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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 11h

happy bare minimum Friday to all who celebrate

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h

Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 12h

Wes Streeting would be afraid of me and I just think that is worth remembering and savouring

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Been trying all day to catch a guy who stole some binoculars from Duty Free. The problem is he can see us coming a mile away.

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you’re trying to promote anything with a AI generated poster I’m immediately not interested anymore. Same for restaurant menus. Just stop and put a tiny bit of effort into it. Or don’t and just write it on a piece of paper. I’m begging you

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/10/2026

From International Women's Day '21

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/10/2026

For humanists, caring for nature isn't left to a higher power. It's down to us – because we're part of nature, not apart from it. This idea, as outlined here by our patron @zionlights.bsky.social, is the second of seven humanist foundations in Andrew Copson's new book. #HowtoBeaHappyHuman.

Zion Lights. Science Communicator and humanist. 'I believe that the responsibility to look after the planet lies solely with humanity'. How to be a happy human.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The one on the right is a viable candidate but the actual first photo of a cat has never been conclusively identified. The one on the left has gone viral many, many, many times as being "the first cat photo" but the claim is patently false. www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lookit. Deep down every Irish person wants to spin some yank a yarn that gets cited as fact in some factual text. We told an Irish American girl that when the Muppets was released in Ireland, Kermit the Frog was called Dermot the Frog because Cromwell’s son was a Kermit.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Trump suggests he wants to cut off almost all trade: "We're gonna very very self-sufficient very soon"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes I think about how Trump proposed we make housing affordable by creating 50 year mortgages and I laugh and laugh. So bitterly funny.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Okay, you say you don't need a sandwich toaster, but if I could play Breville's advocate for a second...

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 07/10/2026

The famous ChomChom roller that all of us cat types swear by has had a bit of an upgrade -- Black & Decker now make one and it's even better than the original, IMO. Tip: do a back-and-forth motion, not long sweeps. Affiliate link, may benefit wonky moggies

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BLACK+DECKER Pet Hair Remover, Roller, Remove Dog Hair and Cat Hair Easily (HMSCT0001) : Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/10/2026

All people deserve to live in peace and freedom. Remembering today the lives lost three years ago, and all of the lives lost since.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am very uncomfortable about calling bits of software “agents”. They have no more real agency than a wind-up toy.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 06/10/2026

one thing about me that consistently seems to shock people is that I do actually believe that all people have the right to live in freedom, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, disability, or age. like I do actually believe that and I apply it to *everyone*

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions

Jeffrey Archer, former
Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Publisher says author died peacefully at home
'between writing sessions'

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

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Eric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade'

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just remembered I've got my People Who Think They're Furniture Club committee meeting tonight. I've got to go because I'm the chair.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish more reporting on private ADHD/autism assessment providers mentioned that many NHS pathways - as in, the default local not-Right-To-Choose ones - are outsourced to those same providers. If there are quality concerns, the Government should be investing in high-quality NHS pathways.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026

just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

adding '5 British doggers' to the list of surprising defeats for the US military, alongside the IRGC, Viet Cong, and geography

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Stop normalizing sexual assault. Fucking shun people who have done it. Start acting like the victims fucking MATTERED.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 04/10/2026

i'm sorry what do you mean the tory bayeux slopestry is actually real. i thought that was a joke

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bluntly, to solve a problem that you caused in 2024, of perhaps 1000 people needing to be released earlier than expected, you are going to spend billions to build new prisons that might open a decade later. I am no expert on voting intention, but I can’t see this as a vote winner.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026

no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up

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Claudia: alt text please 😩 @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@moderation.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team is it official Bluesky policy that trans users reporting posts that wish trans people would die are considered to be bad faith reports, and that those reports are harassment? bsky.app/profile/sipp...

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Claudia: alt text please 😩 @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey @moderation.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team is it official Bluesky policy that trans people aren't allowed to report posts that wish death to trans people as hate speech, since somebody is being threatened with suspension? Or is somebody going rogue and breaking policy to threaten a trans user?

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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To celebrate national poetry day here is a haiku about autism: I cannot eat this There are too many textures I shall bounce my knee

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🦇 Hello October! In the UK bat world, more mating is taking place, and building up fat reserves is becoming crucial to survive the winter season. Bats are seeking suitable hibernation sites, and beginning periods of torpor.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 30/09/2026

Minor thing but seriously another big fuck you to tech companies who immediately updated their maps when king dipshit decided he was changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario but aren't updating a thing now that he's calling their emotional support ponzi scheme "super intelligence"

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And I don't want to hear nonsense about male loneliness or being socially awkward. These men are not used to being told no or confronted about their bad behaviour and they do not like it.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

happy bare minimum Friday to all who celebrate

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James @jamespictures.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

urgh, having a week of really bad sleep.

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