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"Before I respect a flag, I want to see who's waving it" - Peter Ustinov

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just a reminder
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 23h
Somewhere in your house is a tiny soul who has no idea what kind of day you had. They just know the food bowl is empty.
A forlorn Jinx the green eyed tabby bobtail sitting in her scratcher box willing her empty bowl to be filled.
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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Check it, nerds. Recent find of late stage Maglemosian (8400 BP) antler axe with preserved wooden handle from Egholm, Northern Jutland. Fantastic to see that we still have conditions in Denmark for such fantastic organic preservation. Because it probably won’t be long before we don’t.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A war on walking. A war on biking. A war on public transit. A war on better cities. But a war on cars? Hardly. The #UrbanTruth is that #CarDependency is still the norm in far too many cities, and the #RoadLobby will do everything they can to keep it going. Don’t buy the lie. #WarOnWalking
Picture of a luxury car parked mostly on the sidewalk with an elderly couple with mobility aids forced to walk around the car on the street into traffic. The text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. 
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought: ‘You know what this needs? A leg!’ Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆 Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows an ancient Greek pottery bowl with a rounded, deep body, wide open mouth and flared rim. It has a large handle shaped like a human leg, extending from the left side of the bowl in my photo, bending at a right angle and ending in a flat foot. The bowl has a camel-coloured surface decorated with dark brown geometric patterns, which include zigzags and meander motifs arranged in horizontal bands around the body of the bowl and along the leg. From Attica, Early Geometric period, circa 850 BC. It sits on a light stone coloured surface in a display case at the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No shit! "Christian nationalists" are the antithesis of what the New Testament teaches. They bang on about "Christianity" and "British culture" while demonstrating they know bugger all about either, nor care beyond using the terms to spread racism and hate. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
Bless this LEGO designer in particular.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Malawi, Theresa Kachindamoto has annulled thousands of child marriages, facilitating girls' return to school. She also sanctions local leaders and works with communities to transform practices harmful to vulnerable women and girls.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel ya 😪
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Think Gannets should be protected instead of hunters? Sign the petition! petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The slaughter of months-old seabird chicks was stopped this year over serious conservation concerns. Yet Reform MSP Jamie Langan says the hunt should be “protected and promoted”.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This has got to be on top of every girl's Christmas Wish List, surely? #BookSky
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just f@ck Trump. I know it isn't anywhere near the worst thing the monster has done, but still action.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
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Stop Trump’s attack on wolves!
Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf
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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today’s pint-sized paranormal portion feels tricky to explain, right? What do you think #Uncanny listener Helen saw? Let us know your theories! And come back here tomorrow for another tiny tale of terror! 🎃👻 Uncanny Halloween Countdown | Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on YouTube
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Azalais de Porcairagues was a trobairitz (woman troubadour), composing in Occitan in the late 12th century. #CelebratingWomen
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why is Nigel Farage back on air? Ofcom bans politicians from presenting news programmes, but GB News claims Farage's show is just 'current affairs' despite him using it to defend Reform's £72m in donations. Close the loophole now.
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Shimmer @leafshimmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hail Inanna! Ishtar Vase, the Louvre.
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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today’s mini #Uncanny case counting us down to Halloween is a seriously scary one. What the heck did Jez see in Seacombe?! 😱 Come back tomorrow for another spooktastic story! Uncanny Halloween Countdown | Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on YouTube
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They are enough, let's leave them be!
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Justin @jlentini09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shared by a woman I would've used a steak knife
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933) was the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. #CelebratingWomen
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Full marks to Bobby J for not bothering to mention that this was entirely due to being given £45 million from the Labour government and told to do it. Even a Reform council couldn't fuck that up.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Kemi Badenoch branded 'out of touch' for stance on fox hunting after vile video
EXCLUSIVE: Footage shows a Heythrop Hunt kennel huntsman climbing into woodland near the village of Lower Swell to recover the body of the fox and then running away with it
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pretty excited to have found an 18" Annabelle for £25!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
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Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Old Oakie @markingall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pay attention Reform voting pensioners, when Nigel says he wants to cut benefits he means he wants to abolish your pension.
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our second case in the #Uncanny Halloween Countdown 2026 takes us to remote, rural Scotland. Is there a way to explain what these frightened parents saw??? Come back tomorrow for another real-life potentially paranormal story! 👻 Uncanny Halloween Countdown | Listen on BBC Sounds & watch on YouTube
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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A prehistoric basalt steatopygian figurine, often called a mother goddess, dating back to 4th Millennium BC from Saudi Arabia. The figurine known for steatopygia (exaggerated hips and thighs) and stylized facial features, reminiscent of other ancient Venus figurines. (H. 22cm) Private Collection
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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to the #Uncanny Halloween Countdown 2026! A new mini-Uncanny case every day till #Halloween! 🎃 This is an eerie one! Are you feeling #TeamSceptic or #TeamBeliever? See you tomorrow for another nugget of nightmare fuel! Uncanny Halloween Countdown | Listen on BBC Sounds & watch on YouTube
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Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TOMORROW! 👻👻👻
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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Petunia 'Black Velvet' (Petunia × atkinsiana), really not a true black, but a deep maroon colour, spotted in a neighbour's #garden last weekend. Not sure yet if it's my cup of tea, but it would be great in a spooky #Hallowe'en window box or hanging basket 🎃 #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Gardening
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection
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Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection
Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of Cézanne and Monet For more than 50 years it was held in a private art collection with an “almost mythical status” that was likened to a miniature version of Paris’s Musée d’Orsay. But on Wednesday a painting by Vincent Van Gogh created during the last two months of his life has gone on display before it is put up for auction with a value of $180m (£136m). Continue reading...
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Stop Musk’s Space base
Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island to rest and feed along their epic migration.Snow geese arrive in enormous flocks. Endangered
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This playful cat completely made the window cleaner’s day. Original post
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Bess @bettytomsdottir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just charming
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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
so powerful, thanks for posting... Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY...
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Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Zapotec effigy of the opossum man from Oaxaca dates to 500-800 CE. In ancient myth, the clever opossum stole fire from the underworld for humans. Because it carries babies in a pouch and plays dead, it symbolizes fertility, life cycles, and cunning.
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🪬🌙🐈‍⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦‍⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷 @krymsynreine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pictish Carving of cat at Meigle Museum, central Scotland. Late 8th-late 10th century. #druid /|\ #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #archaeology #celtic #Pictish #Scotland #cats
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Richard Drew @itsricharddrew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How often do you look at your dog and just think – you really are the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world? Because for me, it is multiple times a day.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Not all police AI does the same job, writes John Elworthy. Thames Valley uses it to answer routine questions; West Midlands to support staff. Cambridgeshire is testing AI that helps people report crimes directly.
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Cambridgeshire Police launches AI crime reporting system
Cambridgeshire residents can now report some non-emergency crimes through an AI conversation under a new police pilot scheme
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