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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 19h
It wasn't even close. Green Party confirming that they prioritise gesturing at the omnicause over eveything else. Can't be the party of the environment or social justice or anything else if you've been taken over and attention distracted to this degree.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 15h
The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 13h
That's a great time!
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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 15h
On this day 50 years ago, the revolutionary British Rail Inter-City 125 entered service. Fantastic to see a set restored into 1980s livery arrive at Manchester Piccadilly this afternoon. #TheJourneyShrinker
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Man City fan on 6-0-6 phone in (repeat to infinity....🙄).
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Woman's Frustrated Strangle Gesture
ALT: Woman's Frustrated Strangle Gesture
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 22h
These students' memories of Larkin (linked in the library blog) are also a great read. 👍 hullalumni.me/2022/03/25/m...
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Memories of Larkin Part One: “I wish to apply for the post of University Librarian…”
“I used, and loved the Brynmor Jones Library: his library, my library… The connections continue, as in autumn term 2020, my daughter began at Hull as an undergraduate. My library, her l…
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm mildly intrigued, but I know I'd end up sniggering. 😬
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I see John Cage's 4'33 is being performed in Toon....🤔 Lunchtime Concert - 22 October 2026 | University Events | Newcastle University share.google/xBLiRM53TkYd...
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Lunchtime Concert - 22 October 2026 | University Events | Newcastle University
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well done, Wakey. 🏉🥳
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Next level rugby league hair just dropped.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lionel Reid, 19, ploughed his BMW into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene. Cannabis was also found in his system. The 50-year-old cyclist sustained serious head injuries. I am sure we all feel reassured that Reid’s punishment is an 18-week suspended sentence.
A teenager who ploughed into a cyclist while under the influence of alcohol and then left the scene of the crime has received an 18-week suspended jail sentence.A smashed windscreen after the collision
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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So in summary, they'll now be paying slightly above the national average as a worst case scenario.
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy 45th birthday to Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club, released as a UK single on this day in 1981 youtu.be/aCWCF19nUhA
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Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]
YouTube video by RHINO
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That doesn't surprise me.
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Despite my lack of height, I've often thought the Netherlands is where I belong. 👍
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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Next time you're arguing with an irredeemably Mélenchonist mate get them to read this. Blistering compendium of the old rabble rouser's greatest (as it were) hits by @iamhurst.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon will win young French voters – until they realise the size of his Russia blind spot | Alexander Hurst
La France Insoumise gives voice to the left-behind, and progressives approve. But many recoil from a leftwing leader whose foreign policy is stuck in 1985, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hur...
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I thought I was the only person who made this hilarious joke. Also have to sing "the heating's on" to the tune of "the heat is on" whenever I put the heating on. And I assume everyone does a Bolanesque "tiramisu...is it you?" when someone orders it in a restaurant? I don't get out much. 🤔
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🏗️ We’re excited to announce the upcoming exhibition: Under Development Opening Oct 17 at Newcastle Contemporary Arts, it brings together the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive to ask what happens when cities change? 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Milhouse on the Seesaw
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Philip Larkin Society @plsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new podcast episode is available now, ahead of our writing workshop hosted by Anna and poet and Chris Sewart. Please enjoy! Dr Anna Stevenson at the Brynm…–Tiny In All That Air – Apple Podcasts share.google/6i7uHYXQxqzp...
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Dr Anna Stevenson at the Brynmor Jones Library
Podcast Episode · Tiny In All That Air · 28 September · 28min
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Someone's left their bag on the platform! 😵
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now.
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Stacey Wing @staceynwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Glorious 😁😂
London innit not Kent
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VG
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
*plays jingle* Wordle 1,927 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Labour is a party disappointed by the people who vote for it and by the economy of the country it's running. thecritic.co.uk/the-...
