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@allgeekthings.bsky.social
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Random thoughts of a crowded mind. Writer - #AmWritingFantasy - Communications grunt. Love sci-fi and fantasy books, TV and movies. Love history. Will talk politics but prefer cats. www.allgeekthings.co.uk

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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Denzel played twins.
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 22/01/2026
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is brilliant. Sadly, I'm still on the first book due to life getting in the way. I intend to finish them before the next season.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
A picture of Vladimir Putin holding his phone
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was "distorted."
Portrait of Trump inside Colorado’s Capitol
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
me reading national security secrets bc i've been accidentally added to a group chat
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Our History @ourhistory.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Discover the extraordinary true story of Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood golden age star whose genius invention revolutionised modern communication youtu.be/nfx9MpMT0Dc
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Women in STEM: Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood Star and Tech Pioneer
YouTube video by Our History
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be: The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
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Our History @ourhistory.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Britain's abolition of slavery is one of the most celebrated humanitarian victories. But did Britain really abolish slavery for moral reasons?
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The Profitable Abolition: Why Did Britain Abolish Slavery?
Did Britain really abolish slavery for moral reasons? This video reveals the complex truth behind history's most celebrated humanitarian victory. Why did Bri...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Guy who claims that some of Biden’s pardons are void because they were signed by “autopen” says that he didn’t sign a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a statute that specifically requires a proclamation BY THE PRESIDENT
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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” ~ Toni Morrison Enjoy some simple earthy browns today & enjoy your weekend. 🧶 #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn #indieyarndyer #yarnlover #yarnaddict #yarnsky
3 skeins of brown shades on a bed of cream yarn (elegant eggshell). There are leaves and beads scattered around 

From L to R: cocoa sepia gaze, Dom Miguel Oak Brown and Rustic-Earth Archer
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
guy is blazed outta his mind lmao
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
👋🏾 Hi Luke
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Good to see that "sunlight is a great disinfectant" still sometimes holds up as a guiding principle.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#booksky #wordoftheday
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
President Trump directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
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Trump rescinds security clearances of political rivals Harris, Clinton and others | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump, in a late-night Friday memo, directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President K...
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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Today is World Water Day. Yesterday was International Day of Forests. Forests and water are intimately related. Trees require abundant water. Rivers that provide our water require forests. Today, let's thank our forests and our rivers. Tomorrow and every day, let's work to preserve them.
The Cumberland River in Kentucky, with the sun coming up in the background, the sparkling river flowing throught forests, and red leaves on shrubs in the foreground. Copyright Tom Kimmerer
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The Bandofla Podcast @bandofla.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
There's stupidity and then there's Donald J Trump..
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Donald Trump is really, really stupid. "Sell our allies toned down jets, by about 10%, because maybe someday they are not our allies." Yeah you just 'toned down' sales about 100%, moron.
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Our History @ourhistory.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
✨ Five Black Women Who Made History (But You Might Not Know About!) | Women's History Month ✨
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5 Black Women Who Changed History
✨ Five Black Women Who Made History (But You Might Not Know About!) | Women's History Month ✨This Women's History Month, we're honoring five groundbreaking B...
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Our History @ourhistory.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Five remarkable women who changed history www.ourhistory.org.uk/five-remarka... #WomensHistoryMonth
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Five remarkable women who changed history
In this post we are shining a light on five incredible Black women whose achievements have shaped history but often don’t get the recognition they deserve.
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The birth of the National Health Service www.ourhistory.org.uk/the-birth-of...
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The Birth of the National Health Service: A revolutionary moment in British history
The roots of the NHS can be traced back to the early 20th century when healthcare services in the UK were inaccessible to the working class.
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Happy World Book Day
A boy lying on the floor reading a book with a bookshelf beside him.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
It might be time to stop treating Farage as if he's some sort of special confidante of Trump. The human skid mark hasn't got a clue what's going on in the White House, as the Chagos situation demonstrated, or what on earth Trump will do next.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 03/03/2025
"say what you like about nigel farage, but he has a habit of grabbing people's attention!!" squeal reporters. no; he has a habit of grabbing YOUR attention because you are lazy and stupid and bad at your jobs
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Macron: “We will need 10 years to free ourselves from American influence through massive local and European investment.” Cutting America adrift is now policy in Europe. 10 years might seem a long time but that’s everything gone. The US will start to see the repercussions quickly - trade, investment
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Karsten Tyson @karsten007.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Angie and Roberta Flack in the same week?!?! This too much.
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Rest in perfect peace Angie. 💔
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Q. Pheevr @q.pheevr.ca · 24/03/2024
Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.
Screenshot from a scan of page 289 of an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote. The text is set in two columns. In the left column, we read in part “thou hast hit the point, Sancho, which can alone shake my resolution”, and on the right “thy share of the booty would would have been at least the emperor’s crown of gold”; by coincidence, these align so that the phrase “shake my booty” can be read across the columns.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/02/2025
Absolutely incredible
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Matt Gibbs @mattwgibbs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sandi Toksvig, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain President, shares her thoughts on the current AI and Copyright consultation and proposals being put forward by the government. As #writers we have until midnight 25th Feb to respond. @writersguildgb.bsky.social writersguild.org.uk/copyright-ai/
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Sandi Toksvig: We must stand up to the Government and Big Tech on AI - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Submit a response to the Government’s consultation on copyright and AI – read our guide here  By Sandi Toksvig OBE Who doesn’t want to hear about a success story? One …
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The rise of gen AI, backed at every level by the far-right, suggests the arrival of an _anti-information_ age. AI offers a self-reinforcing bullshit loop that, much like a Russian disinfo operation, serves to muddy the information space and create doubt about the very nature of reality.
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In case you’re not sure how it’s going down here, America.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20/02/2025
Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso by kissing her on the lips after Spain’s women’s team won the World Cup. He has been fined €10,000+. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso
Former president of Spanish football federation kissed player after her team won women’s World Cup in 2023
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Miriam IRL @miriam.blacksky.app · 20/02/2025
Good morning Don’t forget to breath
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Those two men are some of the stupidest people on the planet and I'm horrified that I've actually breathed the same air as them. Clout chasing bigots.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Cutting Dolly Parton’s program that helps kids learn how to read <<<<<<< www.14news.com/2025/02/19/t...
A teacher in Warrick County is speaking out after Indiana Governor Mike Braun removed Dolly Parton’s “Imagination Library” from the state’s budget.

