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Channeling the spirit of Tommy from Early Doors

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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 10h
Parcels are only prioritised by posties who don't know what they're doing. I haven't prioritised parcels for years. Apart from being spoken to, no disciplinary action is taken as the managers won't put it in writing - that would be an admission of guilt under s83 of The Postal Services Act 2000.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
*old person moaning about prices alert* £9.60 for a bit of cod in my local chippy. I'm not in London and they're not a rip-off. They're offering pollock & chips for £8.80. I remember when beer was tuppence a loaf etc.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I would have loved this on my first international flight in 1979 aged 10. We were flying LHR to YUL with BA but we were boarding an Air New Zealand plane. I was panicking. Even worse - it was a DC10. In 1979! Turns out BA were leasing it but I didn't enjoy that flight.
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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There's a new issue (Viz 360) in the shops. Sorry no refunds.
A pic of the new issue (Viz 360) and a reader letter: "It's helpful of King Charles to assure his subjects that Harry and Meghan are 'non-working royals', so we can readily distinguish them from all the other royals stacking shelves in Tesco, delivering food for UberEats or pulling 18-hour shifts at the local A&E. Desmond Bullen, Sale"
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's The Prodigy Experience today. Some of the samples have exposed my lack of knowledge of reggae outside of mainstream, charting artists. This is new to me. Pablo Gad - Hard Time youtu.be/5LZJ0I2Uda8?...
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Pablo Gad ‎- Hard Time
YouTube video by Mystic Revelation
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not everything is available on CD either so, as I can't install a full system in my car with a tape, cd and record player, I'm still using my ipod with 25,000 of my lovely digitised tracks on it. It's not big enough for everything I've bought and it's old but it works!
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
British people will walk past a Starbucks, Burger King, Costa Coffee, Taco Bell, Blank Street and not even notice. Then they'll see an independent shop called Al-Badr Supermarket and cry about how the UK is being taken over by foreigners.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I remember when I first heard this version I had to go up to the DJ in my then local to ask what it was he was playing. Marvellous stuff. Portishead - Toy Box youtu.be/CmRogZDZYJw?...
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Toy Box
YouTube video by Portishead - Topic
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I thought I'd come up with a new flavour combination. Fish with Peshwari naan. Turns out it's already a thing. Come to think of it, does anything NOT go well with Peshwari naan?
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rancid Hell Spawn - A Trip To The Worm Farm. I'm yet to hear this played at anyone's funeral. Shame. youtu.be/wKpCjsPjDNU?...
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Rancid Hell Spawn "A Trip To The Worm Farm"
YouTube video by WrenchRecs
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I dunno why but the band Cadaverous Clan popped into my head earlier. I've only heard one track - I think it was on one of the No Future compilations, A Country Fit For Heroes. The excellent YT channel, UK Punk Demos, have one of their tapes up. youtu.be/VAkYjBVWtVQ?...
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CADAVEROUS CLAN :1983 Demo : UK Punk Demos
YouTube video by UK PUNK DEMOS
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𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨 @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Singing Postman relaxing outside Coddenham Post Office in Suffolk for his first Parlophone album in 1966 – Recorded Delivery
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Can't get over Farnham Town being in the Conference South. Just seen they're playing Truro this week. Farnham were in the same step 5 league as my lot for ever going back to the 1920s. I've lost touch with local football but someone's gone in there with money.
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Ye Olde Punk @nehoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TOOL was once a great band. Then they got super popular and started doing this bullshit at their merch booths.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI generated image I presume unless an earthquake I missed has slammed the Republic of Ireland into the GB mainland.
A picture from an advert of the UK covered in solar panels.
Wales and Cornwall have disappeared, replaced by the wrst of the Republic of Ireland.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A nice little video on Doc Dart and The Crucifucks. They don't get talked about enough. youtu.be/44SDsVLYLg4?...
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The Most Annoying Voice in Punk Rock
YouTube video by Polishing Turds
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry’
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chumbawamba - The Triumph of General Ludd (rerecorded version which I didn't know existed til 5 minutes ago). youtu.be/BMewz8ZvM5A?...
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The Triumph of General Ludd
YouTube video by Chumbawamba - Topic
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh dear. So easy to topple over. Of course I won't do that if I happen across one. No. In other news, are they trained to throw things onto the wrong doorstep and feck off like Evri's human drivers?
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ah yes, That's Life. Dogs saying "sausages" etc. For years I didn't realise that Doc Cox was Ivor Biggun. youtu.be/Qpy0QdVQJG0?...
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I've Parted (Misprint)
YouTube video by Ivor Biggun - Topic
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After uttering 'Jesus wept' when lifting a heavy parcel at work today a colleague laughed and said no one says that anymore. So I did a search on here. Plenty of people still using it and this post is the perfect usage of the term -
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Being a postie keeps you fit in the public's mind. Trur if you're in your twenties or thirties. When you're in your fifties it takes its toll on your body. #KnackeredWorkforce
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My back and shoulder have given up. I can't take ibuprofen due to my diabetes medication so I've had a couple of beers instead. Seems to have done the trick.
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Half Man Half Biscuit Information Service @hmhbinfo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the vaults: article from Smash Hits, September 1986, contrasting the savvy moneymaking tour machine of the #HMHB of the day, with the naive amateurs Wham! (and The Toy Dolls). With thanks to Brian McCloskey via FB.
Smash Hits page from 1986, articles with photos HMHB,  Wham!  and The Toy Dolls
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Fall - Repetition One of the comments - "The future sounded like this in the past" youtu.be/mTKCKBu8CLI?...
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The Fall - Repetition
YouTube video by Kill All Hippies!
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People watching in the pub garden. There's the older couple with a dog chatting away, there's the younger couple chatting but as soon as one goes to the bar or toilet they're on their phone and there's the even younger couple constantly on their phones and barely speaking to each other. Fascinating.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been to this pub hundreds or more times. I've just looked at one of the trees in the garden. It's odd to my non-dendrologist eyes.
A tree in a pub garden that looks like half a dozen trees mixed together.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's Discharge ticked off the 'bands I've been buying records by for 40+ years but inexplicably I haven't seen live' list. I think it's only The Levellers on that list now.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just seen a gig listing which includes The Men They Couldn't Hang. I saw them live in the late 80s but, apart from that, I've largely ignored them and never bought any of their records. Probably the most glaring omission from my years of buying music.
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The evolution of Charlotte Church has been quite a thing to witness.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Most housing benefit goes to private landlords. A big chunk of universal credit subsidises underpayed workers. The so-called welfare bill could be seriously reduced by fixing these underlying issues, not cutting actual welfare.
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HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest - the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy www.bbc.com/news/article...
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MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case
It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court while defending the violent informant.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance Victims of intrusive police surveillance have accused the government of seeking to cut short the spycops public inquiry that has been examining widespread misconduct committed by undercover officers. The independent judge-led inquiry is scrutinising how officers, who spied on tens of thousands of political activists over more than four decades, carried out abuses such as deceiving women into sexual relationships and fathering children. Continue reading...
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Went to a new (for me) record shop today. Sounds Of The Suburbs in Ruislip. Chris Pope from The Chords + drummer were doing an instore set. Great shop. Nice to see stuff priced to sell. Some second-hand record shops these days take the p. Bagged a Cult Maniax 12", Big Boy Tomato CD and Fugazi CD.
Big Boy Tomato - Glaswegian Kiss CD, The TR5's - Done Me Wrong 7", Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs CD and The Cult Maniax  - Where Do We All Go 12".
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what happens when people vote Conservative or Labour. Reform would no doubt be even worse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances Ryan
This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Someone's having an episode on #Skycards. The whole of southern England is covered in bluesky. There's very little particularly worth catching in the area.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's Nomeansno today. I tend to avoid listening to live albums but Live + Cuddly is magnificent. Craig Bougie doing their sound has nailed this one. Metronome / No Fgnuick youtu.be/NRZPMU17oyY?...
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Nomeansno - Metronome/No Fgnuick Live and Cuddly 1990
YouTube video by livencuddly
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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy 5th anniversary to the time this happened over on that other place.
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Old UK Print Ads @oldukprintads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sep 1916: Figure Reducing Corset ad from KINGSONIA CORSET COMPANY «A MESSAGE THE STOUT WOMAN»
Ad for a corset designed for medium and stout figures. It features a self-adjusting band and is guaranteed to mold a figure into graceful lines with perfect comfort and hygienic safety.

