The MET have released extreme indignity warnings for the midlands after Lukeβs hat blew away
04.08.2025 10:40 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@lukekennard.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, lecturer at University of Birmingham.
The MET have released extreme indignity warnings for the midlands after Lukeβs hat blew away
04.08.2025 10:40 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0RB is one of my very favourite 21st century British novelists and this is a beautiful take on the memoir Iβve been losing myself in this morning:
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01.08.2025 12:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You can apply the βaeroplane oxygen maskβ principle to everything: make your own lunch before your kidsβ; get yourself much better trainers than them, etc
01.08.2025 11:21 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh is this his one where every song starts with the letter i
01.08.2025 07:45 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Your honour, I refer you to the case of Stop Hitting Vs Yourself
31.07.2025 11:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With the intent to ANNOY?!
31.07.2025 11:31 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I think if the official position is that AI is fine we should also let athletes use performance enhancing drugs whenever they want and we should be able to get antibiotics from a vending machine for Β£1. Also maybe some kind of electronic sandwich.
31.07.2025 08:29 β π 64 π 16 π¬ 2 π 0Itβs *MY* new Apple Store. Iβm just off to tell my boss to stick his job.
30.07.2025 10:44 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm not sure if this is the right place to break this news, but according to an email I just got, the new Apple Store is *mine*
30.07.2025 10:43 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0β³Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
π³οΈ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
Commodore C16, so effectively YES
22.07.2025 13:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Short answer 1990, Nathanβs house. Oh Nintendo, the very thought that I wouldnβt remember.
22.07.2025 13:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is the only consumer survey Iβve ever enjoyed
22.07.2025 13:32 β π 64 π 13 π¬ 2 π 3I miss when it was just Tony Sopranoβs son who had one and it caught on fire because he parked it on leaves.
20.07.2025 13:56 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt think Iβll ever stop being enraged by how mainstream a status symbol sports utility vehicles have become. Literally every other car you see / struggle to get past on our uniformly narrow roads.
20.07.2025 13:53 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Itβs like thinking you can make your own car out of wax. Just donβt do it. Support your local cafe.
19.07.2025 09:49 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Biggest false economy is thinking you can make your own cooked breakfast. You spend about fifty quid, carry all the stuff back from the shop and then you have to cook eleven things at once which is *horrible* and then you have to wash up every utensil you own.
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18.07.2025 17:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In a way it was the first podcast
18.07.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My parents subscribed to an Abridged Classics magazine that came with two cassettes on the front, so sometimes when I was off sick Iβd listen to a *heavily* abridged audiobook of Sons and Lovers
18.07.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh ok, Marge, Iβll do that. And then I will *hug* a *snake*! Yes, I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes!
18.07.2025 09:38 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My friend was complaining about the grass being too scratchy and prickly for his feet and I was like, Dude you need to go on the internet and get over-invested in a pointless argument
18.07.2025 09:19 β π 44 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0And Jesus said How likely would you be to recommend the kingdom of heaven to others where 5 is extremely likely and 1 is not likely at all
18.07.2025 09:02 β π 131 π 16 π¬ 6 π 0How much more incompetence can I ascribe to the humidity
18.07.2025 08:27 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, we did, but some of us didnβt listen
17.07.2025 12:00 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I have to get a root canal βΉοΈ In the 90s we simply didnβt know the risks of eating half a pound of Kola Kubes and Sherbet Lemons a day.
17.07.2025 12:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0Itβs ok, weβll practice queueing. Iβll get you a big weird snub-nosed pencil.
17.07.2025 09:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He says βCool.β
17.07.2025 09:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just texting my 13 year old
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