Richard A

30 Apr 2025

#JoyDivision used to get so much grief for the nazi connotations of their name. Yet nobody batted an eyelid at #Blondie, named after Hitler's actual dog.

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Richard A@richardawkward.bsky.social

Cheer up. By my reckoning we're already 1% of the way through this presidency.

23h

Four episodes of Dominic Sandbrook on the events of 1956. Who needs The Traitors?

The best book title ever

Even better than

"You gotta problem you go tell your Momma." "Oh, don't worry, she'll hear about this."

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name a quote from The Simpsons.

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Viz Comic

@vizcomic.bsky.social

There's a new issue (Viz 360) in the shops. Sorry no refunds.

politico.comTrump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries, calls for new Ukrainian leader politi.co/4yGCP1ITrump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries, calls for new Ukrainian leader politi.co/4yGCP1I

Just fucking die, you pustule

Politico@politico.com

Trump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries, calls for new Ukrainian leader politi.co/4yGCP1I

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4 Sept

Caligula: crazy name, crazy Gaius

4 Sept

Caligula: crazy name, crazy Gaius

What, you mean he's just been pretending to be deaf? The little bastard!

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social

Good Morning to you too.

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I'm proud of him and I am proud of my country for having systems in place to allow all this. 3/3

I also have a younger daughter, also profoundly deaf, also implanted, and about to start University this autumn. Also through the invaluable support of multiple Special Needs Departments and the NHS. I just chose him because I didn't fancy using a female equivalent of the 'bastard' payoff. 4/3

What, you mean he's just been pretending to be deaf? The little bastard!

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social

Good Morning to you too.

Since this has blown up I'm going to go full disclosure: My son is indeed profoundly deaf since birth. Connexin-26 the culprit. Thanks to bilateral cochlear implants from the NHS and SEN provision at school (plus his own hard work) he graduated in modern languages three years ago. 1/3

He has now got a really good job, contributing to society through his work and through his taxes. And most importantly, he is fulfilled and happy. Without the NHS and without 13 years of Special Educational Needs provision, those things would have been far less likely. 2/3

What, you mean he's just been pretending to be deaf? The little bastard!

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social

Good Morning to you too.

Anyway, she got his pronouns wrong. He goes by he/him. More woke nonsense from the liberal media elite.

9 July

The man who manages the incredible feat of being both the worst Piers *and* the worst Corbyn.

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social

Piers Corbyn is also standing in Clacton. Lucky lucky Clacton.

13 June

Surely too good to be true, I thought. But no. She was real.

Actual names@actualnames.bsky.social

Fanny Wankoff Bride New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995

13 June

God bless Mr and Mrs Wankoff

7 June

- Oi, mate! - What? - Wankaaah!

27 May

Steven Moffat once wrote an entire column in #DoctorWho Magazine all about the day he met me

Kayla Cromer Official@kaylacromer.bsky.social

Tell me a random fact about yourself that sounds fake but is 100% true.

theguardian.comThe 100 best novels of all timeA countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?

12 May

The Guardian is doing a poll of the 100 best novels in the English language. Rather than seeing how many I've read, I want to see what's the highest-ranked book I've never heard of. I expect it'll be something in the high 40s. Today is numbers 100-81. So far, number 81, Buddenbrooks <blank look>

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15 May

I reckon #39, Their Eyes Were Watching God, has got this in the bag. No sign yet of Cloud Atlas, @alexusherhesa.bsky.social

15 May

If this list of 100 doesn't include Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O'Neill then the entire exercise is worthless anyway. (I refuse to entertain the notion that Brideshead Revisited, Earthly Powers and pretty much anything by P G Wodehouse don't make the cut)

theguardian.comThe 100 best novels of all timeA countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?

12 May

13 May

Numbers 81 to 61 are up. Number 61 is ringing no bells.

14 May

It's worse than I thought. Never heard of four of the books between #41 and #50. What's that, #43? Housekeeping? If you say so.

6 May

Trump refused to admit that he didn't win an election. It should come as no surprise that he doesn't admit that he isn't winning a war.

2 May

Top 15 TV shows, no second guesses The Sandbaggers The Wire Detectorists Band of Brothers Slow Horses Edge of Darkness The Monocled Mutineer Brideshead Revisited The Day Today Doctor Who ('63-'89) Race Across The World A Very Peculiar Practice Fortunes of War Breaking Bad The Death of Yugoslavia

Jimmy Martin@jimmygila.bsky.social

Top 15 TV shows, top of my heid Twin Peaks Mad Men The Wire Doctor Who (1963-89) Boardwalk Empire Succession Dad’s Army 30 Rock A Very Peculiar Practice The Thick Of It The Sweeney Star Trek TNG Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads Game Of Thrones (up to S5-ish) The Young Ones

30 Apr

Donna Summer - I Feel Love The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea Jaco - Show Some Love Pulp - Common People Suede - The 2 Of Us The Temptations - Get Ready Rammstein -Du Hast The Sisters If Mercy - Afterhours New Order - The Perfect Kiss Roxy Music - Street Life

John Doran@jahduran.bsky.social

Tubeway Army – Are 'Friends' Electric? Donna Summer – I Feel Love The Undisputed Truth – You + Me = Love Motorhead – Ace Of Spades Slayer – Angel Of Death Richard Dawson – Vile Stuff Marlena Shaw – California Soul the Bunnymen – The Cutter Lou Reed – Street Hassle New Order – Perfect Kiss

@robertharrishome.bsky.social

11 Apr

Rare shot from the first #Orbital show at Glastonbury

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Robert Harris

14 Apr 2025

Philip Larkin’s (unpublished) poem on the plight of the librarian.

@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social

1 Apr

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MꙬse Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

3 Mar

this photo leaves little to the imagination

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Alex Says Stuff

27 Feb

So the candidate who left school at 16 with no A-Levels and who's spent her whole adult life vocational, manual jobs beat the ivory tower academic turned cushy media pundit, but you can be sure we'll still get plenty more casual description of the latter as "white working class".

27 Feb

Speaking as a qualified plumber married to an immigrant, get it right up yer, Goodwin, you tosser.