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SimonWJohns

@simonwjohns.bsky.social

The last ever member of Stereolab to be fired. Slava Ukraini

created December 1, 2023

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Good knowledge

30/8/2025, 11:51:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The picture of the be-slippered lower leg in the St Michael book of Unexplained Mysteries haunts me to this day.

20/8/2025, 4:25:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's essential viewing for earthlings of our persuasion

20/8/2025, 11:35:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Please tell me you've seen Tank Chats on YouTube. It's what the internet was made for. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

20/8/2025, 11:10:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Bermuda Triangle is embedded deeply in my memory – alongside creosote, the Bird's Eye Steakhouse Grills advert and the mystery of white dog poo. Don't get me started on spontaneous human combustion!

20/8/2025, 11:07:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Derek is a maestro.

17/8/2025, 3:45:48 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one talks about the Bermuda Triangle anymore! I used to find it absolutely terrifying - we all did. And then one day, nobody seemed to care. WTF! The Bermuda Triangle is still there!

17/8/2025, 9:00:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Come for the beautiful tailoring, stay for the delicious barbs.

17/8/2025, 8:53:39 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Exquisite. If only one had the funds.

17/8/2025, 8:52:02 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah! that is a very good point.

15/8/2025, 7:44:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, exactly

14/8/2025, 2:13:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have pondered. Like every other Englishman, the Invisible Man would turn the sumptuous colour of beetroot juice within seconds. This would slake off revealing the pallid cheesy green again. But it would be invisible.

14/8/2025, 2:13:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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what would a tanned invisible man look like? I now have to ponder this and will get back to you later with a definitive answer.

14/8/2025, 8:48:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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no rule says you can baggsy loungers with a towel, and no rule says you can't unbaggsy them and lie there instead.

14/8/2025, 8:46:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dad!

9/8/2025, 7:49:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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yeah but free speech, legitimate concerns, take back control, pro-safe vaccines, etc etc

8/8/2025, 2:55:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice mug!

7/8/2025, 6:36:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Quite.

7/8/2025, 6:35:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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for which they send back moody lubricating oil and legions of fucking tourists

7/8/2025, 2:35:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.6% says Tuik

7/8/2025, 2:31:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The house on stilts is still there

7/8/2025, 2:28:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm not saying that Turks aren't buying more LEVs and ZEVs. Swastikars & BYDs are everywhere. Also saying that's great! I can make the numbers stack up

7/8/2025, 2:27:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Something's very off about those figures.

7/8/2025, 12:48:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Two crowd surfers, one aloft, the other wiped out.

5/8/2025, 10:48:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gently crumbling into the sea, one day to be washed away. Until then, I’m enjoying the view. Can still just about play. Glad you’re feeling well!

5/8/2025, 10:45:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not *the* Katie Lord Fuck Puppy? Quelle horreur!

5/8/2025, 10:39:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see what you did there.

3/8/2025, 1:10:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Arh fuck. Back to the drawing board.

3/8/2025, 1:10:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Health-wise?

3/8/2025, 7:27:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/8/2025, 7:13:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s nothing quite like a crisply deployed “Pah!”

1/8/2025, 6:16:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Broke and Duvets sing the songs of Laibach appearing at Tonbridge Working Mens’ Club (Deceased)

1/8/2025, 3:35:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All the silliness of a Vox but designed by Chihuahua on meth.

1/8/2025, 3:28:46 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You don't see hospital corners much these days. Except in hospitals. Brexit.

1/8/2025, 3:26:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah, but would you want to live with a man who looks like a well-made bed? Probably. But... I got nothing

1/8/2025, 3:22:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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or ice cream

1/8/2025, 3:20:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How strongly do you feel about trouser creases? And do you iron your underpants? (Asking for a middle aged, middle class white male.)

1/8/2025, 3:18:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ffs

1/8/2025, 3:14:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A very confusing condiment.

1/8/2025, 3:12:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey ! Wassssuuuuuppppp!

1/8/2025, 3:10:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lol! CBT is GMT+forevah!

1/8/2025, 3:09:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Take machinery, for e.g. The best machinery is Italian & ppl pay a premium for it cos it's so good. It took decades to hit that level. If the plan is to localise US manufacturing, it will take as many decades for the US to hit that level too. Until then ppl will still buy Italian machinery.

30/7/2025, 10:10:35 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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finally

28/7/2025, 7:24:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wouldn't the pics have got wet anyway? And how did you fit everyone in the same cubical without moving the hot tap or using the wrong shampoo?

25/7/2025, 3:22:51 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Totally!

23/7/2025, 6:49:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had the immense pleasure of play a cover of War Pigs with Janet Weiss' band Quasi in Philadelphia. I monumentally fucked it up, which I felt was in the spirit of the song. Kinda.

22/7/2025, 8:58:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is also correct, yet not necessarily a good attribute.

22/7/2025, 8:56:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is correct

22/7/2025, 8:55:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is correct.

