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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Might get to Devoted & Disgruntled this year for the first time in a decade. Anyone else?

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Stopped into the bookstore today and saved $1.75 by only getting a medium coffee abd then I spent that extra $97.42 on books instead

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

One of the more depressing obviously true things I’ve read lately.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

This is great! Watch it, then support the next one.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Ali is correct. I got all excited that the site appeared to be up, and did exactly what the email said not to.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Currently glued to the #lakeland100 tracker. One of my clubmates is on pace for the women’s’ course record, another good friend is chasing the cut-offs, and between them will be found the cause of my imminent death from heart failure.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My pinned post is out of date again.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

An email from the theatre I attended last night, seeking to understand my motives for coming and how I heard about the play. I wrote it.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

About two thousand people await decisions on their DYCP applications, decisions due yesterday. Plenty more have scrambled to submit applications before their summer holiday, but find they can't. I don't envy those at Arts Council towers today.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

“I figured I might as well continue kicking that kid because after all loads of other people were.”

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

“Delayed due to train crew being delayed by service delays.”

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

This week I've been to the theatre more times than the rest of the year combined, unless you count occasions when I was the theatre. On this week's showing I'd recommend theatre, which seems to have plenty going for it.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

On Epstein, Donald Trump is not so much hiding in plain sight as loudly drawing attention to himself in plain sight.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The absolute gall of lecturing Diane Abbott about racism.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Bradford! Is that... Piers Morgan? This Thursday, 10 July, is the last date on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, so it's your last chance to find out! I'll be at The Beacon at Cliffe Castle Park for @bradford2025.co.uk, and I'd love to see you there. Tickets: bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin...

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Bradford! I'll be at The Beacon, Cliffe Castle Park next Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm as part of @bradford2025.co.uk. It's the last stop on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, and I'd love you to join me. 🎟️ bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin... #Bradford2025

Promotional image (by Casey Orr) for Imaginary Friends, showing Dan, wearing a white shirt and a black bow tie, bracing himself as a joke plastic gun fires a white, square piece of fabric with a smiley emoji on it.

Text reads:

Alphabetti Theatre, Daniel Bye and ARC Stockton present IMAGINARY FRIENDS

'Captivating and illuminating' The Independent
'Bye is an exceptional storyteller' Exeunt Theatre Magazine
'Riveting, funny and thoughtful' The Guardian

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Only a couple of days to go until I bring #ImaginaryFriends to @oldwoollen.bsky.social in Farsley, Leeds. Want to know a bit more about what to expect? Here's an excerpt from the very beginning of the show...

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

One week to go, Leeds! Fancy joining me for a surreal, disturbing and electrifying rollercoaster ride through the looking glass of the 21st-century media hellscape? Of course you do. I'll be at @oldwoollen.bsky.social with #ImaginaryFriends next Thursday 12 June. See you there!

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Leeds! Is that... Piers Morgan? Find out when I bring #ImaginaryFriends to @oldwoollen.bsky.social next Thursday 12 June. 'Imaginary Friends... captivates the audience through Daniel Bye's sharp wit and compelling performance'(@thereviewshub.bsky.social) It would be great to see you there.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 26/05/2025

This is such a remarkable thing to admit. 2/n

“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

You’ve missed it now, unless you live in West Yorkshire.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

In London this weekend? There are still a couple of chances to see #ImaginaryFriends at @sohotheatre.bsky.social. Come along tonight or tomorrow (Fri 23 - Sat 24 May), I'd love to see you. 'A genius blend of satirical performance & stand up comedy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - thank you, Ovation Radio! 📸 Benjamin Smith

Dan sitting in a yellow chair and looking over his shoulder with a smile on his face in a production shot from the show.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A lovely, and obviously true, thread. The elements of life that the AI weirdos see as inconveniences to be eradicated - the details, the small efforts, the interactions in which we get to notice each other - are in fact more often than not the the very point of life itself.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

'a keen reliance on storytelling... makes the show stand out from the crowd.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks, LondonTheatre1! I'm at @sohotheatre.bsky.social with #ImaginaryFriends until this Sat 24 May. I'd love you to come and see it: sohotheatre.com/events/imagi... (📸 Benjamin Smith)

A man in glasses, wearing a black jacket over an open-necked checked shirt, is pointing at something as he speaks into a microphone on stage.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This lovely review of Imaginary Friends came out two months ago and I just learned of it. Not everyone wants their work described as “scouring” but I’ll take it, and I’ll certainly take “a privilege to experience”. It’s @sohotheatre.bsky.social this week. ayoungishperspective.co.uk/2025/03/16/r...

ayoungishperspective.co.uk

review: Imaginary Friends

An introspective exploration of saying the inside thoughts out loud.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

LONDON! I'll be at @sohotheatre.bsky.social with Imaginary Friends from this Mon 19 - Sat 24 May. It's my first new solo show for seven years, and I'd really love to see you there. 'An introspective exploration of saying the inside thoughts out loud' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Young(ish) Perspective 📸 Benjamin Smith

