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Film lover seeking fellow cinephiles. Also music, literature, politics, comedy, food, nature, science, education, environment, hiking, and other delights. Worked in HE for 20+ years. Cotswold based, Bristol inclined, Cornish by design.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 13h
Farewell to the luminous Eva Marie Saint who seduced Cary Grant on board a train SIXTY-SEVEN years ago in the finest comedy thriller ever made*, Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. She was, remarkably, 102 years old. *Accept no substitutes youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...
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North by Northwest (1959) - Love on a Train Scene (2/10) | Movieclips
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Stuart Dunn @stuartdunn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are just out of a summer with five record breaking heatwaves which literally killed thousands and bought climate change up close and personal for millions for the first time. This should be the Greens' big moment in history. But instead they're doing this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I won't accept exclusion within Green Party, says Polanski after criticism of Zionism motion
Labour MPs and the European Greens have demanded clarity from the Green Party over a "Zionism is racism" motion.
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 19h
What a letter. Bravo. substack.com/@andstillwer...
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Lindsay Meyer-Harley (@andstillwerise)
The Cornell Sun just published this absolutely BRUTAL letter from a Cornell alum to Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff. READ. THIS. LETTER.
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ignore any fawning sh*t written about the lying liar who told lies, Jeffrey Archer. Remember the woman whose life he ruined with his perjury.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes indeed I'm rather tiring of the coverage... a convicted perjuror who brazenly lied his way through life and continued to attend the House of Lords even as this poor woman's life fell apart.
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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions
Jeffrey Archer, former
Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Publisher says author died peacefully at home
'between writing sessions'
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You should NEVER speak ill of the dead. Fortunately you don't have to, because everybody spoke ill of him when he was still alive. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher said
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dog Zoomies, A Compilation.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This flipbook character realizes he's trapped on the page and decides to walk right off it
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s not the right way to think about it. Putting a Brit label on it but doing the same things that Palantir does is still wrong. We need a rethink of *what* as well as *who*.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm down to the last nine copies of this ISS Cat print, so if you want one, please order soon. It's in my shop along with other prints, badges and a zine: www.tomgauld.com/
A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When you can have a 9 billion dollar loss in one day and not have it impact your daily life at all you have way too much money #abolishbillionaires
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow I’ve never seen this photo before. The two figures from American Gothic (who turn out to be the family dentist and the artist’s sister!) www.ft.com/content/6015...
The artist's sister Nan Wood Graham and dentist Dr Byron Henry pose with the painting in 1942 © Image courtesy of the Figge Art Museum, City of Davenport Art Collection, Grant Wood Archive, Friends of Art Acquisition Fund, SB-4
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fun thread from @richterscale.bsky.social
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026
A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...
metro.co.uk
I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor
Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worth a read. A thought-provoking insight into what happens to the textiles we donate & the implications for the future of charity shops. Surprising &, inevitably, slightly depressing. onenightstanzas.substack.com/p/vinted-isn...
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Vinted isn’t killing charity shops.
The problem is much, much bigger.
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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
between 15,000 and 20,000 jobs in UK universities are actively at risk of being cut, on top of the tens of thousands already lost. 50% of UK universities are actively cutting staff. Solidarity with anyone losing their job at the altar of corporate greed, but "some jobs are real jobs" indeed.
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Rutland Weekend Television (2nd June 1975). Time to relax with the latest edition of The Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*wakes up from a coma after 28 years* Hey, I wonder what happened to that 11 year old girl who rang This Morning to sing Pie Jesu.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW | What if you think they’re *all* awful? CHARLES VS. CHARLES PROVES ONE THING: DEAD DIANA STILL SELLS There is disingenuousness and cynicism on all sides as Charles Spencer flogs his book and Charles Windsor tries to protect his ragged reputation brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/charles-vs...
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Charles vs. Charles proves only one thing: Dead Diana still sells
There is disingenuousness and cynicism on all sides as Charles Spencer flogs his book and Charles Windsor tries to protect his ragged reputation.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'd never seen this Roy Lichtenstein painting before, but it's incredible how he manages unfailingly to make his copies worse than the original comics he's ripping off.
A drab pop art painting of a sinister man driving a car, watching a stoic blonde in leopard print fur. The proportions of the guy's face are offThe original image, from Girls' Romances 78 by Tony Abruzzo. The guy has a more sinister leer, while the woman has heavier mascara and feels both sadder and more determined. A caption reads "I vowed to myself I would NOT miss my appointment -- that I would NOT go riding with him--yet before I knew it..."
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"It's just a jump to the... right."
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"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⛔️ ICYMI: Ed Sheeran/Macklemore Row Explained. The latest from #BrokenNews. Please click, watch and share. youtu.be/mVRew0aqZTw
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Ed Sheeran Macklemore Row Explained - #BrokenNews
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
Again: "Tilly Norwood" is not a person; it is a shoddy, and also pretty gross puppet. Stop referring to it as "she," and start asking whether there might be something a bit off about wanting to promote a sexualized but also childlike "actor" that can never tell its creators or users "no."
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Putting your principles first.
In September 1964, the Beatles refused to play the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, when they learned the crowd would be segregated.
The city backed down.
The show went ahead - integrated.
Bringing that up this week for no reason in particular...
Music has always
been bigger than just music.
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Delighted to have this #cartoon published in @theguardian.com #datacentres #environment
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The UK appears to be under attack from thick c*nts. Time to send some donations to RNLI.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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CTipps @ctipps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday Sex, Dolly & Bob.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And you can donate here rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/09/2026
Whenever we see someone post that they're stopping their donation to the RNLI, like some right-wing virtue-signalling flex, we can't help but think of this. You can donate to the RNLI here: buff.ly/bsku22S
Only 1.2% of RNLI calls are for asylum seekers in the Channel — red poster arguing that cancelling RNLI donations equates to saying "I hate migrants... I'm willing to jeopardise the lives of the other 98.8% of rescues," followed by the sarcastic "Lovely people, right?"
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today’s poem is called ‘Busman’s Holiday’.
Busman’s Holiday


I had always wanted to go 
on a busman’s holiday
so I saved up for ten years

and then five holidays
came along at once.


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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think I noted during the recent Belfast riots that a certain kind of man is not really interested in protecting women & girls; he's interested in protecting the exclusive right of his kind of man to abuse and control women and girls.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

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HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Also, as a Jewish person, I’m quite frankly burnt out by the Israeli govt’s shameless and relentless conflation of Jews and Israel Yes, there are legions of antisemites who will always try and disguise their antisemitism as criticism of Israel - they are awful What’s also true, is the…
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The feeling that on top of all other demands of modern life you now have to devote time to proactively learning how to master the new tools that may eventually render you irrelevant is edging me gradually closer to deciding to become a Zen monk who lives in a cave.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE, PLEASE........
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