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Technology & Pop Culture Geek. Xbox & PC gamer. Comic Book reader. Sports lover. Rugby obsessive. Dragons RFC & Abercarn RFC.

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I'm still laughing at Brexit Hardman Steve Baker saying to every media outlet before the vote "well, your exit poll is wrong, I know my constituency better than you" to then telling all of them "I didn't want to be an MP again anyway" when he lost.

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The BBC have just pulled away from the Angela Rayner victory speech to go see Farage simply arriving at his own count That's proper ridiculous.

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First call!
Robert Buckland
#ToryWipeoutBingo

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Watching the BBC. Clive Myrie is destroying Brexit Hardman Steve Baker here over his part in the problems the Tories are facing.

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Is anybody watching BBC? Brexit Hardman Steve Baker insisting that the projection that he'll lose his seat will probably be wrong, because he understands his constituency better tha the pollsters. Was amusing.

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Five in a row, or Full House wins! For additional cards, open another browser window. There are no real prizes, just the satisfaction of seeing them booted out. Apologies If I've included a relatively inoffensive Tory and missed a craven bastard; there are just a lot of them.

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If a Tory on your card loses their seat - Mark your card. Names will be called as best as possible in the order of the declaration. If I fall asleep, they will be completed in declaration order once I am awake. I'll add each name to this thread as they get called!

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Evening all! For some fun, I've created a game of Tory Wipeout Bingo
Each card will be unique with 24 names from 112. (+ Bridgen & Anderson)
To play along, click the link to generate a Bingo card.
bingobaker.com#6686e45a4d80...
#ToryWipeout
#ToryWipeoutBingo
#Elections2024

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Haha. Mine has all ministers including junior ministers, then the proper standout bellends added. Need to just do some checks. I'll probably post the Bingo link at the other place too. Not that I go there much.

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Tory Wipeout Bingo should be a go. Currently: 114 MPs on the list. 158 Not on the list. Now checking both to see if I've missed anyone obvious, or if I should drop some relatively inoffensive junior ministers. Will provide a link for anyone that wants to play along once done!

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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I literally warned y'all about exactly this kind of harmful outcome from GPT integrations, & even told you *why/how* it'd happen. And if it's showing in résumé sorting, then bet it's about break as having been happening in patient portals & police reports & lending application sorters & on & on & on

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What comics are people reading right now? Just interested in knowing what things are out there that I might be missing. Tell me what they're about and why you like them. I need an escape right now.

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Rishi Sunak's response to the betting scandal is the problem with his campaign in microcosm: the things he is saying about it are obviously not true, everyone watching knows it is not true, and the obvious contempt that shows for his audience further aggravates people:

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This is important. Universal Basic Income works. UBI works. We should all be looking at this as a way forward.

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Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs. "It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."

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Nope. His contempt was visible to see throughout. What did we do to deserve him?

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You could audibly hear the audience shouting "shame" to the Prime Minister of this country as the music plays over the Question Time credits. That was a pure car crash for Rishi Sunak. #BBCQT

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📢 App Version 1.86 is rolling out now (1/5) Checking out somebody’s profile? Now you can quickly see followers that you know.

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I quite like the idea that all rock from that era is now considered "classic rock" too. It's helping me embrace the ageing process. 🤣

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Just woken up, and am still buzzing from the Xbox Showcase. What a fantastic show that was. One of the best I can remember. The pacing was perfect & am excited for so many of the things shown.
#XboxShowcase

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4 hours to go to the Xbox showcase.
More excited than a 44 year old man should be for a promotional show for video games! 😂
#XboxShowcase.

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Reading political discourse on how the Tories manage the Sunak issue and the options seem to fall into three pots: • Stick with him. • Get rid of him. • Do a deal with Reform. All three options just further damages them at this point. We've another month of this!

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Like most men, I don't often share overly personal stuff. I had a little scare these last few weeks. Won't go into details. Doctor confirmed yesterday it was all fine & nothing to worry about. Just wanted to say, if you're worried about anything at all, go get checked out.

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This is a really good review of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
From Jon at Xbox Era that really has me excited to play.
Give it a watch.

youtu.be/Rp-Vn77PEyM?...

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Those that are close to me know that I wear my love for Abercarn RFC like my heart on a sleeve.
For the 23/24 Awards dinner last night, I compiled all out tries from the season into a series of videos to celebrate the season.
This is the first, the rest are on the channel.

youtu.be/nyDJ-NUbESo?...

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We might have seen The Stormers put our Dragons boys to the sword tonight, but at least me & Ian got a photo with Manie Libbok Disappointed in the result, not the performance, got to say goodbye to some of the leavers & happy to meet a great great player.

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Political journalists should not be getting things THIS badly wrong. It's a dereliction of duty to your role. Even worse coming from somebody so senior in the BBC, which is still the main news source of the majority of this country. It should be a resignation matter.

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Good job he's not paying me!

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Sorry, my mistake. Wrong day! Another obligatory "my brother made this, please watch it" post. But yeah, my brother made this. Starts Sunday (right day this time) please watch it.

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Keeper said to me: "Elder Scrolls 6 or IDGAF 😂" Lol.

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Seeing people discuss what they want following the announcement of the Xbox Games Showcase coming in June. What do I want to see from Xbox this year? Games. That's what I want. Games. Looking forward to whats coming to Xbox & Game Pass. 🤞🤞

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Elon's latest defamation case filing is....something. My name is literally on the cover of a Texas Rules of Civil Procedure practice guide and I've....never seen something like this.

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They want the chaos of a second trump term, because it was financially good for them last time.

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Looking forward to this!

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I work in Bristol. I have colleagues who are Bears regulars and/or season ticket holders. I'm remaining silent. 🤣🤣🤣

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Katherine Alejandra Cross's avatar Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com
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This is, obviously, a deservedly nuclear embarrassment for Tesla, but it's also looking increasingly like a regulatory scandal. There is no way this vehicle should've been declared street-legal.

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Haha! It's great. People who haven't played the games will still enjoy it too I think, but as a fan, there'll be so many little nods that are absolutely fan service, even thing for things that they really didn't need to do.

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My weekend was taken up mostly with watching Rugby, cleaning the Weber Barbecue ahead of some hopefully nice weather & watching Fallout on Amazon Prime. Fallout was definitely the highlight. I managed to watch all eight episodes over the weekend. It is absolutely fantastic and well worth a watch.

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Rugby, Video Games & Wrestling. All of them are forms of Pop-culture that I adore & enjoy interacting about on here. But the tribalism around them is such an odd thing at times, I really couldn't say which ones get more salty. Not so much on here, but definitely the other place.

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Just watched the CM Punk interview with Ariel Helwani. It's why I am up so late. An absolutely captivating interview with Punk as it almost always is. Recommend listening to it all if you're even just halfway interested in Punk & Pro Wrestling.

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"Shoot Em Up". Just spectacular, clever, funny, stupid and just brilliant IMHO. It's a Bugs Bunny cartoon brought to life.

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When I was in school, I used to have food in the school canteen most days. What I'd tell my parents I ate was either a Jacket Potato or one of the "set" meals for that day. And while sometimes that was true, most of the time, I was actually just having Sausage & Chips.

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Perhaps explains something about why the man spent the GDP of a small country to buy a website dedicated to the text version of a cable news soundbite.

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Funny thing about the Lemon interview isn't that he was particularly hard-hitting or effective. It's just the first time in god knows how long Musk spoke to somebody who wasn't a complete boot-licking sycophant, and who directly put to him the most common, obvious criticisms and counterarguments.

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