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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 17h
Liquid Bluesky
National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk 
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 18h
The unmasking of Manchester City is as shocking and earthshaking as everyone says it is. But I feel we are forgetting that this is football. So it is also very, very funny.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hope Lucy Prebble is already working on the Manchester City script
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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
830 million great British pounds? They could have bought Oldham for that. And the football club
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now.
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JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Carry On Camping Carry On Screaming Carry On Up the Khyber Carry On Carter Carry On Kes
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026
bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New variant on the Kinsley definition of gaffe: a public figure complains when his remarks are used entirely in context by people inconvenient to him.
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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you, anonymous writer in @thebookseller.com today. As a lawyer, I find it mind-boggling that there’s supposedly no way of holding publishers accountable when they renege on things they agreed to do. We deserve honesty even if information is hard to give. www.thebookseller.com/comment/who-...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.
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Nolan @nolanmutd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ratcliffe showed up in a reform political ad. Racist scum
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 27/09/2026
Why on earth does any senior politician agree to be gotcha’ed by LK? What is in it for them?
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 27/09/2026
The rest is fucking podcasts
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 27/09/2026
Finally watched 70Up this weekend and it is now all we talk about.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 27/09/2026
Staring with sharp disapproval at the illegal ice cream vans.
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Jamie T @thejamiet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Poor Pep. Lied to by Dr Segura when he gave him steroids (despite still working together for the next 20 years). Lied to by Barça when they were paying refs off (and probably doping with Dr Fuentes). Now, lied to by City for a decade… guy can’t catch a break… 😢
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.
josimar.no
The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My personal issue with these products (I think the jab veers into this too) is the link into mental health - it encourages obsessive thinking at a time when generalised anxiety is high. Mental and physical health are so connected, yet these things are treated in isolation
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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Louis van Gaal would’ve finished fourth in 2016, won United the league the next season, got pissed and got that woman on the saxophone on the parade bus. This is what they’ve robbed us of. Moments like that.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 25/09/2026
Really want to do the worst shows now. Motherland at number one obviously *ducks*
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Adam Levitt @adamlevitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Glazers and Sir Jim Racist thrilled about the City announcement because the media focus has shifted away from them. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A club guilty of a decade-long scheme to submit false financial information to the league, for the purpose of securing an unfair on-field advantage, should not only be thrown out of the league and have all its titles vacated, its owner should be compelled to sell the club.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 25/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Mourinho Anotando Notas
ALT: Mourinho Anotando Notas
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 25/09/2026
I haven't experienced may airline websites, but my days the BA site is a prissy, brittle thing. Looks nice, doesn't actually work. The Instagram Influencer of online travel.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 25/09/2026
I feel the FT could have worked this headline a bit harder.
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Vince Raison @vincerai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you supported Brexit, no media organisation should be seeking your opinion on the state of our economy. Zip it, Jim.
howrude.substack.com
Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Seer of Things
Meet the BBC’s New Head of Bullshit
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Seán Clarke @seanclarke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I absolutely supported the proscription of Palestine action. Not because I thought them bad or dangerous people but because they absolutely met the current standard under law of terrorism. I also thought "and at least this way when the right try it on... " But fash private armies is fine apparently
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 24/09/2026
I know it was probably planned months ago and I’m just on some list somewhere but the fact the RNLI has got this to me *this week* makes them look like awesome marketing wizards.
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BOFFY @boffymufc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 24/09/2026
I’m getting the same vibes from some parts of the uni sector that I got from newspapers when going digital. Respond to system pressure by making mad decisions that slash your underlying value and values. Call it the Reach Syndrome.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.
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Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
ALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 24/09/2026
Lovely thread with lovely clips.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 24/09/2026
This has brought me up short this morning. Don’t know how old Adam is but this is definitely true of me. But I didn’t grow up with a devil box in my pocket.
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally discussed the Man Who Stands Behind the Bedroom Curtains at Night with my partner and I'm relieved to know she can see him too.
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 23/09/2026
Peter Sissons came to talk to our sixth form and in the Q&A a girl in my year stood up and asked 'can you give us any reason why we should believe a single word you say?' Still think about it to this day.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 23/09/2026
Hear hear! And it’s easy to do! Just done it myself - a cri de coeur to the estimable @helenhayes.bsky.social www.writetothem.com
writetothem.com
WriteToThem
WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 22/09/2026
Just watched this and mind slightly blown youtu.be/xiabCvGgLcU?...
youtu.be
Patti Smith - Soul Kitchen
YouTube video by Eric Varela
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.openaccessgovernment.org/movies-writt...
openaccessgovernment.org
Movies written by women make more money, yet budgets go to male filmmakers
Movies written by women generate substantially higher median profits and returns on investment (ROI) than male-only productions
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 22/09/2026
Priceless, essential thread. Thanks @isabelrogers.bsky.social for sharing. Is Dubai just full of these people? Don't know, never been, never will.
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now that the local library is open five days a week I am using the local library more often. What a joy.

1. Richard Zenith - 
PESSOA: An Experimental Life

2. Holly Pester - 
The Lodgers

3. HARI KUNZRU - 
GODS WITHOUT MEN

4. MIKE JAY - 
THE UNFORTUNATE COLONEL DESPARD
and the British Revolution that Never HappenedSouth Norwood’s Little Brutalist Library, designed by Hugh Lea, Borough Architect for Croydon Council and Chief Librarian T.E. Callander and opened in 1968.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 22/09/2026
Someone should bot up the big X shitposters and get them on here just to give us something to throw things at.
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Moongolfer @moongolfer.com · 22/09/2026
He’s a right charmer, isn’t he? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices
Ineos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 22/09/2026
Jimmy Greaves has changed his circle.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 22/09/2026
Guardian loves the new Sharon Horgan thing. I know, I was pretty shocked as well.
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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The local elections were on 7 May--one hundred and thirty seven days ago--so this is steady depletion at a rate of just over one lost Councillor per day, every day. #clownshow
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