A MESSAGE THE STOUT WOMAN

Do not be persuaded into trying all kinds of
patent medicines to reduce your weight, which
only injure your health without accomplishing
the desired result. Do not despair, however
stout you may be, remember you have the
advantage over your thin sisters, for you have
a figure that can be moulded into graceful
lines with perfect comfort and hygienic safety.
The secret lies in being correctly corseted.
THE
Abdo
FIGURE REDUCING CORSET
(WITH SELF-ADJUSTING BAND)
is specially designed and constructed to
meet the needs of the stout woman, and
thousands of women to-day testify that it is
THE WORLD'S PREMIER CORSET
FOR MEDIUM & STOUT FIGURES.
The secret is the self-adjusting band
which comfortably, yet firmly, holds the
figure without compression or constraint.
Made in all sizes from 20in. to 36in. (sizes over
30in. 1/6 per pair extra), in a variety of styles and
materials, from 10/6 to 27/6 per pair.
BRITISH THROUGHOUT. EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
See that you get not only an "Abdo,"
but insist upon having the "Abdo" for
your figure. It can be had.
Agents in every district. Write for Booklet and name of nearest Agent.
KINGSONIA CORSET COMPANY, 14, Fore St., London, E.C.
No. 801. In
White & Dove
Coutil, low
bust, deep over
hips ...
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just remembered- Craig Charles played Everyday Choice by Lost Cherrees on the radio today. A nice and obscure b-side from an unpopular (at the time) 12". It's a decent track. Probably the best on that release.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In other news, my great nephew has asked me to take him to see BEX in November. I hadn't actually heard any of her stuff but a quick browse on Youtube and yeah, looks like good entertainment.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Having my first post-work drink for two weeks. By 'eck it's good.
Three quarters of a pint of Atlantic Pale Ale in the garden of my local.
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Punk Postie @autisticpunk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Redskins came on the ipod on the way home today. I'd forgotten how much of a tune this is. I was bopping along like an extra in that Adriano Celantano video. youtu.be/Wrlz_MOC5Gs?...
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The Redskins - It Can Be Done (Official Video)
YouTube video by London Records
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 09/09/2026
A flyover...with a commercial airliner...escorted by fighter jets...on 9/11... Who the hell thought any of this was a good idea, and why did nobody at the likely dozen or so planning meetings stop it?
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