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I logged on in the 90's and haven't logged off since

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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas

09.11.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m not bailing out the only people in the world who can actually afford to lose $13 billion. Go fuck yourselves.

09.11.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Let's see what the end of the month brings with "we won't tax your take home pay" when it becomes "ooops. Sowwy. We had to"

Fuck them. Fuck every last one of them. Labour, Tory, reform, all the same fucking party

08.11.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody wants this bullshit. I'm not in Derby, but it's the same where I am. The government carries on pushing through something that there is no support for, and cannot prove there's any benefit to doing

In over a year of being in power, what have they done to make *anything* better for anyone?

08.11.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mass walk-out as Derby City Council votes on reorganisation Opposition councillors are unhappy they will not be given a final say on reorganisation plans.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"But the merger plan appears to have failed to win widespread support with the general public.
Of the 7,335 people who responded to a survey, 45% said they were against the 10 existing councils being reduced to two, while 39% were in favour. The remainder were unsure."

08.11.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love how every reaction I've seen to that science guy's death has been "he was a piece of shit". More of that please. When someone dies we don't have to pretend they were a good person. Everyone dies, not everyone is a good person

08.11.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a queen

07.11.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9218    πŸ” 1586    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 277

Something I've liked about celebrity traitors is that it proves event tv still exists

It doesn't all have to be the netflix approach of dumping a whole series to cancel it 30 seconds later

06.11.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's not a single person on this plant that's worth $1tn in any way shape or form

Genuinely hope he has a rapid unscheduled disassembly

06.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I hope elon celebrates his pay deal with a fatal amount of drugs

06.11.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucked it, lads

06.11.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disappointed in Nick in celebrity traitors

06.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.

06.11.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 940    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7

What a long day

06.11.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)
YouTube video by Frog Leap Studios The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)

For consideration youtu.be/yDU3z2kFAm4

06.11.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.

05.11.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2198    πŸ” 287    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 78

I love how the car finance thing is called "misselling" giving the impression there was some kind of mistake. It was done on purpose! They were fleecing people for as much as they could

05.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If there's anything that the UK can take away from a left wing candidate who suggests things can be better for ordinary people convincingly winning an election, it's that labour need to move further right as they're the only party who can beat reform

05.11.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did like Earps. She did a huge amount for the game. But to walk away, apparently in a strop, so close to a major tournament was incredibly poor form. Then to write a book slagging people off and be surprised that people say you've been slagging people off. Nah, we're done here

03.11.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mary Earps interview: Ex-England goalkeeper says 'I've not written the book to tear anyone down' Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps tells BBC Sport she did not write her autobiography to

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

"Mary Earps says she has not written her book to "tear anyone down" and feels reaction to it has been "distorted"."

Fuck around and find out is it?

03.11.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A defibrillator machine, positioned just over a box marked β€œExpress checkout.”

A defibrillator machine, positioned just over a box marked β€œExpress checkout.”

Unfortunate juxtaposition…

03.11.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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This Is How Tesla Will Die The vultures are circling the tech giant.

Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.

02.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1083    πŸ” 354    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 93

One of the train crew appears to have put themselves directly in harm’s way trying to stop the attack, and the driver rapidly diverted the train - meaning rescue services could reach it; passengers tried to help the injured and each other. There will always be heroes, and we’re so lucky to have them

02.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Interesting how it seems to only be the local council that has repeatedly shit the bed for several years is keen on the boundary changes / merging of councils and nobody else seems to want to be a part of it

I sure am glad the government is pushing ahead with this for....reasons

02.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The driver "managed to contact the control
centre at Network Rail and get the train
diverted onto the slow line", Calder says.


"That was absolutely crucial because this
train was scheduled to be travelling through
Huntingdon station on the tracks with no
platform at 125mph."


"It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere,
which would have been very difficult."


Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest
possible way" thanks to the "incredible
professionalism from the driver and the
police". Train drivers are trained on how to
take appropriate action, he adds,

The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

02.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3645    πŸ” 1045    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 37

Wait. The people that orchestrated the flag stuff are racists, criminals, right wing cunts? Who'd have thunk it?

I'd suggest, that based on one accusation made by one of the flag shaggers, it would be well worth their hard dives being checked because they also aren't princes

02.11.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The lyric "STOP Hammer Time" indicates that U Can't Touch This may have been the first song to be written in BASIC.

01.11.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3

I hope she had a ghost writer or something, some of the snippets I've seen are very clunky. Comes across as dumb person trying to sound smart

01.11.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Earps taking a swipe at Hampton isn't a strong look

01.11.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems unreasonable that it's a full week before the final of celebrity traitors

30.10.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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