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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If you see this, please share it. Then listen to the media to see if you hear them mention it.
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Karen Fowdy @karenluondfowdy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
These leaders and 48% of the country suffer from short-term memory loss
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dragon6452.bsky.social @dragon6452.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I've been trying to get an update on the Tibet earthquake (9th Jan 2025) but all I am getting is massive coverage of the California fire, hundreds of articles massive media coverage. It is a tragedy in respect of damage and 10 deaths but nowhere near the scale of the earthquake.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The backlog isn’t the result of increasing numbers of asylum claims. It was either deliberate or incompetent by the last government, the result of a slow down in decision-making. Reducing it doesn’t depend on reducing arrivals.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Photo of the Day, if not the Year. Solidarity and admiration. 📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.
Pelicot is seen smiling as she walks past women who are applauding her. They look emotional and one holds a sign up saying Merci Gisele
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
THE MERITS OF OUR COCAINE - a pharmaceutical advert from 1907. A "first-class, thoroughly reliable preparation" that has "been fully recognized by the majority of physicians, surgeons and chemists." #histmed #histsci #skystorians
An advertisement for cocaine, listing the various merits of the drug. It says that it is "a first-class, thoroughly reliable preparation" that has "been fully recognized by the majority of physicians, surgeons and chemists."
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford michaelalford.co.uk
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Ronnie C in the chair (12th December 1981).
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today’s poem takes the form of an apology for Al the mistakes which have appeared in my poems over the last four weeks.
Erratum
 
I would like to apologise for the following errors
which have appeared in my daily poems over the last four weeks.
 
13th Nov, line 12:  for genital read genial
15th Nov, line 16:  for ptarmigan read cardigan
15th Nov, line 18:  for synonym read cinnamon
23rd Nov, line 12:  for spatula read the Duchess of Kent
26th Nov, line 4:     for Mr Boombastic continue to read Mr Boombastic,
                                    only a little more quietly
28th Nov, line 6:    for Trevor? read Trevor!
28th Nov, line 9:    for Vidal read Siegfried
30th Nov, line 1:    for pedents read pedants
3rd Dec, line 2:      for colon read cologne
3rd Dec, line 5:      for fondle read fond of
3rd Dec, line 12:    for wimple read dimple
9th Dec, line 17:    for life’s essential pointlessness read hope
12th Dec, line 1:    for Erratum read Erratae
12th Dec, line 17:  for Erratae read Errata
 
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dragon6452.bsky.social @dragon6452.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
English National Anthem full lyrics Verse 1: God save our gracious King, long live our noble King, God save the King! Send him victorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us, God save the King.
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dragon6452.bsky.social @dragon6452.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Decided to start a movement to ban the National Anthem a song designed to glorify the defeat and slaughter of the Scots and ultimately led to the Highland Clearances which resulted in further death. I think its high time we a had an anthem designed to unify the nations. And no I'm not Scottish.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Today’s poem is called ‘To Be Pacific’.
To Be Pacific

Why do you always go off on a tandem,
say goodbye without further adieu?
It’s time you climbed down from your pedal stool –
this is not a phrase you’re going through,
 
when antidotal evidence suggests
you’ve been three-wheeling right from the start.
Or rather, from the gecko, as you might say.
You’re always upsetting the apple tart.
 
I can’t be asked to correct you these days:
it takes two to tangle, I won’t deny it.
But when push comes to shovel and all’s set and done,
I just want a little piece of quiet,
 
to curl myself up in the feeble position
so I can give my poor ears some rest bite
from these sayings which do not pass mustard,
the flaws in the ointment you cite.
 
You’re no escape goat or social leopard;
I don’t regard you as a hapless case.
But be aware there are reaper cushions
when you cut off your nose despite your face.
 

