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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jeffrey Archer’s death narrows the competition to be the last surviving real person mentioned in “Hello” youtu.be/l3F2z4UPwQI?...

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The Beloved - Hello (Official Video)

YouTube video by TheBelovedVEVO

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't mind being joyless about this kind of thing, tbh bsky.app/profile/rich...

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That's terrific. And led me down a Discogs rabbithole, where I discovered that *this* was the artwork chosen for the Portuguese release...

The inexplicably arty/artsy cover of the Portuguese release of Clive Dunn's "Grandad"

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am generally against both prisons & capital punishment but I would gladly man the electric chair in the dungeon where the people who made this magazine belong

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Love the fact that in most places back then, rumours of a vampire in the neighbourhood would have had the local kids hiding in their bedrooms, while in the Gorbals, they were like: "Let's get tooled up and leather the cunt."

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks, Adobe, but I think I can manage without an AI summary of a boarding pass

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Incredible that a circumstance has been found in which I must hand it to Lukas Graham

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The ones who went into the shop so they could play their cassette 🥰

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's a huge station next to another huge station - don't worry, there are multiple M&S and Waitrose options

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wasn't it good?! Really enjoyed it.

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ah but a draw against one of the anointed teams is essentially a win and we should be grateful for it

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I know this may seem like a frivolous example given the context, but he was involved in the BBC's Eurovision coverage for years and could never be bothered to learn how to pronounce those silly foreign singers' names properly. This lack of natural curiosity doesn't surprise me at all.

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yup. We're doing the first two days but if the tickets had been half the price they are, we'd probably have said "sod it" and done the whole week. With a hotel, and a meal somewhere in the city every day, all good for the local economy. Instead we'll be watching the rest on telly in Peterborough...

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Ben Hanson @yozetty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Based on the attract screen, you won't see the name of this 90s arcade game coming...

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In case you thought you’d already heard academia’s worst thing this week: you were wrong.

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A great piece about something that's long had me feeling uneasy. (Besides, personalised media gifts peaked with youtu.be/_wudnjvvxS4?... and everything since has been a pale imitation)

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A Personalised Birthday Party Record For Charlotte (1982) 45rpm

YouTube video by CWL Record Show

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Kristian van der Vliet @vanders.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Probably not, but the British journalist class has gotten very good at constantly amplifying the roughly 20% of the dickhead population who are.

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You would never get the "£50 doesn't even buy a meal quote if the topic was the benefit system, then you would have a guy going "sack of potatoes and a carrot, and you can feed a child for a month at just 3.2 pence per meal"

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Standard procedure for that angry and unpleasant gentleman, unfortunately. It's a shame the article sees fit to quote him extensively before the winner of the actual election.

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

yes, and katasztrófaelméletically so

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

you guys this is the greatest thing ever to have happened

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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 15/07/2026

Previously unseen aerial photos of London in 1983 show the city on the cusp of change. And we've recreated each one in Google Earth, so we can do the 'Now vs Then' thing londonist.substack.com/p/london-in-...

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London in 1983 From Above (and Recreated)

Then and Now photos from the air.

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

What choices have to be made in order for *this* to end up being the photo you go with for your leaflet?

Conservative party leaflet for the Fletton & Woodston by-election with a badly cropped photo of the candidate looking like she's in a police line-up

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"the best Les Bleus" [eyelid twitches]

BBC Sport article headlined "France cruise into the semi-finals - could this be the best Les Bleus ever?"

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yessss. It's just perfect 🍋

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Obscured by your hat as it is, we can't be sure that the horse isn't making the same face

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"They've only got 8 MPs, but they get a lot of headlines..." WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER WHO DID THIS

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Ben Dunnell @bendunnell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One of the very worst aspects of the modern Labour Party is the way in which it has internalised a deeply old-fashioned view of Proper Work as “things people do without a degree”.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day

A drain snake sink and toilet unblocker on Amazon says “arrives before Father’s Day”

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Martin Faulkner @faulknmd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Am I right in remembering that you said you might be looking at getting into ESC betting? If so, speaking as a veteran of that scene, my advice: bet against your favourites! At least that way you get *something* if it all goes horribly wrong 🙃

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