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Alison Atkin @alisonatkin.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, remember that time I did chapter-opening illustrations for a book? It didn't go exactly like this, but: You want me to draw a dead horse floating in a pond staring lifelessly at the reader, but like, in a tasteful way? No problem mate! 😄

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A traitor in The Traitors saying ‘I am a traitor’ from the outset but people hearing it and going ‘hm, no, seems unlikely’ is the perfect analogy for our broader age. In this essay I will

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Alison Atkin @alisonatkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Look, I don't know many local people on here, but if you're in the Warrington-area and have ever fancied giving samba drumming a go, our band is holding a beginner's workshop! Joining was the best thing I've done in recent years. linktr.ee/batidario

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Batida Rio Official: Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Community carnival arts group in Warrington UK. Join us, book us, work with us!

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just contacted ZC4OL on 30m FT4... now that's a rare one! #AmateurRadio

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Again though: National care service, ‘tough choices’ on triple lock, electoral reform, devolution, more public control of utilities, reopening red lines on Europe and (hopefully?) avoiding silly tax commitments is a good & coherent manifesto. But it should have been the 2024 manifesto.

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Katie Steckles @steckl.es · 29/09/2026

If you know any talented current STEM undergrads from low socioeconomic backgrounds interested in doing PG research, they should know about this scheme: martingale.foundation Current round of applications closes mid-October!

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Martingale Foundation

Martingale Foundation supports a new generation of postgraduates to thrive in research Through fully-funded scholarships and access to a community of pioneering leaders, we enable and nurture…

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Amazing, Pope Leo about to land in Paris. He is expected to meet French Air Traffic Controllers first.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Strictly

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/09/2026

Yes, you read that right. NINE times cheaper.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oops! I hacked a statistics portal containing private data for a government healthcare scheme. That’s on me, and you’re right to point it out. Would you like me to draft an email informing them of what happened? If you like I can schedule it to send in a few months.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 22/09/2026

🌞 Wednesday 23 September is the autumn equinox, at 01:05 BST. It's when the Sun crosses the equator heading south, marking the start of astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. This video shows how the Sun’s path changes through the seasons, driven by Earth’s 23.44° tilt. ☀️🌍 🧵 1/2

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

100 years ago today: A cyclist replies to a motorist's complaint that cyclists don't pay road tax and cycle two or more abreast, holding up drivers. How things have changed.

MOTORISTS AND ROADS
MAY I humbly point out to your correspon-dent, Colin M. G. Ross, that were in existence before motoring commenced, and if only cyclists had used them they would probably have lasted for ever? It was the ad-

vent of motor-cars that made a tax neces-sary owing to their destructiveness.
With regard to cyclists riding three and four abreast, this is the exception, not the rule; and the practice is usually confined to irresponsible local youths.
Cyclists as a rule never ride more than two abreast and are quite willing to ride single file where the road is narrow, but they cannot fade away for every motor-horn.
С. Т. С.

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Cyclingnews @cyclingnews.com · 19/09/2026

Remember the 12-year-old fan who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain? He just signed for Visma-Lease a Bike's junior team www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“oh, are you from the Halifax in Canada or the Halifax in the UK?” “The one that’s in the EU” [loud O Canada noises]

Canadian flag flying over Halifax Nova Scotia

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you're an #avgeek like me you'll know why this is a big deal! Now the proud owner of a piece of aviation history #heklaaurora

An Aviationtag cut from the Icelandair 757 in the Hekla Aurora livery. A metal bag tag in a teal gradient colour on a backing card

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Denis Matthews @denismatthews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

WARRINGTON has been ranked third among the UK’s best places for quality of life in 2026. www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/2653755...

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Warrington ranked third for UK’s best places for quality of life

WARRINGTON has been ranked third among the UK’s best places for quality of life in 2026.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The solution to the problem of high heating oil prices is to take up the £9,000 government boiler upgrade scheme grant to replace oil boilers with heat pumps (noting that ALL properties can be efficiently by heat pumps). Does the BBC article mention that, even in passing? Of course not

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Rising oil prices create 'huge worry' as winter looms

The warning comes after the US-Iran conflict drives up heating oil and fuel costs.

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bluey Theroux As requested by Alex Charles Painted on Microsoft Paint

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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The funniest bit of this is where the clown who thinks he is on course to be Chief of Staff in No10 reels off all the other people who are already donating via children. Ch4 bleeps it either for legal reasons or because now they have a to-do list to drill them into the core of the earth.

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Matt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Severe traffic delays getting here today. A coach carrying Jazz musicians has overturned on the M11. Police are reporting lengthy jams.

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you grew up with Looney Tunes and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, I order you to go and see Coyote Vs Acme if you can find somewhere still showing it. That's an order.

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So having refused to bowl their spinners last night to get the game done with, that's exactly what they did this morning. If I was cynical I'd call that suspicious, but I'm not so I won't.

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

WSPR is insane. Transmitting at 500mW (yes, half an actual watt) and my signal is received and decoded in Australia. My flabber has once again been gasted #AmateurRadio

Map is the world with lines representing radio signals, showing one from the UK to south east Australia

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Right, that's the safety briefing cards done, next job.

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻 @ianatkin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Nice image just received in the back garden from Meteor M2-3, 81° pass, handheld V dipole (Note to self - remember to tick "fill missing data"... 🤦‍♂️) #AmateurRadio

Satellite image of UK and surrounding countries with various cloud formations

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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

No paywall. nedboulting.substack.com/p/a-death-in...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026

Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Way too early

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Peter Gibbs @petergibbs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Wow

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I know it sounds trite but seeing loads of people gathering with their colanders and improvised pinhole cameras to watch sun and moon do weird thing, and then chatting and joking together, is just really pleasant. Just genuinely nice.

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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tomorrow Wakefield will definitely invade Leeds, barring any major omens tonight.

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