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Lorena Sutherland

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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm going through a bit of a New Zealand 1970s & 1980s nostalgia phase so this feels particularly apt www.theguardian.com/music/galler...
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Six buds in a freaky coat: Split Enz share stories behind their colourful costumes – in pictures
How the New Zealand band turned pop into surreal theatre thanks to their percussionist
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
These people are savages www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Finally a leaflet talking about the real issues in the constituency
"Vote in Christian Values" - Saint Pancras was martyred age 14 by beheading
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Stanandthat @stanandthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
(chef's kiss)
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same energy mate
A gingerbread person with wonky eyes and a crooked mouth, looking tired and bewildered
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The world's tallest man is actually the Burj Khalifa
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy
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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @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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Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Toby Young, a man whose academic credentials relied entirely on nepotism, described Arday as "the gift that keeps on giving," which should haunt him to the end of his days. But, obviously, it won't. Because he's a ghoul.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It's 2026. Why am I still seeing shitty headlines like this? Unless she gave birth to her twins during the challenge her mum-ness didn't have anything to do with it. How about "Runner smashes three peaks record by over eight hours".
Headline says "Mum of two breaks three peaks challenge record" above a picture of a woman walking or running in the outdoors.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 23/06/2026
"Westminster is a postcode whose currency is power – and power is shifting, quickly." ???
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The 250th anniversary of America is exactly what I thought it would be: with America losing wars constantly and the president arresting you for disrespecting his pool
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Scoop McNugget @scoopmcnugget.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
For the benefit of the US: the man in the middle just won an election against an alien called @countbinface.bsky.social, a fox, 2 fascists (not pictured) & some normal politicians in suits. He is now odds on to topple a sitting prime minister & lead the country. You could learn a lot from this.
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Please, I beg of you, please please please stop talking about Andy Burnham
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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 12/05/2026
You just stab in the back, Shab, Make an new plan, Ang, You don’t need to be vile, Kyle, You just listen to me, Drop him in mess, Wes, Don’t need to revive Jess! Just drop off the keys, Reeves, And set yourselves free
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Emms @emms.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Don’t forget if you have a new ReForm Councillor that it’s VERY important to start emailing them as soon as possible about council matters. Rats and bins. Potholes, social services and SEN. Get on it. And insist on a reply.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In UNO that means you are losing.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Good point! However, Alexa was named after the Library of Alexandria — the ancient repository of all human knowledge — whereas modern LLMs are just confident bullshitters that just guess stuff, so male names do seem appropriate
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Just been credit card frauded (masterfully dealt with by Barclaycard btw 👏). Reminds me that years ago @easymungo & my cards were cloned. Our payment histories had 1 thing in common - a very delicious Indian restaurant. The food was so good we kept going there regardless. But always paid in cash!
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Idk man, I think the journalists who have been traumatized the most were not sitting in that room tonight. The feds gassed the shit out of us, knocked us over, sent in the local PD to harass, detain, and hurt us, shot a teenaged photographer in the face and he lost an eye, and that's just in LA
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 23/04/2026
My attention has been drawn to this delightful image.
Photo of an old newspaper clipping. A US Air Force member is looking at a glass door bearing the legend: COMMANDER LIEUTENANT COLONEL SERGEANT PRIVATE".

Text: A perplexed A3C Dennis A White hesitates worriedly at the entrance to his commander's door at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The door — and title — belong to Lt. Col. Charles Sergeant, commander of the 4,500th Air Base Wing supply unit. White, 19, is a supply clerk and joined Air Force in January, 1966 after he graduated from high school in Schoharie, N.Y. (AP)
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"It’s hard not to feel faintly ridiculous doing it, as if you were cosplaying grownups" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Teenagers are calling time on the handshake. I salute them, from a safe distance | Polly Hudson
Of all the traditions humans thoughtlessly adopt, being socially obliged to touch someone when introduced to them is one of the worst. Good on young people for refusing, says Polly Hudson
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Trevor Ship @trevypoos.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"I don't know, they just keep coming back!"
Everything must go above a basket of boomerangs
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.
exchange on X 

Christoffer Bjelke @chribjel 
We hired a junior developer to write the simple code, so we don't have to spend a ton of money on tokens for those basic/primitive tasks

Sameer goel @sameer_goel
Great, so now we're optimizing LLM costs by inventing employees again.
Full circle innovation.
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And he killed the last pope www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Vance’s bad week: vice-president risks becoming face of two Trump foreign policy failures
Orbán is out in Hungary and talks have failed to end the war in Iran – ill-fated road trip has been setback for Maga aims
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
She should've had Barbara Streisand herself make this announcement
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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 04/04/2026
I think everyone would agree that the police and MPs shouldn’t be shoplifting.
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Being outside the EU is sort of the natural consequence of leaving the EU and not punishment for it… www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2...
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Ryanair boss slams new EU border controls: “Britain being punished for Brexit”
. Speaking about the EU’s Entry Exit System, O’Leary branded the rollout “a s*** show and a shambles” that has created considerable chaos at border crossings. Have you been caught? Let us know
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Kip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"having caught it in altogether the wrong way...". Great 🧵
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This is perfect. Honest Bob too stupid to sustain his own insincerity
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#QuitGPT www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
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Diane Hanfelt @dianhanf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
As seen in the Nelson airport, a contest to make the best tiny chair out of a beercan. My cold hard heart softens
A bunch of intricate tiny chairs and a beer canThe winning chair and the can type it was crafted fromMy favourite tiney chair with tiny woven metal straps
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
TBH I've always assumed that's how holidaying in Dubai would feel
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 14/02/2026
He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.
Richard Moth becomes the 12th Archbishop of Westminster on Saturday.
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Kristina Halvorson @halvorson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I helped mobilize a group of neighbors to provide direct aid to nearly 50 families who are in hiding from ICE. These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can. Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/02/2026
Rate bit of good news here for Labour.
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Lorena Sutherland @lolylena.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Just two weeks left in the countdown to my South America solo trip and I've pretty much planned myself to a standstill. I'm very lucky that @easymungo.bsky.social will be keeping the home fires burning while I'm marching about Argentina 🇦🇷 and Chile 🇨🇱
A mess of Argentina and Chile guidebooks, maps, Spanish language textbooks and part of a computer monitor with a bus timetable shoeing
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/02/2026
tumblr post:

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Summer Olympics: Who can run the fastest? :)
Who can swim the fastest? :) Who can do the best somersault? :)
Winter Olympics: WHO CAN MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ICE SLIDE OF DEATH AND SURVIVE?? WHO CAN GET AROUND THE RINK WITHOUT GETTING THEIR HANDS SLICED OFF BY EVERYONE ELSE'S FEET BLADES?? CAN THIS GUY DO A 1080 DEGREE
FLIP WITHOUT DYING??
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Summer Triathlon: Don't run too fast, you have to save your energy for a swim and a bike ride! :)
Winter Biathlon: I see you've been skiing for five miles now here's your gun
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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
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Duncan McGregor @drdmcgregor.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I find it absolutely galling to have read over and over about how the state pension triple lock couldn’t conceivably be overturned/debacle over winter fuel payments while there has been as yet zero political commentary about how exploitative student loans have been for a whole generation.
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