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Ali Panting

@alipanting.bsky.social

Writer, comic, doctor, bitch, lover, child, mother, fan of Meredith Brooks lyrics She/her BBC radio credits: The Skewer, The Naked Week, The News Quiz, DMs Are Open, Breaking the News

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Me and my esteemed newsreader colleague @hellsbells.bsky.social will be hosting a very serious and important alternative topical comedy gameshow tonight (Wednesday) at Grub in Manchester. We suggest you grab a ticket and join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eat-the-ne...

16.07.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨 DATE CHANGE ALERT 🚨 this was going to be tonight but has been moved to 16th July, please still come along if you can make it thanks love you bye x

22.06.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WE WILL FEED YOU METAPHORICALLY WITH LAUGHTER

29.05.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worms probably say that about us and running

25.05.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fresh from the #ukarias win, don't miss the latest episode of #theskewer, Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.

The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on.

πŸ“… Tonight
⏲️ 23:15
🎧 @BBCRadio4

21.05.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This meeting could've been a kiss on the forehead

21.05.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm watching the Parliamentary debate about the self-ID e-petition and my JAW IS ON THE FLOOR.
The MPs speaking are hitting ALL the key pro-trans talking points:
- transphobic bias in EHRC
- nightmare of SC ruling
- toilet bans are awful
- must hear trans voices
- IGLA rainbow map

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19.05.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1692    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 96

um this is going to be amazing

13.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s nowt as queer as folk πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

03.05.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It was a quote from the scientist carl sagan in β€˜the demon haunted world’ published in 1995

18.04.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so bloody clever and funny and insightful. Should be compulsory listening on standup courses

13.03.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

told my cockney mate I was pregnant with the world’s tallest land mammal, she said β€˜you’re having a giraffe’

07.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an excellent listen

05.03.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so sad, sorry for your loss Jon

04.03.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ring king bang long things

Ring king bang long things

POV: your kid’s reading homework is a Grindr bio

12.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we’re all here for a very short time, just do what makes you happy and don’t be a dick

05.02.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blood donor appeal There are spaces to donate blood at some of our city centre venues.

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(Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT)

BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.

If you can, give blood. ❀️

www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...

30.01.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 24

This feels like a question for famous nature expert @hellsbells.bsky.social

27.01.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A sheep that changes colour to match its background like a chameleon

27.01.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Like a pony

Like a pony

She wasn’t there at the bar at the end of the night

She wasn’t there at the bar at the end of the night

Absolutely obsessed with both of these moments and I cannot pick a favourite #TheTraitors

23.01.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Leanne saying β€˜think it could potentially get a bit spicy’

Leanne saying β€˜think it could potentially get a bit spicy’

That feeling when you and your partner have smashed a bottle of rose in front of 50 shades darker #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK #TraitorsUK #Traitors

22.01.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Freddie with subtitles β€˜let’s be having it’

Freddie with subtitles β€˜let’s be having it’

Drunk Delia’s famous half time moment

Drunk Delia’s famous half time moment

Freddie channelling Delia is the best #Traitors twist so far #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

22.01.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A joyful discovery in Vondelpark Amsterdam πŸ˜ƒ

19.01.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1314    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 20
A photo of Jake Jarman OR IS IT FREDDIE

A photo of Jake Jarman OR IS IT FREDDIE

15.01.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The swiftness with which this series became a feminist death cult needs to be studied. I ADORE it. #TheTraitors #Traitors

15.01.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 569    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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Leanne’s secretly a soldier, Charlotte’s secretly not Welsh, and Freddie is secretly Team GB gymnast Jake Jarman #TheTraitors #Traitors #TheTraitorsUK #TraitorsUK @teamgbofficial.bsky.social

15.01.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Alexander on the Traitors saying β€˜A lot of heat? Oh I thought some’

Alexander on the Traitors saying β€˜A lot of heat? Oh I thought some’

My dad when it’s minus 7 outside and he catches me near the thermostat #TheTraitors #Traitors #TheTraitorsUK #TraitorsUK

15.01.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Inbox | Substack

My friend @hellsbells.bsky.social’s substack is essential and hilarious reading, please get involved open.substack.com/pub/helenbro...

15.01.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Message from neighbour saying pavements are treacherous

Message from neighbour saying pavements are treacherous

Message from school saying pavements are treacherous

Message from school saying pavements are treacherous

Absolutely love how much treachery is featuring in messages to me this morning. It’s like I’m in a WW2 spy drama and the pavements are secretly the Gestapo

13.01.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder β€œoh my god, Becky look at her butt” passes the Bechdel test.

12.01.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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