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Professional Northerner, long-suffering Bolton fan, Leyther and Lab/Lib Dem waverer
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Trump supporters, 2016: Look at that jet! Donald Trump is an American success story who'll use his years of business experience to put more money in your pocket! Trump supporters, 2025: Listen to the leaves in the wind...the calling bird...the humble cricket...what possessions compare to these?

submitted 38 days ago • 71 comments

Agree with this. Relatedly it has become much more unpleasant to be tall because there’s a group of people who really seem to think that you can turn it on and off and your intrusion into “their” space is just you being mean.

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

The "free, fair, and transparent referendum" in the russian-occupied territories--held literally at gunpoint. Yet, the U.S. administration now claims the results reflect what people from eastern Ukraine want.

submitted 52 days ago • 8 comments

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

submitted 87 days ago • 287 comments

Just saw a video of a drunk woman getting arrested at an airport and she said “how are you going to hold my accountable for something I did 20 minutes ago” and the beauty of that statement fully floored me.

submitted 128 days ago • 61 comments

When is this country going to see sense and introduce a fast lane on pavements for faster walkers?

submitted 146 days ago • 24 comments

Need sound on.

submitted 159 days ago • 69 comments

'Bring me Solo and the Wookiee!'

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FIFA's 2034 bid evaluation argues that human rights will be improved in Saudi by granting the World Cup. Where have we heard this before?

submitted 164 days ago • 1 comment

Brook on 171 for England - I tune in and he gets out to the very next ball. Turned it off, it's the patriotic thing to do as I'm clearly cursed #TheCricket #NZENG

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You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋

submitted 168 days ago • 219 comments

People need to calm down about the Oreshnik missile. (Not about the strike itself, which was barbarous Putin chest-thumping.) It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.

submitted 169 days ago • 85 comments

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

submitted 171 days ago • 890 comments

I am hearing word that Alex Jones, in true Alex Jones fashion, is reading the press release from our fictitious CEO as fact.

submitted 180 days ago • 110 comments

At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better. Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful

submitted 186 days ago • 956 comments

Clattenburg desperately buying time so he can see another 5 replays before giving an opinion, then still gets it wrong. Beautiful.

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments

Hello...

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments

Attempting a minute's silence on bonfire night in the middle of Liverpool was certainly a bold call...

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments

This made me laugh so hard I had to download it from TikTok so you could see it without even having to click through

submitted 205 days ago • 27 comments

Put another way, the British state raised more revenue in 2023 from corporation tax paid by OnlyFans' parent company (£118m) than it did from North Sea oil royalties and license fees (£69m)

submitted 249 days ago • 11 comments