Brian Bilston
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Samsonov photo art @samsonovphotoart.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Medical historian here to remind people the start of a pandemic is based on science, while the “end” is based on politics. Reader: we are still in a pandemic.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Sound on 🐈‍⬛🤍
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Please touch the image to read it all! 🐈‍⬛ This is a daily Purr from my Purrtreon. Every morning, Monday to Friday, I write and share one of these gentle reminders. 🐈‍⬛🤍
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
British food sales to EU have fallen by almost a fifth since Brexit. The drop-off has meant a £3bn hit to food exports on average in the three years since the end of the Brexit transition period, new report finds I’m sure UK news shows will be all over this.. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Brexit hits UK food exports by £3bn as Starmer urged to strike deal with Brussels
British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new report shows
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Create a life-sized Advent calendar this Christmas by knocking on a different door each day and asking for chocolate.
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Dog sliding down in the snow.. 😊
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 30/11/2024
This feed is so much fun: all pictures, NO ads, and NO algorithms. Real-time streaming #photography people. I'll keep adding folks to this list. DM me if you want to participate. Please repost — I want more @bsky.app folks to see this! ✌️ 📸
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/07/2023
I did a poster to celebrate the SDCC announcement that Shohreh Agdashloo is joining Cara Gee in The Expanse: A Telltale Series! Available at the Premium Posters Hall in the convention centre. Can't wait to play this game.
A poster drawn by me featuring the videogame versions of Camina Drummer and Chrisjen Avasarala in the new Telltale Games Expanse game series. The poster is divided by the orbits of the inner planets of the solar system (and Ceres), with each alternate segment switching between one of two backdrops. In one, we can see bodies and wreckage floating in space, with Jupiter in the background. Drummer stands in the foreground in her space suit. In the other, we can see the logo of the UN on a stone office wall above a desk and flag stand, with Avasarala in the foreground, looking at a UN video drone floating to her left. She is wearing a purple top with gold embroidery.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"if any of you have a conviction for fraud now is the time to say"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
👏
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I understand working class people ❤️
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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Sid James head study. #caricature #art
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VirtualAstro @virtualastro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The massive takeup of BlueSky has not slowed down as many predicted. It is now catching up the larger social networks and could if momentum continues, eventually be #1 Well, let's keep that momentum going! Follow me on BlueSky buff.ly/3ALtJYz along with millions of others.
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VirtualAstro (@virtualastro.bsky.social)
Author and Presenter, Astronomy, Space, Science, Nature and more! Making stargazing fun and enjoyable for all. nightskyshow.co.uk meteorwatch.org
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🐈‍⬛🤍.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Obviously my first post in that thread has 3.1k retweets because it was one of the funniest things on twitter ever. Not my post, but the hundreds of replies of excruciating hilarious awkward moments. Worth checking out if you haven’t seen it before and can stomach visiting there.
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
They’ve released the Christmas Discourse Schedule! Lots to look forward to this year.
BLUESKY CHRISTMAS DISCOURSE SCHEDULE
1 Dec - Whamageddon Debate
3 Dec - Amusing DIY Advent Calendars
8 Dec - Elf On The F**king Shelf
10 Dec - Fairytale Of New York Lyrics
13 Dec - _
Is Actually A Christmas Movie
15 Dec - Crappy Winter Wonderland Scandal
17 Dec - Christmas Radio Times Nostalgia
20 Dec - Chris Rea
21 Dec - It's A Wonderful Life Appreciation
23 Dec - Baffling Cracker Jokes
24 Dec - Subtweeting House Guests
25 Dec - Doctor Who
26 Dec - Doctor Who
27 Dec - Bounty Bar Celebrations
28 Dec - The Word "Merryneum"
31 Dec - Hootenanny Rage
1 Jan - Public Domain Day
2 Jan - Cadburys Creme Eggs In Shops
3 Jan - When Is Bins?
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Today’s poem is called ‘Brie Encounter’. Sorry about this one.
Brie Encounter
 
the skies are gruyere since she left me
i’ve never felt so danish blue
caught between a roquefort and a hard cheese,
i stilton’t know what to do
 
don’t give edam about the future
now my babybel’s walked out the door
can’t believe i’ve double gloucester
i camembert it any more
 
i’ve ricotta get myself together
and build my life back caerphilly
cheddar tear for the final time
say goodbye to us and halloumi


