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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 13h

NO. DO NOT DO THIS. Do NOT think about The Event and under NO circumstances attempt to relive The Event. This may cause DISTRESS and CONFUSION. REMAIN INDOORS.

A double decker London bus with a poster on the side of it, saying “Relive the Event”. The poster is advertising Disney+ and the event in question is the Oasis reunion tour.

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 14h

Still, at least there's some richies saying extreme wealth should be taxed accordingly

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 14h

Would love that to be the case but looking around me the chances are slim

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 21h

I now have Rainbow Connection by The Moopets on loop in my brain

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Watching the Scotland game, noticed that their striker - Bowie -was in space and now my brain is all Conchords

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's been a bit of a day and I'm v low on energy. Thanks to all of you who've shared jokes or news. Has made my evening much better

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC

What can explain such an aggressive and counterproductive approach? To an extent the answer may be in the facts and the evidence. Perhaps the view was that the only chance of getting out of this was to be unhelpful as well as robust. In respect of an earlier dispute with Uefa, an internal communication at the club apparently said “Uefa doesn't respond to anything other than aggression”. Maybe the view was taken that this would work here too. Maybe the club still thinks it will work in the end, with the league being pushed into settlement on appeal or at the doors of the High Court.

But this does not offer a total explanation. What may work with Uefa may not work with other adversaries. The structure of the league’s investigation and the disciplinary approach meant that aggression would not only be unhelpful, but would count heavily against the club. An appeal on the law or procedure at the High Court in this sort of case only has a remote chance of success. It can be assumed the club was warned of all this.

There is a phrase in football punditry that “the defending is diabolical”. Here diabolical is, of course, a synonym for dreadful. But in its more literal sense, diabolical means bedevilled with wrongful purpose. And the strategy adopted by Manchester City in contesting this matter is also in this sense diabolical. The club will have known that it was unlikely to work, and that it would make things harder, but the club decided to do it anyway.

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's fabulous. Think it goes in the category "never apologise, never explain"

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My many enemies will be pleased to know that I've somehow got both hands and both feet stuck in 4 separate jars

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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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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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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Such a great series. Properly funny throughout but the Freaky Friday episode carried such emotional heft as well

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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...

bbc.co.uk

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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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Damn! I was hoping it was going to be a list of all the ways that disability really screws with one's life with a concomitant list of ways that our society would make reasonable adjustments to ameliorate those issues. Or, you know, the courtesy of believing people's experience

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm hoping it's a scroll with *immaculate* calligraphy

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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

In other news, does anyone have a lock for this stable door?

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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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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Downgrade a movie: There Might Be Blood

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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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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Is Rock and Roll actually noise pollution? In fact, is it even Rock and Roll?

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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 brain

diagnose 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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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"but of course, other counties are available"

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Martin Coyle @coylehere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Honestly, I would be happy to honour a happy, harmonious and hardworking school. I'm hopeful that this aim, submitted with humility, is helpful.

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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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