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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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Oh superb! Someone has got the glorious screenshot, of Russian Brexit bottery at its best. bsky.app/profile/marc...

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Absolutely the way to respond!

Just in case you've never come across this before... bsky.app/profile/blue...

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I love that this is relatively cheap rather than status symbols like the "new" Minis and VW Beetles.

I have no idea whether that means successful or unsuccessful! My first car was a little blue 2CV that my uncle passed to me. I loved it as a Sixth Former. So fun to drive!

They won't get their Christmas turkey in it, but it's better than nothing! Air-fryers also an option ofc, but not the cheapest.

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Though I once lived in a student house that didn't have an oven, and I bought something like this, which was really useful. Something similar in the short-term might help? www.argos.co.uk/product/gq5s...

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Difficult one. Dishwasher, however, is entirely optional imo.

The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Washing machine would be my top priority, then oven*, then dishwasher. *Assuming they have a hob and at least one of: microwave, grill or air-fryer. If not, oven would be top priority.

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He’ll is autocorrect.

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Good question. The qualifying criteria appear not to be the same, so I am not sure they can be directly compared.

Hah - looks like she got enough pushback that she's now deleted it. Good!!

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Of all the guys to be in this world, don't be this guy. bsky.app/profile/viot...

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We read to our daughter from Day 1 (well, maybe Day 14 or so) as part of bedtime routine, right up to starting secondary school. She is now 16 and a voracious reader (though she did not enjoy EngLit as a subject!)

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Yeah. People can find genuine criticisms if they try hard enough. Making them up or exaggerating just isn't necessary. I went into the comments as I had an inkling it shouldn't be taken at face value and eventually found the context. (Thanks for taking my reply to you in the spirit it was intended!)

Jonathan de Peyer @jondepeyer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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This is bad faith posting. That was one entry in a live stream at 03.25 in the morning. It’s not how they framed the results. It’s not the headline. It is, however, a statement of fact. You are contributing to the degradation of debate, more so than the BBC here www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...

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Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Greens

The chair of the Jewish Greens says leader Zack Polanski should go over his handling of the Green Party's motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.

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Yes. We go pretty much every week. Roll out of bed and get down there before brain engages and screams "What on earth are you doing?"!

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You're welcome. These sorts of disingenuous posts designed to provoke outrage really annoy me. (And I was indeed outraged when I first read it.)

Well done. Getting out of bed and to the start line is at least half the battle!

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This is not the headline. It's a post from page 3 of (currently) 5 of this Livestream, and has been isolated from the context in which it was originally presented. There's plenty the BBC can be criticised for, but I don't think this is it. bsky.app/profile/qgty...

Thanks for this explanation. I was getting understandably outraged, but came to the comments to seek clarification as something didn't quite sit right.

Too many people with the same name 😭

Screenshot of a headline about a different Tom Watson

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There is so much to love about this clip: Simon's clear terror, Tosh looking exactly how you imagine him to before you see him, the braking system 😳, the fact (spoiler alert) he goes for a second run straight after. I have watched it several times!

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I know we all know this already, but he is unhinged.

And starting a war. Cannot think why he's been overlooked. Weird!

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Correct. But knowing the reason behind a spelling or the root of the word is what helps me remember the examples I gave. (Tariff is the one I always have to write-delete-rewrite.)

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Desiccated. Something to do with Latin "siccus"(?) "Minuscule" is another often wrong - it really does feels like it should be "miniscule"!

Pretty much (for UK English - different standards apply in US English).

Hope it passes quickly for you!

I need to arrange mine. Am nervous as when I had it done in spring it completely knocked me out for a day. I'd never had a reaction like that before. Am gonna think more carefully about what's in my calendar when making the appointment this time.

Jesus 🤦 I hear ya though. I *understand* the desire for revenge for the worst crimes, especially from families of victims. But that doesn't make it the right thing to do, and it's still a hard no from me.

Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Christ! *Why* did they watch? Was it part of their jobs? I just couldn't. Never. This whole thing (along with the Christa Pike story) has done nothing to dent my very very anti-death penalty views.

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I've seen people in the UK calling for "public executions" to be brought back. Not just the death penalty (bad enough), but *public*. These people are utterly sick. So much news coming out of the US this past week or so has just reinforced my position on the death penalty. Horrific.

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Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Does this include dictating correspondence for typing, which, I suppose is an old-fashioned kind of "speech to text".

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.

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Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Literally was gonna say that, with hindsight, the Savile headline is *very* matter of fact. Like they were explicitly avoiding saying *anything* positive (at a time when "charity campaigner" wouldn't have raised that much of an eyebrow. *shudders*)

Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had no idea what your comment meant and watched to the end waiting for the bit where the speaker said something outrageous or insane or offensive. Then I understood!

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Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is one of my favourite things.

Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I saw "charity fun run" out in the wild once. Tell me you've never been to parkrun without telling me... etc etc.

Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You're not paying for the prints though, you're paying for the photo. That's why I always buy the digital download.

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Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also devalues the showdance at the end.