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Gwyn

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Loves the IOW, RNLI and The Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, Painting cooking, nature and family. Owned by a Pug 🤷🏻‍♀️ LGBTQ+ ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 🇬🇱 🇻🇪 🇬🇧🇨🇦

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Speech Bubbles CIO @speechbubblescio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fun Palaces workshops are this week! Join us to craft, connect and share stories. Submit your story to our Story FUNd campaign — one of our pro performers may create a bespoke audio recording. Book your spot: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... #FunPalaces
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BayShare @bayshare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fun palaces 2026 - 12-4, Saturday, 3rd October at Harpers Mill, White Cross, Lancaster. Family STEAM fun!
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Fun Palaces 2026
We are hosting the yearly Fun Palaces event, this year, because the library is closed for refurbishment. Saturday, 3rd October, 2026, from noon until 4pm. We'll have lots of STEAM activities suitable for all the family. Badge making, 3D-printing, juggling, chess, maths games and more, for all the family! We will be in Lancaster Makerspace, BayShare and a big blue gazebo, outside Harpers Mill on the White Cross Business Park in central Lancaster. The Dance Hub Cafe will be open for refreshments. Free parking, but you must register as a visitor at main reception! Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
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Speech Bubbles CIO @speechbubblescio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Finish the week creatively—join our online Fun Palaces workshops to explore story, imagination and play. Sign up: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... Support StoryFUNd: send a story, have it performed and get an audio keepsake: www.speechbubbles.org.uk/storyfundsto... #FunPalaces
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Speech Bubbles CIO @speechbubblescio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stories help us connect and imagine. We're teaming up with Fun Palaces to offer free online creative writing workshops via Story FUNd. For all ages - Join us to write, share and celebrate—start your story: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... #StoryFUNd
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David Stokes Halpern Foundation CEO @dstokes-halpernceo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Medway Fun Palaces Trail is just ONE WEEK away! Nucleus Arts and our fantastic partners for a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 day packed with art, science, creativity, discovery and hands-on fun 👉 Plan your Fun Palace trail and find out more: www.nucleusarts.com/fun-palace #MedwayFunPalaces #FunPalaces #Medway
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What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fun Palaces is a national movement that aims to bring local communities together and give people young and old the chance to try new things. Reading Libraries are once again taking part, with all manner of fun activities on Sat 3 October from 10am - buff.ly/cLMHaJH
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Heading back north; and I may just have made an impulse purchase…
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a picture postcard of a shed, in faded summer colours, inscribed with the words, in copperplate; Wish you were here…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@janet9998.bsky.social I keep returning to your BSky name and find it hilarious 😆
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Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Behold, the world's smallest cow
A silly photo messing with perspective. A hilly grassy field with 4 cows, three quite far away, one a little closer. The person who took the photo is next to the fence, and the closest cow appears to be standing on top of a fence post.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a hoarder’s delight; all crammed with bags and boxes…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To all the people saying: "How can I find time to read to my kid when I have a high-powered full-time job?" I taught high school full time; marked A-level exam papers in my spare time; wrote a bestseller in 4 months and still found time to read to my kid every night. I did give up dusting, though.
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please let’s do this petition. It couldn’t be more important. (Thx Aubrey) 👇👇👇
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The whole point of humans as a sociable, tribal species is we should eject people like this, so they starve in the wilderness alone. There are consequences to sociopathic behaviour. Somehow the abstract idea of money has short circuited our basic evolutionary safeguards.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
I have seen with pride how British overseas aid saves children’s lives. That is why I say cuts should be reversed | David Harewood
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I have seen with pride how British overseas aid saves children’s lives. That is why I say cuts should be reversed | David Harewood
I understand the pressure on the public purse, but I have also seen the effect of our spending on the ground, says actor and Unicef UK ambassador David Harewood
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Heavy snow forecast for October… #SLEEPERSINTHESNOW
A copy of SLEEPERS IN THE SNOW, standing on a cemetery wall…
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy. For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense. That's our feminism too.
Woman walking down a street outside, wearing a scarf and shoulder bag. The quote from one of the women who signed our letter reads

“I have grown incredibly exasperated at the portrayal of ‘gender critical’ perspectives as representing all women when my feminism has ALWAYS been inclusive and intersectional.”
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
First glimpse of SLEEPERS in the wild! Books signed at the Barnsley Book Vault today…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a secret store of acorns and horse chestnuts…
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3
A pink and blue graphic with a black and white cartoon of some people on the bottom. 

