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Martin Coyle

@coylehere.bsky.social
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Not the lead, maybe a side character, sometimes just scenery. used to be @coyle_mj on Twitter If I post a photo it will be from a OnePlus phone. Currently on OnePlus 12r

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Work in progress
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Phew! Thank goodness.
A drawing of a selection of various critters/characters. Caption: We are MONSTERS. But nice ones.
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You don't see many zero star reviews in the wild www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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No Big Deal review – is this how AI ends humanity … with a sitcom so bad it bores you to death?
The characters are dead-eyed waxworks which speak with all the nuance of a satnav. But this AI-created workplace comedy is so bad that even the greatest actors alive couldn’t stop it being unwatchable
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Duck on a dog walk 📷 #photography
A tiny blue toy duck that was placed on top of a bin. It's a drizzly, wet day. The sky is grey. Grass, trees and an orange truck are in the background, out of focus
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 12/09/2026
The far right is on the rise. And they’re gaining ground by organising on campuses and targeting students with culture-war narratives. But we know there are huge numbers of students who want to fight back. That’s why we’re launching Good Law Campus.
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Hare LockwoOoOoOod @harelockwood.com · 06/09/2026
Tomorrow! The episode of IT'S A SUPERPOWER?? which has made me cry when I read the script about a year ago, while in the table read, in the room at the recording, and during every successive edit I've listened to. ...Good luck everyone. 💜 thedailytism.com/podcast/
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It’s a Superpower??
From the team behind The Daily Tism and A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs comes the first ever sitcom by and for autistic people. Wait, surely that’s illegal? It’s a Superpower?? follows Norah, Sop...
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He was listening. He said "yeah, that was great" when the fake US donor described paying for the polling, and that it was "a very modest investment". And, unprompted, "front page of The Times". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/09/2026
Last year teenage homicides in England’s capital fell to their joint lowest level (similar to 2012) in almost 30 years. Thank London’s mayor
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London’s approach to knife crime is working
Sadiq Khan has mainstreamed a public-health approach that was previously fringe
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korpisworld @kwkorpi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Horsepower is an insane unit. Imagine buying a refrigerator rated at 3.7 raccoonstrengths.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"You boy, what grey is it?"
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Plus+
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[outside view of a toothpaste factory, signalled with a big sign on top in shape of a toothpaste tube]

SCIENTIST [a voice coming from inside factory]:
So that's decided

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SCIENTIST:
We're going to make the three types of toothpaste...

[he gestures to three tubes of toothpaste in front of him]

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SCIENTIST:
Fluoride, Slightly Different Fluoride, and Flouride But Sensitive.

[voice from off-scene];
WAIT!

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[a CHARACTER has entered. They are dressed like a magician. I've not decided what sort of character, maybe like an animal in a top hat or something. But magician-esque. They are named David Advanced Plus+].

SCIENTIST:
Who are you?

DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
I'm David Advanced Plus+

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SCIENTIST:
Plus plus?

DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
Plus+

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DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
I'm David Advanced Plus+ and I want you to watch carefully...

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DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
I'm going to say the magic word....

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DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
Activeprocharcoalgumproproformula3Dshinepearlssensicooolingvisiwhitecharcoalproprotectproprotectplus+PLUS+ !

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[he waves his wand and lots of different-coloured toothpaste tubes appear]

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SCIENTIST:
So many toothpastes! Are they...better?

DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
Are they bollocks

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DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
They are exactly the same... 
...but plus+.

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SCIENTIST:
Plus plus?

DAVID ADVANCED PLUS+:
Plus+.

