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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Congratulations to Frank in our Bomb Squad, employee of the month! Found out his wife had been regularly guided in for a 'landing' on an Air Traffic Controller, yet he still came to work. You'd never have known. Top lad. 🏆

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Over 20000 jobs lost in UK Universities in 2024-2025 For context, miners' strike in 1984-85 was called over the loss of 20000 jobs This puts into context scale of devastation presided over by @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and Jacqui Smith @ucu.bsky.social

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Happy as a clam? A clam? You mean those little things with no brain that just chill on the bottom of the ocean all day in their own little private shells and nevermind I get it now

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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Good news! The deadline for bursary applications for the Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards has been extended until Friday 18 April. Are you studying a BSc/MSc/MSci course and interested in a summer research project on meteoritics? Help is available at: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...

Artist's impression of a meteorite as a background behind text that reads: '2025 Paneth Meteorite Trust Awards. Apply now. Deadline 18 April 2025'.

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TwoCakes @caro68.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@flightradar24.com any clues as to why FR9847 is making spaghetti patterns?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

All the problems in America right now... and Trump is losing his shit over a portrait of himself that was crowdfunded in 2018... and which was only put up when some joker filled the empty space with one of Putin

Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of
themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State
Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all
other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a
level that even I, perhaps, have never seen
before. The artist also did President Obama, and
he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly
the worst. She must have lost her talent as she
got older. In any event, I would much prefer not
having a picture than having this one, but many
people from Colorado have called and written to
complain. In fact, they are actually angry about it!
lam speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left
Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on
Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de
Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Don't
worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared
should be ashamed of himself!

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 05/03/2025

The head of a crisis pregnancy center chain said AG Pam Bondi should enforce the 19th-century Comstock Act because “our country is facing a baby shortage" thanks to abortion. www.jezebel.com/ceo-of-crisi... @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

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CEO of Crisis Pregnancy Center Urges Trump Admin to Ban Abortion Pills Over 'Baby Shortage'

The head of a chain called CompassCare implored AG Pam Bondi to enforce the Comstock Act so people will have more children.

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 18/02/2025

Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks. We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

A US Park Ranger posting the new regulations for delicious visitors

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We officially declare that Iceland II (New Zealand), the land of fire and ice down south, are going to win the Champions Trophy of 2025. No pressure.

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 17/02/2025

Iran in 1979. And then the religious zealots came to blame women for their erections. This can happen anywhere.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red, a glance is a look. We've made you a heart, from a reference book. ❤️ Happy #ValentinesDay to all our followers but especially YOU because you're our favourite. 💕 #LoveLibraries

A copy of Who's Who. The pages have been curled into a love heart.

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Why is nothing positive ever contagious? Like just once after getting sneezed on it would be nice to suddenly know how to play the piano or something.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 04/02/2025

Stromatolites xkcd.com/3046

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

Chart showing instances of wild animals using a hamster wheel left out in the wild, with visits dominated by wild mice, followed by slugs, rats, shrews and a few frogs and snails.

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TwoCakes @caro68.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Attempting to cancel pet insurance. "Can I ask you why?" "They're no longer here" "Can you provide proof of that, did you register their death with your vet?" "No, one died of natural causes, the other died of cancer" "We need proof from your vet"

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 26/01/2025

This is what Jupiter looks like in infrared. Furious and vengeful.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Before I left a really shitty garden centre job i labelled 1500 tree ferns with instructions saying "can get infested with goblins which may burrow into the fibrous trunk to use as dwellings. Deal with these pests by throwing wet breadcrumbs at them and shouting 'NO' very loudly"

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

ÍPL 2025 is just 4 months away. The world's greatest T20 franchise tournament located in the sub-Arctic will be back soon.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The cure for everything is a little bit more reading. - Michael

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. - Victor Hugo

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience

Feathers McGraw (a penguin with a rubber glove for a hat, or a chicken depending on who you ask) stands outside the entrance of The Museum of English Rural Life.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I like to feed my dog Mini Cheddars and pretend I'm a priest giving the body of Christ at communion. She likes the smokey BBQ best. Amen.