A man in glasses, wearing a black jacket over an open-necked checked shirt, is looking upwards (as if at something in the distance) as he speaks into a microphone on stage.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The Imaginary Friends tour is nearing its end, but if you're in London or Yorkshire, you still have chance to catch it! 13 May - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough 15 May - Cast, Doncaster 19-24 May - Soho Theatre, London 12 June - Old Woollen, Leeds Booking links at www.danielbye.co.uk

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Lancaster friends! I'm bringing #ImaginaryFriends to @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social this weekend (Sat 10 & Sun 11 May) and it would be lovely to see you there. A Young(ish) Perspective kindly described it as 'something masterful that deserves a watch'. Come and see what you think. 📸 Benjamin Smith

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If you want to know who this is falling from a building, why he's falling - and if he's falling - come to Imaginary Friends! This week I'll be at: Wed 7 May: @tbtlake.bsky.social Thu 8 May: Arts Centre Washington Sat 10 - Sun 11 May: @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social It would be great to see you!

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Manchester friends! I'm bringing my new show IMAGINARY FRIENDS to HOME this Thu 1 - Sat 3 May, and I would really love to see you there. Please spread the word! Tell your friends, bring your friends... #HOMEmcr

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Walked into a metal pillar yesterday and now my right knee is appreciably bigger than my left knee. Not advisable two days before a 100k race. Look where you’re going, kids.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I just think it's more likely he'd be carrying a dagger than he'd have forgotten his pants.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I haven’t been a catholic for over thirty years but I cannot get me enough papal conclave commentary.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Bristol! I'll be at Tobacco Factory Theatres with Imaginary Friends tomorrow and Wednesday (Tues 22 - Wed 23 Apr.) Fancy a surreal, disturbing and electrifying rollercoaster ride through the looking glass of the 21st-century media hellscape? Of course you do! It would be great to see you there.

A man in glasses wearing a black jacket over an open-necked checked shirt points as he speaks into a microphone while performing.

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On: Media @on-magazine.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

THEATRE: An interview with writer and performer Daniel Bye, prior to his new show "Imaginary Friends" visiting @thesjt.bsky.social, @castindoncaster.bsky.social & @oldwoollen.bsky.social yorkshire-theatre-guide.com/interviews/d... @danielbye.bsky.social

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

How do you hear good advice in a world with the volume turned up to eleven? Next up on the Imaginary Friends tour are @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social (Wed 16 - Thu 17 Apr) and Tobacco Factory Theatres (Tue 22 - Wed 23 Apr). Oxford and Bristol friends, I'd love to see you there! (📸 Benjamin Smith)

A man in glasses wearing a black jacket over an open-necked checked shirt smiles as he looks over his shoulder. He is sitting on a yellow chair.

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Amidst all these Studio Ghibli style AI creations doing the rounds at the moment, here's the great Hayao Miyazaki chastising AI creators to their faces. You can see how devastated they are with his reaction. And how devastated he is with what they're doing.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The government’s Land Use consultation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intervene in this critical issue. Here’s my response to it. Please feel free to borrow / copy & paste as much as you want. It’s crucial that we engage. www.monbiot.com/2025/03/23/f... 1/3 🧵

monbiot.com

First Sight of Land

For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Biggest and fullest audience of the tour so far last night in Sheffield. God it’s lovely when you all come out.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Finding ever more creative ways to fail to go for a run. Today’s was pouring boiling water all over my hand. Do not recommend.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

PROMOTIONAL SHOW ALERT POST KLAXON. Imaginary Friends is on tonight at ARC Stockton and tomorrow at Sheffield Playhouse. You’d better come or else. ENDS.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

My most charitable read on this is that they’ve clocked a government uplift is coming no time soon, and are scrambling to lock in the current levels before Starmausterity’s eye comes to rest on them.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

There are a lot of bad running films and the Barkley has contributed more than its share. Jasmin’s finish deserves a good one - and here it is. #bm100

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’ve struggled to fit in running lately. In February I hardly ran at all, the first time I can remember work being so busy as to drown out exercise. This month I’m rebuilding and today I spent a happy free morning on a long run to Roseberry Topping and Great Ayton.

The hill Roseberry Topping in the far distance. In the foreground farm tracks and trees.

The hill Roseberry Topping in the middle distance. In the foreground, a farm track edged by hedgerows.

Roseberry Topping getting nearer. The foreground is a grassy track lined by hedgerows.

Me (a bespectacled white man in a peaked cap and running gear) in front of a trig pillar. Blue sky with wispy clouds behind.

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Mark Robinson @thinkingpractice.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Very much enjoyed this show at Arc tonight. Go see it and put a stop to total human extinction!

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Ultra Damo @ultradamo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If, like me, you're new to this platform, have you considered joining @thegreenrunners.bsky.social? We have 3,000+ members (including Jasmin, Paris, Kilian Jornet, John Kelly) and none of us are perfect, but we do care. The bigger we are the more we can do. Thank you 💚🙏

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