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The Pootie Shoe Rebrand episode of Mythic Quest by Elisha Henig is so bloody good

Clip from 1892 Sporting Life, a Victorian newspaper. It's headlines WANNOP'S GYMNASIUM, NEW CROSS GATE, and reads: WANNOP’S GYMNASIUM. NEW CROSS GATE. No-night (Wednesday), a grand assault at arms, consisting of two six round boxing contests and exhibition wrestling and boxing. Also comic wrestling match. Mr. Dais backs Tom Thompson to throw Nobler’s celebrated donkey, Steve. To down the donkey and turn it over inside of fifteen minutes. Donkey's feet padded. Admission, 1s. and 2s.

Happy Friday, everyone.

Whatever you're planning to do with your evening, I very much doubt it'll as good as the one you could have had at Wannop's Gymnasium, New Cross, South East London, in 1892. But enjoy, nonetheless.

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In the 1890s 'The Greatest Showman' Professor Alf Ball brought a boxing lion to the masses at the UK's fairgrounds. Today in 2025 his great great grandsons are hosting viral potato purveyor Spud Man (!) at theirs 😂 Clacton Pier is heaving. Love it. You've got to give the people what they want! 🦁🥔

Art by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

@emmahatred.bsky.social

He's right though, they're both chocolate bars

Opposition: if elected, we will create the Torment Nexus

Government: our opponents are simply not up to the logistical challenge required to create the Torment Nexus and their plans aren’t even costed

Media: Here’s how the Torment Nexus might just work

Screen shot of Neil Fish posting "your dad shouts at hotels" is an insult the kids at my nephew's school use on each other.

I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂

Absolute fruitbat of a dog

And how does that make you feel?

Remember, this Prime Day buy indie

SPICE WORLD THE MOVIE

is THAT why??? I've wondered this for years

excellent gif usage, A++ for both of you

Not to brag or anything, but I'm the worst thing to be created in Cambridge since the 28 Days Later virus

They say that persistence beats talent, but unfortunately for me, I have neither

An easy way to think about what chatgpt does:

Take your favorite book. Cut it up into pairs of words: every pair that starts with "I," every pair that starts with "the," etc.

Sort each pair into a pile by first word. The "The" pile will be big, the "giraffe" pile likely tiny.

Brooke from Let's Not Date posted on Facebook "Don't send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to... A: find your mom's Facebook B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were C: badly photoshop that into a locket D: convince you I'm your daughter. Happy Father's Day Daddy."

A screenshot of text messages from him to her begin with a completely covered space where the picture of his penis would have been. Brooke replied to this picture of his penis. Wow it's weird you messaged me today of all days. I was just looking at your profile the other day. Him: Nice Did you like what you saw I can send you more Brooke: I was a little shocked to be honest. Him: Why? Brooke: Well this is going to sound crazy but my dad who I've never met... well it's just his name is also Butch. I don't know his last name but I know he lives in P ...or at least he did... and when I saw your friend request and where you lived my heart dropped. Him: How old are you Brooke: 36

Him: OK who is your mom Brooke: I want to answer you for closure but mom asked me to never reach out to you so let's take this slow and find out if it's you first or not. I do have a picture of my dad as a young man... Him: Show it to me now Brooke: I keep it in a locket around my neck to keep him close to me. Him:Jesus That's my senior picture

Him: Erase the picture I sent you Deplete the picture I sent Delete Fucking he'll Who is your mom Tiffany Brandy Brooke: I can't believe this is really happening. God has blessed us with this moment. I wish you hadn't sent me a picture of your penis, Dad. Him: Jesus hell I didn't know I said delete it Who is your mom Where do you live Delete the picture Don't tell your mom this ok Brooke: Happy Father's Day Daddy

✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨

My first office job didn't have internet access but did have MS Word, so I had to get creative with my procrastination. I'd spend hours typing out song lyrics from memory and then deleting them again

You can't call yourself a goth unless you love this little guy

The reason I know that the KLF did not, in fact, burn a million pounds back in the 90s is because we spent some of the £50 notes intended for the fire in the local pub the next day after finding them fluttering down the beach with slightly singed edges. Better luck next time.

Can I get uhhhhhh extra ing please?

Thank YOU for the years of enjoyment! It just occurred to me that if I've been thinking about your books fondly for 20 years, it must be nice to tell you so.

In fact every time I need to know the diff between a fallacy/misnomer, I recall you saying a fallacy is 'a misleading notion based on incorrect facts' re Fear, Itself.

Basically, I love your books, think of things I learnt from them at least once a month or so, and thought I'd should tell u that!

They taught me so much about the cultural references & introduced me to the idea of literary criticism & that media could have lots of layers, symbolism, beyond the surface level story. Huge influence on me that helped me at school, which led to uni & career as a journalist 2/

Hi! I got into Buffy when I was a preteen & season 5 was airing on the BBC. They messed about with the scheduling a lot due to the snooker. I didn't have the Internet but I loved the show. I DEVOURED your books! I still have all the Slayer & Hollywood Vampire books & refer to them 20+ yrs on! 1/

Our Quieter Funfair is BACK at Chiswick's Turnham Green w/I music or amplified sound, Thurs 15-Mon 19 May

We hope it’ll be more accessible to autistic people/people sensitive to loud noises.

At George Irvin's Funfairs, everyone is welcome!

@keitht.bsky.social Hi, are you the Keith Topping who wrote Slayer and so on?

I met a one-legged mod at the tailor's today and I swear this isn't the set-up for a joke

A teeny tiny white dog and a giant black and grey speckled dog face to face. The small dog’s head is the size as the bug dog’s eyeball.

A teeny tiny white dog and a giant black and grey speckled dog. The tiny dog is sitting in a metal bowl. The big dog is towing over behind.

A teeny tiny white dog and a giant black and grey speckled dog. The tiny white dog is peering out from being the big dog’s foot, which is just about the same size.

A teeny tiny white dog and a giant black and grey speckled dog standing next to each other in a field. The big dog is at least 10 times or more larger than the small dog.

🚨🚨EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS. WORLD’s TALLEST DOG MEETS WORLD’S SMALLEST DOG 🚨🚨