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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

No ads enrage me more than the ones ordering us how to pronounce their stupid brand names. Get stuffed Sssssskoda and Hi-un-di

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 09/10/2026

Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK.

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We shouldn't have a Quiet Carriage on the train. We should have a NoisyCcarriage. If you want to watch or listen to the phone without headphones, or have loud and never-ending conversations, you go and sit in the Noisy Carriage. The rest of the train is de facto Quiet. Who's with me?

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ll say this to dog owners as gently as I can… FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP LEAVING YOUR NASTY BAGS OF SH*T EVERYWHERE!

A black bag of dog mess left by a forest footpath

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Paul @bitoclass.uk · 18/07/2026

Have we considered that only the goal at that end of the pitch is working?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The danger of using voxpops in place of real analysis. Cameras are a magnet for motivated activists. These two made it into four different reels + a dozen print pieces. The illusion is that we're getting an insight into "Clacton voters". In truth, we just know what Farage Megastans Jim & June think.

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

can we win this but then not play any more games please thank you sorry thats enough

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Jon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 19/06/2026

Where’s Andy Burnham going?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/06/2026

A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Every day the news bulletin begins "President Trump has said..." Yet we know he'll say something different tomorrow, which is different to what he said yesterday, & that none of these statements is likely to be true. I get the problem for broadcasters, but this model is actively occluding the news

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

And lo, under questioning by his tormentor the prophet did consulteth the holy book and verily after some time didst speak, saying unto the teeming multitude: “Er. This is good enough”

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/04/2026

it feels quite bad that it's basically impossible to argue that much of the modern right in the west has become both entirely intellectually shallow and deeply, fundamentally morally corrupt without sounding like a tedious teenage tankie, because it is.....the factual truth

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026

Hungarians are singing ‘We Are The Champions’ in celebration of the landslide victory of Peter Magyar

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Dr Seán Ketchem @cskwriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Well Gen X takes the heat for just about everything, but just for the record: The average age of the Artemis astronauts is 48-50. That is smack dab in the middle of Gen X, folks, the generational cohort from 1965 to 1980. We must have done something right...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/03/2026

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

On sunny days like this Southampton really does become a Richard Scarry busytown

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Look, I get it, he's mental but what the fuck do you want me to do?" - Labour +45%

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism.

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This is the root problem. Trump was fairly elected by the people of America (twice!), and there’s no guarantee they won’t choose similarly again. It’s the American *people* who now can’t be trusted to keep the lunatics out

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Yelled “Get off the pavement” at one cyclist who nearly ran me down, and later refused to move out of the way of another, telling him “Cycle on the road like a grown-up” Aged 50 years over the weekend 🤦‍♂️

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homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a picture

ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a picture

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Count Duckula 🧛‍♂️🦆 @justducky.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Sorry I’m late. I had to scroll to my birth year on an app.

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Why yes I DID just shush a guy playing music on his phone in the Quiet Carriage #vivelarevolution

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte: 'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad. Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Reform UK: “Free speech! You can’t say anything these days!” Also Reform UK: “You’re banned from reporting on our council because we don’t like what you said.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reform UK Nottinghamshire council leader bans local newspaper's reporters

The Nottingham Post describes the ban as

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/08/2025

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Policeman: Name? Woman: Cheryl Cole Policeman: Your FULL name Woman: (Quietly) Chernobyl Coleslaw

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

12 points to Gryffindor

Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding

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Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Couldn’t be prouder 🇬🇧🤬

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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