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John Appleton

@oddbodd13.bsky.social
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Poet, actor, director, photographer. A heathen, conceivably - but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.

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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@dhookstead

Did we cancel D-Day because of a little rough weather? No. Play the damn game.

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D-Day was delayed by a day because of the weather
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 22h
There's a very good play of that touring at the moment.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the times when I went to the party's conference, the fees were based on income. And I think there was a hardship fund for those really struggling. Is this still the case?
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"I asked a bunch of pretend people created by AI whether AI was a good thing or not" Fucksake. What is this clown doing in a Cabinet post?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can people please stop saying there's going to be an asterix next to all #ManCity results
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can recall an Arsenal fanzine seller around the time of Rio "forgetting" a drug test (and the subsequent FA heel-dragging), advertising his wares with "Read about the new Rio Ferdinand mobile phone...it's big and ugly, has no memory and takes three months to charge."
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 02/10/2026
they should make this season of true detective
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Glum Rock @jimblower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BBC spends an inordinate amount of time playing generic adverts telling people who are already watching it how good it is.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The real story here is too much trust in AI.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You could also assume that they're irretrievably stupid. Which I suspect is more likely.
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No she’s not.
TLS: Mary Beard on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So piss them off by having nobody at all behind the bar because they're all busy collecting glasses?
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Notable also for the City fans' chant: "We don't need no Phil Scolari, We don't need Mourinho, Hey, Thaksin, Leave our Sven alone"
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rochemback with the greatest free kick since Father Ted invited Bishop Brennan round, and Alves managing to score 3.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just 37?
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
East Fife four, Fairford five so far.
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Chris Limb @catmachine.com · 28/09/2026
People REALLY don’t like being told they’re wrong. What the far right have done is weaponise this and tell people that the feelings of bigotry that they’re secretly ashamed of are actually good. And if deployed cunningly this works on far more people than you'd think, which is exhausting.
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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👹 Monster was released on this day in 1994. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?,” “Bang and Blame,” “Strange Currencies,” “Crush With Eyeliner,” “Tongue” — and a run of music videos that makes this one especially fun to look back on. Share your favorite song in the comments…
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know we're all thinking it, but even if Man City get a massive points deduction or relegation several divisions, they'll somehow still finish above Spurs.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do this at the beginning of next season. Then even if they win every single game, they'll finish on exactly zero.
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Philip Stafford @staffordphilip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"As far as I'm concerned, the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals into the biggest bin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly."
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To the tune of Jive Talkin': Vibe codin', You code with AI, Vibe codin', Your CV's a lie.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Might be one to watch this lad. Takes Root's wicket in his first international in any format, plus another two. Odd run-up, but obviously effective.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Why did they add coconut? I miss original."
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Helen Ceri Clarke @helenceri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh i don't know, i found this hilarious.
T shirt saying "are they bowling to earn soup or bowling on behalf of soup?" Seen at download festival
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The shirt I saw saying "I'm what Willis was talkin' 'bout" was pretty good.
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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A fun, affordable hobby is: 1. Turning up in random well-to-do Cotswold villages wearing a hi-vis vest with a picture of a wind turbine on it, and a hard hat. 2. Taking measurements of the village green and any other open space, and enthusiastically writing notes on a clipboard.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A point that's well illustrated by how few people seem to realise the difference between intelligence and knowledge ("But AI told me this was definitely true") or intelligence and creativity ("Look at this great poster AI created for me" - which looks like every other one).
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A pie floater van outside of an opera house is perhaps the most Aussie thing I've ever heard of. And this isn't a criticism. A bit of Il Trovatore and a good pie sounds like a cracking night.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That would be me then. To paraphrase Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man: A twat, conceivably - but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We all live in an orange gimp regime An orange gimp regime An orange gimp regime
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FFS Boro, I turn my back for one bloody moment.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think we're all in agreement that OP has learnt this the hard way.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No, by 'revealed' we mean a) verified the source beyond doubt b) gave a right to reply to those implicated c) had legal checks to validate our fact-checking and ensure there were no unfair defamatory inferences In other words, time-consuming and professional journalism
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Nick Burdett @nickburdett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Buying flags to support the RNLI during WW1. How times have changed.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cabin Pressure was the best. Perfect casting all round.
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 18/09/2026
the worst part about not having a cat is that a cat never wanders into your room in a kind of "hey whats going on in here?" kind of way
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FFS. When I was a kid, taking your "bait" to work was just something people did, it's hardly some new trend. This columnist obviously gets too many paid lunches.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I once asked one to do a picture of 13 drinks. It gave me a picture of 11. I asked it to add two more. It did so, giving me the requested 13, and said, "Here's your picture of 15 drinks!" It can't even count. That's the most basic thing a computer has to do.
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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ian Hislop from @privateeyenews.bsky.social pointed out that during WW2 the RNLI rescued German and Italian crews, because their remit is the preservation of human life. They rescued people who were actively at war with our country, and they didn't face this level of hostility. This shit must stop!
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Any chance that in the dead of night you could swap the flags for RNLI ones?
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are people getting drunk and forgetting they've posted stuff already? bsky.app/profile/fess...
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Current world men's champions have a smaller population than England.
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John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A reason to be thankful for his attendance record, I suppose.
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