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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 22h

So a black cat is good/bad luck. What does this count as?

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir

Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not seen any Man City shirts out on the streets for a couple of weeks 🤔

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Phew that was GP finish! Might get my eight pack back after watching that

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Decided to do a trip/ challenge of seeing 5 countries in a day. Off to Wales Ireland N.Ireland Scotland and back to England. Rail and Sail are good for this, i.e Belfast ferry to Scotland and all the way back tomorrow all for £50 Just jumped on board train towards Holyhead

Delayed train already.
A nighttime view of a railway station platform featuring an illuminated departure board for the 19:41 train to Liverpool Lime Street under overhead metal framework, next to a glowing red signal light.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

10mi walk around Hanley Swan. Erm, this place was at the end of the walk. People have some marrows on the table. No card, pay next time you are here. Best pub in midlands 1992. To be fair, beer was good

A group of people gathered outdoors on a sunny day next to an antique car.

A rustic, cluttered wooden bar inside a traditional English pub, featuring bottles of wine, a Butcombe Bitter bar runner mat, beer guides, and CAMRA pamphlets on the counter, with beer hand pumps, chalkboards, and a small sunlit window visible in the background.

A display of preserved goods in glass jars arranged across an outdoor table.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Netherlands. There is not a better, more relaxing place to cycle. Plus there are lovely towns and ferries to take. Thinking of going back next year youtu.be/egpkM1dDOcc

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BELGIUM and the NETHERLANDS cycle - Day 3 Leaving Belgium behind and a ferry ride to Vlissingen ⛴️

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Watched Bloodsport for first time since 90s. So good, and JCV Damme big breakout film. So much so, Mortal Kombat was born. It was Sue's first watch and was on edge of seat. And any time Bolo Yeung is on screen, the Arnie/ Bruce Lee is a good time

Movie poster for the 1988 martial arts film Bloodsport.

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 19/09/2026

Was watching No Time to Die again and this bit still annoys me so much. So I've gone away and John Barry'd it right up.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Watching: Inherit the Wind (1960) Based on a real-life case in 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, a landmark American legal battle over teaching evolution in public schools. A Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Only 100 years ago but still relevant

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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A spectacular sunrise over Ludlow, with St Laurence’s Church rising above the mist. Early starts aren’t always easy, but sometimes I pinch myself when they work out better than expected. This appears in a new edition of A. E. Housman’s A #Shropshire Lad featuring my pictures, on sale next Thursday 😊

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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great thread!

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

She is so brave and good. I hope she doesn't get too much grief.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thinking of going down to Piddington and putting up signs surrounding it warning people of appalling people within. Does it count as a police no go area

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Catching up on the end of Silo S3. Love the few Easter eggs. Tom Hanks son playing piano tune, Be seeing you phrase

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A sea of EU flags for Last Night of the Proms. Must have been gutting for the Little Englanders.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

You may not know @taskmaster.tv. It's hilarious & joyful. I begged to do it, worked out my schedule a year ahead of time to make it happen & got to do the best show on TV w/ the loveliest ppl. Ep 1 is out &, trust me, you need this joy. All seasons free on youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfH...

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Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full Episode

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DeaconBiker aka Sally 📎🕷🇺🇦🇪🇺 @deaconbiker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The MPs should be ashamed of themselves.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Much needed day off. Walking by the Rock Houses of Kinver Historic cave dwellings carved into the red sandstone escarpment of Kinver Edge, representing England’s last continuously inhabited troglodyte homes.

A stone pathway leads past lush green bushes and a wooden fence toward whitewashed rock houses built into a dramatic red sandstone cliff under a partly cloudy blue sky.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Absolutely bravo yet again from Ed

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yes it was a pigeon but I fed a pigeon on cat

A pigeon perched atop a bronze cat sculpture on a low brick wall, looking down at chocolate cookie offered in an outstretched human hand.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We took a trip from Llandudno for a lovely day out on the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world, The Waverley youtu.be/rCBBkxugezs

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A trip on the Waverley - Llandudno to Puffin Island by paddle

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Trip to Malmesbury today. Nice to see the abbey from here. It's also the final resting place and tomb of Athelstan, the very first King of England (grandson of Alfred the Great), who died in 939 AD

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

May have taken the family to watch Coyote vs Acme. All but two seats taken, adults and children laughing. Ace

A smiling man stands on a paved plaza outside the entrance of an Omniplex Cinemas MAXX building. He is wearing a grey graphic T-shirt with a Coyote design, dark trousers, and hiking boots, with a cross-body bag strap across his chest and a jacket held over his arm.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sadly unable to see the Lunar Eclipse due to alignment of houses in garden. Nobody wanted to see me running down the street in my under crackers

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Pete Glastonbury @peteglastonbury.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

what a great way to start my 65th Birthday! Lunar Eclipse from Wiltshire, UK

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What a delightful story about delightful people.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dropped off Sue and drove home with thunderstorm directly overhead going my way. That was one wet and very loud flash of a drive

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Come out of cinema to see the wonderful person and force for good philanthropist Dolly Parton has died. The $1m donated to help COVID will not be forgotten

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

M57 Ring Nebula. Telescope struggled to get any better last night but still get the general feel. A planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. The glowing remains of a sun-like star.The nebula was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779.

Better image from Hubble telescope. Messier 57, better known as the Ring Nebula, is the glowing remains of a sun-like star.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10

Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair.

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels.

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both

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Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Spot on. We all bear some responsibility. If we all do our bit, it can have a big impact

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more.

Wildfire in Clacton
AS temperatures soared on Friday, Essex fire authorities reported things were so bad that a man's pants had caught fire.
The individual, identified as Nigel Farage, had claimed Essex police had told him to keep away from his by-election declaration.
"We've never seen such an enormous fire coming from a single pair of Union Jack Y-fronts," said a police spokesman. "We urge members of the public to avoid pants on fire by at least coming up with a half-decent excuse for their cowardice."

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This was the rough route we went to Spain. 2700 miles driven and completely worth it as we got to see so many places worth seeing on the way. Now to sort the 415 Action camera videos and 650 phone photo/videos.

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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Nobody told the cat owls do that #Cats #Caturday #Owls #LifuX

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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🎁Gift Article The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves. By Ross Andersen August 8, 2026 www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

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The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised

New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Time to TRY and get sleep in a chair

A man sits back in an armchair wearing a grey sleep mask and travel neck pillow while resting on a ferry

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Farage/Trump: climate change is a hoax Badenoch: fuck net zero Meanwhile In One Week During Europe's Record Heat Wave, Deaths Increased by 16000 Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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In One Week During Europe’s Record Heat Wave, Deaths Increased by 16,000 (Gift Article)

Deaths spiked in northwest Europe in June, where countries were unprepared for extreme heat that hit much of the continent.

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Bruce Stokes @bruciestokes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Why not do this. Currently at a Tesla car port getting free energy from the sky while cooling in shade. Stupid stupid stupid. Going backwards

A Tesla Supercharger station covered by a large solar panel canopy with multiple electric cars parked and charging on a sunny day. In the foreground, a white Tesla Supercharger stall stands on a paved lot under a blue sky with light clouds.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What is The Telegraph going to write about now?

A vast list of Telegraph articles hounding Jason Arday

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

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