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Rebecca

@arbitrarygenius.bsky.social
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Love cats, comics, theatre, politics/news, films, TV. Trained librarian, but now analysing media. Not arbitrary nor a genius. Same tag on twitter. Do Moon Knight, Iron Fist and DCAU podcast. She/Her.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Andy Burnham’s new press room
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ooh thanks. And yeah we were just saying we may have synced in with local time by running ourselves so ragged
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wait, only a crazy person would do the night safari after a 13h flight and jetlag...
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Napping very good when full of painkiller
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last minute holiday panics, mouth still a little tender/swollen, have all tickets etc and passport. Now just need to get through a morning of work!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad Nearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online for the first time. The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London. Continue reading...
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
GOOD LUCK TODAY and rest up after as much as you can!
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, and not super hot or cold so yoghurts, I had cooked down dhal.. that kind of thing. Think by day two it can be a bit warmer. Mine was tooth right next to wisdom. Always forget the ache but it's not too bad. Just annoying.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, as I wasn't expecting it, food became quite the issue. Hoping it all goes well for you!
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
restful (w/painkillers) few days before Singapore trip!!!!! it's been a long time coming.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
feeling sorry for myself after an unexpected tooth extraction :-/
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
[This is good] From this weekend, rail passengers affected by cancelled train services...can travel on another operator’s train departing up to two hours before or after the cancelled service, using either the same route or a reasonable alternative. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/can...
ianvisits.co.uk
Cancelled train? Your ticket will now work on more operators
From Sunday, affected travellers will have more freedom to continue their journeys using the same or a reasonable alternative route.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Idly browsing the British Museum Bayeux Tapestry gift selection and it's impressively bonkers - and also very good. William the Conqueror as a cat greeting card and Bayeux Tapestry Top Trumps my favourites so far.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
3h sleep, my body (and brain) hates me. Have to get through thankfully-short work day and then maybe rest before Diablo 4 season 15. But I would rather be asleep.
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Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
jesus fucking christ
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Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from me on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk substack "the write-round" Why can't MPs call each other liars? Part of a new series of 'why parliament is weird' a collection of gripes, oddities and head scratchers...would love to hear your takes on the weirdest things in parliament!
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Why parliament is weird (no.1): Why can't MPs call each other liars?
MPs can be quite rude to each other in the House. So why can’t they call each other liars?
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ahh, the Scottish songs in Last Night of the Proms bit was fab. The Dolly tribute.. they should have done better.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
you didn't cook the thing that gave it to you though :)
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Play was great, love Stratford East theatre. Increasingly enjoying non West End and prices so much better
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hands up if you have yourself food poisoning this week 🤚
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Off to Stratford (London) for Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy today. Last trip to London before holiday. After this I'm cocooning so I don't get sick (or can recover if I get sick today), bar a dentist appt, waaaa.
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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'Questions remain' after Reform leader shared confidential information www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm pretty excited - I started to book other stuff and the prices just add up and then I decided to be sensible and stick with the one I'm most excited for.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Only booked for Rogue Trooper for LFF. Could have got others but feeling poor ahead of holiday and also I can't take any time off work in Oct.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Think Robin Hood starts in Nov, but big love for the fox here. Can't believe I have Disney Robin in a pull list!
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And titles replicating older runs. That said, will still take it because without the number 1s it may have ended sooner.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The whole run has been such a gift - also phenomenal starting point for new MK readers. And a fantastic rota of artists too (and ofc MVP Rachelle Rosenberg!)
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Also we recorded an Sons of the Dragon this week so it'll be out sometime, finishing Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (so a Misty/Colleen comic, good times)
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Moon Knight is really on a generational run (again). You should read it. But also, Robin Hood and Sword in the Stone comics - I'm looking forward
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Modern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When the rain comes…
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Or comics are merely the latest form of sequential art.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
She is sitting in a window staring out at her preferred spot. Then turns to me with an accusatory look. Sigh.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ruby exudes anger at me. Ozzy is cuddly.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Got up, realised it's raining, called Ruby to come in from her place in the garden... she trots in soaking wet, has breakfast, whines that door is now closed. JUST GET DRY stupid cat.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Webmaster at Home Office and then HM Treasury
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I sing this to Zoe all the time and she has absolutely zero context but now sings it too
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Jane Doe @spinningoutloud.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Jenrick thinks “boo hoo” is an alpha male response to a woman being physically assaulted, then he deserves to have his broadcast words spoken only by actor.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Space. The final frontier...."
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Love you though! (and now going through a ton of pics deleting as I go, come onnnn cinema, save me!)
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Maybe today I'll clear pics from camera. Told today I'm extremely boring and.. Fair
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
But back to staring blankly at holiday planning, going through passwords to make them better and finishing readers group book (The Trees). Coyote vs ACME at lunchtime.
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Feeling especially down re Dover fuckheads and police and govt response. What's the point anymore.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The British Polling Council says it is clear from the recent Channel 4 News broadcast that JL Partners have breached its code, so it is seeking further information about the breach from the pollster www.britishpollingcouncil.org/channel-4-ne...
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Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK...
Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK involving BPC member JL Partners
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
so good (also hi!!)
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yeah it was that or face redundancy so..
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Rebecca @arbitrarygenius.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I liked all the cuts to ads
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