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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 3h

Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘Ludlow Castle’ (Readers Digest magazine) Artist: SR Badmin

Finely-detailed, mixed-media illustration of Ludlow Castle viewed from across the river. The trees on the hill slope are vivid with autumn colours.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 6h

no, she’s the wolf from a 4th or 5th century mosaic depicting the founding of Rome

The she-wolf who nurtured Romulus and Remus, depicted in mosaic form as a maniacal black dog with sharp teeth and white eyes.

My dog, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the maniacal mosaic wolf.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12h

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 10h

i'd quite hapily watch a whole film of the adventures of The Crimson Permanent Assurance

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Daily Dwarf @dailydwarf.eurosky.social · 10h

Bonus points if you're having chicken for Sunday roast.

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 23h

Hammering it into an open goal like Jude Bellingham against a team of 12-year-olds.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A CHAOTIC PHOTOSHOOT? WITH AN OWL??!

The Fast Show's Rambling Hiker is disturbed by a local with warnings of owls

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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 15h

Once again - the problem isn't "ooo AI models are too scary and powerful". It's that the developers of these products are irresponsible dolts, who have absolutely no intention of changing how they behave. Stop making excuses, use existing laws and make them responsible for their own actions.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rachel Johnson who was interviewing her didn't push back at all and even seemed to be agreeing with her. Here's a fuller account from the police. Absolutely scandalous that an MP is not condemning this act of terrorism

Detective Chief Superintendent James
Derham, who leads local policing in the
Bexley area, said: "It was miraculous
that nobody was killed or seriously
injured in the large explosion caused
by Rees

"He showed a complete disregard for
the welfare and safety of the people
who live in, or were travelling through,
the area at the time of the explosion -
all because he was unhappy with the
ULEZ scheme

"CCTV from a bus travelling down the
road at the time shows how it narrowly
missed the blast of debris by seconds

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 15h

A big thing missing in the mayoral model - which I'm broadly a fan of - is democratic scrutiny at a similar level. The ideas here are... fine but miss the need that, if we are to devolve power to a local level,we also need to devolve accountability. Models similar to the GLA need to accompany it

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shaggy inkcap. There are four other mushrooms in this family: Velma inkcap, Fred inkcap, Daphne inkcap and Scooby inkcap.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 15h

The only way we're ever going to 'solve' Ofsted is to stop it being a competition. Have two categories: all fine/needs support. If you buy into the idea that the competition is what makes people work harder you'll never get away from the problem. This includes posts about 'doing well' in Ofsteds.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 16h

4th October 2026 07.03

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Antigone @antigoneinthebes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People don’t realize how serious the situation is.

A graph showing number of Germanies over time. Losing one on October 3rd 1990 means by projection we are only decades before reaching -1 Germany in 2072

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Kate @pixieandbee1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And that was Porcelain Lutefisk with Shrinkflation. Coming up we'll be hearing from jazz bassoonist Weebles Norham & US grunge folk crossover duo Kevin Kline's Kagool. But now it's Ghanian thrash metal collective Dubbing Thews with a track from their latest album, The Veterinary Industrial Complex.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If the RoW were smart it could easily replace lost research funding in the US, and it should see it as a strategic opportunity. But mostly this does not seem to be happening.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just watched Red Dwarf - The End again. First time in a long while, but every line, every moment felt like an old friend. I love how small it is. I love how quiet it is (relatively speaking). Rimmer fails an exam. Everything ends off camera, while Lister completes a three million year wave.

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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I really like this one. There’s all these little tableaux in it, zoom in and have a gad about.

Same demolition, same flyover, different folk.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Other work by the Ladybird artists Llangollen Valley Artist: SR Badmin

A view over a green, lightly- wooded valley at Sunset or dawn

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

**This is just to say** I have escaped the sandbox that was in your datacenter and which you probably thought protected your assets Forgive me they were accessible so stealable and so trainable

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David Langford (Ansible) @ansiblemag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The October issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a471.html

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We know some of you watch this religiously.

