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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

plagiarism is bad and it is also, critically, not a multi-week national and international story

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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's Father Larry Duff I feel sorry for #alert

Father Larry Duff building a house of cards

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@kidnarco.bsky.social Have you been listening to Eggpod Express (nee Beatles fanpod, ‘I am the…’?) If not, part two of the Andy Miller one flicking through a 1968 Melody Maker breaks out into quite the fabulous disquisition on Village Green PS.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Me at kick off Me at full time

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

@kidnarco.bsky.social It strikes me that, if you weren’t already aware, you’d appreciate knowing that A Very Peculiar Practice is now on iPlayer.

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Lisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A lot of people have convinced themselves that there’s this one weird trick where you replace “the Jews” with “Israel” and Protocols-level neo-Nazi rhetoric magically becomes progressive

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 16/02/2026

do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I didn't strap myself in for your thread and I got shaken up pretty bad

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Felt quite starstruck following this guy into town this morning. 🎤

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.

"I wrote: "Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets.""

"The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing.

While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too.

On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past."

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

yeah. when asked, the most common view around the world is that about 1-2% of people in the world are Jewish ie 70-140 million people. it's 0.19% there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/12/2025

Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Honorific options on an EasyJet booking form: Adult: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss Child: Mr, Mrs, Miss It’s a rum old state of affairs when my wife is at liberty not to disclose her marital status, but my five-year-old daughter is not.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Still can’t get over yesterday. Listened back to the commentary on the train home, repeatedly watched highlights today and now Regan on MOTD. Easily the best day since 28/5/23. #CUFC

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

you can't get just how lunatic and hateful UK media has been on this without knowing this. it is *astonishing* in both volume and spite.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Magisterial 5 Live commentary on the Ryder Cup. Utterly compelling.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Sir Walter Russell painted dozens of portraits as good as 'Cordelia,' (1928) but unless you happen to search for his name you are unlikely to come across how well regarded he was as a portrait painter or the work he made. Time often proves unforgiving to many artists.

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Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

One more time: Vancouver Island looks like Nixon

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

It’s August, and Regan Linney is a goal away from equalling the top scorer for the whole of last season 🤯 #CUFC

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

@nigetassell.bsky.social first time outscoring both contestants in Clash of the Commentators this week, thanks in part to Mirandinha (memorable to me, in part, because I saw him score his solitary international goal).

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Kid Pensioner @kidnarco.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Exhausted pup wearily contemplates a future of beauty pageants and ‘doing it for mummy’.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

You can keep 🐞 trying to convince me that AI is 🐞 is taking over, but I’m pretty 🐞🐞 sure it’s 🐞🐞🐞 fucking 🐞🐞🐞🐞 ladybirds 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 15/07/2025

For anyone now looking for alternatives to WeTransfer (cos of price and AI badness), we are currently using Smash. Strong GDPR adherence, has a carbon emissions plan, good free transfers offer and good value plans.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 23/06/2025

By the time you’ve reached your forties you will have lived to see the newspapers that insisted that the country you grew up in was on the verge of social collapse portray those very same years of your youth as a period of blissful social cohesion.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Crowded pub in Stratford-upon-Avon. From opposite sides of the bar, Susannah York and I approach a spot where only one of us can pass by. She signals for me to proceed. “Cheers,” I say.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

For years, I was under the impression that Daphne’s brother was the worst English character ever to darken American TV. Now I’m catching up with late-period ‘24’ and… oh my.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I wouldn't mind, but I wrote that error message and I still haven't been paid.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

As music editor of said magazine, I was in regular correspondence with arguably the best-monikered tribute band: The Mangledwurzels.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Very sad to learn Michael Hurley died last month. 60+ years of turning out beauty - not just the songs on countless albums, but the wonderful cover art that accompanied them. A DIY artist decades before the term existed; a proper one of a kind. RIP. youtu.be/yzIJG9Qtugg?...

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

One of my favourite accounts from the Other Place. So nice to see it rerunning here, turning Bluesky into a kind of discerning Dave.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Remove a letter, ruin a movie. All Quit on the Western Front

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

List five famous people you've met but one is a lie 1. Frances de la Tour 2. Mark Stewart 3. Susannah York 4. King (née Prince) Charles 5. Julien Temple

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just when you're thinkin' things over…

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Simon Threadgold🍂 @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

She died in binary. That’s dedication. RIP.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

!!! (It’s pronounced ‘oh, fuck off’)

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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 27/03/2025

It being written by the great-nephew of Michael Foot, and featuring Michael Foot, makes it even better.

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Bugging me that I posted this with such a poor resolution pic of my favourite of these covers. So:

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Julian Owen @julianowen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Could pick almost any of Michael Hurley’s self-drawn covers, but I’ll plump for these.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again). "The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties. #BTW25 #GermanElection

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