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Richard Tutton

@drfuturity.bsky.social
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Professor | Department of Sociology and @satsu-york.bsky.social | @york.ac.uk | Interests in STS of outer space | sociology of futures |futures of sustainable travel | EASST Council member | Senior Fellow Higher Ed Academy

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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is such an interesting read 👇 “For many, the key intelligence lesson from Ukraine was stark: do not rule things out, just because they might once have seemed impossible.”
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that
Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“Savour life, be happy, value what truly matters, flee from toxicity and show empathy … lots of empathy”
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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📜 New article! 👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
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DOGE Blitzkrieg: on Musk's artificial intelligence statecraft
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
A hand holdint the book "bigfooters and scientific inquiry" by Jamie Lewis and Andy Bartlett.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
“For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around?”
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‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Silvia Falcetta, @patriciahamilton.bsky.social, @drfuturity.bsky.social , Rodrigo Campos, Jade Gilbourne, @rossolb.bsky.social & Phoebe Murphy have published an article reflecting on trialing problem-based learning in sociology in ‘Sociology’ ( @britsoci.bsky.social )
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easst.bsky.social @easst.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website. easst.net/fund/
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EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN!
EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A good line here: “Some people think we don’t have the political will but as I like to remind people, political will is a renewable resource.”
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Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames?
In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
There are some excellent points made here exposing what is happening in the UK at the moment.
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A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...
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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
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How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold
Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
“Does this still look like dystopian fiction to you? Perhaps a better way of framing the question is to go back two decades, pretend that the ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom was your ultimate goal, and ask how satisfied you would be with how things had turned out.”
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What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Just watched the final ever ITV highlights episode of the #TourdeFrance. End of an era. Twenty years of watching the best coverage of this amazing event. Julys won’t be the same again.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops o...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“Send them to Mars”
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‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk
Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Some sound advice here but no discussion of how the car park companies should surely have some responsibility to remove these fake QR codes and to adapt their business processes to limit opportunities for fraud.
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‘Pay here’: the QR code ‘quishing’ scam targeting drivers
How to avoid costly double whammy as rise in app- and phone-based parking payment opens new frontier in fraud
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is a helpful read. Thank you.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If true, this is a terrible mistake, especially with the prospect that solar panels would be optional. The failure to have a clear vision and get the basics right is demoralising and irresponsible. No wonder the young people I teach feel angry at politicians on climate change action.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I admire this guy’s style and courage in the face of police brutality.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on China's EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises | Editorial
Editorial: BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol engines
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Leigh Turner @leighturner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“It is one small department in one university. But it will reverberate across the entire country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education
A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The secret history of Australian women in the Space Age A Bluesky version of my International Women's Day talk for the Shire of Berrigan, NSW. (Many thanks to them for the invitation and support). 🧪#WomenInSTEM #IWD25
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International Women's Day Luncheon
Celebrate International Women's Day 2025 with Us! Join us for an inspiring luncheon to honor this special day. Alice Gorman - Author: Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy, the beginning of a long-term disaster that every American, every U.S. ally, and anyone who cares about the future of democracy will have to endure.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In 1973, a group of feminist activists protested NASA's exclusion of women from space, except in menial or decorative roles. #WomenInSTEM 🧪
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From Moon Maids to Astronauts: How Feminists Transformed the Space Race | American Experience | PBS
Protests taking place inside NASA’s Mission Control were only the tip of the iceberg.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What does Elon Musk believe? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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What does Elon Musk believe?
The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Something interesting behind the world record story: “Supporting the project is Grant Romundt, from Canada. Both he and Koch have grander visions linked to the libertarian -- and at-times controversial -- "seasteading" movement that envisions ocean-based communities outside government control.”
