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Michael Cook

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do we need Prevent for boomers?
bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for 15 years over Sidcup Ulez camera blast
Kevin Rees, 63, faces a tougher sentence because the offence had a "terrorism connection".
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.
Drawing of 13 little 'monsters', rather cute little critters who wouldn't harm a fly, in fact they'd probably give it a bowl of milk and a tiny bed for the night.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 13/09/2026
Misread this title and was briefly excited by the idea of a very British Planet Of The Apes, where the apes took over only the UK, and the other countries had to come to terms on how to manage relations with this insane country. Apes smashing up parliament and going on the Now Show, please make it.
Untitled Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sequel (2027)
Asbell announced that a sequel to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is in development. It is planned to be released on May 14, 2027.[132] In May 2026, it was reported a new film unrelated to the previous film will be directed by Matt Shakman and written by Josh Friedman.[133]
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 08/09/2026
Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount -- a Skydance Capitulation.”
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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm pretty sure that in recent memory Zia Yusuf's racism would have been high up the bbc news agenda - reported as racism- that the Conservative party would have attacked him for it and a Labour PM would go for him big time. Now it's all a bit 'well everyone's a bit racist now what can you do' 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Who could it be? This guy will search high and low until he finds him.
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Jago Hazzard @jagohazzard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Now more than ever, is the time make climate change your priority. When Just Stop Oil were throwing paint in galleries, these were the lives they were thinking of. People who caused the least damage are facing the worst consequences
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 24/08/2026
The problem with racists terrorising people seeking asylum is not wondering who they might come after next. The problem is that racists are terrorising people seeking asylum.
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
ok great now do the racialised civil war stuff
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Tom Buckley @bigbadbuckley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I am going to cry-wo #nffc
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Might text them back and warn them about fossil fuels.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sink the Jizzmark
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 13/08/2026
This is a great way to be reminded that the word “close” has two different pronunciations and two very different meanings.
BBC Breaking News notification: “Polls close in Clacton by-election …”
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 11/08/2026
Where did the far-right get the idea Britain was existentially imperilled and so should fortify itself as a white Christian ethnostate? Who embedded such notions in their head? Who emboldened them so? Truly, it is a mystery.
LONDONISTAN
• Explosive.' Observer
HOW BRITAIN IS CREATING ATERROR STATE WITHIN
The Times bestseller, with a new chapter
MELANIE PHILLIPS
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Michael Cook @mikecookwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"Early life: The son of Sir William Cash, the young William Cash attended St Anthony's School, Hampstead and Moor Park School before joining Downside School, moving for the sixth form to Westminster School. He then gained a place at Magdalene College, Cambridge."
Spectator article by William Cash headlined  "Labour is the real party of the privileged elite" with a photo of state school boy Andy Burnham, whose father was a telephone engineer and mother was a GP's receptionist.
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Mhairi McFarlane @mhairim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Giles Coren saying brown sauce belongs in the bin demonstrates why we need No 10 North
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Head of buying at Flying Tiger: “Anyone got any new product ideas?” Kevin the product innovation guy who has a fascination with Hitler: “A toothbrush holder shaped like a mouse?” “Sounds good Kevin but you’re not going to make it look like Hitler again are you?” “I promise I won’t…”
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I know that everyone loves anthropomorphisation but I just walked past an empty unit in a shopping centre with a sign explaining it was “enjoying some me time” and surely there are limits.
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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it
A drawing of ET waving at us on the cardboard packaging for a 1980s product called "E.T. Punch Balls"

As this is a repost of a Feb 2023 tweet of mine, found here https://x.com/DemonTomatoDave/status/1623464715077795840?s=19 , I have taken this photo from the No Context E.T. account who posted it there, and who originally I retweeted.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 01/08/2026
have some concerns about whoever ends up booking a "Caribbean vibes" trip to the seaside and finds themselves spending the day in Clacton
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Mash @itismashagain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My entire life I’ve never called it the FIFA World Cup. I’ve always called it the World Cup. Fans don’t give a shit about FIFA. If national teams showed up for a World Cup tournament not held by FIFA we would all watch it. World Cup is the brand. FIFA is nothing.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
THEY TALKED TO THE COMPUTER IN STAR TREK BEACUSE ITS A *TV SHOW* AND YOU CANT HEAR WHAT SOMEONE IS TYPING NOT BEACUSE IT IS GOOD UX
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is the equivalent of asking how a £1.5m turnover company is going to pay for £100 of drinks at the Xmas party.
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Eric Fell @ericfell.com · 23/07/2026
The post-credits scene of EBENEZER reveals the "what day is it" boy to be Oliver Twist, launching Phase 1 of the Dickensverse.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dang they really got a category for everything
THR
The Hollywood Reporter *
@THR
Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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Vinegar Tom Pullin @tom-pullin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
These are four different colour options for the same style of chinos at M&S
Some light beige M&S chinosA slightly different shade of light beige M&S chinosA slightly darker pair of beige M&S chinosSome creamy beige M&S chinos
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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I meant to switch the fan to 'oscillate'. Switched it to 'ocelot' by mistake. It ripped my child's head off & ran into the woods
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Robert Wilfort @robertwilfort.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The fact that he's an elderly human/swan hybrid must make the search for work even harder, though anti-discrimination legislation must surely apply.
A headline that says "Old Swan man has applied for over 500 jobs but is still unemployed"
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Emma Grae @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Marie Claire actually left a prompt from an AI in one of their recent articles. While there’s still some great journalists and publications left, this is utterly shocking. No wonder I’m trying to pivot.
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
who called it a territorial dispute and not ground beef
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In one chapter of his book entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', Nigel Farage donor and convicted fraudster George Cottrell describes how politicians can be bought www.ft.com/content/7a0f...
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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I once got a blood transfusion by mistake. Which is why I'm now on the Jehovah's Witness protection programme
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