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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 16/08/2026

Right, it's 6:30am on a Sunday. The 'merkins should be in bed and the Brits aren't up yet, so here's a short story I had kicking around in my head.

A story title AI-pathy

Write a reply to this email. Be friendly but firm. List the reasons why I disagree. Mention price.
Write a reply. Be firm. List problems.
Write a reply. Be firm.
Write a reply.
Reply to this email.
Reply to my emails.
Reply.
Draft an update of our current project plan for me to review.
Review the draft for me. Highlight any problems.
Suggest solutions to those problems.
Write a better business plan.
Break down the business plan into actionable goals and email them to the appropriate people.
Summarise the replies to the new business plan.
Give me a list of who hasn’t replied.
Send chaser emails to those on that list.
Review these CVs and find me more appropriate people.

Shortlist the best 3.
Send them a pre-interview questionnaire. Be thorough.
Pick the best candidate.
Send me a transcript of the meeting.
Summarise the transcript for me.
Review the summary of the transcript and give me bullets of anything I need to be aware of.
Send some emails dealing with the bullets of the summary of the transcript of the meeting.
Book me a holiday. All inclusive. Mid-July. Average temperature mid-20s to low-30s. Flight time of less than 4 hours. Check my banking app and set a suitable budget.
Schedule a night out with lads. Send them invites.
Review the replies to the invites. Suggest a new time. Repeat.
Find a football squad for my son. Find archery lessons for my daughter. Suggest other activities my children would enjoy. Book them and schedule them in my diary. Email my wife and ask if she can take them and pick them up. Be persuasive.
Suggest some good talking points about football and archery. Suggest some podcasts they’d like. Tell me what they like. Look up my wedding anniversary and schedule flowers for my wife. Write something nice on the card.
Recommend a TV show that’s streaming that I’ll enjoy. Nothing new.

Summarise the plot of the Twilight Zone episode Shatterday. Explain the ending to me.
Create a video of a beautiful sunset. Write a poem about it. Post both on my socials. Give me a weekly update on how my engagement is doing. Get me more engagement. Send me a summary of my top posts.
Write me a new CV. Highlight my recent accomplishments.
Find my jobs that match my skill set. Write tailored covering letters. Email.
Write me ten interview tips.
Make the covering letters better.
Find me a job.
Email my mortgage company, tell them about my changed circumstances and ask for a payment break.
Summarise the last three emails from the mortgage company.
Should I go to marriage-counselling? Do I have time?
Cancel my holiday. Argue for a full refund.
How do I contest custardy? What would a lawyer advise? Summarise that advice. Find a 1-bedroom property in my budget. Write a blog post about finding myself in middle-age. Post a link on my socials. Summarise engagement.
Write a letter that will make her want to come back. Email it to her. Be sincere.
Tell me what to do with all this free time.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Golden Age Of Children's TV is currently an un-whopping ninety nine pence on Kindle! I really am quite proud of it and I think you'll enjoy it, especially at this price. If you've already ready it, why not share the link? Hint Hint. www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age-C...

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Lucy Gunner @lucyagunner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

gofund.me/2a9275f3e Don't usually do this, but this is for a friend; this little 4 week old stray girl is blind but a fighter, if anyone has a spare £1 it would be massively appreciated - she now has a loving home 😻

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Donate to Please help with Sid’s surgeries, organized by Nathan Wilson

Hi! Please meet Winx, aka Sid, aka Bubs. We found Winx in an alleyway. At only … Nathan Wilson needs your support for Please help with Sid’s surgeries

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

THREAD. A collection of excellent scarecrows I have met on walks in the countryside. You will find the all-important caption to each photo in the alt text.

A scarecrow who has just watched Monty Python's The Holy Grail for the first time.

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arseblog @arseblog.com · 01/06/2026

Brilliant stuff from @aallensport.arseblog.com Please read and share, although it might make you cry in the back of a taxi like it did to me. 👇

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"... saying I once heard which is applied to only the wisest and most venerated women in the continent of Japan, and actually also sometimes to those in neighbouring Africa. I won’t try to say it, as my Japanese is yet to reach the advanced level that I trust it one day will..."

Roscoe looking even more excellent, beside another, bigger window

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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"Make me, couchfucker"

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A lot has bothered me about the reporting of the Kanye West banned. Firstly how it has been framed as all about it the Jewish community - but we should all be against Nazism! This country fought Nazis. Songs called Heil Hitler should not just be for the Jewish community to object to. And secondly…

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Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Rocky. Loved and remembered always. Everyone who knew him adored him. If you didn’t know him I’m able to share a free to read article in his honour. Here are memories from his family and friends to celebrate what made him one of a kind. ❤️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/248...

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David Rocastle: The phenomenal person behind Arsenal’s perfect player (Gift Article)

Twenty years after David's death, his family and friends recall what made him such a special man and how it helped shape him as a player

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'm compiling a handy thread of things that you really, REALLY should not say in response to this tweet. 1) "Has Matt Lucas said anything on Israel?" No, as it happens. But what if he had? Does that give you the right to try and goad a Jewish celeb in public & then upload your video to socials?

Some prick is crying about the fact that he harassed a Jewish celeb on the Underground 'for Palestine', uploaded it to social media *himself* and people rightly thought he was a piece of shit. And Politics JOE is giving him a platform to cry about it, because they're nobs too.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

NATIVITY WITH MAGPIE: open.substack.com/pub/quantick...

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And Other (Christmas) Stories 5

One for sorrow...

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Von Hitchofen ™⍼☈♅ 🛩👹😬 @vonhitchofen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”

Four men in parkas forcing a furious polar bear into a cage.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

THREAD. I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?" So I decided to write those stories. You'll find them in the alt text.

Serendipity Range (1971)
11.39am. Carol’s head felt like a fire in a neglected pedal bin. The vodka had been a mistake, the downers a larger one. There would be no chance of making it to her aunt’s luncheon now and all hope of a reconciliation would be gone. She picked up the novel she’d found by the bed, but it was no use: she couldn’t consume words in this state, much less those of wittering self-obsessed suburbanites. The smell of basic supermarket jam from the other side of the room caused her insides to churn. Which c*** had left it there? Another hour of meaningless, wasted life, never to be regained, trickled away from her. “This is not my house,” she finally realised.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Getting ready for #totp

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Grace @graceldn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Guys I need to share this Amazon review of Veet Cream cos I don’t know who to talk to about it to…

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arseblog @arseblog.com · 11/05/2025

"You'll never walk alone", as they boo a player who helped them win the title this season.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I retain photographs depicting traumatic experiences in my life, since I think it’s important to remember the bad times, as well as the good. This one is from the occasion when some sheep I’d put my trust in threw me off a cliff for kicks then cut the rope as I tearfully begged for their assistance.

My hand, grasping a thin, frayed rope, as I try pathetically to pull myself up a cliff while some sheep watch from above.

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Lux Silverbeard🩶🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxxsilverbeard.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The historic moment when Santa and Robert Smith reach an agreement that will allow Goths to celebrate Christmas🖤❤️

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Really rubbish headline. Remote attendance at council meetings isn’t about ‘working from home’, it’s about helping ensure that disabled people, those who are ill, have caring responsibilities, or don’t have evening transport, aren’t effectively legally barred from being councillors.

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