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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd

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Was @AntonyShepherd over there, also Dop in places. Likes messing with old cameras when I get the chance.

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cones @coneshotline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WHY IS THERE A CHIBI ANIME ANDY BURNHAM
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good double bill on Talking Pictures tonight. "The Fog" and "Night of the Eagle". Not seen either for AGES.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Government plans to solve the NEET problem...
Picture 1: A picture of barren land in front of a cliff. Four lorries are in the background and there are several large holes and figures digging the holes.
Subtitle reads "They made us dig holes all day at work"Picture 2: Like Picture 1, but with people and lorries in different positions.
Subtitle reads: Then we fill the hole back in tomorrow.Picture 3: As picture 2.
Subtitle: Rinse and repeat all week.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Best use of a golf course if you ask me! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’
National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 says that "A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life". Here's hoping!
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Has Streeting been watching that Doctor Who episode with space spitfires? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to launch military squadron to protect satellites in space
New RAF unit will warn of incoming missile attacks, and support offensive and defensive operations
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? The complete arse.
Header from The Guardian, 22nd September 2026
Datacentres
OpenAI's George Osbourne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain 'sovereignty' over AI tech
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Been to Kew Gardens, took most pictures with a film camera but a few phone snaps.
A nice shady spot to sit a while, geese in the waterA giant mushroom! Apparently a rainwater collector.The hive. A large metal structure. Inside there were some people setting up to pump out ambient choons.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turns on Radio3 and thinks “Ah, this is that Aaron Copeland Appalachian Spring bit that riffs on ‘I am the lord of the dance settee’ - as Richard Herring had it.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that allows PC and Xbox games to serve advertisements during game sessions, seemingly without disrupting gameplay." Well bollocks to that! www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-pa...
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Microsoft patents idea for in-game PC and Xbox adverts shown during downtime "trigger events"
Microsoft may soon show ads during downtime moments in PC and Xbox games, similar to free-to-play mobile games.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just realised that earlier I'd started off a loaf in the breadmaker and that it would have been ready hours ago! Well at least I didn't leave it there all night!
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thursday I took a 1947 folding camera loaded with a 2 year out of date roll of HP5+, today during development I exposed it all to light for a few seconds before continuing development. I did kind of screw that up a bit but still the results when I scanned them are interesting.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well why don't you just fuck off to Dubai then, you brexity polluting tax-dodging buffoon. Do let the door hit you on the way out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The Bayeux Tapestry of Fascism: The Stephen Collins cartoon
Contemporary British political life is a rich tapestry indeed
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is bizarre. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC chiefs and music industry experts
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With Doctor Who up for tender, what next? The Disney deal having fallen through means no Muppet Doctor Who. Maybe get Science Saru to do an Anime Doctor Who? Maybe reboot the whole damn thing to do away with messy 'canon' which the original writers didn't give a stuff about anyway? Or just leave it?
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Frankie Mouse and Benjy Mouse would be proud. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Scientists create mice with part-human brains
Researchers hope to shed light on conditions such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and rare forms of dementia
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe more people would visit websites by Reach if they weren't such massively ad-stuffed and click-baity heaps of where only 10% or less of a page is actual content?
The publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers is to cut a further 220 editorial jobs as it adapts to a dramatic fall in online traffic while readers increasingly turn to summaries generated by artificial intelligence.

Reach, which also owns scores of online brands and regional titles including the Manchester Evening News, the Birmingham Mail and the Liverpool Echo, said the latest cuts were necessary to cope with a “mammoth shift” in how audiences seek out content.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lisa Nandy possibly the only person in the entire world to feel sympathy for Ed Sheeran.
Nandy says she feels 'sympathy' for Ed Sheeran after support acts quit in solidarity with 'free Palestine' rapper
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Normally a village might only have one or two idiots, but there's one that today announced it has 285 idiots!
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Sam Lloyd @llamsoyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the Lannister army has dropped out of the Ed Sheeran tour
this is where the show started sucking btw
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We know what the cryptotwats expect for their handout to frogface, they expect full control over a country where there are zero checks, balances and laws governing their dodgy dealings, and no taxes on what they rake in.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What was Disgraced Former Prime Minister Johnson (to use his full title) even doing there? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Train carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say
Ukrainian Railways says former British PM and David Petraeus crossed into Poland shortly before drone attack near border
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Heard odd bits of the Proms over the season but this one hit my musical buttons and made me think "Whoa! I need to buy their music!" One album makes it certain I'll buy more. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2026, Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra
Live at the BBC Proms: Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Couldn't they have replaced the usual Jingoistic Bullshit Half-Hour with the Dolly Parton tribute instead?
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Cryptotwats are trying to buy a government. £72 Million Pounds to frogface so far. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Penda's Fen" is one of these shows I'd often read about but never seen. But it's on iPlayer. It suffers mightily from the main character being absolutely insufferable, and staying so even after his world-view has been dashed. To be fair, much of the clumsiness comes from being a product of the 70s.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“They are clearly going to allow new drilling in the North Sea but want to keep it under wraps during a byelection where they know the public want tougher action on climate, not backsliding." Well, you can see how they'd think that, can't you? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Gosh, what a surprise" said no-one. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Leader has said Greens are underdogs in race for Keir Starmer’s former seat but he is confident they can beat Labour
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
80s movies tried to warn us about corporate scumbags who'd happily wipe out humanity so long as they got a big profit out of it first. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So, how long before people start writing about the iPhone Duo as though Apple invented folding phones?
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lock up the spiv!
35m ago
14.44 BST
Met police launch investigation into claims Reform UK officials plotted to break electoral donations law
The Metropolitan police are going to launch a formal investigation into claims that Reform UK plotted to break the law on party donations on the basis of what was revealed by the undercover investigation shown on Channel 4, Fiona Hamilton from the Times reports.

