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Jim

@jimofthenorth.bsky.social

North East UK residererer. Mostly harmless, mediocre at best and I shout at the telly.

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If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

09.03.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9227    πŸ” 2312    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 70

"Twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom"

09.03.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Facebook memory of the woman on BBC's Rip Off Britain whose hot air balloon gift experience kept getting cancelled and whilst she got a full refund she was still annoyed because she no longer had happy associations with hot air balloons.

09.03.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pieter de Poortere

09.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5593    πŸ” 1040    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 49
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Will McPhail

08.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
A fingerpost at Harestaines saying β€œAvoiding Steps”.

A fingerpost at Harestaines saying β€œAvoiding Steps”.

It would be a (oh-ho!) TRAGEDY if we met them!!!!1

08.03.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would it work with fish fingers?

08.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm this is still a masterpiece, and I still had something in my eye at the end, but Anton Walbrook’s line about the gangsters putting the decent people in prison lands a little differently now

08.03.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is going to try and install Jake Gyllenhaal as the new Prince of Persia because of a movie premiere he remembers attending 16 years ago.

05.03.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

A remake of that specific part of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video where his head turns into veggies.

08.03.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Giulia Sagramola

08.03.2026 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The title is harsh but fair.

08.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Shield of Americas with Donald trump in foreground.

Shield of Americas with Donald trump in foreground.

Team America world police

Team America world police

The similarity is stark

08.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, this is your handler from the government, to maintain your state gifted perks we’re going to need you to post this. No, it’s not optional.

07.03.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn't fancy the ones that had been in the toilet.

07.03.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i think if dr seuss was alive to see such times he would have said fuck this shit but you know with rhymes

06.03.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
Two notifications over a blurred ios background

(neon paper icon) This appears to be a long document! Save time with an Al Summary? 

(neon hot dog icon) That appears to be a huge hot dog! Grind it between a robot's toothy gears? Extruding a coarse pink mash?

Two notifications over a blurred ios background (neon paper icon) This appears to be a long document! Save time with an Al Summary? (neon hot dog icon) That appears to be a huge hot dog! Grind it between a robot's toothy gears? Extruding a coarse pink mash?

07.03.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Disturbed a wild Morrissey

07.03.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
A brown and white dog with a concerned look sits up straight and looks into the camera. On the floor next to them is an animal skin rug with matching coloring to theirs.

A brown and white dog with a concerned look sits up straight and looks into the camera. On the floor next to them is an animal skin rug with matching coloring to theirs.

sometimes all it takes is a little subtle messaging to improve your pet’s behavior

07.03.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 11
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Buongiorno

07.03.2026 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
01:56
S01E05 And God Created Woman 19 May 1995

01:56 S01E05 And God Created Woman 19 May 1995

07.03.2026 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Major Gowen from Fawlty Towers pulling a puzzled face

Major Gowen from Fawlty Towers pulling a puzzled face

Germans now own the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s Eurovision entry is called β€œEins zwei drei”

06.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

He had had a nasty feeling that that might be an idiotic thing to do, but he did it anyway, and sure enough it had turned out to be an idiotic thing to do. You live and learn. At any rate, you live. You also panic.

07.03.2026 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing

06.03.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing

06.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

gassing up ford f-15000 eddie bauer toddler annihilator edition trucks and getting so angry their turkish bald surgery hairline is rippling like a tectonic fault

06.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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A brief guide to the war with Iran so far:

06.03.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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unfortunately I lost it at this extremely stupid New Yorker cartoon

06.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 366    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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FranΓ§ois Schuiten

06.03.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0