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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 5h

Heads up for UK folks, The Substance just got added to BBC iPlayer.

A movie poster for the movie The Substance directed by Coralie Fargeat starring Demo Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid. The poster shows a green vial of activator fluid and lots of positive review quotes.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 7h

Different nations of the UK have different policies but - starting with Welsh-based politicians - MPs with young children will begin losing their free nursery hours from 2028 onwards when their salaries hit £100k. So, yknow, this might suddenly become a policy of mysterious cross-party appeal.

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Kirsten Amy @kirstenp.bsky.social · 23h

There is one aspect of life in which I think men should actually bottle up their feelings MORE and not less, and it is: when they have a cold

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Gavadon @gavadon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.

Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name

Closeup of the photo from the Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name .

As one pal put it, " a very John Conner look "

Closeup of the text for the photo that says

" Ticket wars

Left: The line of area residents waitinng for advanced ticket sales for the May 19 release of "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" stretched outside the Grand Central Mall's Regal Cinemas onto the sidewalk outside. Above: Inside, Jordan Baker, Joe Peyton, Mat Lyons, Josh Lemley and Steve Roberts passed time by playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit as they awaited the Lucas epic.

Photos by Tony Kemp

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Alison @alisonbee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Have a lovely weekend 🐑🐏

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

oh hey, if you love intensely juvenile, try-hard humour, whisper-thin characters and perfunctory plotting, might I recommend:

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026

Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fair enough, they're taking the piss with that latest price hike

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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026

Hacky Pop-Up Book’s Narrative Tension Pretty Dependent On Lifting Colored Flaps theonion.com/hacky-pop-up-book-s-na…

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I volunteered for Childline for a decade at uni and I know firsthand a snapshot of how many lives Esther Rantzen changed. Her later years were known for assisted dying but her legacy will be giving vulnerable children someone to listen to and care. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Esther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86

Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back with a dog who says sausages" rip Esther Rantzen

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This deserves an honorary knighthood [a video of someone telling the most basic, hackneyed joke you ever heard]

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Rachael Stott @rachaelstott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I always used to be like, you know what, there's a lot wrong with the way the country is run but at least the Self Assessment tax part of the gov website is straight forward. Then someone decided to make it way more complicated, quadruple the workload AND privatise it, and i wish them a very

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shabana, did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?

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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Simpsons truly did predict it

Krusty the Clown (reinventing himself as an alternative comedian) saying "All I keep seein' is dead celebrities hawkin' products.
The got poor Vincent Price floatin' around on a toilet cake
tellin' me about "the horrors of an 'unfresh' bowl.""

And I tell you somethin' else, I do not believe Winston Churchill would eat at Der Wienerschnitzel.

There's nothin' those Madison Avenue grave robbers won't do
to get us to buy their crap.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It has just occurred to me that the British equivalent to numerous words for snow among the Inuktitut (thanks Google!) is semi-illicit sexual behavior.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For any confused Americans, dogging is a traditional British term for walking the dog, if you're ever over here and see someone with their pet make sure to tell them how much you love dogging. That nothing makes you happier than seeing that wagging tail and panting mouth out on the heath.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you bought a flat before the double whammy of Brexit and Grenfell, trust me on this, a good guide to 'how much your flat is worth?' is 'the exact same nominal value as 2014'.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Oh, they are talking about swearing

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary. That man's name? Hans Cameraman.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you're designing a website for a restaurant, my tip would be: making it easy to find the menu is important, a 30-year breakdown of the founder's original vision and evolving philosophy less important.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Guys the budget has been leaked!

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 22/09/2026

“people aren’t putting enough into their pensions” oh no, are they just frittering away all that spare money that everyone has at the end of the month “your employer contributes, too!” that’s great news for those of you with an employer

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cancel me if you want but do you know what….I’m okay with Auschwitz not catering to the lactose intolerant

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's no coherent future for British Liberalism as the political arm of "Waitrose woman". It's a Liberalism that has nothing substantial to say about social inequality, the housing crisis, endemic poverty, the quality of work, or future-proofing our society against the climate crisis.

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"That four great nations... stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason." -- Robert Jackson, Chief US Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945 Trump, 2026:

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

IF I WANT TO POST MORE THAN TWO LINKS A MONTH I NEED TO PAY $40 PER MONTH????>?????

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bluesky is the most learned group ever assembled of smart, funny people who will read a headline and then talk for two days about only the headline

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can no longer fully take in Tom Cruise’s face. My eyes move around it, trying to gain purchase, but it’s like a child’s composite of past features. I back away. ‘That’s Tom Cruise’, I tell myself, uncertainly.

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Logan Dean @logandean.games · 18/09/2026

Guy from the 16th century: wow the future must be an amazing place Me: it’s a parade of avoidable catastrophes and lots of anthropomorphic animal porn 16th c guy: which animals?

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They woke to find themselves trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not their own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. Their only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from their own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only they can see & hear

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SCOOP: A shipment of F-35 fighter jet parts was rerouted to Hong Kong this summer - then vanished.

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's something to be said about how in the US CS Lewis is seen as a writer of Christian apologetics above all else & as a result Narnia is *only* seen as allegory, while in Britain he's seen as an author of beloved children's books, & we find the whole "the lion is Jesus" stuff a bit embarrassing

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“That’s not funny!” Ok hear me out, maybe it actually is.

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Smoke me a kipper, Arthur - and none for those greedy pilots, they don't deserve it" RIP Stephanie Cole

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/09/2026

I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you.

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