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@causticcorner.bsky.social
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Syncretic, cynic, dysthymic, pedantic, heretic, antinatalist, Anglo-Dutch. Loves cats, hates autocracy, hypocrisy, monarchy, religion, Christmas, and poor grammar.

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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where possible, always store your Li-Ion devices outdoors and never charge them unsupervised. Lithium-ion battery caused fire that killed mum and 3 children www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Lithium-ion battery fire killed Bootle mum and three children
Elisha Brabin, 36, and three of her children, died after a blaze at their home in Bootle, Merseyside.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The bird is back, and it's very much a Musk-free zone. Looks promising, and hopefully also a good alternative to Meta's algo-driven Threads. Get yours here: signup.tweet.app/r/jvb
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ROFL
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did you know that a (non-Musk) Twitter is back?! As Threads is increasingly Zuck-ified and X is a toxic swamp, the reimagined, non-algo-driven bird app is here: app.tweet.app/feed
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cost of living crisis? What cost of living crisis? We plebs should take comfort from the superyacht market's rude health. Today sees the start of the annual Monaco Yacht Show, with no less than €4.5 billion worth of boats on show. www.vesselfinder.com#google_vigne...
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026
A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tell me again. What would Trump be doing differently if he really was a Russian asset?
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The comments do not disappoint 😂 Woman 'smuggled full bottle of Pinot Grigio into prison inside her vagina' www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
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Woman 'smuggled full bottle of Pinot Grigio into prison inside her vagina'
Monique Megchiani was charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into a penal institution after a deputy conducted a 'final check' of her person while booking her into a Michigan jail
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Picture of Farage:

Trades Union Congress • @The_T... 1h Ø
Boss making you resign to save himself?
Join a union.
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Extraordinary interview
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The only strait Trump should be concerned with is a straitjacket. C'mon GOP, how much more of this madness will you inflict on the world?
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Er, yeah, hmm, there really are no words. The 'leader of the free world' prosecuting a war of choice with neighbour, close trading partner, staunch ally and fellow NATO member, Canada. What's the definition of insanity again?
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
'Dolly', seriously? Now?
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another wrong 80-year old...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tell me again why the UK doesn't need a form of compulsory ID. It's because any anonymous scumbag can pay in thousands of pounds in cash over the counter that we're subjected to questioning whenever we want to withdraw a couple of grand of our own money. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
More politicians like Mark Carney, please. Ex-Goldman Sachs high flier opts to devote himself to public service rather than fill his boots in private finance. Sure, he'll have plenty of opportunity to make bank later, but America, look what kind of leader you could have...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is why thin-skinned Farage will never be PM. Can't take criticism and manage a broad church of opinion. Tim Montgomerie Suspended From Reform order-order.com/2026/08/18/e...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Anyone who claims to be breaking news they've read elsewhere and starts their post with 'BREAKING:' can get in the sea.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Say what you like, but he's a very funny bloke.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just discovered that the Times Radio YouTube Live feed doesn't have those endless 'luxury cruise' adverts. In fact, no ads at all! 👌🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTIA... @listentotimesradio.bsky.social
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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
On ‘Well That Went Well’ me & @jonathanpienews.bsky.social talk about serious stuff. But sometimes it’s puerile filth like this…
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Groundbreaking research from the BBC...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A pedant writes... The apostrophe that keeps me awake www.effectivetext.net/post/the-apo...
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The apostrophe that keeps me awake
The apostrophe — it’s an odd thing, isn’t it? As punctuation goes, it serves more functions than most depending on what language you speak.In most languages, the apostrophe is used to aid pronunciatio...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Trump & Crypto: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver youtu.be/A9iZ10yIRwM
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Trump & Crypto: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm enjoying this new YouTube comedy thing "Well That Went Well" with @geoffnorcott.bsky.social and @jonathanpienews.bsky.social . Really worth a watch: youtu.be/DC3eLZSEwpU?...
