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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Honestly, the way Jeremy Hunt is treated as voice of reason on the economy bewilders me. It's like having Boris Johnson on to discuss how best to abide by public health rules.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I am slightly baffled by what is going on here. I am not used to being happy. It does not suit my disposition. But what we saw today was a masterclass in how politics should be done" I think they've broken @iandunt.bsky.social, but it in a good way :-)

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There are some excellent points in this, and it deserves credit for acknowledging that work can be unpaid or voluntary. But I think we’d be better talking about “sense of purpose”. I think that’s what most people are looking for, and why they still get out of bed in the morning.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Good review on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) today @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pretty pleased with our last minute DIY eclipse viewing rig using a colander, a music stand and an Ikea storage box.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

(Had a few requests for prints of this one so I now have a limited edition print of it available in my shop. Link in my bio.) #comic #cartoon #comedy #sketch #language

Print of a comic strip by Stephen Collins. Script is as follows:

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[Scene is a GREGGS interior. A lone MAN, the only customer in the shop, is standing at counter]

MAN:
Please can I have a sausage roll.

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GREGGS SHOP ASSISTANT:
Certainly sir

[She pulls a leaver on the panini machine and WOOSH the man disappears through a trapdoor].

Whoosh

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[The MAN appears through a chute in an underground bunker. A voice from off-scene greets him]:

Welcome, friend

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[We see the voice is of a military-looking resistance COMMANDER with a moustache]

COMMANDER:
You said "please can I have" instead of “can I get”…

So now you're one of us.

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MAN:
W-where am I ...?

[We see him looking at a hi tech UNDERGROUND MILITARY BUNKER - it has resistance vibes, and has lots of screens with maps etc]

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COMMANDER:
You've joined the resistance…

...against people saying things all American.

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COMMANDER:
We are an underground network of sleeper agents poised to have a right go at young people the moment they say "mom" or "bangs”.

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LIEUTENANT [Staring at screen]:
Agent 244 has just given a Zoomer in Halifax the “could/couldn't care less" speech, sir

COMMANDER:
Very good

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[Show the map of the UK with digital pop ups on it saying ‘GOTTEN’, ‘ZEE’, ‘MATH’ etc

COMMANDER:
You may have heard our name... We are...

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COMMANDER:
...the Fight Against New Yankee Pronunciations and Americanisms Corrupting the King's English!

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[Show the military command center panel. It says on the wall in big metal letters]:

F.A.N.Y.P.A.C.K.E.

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MAN
You've called yourselves the 'Fanny Pack'

COMMANDER:
We didn't spot the acronym

[/end]

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Much as I love the News Agents their discussion on Covid was ill-informed and misleading. christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...

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We are learning the wrong lesson from Covid school closures

A response to yesterday's News Agents podcast...

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Perhaps. But it’s also true that failure to fix social care is putting enormous strain on the NHS. Being clear that it affects everyone today and not possibly maybe at some hypothetical point in the future is important, if only to create a sense of urgency and to overcome inertia.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Quick reminder that we should all do this for ourselves too. It’s tempting to think that it’s only something that you need with age, but accident or illness can happen at any time. Not a cheery thought I know, but future you and/or loved ones will thank you for it if you ever need it.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’m nicking this. (I will, of course, credit @samlearner.bsky.social when I do.)

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sounds impressive until you remember that Djokovic and I have 24 slams between us, which is almost as good

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

NEW - Rachel Reeves said she will "accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead." "It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. "But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So it’s basically up to Count Binface to run as the unifying candidate and put Farage in his place? I can get behind that.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Clearly it’s working for them, but I simply do not understand what was wrong with any or all of “picnic food” “delicatessen”, “spread” or “mezze”, all well-known terms that do not evoke some kind of dermatological complaint.

