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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BBC interview with kids in 1966 predicting the year 2000. Quite accurate is it? Also do you observe the fluency of the children? Nowdays they would speak with ah, oh, okay, whateva.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've really loved 70 Up. So moving. You just can't dislike any of the people involved. All so different, yet all so relatable, and all so reflective of how life panned out. Just want to hug Neil – I'm so glad he is still with us.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Friday night’s giggle 🤣 #BookSky

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fellow Stokies (and anyone visiting Stoke-on-Trent), I’ve found a wonderful restaurant/cafe/brunch place today. It’s called HIDDEN…and it is a gem…at the old Hudson & Middleton factory in Longton. It’s quite new and simply amazing. Please go and try it out. You won’t be disappointed

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone

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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is brilliant. Do watch this short video 👇

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When the media tells you the UK is overrun by foreigners or Muslims or immigrants , they are lying to you .

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 10/09/2026

My country has achieved the feat of making the most universally loved and respected charity in the land afraid for its own safety. And yet the dark pantomime of aggressive grievance and its media legitimation continues. If Hippocrates is a traitor for not cherry-picking lives, then are doctors next?

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The book isn't enormous and Baxter isn't tiny. But this is the best picture I could get before the blithering nincompoop decided my book is actually a chew toy, and bedlam ensued. "The Wolf That Chews Rocks" 14 Sept Hardback, ebook (audiobook coming soon) From all good booksellers and platforms

Vanishingly rare instance of Baxter remaining still while I take a photo of him and my book.

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Get yourself a copy of this book 👇. You won’t regret it.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026

Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was today years old when I learned the Christian halo likely goes back to an Ancient Greek cover against bird droppings.

Diarmuid Ó Cuirc tweets:

In Ancient Greece, a meniskos was a bronze disk mounted above the head of a statue on an iron nail. Its purpose was to prevent birds from fouling the head of the statue.

It is likely that this is the origin of the halo in Christian art...

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Worth a minute of your time. Interesting suggestion 👇

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🧵1/ I worked in anti-corruption for years before becoming an MP. Nigel Farage has serious questions to answer following the undercover investigation into Reform UK's fundraising practices. This is now for the police and donations watchdog to resolve, but here is what I want to know:

theguardian.com

Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film

Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform

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Classic Rock Junky AKA Todd James @tjsbam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dolly Parton did a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven. She just nails it. This is why I love and respect her so much! 🤗👏🤘 youtu.be/fw_Codf29Pw?...

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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven Live

YouTube video by CharmedHourHauntedSong25

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Dog owners…give this book a read. It’s fascinating (and funny 🤣) Also, great for non dog owners actually

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, Whitesnake, Mary J Blige, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Slade, 10cc, Journey, Eric Clapton

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

not a single person has wondered whether dolly's life had any meaning because she didn't have any kids. it's almost like your legacy is about what YOU do with your time here.

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Mind Blown Reaction

ALT: Mind Blown Reaction

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This means something to me, because my mum had Lewy Body dementia. It ate her, piece by piece, for years. Heartbreaking to watch. I know times are hard. If you can't donate, I totally get it. Maybe just repost this - that helps too. But a fiver would mean the world, if you can. Ta.x

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’ve just finished reading an advance copy of @russincheshire.bsky.social book ‘The Wolf That Chews Rocks’. It’s sooo good. Very well written and incredibly funny too. Deserves to be a best seller!

Book by Russell Jones ‘The Wolf That Chews Rocks’

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If this isn't the best #Brexit analogy you've ever heard, I don't know. James Acaster via pen_circle on Instagram.

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh the replies to this thread 🤣🤣🤣

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I've read this list three or four times and I really can't find the thing I'm supposed to be outraged by. One cereal bowl?! Stainless steel cutlery?! Two pillows?! Where are we putting them, the Ritz?!

Everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'

A jaw-dropping list of items are being provided to asylum seekers housed in the Norfolk town of Thetford.

1x Duvet (S)
1x 1pc 9 oz mug
2x Pillow
1x 1pc 8 oz glass tumbler
2x Face cloth
1x 1pc stainless steel dinner knife
2x Hand towel
1x 1pc stainless steel dinner fork
2x Bath towel
1x 1pc stainless steel dessert spoon
2x Duvet cover (S)
1x 1pc stainless steel tea spoon
2x Pillowcase
1x 20cm non-stick frying pan
2x Fitted sheet (S)
1x 16cm non-stick saucepan
1x 1pc 10.5" dinner plate
1x Tea towel
1x 1pc 7.5" side plate
1x Toilet roll
1x 1pc 5.25" cereal bowl

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm minded to rename the culture wars 'The Edge Case Wars'... Brexit: c.1.4% of all voters swung the vote to Leave. Pre-Brexit sovereignty complaints: Clinical Trials (that the EU then fixed) ECHR migration 'rage' cases: just 16 lost over many decades Covid vaccine harm: c.0.05% of the vaccinated

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

One of those cheap throwaway lighters…without any fuel in

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#TheYearInReform Look, it's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along. Reform UK is a party - sorry - a company built around British Patriotism and being frank with the public, and it is led by straight-talking anti-elite Nigel Farage.

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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Absolutely this…so tired of seeing empty properties (mainly former businesses) left for years and years. Until they’re too decrepit and therefore too expensive to do anything with and then have to be demolished. We have factories galore here in Stoke-on-Trent which would make great flats but no…

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

They should have made him a 'saint'. #BookSky

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Oh fuck off. Funding for everything is inadequate!! Schools, NHS, public transport, infrastructure investment, public sector pay, road maintenance, mental health provision, social care etc etc It’s all bloody inadequate thanks, in large part, to YOUR Brexit costing the country £100bn a year.

independent.co.uk

Farage refused taxpayer-funded security because it was ‘inadequate’

Reform UK decided to continue providing its own protection for Nigel Farage, rather than ‘gamble with his life’, a spokesperson said

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What does a wealth tax actually look like? We sent Brighty Buoy and his tiny balls to Wimbledon to chat to fans 🎾

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/07/2026

A manifesto we can all get behind 😉 #CountBinfaceForClacton

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Carolisasinger @karenshaw.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’m not a football fan - not watched a single second of the World Cup so far - but anyway, come on Belgium!! #worldcup

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A kick-ass chart by Matt McLean in @sondreus.bsky.social's fantastic retrospective of 250 years of American power www.economist.com/interactive/...

Stream graph by The Economist showing the share of world GDP of a number of countries and empires, from 1820 to 2025

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All MPs' outside earnings by party: The Conservatives come out top at 66% of total earnings from second jobs, while Reform (with just eight MPs) account for 20%, and Labour (with 400+) just 7%. But taking into account their size, Reform has by far the highest outside earnings per MP of any party.

Table:

Party MPs Seat share Earnings share Index relative to party size (earnings ÷ seats) Approx. avg. per MP
Reform UK 8 1.2% 20% 16× £275,000
Conservative 117 18% 66% 3.7× £62,000
Labour 403 62% 7% 0.1× £1,900
Other parties* 122 18.8% 7% 0.4× £6,300

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