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Burnham’s Coronation Street
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it
Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock
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Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026
👏👏👏 Bravo Jersey! The most progressive of the Channel Islands. #AssistedDying
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
How can any game be fairly officiated by a team from a fellow quarter-finalist country? Don't want to cast aspersions on the Argentinian sense of fair play, but... www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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France’s Deschamps unruffled by Argentinian officials helming Morocco quarter-final
Didier Deschamps has said France ‘have to deal with’ a team of referees from Argentina, while Morocco’s coach insists their aim is to win the trophy
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Farage feels the heat The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1679 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The cover reads “FARAGE FEELS THE HEAT” with smiling sun emojis on either side of the headline. It features a photograph of Nigel Farage standing in front of colourful beach huts, wearing sunglasses, giving a thumbs-up and holding an ice cream. Speech bubbles read: “Where’s your lolly, Nigel?”, “He’s going into meltdown” and “It’s not a scoop – it’s flake news!”
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My wife is Colombian, pray for me #SUICOL
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Is this Portugal Spain game as dull as it seems on Spanish TV? Here they turn down the sound from the stadium and commentate absolutely non-fkn-stop. No atmosphere from the stands, just three voices talking, talking, talking incessantly.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Judge people by the company they keep. Never fails. www.thetimes.com/article/aa2f...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This 4th July, America 250, would be a glorious day for the demise of your geriatric orange leader. insha'Allah 🙏🏻🇺🇸
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I endorse this message. Give The Newsagents podcast a listen, first the original pre-gag interview ( 13/3/2025) with Sarah Wynn-Williams here: podcasts.apple.com/tc/podcast/s... and then yesterday's pod: podcasts.apple.com/tc/podcast/e....
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Exclusive: The whistleblower silenced by Facebook hits back
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 30 June · 31min
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
PSA for those melting in the heatwave: Living in Mallorca, ceiling fans are transformative. We have aircon, but almost never need it. If you can't install a permanent fan, these light-fitting units are cheap and, for the price, highly effective.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Sterling work from the Soccoroo fans 👏🏻🦘🇦🇺
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform UK this morning
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Spagatha Christie @yesmissmurphy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Kids aren’t content.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Friend of my fit and 'perfectly healthy' 70-year-old brother in law insisted he should have a PSA test. Wouldn't take no for an answer, rang and booked it on the spot. Several procedures later two years in, this friend probably saved his life.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Working my way through Clarkson's Farm S5, which is excellent, as ever. But the episode (#3 'Tripping') where they visit some high-tech farmers in The Netherlands is mind-blowing. Even if you don't like the man/show, definitely worth a watch. www.aboutamazon.com/news/enterta...
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How to watch 'Clarkson’s Farm' Season 5, all episodes streaming now on Prime Video
The hit series sees Jeremy Clarkson navigating big changes at Diddly Squat.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This looks pretty cool commodore.net/callback/
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Flip-phone - Commodore
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP David Hockney.
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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you have old, used, but working Mavic 3 drones (or higher) at home and would like to donate them to the Ukrainian military, please contact me, Roman on Telegram: @WarriorsUkrainianWar 1/2
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 08/06/2026
Dear American followers. I love you. I love your country. I also just paid the equivalent of $123 to fill up my car entirely because your President can't release the Epstein files - cos he's in them - so decided to start a World War instead. Impeach him already, yeah?
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
As social media engagement sinks beneath the waves, how will you find your customers? www.effectivetext.net/post/as-soci...
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As social media engagement sinks beneath the waves, how will you find your customers?
Anyone who spends more than ten minutes loitering around the digital plazas of LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and others will have noticed a peculiar quiet descending. Not silence, exactly -- there is ...
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
10 things you’d ban if you ruled the world. Mine: 1. Cruise ships 2. Warning stickers on car sun visors 3. Subs auto-renewals 4. Using speaker phones in public 5. Voting for people with an IQ below 100 6. The honours system 7. Mosquitos 8. Vaping 9. Religion 10. Musk,Trump, Putin, Farage, etc.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mark Zuckerberg really doesn't want you to read this book. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sara... Meta whistleblower forced into silence at Hay Festival www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
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Meta whistleblower forced into silence at Hay Festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams sat mute on stage while her book, Careless People, about her time at the Facebook owner, was pulled from sale after a legal warning
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Give 'Ladies First' a swerve on @netflix.com It's 90 minutes of unfunny cringe you won't get back.
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JvB @causticcorner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Some thoughts about the 8,000 people Meta just discharged on the altar of AI... Automation for thee, billions for me www.effectivetext.net/post/automat...
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Automation for thee, billions for me
My social media timeline today is full of people laid off from Meta as it purges 10% of its global workforce, or 8,000 people.Billed internally as an "AI-first reset", the affected employees' day yest...
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