Text reads: TransActual is launching its biggest survey for the trans community yet!

TRANS LIVES SURVEY

2026

We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Begone Covid, and never darken my door again. You have overstayed your welcome now by 11 days. Thank heavens for having Peaches for Monsieur le Curé to read, throughly enjoying it a second time around (although with my terrible memory it’s like reading it for the first time🙄)
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 23/09/2026
lads, is it bad when bookstores are getting their windows smashed in?
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.
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neilofsmeg.bsky.social @neilofsmeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A gift to the RNLI, too
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Flynnog @flynnog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And the crowdfunding, confiscate it as the proceeds of crime, donate it to migrant support groups, that would soon kill the patriot grift
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It should have never have come to this. Kent Police should have arrested him when he organised for his army of masked far right thugs to blockade Dover. Something for which XR protesters (who do have valid concerns) have been imprisoned for.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Daniel Thomas has been arrested on a suspicion of range of charges, including criminal damage with intent to endanger life.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a Tarot card, part of a limited series of alternative Major Arcana, showing a shed against stormy skies, with the legend, LA CABANE.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Heartbreaking VIDEO for all my cis followers on here (please share with any other cis people you may know) It’s about Andy Burnham’s new Transphobic Section 28 in schools and the harm caused to one trans child as a result. I never say this but I will now; Please watch don’t scroll.
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Trans kids are no longer safe in UK schools
YouTube video by Cool2BTrans
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Dave Brockman 💙💛 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. And thank you for using his real name.
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Speech Bubbles CIO @speechbubblescio.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're running free online creative writing workshops with Fun Palaces to spark imagination and celebrate Story FUNd—helping children find confidence and connection. No experience needed. Book your free place: funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/s... #StoryFUNd
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Speech Bubbles - Create a short story Fun Palace
JOIN OUR MOVEMENT 2 - 4 OCTOBER 2026
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bonnie has just 11 days to get this beautiful project funded. Come on, check it out and give it a lift. It deserves it…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've signed up to be a mentor through Arts Emergency, which pairs people in creative industries with young people from underrepresented backgrounds hoping to work in the arts. If that's something you are interested in, you can also sign up! They're always looking for mentors: www.arts-emergency.org
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Arts Emergency
We help young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a climbing rope, reaching up into the clouds…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a plaster cast of a shed, taken from the inside…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And this morning the Shed is a hill fort,rising from the autumn mists…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If so some eason you do choose to work for free (for example, for a charity, or to support a small local enterprise), consider sending them an invoice for your usual fee, and mark it void. That way, they'll know the value of what you're giving them.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.
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Gwyn @gwynt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Parseword #236 ⚡️ 44s ⭐️ No Assists 🐕 Secret Found
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 21/09/2026
As we enter this period of uncertainty, knowing our rights – and what we can do to challenge this code, which continues to be called “unworkable” by a growing number of MPs – will be critical as we continue fighting to keep ourselves safe www.wearequeeraf.com/ive-been-afr...
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I've been afraid of toilets for years, but now with the EHRC code - I want to fight back
As we enter this period of uncertainty, knowing our rights – and what we can do to challenge this code, which continues to be called “unworkable” by a growing number of MPs – will be critical as we continue fighting to keep ourselves safe
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Jo Nightingale @musicandmuseums.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gotta thank Stewart for providing a smile at the moment:
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Stewart Lee: ‘Danny Tommo’ and his men of fighting age seek their Passport to Piddington
The hamlet that voted to secede from the UK over asylum seekers is about to be invaded by the very worst Britons this country has to offer
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 20/09/2026
As an aside, if I were currently advising a very wealthy person who wanted good PR "big, public donation to the RNLI" would be high on my list.
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