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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 15m

"His seat by the window was cushioned and he could look out and see the dragonflies darting over the moat, or the aspen quiver of the reflected sunlight on the mossed wall, or a water-rat swimming across and dragging its wheat-ear pattern of ripples behind it."

A photo of the 2020 Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner. The cover art is by Georges Barbier.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 1h

Closing in on 600 followers and half of them are Julie sex bots.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 1h

And we all look forward to our careers in shit-shovelling so we can pay for compute tokens.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 54m

Seems I succumbed and ordered a new one just in time, the phone is now refusing to do email, refused a phone call this week, seems to generally have gone on strike. Just...dead.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 1h

And we all look forward to our careers in shit-shovelling so we can pay for compute tokens.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 1h

Closing in on 600 followers and half of them are Julie sex bots.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 1h

autumn creeps on

A country lane bending around the corner with hedges either side. Beyond are rolling Devon hills swathed in mist.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 1h

Who wants to shovel two tons of aggregate today so I don't have to? Anybody?

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 21h

Why the Scots will be late to lament our out-of-control climate: finally getting some of what everyone else has always had and you know it's a disaster but still it's nice not to be wearing a jumper and two pairs of socks. How to square being comfortably warm with it being Really Bad Actually?

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 9h

The Wicker Man is on BBC2

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week’s elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 12th century, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 10, f. 127

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rare drone shot taken at the Last Supper - 14th century, Stiftsbibliothek. Cod. 101, f. 45v

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This was the day Reg finally resigned as the Royal Dog Handler - 14th century, BnF Français 22970 f. 223r

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 5h

When the luxury Airbnb you booked for the lads’ weekend turns out to be less than advertised - 14th century, BnF Français 164, f. 34v

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 7h

Truth

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 2h

Today's mood is angry birb.

Jan Wittmer – Angry bird
‘During my photo trip to the island of Helgoland, Germany, I encountered a goldcrest for the first time – and it was love at first sight. Europe’s smallest bird wandered right in front of me, presumably searching for food. To get a perspective at eye level, I placed my camera on the ground. My heart was pounding and my finger was glued to the shutter as the tiny bird darted back and forth. Suddenly, it came to a stop and looked straight at the camera. That was the exact moment this photo was taken’
Photograph: Jan Wittmer/Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20h

Electric cars just had their best month ever in the UK Nearly 100,000 new BEVs sold, +36% year-on-year (Data from SMMT, which continues to lobby for weaker EV targets)

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22h

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 14h

Rook at sunset. Surely the thoughts of this bird are worth more than a penny. #Corvids

A Rook watching the setting sun on a very clear October evening.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 20h

Loving that *everybody* saw the Death Star.

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Stephen Senn @stephensenn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Presumably a case of pre-conceived notions.

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wheatles @wheatles.bsky.social · 21h

Oh god, they did @brainmage.bsky.social's poem.

A prom about proper bin men

You kids today, with 'net and games,
I fought in World War 2
You're not content with airfix planes,
I fought in World War 2
In my day (nineteen ninety three),
We didn't have what's yours
Things were much simpler, much less woke,
I fought in World War 2
School lunches, Oh! Pink custard too,
Four channels on TV
Not like the iphones you have now,
Was simpler then, you see?
"Image Macros" were all the rage,
There was no twitch TV
I fought in World War 2, respect
The man who's forty three

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 22h

Cory Doctorow's idea of the reverse centaur really clarified this for me.

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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 23h

"Did you get those new seat covers?" "Sure boss; real fucking Provo like you wanted"

View of the interior of a car, showing front seat covers where the headrests look like white balaclavas

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 23h

Dabbing at the corner of my eyes as I remember Mortgage Interest Relief At Source.

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 02/10/2026

That singing nun in Salzburg would've had a much harder time if 'ut' had not been replaced with a homophone for a female deer...

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 02/10/2026

Before people learned music with 'do re mi', the sequence once began with 'ut' as the lowest note. The absolute lowest note recognised in medieval music was 'Γ ut', with the Greek letter gamma, and 'Γ ut' came to refer to the full range of possible notes. This is behind the phrase 'run the gamut'.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The @islc-pais.bsky.social conference website has been attacked and hacked *again*. At some point, you have to ask: who benefits from repeatedly disrupting scientific communication about #LongCOVID? ⚠️ For now, please do not click any links sent from or through islc-pais.org Stay safe 🫂

ISLC PAIS Website page showing it is temporarily unavailable

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of those headlines where, though they are becoming more and more common, it requires such a leap of imagination for normal people, that the scale of it is is hard to communicate. It’s like our world is screaming at us, but it’s in a frequency most of us can’t hear.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.

A screen in my GP's office advertising a mnemonic of signs to spot SEPSIS.

S slurred speech of confusion
E extreme shivering or muscle pain
P passing no urine all day
S severe breathlessness
I ot feels like you are going to die
S skin mottled or discoloured

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026

For me, the act of writing is how I learn what I’m writing about. I don’t know why people want to outsource that.*

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can’t believe I have to have a real job when all I really want to do is go around solving mysteries with my capybara sidekick who sits in the sidecar of my motorcycle wearing little goggles.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 01/10/2026

Our tower will be illuminated green from 1 - 8 Oct in support of Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Liver cancer remains one of the UK's most challenging cancers. @liveruk.bsky.social works to improve awareness of liver cancer and support those affected. 💚

Gilbert Scott tower lit in green light against the dark night sky

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In the future, those of us who retain the ability to read and write will be kings and queens of all the gibbering fools. 🧠✏️📃 Or they'll murder anyone who wears glasses, it could go either way.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Sounds great.

According to experts I interviewed, the internet is about to get more frustrating. These agents may cause a cascading chain of problems that shake the foundations of digital infrastructure. Chances are good that you're about to live through an era of online chaos.
The internet was built for humans with limited time and patience. AIs don't have those restraints. You'll probably have to fight with robots over concert tickets and booking appointments. Small businesses could drown in machine-made pestering. AIs don't look at ads, and websites that rely on them are already crumbling. You'll be buried in endless loops of proving you're human. And if you use these AI tools, some may betray you.

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five commas a pound, can't say fairer @commamonger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As a 50-something legend in my own living room, these are always the people I want to discover too. The esteemed José Saramago didn't find his audience until he was sixty, and went on to pack in a lifetime of books and a Nobel prize to boot.

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