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Andrew Baynes

@baynesa.bsky.social
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All of it or just a boner part?
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(As well as ending up with crap outcomes)
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As a country we’re really good at spending billions to save millions, example no. 75479
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are many websites that shouldn't be on the web. *DESTROY* them! (Sadly, only destroys a copy, but v. therapeutic). destroy.spritefusion.com
destroy.spritefusion.com
Destroy Any Website
Type an address, break everything. Any website becomes a destructible pixel-art level, solo or with friends.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looking forward to lots of AI generated content about the Chuurch Fate with an image of the devil buried in them somewhere.
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very popular with Birmingham City fans, though this is admittedly a somewhat niche Brum joke.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For 9 years this cat has attempted to get me to feed him at 4 am every day and for 9 years he has not succeeded one time and his only takeaway has been well it's certainly not happening if I don't try again, and I'm starting to find him quite inspirational
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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Via @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social "You know what [Republicans are] good at? Waiting until Democrats win some elections, and then blaming them for failing to cost-free clean up the messes Republicans have left behind." goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-gop-go...
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Granite Man @granitedhuine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nice post. Too bad it was plagiarised from the dictionary.
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don’t underestimate the power of vibes; no one’s going to invest in anything if they think everything is FUNAR’d (or move house, job, etc.). This was Starmer’s problem – he came in, told everyone everything is shit, and everyone has (understandably) hunkered down.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the content I require.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This picture of the Pope at his 40th birthday party is everything to me.x
The Pope at his crazy as fuck 40th birthday party wearing a tiny sea captain hat, holding a tiny ice cream surrounded by THREE sad looking balloons. He's wearing a blue jacket and jeans with a brown belt and he's got a navy polo shirt on.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
Liz Truss has received £319,925 in ‘public duty allowance’ since her exit from Downing Street, figures from the Cabinet Office annual reports show.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trans women in sport: This table shows how massively out of place the UK is in Europe. The UK is the only country that bans trans women from most sport. Even recently-fascist Hungary is fairer than the UK. Britain is a transphobic outlier.
Trans Legal Recognition and Amateur Sport in Europe
Adult amateur women's competition • September 2026
Country
EU
Recognition
Equality-law sex


Adult amateur women's category

Football
Hockey
Cricket
Netball
UK 2024







UK 2026















Belgium







Denmark

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Finland
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Germany







Iceland







Ireland







Luxembourg







Malta







Norway

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Portugal

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Spain

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Switzerland

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OTHER LEGAL RECOGNITION







Ancona

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Austria

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Bosnia & Herzegovina







Bulgaria







Croatia

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Cyprus







Czechia







Estonia







France







Greece







Italy







Latvia







Liechtenstein







Lithuania







Moldova







Montenegro







Netherlands
Poland







Romania







Serbia
Slovenia







Sweden







Türkiye







Ukraine







NO / VERY LIMITED RECOGNITION







Albania







Armenia
Azerbaijan







Georgia







Hungary







Monaco







North Macedonia


スズズズメ




San Marino







slovakia







Broad legal recognition
Partial / very limited

No functioning domestic route


Specific sport exclusion


Uornpro yods sds on /
Sport: adult amateur women's competition. HRT/estosterone eligibility requirements count as not excluded.
UK 2024/ UK 2026 comparison reflects the pre- and post-2025 Equality Act interpretation.
Sources: ILGA-Eurooe (2026): national aovemina-body policies: UK Supreme Court 120251 UKSC 16: EHRC Code (2026)
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I cannot comprehend anyone targeting RNLI volunteers with hate and threats. I cannot understand how anyone can have anything but respect and awe for people willing to set to sea in hurricanes, with waves as high as houses, to try to save lives.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're officially entering the Fuhrerbunker phase of the Trump presidency
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Live feed from the World’s Smartest Genius Awards.
Trump looking like a dog trying to comprehend quantum theory.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Has anyone considered Mark Carney was radicalized into the worlds most pro EU man by being directly exposed to Brexit for years on end
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The first photo here depicts the building that infamously has the words "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND" scrawled on the roof to scare air travelers arriving to Milwaukee
A photo of a corner storefront in an early 20th century brick building. The scene is centered on a wood framed doorway with a column and pediment motif, joining the sidewalk at the street corner.A photo of the raised front entrance to a late 1800s wood frame house with some original carved wood details intact on its facade and its porch awning.A photo of an old brick Schlitz tied house, featuring a Schlitz beer logo globe mounted on top of a second story turret. The building is currently home to a Serbian restaurant called Three BrothersA photo of a highway ramps and feeder lanes seen from an elevated vantage point, with two smokestacks for a power plant rising above all other nearby structures
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Curiously unreported by mainstream media. Carried by a show of hands with no opposition. labourlist.org/2026/09/tuc-...
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TUC Congress backs motion opposing EHRC guidance and calls for gender self-ID - LabourList
Unions have backed calls to campaign for gender ‘self ID’ and for a change in “discriminatory and unworkable” guidance around transgender rights.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is literally no pressure group small or mad enough that the government won't indulge them if they oppose immigration.
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My assumption is that it’s basic racism; Russia has a smallish non-white population (well, the European bit of Russia does), which is their ideal. Well worth a bit of authoritarianism /reducing living standards / war dead / poor quality fenestration.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The one on the Car and Classics auction section (in fairness, it might not be last weeks, it may have been the week before?)
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is slightly frustrating as a Patreon supporter to be such a second-class citizen now (last week's discussion of The Honda without actually mentioning that it was The Honda was a particular nadir).
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In fairness, it might be annoying and frustrating to us as Brits. But it's not outrageous – the EU and Canada have agency; there's no reason for us to automatically get any kind of deal.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I realise I repeat this on like a daily basis, but please me restate it again - the ‘status quo’ in the UK for decades was trans inclusion. What we have now is not really precedented for a 21st century democracy.
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well this is a spectacular image:
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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I gotta say, this seems like a pretty reasonable line to draw!
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There are a myriad of routes up to the top; Crib Goch should be the exception not the rule! (Also — there are many alternatives in the Parc; far quieter too)
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Don't know how much of it is the collapse in outdoor ed. following on from austerity? If you'd been to Ogwen Cottage as a kid you'd have seen that Tryfan was Proper Serious Stuff (also Scouts—as a leader far harder to take kids into the hills now). Bristly Ridge isn't a first timer thing!
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If it’s always around you have you considered the common denominator Zoe?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy"
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
CDC’s 9/11 world trade center health program was one of the first things this regime purged. just something to remember when republicans get really into the performative nationalism this week
abcnews.com
New York Republicans scold Trump for CDC cuts that affect 9/11 responders
Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Andrew Baynes @baynesa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well, technically Ford was *VP* at the time Nixon resigned. :p But, yes, I had forgotten about Spiro Agnew who, like Nixon, in retrospect, didn't think broadly enough to be the full Trump – I don't think a few Baltimore backhanders would touch the sides with the existing President.
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