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British Penguins fan but mainly here to talk politics

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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RFK Jr looks like he's about to eat a plate of himself.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you have no idea who Anika Wells is this headline makes it sound like she became one of the most influential rising stars after she was banned from social media.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah but what does the Farmer who called 999 think about this, she wasn't quoted in the update?
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What the fuck?!
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Fabian stuff must be massive on Facebook, twice this year my mom's has bought it up to me.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
She sounds like she's trying to speak to him like a toddler.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The idea that people defining themselves by gender, race, sexuality or politics in America is a new thing is fucking hillarious.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Star Wars in 78? That's me purely going off how many times I've heard people say 'Star Wars was saved in editing' though.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is this from his "I'm definitely not the Anti-Christ" lectures?
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mr Robot not being on there surprised me the most
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm feeling the same way currently, hasn't stopped me enjoying it any less though.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The worst part was there was so much worry on who they'd cast as the Mother after years of build-up, and they got it absolutely perfect with Cristin Milioti, only to fumble it in the end anyway!
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So many of the arguments for staying on twitter either boil down to "I want to stay in my echo chamber and not be debated on my beliefs that people find troubling" or "Bluesky is too much of an echo chamber there's no debate there".
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It really is darkly funny seeing someone whose whole identity is supposedly caring about women and their rights continuing to post on a website that is continuously used to make nonconsenual sexualised images of women and children.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm no prude and I felt similar. The fact that nothing else in the episode was particularly explicit except the amount of fucks and one literal fuck made me question the point a bit. Still enjoyed it, so much so that I'm slightly worried they've limited their audience due to it when it wasn't needed
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FlyingAceCMX (Chris Molinar) @flyingacecmx.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I posted this on my TL in his honor. But I wanted to share it here, too. #RIPReggieBannister
youtu.be
Phantasm Sitting Here At Midnight
YouTube video by Wickedshyn
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
RIP Reggie, he's not been well for a while but still devastating news :( www.dreadcentral.com/news/584362/...
dreadcentral.com
Reggie Bannister, Star of the 'Phantasm' Franchise, Has Passed Away
Reggie Bannister, the beloved actor who starred as Reggie throughout the ‘Phantasm’ franchise, has passed away at the age of 80.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I just don't know how it's happened. Kemi Badenoch famously assured us that she never has any gaffes.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've never seen more deference to "not speaking ill of the dead" than this week. Which seems to translate to "don't make me defend this wife beating nonce I like cause he was nice to me".
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Yep, he taught my sister as well who'd left school 8 or 9 years before me and those same stories were known about him even back then.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
When I was 14 our well-known nonce teacher saw a female pupil bend over in her skirt, turned around to my table and said "blimey lads if you'd seen what I just saw you'd of gone home and had a wank".
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
investigation, every single intelligence services investigation, every single WHO investigation has all found the development of Covid-19 to have most likely began with natural zoonosis. You guys should be embarrassed with this one.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I think too many of these 'legitimate questions' are asked with the hindsight knowing an effective vaccine was quickly developed and rolled out. Usually find myself agreeing with Lewis but bringing up the lab leak theory as if it's now all of a sudden viable theory is nuts, every single scientific
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Whenever I hear world leaders talk about AI they always sound like they're selling a MLM scheme.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
They've announced Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, they've already got Moon Knight and Werewolf by Night. Now all they need to do is actually do Blade and put them all together for Midnight Sons. Throw Dr Strange in there if you want a more established character as well.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I understand the intent, I just think the unintended consequences of it might end up being worst for Reform at a time that Labour are on an upswing than any of the potential benefits of using it try justify Farage's millions.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
but is a Zack Polanski IG post going to be the deciding factor for people on this if they don't already agree with Reform that they're constantly threatened?
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Politically speaking I don't understand what Reform gains by pushing this so heavily either. Burnham (rightly or wrongly) is generally seen as more progressive than Starmer, so anyone put off of the Greens by this will be going back to Labour. It allows them to push their "we're persecuted" angle
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
At least they weren't paying by the inch.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
That or they're terrified of Musk leaking their DM's if they did leave.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If I had to guess I'd say they're utterly addicted to the attention, both positive and negative. On the negative side, it must be intoxicating being treated as master plotters and power holders over the reality of being a cog in a boring bureaucractic machine.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absolutely, as much as they had to say 'it's not certain until all the votes are counted' Labour winning was as close to a given as possible. The lack of planning of what they were going to do when they inevitably won will always be one of the most baffling things about the 2024 election to me.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Maybe it's as simple as people being more open to what Burnham has got to say because his first bit of comms was ending rough sleeping and making the buses cheaper basically giving something. Whereas with Starmer people's first impressions were generally taking the WFA away?
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It's more likely that it doesn't matter how good the comms are if as soon as the PM is on screen people are having a visceral reaction of "I fucking hate this guy"
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Don't worry you can apologise to them by making sure you check out The Rings of Power™ Season 3 exclusively on Amazon Prime! Also remember the Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum exclusively in cinemas in 2027! After make sure to head on over to Dennys for the exclusive Hobbit meal!
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Maybe they assessed Michael Green by mistake
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The fact you're having to hunt for tickets to see it is extra funny after the comments on a Daily Mail article today that were convinced it was going to be a box office flop. Not since Ghostbusters 2016 have people been so desperate for a film to fail.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I thought he was dead, imagine my surprise yesterday when I got an email through announcing his tour
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Have they called Cigarette Smoking Man, Carl Busch do they don't have to have the word 'Cigarette' appear on a Lego product?
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Well except to the guy who placed a bet on Healey as Chancellor this morning...
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm sure we'll all be hearing never ending criticism about how Jesus wasn't white about the Passion of the Christ 2 from the same people right...right?
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Such a historic image
Andy Burnham shaking King Charles's hand, with Donald Trump from the world Cup award photo pasted onto the edge.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Think I saw him pull that move on a Somali pirate
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
static.klipy.com
Just Woke Up Phil
ALT: Just Woke Up Phil
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The funniest part about it is his whole speech blaming China for election interference is that it's predicated on Trump being worst for China than Biden which is just demonstrably not true. I'd be more worried about China trying to interference in his favour after what a gift he's been for them.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I know I'm probably preaching to the choir here and I say it an awful lot but it's twitter. So many of the political leaders seem to take a website that only 14% of the country as consensus. It's completely fucking our politics.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'm usually all for taking a hit for the wider social good of the country but as a childfree person by choice, the VPN tax I have to pay to avoid inputting my personal details into some unregulated 3rd party website so I can have full access to Reddit is radicalising me.
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CactusPens @cactuspens.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We all looked up how old Fred Trump was when he died and despaired right?
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