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Seeking a new way of life under the sea - and a world record
There are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 meters (36 feet) under the sea.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Sat watching BBC Parliament channel’s coverage of the Senedd Cymru. Its modern look and arrangements a stark contrast to the archaic, dysfunctional Westminster.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
As someone who experiences low to moderate level anxiety when flying, on my last trip I found that noise cancelling earphones helped so much. It seems obvious in hindsight but I appreciate now that reducing the sensory load of anxiety inducing situations is a very effective way of managing them.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Signs of a luna-earth-economic system taking shape? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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SpaceX launches two lunar landers to the moon
Privately built spacecraft from Texas-based Firefly and Japan’s ispace will conduct experiments for future missions
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Embarking on my journey tonight to attend the first EASST Council of 2025 in Aarhus. Chance to meet newly elected members. Looking forward to productive discussions over the next two days.
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two men waving flags in front of a camouflage car with facebook.com on the bottom right
ALT: two men waving flags in front of a camouflage car with facebook.com on the bottom right
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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Can't wait to read sociologist and activist Eman Abdelhadi's speculative fiction novel, Everything for Everyone, which imagines smaller, decentralized communities rising from the rubble, packed with themes of resilience, creativity, and collective liberation. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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A hopeful post-apocalyptic novel for right now
Author Eman Abdelhadi on imagining a better world.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Clouds part for blessing of York Minister’s 184 solar panels
Panels installed on south quire roof expected to meet a third of church’s electricity needs
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
‘“nei” and “juan” literally mean rolling inwards. After decades of rapid growth, many Chinese millennials and Gen Z people feel that the opportunities that were available to their parents no longer exist, and that working hard no longer offers guaranteed rewards.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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What is neijuan, and why is China worried about it?
The buzzword – which went viral after a student was filmed working on his laptop while riding his bicycle – reflects a mix of competitiveness and hopelessness amid China’s slowing economy
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Here’s to my adorable working-from-home companion of 2024, looking resplendent in her winter coat.
A cat
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Nothing ages faster than visions of the future. You simply cannot organize an institution entirely around The Latest Thing. But we have, it seems, an entire generation of institutional leaders with no second thought in their heads. And we have roomfuls of rotting, half-finished projects to prove it.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Excited to receive the proofs for a chapter coming out next year, which represents my first foray in writing speculative fiction in an academic context. Hugely inspired by the likes of @ruha9.bsky.social and Kodwo Eshun.
Screen shot of chapter proofs
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This is exciting. We’re hiring a new lecturer in STS. Let me know if you want to discuss, and please repost and share.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The latest issue of EASST Review is now out, covering the 2024 EASST- @4sweb.bsky.social conference last summer, and including some amazing creative writing, and reports from across the STS community. easst.net/easst-review/
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EASST Review
EASST Review Conference Issue, featuring reports from EASST4S-2024, winners of the creative writing competition and reports from other STS events.
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Oh well, time for a cup of tea instead.
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FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We warmly welcome you to join our next online FutureSpace Talk on Wednesday December 11th, with guest speakers Eleanor S. Armstrong (University of Leicester) and Réka P. Gál (Technical University of Munich). Register here: futurespace-project.eu/futurespace-...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Have we reached peak depense with this dystopian news? Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Seen this @deathandculture.bsky.social @emmahcasey.bsky.social @raphahead.bsky.social?
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Thank you @sciasculture.bsky.social for making this article free to access. Maybe the time is right to start work on a follow-up.
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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As Musk takes a greater role in the White House, Science as Culture is making the article "Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Techno-Optimism: Examining Outer Space Utopias of Silicon Valley" by Richard Tutton, originally published in 2020, free access. [2/3] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Techno-Optimism: Examining Outer Space Utopias of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have been investing in improving human spaceflight capabilities through the development of reusable rockets to greatly reduce the cost of orbital launches. One such ent...
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Claudio Angelo (Observatorio do Clima, Brazil) said: “Rich countries spent 150 years appropriating the world’s atmospheric space, 33 years loitering on climate action, and three years negotiating [a financial settlement] without putting numbers on the table.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’
Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement to help developing world shift to low-carbon economy
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Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
In one of my favourite branches of Waterstone’s in Manchester and planning a purchase of Ishida’s We’ll prescribe a cat.
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