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

This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

How times change. There was a coal mine in Bradford, inner-city Manchester, until 1968. The site is now partly occupied by the Etihad Stadium.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Workers in the Rain, painting by Mossley-born artist Lloyd George Higgins (1912-80). Inspired by Pennine textile communities, Lowry was his mentor.

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The holidays begin. Grandchildren finished school yesterday so off to the splash park today.

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It hurts how accurate this is

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Well done Oldham. What a result!

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

What is eating the leaves on my gooseberry bush?

Branches with gooseberries and stalks where the leaves have been eaten.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A glimmer of hope for Labour – its vote share rises to 36% if Reform is its main opponent (via @persuasionuk.bsky.social).

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Oldham Weather @chadweather.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sunny spells and warm today. Always cloudier to the north and west and some cloud will bubble up inland at times. Great week of very warm and sunny weather ahead.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Major breach on the Macclesfield Canal north of Bosley. The canal and towpath are going to be shut for quite some time.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The US and Canada mapped at equivalent European latitudes. (via Amazing Maps)

Map of US and Canada overlaid across Europe and North Africa

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I hate the clocks going backwards and forwards. When I was young, we didn’t even have clocks. If we got hungry, we ate each other. We were poor, but we were happy. Good times. Not that we had time. It hadn’t been invented. We had to make our own time out of string and cholera.

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

With his brief trip to Greenland over, Vance returns to the day job

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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 28/03/2025

Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America. This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.

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Politics Phil @politicsphil.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

According to #OnlyConnect the flat earth society have members "around the globe"

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Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

NEW POD is out. You can watch us in YouTube or find Electoral Dysfunction wherever you get your podcasts. This week, Ruth changes her view on how long Badenoch will survive as the Tory leader’s tenure bumps along. Plus Harriet on Reform & how Trump’s hitting UK politics youtu.be/DiW4so1YC9Y?...

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Electoral Dysfunction: Is it already over for Kemi Badenoch?

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My petition about media regulation, including truthfulness and ownership, and covering traditional media and new media such as steaming, video channels and podcasts, has now gone live! If you want to see improvements of our media, then please sign and share! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation

Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Fact: by replacing your morning coffee with Green tea, you can lose up to 89% of what little joy you still have left in your life.

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It is so sad that my intelligent, 14 Yr old granddaughter can no longer attend school as she can't walk. The waiting list to see the consultant is 15 weeks. Too much time without education at this important time. Why doesn't her future matter?

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Thanks to @jamesomalley.co.uk for endorsing this idea on his Substack (which you should follow, btw). open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...

It’s been a strange few days on social media, as the richest man in the world has spent most of his time not building rockets or even helping the incoming Trump administration. Instead, he’s been sending hundreds of tweets about “rape gangs” in Britain, supporting Tommy Robinson, and putting individual politicians, like Jess Phillips, in danger by levelling spurious allegations to an audience of 100m followers.
I’m genuinely not sure what the government’s response to this should be, given Musk’s closeness to Trump, who in just over two weeks will be in charge of our closest ally. So it’s basically a situation with no good outcomes. But I do think this suggestion from George Peretz is appealing: That in response to Musk’s nonsense, the government should duplicate its Twitter output on Bluesky.
As in the quoted section above, such a move would mean the government can nudge, in a small way, the incentives of which platform people should use. But I also think it would be an elegant diplomatic response, in lieu of doing anything that would directly burn our already limited pool of political capital with the next administration.

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CryptoSniper 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🦋💙 @cryptosniper.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Remember you can make a difference! Get a library card—even if you don’t plan to use it. Your registration helps secure funding for libraries, keeping them open and thriving for the entire community. Every card counts!

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It snowed. Can't wait to make footprints in the snow.

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Overnight tonight we will mobilise the single biggest change to buses in the UK for decades as the remaining half of services in GM come back under public control. Thank you to everyone who has worked through Christmas and New Year to make this happen. 🙏🏻

Buses lined up at the temporary deport at Manchester Airport.

Some of the team at the temporary depot at Manchester Airport.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A classic proof without words showing that 1+3+5+...+(2n-1)=n² taking advantage of the fact that 2025 is a square and therefore it's the sum of all odd numbers from 1 to 89! #MathArt #Mathematics #HappyNewYear Made with #python #matplotlib

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

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Politics Phil @politicsphil.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

And for those resident in the UK, especially those in Clacton, this is the healthcare model that Nigel Fartage is promoting, to replace our NHS.

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Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk · 01/01/2025

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2025 with peace and prosperity 🦉

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Alistair @alistair1403.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Deliciously awkward moment created by this audience member.

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Today, with seven weeks to go until we complete the re-regulation of our buses, we are confirming the new simpler, flatter fare structure to apply from 5/1/25. 👇🏻

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

the Guardian is now officially on BlueSky @theguardian.com

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Kath @kathphillips.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

First snow of the winter forecast for Monday night..time to lift out hats, scarves and gloves and stock up on biscuits just in case.

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