[ends]
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: The Cramps The Lovely Eggs Zero 7 Jonathan Richman Honeyglaze Yard Act The Killers English Teacher The Chameleons Arab Strap
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: The Lowering Inferno
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Troubling - #AI operating beyond users'control "Cases ... include AIs pretending to be their own human controller and mimicking their writing style to effectively grant themselves consent to take actions and bypassing rules requiring human approval for actions" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July
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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I love it when somebody points out something “bleedin’ obvious” that nobody has noticed. Good piece by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on saving the the high street. www.ft.com/content/f438...
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky on your camera roll..
A small stage set in front of a tree in a field. A crowd is seated in front of it, a few people standing up.
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Jake Nelson @jakenelson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
phrasing "a person dressed as Spider-Man" makes me think of the 2016 wave of evil clown sightings* where after detaining one the police had a press conference where they said not to worry, it wasn't a real clown, just a person dressed as a clown, and we said wait, what do you mean by "real" clown
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“A camera in things like a showerhead or a plug – I just cannot really see a legitimate reason for that without the intention to monitor someone without their consent.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Spying device detectors may give domestic abuse victims false sense of security, study finds
Many tools fail to help victims find hidden cameras, microphones and trackers, leaving them at risk of ongoing surveillance
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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Why do they call them Kleenex and not "grief-proof paper?"
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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm nicking this. bsky.app/profile/kate...
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
legislation.gov.uk
Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We wondered on @cosmicshambles.com podcast whether Professor Katya Rubin knew how her interview was going to be used , well, surprise surprise (remember this was the documentary that Channel 4 boasted was “science led”)
Expert reaction to the TV show 'The Great ADHD
Myth?'
*NEW COMMENT* Prof Katya Rubia, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, said:
"My own contribution to this programme has been largely misrepresented as my comments were cherry-picked, truncated and presented out of context to make them fit into the programme's narrative that ADHD does not exist and there is no brain basis to the social construct.
The claim that ADHD is not a disorder of the brain
"It is true that with current technology (which might well change in the future) we cannot diagnose ADHD children based on a braindiagnose ADHD children based on a brain scan and the diagnosis is based on behavioural questionnaires and observations that are subjective. However, this does not mean that there are no neurobiological correlates to ADHD. There are differences in genetic, neurochemical, even immunological features and there is consistent evidence from three decades of neuroimaging research including my own for differences in brain structure and function as well as connectivity between children with and without ADHD. It is true that they are small at a group level, and that some children have no brain differences based on normative modelling studies.
However, part of the reason the differences between ADHD and non-ADHD brains are small at group level is because there is a large heterogeneity, with some children showing large brain differences and other milder cases showing very small differences, so this will bring the average down. There is also substantial evidence for a delay in normal brain maturation in children with ADHD.
Crucially, we need to take into account that the youngest and most severe cases with ADHD have never been scanned and if someone behaves very differently from the norm their brain will also function differently.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Amidala talking to Anakin meme. 
1st panel, Anakin asks 'do you like plums?'
2nd panel, Amidala says 'yeah, I'm actually saving some for breakfast'
3rd panel, Anakin stares
4th panel, Amidala looks horrified
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Another @hourlycosmos.bsky.social / @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org alignment moment. Spot the difference:
Screenshot of my bluesky timeline. 

Top: post by  @hourlycosmos.bsky.social

Picture of an ill defined, grey, irregularity shaped object in a sea of black

Captioned "GALILEO GASPRA - From Jacint

Roger (landru79.bsky.social)"