And how will it do that? Healey, it turns out, has the kind of idea of work you’d expect from a man who has been active in politics since 1986. There were a lot of references to the coalmining heritage of his constituency, and even the more modern work he talked about was hard, manly toil like pipe-fitting, the sort of thing that involves bulging forearms and mucky overalls. Aside from his wife, the one woman he mentioned was Reeves, and she’s just lost her job.

It’s far from clear that the Chancellor has a handle on what the more modern bits of the economy look like. There are a million young people out of work, he said, and the solution he pointed to was shipbuilding apprenticeships. Do this year’s unemployed graduates actually want to go into shipbuilding? Are there enough ships for them to build? His first job, he said, was washing glasses at a pub, exactly the kind of work that has disappeared in the face of minimum wage and tax rises. On artificial intelligence, which has destro
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The first rule of being from Yorkshire is that you must always talk about being from Yorkshire at every possible opportunity. And then create other opportunities to talk about Yorkshire
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So depressing to see Drumcree in the news again.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy 81st Birthday Bryan Ferry, born 26th September, 1945. #BOTD #BryanFerry
Singer Bryan Ferry, dressed in a suit, and as usual a cigarette in hand.
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been to the home of a famous artist...guess who? 🙃
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've almost accidentally ended up with subs to nearly all the streaming services, and yet almost everything I watch is old 1980s/1990s series and documentaries from BBC iplayer. Plus some lower league football. 🙃
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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We deserve better buses in the North East! Currently there’s a vast range of complicated operator-specific tickets, an array of confusing route names & colours, and MANY duplicated route numbers! (There’s four DIFFERENT number 10s in Newcastle city centre for God’s sake!)
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sooner or later, everything I do (or don't do) comes back into fashion. 👍 #trendsetter BBC News - How the bare nails trend became a class issue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue
Bare nails - or nails that appear that way - are a growing trend. But is it as innocent as it seems?
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.
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The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#youbears www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Warwickshire win 2026 County Championship: Bears beat Leicestershire to seal ninth title
Warwickshire complete their ninth County Championship title triumph with an innings victory against Leicestershire.
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ooh, I did this journey a few years ago, and it involved several bus replacements, and rather elderly carriages. 😃
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More international parkrun tourism, this time in the beautiful city of Amersfoort. My first ever Dutch parkrun! Thanks to all the volunteers. 🇳🇱
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's great that the Man City decision has now been made. That's undoubtedly the end of the matter, and clubs and fans can now move on, with no need for any further legal shenanigans. 👍 🤔
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Emma Payne @fedbybirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why on earth was Lisa Nandy given the culture secretary post again? Why did she accept it? Has anyone ever bothered to show less of an interest in the department she’s running? It’s ridiculous
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd need a drink to sit through an opera. 😬
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#youbears 🏏🏏🏏
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James Jefferies @jamesjefferies.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Interrail passes are on Sale until 30th September! www.interrail.com/en Thanks for the tip @partim
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Interrail.com | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A talented journalist who understood local government. Rest in peace. ❤️ www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Tribute to former Newcastle Chronicle political editor Peter Young
Peter Young was praised for his work in the House of Commons when he retired from his role at the Newcastle Chronicle
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Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The next logical step would be a week-long single-author conference with parallel sessions and 100 AI bots of the same author in the audience. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.
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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just heard Tom Gordon - Lib Dem MP for Harrogate talking on the radio about his party’s proposed 10p cut in fuel duty. “That’ll cost about £5bn. For that money, you could make public transport free for the whole country, and I know which I’d rather do.” Assuming he means the latter, 👏👏👏👏👏
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can you submit this to REF?
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Olfce... I thought for one terrible moment the SNCF jingle was ending, but seems like it's just in Île-de-France. Dommage, quand-même. 😒
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Adieu les jingles RATP et SNCF, voici le nouveau jingle des transports 🎶
YouTube video by France 3 Paris Ile-de-France
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Train window views.
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
mit Ed Miliband....
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Lucy @ceefaxisbetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Morning run. 👍
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