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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h

He'd quoted Gladstone as saying "whenever the Irish question looks like it's going to be solved... the Irish change the question." A boy called Slater raised his hand and politely pointed out that it wasn't Gladstone but a line from 1066 and All That and Archer completely and embarrassingly lost it

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

Archer came and spoke to my school in the 1980s. Charm personified. Bragged at length about his many achievements and then... something bizarre happened. 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Jeffrey Archer obituary

Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

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Alisdair Calder McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social · 8h

I remember an episode of HIGNFY where Ian Hislop referred to him as "Jeffrey Archer, the liar", which drew the usual "allegedly" response from Angus Deighton. To which Hislop's response was "no, he was convicted of perjury in the High Court, that's a FACT", with great triumph and glee.

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Eirlys (Simple Carrot) @simplecarrot.bsky.social · 8h

Excellent. Now get rid of the LED headlights.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 8h

The emotion-prompting loss of Jeffrey Archer has reminded me of the ancient Chinese curse - May your Wikipedia entry have many unusual subsections.

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 8h

The Tory criminal Archer gone, then. College president when I was there had a life size cutout of him in his office, would always give you a jump scare if you forgot and spotted it through the window when passing late at night...

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 9h

Perjurer, racist, former politician and terrible novelist Jeffrey Archer has died. That he sold 300m copies of his books is testament to the limits of good taste.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 11h

RIP George Fenton, forget the prestigous movie themes and Oscar nominations. You gave us moody guitar noodling and accordians as our sunday evening soundtrack. youtu.be/1y5E63jGT2I?...

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Bergerac theme

YouTube video by UK Tune Archives

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 8h

#My9Albums I an vast, I contain multitudes... Would probably be different tomorrow.

9 album montage, album covers of
Steeley Span - Parcel of Rogues
Pentangle - Pentangling
Manics - Everything Must Go
An evening wasted with Tom Lehrer
Beatles - Revolver
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Divine Comedy - A Short Album about Love
Pulp - Different Class
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool

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Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

J.G. Ballard, lost in the supermarket

"It was ironic that the author of such unsettling work was a quiet and serious family man, who lived most of his adult life in a modest suburban house in Shepperton. His editor Malcom Edwards recalled how Ballard, on receiving the first payment for the film rights for Empire of the Sun, decided to splash out by visiting his local supermarket. After wandering the aisles for some time, he returned home with a tin of salmon." (Adam Sisman in the Guardian, 25.04.26)

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 10h

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

forbes.com

Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many

Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 12h

I really enjoyed the Smallsword Symposium (apart from my freak accident), but I am glad to be home!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16h

Demolition is underway today at the Odeon cinema on Gloucester Green. The site is being redeveloped as a 145-room aparthotel, trading as ‘Wilde Oxford’, which is expected to be complete in late 2027. The ground floor will incorporate a community space, cafe and bar.

Demolition underway at the Gloucester Green cinema

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 19h

Kitchen, living room, Hellmouth, bathroom, bedroom…

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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Prince Charming left for the day. I'm a different kind of prince"

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry, whilst having some funny moments, is basically cringe. What is unforgiveable is the racism. #ToryRacism [H/T @eberlmat.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @seanjones.org]

Part of the border of a scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Migrants who are clearly not white in a small boat
Rats from the small boat chase cats
Tax payers lying on the ground dead
The implication being the migrants brought disease with them

A scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Keir Starmer giving money and a key to some non white people

A scene from the Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry
Kemi Badenoch giving a key to a white couple

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m the only person who will appreciate this

Triangular diagram labelled The Introvert
Hierarchy of Needs.

Top: Self-actualisation - A completely empty house. An arrow pointing to the house says “Nobody needs anything. Nobody is coming home for hours. Phone on silent.”

The next level is Esteem - Plans getting cancelled. An arrow here says “‘Sorry, we're going to have to rearrange.’ Oh no. That's terrible. I'm devastated.”