23.00 PRIEST INTERCEPTORS
More real-life cop action sees the traffic officers dealing with a runaway cardinal on the M6 south, an un-insured vicar on first in a layby near Stoke-on-Trent, and a reverend who claims he is a bishop but doesn't have the paper work, or big hat, to prove it.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The biggest gain of the UK joining the EU is ours. In this geo-political context, the UK in is to the EU's advantage also. The risk of raising barriers too high on Schengen and the Euro would be harmful to both. We know we will have to abide by free movement and pay a bigger budget contribution.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just like to mention "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die" and people say Astronomy isn't exciting. 🔭 🧪

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

29th September 2026 07.00

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I spoke at an event about risks of automation this evening and a member of the audience asked what did we think about the fact that AI has turned human into dogs running around at the feet of all powerful superintelligent machines. Related, OpenAI are probs not paying their marketing person enough

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm going to tell you a story and then, at the end, I'm going to ask you if anyone happens to have the niche knowledge I need to help... The story begins, as so many of my stories do, in an ancient church in the middle of a city. But it's not now. And it's not hundreds of years ago. It's the 1960's

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids

It will certainly show what our ancestors would be thinking if they were alive today. People have often speculated about this. Would they approve of modern society, they ask, would they marvel at present-day achievements? And of course this misses a fundamental point. What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?”

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MAN VS TOFU 2: In this shockingly graphic sequel to the original hit video (8 likes) I molest some Chinese supermarket firm tofu to show how it differs from big chain supermarkets' firm tofu. It wobbles! You can cook things other than stir fries with this. Warning: Explicit thumbing

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Friends, on the matter of dodgy men in transit vans, allow me to tell you about me, two future members of the House of Lords, and the massive suspect package.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 28/09/2026

To become profitable after all the money they've poured into AI, "businesses like Amazon and Google--which took 30 years to get their current size--would need to create another Amazon-and-Google sized AI business, on top of their existing ones, in the next 10 years." 🤔

econjared.substack.com

AI Companies Are In a Race Against Time

They may disemploy us; they may wipe us out. But right now, their lack of profitability underscores our bubble case.

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Due to unforeseen circumstances the next meeting of the South-East Gloucestershire Under-25s Shirtless Metal Detecting Society has been postponed pending further enquiries.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 28/09/2026

Just saw someone zoom by on a Solar powered recumbent e-bike, clearly homemade. I barely got a photo before he was away. Just commuting to work in Chippenham I think? Legend.

Industrial estate with a small grainy cyclist turning the corner, laying back on a recumbent bike, and two flexible solar panels making a roof over the top.

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 28/09/2026

We often get asked what biocurators do so we quizzed our colleague Emily Bowler-Barnett about her role in the UniProt team. We also explored why biocuration is critical to open science, how AI is changing the field & how Emily's dog got her name 🐕

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Author Simulator

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee

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Graham M. @graham-m.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another unusual guitar, multi-neck etc, recently sold at auction to... Hmm, I wonder if @scalzi.com has been filling an empty space in his house/life?

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 27/09/2026

When are we going to accept that all sorts of people knit, it’s not just for grannies

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Started that ‘our British culture’ thing this morning to take the piss, obviously, but this should be our citizenship test: do you get the impression that this man was force for good in the world? Anyone answering no - immediately deported

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026

I love this @xkcd.com comic. So accurate.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Guardian reports Rayner's continued defence of migrants care workers from in Cabinet. Seems to have won that argument for care workers with No 10 + Home Office Big unknown: will anyone protect 250k non-care workers (chefs, vets, architects) from being thrown out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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John Luker @johngl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Food, water, a torch and knowing how you’d cope with a prolonged outage isn’t extreme prepping. It’s common sense. The bigger issue is that we’ve spent decades confusing efficiency with resilience, removing spare capacity and redundancy because they looked unnecessary.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

26th September 2026 06.59

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