22/7/2025, 8:53:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1, 4, 6: no no no

22/7/2025, 8:52:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Swoon

22/7/2025, 8:50:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That he smelled so lovely really makes this easier. Thanks for sharing x

22/7/2025, 7:20:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No

22/7/2025, 7:18:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bye, mate. X

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22/7/2025, 7:16:00 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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At last, Queen Mother of the Show is on Tighten Up with Simon & Leo Johns! www.apacikradyo.com.tr We talk about the recent end of the 1990s, heavy metal, the demise of the late night chat show and, ofc, King of the Show. 7pm, Istanbul time.

19/7/2025, 10:54:36 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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A thing of beauty. Enjoy every morsel.

18/7/2025, 3:33:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not only is Bertrand Cantat an absolute scumbag, Noir Desir is cravenly shit.

17/7/2025, 2:58:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Still trying to get hold of you.

14/7/2025, 4:10:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is there any evidence of double dipping? Or is that a later development?

13/7/2025, 6:59:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honk!

13/7/2025, 4:36:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did I forget to mention it's Tighten Up with Simon & Leo Johns in 5 minutes on www.apacikradyo.com.tr?. Well it is! We talk about Gothism

12/7/2025, 3:53:23 PM | 0 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you Judy! See, King of the Show? IN YOUR FACE!

12/7/2025, 11:30:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everyone can be bought. Everyone has their price. Mine is about £10, which by coincidence is enough to buy a twin pack of Jaffa Cakes and a four bottles of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord.

12/7/2025, 8:20:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah drat! Gecmis olsun, Karen'cim

12/7/2025, 6:42:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trying to get hold of you for comment about the inaccuracies in this article.

10/7/2025, 5:42:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's so lovely to read, Paul. XX

10/7/2025, 10:46:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Semi professional. Mostly just at weekends or re-enactments.

9/7/2025, 8:31:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stimpt

9/7/2025, 9:02:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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True. I hope you enjoyed it!

9/7/2025, 8:55:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's just not the same. He's only got two arms.

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9/7/2025, 8:55:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Power cuts in 3...2....1......

9/7/2025, 8:38:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My word, what a handsome creature! As Captain Beefheart oncesang: it's "eyes are a blue million miles"

9/7/2025, 8:37:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like this? (dribble) uh-gru..(spit stringy dribble)... uh-grrrrrrr..... grrroooooooooooook!

9/7/2025, 8:34:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sublimely amusing. youtu.be/vydwrn_TQow?...

8/7/2025, 7:05:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fabulously expensive even way back when

7/7/2025, 7:46:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good question. I have absolutely no idea. Report back if you find anything!

7/7/2025, 7:39:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck Spotify.

6/7/2025, 3:58:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fail after fail after fail.

5/7/2025, 7:23:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A classic! Will try it. The previous two that really weirded him out were "and a half" and "with knobs on".

24/6/2025, 3:29:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My son flatly refuses to believe that the phrase “can’t do something for toffee” is a real saying. Can I get a show of hands to prove I didn’t make it up?

24/6/2025, 11:02:10 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The headstock is elegantly proportioned and an absolutely sumptuous bit of mahogany. Even the gold hardware works well. I've to rethink everything

23/6/2025, 6:07:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's a BC Rich? GTFO!

23/6/2025, 4:10:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. I've seen a Rickenbacker bright red bantar. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

23/6/2025, 4:07:32 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As if there wasn't proof enough that social media is poison and techbrocracy is part of the state apparatus. Don't really know what that means. I just wanted to use "techbrocracy"

23/6/2025, 4:02:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's what thighs were made for

20/6/2025, 3:29:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As Oscar Wilde would've said had he not died 125 years ago: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being cyberbullied by a troll farm in Kayseri, and that is not being talked about." Or something

19/6/2025, 7:50:15 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For the full Mrs Wife is Out experience, don't forget to wipe your hands on your thighs.

19/6/2025, 7:40:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dirty Chicken and a four-pack of cooking lager

19/6/2025, 7:37:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I kinda miss the old days when a horde of AK trolls would spit their manufactured outrage at any Turkey post.

19/6/2025, 7:35:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They sound absolutely incredible

14/6/2025, 6:34:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not so! Surprisingly not as much neck dive as you’d expect

14/6/2025, 6:32:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I call my one The Widow Maker.

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14/6/2025, 6:31:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s beautiful!

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14/6/2025, 3:55:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's always one. lol

13/6/2025, 6:57:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@gpsutton.bsky.socialhi graham, back on the socials. drop me a line. nearly finished the record!

13/6/2025, 6:57:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As I walked through a double swing door, Paul Weller was coming through in the opposite direction. We both chose the correct door to facilitate simultaneous traversal. He was shorter than I had imagined, but just as sensible.

13/6/2025, 10:53:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's disgusting.

13/6/2025, 6:39:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is Excel infinite?

13/6/2025, 6:38:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/6/2025, 9:49:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Give the money to charity

4/6/2025, 6:40:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view