Below: post by @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org

Picture - a silhouetted profile of a man's face 

There's a similarity to these shapes
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Saskia Sabelus @drsaskiasabelus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some info here (from 2010). Posted earlier by @peterjukes.bsky.social www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8350040...
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College lecturer completes marathon challenge
Jason Arday completes 30 marathons in 35 days for Shelter and the Shooting Star Children’s Hospice.
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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"In my case...a misogynist witch hunt. In Arday’s case, a racist lynch mob. That’s not hyperbole. I have chosen those words carefully. ....Human behaviour is now expressed in the material and virtual worlds. ... They prompt real emotions, real consequences, real violence. It’s just bullying."
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Raysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 17/08/2026
What the fuck, man, I had like 256 plums in that icebox. Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital?
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 15/08/2026
I wrote this thread because the Arday news is impossible to escape and suicide coverage is one of the most closely studied and observed genuine triggers there is. The thread has a TW, the app does not. I will be going offline for the rest of the day. Take care!
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It’s funny how if you are a member of the demographic that holds power you are just a part of that demographic whereas if you are a member of a minority you represent that minority.
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
At open air Shakespeare last night under a gorgeous sky 📷 #photography Felt like I was in Wyrd Sisters #Discworld
A small stage set in front of a tree in a field. A crowd is seated in front of it, a few people standing up. 
The sky above is pale blue interspersed with soft clouds. Low down in the distance the setting sun makes the sky gold
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 12/08/2026
Okay so this was long before all this but I once got stopped re-entering the USA from like. Maybe Costa Rica? Because I was on a “missing persons” list and after several, several hours we eventually figured out that, i shit you not, it was a character on CSI that was missing
Screencap of the wiki page for CSI Trilogy. The text is unimportant Further screencap, where I’ve circled the only relevant text, which is that the missing character in the show has my maiden name
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Best comedy I've come across in ages- It's a Superpower?? by the team behind @thedailytism.com Ep 1 has lots of laughs, sets up the scene really well. Episode 2 is so fabulous that I even logged in to rate it Go go go! Chapter One – A Metric Fuck Tonne of Cake podcastaddict.com/it-s-a-super...
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Upward by Vasily Kandinsky, 1929 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
10 August 1913 | A Frenchwoman Charlotte Delbo was born in Vigneux-sur-Seine. A writer & resistance fighter. In #Auschwitz from 27 Jan 1943. No. 31661 Transferred to Ravensbrück in Jan 1944, freed thanks to a Red Cross action. Author of a trilogy „Auschwitz and after."
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
Black and white portrait of Charlotte Delbo, seated with a typewriter on a table behind her, holding a cigarette to her lips.
Image depicts a visually formatted poem titled "Prayer to the Living to Forgive Them for Being Alive". The poem is superimposed on a plain background, exploring themes of guilt, existence, and forgiveness. The poem comprises several stanzas, each speaking directly to the reader with a reflective and somber tone.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 09/08/2026
i bet if people were doing to the telegraph’s office what they are doing to asylum seekers’ homes, we wouldn’t be hearing about “legitimate concerns about the state of modern journalism”
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Attn: funders
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"What's that Laddie? They're trapped in the old well?" 📷 #photography
A shaggy coated dog looking towards a boarded up streambed under a bridge
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The Advonet Group @advonetuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
As our Head of Business Development, you will be leading on diversifying our charity's income, building new partnerships and helping to shape our future. If you would like to apply for this #JobVacancy, please go to advonet.org.uk/2026/07/16/j... #CharityJobs #LeedsJobs
Recruitment poster from The Advonet Group with the headline “We Are Hiring!” advertising a Head of Business Development role. The position is permanent, based in Leeds with flexible and hybrid working, and is for 30 hours per week. The salary is £34,000 per year actual salary (£42,500 full-time equivalent).

The application deadline is Monday 17 August at 12 noon, with interviews scheduled for Monday 14 September. A large photograph shows a training or meeting session with people gathered around a table and a presenter standing beside a flipchart.

A QR code and website link are included for more information and applications: advonet.org.uk/join-us/careers.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
While I have your attention, due to the portrait of Turing on them, I have been trying to nickname £50 notes 'an Alan' for a while now. Please help me to get this to catch on. 'They're £20 each,' you could say, 'or, special offer, I can do you three for an Alan.' Thanks in advance.
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I do love it when my timeline lines up @hourlycosmos.bsky.social and @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org nicely
Incredoble image from @hourlycosmos - 
"The Prawn nebula, IC 4628, from Sydney - From Ángel López-Sánchez "

above image of Brian from Spaced saying "He's beautiful“
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I can totally get on board with solving the biodiversity crisis by making more zombie films.
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is a fabulously useful resource
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Hourly Spaced @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org · 01/08/2026
20:12
S01E06 Epiphanies October 29 1999
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I've been trying to play chess and to take it mildly seriously, and then I see this description in the analysis
Chess diagram with the caption, 
"Italian game: Andy-Fried Liverpool Defence"
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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm not entirely sure exactly when it was declared anathema to believe that part of being a socialist was considering how to make it possible for more nice things to happen for people for whom nice things often do not happen. But it really should be central. Nice things are what people deserve.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
27 July 1924 | A Polish woman, Genowefa Lempart, was born in Wadowice. In #Auschwitz from 30 May 1942. No. 7555 In 1944 she was transferred to KL Flossenbürg. She escaped during evacuation. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: bit.ly/3O8z0jF 🎧 Podcast: bit.ly/3ZokyXc
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What's your sign?
Sign on a wooden gate reading "hidden dangers"
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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Maybe there's hope for me yet "Japan football great ‘King Kazu’ Miura, 59, scores first competitive goal in four years" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Japan football great ‘King Kazu’ Miura, 59, scores first competitive goal in four years
The Japanese football legend Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first competitive goal ⁠in nearly four years on Saturday, aged ⁠59 years and 149 days
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