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Three Peas Help @threepeashelp.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The generous poet @BrianBilston.bsky.social gifted us the handwritten first lines of this poem…Because there’s always more than one way of looking at the world 💚 Bid, frame, Christmas present done! You’ll be supporting our work 👉 www.jumblebee.co.uk/thefirstline #BrianBilston #Refugees
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Can't wait! The character names are wonderfully eccentric. In addition to Wallace we have: The over-promoted CIA Mackintosh Norbot the 'smart gnome' invented by Wallace PC Mukherjee, protege of CIA Mackintosh Onya Doorstep, a journo from 'up north news' NIck Park and Mark Burton are geniuses ..
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Jo Caulfield @jocaulfield.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
As Nadine Dorries is constantly booked on TV to flog her pile of shite book, may I offer an alternative. All profits go to @macmillancancer and you don’t support Nadine Dorries, because if encouraged she may write again. 😱
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Pete Firman @petefirman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Let me teach you a trick…
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WayneJ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪🇪🇺 @glandwrwj.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Fat Fingers also collecting money from the NHS and Charities. Enough is enough.
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King's coronation cost to taxpayer revealed in new report
The figures come from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) recently released annual accounts.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Honestly, fuck it. I give up. I would LOVE people to support and share posts from small creators: artists, writers, comedians, poets, film-makers… everyone who is not part of some big corporate organisation, people who are trying to make a go of it on their own. If you don't want to, fine 🤷‍♂️
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I’m giving you the job of President Subscribe to Private Eye: subsonline.co.uk
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Pundamentalism @pundamentalism.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The least realistic thing about vampire movies is how great their hair looks when they can’t see themselves in the mirror.
Vampire from Count Dracula with great hair

Tom Cruise as Vampire from Interview with the Vampire with great hairRobert Pattinson as Vampire from Twilight with great hairBrad Pitt as Vampire from Interview with the Vampire with great hair
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
they never questioned Kwasi Kwarteng’s CV did they
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Prompted by yet another detention centre inspection report yesterday revealing terrible conditions and appalling mismanagement of detention powers, here’s some ideas for a radically different approach open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
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dragon6452.bsky.social @dragon6452.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
How many people remember where they were when this started??
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Classic comedy with To The Mannerisms Born (End Of Part One - 23rd November 1980).
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Dog saves dog.. 😊
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
"There’s a sense that you’re reading about the moves in a chess game with only occasional acknowledgements that it’s taking place in a hurricane". Great review of Tim Shipman's new book by @samfr.bsky.social, chronicling the UK's catastrophic misgovernance, 2019-24. www.thetimes.com/article/16a6...
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Out by Tim Shipman review — a tale of Tory arrogance, narcissism and incompetence
The fourth book in Tim Shipman’s Brexit saga is a detailed chronicle of the Conservatives’ self-destruction — “a bleak cavalcade of some of the worst people to infect Britain’s body politic”
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Magritte
Cartoon, simple line drawing of a pipe with the French text "Ceci est une pipe" written below it, based on the famous surrealist painting. Caption: Renege Magritte
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
You might not be able to afford an island, but for a small fee you can become the owner of a drawing of one! www.worldofmoose.com/products/isl...
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Island Cartoon
Original cartoon by Moose Allain from world of moose
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 19/11/2024
Welcome to our new followers! We finished last week with 6,000 of you and now our community has grown to over 20,000 🌟 A little bit about us: We're a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm of bad information. Read more about our work here👇
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Who we are - Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking organisation
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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Paddling heron and its double
Grey heron paddling in green water.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
went to a forest and they’d already put loads of Christmas trees up, absolute madness
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