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Birmingham dad, leftie like you wouldn't believe, occasionally funny IG: @tomdesalis
This reminds me of Associated Rediffusion which is such a badass sci-fi name for a globocorp but sadly got wasted as one of the franchise holders for ITV in the 50s
Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · 2y agoElectronic Arts would be such a banger of a game company name if it weren't for all the bullshit
Is it racist for my 8yo daughter to sing songs from Pocahontas? How loud is racist?
When memorialising Rod Liddle, we should remember you can’t defame the dead. You also can’t really defame a man who proudly displayed his worst impulses in the national press and called it a job. It’s like trying to do acupuncture to a cenobite
This is, of course, also applicable to politics
Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 3d agoI think this is fundamentally wrong but in an interesting way I will need to write about sometime. The key is a) consumers do not choose what is produced, or how, they choose between what is produced. This is a crucial difference
Rod Liddle was named like an unpopular Fast Show character and behaved like an absurd Chris Morris character. That he was a real human being is an indictment of the British media establishment. If you eulogise him with anything other than sullen self-reflection then you have learned nothing
Matt Damon Odysseus: “ Hey, Hesperides, you like apples?!”
Ok, I should probably fess up, I sold all these GOP reps fake "Olive Garden Black Cards" which they "use" to get unlimited breadsticks...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
"When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you. When you see two sets of footprints, it was when you'd put on a bit and it took two of us to carry you."
Cinematrix doing me dirty today. I feel like Leo McGarry trying to do the crossword
George Lucas also thought it would be a good character quirk to make Indiana Jones an unrepentant paedophile. I’m sure Spielberg will have a word with him on this one too
IGN@ign.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas says rejecting using AI to make movies is like rejecting cars in favor of horses. https://bit.ly/4bec7UP
If I were Faust, I would simply not make a deal with the devil, he seems like a really sketchy dude to be making deals with
You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat the aristocrat hunting them for sport
Absolutely wild that they would kill Lindsey Graham rather than admit McConnell is dead
The best way to describe Farage’s business model is instagram influencer who happens to work in politics not fitness supplements. He does just enough to keep in the media so he can get paid for endorsements. He can’t graduate to podcaster because all the episodes would sound the same
Now Farage has resigned, how are the people of Clacton supposed to tell the difference?
Canonically, the Minions were out of action from 1812 to 1968. Here's a big list of world events with lowkey Minion vibes that are still on the table: /thread
Matt Leys@mattleys.bsky.social · last mo.2010: Let's do a movie where the hero is a villain! How cool would that be! 2026:
I wish I was a little bit German I wish I was a merman I wish I had a horse who was Norse called Herman I wish I could write Bollywood scores without pause, win awards like RD Burman
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by this rather… generous review from Rowan Williams, but it does serve more as a frustrating reminder of his tenure as Archbishop than have anything useful to say about the VP www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Communion by JD Vance review – a strange, poignant book about faith and the modern world
JD Vance’s Christian vision is thoughtful – but impossible to square with the political company he keeps
theguardian.com
To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: 🎶 Pony accountant April’s approaching but you’re still here counting away Tax exempt hay🎶
How many tens would the top ten top if the top ten could top ten?
Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · last mo.They’re calling it the least comprehensible achievement of all time.
Burnham should call a GE as soon as he's leader, but only because it would be hilarious to watch the Tories try to run one with Kemi in charge
To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: 🎶 Yearly appraisal Trying to fill in his paperwork but he's a car KITT's in HR 🎶
Literal pogroms in Belfast, stirred up by Farage, Yaxley-Lennon etc. Appreciate it's decades in the making but, either Starmer does something about it or he accepts his ignominious place on the timeline of the UK's decent into fascism
