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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The good news is that the ceiling will be considerably closer for him at that point
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Coming down firmly on the "continued identity theory" side of the "Penis of Theseus" paradox
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The loi pain established wheat, water, salt and yeast as the only allowable ingredients of a French baguette, but I'm sure they'd let in some carbon fibre reinforcing for competition baguettes
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We have to define the limits of the foodstuffs, but I'm sure someone could make a nearly all-crust baguette that fits the external dimensions of an Olympic regulation javelin or a naan cooked in a tandoor but pre-shaped as a frisbee
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Annoy/confuse all sides by adhering to "no country should be named after a (non-royal) first name" and go for "Vespuccians"
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
How quickly can someone put together a baked beans costume?
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
That is correct - people only hear their homes in winter when the ghosts are very distressed (because they're dead cold)
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
How would anyone be "throwing voters under a bus on immigration"? Unless she thinks Labour are proposing a one in, one out swap with the people of Makerfield as the "out", based on the sub-head it seems it was "betraying" until someone asked for a list of synonyms and didn't read it through again
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Without it, I have to assume it's a very late response to Michael Douglas (with an odd choice of euphemism)
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Not that any answer could make me reject my new scorpion overlords, but are we talking great danes or chihuahuas?
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When I spend half a million on Claude tokens, that's my problem. When I spend half a billion, that's Anthropic's problem.
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Cue a new iteration of the Monocle "Will Quince?" muttered confusion recording
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Who is the Bono of 2026 (for the Labour leadership)? Could we say all the free tickets when they got in were in hope that they'd meet Taylor Swift?
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Before you act criminally, think about who you're *really* hurting
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Yet another piece of evidence that cash transfers are effective in reducing homelessness
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I've been telling any colleagues trying to plan now that "yes, I know it's long been planned for the threshold to go down to £30k from 2027, but I know who I'd bet on in 'government policy' v 'a week of Mail front pages'" - "MTD madness cost grandmother HUNDREDS" once and you're done
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
They say the camera adds 10 pounds, but scientists they didn't understand until now was that the light illuminating you was adding over 100 more
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
After on-mic clanking led to a spate of producer rampages, chains were outlawed and we are unfortunately left with lesser restraining methods that allow some podcasters to escape and roam free, despite the grievous risk to the public
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If the ships involved are "Suezmax" and you've ended up with "Oilmaxxing", you're really not even getting the basics
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Least of the issues there, but who hyphenates "crack-cocaine"?
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"when a bomb at a family birthday kills the King and the family he still allows himself to be photographed with, one nonce brother must step up and unite the kingdom"
Andrew (as pictured in his car, post-arrest) with St Edward's Crown, with the label Designated Survivor (from the Netflix series)
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Creating a new inflation index: ARPI, only tracking the price of the one good that matters if you're willing to negotiate aggressively enough
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
At least twice steins-gate.fandom.com/wiki/John_Ti...
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Client Challenge
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Depending how it goes, someone's CV could end up with "Supreme Commander of UK Forces for the defence of Greenland" or "tea-maker for the European supervision team for US acquisition of Greenland"
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Truly world-leading exporter of ways to be weird about people pissing
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paulbardsley.bsky.social @paulbardsley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
From British experience: "Mamdani putting up new bathrooms while refusing to screen users' gender shows how he can't be trusted to protect women" Helen Lewis in The Atlantic, somehow suggesting he's both overly woke and misogynistic because he's a Muslim
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