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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

not saying anyone should, but I bet you could convince Trump to re-open Alcatraz in under 20 minutes

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The 2025 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We are 36 hours into the race, meaning the three runners still on Loop 3 cannot continue to Loop 4. However, if they complete Loop 3 within 40 hours they will be credited with a Fun Run. That’s where the real race is now. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Tomo and John have passed the Fire Tower; John about 30 minutes behind Tomo. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Maxime Gauduin quit on Loop 3 with no pages and is tapped out. Three runners remain in the race. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Tim Landy is still on Loop 2 and has timed out. Whenever he returns to camp he will be tapped out. Four runners are on Loop 3. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The human sacrifice lives! And has returned to camp. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Three runners have just come into camp after quitting on Loop 1. Carl: Where the hell have you been? Runner: Book 9. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Tomo is the first runner to begin Loop 3. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

John Kelly has begun Loop 3. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We’ve just had three more drops coming in from different directions. laz, to runner: You’re coming in from the wrong direction! Runner: I left my sense of humor behind. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The third runner has just begun Loop 2. laz: Every loop is easier than the loop before. Runner: Are you sure? #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The first two runners have finished Loop 1 in 9:44:55 and 9:44:57. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Runners have to have started Loop 2 by 12.57am in order to be allowed to continue. So far, nobody has finished Loop 1. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Four drops so far and we know more are coming. The thing is, they are coming back to camp from all directions and in some cases cannot describe where they were. This is old school Barkley. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The first runner has come through the Fire Tower in ~ 7:00 hours, over an hour slower than last year. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The first runner has returned to camp on quitters road and faced the bugler. (He was not the human sacrifice.) #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Someone has quit by now. We don’t know who, we don’t know where, we don’t know why. But for sure someone has quit. We’ll find out who/when/why when they get back to camp. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

58:08 into the race if runners have hit Book 1 they are on pace to complete 100 miles. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 11:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Weather: it was cold last night, very clear. Right now sunny and warming up. It is supposed to get into the high 60s/low 70s today. Tonight will not be as cold as last night. Rain is not expected until tomorrow evening. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

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Merlyn Edwards @allmanbros2.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Afternoon all, I trust you are all well and are now back in your normal routines, it's taken me until today. Ok today we have 2 closed 2 current of which 1 is Irish. The answers will be at 6.30pm all Likes Guesses and Reposts are always appreciated Thank you Enjoy

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Ben Devlin @bendevlin.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Saddest time of the year - no racing for three days. Not sure what to do with myself. Suppose I could talk to the family; they seem nice.

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Ben Devlin @bendevlin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Remastered to outperform the odds in the Coral Gold Cup (the Hennessey) tomorrow?

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

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Greig Campbell (La Isla del Fútbol) @laisladelftbol1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A countdown of the top 5 'ye ma/da' scrawls I've found on toilet walls in Liverpool ... 5. 'Ye ma races pigeons.'

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

After two years of writing and 18 years of life, this is out next March: my memoir about my autistic son James, how songs became our shared language... and how music & its magic affect us all. Pre-order here! linktr.ee/maybeimamazed

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here She comes! The procession is leaving the Louvre for #NotreDame

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Since Twitter is possibly dying, I'm going to repost my favourite tweet, which was when I bowled my 13 year old with one of the greatest offspins my garden has ever seen. Mike Atherton somehow picked it up, I'm not kidding, it turned up on Sky under "kids having cricket tantrum". V unfair.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Even more amazingly, Michael Sheard played Hitler five times and yet never remilitarised the Rhineland.

Sky News headline: Timothy West played Churchill three times, but was a lifelong Labour supporter

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Today’s poem is called ‘Monetisation’.

Monetisation

The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond;

by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.

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Ravilious @ravilious1942.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Causeway, Wiltshire Downs, Eric Ravilious, 1937. The original artwork is in the collection of V&A. #Wiltshire

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James Alexander @jmsalxdr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hello Bluesky people. My first post, and I can think of no better message to everyone than this one, from Bertrand Russell in 1959. Enjoy.

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Bertrand Russell - Message To Future Generations (1959)

YouTube video by PhilosophieKanal

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Sean Leahy @thepunningman.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

D-I-E-H-A-R-D Find out what it means to me D-I-E-H-A-R-D Take care, John McC Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi, Nakatomi…

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

'Now Mr Devlin, No Rubbish', Portobello Road (2022) by Howard Milton howardmilton.com

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