Paul Bloomfield
@adolphusspriggs.bsky.social
“Hello I’m Ben Affleck on here too.”
When some of those flag holding Argentine lads who play in the Premier League return to their clubs in a couple of weeks.
“Up next it’s Miles Davis and he’s feeling Kind of Blue, but one person who we hope isn’t feeling blue is Linda with the Travel News, how’s it looking Linda?”
Take one spoonful of England v Argentina football discourse, mix it with US Politics Bluesky users, bind it together with some historical takes based on late night half-remembered Wikipedia binges. Could be a good few days on here.
“For decades, American Presidents avoided punching themselves repeatedly in the balls while wearing iron gauntlets. Donald Trump is the only President brave enough to punch himself repeatedly in the balls while wearing iron gauntlets.”
Well, if it’s 17 June, it must be the 86th anniversary of Major Alfred Wintle, MC, responding to the defeat of France by starting a one-man campaign to rescue the French Air Force using methods which landed him in the Tower of London... 🧵
Modric is at the forefront of our minds today so it's only right to re-up the best tweet that ever happened.
OTD in 1940 USSR invited Nazi ambassador over to pass our very warm congratulations to Hitler for the rapid Nazi conquest of France. The sort of thing an ally would do...
The films really went downhill after The Love Bug.
This is how politicians of the Labour right used to deal with the fash, btw
When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.