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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 1h

Playing the *very* long game.

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Interesting gambit from a player to state "I'm crap, why didn't you replace me?" (A "come and sack me" plea?) #TheFootball

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 1h

Formaldehyde, one of the family of formaldemanchester compounds.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1h

My apologies to anyone else who’s old enough not to want to be reminded just how fucking long ago it was, but: today is the 41st anniversary of the release of Cloudbusting—so it must be time to tell you about Wilhelm Reich and his orgasmatron...

Cover art of Cloudbusting single, showing Kate Bush as Peter Reich, sitting on his father’s rain machine, with its huge blunderbuss barrels pointing at the sky

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 2h

2002! Just before the wheels fell off.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 2h

I hope Leeds absolutely tan them at the weekend. It was brilliant to win away last season, for the first time in decades, but a home win's been a while too. #lufc

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 2h

14.10.2026 ➡️ 14 + 10 + 2 + 0 = 26 #CalendarMaths

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 3h

Always worth reminding people that this documentary exists. There’s a lovely story in it from Christopher Walken. Moore heard that he’d be staying in London, away from home, over Christmas during the filming of A View to a Kill. Immediately: ‘well, come and stay with us in Switzerland’, so he did

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BBC Four - Arena, From Roger Moore with Love

Friends, family and co-stars share memories of legendary British icon Roger Moore.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 3h

I'm sure there's another - or possibly the same one? - where he's covering... a Beautiful South song.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 3h

"Who will play Tim Vine in Whittle: The Movie?" All the LOLs.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 3h

This is like when Whizzer and Chips merged.

Email from Singular Artists

Your Early Access:
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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 3h

He'll be picketing the picket.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 13h

I suffered whiplash from the change of tone between the first and second paragraphs here. #TheFootball

BBC Sport report on Atletico Madrid v Manchester United

Manchester United's poor run of results continued as they fell to a Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid after conceding inside the first minute.

Although head coach Michael Carrick could reflect on a much-improved performance after making five changes to his starting line-up, United have now gone five games without a win.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 16h

Such a shame @vizcomic.bsky.social wouldn't plug my new book. Maybe next time.

Viz article entitled editor pulls plug. Too long to do alt text but gist is Viz stating they refuse to plug the book whilst saying nice things about it, that won't sway them towards doing an ad.

Close up on the picture and some deathy top tips I'd had printed.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 15h

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Keywords

Can you discover today's five connected words?

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 17h

If I remember rightly, the ceremony was at 11am, and we were out the back taking photos by noon, as the general public were coming in through the front.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 17h

Also available (or it was about 20 years ago) for weddings - friends tied the knot here.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 18h

The most recent trailer for Wildwood isn't your standard trailer, but a behind the scenes look at how the film was made: puppets, sets, lighting... the craft, brilliance, and painstaking work of dozens of artists. My kids want to go see it - I can't wait to take them. #FilmSky

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 19h

Calvin Robinson: the no-Poper no-hoper

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 21h

He is not a shouty man. In fact he's not said anything yet.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 21h

I'm in a meeting with a guy who looks like the spit of Jim Howick.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 21h

Is it "Bring Your Press Secretary to Work" day? #ThePolitics

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 23h

By January the governement will have spent more on giving in to the demands of fuel protestors than they've provided for in pay rises for the whole public sector. ( €1.2 bn )

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Ilanin @ilanin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Movie posters that could only be put up in British railway stations, one of a series of probably one.

An ad for a ghost movie with the tagline "See it. Séance. Haunted."; a reference to the British Transport Police's long-running "See it. Say it. Sorted." ads encouraging the public to report anything vaguely suspicious.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

13.10.2026 ➡️ (1 + 3) × (1 + 0 + 2 + 0) = 2 × 6 #CalendarMaths

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You'd think even him, driven by hubris and vanity towards an arbitrary number that to him signifies validation, would look at what he's doing, at the age of 41, and think "instead of this I could be sat in one of my many houses with my feet up" (while denying the allegations) #TheFootball

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Last repost: Iceland's coinage has a great selection of marine life cb.is/payments/ban...

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh aye, wildlife on British coinage "is a denial of history", is it now?

A heap of farthings from 1941, all of them showing a rather evil looking wren. For clarity, that's the bird, not the Royal Navy's feminine side. Of course in 1941 the sort of person now trying to turn this into a culture war would be happier trying to change British coinage into something more... Reichsmark shaped.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh, absolutely. It's just nice to have some proof that the doomer narrative of "EVERYTHING's crap and nothing works" is not true. Getting the simple things right will cover a lot of use cases. As you say, if it's a bit different or difficult, that's where the problems start.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You're never too old to appreciate a hedgehog.

David Attenborough at 90, looking at a hedgehog.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Finally got around to renewing my overseas postal vote this morning. Submitted the application, through the very easy to use website, at about quarter to ten. Just received confirmation that it's now approved. A UK government IT service that works efficiently? Whatever next?

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Conservative Party, 2001: Save the pound! The Conservative Party, 2026: Save this very specific set of interpretations of the pound!

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER." — Groucho Marx What's that line about history repeating as farce?

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

12.10.2026 ➡️ (1 + 2 + 10) × (2 + 0) = 26 #CalendarMaths

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Am sometimes accused as a legal and constitutional commentator of elevating the role of laws and constitutions. Sadly, the purpose of my commentary is the opposite. Law is not magic, prohibitions are not spells. And constitutions are not sacred texts unless people believe in them.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy birthday! (I await similar in May...!)

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I shouldn't know what a 'credit default swap' is.

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Red Sky At Night / Joanne Sheppard @redskyatnight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lads, he’s not someone from a council estate who’s won Britain’s Got Talent

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The PL had better dock them 114 points then, just to be sure. One per (initially reported) guilty charge, nice. #TheFootball

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

These fake-it-til-you-make-it eejits are the modern iteration of timeshare salesmen beloved of The Cook Report and Watchdog.

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

An alarming image, the reclining pig. Doubly so when remembering that the TV ads were voiced by (at least what sounded like) Brian Glover. "Piggin' great value!"

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

at last, someone with the desire to turn around manchester united football club

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Parseword #256 ⏱️ 1m9s ⭐️ No Assists 🎰 Secret Found One of those where I knew the answer but had difficulty with the steps to get there

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