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Mr. Scruff Monkey

@scruffmonkey.bsky.social
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Spaffing mind vomit onto the intertubes since the 90s. A crushing disappointment to all. Dublin based.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Oh my gosh, this is real. I’ve already been a DDG user (mostly avoiding Google) for years. But this is now set as my home page. noai.duckduckgo.com
Screenshot of the no AI version of DuckDuckGo. The search dialogue box reads search privately without AI. Underneath to text boxes read: we’ve turned off AI assisted answers, we removed AI generated images.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
read and fucking weep! www.maptap.gg October 2 100🎯 88🎉 98🔥 97🔥 97🔥 Final score: 966
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For anyone that didn't get a chance to watch Channel 4 Dispatches exposé on Tommy Ten Names last Wednesday night. Here's the YouTube video, you can watch at your leisure with some🍿🍺 🍷and enjoy 😇 youtu.be/7wvdzAco-Y4?...
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Tommy Robinson’s Finances — Exposed | Dispatches | Tommy Robinson: Where’s The Money Gone?
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
Come ask @kieraevebutler.bsky.social anything about her reporting on the mainstreaming of far-right extremism on Reddit this morning!
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From the politics community on Reddit: AMA: I’m a reporter at Mother Jones covering the mainstreaming of far-right extremism. Ask me anything.
Explore this post and more from the politics community
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spent the evening in the company of Nish Kumar, much recommended, much righteous anger, much c word usage. Good for all the family, my 75 year old mother loved it.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is insanity. It appears the entire Seanad voter register has been junked without letting any of the voters know and we all (TCD and NUI) have to re-register on this 1996-flavoured website to use our vote. seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
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SeanadVoter.ie
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
noice www.maptap.gg September 8 99🎯 90👑 100🎯 94🏅 94🏅 Final score: 953
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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b3ta @b3ta.com · 07/09/2026
Ever so sorry about all this... Artist: hYpe b3ta.com/board/11430862 From the 'Product Placement Books' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/productplacement… #ProductPlacementBooks
An image made by hYpe posted on B3ta, front paged by the moderators, and reposted on Bluesky by code automatically.

Subject: Ever so sorry about all this...
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
mother fucker! www.maptap.gg September 6 97🔥 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 91👑 Final score: 970
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nadine Dorries interviewed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 last night at Reform Party Conference. Nigel Farage is absolutely fine and actually laughing, not even worried, definitely. Original can be viewed here, it's quite a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et3...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Farage and the French National Front join forces
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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
James Orr in this excellent undercover sting of dodgy funding to Reform UK (expose Channel 4 news) describing the electoral commission officers in less than charitable terms. If you want to know who Orr is, my report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social gives context. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/26/j...
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tonight I saw the Super Furry Animals" again, they were great, <eom>
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Heheheh (It’s low quality scruff jokes here 24/7)
A building in Collins Barracks (Dublin) with a sign outside saying it’s the Riding School.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Typical convo with my ma “I’ve got a horrible cold, think I got it visiting your uncle” Me, do a rona test, “It’s not corona” Me, sounds like rona, “Oooh your uncles nursing home has corona cases” Me, ffs! “I did a test, I’ve corona”
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good news #Speigorm! When news emerged re the imminent closure of The Phoenix, the National Library of Ireland stepped in to make a complete archive of the whole Phoenix website, which is now freely available via the Wayback Machine. wayback.archive-it.org/12016/202606...
 You are viewing an archived web page collected at the request of National Library of Ireland using Archive-It. This page was captured on 12:54:39 Jun 26, 2026, and is part of the Irish Media and Commentary collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page. Found 0 archived media items out of 0 total on this page.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Trump's cohort has a universal plan that they apply to every region in the world: they split a country up and sell it for parts. They exacerbate preexisting divides, which they're doing in Canada now. Their model is the pillaging of the former USSR in the 1990s." www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdI...
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Jared Kushner is Hiding THIS From Trump's Own Supporters (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I am at greenman since Thursday, it’s incredible how nice the world is when you’ve no phone signal (found a WiFi spot). In other news I suspect I’ve joined a cult where every one is lovely and nice.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For years I’ve been cc”ed on the weekly golf scores of a bunch of yanks (one of whom must have an email similar to mine but without the dot). At first I thought it was a pain in the hole but I now find it kinda charming. Good for them for having mates and all that. I might rebroadcast here.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I am so smart, smet, I mean smart. www.maptap.gg August 15 92🏆 96🔥 98🎯 99🎯 98🎯 Final score: 975 I lucked out big time!
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well, not great but as best as I could get with a pair of eclipse glasses and an iPhone
August 2026 solar eclipse shot from Wigan on an iPhone with a pair of eclipse glasses over the 5x lens.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
little less impressive on the main but still good good good www.maptap.gg August 8 100🎯 98🔥 100🎯 93🏆 90👑 Final score: 947
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
fuck a doodle dooo!!! ⚡ MapTap Challenge Round - Aug 8 www.maptap.gg/challenge 90🎉 84🌟 99🔥 99🔥 100🎯 Score: 969 in 23.4s (2.1s to spare!)