Next level: Belonging - One person you actually like. No group chat. No networking. No "let's go round and introduce ourselves." Just one person you can talk absolute shit with.

Fourth level: Safety - An escape route. Own car. End seat. Knowing exactly when the event finishes. A believable reason to leave early.

Bottom of pyramid: Physiological needs - Being left the fuck alone for a bit. Food. Water. Sleep. 45 minutes where nobody speaks to you.

Created by Lee Harding, @theintrovertedrecruiter

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He Told Her To Calm Down. Oil on canvas. 🎨: Henri-Léopold Lévy

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very grateful that Powys/the Welsh Government decided a year ago to provide Sunday buses to Montgomery. Makes getting home with the baby so much easier. But it is hilarious that Monty (pop 1,200) has a bus every 2hrs, while just across the border Shrewsbury (pop 76,000) has no Sunday buses at all.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Meanwhile on the other side of the couch. Oh you “need this yarn” and it “doesn’t belong to me”? Sounds like Not My Problem

An orange cat sleeping with his head pillowed on a skein of green yarn that is about halfway gone

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/10/2026

"It’s not summer, it’s not winter, and it’s not spring. Grab a calendar and pull your fucking heads out of your asses; it’s fall, fuckers." buff.ly/w93mWIl

buff.ly

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is how you establish dominance

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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wake up babe new eggcorn just dropped

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Guess which utter muppet managed to disarm her opponent's sword at great speed into her own kneecap? 😖 Now sitting out the rest of the event with a bandage and cold pack. Damnit all.

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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Both sides of this are just so incredibly French. One simply cannot imagine British sixth formers going on violent protests about ***checks notes*** educational standards???

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Solved!! Right inuff by Tom Leonard. Well done everybody!

right inuff
ma language is disgraceful ma maw tellt mi ma teacher tellt mi thi doactir tellt mi thi priest tellt mi
ma boss tellt mi
ma landlady in carrington street tellt mi thi lassie ah tried tay get aff way in 1969 tellt mi sum wee smout thit thoat ah hudny read chomsky tellt mi a calvinist communist thit thoat ah wuz revisionist tellt mi po-faced literati grimly kerryin thi burden a thi past tellt mi po-faced literati grimly kerryin thi burden a thi future tellt mi ma wife tellt mi jist-tay-get-inty-this-poem tellt mi ma wainz came hame fray school an tellt mi jist aboot ivry book ah oapnd tellt mi
even thi introduction tay thi Scottish National Dictionary tellt mi
ach well
all livin language is sacred fuck thi lohta thim.
—Tom

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bsky, I'm looking for a poem. It's Scots, and is list style, about all the people who "telt" him not to speak Scots. Failed to bookmark it the times I've seen it. Anybody got any ideas?

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Gwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

FYI, the motion passed easily. Quite why Nation.Cymru thinks that Welsh law should be subservient to England just in case someone in Wales didn’t hate the transes enough is a mystery to me.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Racism is mainstream

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 03/10/2026

I am not very worried about about the Tory Tapestry’s misuse of “doth”. What worries me much more is this sequence of panels which seems to show a small boat full of brown-skinned people followed by a plague of rats running riot and then a lot of dead white people labelled tax payers.

Detail from Conservative Party mock Bayeux Tapestry showing 1. A boat full of brown skinned people. 2. Enormous rats chasing cats. 3. White-skinned “tax payers” dead in the streets.

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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My very creative brother S. Made this lino cut years ago . "Judge Warhol" #DayOfDredd @2000ad.bsky.social #JudgeDredd #comics

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Catching up with #traitors. Bella should be Doctor Who, Acaster should be the companion. BBC cheque to the usual address etc etc

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Pix @pixiesherry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i believe that number is too low, truly in 2019, my son showed pictures of our kitten to his dnd group. a sweet lady in the group offered to give him a ride home so she could see our kitten saturday, she became my daughter-in-law, the reception was TTRPG (yes, my nerd son got married in a library)