Imagination Library is a book-gifting program for children under 5 in hopes of fostering early literacy.

With the pending removal from the state’s budget, the program will have no funding to get books into the hands of families.
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/02/2025
BREAKING: Zelensky accuses Trump of living in a "disinformation space," a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia
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Zelensky says Trump lives in ‘disinformation space’ | CNN
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Donald Trump of repeating disinformation, a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Blaming the left for the rise of the far right instead of the centrists that have absorbed their policies and rhetoric and shifted everything rightward how very Guardian
Politics
Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds
Exclusive: Lack of understanding by 'progressive activists' of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argue
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I have made this my mission in life! Someone bumps into you and says sorry you say “that’s okay” not “sorry” back, it feels good
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Sadiq Khan to tell EU diplomats 'Brexit was a mistake' arguing strengthened ties would offset Trump tariffs www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
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Sadiq Khan to tell EU diplomats 'Brexit was a mistake' arguing strengthened ties would offset Trump tariffs
Sadiq Khan is set to tell EU diplomats "Brexit was a mistake" as he argues strengthened ties with the trading bloc would help offset Donald Trump's threat of tariffs.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal - www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-tikto…
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US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application gain momentum during the war on Gaza
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EFirecracker 🖖🏾 @allgeekthings.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It’s Twitter all over again.
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a room with the words i came in like a wrecking ball
ALT: a room with the words i came in like a wrecking ball
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal apnews.com/article/nucl...
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Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The speech in general appears to have been written from, by, and about a parallel universe.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
You know, if Kemi Badenoch agreed with Donald Trump, I would disagree, and it would be alarming. But in an odd way, it would be slightly preferable to a leader of the opposition who agrees with a Donald Trump that appears to only exist in her head.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
While a real war wages in Ukraine, Badenoch focuses on her petty culture war. A deeply unserious politician in very serious times. Richly deserved electoral oblivion cannot come soon enough.
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Free Caledonia @freecaledonia.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is true. A pal of mine who is a policeman went to a Scottish island recently to investigate a missing person and when the locals found out he was a Christian they stuck him in a giant human-shaped willow branch construction and burned him alive.
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