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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Well they're not going to be on bloody low alert are they

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I will continue to die on the hill marked "it would be completely mad for a PM with 400 seats and 3 years left in a government term to call an early election which is all but certain to weaken his party." www.arguably.uk/p/dont-be-a-...

arguably.uk

Don’t be a bottler, Burnham

The next PM should learn from Gordon Brown’s mistake and call an early election

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A thumping great win for Andy Burnham, beating Reform by 20% in a race that at first looked like it could be close. Looks like a big tactical vote as Lib Dem and Green vote down by about 10% between them. Restore getting c. 7% also helped Labour, but is v. disturbing for other reasons.

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Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is such a great idea. Years ago when I was in hospital with pleurisy etc @sophiedennis.bsky.social sprung me for a couple of hours one afternoon. It’d only been 10 days or so but it made such a difference to just get out and breathe some fresh air for a while. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'I forgot what it's like to be outside': Intensive care ward opens on rooftop

The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

2026 Me: Hey 1996 me, in 30 years time you'll be furious at everything Tony Blair says and think John Major makes some pretty sensible points 1996 Me: Fuck, so I'm doomed to become more conservative as I get older 2026 Me: Well not exactly

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

How would we know? The Conservatives in 2019 and Labour in 2024 both ran on impossible promises and most of their partisans have spent the time since complaining that the voters are unreasonable. When was the last chance you gave them to *be* reasonable?

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.

I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must
accept artificial intelligence -but we are
as valuable as ever| Stephen Marche
The Guardian
The,
GuardianOpinions

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

can we not just bin april fool's day now for heaven's sake on the grounds that it's never funny, here for anyone prepared to cancel it (surely it's woke in some way? or not woke enough? good either way)

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Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Controversial but - students *perceive* they have been failed when what has happened is they have failed to understand information retrieval is a skill requiring effort. I don't believe a zero friction experience is realistic or desirable in learning, actually.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I couldn't agree more. The fact that things like this point needs making on a regular basis boggles the mind. I fear we are well and truly past the u-bend and in the sewer at this stage.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

How many of these people wanging on about Churchill on bank notes could have told you who was on which note a week ago?

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ah yes farming, that famously un automated human endeavour. The combine harvester was patented in the 1830s. Jethro Tull invented the modern seed in 1700. Precursors to the plough date back to the ancient Mesopotamians domesticating oxen. Screw the lot of them. Bastards.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

These headlines should always read “New secondary moderns set to return”, since that’s where most kids will go under that system.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/02/2026

It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths. This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Labour has to be much more precise in crticising Green policy - focusing on issues, particularly defence, where there is a genuine uneasiness from progressive bloc voters.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It's true that Green policies are much more left-wing than Labour ones but you can't go with a blanket accusation of extremism without attacking your own voters and potential voters.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Yep, it definitely has all the humility and introspection that we’ve come to expect from Badenoch. You’d think they’d won, not lost their deposit.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This will undoubtedly be over-analysed until the cows come home, but the important thing is Matt Goodwin lost, and that’s got to be a good result.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today's by-election is another illustration of the problems with FPTP. The result may tell us less about what voters want to happen than whether they can game the system effectively to stop a result most *don't* want. The electoral system should not be an obstacle that voters have to work around.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Reminds of that great Charles Kennedy line: “Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who’s a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self-taught”

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Waiting rooms aren’t riskier than any other crowded environment…? I can’t stop laughing. Of course they are. You have two groups of people in the waiting room. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

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Worried about catching a bug in a hospital waiting room? Here's what infectious disease experts say

You can lower the risk, but you can't eliminate it. That being said, waiting rooms aren't necessarily riskier than other packed environments.

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Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Congrats to the Lib Dems for their successful local elections campaign.

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.

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Andy Robinson @andycayenne.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Matt Goodwin? Cherry picking data to suit his bullshit? Surely not!

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 21/01/2026

I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise

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Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 17/01/2026

"I've been all right, Jack" is not a great argument for the current dysfunctional ID smorgasbord, which has long caused all manner of damage to vulnerable people in the UK.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 15/01/2026

Robert Jenrick becomes the latest Tory Cabinet minister to stand up at a Reform event and say the country is in an appalling state. You have no idea of the self-control required not to yell: "YOU WERE IN FKING GOVERNMENT!"

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When I stop laughing I'll provide some insightful analysis.

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