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whetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring. I saw someone say Granny Weatherwax, but I have not read so I can’t be sure. The only other woman I saw was Princess Leia and I’m sorry but that woman would be a dark emperor in a heartbeat & the galaxy would be well-run.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Saw this amazing purported quote from Louis Armstrong on the back cover of a sci fi magazine for sale on Etsy.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG
writes: "I believe The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction appeals to me because in it one finds refuge and release from everyday life. We are all Witle children at heart and find comfort in a dream world, and these episodes in the mastles in encourase our building

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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

A gentle reminder: "If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking." ~Andrea Junker :-)}

A color photo of library shelves filled with books, behind a tabletop with an open book, beneath an insert, containing a black and white photo of Andrea Junker, to whom the accompanying quote is attributed:

"If you're afraid that books
might change someone's thinking,
you're not afraid of books,
you're afraid of thinking."

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Please share: Full-time permanent Assistant Professor position at the School of Psychology, University of Nottingham: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Also, two admin roles: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Lady Postseason, Himbos at Her Feet (she/her) @maggiesox.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

If anyone is hiring for a copy editor with experience in medical editing, I’m looking. I don’t want to talk about it yet, but leads are appreciated.

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

it should be legally required to build fireplaces like this

multiple fireplaces where the fire place is the mouth of a great sculpted beast

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

My kid was a LEGO fanatic when he was small, and I've always felt weird about all that plastic — BUT, hallelujah!, LEGO has just announced they're switching to sustainable materials AND they're going to eat the transition costs out of their own profits. I love this company 🇩🇰

Lego, the world's largest toymaker, announced today that it will remove fossil fuels from its plastic bricks by 2032. The plan is to make toys using a new kind of renewable and recycled plastic made from biowaste, like oil or fat discarded from the food industry. This is more expensive than using cheap and plentiful fossil fuels, and the company will pay up to 70% more for the certified renewable resin in hopes that this
will spur on production of recycled and renewable plastics. Lego will dig into operating profit to pay for the added expense rather than hiking prices, CEO Niels Christiansen told the Financial Times. Thanks in part to the company's partnership with the makers of the Fortnite video game, profits in the first half of 2024 were up a record 26%, even as the broader toy market declined by 1%.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 28/08/2024

Stranded xkcd.com/2978

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Spook-ass, Christ oh boo! boo! @loukas.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words. French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL. English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from??

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Kneel Downe @kneeldowne.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Meanwhile. Elsewhere...

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Reminder to non-UK humanities scholars that the British Academy offers grants of up to £40k to help you come to the UK & work for 3-6 months with academics here. Deadline for 2025 fellowships is 23 october #academicsky 🗃️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visi...

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/08/2024

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

TO THOSE WHO FIND THIS NOTE
IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS NOTE YOU MUST BE ENGAGED IN DEMOLISHING ONE OF THE FALSE COLUMNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE FOYER OF THE SAINSBURY WING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE FALSE COLUMNS ARE
A MISTAKE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THAT WE WOULD LIVE TO REGRET OUR ACCEPTING THIS DETAIL OF HIS DESIGN.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ONE OF THE DONORS OF THIS
BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT YOUR GENERATION HAS DECIDED TO DISPENSE WITH THE UNNECESSARY COLUMNS.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 27/08/2024

Sent to me by a friend.

a outline of a cat near a cat food bowl, it has been raining and the outline stands out as its dry

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Spotted a friend on a park bench. Went up and discreetly sat next to them. I said "be careful, there's a lot of strange people out here." It wasn't my friend and I ran away.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

The Bulwer-Lytton Awards for Worst Opening Paragraph went out and, man, I totally disagree. This opener is hilarious.

The Fantasy & Horror Bulwer-Lytton award winning line for worst opening paragraph text is shown: "Sir Arthur Pendragon, High King of the Britons, son of King Uther Pendragon, nephew of King Aurelius Ambrosius, who was in turn the son of a long list of people who weren’t kings and thus don’t matter, only slept with his sister once, but boy did it come back to bite him in the ass." -Diana Murtaugh, Baltimore, MD

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William Crawley @williamcrawley.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

We’re talking about summer reading picks on #BBCTalkback today (at 1pm). Discovered a great new book or rediscovered a classic? That book you’re telling everyone about? The one that actually made you put your phone down for an extended period of time. Tell me about it?

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a woman in a library with a tote bag that says ' nlg ' on it

ALT: a woman in a library with a tote bag that says ' nlg ' on it

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