BREAKING Met police announces investigation into Reform donations following undercover sting broadcast last week.

Met: “Detectives have assessed the information provided and determined that there are potential offences requiring investigation.”

No arrests have been made.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
OFFS stop going on about 'legitimate concerns' and do something about these far-right wannabe stormtroopers before it's too late.
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DocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s behind you, you absolute guts #art #cats
Doodle of an orange cat looking up at his owner with big sorrowful eyes. He is sat in front of a big pile of partially eaten food in a cat bowl yet he is acting like he has been starved for a month. Text reads: “but mother I have not fed in simply DAYS”
“I cannot recall the taste of food”
“What cruel punishment is this?”
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Does Trump think he's Emperor Palpatine now?
United States Space Force service dress uniform with design features labeled, including collar insignia, shoulder detail, sleeve patch, and belt buckle. The uniform is shown from the front and back, highlighting the color palette of space gray, midnight black, silver gray, and satin black. Service dress cap and rank insignia examples are displayed, inspired by Starship Trooper uniform design.

It's very Star Wars Empire - with a sleeve patch straight out of the Star Trek Federation so much Paramount should sue.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage's people on display, ready to beat a woman with a walking stick because she said things about their leader they didn't like. Suspect those guys have previous. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Inset from the guardian Text:
"Farage and Jenrick to speak on final day of Reform conference marred by scandal and protests"
"Farage, who had earlier suspended two aides, had his keynote speech interrupted multiple times by protesters on Friday"

Image shows two elderly men assaulting a woman, one clutching his walking stick as if ready to beat her, because she said true things about their leader.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
(See Chemistry Prize) Lister: Urgh! Holly, is this dog milk again? Holly: No, we ran out of that ages ago. Lister: So what's this? Holly: Cockroach milk. Lister: (spits) Holly: Full of energy, is cockroach milk, and plenty of cockroaches on the Dwarf for milking. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study
We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm not posting the picture but the Graun's Politics Live page currently has a photo of Fartrage dressed like he's about to lurk in a 1940s pub sidling up to people and opening his coat to offer 'genuine Swiss watches and nylons for the missus'.
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Uitlander @uitlander.co.uk · 04/09/2026
I was unaware that this existed, and it has slightly broken me.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They've committed the worst possible crime in Farage's eyes. Being Caught. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations
James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down from positions pending outcome of party investigation, says Reform UK
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One heartbeat away from the nuclear codes. Pure insanity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎶The Devil came down to Croydon, He was looking for a soul to mortgage🎶
A photo taken in Croydon showing a sign which reads "Mortgage Soul"
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What's the betting Fartage resigns as an MP again to stand in this byelection? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Keir Starmer to stand down as MP
Former PM says it is right time to leave Commons, which will trigger byelection in Holborn and St Pancras
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So how long before Patel runs away to join NF's Circus?
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Top Gear lineup announced.
Actually an image from the anime series "Bakuon!!" where the character on the left is clearly the Stig's Japanese cousin.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FFS WHY? "Havard refused to be drawn on who would host the popular show, amid reports that the comedian and presenter Jimmy Carr was in the frame." Look, just because he's called "Car" doesn't mean he should get the job. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters
Motoring series to return four years after Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff suffered serious injuries in crash during filming
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Careful now, they'll be saying it sets people free next.
A subheader from The Guardian, Thursday 27th August 2026.
The picture on the left features Work & Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden in the centre, with two unnamed young people on left and right of the image.
Caption reads as follows:
Youth Unemployment
'Work is good for you': how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A few things worth watching there which I've not seen for a long time. This is pretty much the closest thing to those old late-night horror seasons on BBC2 or Channel 4 back in the day.
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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
...the Campaign for Real Ale has seen its membership sink to an eight-year low and its accounts show it is firmly in the red, making an £800,000 loss last year. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Problems brewing for the proper pint as Camra membership falls
Cost of living has hit campaign group while multinational breweries are threatening to squeeze out independents
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