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anne carson can't speak to the nobel committee because she's in iceland listening to the wind, helen dewitt can't do any windham-campbell prize promo because she can't work public library wifi, bet the person who does the comms for the richard and judy book club doesn't have to put up with this shit
Jennifer Szalai@jenszalai.bsky.social · 4d ago
isn't it funny how there's a renowned publisher of poetry and it's called "Bloodaxe." they should be putting out Warhammer 40k erotica.
Wasn’t able to secure any review code for HELLRAISER unfortunately. But I found this amazing FB clip of Doug Bradley doing a Scouse Pinhead and now I’m crying from laughter. He’s amazing. (Source: YMH Podcast.)
like curtis yarvin especially is just some jackass. his substack posts get tens of shares. there's random uncles posting similar racist screeds on facebook with more engagement. it's all a scam, it is. a fix
Sigourney Weaver is 77. Seen here sharing a joke with Ridley Scott on the set of Alien.
Matt Damon is 56. That time he met Prince:
"Alex McNiche: Euro Legacy" sounds like the 5th installment of a Temu Jason Bourne franchise. Still good clean quiz content though.
Career We Go - The Football Trivia Podcast@careerwegopod.bsky.social · 5d ago🚨New pod out now! 🇩🇪Did Mesut Özil play for Werder Bremen ? 🇳🇱who made the fewest appearances under Frank Rijkaard at Barca? 🧤What are those goalkeepers first names? 🐥Any Norwich recommendations? 🎙️ careerwego.com
FOR TOO LONG HAVE MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS BEEN NEGLECTED, say the parties that have governed for over 100 years and held the Minister of Finance portfolio since 1997
getting a 😂 and a 🤣 in the Teams chat. very dangerous, could easily end up Pursuing A Creative Outlet, writing one of those Sunday Miscellanies that's not maudlin or about dandelion wine, one of the ones that's wry, about the time you called your teacher Mum but now you live in a city.
lol 'takes center stage,' like it's about to belt out "All That Jazz"
Suss-- 🥌@suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 6d agoHeading over to Honeybaked, does anyone need a cup of ham
this is another one of those "fundamental truths" of politics. Most of the time when someone is being "hypocritical," it just means they were lying. They're not stupider than you! They're just liars.
Jane Coaston@janecoaston.bsky.social · 6d agothey're all just lying, it is tremendous lying, but it is just lying
Don't be confused, this is just a public grant to gambling companies
Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan.bsky.social · 6d agoHorse and greyhound fund up €3m in the budget, up to €102m - split €81.6m horseracing, €20.4m greyhound racing. In 2020, the fund stood at €84m, so it's gone up 21% over the past six years...
good to see there's some tranches of funding that manage to keep up with inflation. even outpace it! reassuring.
Cianan Brennan@ciananbrennan.bsky.social · 6d agoHorse and greyhound fund up €3m in the budget, up to €102m - split €81.6m horseracing, €20.4m greyhound racing. In 2020, the fund stood at €84m, so it's gone up 21% over the past six years...
This is doing the rounds and is good and this bit, in particular, is yet another "bar." From taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/you-will-n...
A lot of people lamenting the Paramount/Warner merger and fearing David Ellison's control over the media are forgetting that we have three secret weapons at our disposal, currently lurking high up in the Warner water tower.
this will be funny to like 3 people but I’m one of them and that’s all that matters
When I say BORD, you say SNIP BORD SNIP BORD SNIP
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 6d agoMinister announces new public spending efficiency taskforce to "extensively scrutinise day-to-day public spending". It will identify areas across public spending where there is scope for more efficiency, and recommend actions that can deliver better services and greater value for money.
how can you credibly announce a package to help implement a scheme you haven't even developed yet. might as well say you're throwing €15m at a fleet of Updogs to ferry bachelor farmers to and from their hovels.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 6d agoHarris announces €15 million package to "help keep our pub doors open", though doesn't elaborate on what this will be used for. "In the time ahead, we'll work to develop a scheme which will assist our rural pubs and will engage with that sector," he says.
here's one of my Problematic Opinions: this is correct, and also the reason that victim impact statements are dodgy
Louise@selkies.bsky.social · 6d agoIs it controversial to say that I don't think we should be naming laws after real people in Ireland, is that not a bit overly sentimental for something like a law that should be cut and dry and unexciting
560 job cuts. Shit is insane. University education and research are among the few things Britain is still amazing at! And it's being gutted.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d ago'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
you don't have to have a favourite right-wing politician
the way he says "banker" is very funny. ok see ya later.
Seinfeldism@seinfeldism.bsky.social · last wk.So you're killing yourself because your dreams of becoming a banker have gone unfulfilled. / S04E04 The Ticket
if you're looking to make a space movie these days, goldie tin foil will be a big budget line item it seems. just something to bear in mind.
when my sweet small child won’t get up for school on a cloudy october morning:
"the moment deserves more than clever" is a 'bar.' Aaron Sorkin in a shambles, Lewis Goodall dropping to his knees.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2w agoBut the moment deserves more than clever. And we are not talking about the obsolescence of writing as an abstract. We are talking about actively depriving people of access to participation in a democracy.
Every time I see a serial killer tv show advertised I think of this
