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Eton Muskets @rubbertoes10.bsky.social · 3h
Great deleted tweets of our time. @john3ners.bsky.social @ottoenglish.bsky.social
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h
IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. A groovy kind of day all round.. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. UK only It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 11h
it's been a while, but Graham Stringer is on #bbcwato *again* there are 403 labour MPs. why do they keep having this crank on the programme?
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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 13h
The Home Office is about to discover that immigration actually has economic impacts too
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What the BBC shd be doing, not cutting. The last edition. As #Nepal deals with the aftermath of devastating floods, there have been renewed warnings about the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from one remote Nepalese mountain community.
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BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier
The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GB News aired this on 20 Sep – but the episode has gone missing from their socials 🤔 Lots more to be said about this clip, the latest in a long line of hateful commentary from GB News. Let's at least agree they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it scott-free. #stopfundinghate #gbnews
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is it me, or does Michaelmas start earlier every year?
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Smirk.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
The endangered native ponies of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides – a photo essay
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The endangered native ponies of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides – a photo essay
Fewer than 400 Eriskay ponies remain. One of the rarest native breeds in the world, their plight is unique because the community living on their tiny Hebridean island are fighting for them. The ponies wander the village and townsfolk care for them together
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brian deliciously putting the cat among the penguins here #TheArchers
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
woefully inaccurate bluesky names, an occasional series:
the user "tellingthetruth77" replies to my post about the Fairford suspects being british citizens by saying: "British, yeah right they are"
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
life comes at you fast when you're a gobshite
tweet by nigel farage, 1658, 27.09.2026:
"i have been warning both in and out of parliament for many months about iranian agents coming into the uk vis small boats across the channel.

"we deserve to be told the truth about the fairford bomb plotters' identities"snip from the Guardian just now:

"Five men arrested over suspected bomb plot are all British nationals, police say
The five men arrested over the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford are all British nationals from London and are all men in their 20s, Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) has said.

In a statement, the CTP said they were detained on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and preparation of a terrorist act contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act. They are a 24-year-old from Camden, north London; three men aged 23, 24 and 25 from Westminster, and one aged 24 from Willesden, north-west London."
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Police: 'Don't speculate about Fairford' Farage: 'Here's my speculative theory...'
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As unprofessional as it may be, I suspect I will be shouting "we have been saying this for years" a lot today. Harsher immigration policies don't just ruin individual lives, they damage the economy, reduce jobs, and generally harm the whole country.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ve been fascinated lately that we seem to be in a period where ppl are administrating & conducting sex offences, as well as on end-to-end encrypted services, on *facebook*. Like, they don’t feel the need to go to great efforts to hide it - to police investigate and *immediately* there it all is.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile, on Facebook
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Worst Truck @warmworm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The ways in which" <- Elmer Fudd telling you who turned him into dried fruit
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Bryn Buck 🏳️‍🌈💛🤍💜🖤 @showmeasign.online · 26/09/2026
Chris Morris had the uselessness of modern news reporting down to an artform in 1994... then many years later this 3 and a half minute audio drops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPW... Many clever details in this that people miss - keep reading...
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The Day Today - September 11th
YouTube video by BigDaz
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rupert must have had a change of heart. I'm sure he used to be all in favour of local people expressing their understandable anger at strange fighting age men suddenly appearing in their community.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
Trump, for over a decade: "I wouldn't give him a state dinner." This week: A full state dinner at the White House for China's Xi Jinping, complete with the arrival ceremony, a gift, and billionaires everywhere.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just stolen a load of inflatable air beds. Think I might lilo for a bit.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Eton Muskets @rubbertoes10.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When you hear the ice cream van coming down the street and mum says there are choc ices in the freezer. @john3ners.bsky.social @ottoenglish.bsky.social
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@headlineoftheday.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Pow! Man in Batman costume chases down suspected Norwich handbag thief
Superhero, who was joined by others dressed as comic book characters, retrieved stolen bag after scaling wall
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So they're now talking about attacking the system of policing and law. Arrest these f*ckers. Stop bowing down to them and dancing around them.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
why do they never remember the "find out" stage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man jailed for bottle throwing at Eastney migrant protest
Del Somerville, 42, pleaded guilty to violent disorder following an overnight protest at Eastney.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026
this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ Danny Tommo is in very serious trouble and faces unlimited fines and potential life imprisonment. Here's how it breaks down:
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I suppose it takes a bit longer to arrest someone stabbing a dinghy so that anyone in it could drown than it takes to arrest the REAL criminals: climate change activists who are planning a protest or lussing a bit of orange flour on some rocks.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
amber's going to give birth while brad's there #TheArchers
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More lovely #buyastrangerabook day action. @stuarthedges.eurosky.social has send me £10 to buy someone a book with! So, if there's a paperback that you've got your eye on, get in touch and let us know what it is. UK only
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
once again I would like a see a long read on cocaine and the far right
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#TwoTierPolicing

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Woman sentenced for hurling milkshake at
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
protecting are wimmin and gurls by [checks notes] pushing a police officer off a motorbike
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not to be all maudlin, but I think "sung by a child" is the bit that has broken something inside of me.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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