a good idea of whether Brexit may be about to lose its crown as the worst self inflicted economic disaster of all time. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Can’t wait. youtu.be/ygniu2fDTkc?... #Eurovision

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Y’day I visited Bill & Ted’s hometown, San Dimas. Bill & Ted’s excellent adventure began at the Circle K. The town no longer has a Circle K, it is now called Korner Market. Here I am, outside the former Circle K, re-enacting when our heroes tempt Genghis Khan into time travel with a Twinkie.

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