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MapTap Adventures
Play MapTap Adventures - explore all world capitals on a 3D globe with interactive geography gameplay.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
For cat day, my fav pic of my better halfs cat
A small orange cat stares at the image of a Lion on the television
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wandering around Basel with an absolutely stinking hangover and 3 teenagers. I did not sign up for this.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I think a lot of people have missed this. Until the police investigation in February last year, Reform UK’s financial structures were all tied up with Cottrell and his Montenegro base bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 17/07/2026
It's very hard not to love @doctorow.pluralistic.net when he gets stuck into something. This video really lays out the AI bubble clearly!
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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"Suddenly, I feel a calming hand on my left hindquarter. I look down, and there’s Sam Neill. He smiled at me and, with a kindness in his voice unmatched by any other actor alive or dead, said, 'It’s ok. You can do this. Don’t act like you’re shaking the cup, shake the cup.'" 🥹
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I May Have Physically Outweighed Sam Neill by Several Thousand Lbs, but When It Comes to Talent He Was a Giant — Guest Obituary by the T.rex From Jurassic Park
It is in the mouth of sadness that I find myself today. My esteemed Co-star and close friend, Sir Nigel John Dermot... Read the full masterpiece
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Petergeist Clines @peterclines.com · 13/07/2026
Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!
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The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
Meta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are reportedly leaving their expensive smart glasses at home.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Watching the other islands game, where the fuck did that fan get a tin of Stella in Miami, respect to his game.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
No chance of them throwing an effigy of Jeffrey up there?
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @bylinetimes.bsky.social's investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nigel Farage failed to declare that a criminal and crypto gambler paid for his staff, security, drivers, social media output in year before election Reform leader has also received free accommodation in Westminster from George Cottrell as MP
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 03/07/2026
Holes xkcd.com/3266/
Comic: Holes. Elevation is to scale relative to sea level and ground level. Land shapes and horizontal distances are not to scale. [Lines for every 1k meters starting from -12k up to +4k: Bingham Canyon Mine (US), Veryovkina Cave (Georgia), MPONENG Gold Mine (South Africa), Sanford Laboratory (US), Giant Crystal Cave (Mexico), Derinkugo Underground City (Turkey), WIPP (US), Restof Salt Mine, with an arrow pointing at the bottom that reads “oops” (US), San Andreas Fault Observatory Borehole (US) CFB North Bay (Canada), Woodingdean Water Well (dug by hand) (United Kingdom), Diefen-Bunker (Canada), Deep Underground Command Center (Canceled in 1965) (US), Lake Peigneu, with another oops arrow next to it (US), Sydney Opera House Parking (Australia), Onkalo Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository (Finland), Hudson River, Delaware Aqueduct (US), Raven Rock (US), Wieliczka and Bochina Salt Mines (Poland), Atchison Storage Facility (US), Snolab (Canada), Detroit Salt Mine (US), Hongyancun Subway Station (China), Nuclear Test Shafts (North Korea), Super Kamiokande Neutrino Detector (Japan), Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy), Peak above Gran Sasso, Modane Laboratory (France), Peak above Modane Laboratory, Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland), Peak above Cheyenne Bunker and Gotthard Tunnel, Cheyenne Mountain Bunker (US), Kola Superdeep Borehole (Russia) - deepest artificial point below surface at -11917m, Lake Baikal (Russia), sediments under Lake Baikal, IDDP-2 Borehole (Iceland), Dead Sea (multiple countries), Ryfylke Tunnel (Norway), Pantal Remis Mine with another oops arrow (Malaysia), Great Blue Hole (Belize), Joides Resolution Expedition 307 (Atlantic Ocean), Deepwater Horizon Borehole (Gulf of Mexico) - deepest artificial point below sea level at -11944m, Glomar Challenger Hole 504B (Pacific Ocean), Mohole (Pacific Ocean), Joides Resolution Expedition 329 (Pacific Ocean), Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean)]
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In a disturbing fit of how bad could it be, i shaved off my beard. I am now potato, thank fuck i've a month before going on hols and interacting with people IRL again.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Saw the new Spielberg in 70mm, he really knows how to emotionally manipulate, ending doesn’t really come off but the lad still has it.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I see the porn bots have been let out again.
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Mr. Scruff Monkey @scruffmonkey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tonight I did spend listening and dancing to the cure, I don’t know how I’ve missed seeing them live given every other band I’ve seen. They really are the most under rated party fun times band.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 22/06/2026
anyway, disappointed none of you has sorted out the Paddington psychopomp image, so I've done it for you
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The White House vs. Isengard in Lord of the Rings.
Decimated White House groundsIsengard
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Good morning by Pil Hwa
a ghost with a dangle toy playing with a cat
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