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Katie @katieest1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

On Thursday a remarkable woman won a by-election. On Friday a remarkable woman won the Nobel Peace Prize. The coverage has overwhelming been focused on the men who lost. It's 2026. Yet still.

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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⤵️ @bryce.lol · 27/09/2026

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend; And, as I am an honest Puck, Show is over, off you fuck.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Don’t worry, we’re punishing people for being lazy and unlucky and poor while refusing to even acknowledge the existence of people who are lazy and lucky and rich. All is well in this, the best of all possible worlds.” — All politicians, all the time, FFS

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is irritating and comes over as out of touch middle-class hand wringing. The problem we have with school dinners is portion size. Noticeably declined over the last ten years. Make sure they have enough to eat before we fuss about what. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Deep-fried food banned under new school dinner rules in England

The government describes its new school food standards as "once-in-a-generation changes".

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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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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“It is not beyond our collective means to build a wealth disarmament movement, or a tech disarmament movement”. Let’s do this. A WEALTH DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here’s Kati Karikó, whose Nobel Prize winning work on mRNA technology saved THE WORLD, thanking the world’s educators. 🥹

‘It was the work of teachers that allowed this child of two laborers in postwar communist Hungary to understand the world... and then, in her own way, to help change it.

One doesn't grow up in an agricultural community-or, for that matter, become a biologist—without developing a healthy appreciation for seeds. Seeds are potential. They are promise. They are sustenance. Seeds are the difference between a bleak future and a bountiful one. Planting a seed is, in every case, an act of conviction, and of hope.

So thank you to my own teachers. Thank you to educators everywhere. You are planting seeds.’

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There are more variations in the order of a deck of 52 playing cards than there are atoms on Earth. If you shuffle a deck of cards really well, that combination has almost certainly never existed in the whole of human history.

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026

This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...

a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/08/2026

the back of this van sounds like a toddler player with a plug socket

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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

welcome to britain, bangers are sausages but also second hand cars and also good songs, good luck out there

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

Some outcomes are bigger than politics.

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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My favourite bit so far in the build-up to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition has been the projection of Tapestry scenes onto the White Cliffs of Dover plus a heartfelt "merci". tinyurl.com/ytm9hrzj

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Lighting up the white cliffs of Dover

I have found myself surprisingly moved by the arrival in London of The Bayeux Tapestry. I have seen it in France and have studied it on the page. I was

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Couldn’t agree more.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/07/2026

Care homes should be putting on the beatles and the stones by now. Sounds like a dig at boomers but it's not: residents would genuinely vibe with it more.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 10/07/2026

Another interesting statistic. Between 1980 and 1999, 35°C was reached just 5 times. It was rare & exceptional. Between 2000-2020 we reached 35°C 18 times. Between 2020-2025 we reached it 23 times. The same number in 5 years than we achieved in 40 years. Talk about a step change.

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ALT: Global Temperature Change Over Time

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FinjaReloaded @finjareloaded.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

seriously, 52 : 48 for binface would be the funniest thing ever

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I think we can trace the decline of modern Britain from the point at which we stopped putting a donk on it.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived.

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

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Anna Horroridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This is a professional specialism of mine. The most obvious answer is adjust uniform requirements. However, there are also things you can do in the classroom. Cross-ventilation - if you're going to open a door or window, make sure that there's another one open on the other side of the building.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

David Attenborough and one of his creations.

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Sandy Wilson @sandals-ajw.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Not enough money. Curriculum has too much in it. Not enough money. Academies are run for the CEO's benefit not the kids. Not enough money. Ofsted. Not enough money. Lack of parental involvement. Not enough money. Behaviour, including learning behaviours, are really poor. Not enough money.

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The world needs neither quiet girls or public spaces defined by boys. Glad the interviewees are aware, but surely much more to be done e.g., by schools www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The surprising reality of how teenage girls still define themselves

Despite strides in feminism, why do teen girls still seem to view themselves through the lens of boys?

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

What do women have to do to not be sexualised?

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

While I seem to be doing my unpopular takes, can I just say that I think MPs should be paid a *lot* more (but not be allowed second jobs or hold investments) and get a *much* bigger expenses allowance (to fund their offices).

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Amazon are partnering with Comic Relief to sell their red noses. Last year Comic Relief raised £34 million which is how much Jeff Bezos makes in six hours. Dig deep everyone.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Wow. Sadiq Khan asks Keir Starmer to not only “rejoin the EU Customs Union and the Single Market this Parliament”, but also to “fight the next general election with a clear manifesto commitment: a vote for Labour means we would rejoin the European Union”, without a second #Brexit referendum 👏

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/02/2026

Pippa Heylings MP: "The Institute for European Environmental Policy has found that since Brexit, the EU has introduced 28 new or strengthened pieces of environmental legislation that the UK has not adopted." "We have weakened protections in habitats, pesticides, forever, chemicals and fisheries."

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Key to this is the 28 day "move on" period for people leaving Home Office accommodation when granted refugee status. Previous government increased the period, but Labour in its desire to demonstrate its cruelty reduced it again, despite knowing the outcome. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found

Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

"Every adult is being used for every minute of the day" is an excellent thing to consider for anyone who wants change in schools. The pace and intensity of work in schools is remarkable. It shocks people when they first experience it.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I still maintain that defections should trigger a by-election, regardless of which party from and to. In General Elections people tend to vote for parties rather than individuals.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The wealthy fantasise about an apocalypse that they will survive - but the post apocalyptic world is not one they’d image where they are rulers of the planet - instead they will likely have a nasty few years and then die of starvation, disease, accident, or go mad, just like everyone else … gobdaws!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc. I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant" People got SUPER mad with it. Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Current mood

A cartoon depicts a man and a woman walking side by side on a street. The woman wears a stylish dress and holds a purse, while the man is in a suit. The caption reads, "My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The fact that an anti-migrant politician, who tells us every single day that he doesn't like immigration, is saying it once again, is not in any way news

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