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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18h

Fabulous fragment of an ancient Egyptian wall relief with three bears and an oil jar. The paint has survived some 4,500 years! Limestone relief from the Pyramid Temple of Sahure, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c. 2496-2483 BC. Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

My photo shows a circa 4,500-year-old limestone relief with some well-preserved paint in places, from the funerary temple of Sahure at Abusir, measuring 39 × 35 × 8.5 cm. It shows three bears (partial view only) and a tall one-handled pottery vessel, across two registers. The upper register at left, shows the two leds and hindquarters of a bear, and at right, a bear’s lowered head, chest, and foreleg, painted mid-brown. The lower register at left shows a tall, dark-reddish-brown pottery vessel with a long neck and single handle, and at right, the lowered head, neck, shoulder, and top of foreleg of a dark-brown bear. The bears wear collars tethered by ropes to looped fixtures in the ground. The fragment comes from a wall scene depicting tributes from the Levant. Bears were not native to Egypt. The bears represented are Syrian brown bears (Ursus arctos syriacus), which were quite common in Levantine mountain regions in antiquity. They were kept as exotic animals in enclosures by Egyptian kings, and also hunted.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...

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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year

Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 18h

👏🏼 Want a rousing soundtrack to your journey home? Listen to two cynical journos get properly transported by Burnham’s speech in Liverpool. 👏🏼 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 18h

France and Spain urge Britain to rejoin bloc Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, said Sanchez, Spain’s prime minister

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Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge UK to rejoin EU

Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, Spain’s prime minister says

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21h

A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

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Alex Vijatov @alexvv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a pensioner, I have no problem with the triple lock being removed. Fixing social care is far more important and would benefit pensioners more. When Conservatives scream betrayal, remind them that they suspended it in 2022 when it suited them.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And these utter prats don't pause for one moment to think "how will this make me look to anyone sane?" I mean, just imagine this is true, for a moment. Just imagine being such an entitled arsehole that a couple of speedbumps make you uproot your family and leave the country that you claim to love.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I left Britain because of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods" said nobody genuinely ever. The Telegraph scours the globe for anyone of notable net worth who recently moved and asking them for a list of pet peeves out of which they pick the one that serves the Telegraph "capital flight" narrative best.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“President Xi landed in Washington this week for a state visit that would prove, once and for all, total American dominance. He was greeted at the airport by an old man afraid of Big-Boom-Boom-in-The-Sky, before being taken past a green reflecting swamp, to a half-demolished White House.”

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No ifs and no buts, no caveats or provisos. Things are happening here which we haven't ever really seen before. Burnham is saying the things that are considered unsayable and doing the things which are considered undoable.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Few people still trying this 'continuity Starmer' line. It's a very poor attack. Wrong on substance and wrong intuitively. They'll have to find a better one.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026

Finally, a Prime Minister has admitted Brexit has done 'more harm than good'. Burnham has promised to lay out "the different options" for what a new UK-EU relationship would look like. EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. Help us ensure Andy takes that option. 👇

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Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026

There can only be one option on the table. Full EU membership. 💷 £92bn for our economy. 📈 £43bn extra exports each and every year. ⬆️ Growth in every postcode, region, and nation of the UK. 🇬🇧 628/632 constituencies in favour. 🗳️ Stops Farage getting to No10. It really is a no brainer.

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Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech

PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform i

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026

👀 In his speech, Burnham promised to set out different options for closer UK-EU relations. Shortly afterwards, Downing Street did not rule out that these options included rejoining the EU. inews.co.uk/news/politics/burnham-o…

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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today before Senate.

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David Bishop CTeach 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @libraryrinth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Book 48 of 2026 Full of heart and packed with detail, I enjoyed this very much. A hymn to kindness and the value of nature and the real (as opposed to virtual) world. #Booksky

The cover of 'Everything Will Swallow You' by Tom Cox.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨🚨 #breakingbrexit news: Statements here from PM Burnham are murky here but Downing Street has clarified that #labour does not rule out putting #rejoin as one of the options for their next election manifesto for the future EU-UK relationship. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Burnham opens the door to overturning Brexit and rejoining the EU

The Prime Minister promised to set out different options for closer UK-EU relations later this year

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D. D. Syrdal @ddsyrdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/09/2026

Senator Rick Scott objected.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/09/2026

Trump palling around with the world’s biggest Communist and billionaire tech bros behind the data center plague has to be awkward for “anti-communist” Republicans trying to get well on their data center problem.

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Downend Folk & Roots @downendfolkroots.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is well worth a listen. Our headliners this Friday, @ranagri.bsky.social, recently featured on the critically-acclaimed @folkonfoot.com podcast with Matthew Bannister. #livemusic #folkmusic #indiefolk #downend #bristol www.folkonfoot.com/episodes/ran...

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Ranagri at Ranagri

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 19/09/2026

We're delighted to be shortlisted for three categories at this year's Independent Podcast Awards - Best Arts and Culture, Best Environment and Natural World, and Best Jingle. The winners will be announced at @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social on 4th November - wish us luck!

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Graphic with text that says 'FINALIST - BEST ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL WORLD PODCAST', along with smaller text that says 'Independent Podcast Awards'

Graphic with text that says 'FINALIST - BEST PODCAST JINGLE', along with smaller text that says 'Independent Podcast Awards'

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 22/09/2026

A great melodica solo from Jon Ouin, as Stornoway perform “Leave Your Light On” during our walk on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/626116 @stornowayband.bsky.social

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 24/09/2026

Not even a steep climb up from the beach can stop Oli Steadman of @stornowayband.bsky.social from laying down some powerful bass. 🎧 Find out more as you listen to our new episode on the Gower Peninsula: pod.fo/e/626116

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 26/09/2026

What happened when a little boy came face to face with a beached whale? In our new episode, @stornowayband.bsky.social sing the song inspired by this encounter in the beautiful location where it happened. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/626116

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 18/09/2026

🆕 New episode out now; @stornowayband.bsky.social on the Gower Peninsula. At the beautiful Cwm Ivy nature reserve, lead singer and ornithologist Brian Briggs is our guide, as the band perform acoustic versions of their nature-inspired songs along the way. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/626116

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Given how much I love Lily Tomlin - let us count the way - how is it possible I have never seen The Late Show? Egged on by @wilsonjettone.bsky.social, I’m going in.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“The water in Majorca...” HEINEKEN (1985) Sylvestra Le Touzel nailing it an iconic ad from back in the day when Commercials had some wit & guile about then and therefore cultural impact

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Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Magnificent Cuckold is magnificently funny. A deeply bitter and ultimately ironic look at male jealousy, but played as witty farce. It is gorgeously filmed sex comedy, directed with real skill by Antonio Pietrangeli, the camera moves elegantly, the framing is exquisitely upper-class.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I know the next election is not until 2029, but quite frankly I'll do anything to avoid going to either Parliament or Clacton and doing the actual job I'm paid £98,000 to do.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?

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Stanz_D @snslty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why? Because there was probably 17 other horrific things that he did that day? Who can keep up?

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Featuring banana plants in potholes and campaigning superhero Privetman. May also contain sharp political analysis and biting satire, terms & conditions apply, you have been warned etc

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday School: Never Mind The Ballots 🗳️ No election til 2029. Courage or folly? 🇺🇸 Trump’s midterm Red Wedding 🌴 Potholes to plant-pots: in praise of petty defiance With @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/s/03hCgc1 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

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Sunday School: Never Mind The Ballots

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 27 September · 1hr 2min

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American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trump is at war with free speech despite saying how much he likes it! @nikkimcr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss another maddeningly contradictory week ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction