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David Stainer

@davidstainer.bsky.social
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Father, tax advisor, reader, quizzer. Posting in personal capacity.

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oliver levy @helicule.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
But the river Sananda doesn't even flow through Maitreya??
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
BlueSky: the social media network for kids who were excited when it was a Wet Playtime.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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I BEG YOUR PARDON KON KAN
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I know a lot of people think Microsoft Excel is a dreadful piece of software, but I would rate it October 10th.
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Lovely Wittgenstein story of just nine words — lower line here
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Can’t let Valentine’s Day pass without a bit of poetry, of course. Here’s one by @rtipple.bsky.social from the old place
A tweet by Rich 'Sir FarFrom' Tipple (@farfromallover): Roses are red, Florists deliver, and then two people (one of whom appears to be William Hartnell in an early Dalek story) looking at a poster which says “IT IS FORBIDDEN TO DUMP BODIES INTO THE RIVER”
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 29/01/2026
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
A photo that appears to have a "gettyimages" watermark but the watermark is actually painted directly on the bridge.
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
In Agadoo did Kubla Khan Push pineapples, shake the tree
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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CUBAN BOYS C VS I
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Sport FACT: Tennis star Coco Gauff’s full name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio Coco Gauff.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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THE FLIRTS PASSION
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'
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David Stainer @davidstainer.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
If you see this, post a record cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Doctorin’ the Tardis, by the Timelords: “Hi! I’m Ford Timelord. I’m a car, and I’ve made a record!”
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My girlfriend just said I was rubbish at describing her. She's got a cheek.
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Dave. Just Dave. @davidwhittam.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Just saw that Pizza Hut in the UK could be folding. I think that officially makes it Calzone Hut. Eyethangewe. I’m here all week. Try the veal.
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And George Wendt @trumancapps.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today. ME: That's right. CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3. ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair. CHOTINER: Oh? ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count. CHOTINER: I see.
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Lee Healey ✍🏻 @leehealey.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Born this day, Lee Harvey Oswald 🎂 @barneyfarmer.bsky.social
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
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Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
How is it that I've never seen this image before?
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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Here you are: william-golding.co.uk/william-gold...
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William Golding and Star Wars - William Golding
In his unpublished journals, William Golding writes that on Saturday 18th September 1982, he watched Star Wars six times with his grandchildren: ‘Star Wars is entrancing the grown-ups […] […]
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts. If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%. bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Chart showing share of followers per user percentile. A user in the 50th percentile has 1 follower. A user in the 99.99th percentile has 11,241 followers.
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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Wake up Babe, a new euphemism for students getting drunk just dropped
Screenshot of a post from South Wales police.  Text reads: 
We are operating some additional Safety Buses in #Cardiff as the city welcomes new and returning students. So far this week more than 10 people, who have become vulnerable in the night-time economy, have been provided support and transport to a safe place.
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Football Trivia Group @footballtrvgrp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We've recently learned that no England men's international was born in 1976. But what would an England team only of players born that year look like? www.footballtriviagroup.co.uk/england-1976/
A graphic with an England XI wearing various kits. The formation is 4-4-2 and the line-up is

1. Davis
2. Hamilton
3. Quinn
4. P Hughes
5. Powell
6. Hall
7. Cooke
8. S Hughes
9. L Hughes
10. Huckerby
11. B Hughes
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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I’ve been waiting for a really long time for Sqwerv to be on Nugs. I can’t believe it’s finally here
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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Big news everyone: Sqwerv is on Nugs
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Andrew Crowther @andrewcrowther.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Trying unsuccessfully to work out the correct conclusion to the syllogism
The spines of two books: Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P G Wodehouse, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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PETE SHELLEY HOMOSAPIEN
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Q: What is Bluesky’s business model? A: Bluesky doesn’t need a business model. It was founded by the billionaire Bluford Skynard. He filled this site with slightly problematic posts as a riddle. Whoever replies to each one with a minor quibble will solve the puzzle and inherit his fortune
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci! ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole". (It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
Still from the 1941 film "Love on the Dole", with the unfortunate subtitle "She's a strange lassie's arsehole".
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Love old papers. Fancy having such a list today!
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
I said I fancied doing an evening class, so my wife booked me on an "Eat Like A Snake” course. That'll teach me to open my big mouth.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
There’s a small estate in Colchester commemorating the leaders of the WW2 Allies - Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. The council has asked the residents of Stalin Road several times if they want to have it renamed, but the answer has always come back ‘No’.
A street sign reading ‘Stalin Road’ with the start of a row of houses in the background.
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David Stainer @davidstainer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Very important work here from my learned friend @simonjtreanor.bsky.social .
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 06/07/2025
They finally made the milk from that hotel
a ½ gallon of neutral milk
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Graph of British Rivers
A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. 

Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?
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Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Which reminds me - Mark Burgess from The Chameleons is adamant that The Wedding Present's 'Brassneck' is about a girl both he and David Gedge knew at school called Tracy Bassnett.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
It was Frank Sidebottom who famously asdked Fish if Kayleigh was about a girl called Kay Leigh. "You're the first person who's guessed that," replied Fish.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
God bless the person who donated a fiver, because somehow it makes this even funnier than if he has raised nothing. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/laurenc...
Laurence Fox only raises £5 as he tries to crowdfund legal fees
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Andy @alreadytaken74.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It IS uncanny, though.
News headline about a woman winning £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader, accompanied by a picture of Darth Vader.  This post was suggesting that the picture was what the woman actually looked like, and from thence the “humour” arose.
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🎮 Dr. Gremlin 😈 (they/she/any) @colorless.green · 21/04/2025
so they're mycoblogging
Headline that says mushrooms may talk to one another with up to 50 words
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