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Curious reader, flâneur, humanist, and gentleman amateur We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars: Wilde Meanjin, Brisbane Australia (formerly of Omelas) festina lente insufficient data... #storyofmylife

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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 8h
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Stuff the British Stole by Marc Fennell reading progress: p. 93 (33%)
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Stuff the British Stole
In the days of the British Empire, things were taken th…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 13h
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... Screw Nice by Amy Remeikis reading progress: p. 178 (58%)
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Screw Nice
From the critically acclaimed author of On Reckoning, a…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 23h
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (68/52)
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and…
In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, mysteriously …
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 12/10/2026
Make space enough between you.
A license plate that says: “KER NING”
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
625 New Cosy Crime Novels for Autumn! (My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com)
Title: 625 new cosy crime novels for autumn! (pick one option from each column) 

Column 1: (one option) The.

Column 2: (five options) Chipping-Sodbury, Bishop's Stortford, Kirkby Stephen, Saffron Walden, Melton Mowbray. 

Column 3: (five options) Retired Librarians', Parish Council,Lawn Bowlers', Pub Regulars', Women's Institute.

Column 4: (five options) Murder, Burglary, Littering, Bigamy, Poisoning. 

Column 5: (five options) Investigation Society, Revenge Guild, Detection League, Punishment Club, Inspection Unit.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"theres only one man that can stop that dolphin" "but sir, he is broken and shattered against the wheel of 1960s america" "i dont care. send a chopper to his derelict mansion. its time for one last swim"
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 10/10/2026
16:16 on Thursday October 8th, over South America
An image of the Earth from space.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@dontattempt.bsky.social
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe reading progress: p. 95 (26%)
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and…
In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, mysteriously …
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tableau 2 by Piet Mondrian, 1922 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

© 2007 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 10/10/2026
21:49 on Wednesday October 7th, over the North Pacific Ocean
An image of the Earth from space.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Stuff the British Stole by Marc Fennell reading progress: p. 61 (22%)
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Stuff the British Stole
In the days of the British Empire, things were taken th…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe reading progress: p. 50 (13%)
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and…
In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, mysteriously …
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... Screw Nice by Amy Remeikis reading progress: p. 108 (35%)
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Screw Nice
From the critically acclaimed author of On Reckoning, a…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons by Lev Parikian reading progress: 21%
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japa…
See the British year afresh as we follow twelve months …
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 07/10/2026
18:50 on Monday October 5th, over the North Pacific Ocean
An image of the Earth from space.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
As we join the great theoretical scientist, he is deep in thought. So still, quiet and focused that he might almost be asleep. But inside that brilliant mind, what new idea is forming? What certainty is being meticulously interrogated? What ingenious theory is ready to change our world forever? (the scientist snores lightly) Ah, it seems he actually is asleep. And that's fine. Science is hard and not every day can be a success. We will come back another time.
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14... Black Hornet by James Sallis (Lew Griffin #3) Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (67/52)
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Black Hornet
A sniper appears in 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
me too - didn't they trap him in a mirror or something similar? I think of it often too ~ especially when the Doctor meted out a similar fate/retribution to one of the Family of Blood(? was it?)
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@bookamatic.bsky.social here's a find for you (apols if you are already acquainted) >> @gladlib.bsky.social
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I taught Long Distance, Tony Harrison’s beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades. Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well. #NationalPoetryDay
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A few years ago, this post of mine went viral (millions and millions of views) and it continues to circulate every few months. It seems to be making the rounds again. Posting it again here in case anyone needs this today. - Doug Murano, Founder & CEO, Bad Hand Books
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country · 01/10/2026
18:50 on Monday September 28th, over the North Pacific Ocean
An image of the Earth from space.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤷🏼‍♂️ I'm not sure tbh ~ I just have a feeling it's been used previously
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@bookamatic.bsky.social you'll be hearing your repeated word klaxon later! 🤣😉
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Marked As: Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (66/52)
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The Land in Winter
DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Par…
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... Light Rains Sometimes Fall: a British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons by Lev Parikian reading progress: 18%
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Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year Through Japa…
See the British year afresh as we follow twelve months …
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
extremely; but I was at least expecting it 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦 @jimcollings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
yes 👍🏼
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