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My coworker announced her pregnancy with some cookies from a local bakery. Today she announced the baby’s gender with some cookies from a local bakery. I am wondering what else we can find out about this baby because this is going well.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 10h

"I want to connect with you" is doing some unexpectedly heavy lifting there.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 10h

Good afternoon to everyone except the people who choose a single one-minute long melody for their hold music, in the full knowledge that their customers usually have to wait at least half an hour before speaking to a real person.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 10h

That's Dave Hill, surely?

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 13h

As expected, the Prime Minister's promise to sort out the mess of funding for Jodrell actually meant nothing - it seems the government would like it to be some sort of heritage theme park when you can go and see where we used to do science. 🔭

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 12h

Oh , I HATE that tone. It sounds so forced and insincere to me, probably because there's no let-up.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 22h

There's going to be a very special place in Hell for Pete Hegseth.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Wicker Man on BBC4 right now in HD looks so crisp. Which, coincidentally, is how Edward Woodward looks by the end of the film. #Spoilers

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would trust that coworker with absolutely any project. I have no idea how I'd explain that logic to HR afterwards, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy 18th birthday, this spider

Text of an email: From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account
Dear Jane,
I do not have any money so I am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.
Regards, David
This is followed by a crude drawing of a spider with seven legs and a smiley face

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Clive Sinclair. I'd almost certainly end up on the losing side in the end, but I don't think I'd be on the wrong side.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Taken starring Porky Pig: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/IL...

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I bloody love The Three Doctors.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am the sort of person who will never switch to Mac from Windows because I hate Apple's OS, but this presentation is going so disastrously I may have to start considering going all the way back to Sinclair Spectrum BASIC and starting again from scratch.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The entire first edition is up on YouTube. The show is a complete mess, but it's worth watching for Bette Midler vs Brucie - two completely different worlds colliding. Within weeks he was opening the show with a defence of the show, which maybe wasn't a good sign. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVl7...

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Bruce Forsyth's Big Night - LWT for ITV - 1978 - Show #1

YouTube video by Greg Scott’s YouTube Corner

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Dan Hollingsworth @dhollingsworth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maximum Pow... errrr... 😩

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wasn’t able to secure any review code for HELLRAISER unfortunately. But I found this amazing FB clip of Doug Bradley doing a Scouse Pinhead and now I’m crying from laughter. He’s amazing. (Source: YMH Podcast.)

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I respect the people who said “join the UK” for the pure “this whole thing was a mistake, let’s call it off“ vibes.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Both sides telling a story of Rod Stewart waking up midway through an operation.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I inherited my Nan's. She loved saying goodnight to it because it had different replies, but I quickly got annoyed with it listening in even after I'd told it not to. It's now in a box somewhere.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All I got was "has a music collection", "has a DVD collection" and "has a cat". All stuff it got from my purchasing history. Pretty glad I unplugged the Amazon Echo now if this is the sort of thing other people are seeing.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Once again, the Kenny Everett as Rod Stewart sketch immediately springs to mind.

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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🎶 Do-do-do, come on and do the conga Do-do-do, it's conga night for sure🎶

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, I know that *I* certainly do my best not to spread parasites.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

you'd think after doing this for six years i wouldn't still find myself thinking "wow, wikipedia really has an article about EVERYTHING" but here i am

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 06/10/2026

I'm so sorry. But all I can think of is...

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"A DHS rep did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment."

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Doctor Who: City of Death - Part Two (6th October 1979). "I say, what a wonderful butler, he's so violent."

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Don't try and tell me 'Gabe Poirot' isn't a client on the wall of Steven Toast's agent.

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Spinky’s Mama @spinkysmama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As Jeffrey Archer has died, reposting this. It’s like Ladysmith Black Mambazo doing backing vocals for Ladbaby.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Agreed. It's a masterpiece.

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Joe Scaramangaaaarrrggghhh!!! @joescaramanga.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Perhaps the best Bond cover version ever.

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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In hindsight the moshpit was a mistake.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Update 2: loud clatter coming from the living room. All the mouse had to do was keep its head down and it could've sneaked out to feed itself from the cats' bowl whenever the coast was clear. Upon inspection, it did not and Paiten won herself a hot meal.

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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As Private Eye once said, "Jeffrey Archer has been called 'the world's greatest storyteller.' But did you know he also writes novels?"

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wonder if part of his bitterness comes from Lutonians generally being far too smart to vote Tory.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh God, that's brutal. (And brilliant.)

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've never read his books myself, but the reviews seem to suggest that a total loss of active brain functions probably wouldn't be enough to stop him from at least finishing a chapter.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The recipient of two of the greatest putdowns ever - "Is there no beginning to your talents?" from Clive Anderson and "You've got to laugh at yourself, otherwise you could be missing the joke of the century" from Dame Edna Everage.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Obviously, he's talking bollocks - the fact that he says the town is a shadow of its former self is a dead giveaway. I remember Luton in the seventies, eighties and nineties, and aside from the tragic loss of the original Arndale Flamingos the improvements made since then have been immeasurable.

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