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Jim Clark

@runningape.bsky.social
352 followers 249 following 260 posts

Primary carer for the family dog. Chief bill payer for the cat and kids. Sporadic runner when not injured, occasional grouch, trying to be an ex-wino, NCFC fan (Magpies, not Canaries) Now French. Advanced level shrugging possible.

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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Great to see NYT Games app supporting diversity today. Having a Strands puzzle in a language other than English was well overdue. Congrats to them for such a bold move.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Major downside of living in France, apart from the absolutely catastrophic fires this year 😩, is the scarcity of English books without paying a fortune or using the tax dodger site. Recent trip to the UK gave up this great haul including a signed @brookmyre.bsky.social from Pz What to read next?
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Weird how really big accounts will take your art and plaster it all over every one of their socials but never think about crediting you. Maybe it's just me that finds that strange.🤷‍♂️
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Neither Spain nor Argentina will be likely to play anywhere like that tomorrow. Both teams must be so pissed off that they weren’t playing tomorrow night. But then again stakes wouldn’t be the same.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Might just wait until after tomorrows game before I ring the office during my holiday
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Been on the go since 6am this morning. Now made it to Paddington and now this beauty will keep me sustained for the next 5 hours until Penzance #thingsiyearnfor
This is not just any Melton Mowbray pork pie, it’s an M&S Melton… you get the idea
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who had Ronaldo and Messi both crying within 24 hours on their World Cup bingo card ? #worldcup #messi #hahaha
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Maybe it’s in Tuchels contract that Kane stays on whatever happens. There’s can’t be any other logical reason. #ENGCON
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Tickets booked for The Odyssey at BFI IMAX! 👍 And it seems it’s on a 24 hour loop - can’t imagine the crowd at the 4:20am showing 🤔
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Doing a bit of family visiting next week and mightily chuffed to discover that both @brookmyre.bsky.social and @ambroseparry.bsky.social are in conversation at the Acorn Penzance. Tickets booked straight away!
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Exactly this. And to think we were all worried teenagers over “home taping is killing music”.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Second extreme heat wave of the year and it’s going to be hell. Kids need to go to school, I need to go to work and we all need to sleep. But global warming is just a myth Nigel
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Anyone know the collective noun for a group of faces like smacked arses ? Well done you Pies. Can’t wait to be playing Leicester next season #NCFC
David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and others looking on with faces like smacked arses as the Mighty Pies destroy Salford at Wembley
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Good riddance! But not quite brave enough to put his own balls on the line. Now get Palantir and all his private healthcare chums out of the NHS.
Wes Streeting finally resigns but wimps out of putting his balls on the line
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Hey there billionaires, how’s it going ? Just a thought, but if you can find 45M$ in spare change to try and block a wealth tax, then maybe you could actually afford to share a little of your obscene wealth and do some good in the world. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Google co-founder spends $45m in fight against California billionaire tax
Sergey Brin gives $25m on top of $20m he’s already given to Super Pac trying to block state’s proposed 5% wealth tax
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Morrissey. On a tractor. Playing bongos to a herd of cows. #totp #wtf
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Watching this from afar, but can’t help wondering what’s the difference between this and Truss’s spectacular crashing of the UK economy? Only it will have an extra zero on the cost to the US population. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Trump’s tax bill ‘vote-a-rama’ continues; Florida governor claims ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will make immigrants ‘self-deport’ – live
Marathon vote on ‘one big, beautiful bill’ passes 24-hour mark as Trump joins Ron DeSantis at detention center in mosquito-infested Everglades
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Who can blame him ?
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The scandal is only a scandal because some naughty people told you about it. Not because I leaked classified info from my personal phone to my wife and others, using a potentially insecure platform and avoiding official channels that ensure accountability. Oh no www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Hegseth blames ousted officials for leaks in latest Signal chat scandal
Trump’s defense secretary denies he was ‘texting war plans’ after reports of second chat to discuss military operations
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Well good evening Planet Earth. Log on today and discovered I’ve gained 200+ followers! What is going on? Bots ? Do I share a name with someone currently in the news? Or is it US Immigration checking me out before my next trip ? Whatever, thanks everyone. Hope I don’t disappoint you all
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It seems some taxes are more important to collect than others. Or perhaps, as @privateeyenews.bsky.social have argued for many years, there’s a 2 tier system where the little folk pay and the rich get special treatment. Time for serious reform of HMRC, not more cuts to vulnerable groups.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Wow! It’s @markradcliffe.bsky.social and @marcrileydj.bsky.social from about 50 million years ago.
Mark and Lard. The best.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It seems some taxes are more important to collect than others. Or perhaps, as @privateeyenews.bsky.social have argued for many years, there’s a 2 tier system where the little folk pay and the rich get special treatment. Time for serious reform of HMRC, not more cuts to vulnerable groups.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Can only be humbled by Madame Pelicot. And yet I’m astonished, angry and ashamed that so many were willing, and obviously looking for an opportunity, to do what they did. Whilst an ocean away, a rapist takes power in January. I fear even more for the females of this world.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/12/2024
Greggs Wallace ponders if he is out of touch, but decides it's middle class women if a certain age who are wrong
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you’ve already heard Richard Dawson you’ll be very excited by this. If you haven’t, then you are missing out on a very, very special artist.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What is this with people following me who already follow 30k+ others? It’s not like I’m a prolific skeeter or in any way famous. Do we all think “bot” when we see this and block instantly?
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Just a question…what’s happens if Trump gets sentenced to time in prison before January? Asking for the world.
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Just, just….never mind. A reminder that leaving Twitter was crucial to my sanity
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Just seen the half time report in the #ENGvGRE game. Think I’ll go and watch #Threads to cheer myself up.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 28/09/2024
My 2024 Christmas cards are here! gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-cards
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
An impressive piece of work, chapeau well deserved here! I can only imagine there wasn’t a piece of material large enough for the full roster 😮
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
This is hilarious, and how it’s been twisted to make Boris look like some kind of hero is even more preposterous that his sir down with Harry. 1/n www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...
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Boris Johnson: we considered ‘aquatic raid’ on Netherlands to seize Covid vaccine
Former prime minister admits in extract from forthcoming book that he discussed possible aquatic operation at height of pandemic
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
They can’t help themselves. Seriously how do people like this get paid from the public purse?
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
A real chef’s kiss there from @mrjamesob.bsky.social Chapeau!
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Is it just me, or does everyone sing the #DoctorWho theme along to the opening sequence of #OMITB ?
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
T’internet has been won again today. Absolute chef’s kiss
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Please, send your thoughts and prayers. Not sure we’ll make it through the weekend
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
And this, my friends, is exactly the way the world should be. I’m still recovering from 3 years working for a company where 60 hour weeks, 1am meetings and 10 hours a day in meetings were “normal”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want the legal right to ignore your boss outside working hours? Learn from the French | Alexander Hurst
The ‘right to disconnect’ has changed France for the better – and could soon be law in the UK too, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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Jim Clark @runningape.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Blimey! Not what we expect to see in Ennui-sur-Blasé!
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