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@josurrey.bsky.social
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Live in South East England, book hound! Trying to keep up with following back, have patience, I will get to you! No DMs, please.

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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From today, we’re the Public Service Ombudsman. A clearer name means more people can find us, understand what we do and where we've found things have gone wrong, trust us to put things right. Find out more: t.co/bBOH6UfJGv
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t even need to ask.😆
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So he lost the court case....
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful life lesson for us all here.
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Solving the parking problem, Tokyo style.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thanks, Rita's
photo of a street sign for "Rita's ice • custard • happiness." Below the main logo, the changeable letter board reads: "DIETING IS HARD" on one line and "GIVE UP" on the line below it.
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BBC News - Rocky Horror star Tim Curry dies at 80 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tim Curry: Rocky Horror Picture Show star dies at 80
Curry was best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's Fallowfield Loop Line 'Wilbraham Road' station gets Sister Rosetta Tharpe recognition at last
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Godmother of rock and roll's Manchester station gig honoured
The blues guitarist and vocalist Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed at an empty station for TV.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thrilled with this visitor to my new garden in South London.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
How armadillos gather foliage for their nests
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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KevTheRev @kevtherev.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm placing an order from some halal sushi from the Islamic Republic of Japan before the 111% tariffs kick in. You guys want anything? Falafel roll? Shwarma nigiri? 🤷‍♂️
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
And important update and UK politics primer from the Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling  - Carbon Brief
UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.
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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Updated poem 👇
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nigel’s poster is going viral
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Albanian prime minister said on CNN that my PPNEA colleague was spreading disinformation, and some other troubling things. This is my reply. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Reform UK will always put superrich greed before poor people's need "Leicestershire County Council is shutting down its school meals service, even though it serves around 20,000 children in 117 schools and made a profit last year." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A five-year-old was prescribed the wrong treatment after a breakdown in communication between healthcare professionals. Our investigation found failings at every stage and that better communication could have prevented this entirely. Read more: orlo.uk/XmzUI
A pharmacist stands in front of medicine holding a computer tablet.
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 03/06/2026
Added to the hub, the latest blog in the 'Prioritising patient safety' series from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (@phsombudsman.bsky.social).
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PHSO: Prioritising patient safety (Spring 2026)
Prioritising patient safety is a blog series from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
In our latest Prioritising #PatientSafety blog, we explore: - a new partnership with two medical schools to help train the next generation of doctors - an avoidable death and a Trust that responded with openness - the latest patient safety news Read: www.ombudsman.org.uk/news-and-blo...
Prioritising patient safety: our blog series from senior lead clinician Dr Tony Dysart
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NHS complaints are rising. But trusts that prioritise a learning culture are turning feedback into safer, better care. We spoke to NHS Trust leaders across England to understand what's working and what needs to change: orlo.uk/UnT70
Learning from complaints: insights from NHS trust leaders
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Not only is this peony beautiful, it also smells divine!
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Little visitor enjoying the honeysuckle today.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
An 18-year-old high school student just built a water filter that removes 96% of microplastics from drinking water. Not in a billion-dollar lab. In her garage. Meet Mia Heller from Virginia. Her secret? A magnetic liquid called ferrofluid that grabs microplastic 1/3
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This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water
Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Sometimes the poems I write aren’t the ones I intend to write.
This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write
 
This is not the poem I had hoped to write
when I sat at my desk and the page was white.
You see, there were other words I’d had in mind,
yet this is what I leave behind.
 
I thought it was a poem to eradicate war;
one of such power, it would heal all the sores
of a world torn apart by conflict and schism.
But it isn’t.
 
Lovers, I’d imagined, would quote from it daily,
Mothers would sing it to soothe crying babies.
And whole generations would be given new hope.
Nope.
 
I had grand aspirations. Believe me, I tried.
Humanity examined with lessons applied.
But the right words escaped me; so often they do.
Have these in lieu.


Brian Bilston
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Good for the Obsever for leading on this.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
All together now! ... "But Nige did take five million quid, and Nige would take five million more!" 💥💥💥 #RefUKkers
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Policies like this are damaging for women's healthcare – it's absolutely discriminatory." Leah complained to us after her NHS funding request for sterilisation was rejected. Her case has prompted a policy review that could benefit many more women. orlo.uk/jVv3R
"Policies like this are damaging for women's healthcare and women's access to health services - it's absolutely discriminatory."
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
www.dw.com/en/humpback-...
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Humpback whale 'Timmy' released in North Sea
After weeks of drama, the stranded humpback whale is back in his natural habitat, but still not out of harm's way.
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Danielle Lerner @danielle-lerner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Cutest thing you’ll see today: Rockets guard Aaron Holiday’s son watching his warmups and mimicking his jumper
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 01/05/2026
In 2015, the Los Angeles SPCA gave their annual National Hero Dog award to a tabby cat named Tara. Yes, you read that right, a cat was given a dog award.
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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Cracking subway ad in Tokyo.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating in London. Amid the festivities, let’s remember the message of hope at its heart. No matter the challenges we face, there is always light on the horizon. Thank you to our Christian communities for helping build a kinder city.
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 05/04/2026
Toot! Happy Easter everyone! Toot!
We are looking at a medieval manuscript showing a rabbit playing a trumpet. 

Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica, England ca. 1283-1300 (British Library, Royal 3 D VI, fol. 234r)
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josurrey.bsky.social @josurrey.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Schleswig-Holstein looking pretty today.
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 01/04/2026
🧵 3 papers by me & my team Ullrich Ecker Fabio Carrella Emily Spearing Almog Simchon ask an urgent question: if you tell people they're being manipulated by AI — deepfakes, AI-written articles, microtargeted ads — is the manipulation defanged? Thread 👇 1/10
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 01/04/2026
Attention everyone! There is some good news!! 👇
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North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre @northyorkscalc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If you used finance to buy a car, motorbike or van between 6 April 2007 and 1 November 2024 you may be owed compensation. More here ⤵️ www.fca.org.uk/consumers/ca...
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Therese Kearns @experimentalkearns.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
An epic day experimenting with glass @butserancientfarm.co.uk A fab PhD project led by Kim Devereux-West @durham.ac.uk with @romanpalace.bsky.social Huge thanks to @chrischivers.bsky.social & co who ensured the furnace survived over winter! Some odd people showed up to help! #CuratorRob 😉
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Back home from a couple of day's at #Glass-tonbury: our project @butserancientfarm.co.uk where we hope to make replica roman windows.... Here's the furnace we built last summer as we left it and how we found it yesterday. It survived the Winter pretty well! 🤩👍 Here's how the experiment went... 🧵👇
A big clay Roman style glass furnace. on the left is an annealing oven. The chmney is on topand in the side is a gathering hole and tool-warming port. On the right you can see the stoke holeA replica roman glass furnace. closest to the camera (right of image) is the stoke hole and behind (to the left) is a working port. there is a low chimney in the top. some bags of sand are to the far right. The whole think looks a little weathered but is beautifully intact.
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